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[bcredeur97]

2 hours ago, arnavvr said:

Can't you run 87 in it with reduced performance? 

on the OEM engine... maybe.

 

on the japanese engine (and largely undocumented japanese ecu) with 10.5:1 compression...im too scared to even try

[Canada EH]

6 hours ago, AlwaysFSX said:

That's above average height, the average in the US is something like 5'6.

Yeah no comment on that. But from Wikipedia, it states 5'6 is female and 5'10 is male Canada and USA but plenty of people are above 6'2"

[Canada EH]

6 hours ago, arnavvr said:

They aren't average. 

plenty of people are that height and higher

[TVwazhere]

10 hours ago, Not_Sean said:

Update time:

With the Christmas chaos got lots of travelling done, a good 5000km added to the clock  The car handled it all perfectly and never missed a beat.

 

So a Big ST site in the UK was doing a Christmas special that was to good to ignore, Ordered on the 28th, arrived on the 3rd what so surprised with that turnaround and the special brought it below the $400 mark ($398.80) so I got it without any Import tax duties!  so Whats in the box you ask... 3" Downpipe and Straight through De-Cat

 

The car is now making some epic noises and man do those 5 Cylinders sound glorious its also popping on shifts and sometimes getting a bit of flames out the back (I've been told) So so Happy with it, Just waiting on my Mini-cat so that I can get rid of the check engine light on my dash as don't even have the 02 plugged in at all  

 

Also found out over the holidays my car Perfectly fits a BMW 6 Cylinder 2.5 M50b25 engine with the boot without even folding down the seats. We did a 1000km round trip just to fetch the engine and dropped a friend off. the space of a hatchback  

 

So that engine is getting swapped into the E30 below, Decided to try my hand at auto photography, messed up shutter speed so didn't get the nice blurred wheels and background but its all about learning. 

I really considered doing Cat-less, but my state is a bit..... how you americano's say...... fucking assholes and they're upping the inspection requirements constantly it feels and I just dont have the time to keep up with them. Right now I dont think o2 sensors are checked since the car is so new, but who knows? With the VW emmisions issue two (now like three years ago) it wouldnt surprise me. 

3 hours ago, Canada EH said:

Yeah no comment on that. But from Wikipedia, it states 5'6 is female and 5'10 is male Canada and USA but plenty of people are above 6'2"

I'm 6'3, and my buddy who owns the miata is maybe 5'10 and 200ish lbs id say. I have never sat in his car but he has never had any issues (though his seats are no longer stock)

[arnavvr]

3 hours ago, TVwazhere said:

I really considered doing Cat-less, but my state is a bit..... how you americano's say...... fucking assholes and they're upping the inspection requirements constantly it feels and I just dont have the time to keep up with them. Right now I dont think o2 sensors are checked since the car is so new, but who knows? With the VW emmisions issue two (now like three years ago) it wouldnt surprise me. 

I'm 6'3, and my buddy who owns the miata is maybe 5'10 and 200ish lbs id say. I have never sat in his car but he has never had any issues (though his seats are no longer stock)

I really like Florida's laws. No Emissions checks at all.

[iDeFecZx]

On 07/01/2018 at 10:29 AM, ColonelThunder said:

Bimmer diesel with an HX35 Holset , you know you want it .

I keep looking even tho I cant insure them lmao

[Not_Sean]

5 hours ago, TVwazhere said:

I really considered doing Cat-less, but my state is a bit..... how you americano's say...... fucking assholes and they're upping the inspection requirements constantly it feels and I just dont have the time to keep up with them. Right now I dont think o2 sensors are checked since the car is so new, but who knows? With the VW emmisions issue two (now like three years ago) it wouldnt surprise me. I'm 6'3, and my buddy who owns the miata is maybe 5'10 and 200ish lbs id say. I have never sat in his car but he has never had any issues (though his seats are no longer stock)

5

Its only 4 bolts and if you get like a Miltek system its the same size as your current one so you just swap out the de-cat for inspections. Yeah, New Zealand also doesn't care about emissions just noise level so I'm safe there. 

[Defunct]

ive found the pinnacle of automotive design and engineering;

introducting, the aston martin lagonda wagon!

ENJOY THE CURVES!

[Not_Sean]

13 minutes ago, Acrain7 said:

ive found the pinnacle of automotive design and engineering;

introducting, the aston martin lagonda wagon!

ENJOY THE CURVES!

 

4

KILL IT!! 

 

KILL IT WITH FIRE!!!!!! 

[JoaoPRSousa]

Holy fucking shit

 

[Canada EH]

4 hours ago, Acrain7 said:

ive found the pinnacle of automotive design and engineering;

introducting, the aston martin lagonda wagon!

ENJOY THE CURVES!

You can sleep in it by taking out the rear seats and painting the inside of the glass with a black spray paint, it looks like a professional tint job from the outside.

[bcredeur97]

This pro detailer guy my dad gets to do his car yearly now (one of his customers) is like soooo legit. Has like certifications and does stuff for car shows and such. (High dollar cars) 

 

spent 6 hours on my dad’s car... wish I had before pics... it wasn’t even what I’d consider to be dirty. Now it’s new car spotless and smells amazing

 

then my dad had to go an ruin it by driving home with dirty shoes from it being wet outside LOL

 

[arnavvr]

5 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

This pro detailer guy my dad gets to do his car yearly now (one of his customers) is like soooo legit. Has like certifications and does stuff for car shows and such. (High dollar cars) 

 

spent 6 hours on my dad’s car... wish I had before pics... it wasn’t even what I’d consider to be dirty. Now it’s new car spotless and smells amazing

 

then my dad had to go an ruin it by driving home with dirty shoes from it being wet outside LOL

 

 

 

How much does he charge?

[bcredeur97]

Just now, arnavvr said:

How much does he charge?

I think like $400 but my dad gets a discount.

a. because he does it yearly

b. because the guy is a customer of my dad's

 

I want to say it ended up being $250. Still a hefty sum but not bad. You should smell the car... no clue what the guy uses but it's the most amazing smell... and it lingers for a couple of months (at least it did last time). really awesome.

 

[arnavvr]

Just now, bcredeur97 said:

I think like $400 but my dad gets a discount.

a. because he does it yearly

b. because the guy is a customer of my dad's

 

I want to say it ended up being $250. Still a hefty sum but not bad. You should smell the car... no clue what the guy uses but it's the most amazing smell... and it lingers for a couple of months (at least it did last time). really awesome.

 

Dam. das expensive.

[bcredeur97]

Just now, arnavvr said:

Dam. das expensive.

as amazing as it is... i kinda want him to do the miata at least once lol. 

I totally need to not spend money on that... but i want to lol

[arnavvr]

Just now, bcredeur97 said:

as amazing as it is... i kinda want him to do the miata at least once lol. 

I totally need to not spend money on that... but i want to lol

Just buy the stuff that he uses and do it yourself.

[bcredeur97]

Just now, arnavvr said:

Just buy the stuff that he uses and do it yourself.

no clue what he uses or if he would even tell me lol

[AlwaysFSX]

19 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

This pro detailer guy my dad gets to do his car yearly now (one of his customers) is like soooo legit. Has like certifications and does stuff for car shows and such. (High dollar cars) 

 

spent 6 hours on my dad’s car... wish I had before pics... it wasn’t even what I’d consider to be dirty. Now it’s new car spotless and smells amazing

 

then my dad had to go an ruin it by driving home with dirty shoes from it being wet outside LOL

What does it smell like?

[bcredeur97]

3 minutes ago, AlwaysFSX said:

What does it smell like?

Cleanliness. 

 

I really cant explain it. Nor can I show you. :’( 

 

 

[AlwaysFSX]

1 minute ago, bcredeur97 said:

Cleanliness. 

 

I really cant explain it. Nor can I show you. :’( 

</3 Oh well

[AlwaysFSX]

[RatedBlam]

Since my dad's Octavia is broken again, he got a Rapid with the newish 1,0 3cyl turbo as replacement while it's being fixed.

I don't know how it manages to feel so dinky, but the engine is pretty fun for putting around.

[Defunct]

heres one of my favorite cars, what do you all think?

1970s ford escort mk1

[iDeFecZx]

1 hour ago, Acrain7 said:

heres one of my favorite cars, what do you all think?

 

1970s ford escort mk1

Mk1 Mexico