Car Enthusiast Club [Now Motorcycle friendly!] - First thread to 150k! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[bcredeur97]

1 hour ago, TVwazhere said:

Damn, my 2016 ST has 16.4k miles on it, and yours is at least 2014. 

 

And I thought I barely drove my car! LOL

i believe yearly average for most cars is 15k/year. and that's about what I do...

 

then there is the crazies like my dad... he does 25k a year lol

[TVwazhere]

2 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

i believe yearly average for most cars is 15k/year. and that's about what I do...

 

then there is the crazies like my dad... he does 25k a year lol

I'm half that right now at 8k/year. I cant imagine only 3-4k. 

[bcredeur97]

Speaking of my dad and his 25k a year...

 

RIP my dad’s A6

 

 

How he explained it to me:

 

Someone was taking a left turn onto the road he was on and went across his lane of traffic and he(dad) slammed into him

 

other person: “I didn’t see him” 

 

pffft

 

wonder if it’s totaled. The car has 110k miles and worth about $18-20k ish. That’s a lot of damage to a bunch of panels and maybe the frame a little on a German car (expensive parts)

[AlwaysFSX]

18 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

Speaking of my dad and his 25k a year...

 

RIP my dad’s A6

 

 

How he explained it to me:

 

Someone was taking a left turn onto the road he was on and went across his lane of traffic and he(dad) slammed into him

 

other person: “I didn’t see him” 

 

pffft

 

wonder if it’s totaled. The car has 110k miles and worth about $18-20k ish. That’s a lot of damage to a bunch of panels and maybe the frame a little on a German car (expensive parts)

Juju strikes again.

[iDeFecZx]

3 hours ago, bcredeur97 said:

COME TO THE DARK SIDE MY FRIEND

We have free cookies and haircuts

I blame my mates for tempting me haha

Im gonna try find one to test drive before I decide since i've not been known to be a fan of them aha

[iDeFecZx]

37 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

Speaking of my dad and his 25k a year...

 

RIP my dad’s A6

 

 

How he explained it to me:

 

Someone was taking a left turn onto the road he was on and went across his lane of traffic and he(dad) slammed into him

 

other person: “I didn’t see him” 

 

pffft

 

wonder if it’s totaled. The car has 110k miles and worth about $18-20k ish. That’s a lot of damage to a bunch of panels and maybe the frame a little on a German car (expensive parts)

 

 

If that was here it'd only be about £3k to fix providing the chassis fine, any airbags go off?

[bcredeur97]

3 minutes ago, iDeFecZx said:

I blame my mates for tempting me haha

Im gonna try find one to test drive before I decide since i've not been known to be a fan of them aha

-snip-

they're great. nimble little things.

Feel like you can just dart all over the road with no problem

[bcredeur97]

28 minutes ago, iDeFecZx said:

If that was here it'd only be about £3k to fix providing the chassis fine, any airbags go off?

no.

It's probably not as bad as it looks as you say. I was told by the shop that did the work on my miata Lafayette parish is the most expensive place in the entire continental 48 states in the US for car repairs. so I expect it to cost at minimum double that $3800ish figure you said

 

and also as a result, the most expensive place to insure a car. (hence why my miata is $130 a month.. now NB miatas are very cheap cars to insure, so it helps. but something like the corolla i used to have would of been closer to $200 lol)

 

at least gas is cheap here...

[AlwaysFSX]

4 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

no.

It's probably not as bad as it looks as you say. I was told by the shop that did the work on my miata Lafayette parish is the most expensive place in the entire continental 48 states in the US for car repairs. so I expect it to cost at minimum double that $3800ish figure you said

 

and also as a result, the most expensive place to insure a car. (hence why my miata is $130 a month.. now NB miatas are very cheap cars to insure, so it helps. but something like the corolla i used to have would of been closer to $200 lol)

Why is it so expensive there..

[bcredeur97]

2 minutes ago, AlwaysFSX said:

Why is it so expensive there..

High accident rate, Unskilled drivers, high risk of drunk drivers (people tend to drink a lot here), etc. etc.

you really got to be careful around here. especially at night never know when someone is just gonna pull out in front of you for no reason.. (like what happened to my dad...)

 

meanwhile the police only seem to pull people over for speeding.. not much else. even though everything else is what causes the accidents.

[terrytek]

2 hours ago, bcredeur97 said:

i believe yearly average for most cars is 15k/year. and that's about what I do...

 

then there is the crazies like my dad... he does 25k a year lol

I probably do 10k max since all I do is commute to school for now, and that's about 7 miles round trip. 5 days a week, that's about 2k/year give or take a few hundred miles.

1 hour ago, bcredeur97 said:

Speaking of my dad and his 25k a year...

 

RIP my dad’s A6

 

 

How he explained it to me:

 

Someone was taking a left turn onto the road he was on and went across his lane of traffic and he(dad) slammed into him

 

other person: “I didn’t see him” 

 

pffft

 

wonder if it’s totaled. The car has 110k miles and worth about $18-20k ish. That’s a lot of damage to a bunch of panels and maybe the frame a little on a German car (expensive parts)

Poor audi. So I assume your dad's at fault? And it looks like the truck is totaled, since truck isn't probably worth much in the first place and there might be frame damage. Audi on the other hand looks like you can get away with probably just some cosmetic damage and maybe bent radiator support.

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[AlwaysFSX]

38 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

High accident rate, Unskilled drivers, high risk of drunk drivers (people tend to drink a lot here), etc. etc.

you really got to be careful around here. especially at night never know when someone is just gonna pull out in front of you for no reason.. (like what happened to my dad...)

 

meanwhile the police only seem to pull people over for speeding.. not much else. even though everything else is what causes the accidents.

Man if I were a cop there I'd be on a traffic stop every five minutes because of people doing dumb shit.

[warmmilk]

15 minutes ago, chaozbandit said:

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thanks for the vids, I'll check them out later  (and that coaching one too)

[iDeFecZx]

3 hours ago, bcredeur97 said:

they're great. nimble little things.

Feel like you can just dart all over the road with no problem

Yea, I couldnt care less about outright speed, nothing beats going as quickly as possible round the twisty bits for me

[ACM]

17 hours ago, AlwaysFSX said:

No issues here so far. Trans upsets me more than anything. Can't smoothly get back in to power at low speeds when you're coasting 3 third gear and get back on the gas. Shunts too much. And there's no throttle response at low speeds in 6th gear. Turbos suck for that.

 

Was something with buddies early Ecoboost. Is something about water slowly collecting in the intercooler?

 

10 hours ago, terrytek said:

Yes it was a joke, taken way too far. Too far to the point where the Tide CEO has stated they will discontinue tide pods.

 

Maybe you can mount your turbos down low or something, though the risk is when it rains it can suck up a whole lotta water and destroy everything. But a close tuck turbo setup might do you well in this case. Side mount turbos seem less efficient than front facing since air isn't being directly sucked in iirc.

 

Cannot have twin turbos down low, gotta show those babies off. I would just put a 90 or 45 degree elbow on the compressor end so the filter is facing forward & looking proper.

 

7 hours ago, iDeFecZx said:

Being tempted by MX5s now

 

Do it.

Miata

Is

Always

The

Answer

 

5 hours ago, TVwazhere said:

Damn, my 2016 ST has 16.4k miles on it, and yours is at least 2014. 

 

And I thought I barely drove my car! LOL

 

Haha, my ST is a 2014.
When you get to do 80% of your work from home & also have a truck your ST gets almost no use.

[AlwaysFSX]

54 minutes ago, ACM said:

Was something with buddies early Ecoboost. Is something about water slowly collecting in the intercooler?

Yeah there's a recall for the early models to get a plate over the intercooler because in cool humid areas the intercooler will draw out moisture in the air and kill spark plugs.

[terrytek]

2 hours ago, ACM said:

 

Was something with buddies early Ecoboost. Is something about water slowly collecting in the intercooler?

 

 

Cannot have twin turbos down low, gotta show those babies off. I would just put a 90 or 45 degree elbow on the compressor end so the filter is facing forward & looking proper.

 

 

Do it.

Miata

Is

Always

The

Answer

 

 

Haha, my ST is a 2014.
When you get to do 80% of your work from home & also have a truck your ST gets almost no use.

Well maybe change out the wheel wells to accommodate some big turbos?

[ACM]

1 hour ago, terrytek said:

Well maybe change out the wheel wells to accommodate some big turbos?

 

Been thinking of doing a tube front for a while. So that would work.

[JoaoPRSousa]

15 hours ago, bcredeur97 said:

and also as a result, the most expensive place to insure a car. (hence why my miata is $130 a month.. now NB miatas are very cheap cars to insure, so it helps. but something like the corolla i used to have would of been closer to $200 lol)

 

A Miata cheaper to insure than a Corolla? How's that?

 

14 hours ago, terrytek said:

Poor audi. So I assume your dad's at fault? And it looks like the truck is totaled, since truck isn't probably worth much in the first place and there might be frame damage. Audi on the other hand looks like you can get away with probably just some cosmetic damage and maybe bent radiator support.

 

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[iDeFecZx]

15 hours ago, ACM said:

 

Do it.

Miata

Is

Always

The

Answer

 

I always hear conflicting stuff about them.

Like loads of people say theyre great and really fun and others say you need to modify them to be fun. 

[bcredeur97]

34 minutes ago, iDeFecZx said:

I always hear conflicting stuff about them.

Like loads of people say theyre great and really fun and others say you need to modify them to be fun. 

they are fun out of the box with good tires and an alignment.

 

but if you want them to be REALLY fun, or even scary then you can modify them.

 

its like with anything really... just like people think a supra is so awesome but when they say that they mean after it has been modified to have 500hp or more lol

[Lewiscpullan]

Hey my dad just sold his 370z and he's thinking of either getting a  370z nismo (mk2) 2009 onwards or a 2009 onwards model porsche cayman 3.4s. Out of interest which would you guys get? I think I lean towards the nismo but I'm still on the fence

[Bananasplit_00]

3 minutes ago, Lewiscpullan said:

Hey my dad just sold his 370z and he's thinking of either getting a  370z nismo (mk2) 2009 onwards or a 2009 onwards model porsche cayman 3.4s. Out of interest which would you guys get? I think I lean towards the nismo but I'm still on the fence

Nismo has my vote