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[suchamoneypit]

I drive a 2011 Mazdaspeed3 with 99,700 miles on it. I bought it totaled from an auction, repaired it, passed inspection, and now its a rebuilt title vehicle. In it for around $3200. It was my dream car. I still can't believe I get to leave work/school and drive home in it. Puts a smile on my face every drive. My neighbors probably don't like me right now (Its modified, and loud, and I can't help but want to hear the turbo spool).

Since that picture is gotten new wheels and tires (wheels from a mazdaspeed gen1) which imo look way better (especially since the ones in the pic have so much paint missing). And I got plates that read "No-Lag" which I absolutely love.

[bcredeur97]

10 hours ago, terrytek said:

Surprisingly, my uncommon opinion is that the VQ37 and J35 are probably the only V6s i could stand. VQ35 can be too raspy for me, and everything else just seems kinda bad sounding imo, i think overall v6s don't sound that good.

As @FuzzyYellow posted above basically. What I like most about V6’s is they make great power whilst still being able to get half decent fuel mileage, especially in a lighter(older) car.

 

enjoy your trip @FuzzyYellow probably feels really nice for you to get away from all that snow  overall here we had a pretty mild winter. Didn’t even have a single hard freeze

[Cereal5]

17 hours ago, bcredeur97 said:

I still don't understand why they do this. there's no way you need that much brake assistance

You've clearly never towed anything

16 hours ago, bcredeur97 said:

what's wrong with widespread and really reliable vacuum assist though? Why they need to use hydraulics?

Diesels don't have a traditional throttle, so they don't make any vacuum. Imagine full throttle on a gas car being idle on a diesel. The throttle is in the injection pump (high pressure fuel pump), and the engine revs based on how much fuel is added, not how much air is added.

11 hours ago, terrytek said:

Surprisingly, my uncommon opinion is that the VQ37 and J35 are probably the only V6s i could stand. VQ35 can be too raspy for me, and everything else just seems kinda bad sounding imo, i think overall v6s don't sound that good.

I'll agree with the no V6s sounding good, but not the VQ sounding decent lol.

[iDeFecZx]

6 hours ago, chaozbandit said:

 

@Maybach123 delivery mileage RS 4.0

 

/cries

I don't understand why people buy huge collections of cars and not drive them, you might aswell just own rolling chassis at that point.

[JokerProduction]

I keep buying stuff and never end up selling.

 

2017 Silverado 5.3v8 4x4

 

 

 

2014 Mustang GT 5.0 v8  Track pack, recaros ,glass roof,  Torsen Diff

 

 

 

1998 Eclipse 2.0L. 25# of boost, 450hp, 11sec 1/4

 

 

 

1994 RHD JDM Celica GT4 WRC : 2.0L, AWD, 315hp,Caged

 

 

 

1991 RHD JDM GT4-A, 2.0L, AWD

 

 

Also have a JDM 1991 MR2 t-top that's bone stock that I don't have a picture of.

[chaozbandit]

Quote

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• 825PS from 4.0-litre, twin-turbocharged McLaren V8; lightest dry weight of 1,188kg gives power-to-weight ratio of 694PS-per tonne
• Same levels of downforce as the McLaren Senna, but at 15% lower speeds; peak downforce exceeds 1,000kg
• Newest and most exclusive member of McLaren’s Ultimate Series; 75 cars only, all sold

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The McLaren Senna GTR takes the road-legal McLaren Senna – already the lightest, most powerful and track-focused but road-legal car that McLaren builds – several steps further into the realm of ultimate performance. Without the constraints of road or racing regulations, the new Ultimate Series car is more powerful, weighs less, boasts an incredible 1,000kg plus of aerodynamic downforce and uses suspension derived from McLaren’s GT3 race programme.

 

[FuzzyYellow]

8 hours ago, bcredeur97 said:

As @FuzzyYellow posted above basically. What I like most about V6’s is they make great power whilst still being able to get half decent fuel mileage, especially in a lighter(older) car.

 

enjoy your trip @FuzzyYellow probably feels really nice for you to get away from all that snow  overall here we had a pretty mild winter. Didn’t even have a single hard freeze

Yep! Although, I’m going to put myself out there and say that I do like the sound of some V6s. I think they sound miles better than I4s for sure. Sound is subjective though.

 

but yeah, it was -18F the day before I left, and in the 50s and 60s here. It’s so nice.

 

Oh yeah, and the 40 inches of snow on the ground. My accord was basically useless.

[bcredeur97]

6 hours ago, iDeFecZx said:

I don't understand why people buy huge collections of cars and not drive them, you might aswell just own rolling chassis at that point.

Investments. All about the $. They really aren't that great of an investment platform tho. The return is only decent.. you're probably better off  to do real estate

 

That said I know a person in a situation.. he bought a Lotus Exige Sport 260 years ago with the intention of driving it. Loves the car. Turns out they only ended up making like 38 of them here in the US.. and as a result the value skyrocketed compared to what he payed for it. Now he's just afraid to drive it all the time, so it mostly just sits there. So he bought like one of the only imported first gen elise's from europe last year and drives the crap out of it and that's his solution lol
 

[TVwazhere]

Good news: I had the ST driven by a transmission mechanic and he agreed it's most likely the synchronize gears at fault. (He surmises the 2nd gear might need to be replaced due to potential wear)

 

Bad news: He needs to do more research on synchronizers and LSD rebuilds for my car since he's never done one for this specific model before. But given he's an older guy with transmissions and torque converts everywhere, I dont think I'm in bad hands. I'm just hoping it's not going to be any more than $1000 for labor. I'd be ecstatic with $500

[NinJake]

10 hours ago, JokerProduction said:

I keep buying stuff and never end up selling.

-snip-

Those celicas!!!

[DrMacintosh]

I drive a Dixon 2 Ticonderoga 

[Blade404]

I trundle about in either of these when I have to leave the comfort of my WiFi... BMW M135i and a M240i

[Velcade]

I drive the blue pig - purchased with 3 miles on the clock, currently 61k

 

Wife drives the trek - purchased with 5 miles on the clock - currently 15k

[MarcusDevo]

Opel (Vauxhall) Insignia 2,0 4x4 chipped to 302 BHP. 

 

[imreloadin]

20 hours ago, jones177 said:

This is the only picture I have of my car.

2017 BRZ.

About a month after I got it this happened. Thanks to hurricane Maria.

 

Do you mean Hurricane Irma?

[Levent]

2013 Polo 6R with the amazing CGP(A) engine, 1198cc 3 cylinder with 70 (alleged) hp and 112nm torque and I am pretty sure mine has skipped timing or valves dont seat anymore. (0-100kph takes 15-16 seconds).

I like the chassis, engine is not bad either but I would really would love to slap a turbo to this shit and blow gearboxes, clutches and axles every week.

But until then I love using it as a snow plow.

Got it with 22k KMs on July 2016, and as of 10 minutes ago, it has 58356 kms on it.

almost tore the bumper off that time, snow bank was at the same level as the bottom of that vw badge. 

 

Spoiler

You know your car is the base of the base when VW doesnt even paint door handles and mirror caps.

 

[clearskyy]

2017 Honda Civic EX in Crystal Black, I want to say has 24,000 KM on her, can't be sure since she's in the collision shop as I await her return**. I love that car every single day I drove it. It's fun, rides really comfy (my several sleeping passengers on road trips can attest to that). The one thing I would change if I could be the tablet display, you can't update it or put any good looking themes on it or add apps that you use frequently on it, like say Spotify. You have to use Android Auto and it's not exactly bad, but it's not exactly great either. I want in the future to do some slight customization to it, but I want this car to be my daily driver so another project car may be in the future, I'm thinking something from 1989 just because I love the look of the cars around that time. That being said I bought my Civic because the moment I saw it off the truck I said "that's the one, I want that exact car". She's not a Type-R by any means but that's a dream car for another day, for now my Civic EX is all I need.

 

 

** Story Time for those interested: The beauty of living in Canada, particularly in a small city is that the snow removal can be abissmal at times. I couldn't see over a snowbank while trying to turn left onto the street and nudged out, didn't see lights, didn't hear anything, I pull out and a 2018 Mazda 3 Dominos Pizza Delivery going probably too fast comes into full view, I'm pretty sure although I can't be sure because I was instantly terrified, I must have mashed the accelerator and turned the car because this Mazda just slams into my car. I'm instantly stunned, can't hear out of my left ear and I'm not sure what the hell is going on but I have to get out of the street, so I pull back into the one-way I was just pulling out from, the wrong way and just park on the side of the road and try to assess myself. I had thought at the time it hit the front driver side quarter panel and I thought it was my luck that my legs weren't broken. Turns out that he hit the rear driver side wheel well, totally bending the entire rear wheel assembly. I've never been in an accident before so everything is a total mess in my noodle. I'm probably in shock and I can't even really tell what to do next. I'm like, I probably should call the cops? The car calls some Honda call center and I'm trying to feed this dude numbers over the phone through the car while trying to find these numbers and determine if he should call the cops or what. The driver side door opens and that's when I notice the side airbags are deployed which freaks me out because I've never seen them before or even noticed them. The driver of the Mazda is trying to find out if I'm dead or not, I'm fine and he calls the cops. I finish the call with the tech on the phone and try and text my friends (the reason I'm out and about is to go to the gym so they're wondering where I am probably at this moment, and they rush over). Weirdly enough my mom drives over which confuses me because I didn't contact her but apparently she was driving by my apartment and saw the lights and came over (all this happened like a block from where I currently live, to this day I avoid this turn just out of anxiety until the snow melts). So yeah, the car is repairable and will take 3 weeks when the techs get their hands on it (I'm hoping it will be done soon since this happened in January but I'm not trying to rush anyone), it is the winter season so I guess they have a lot of work. So far I'm driving a rental Nissan Sentra that I'm guessing is a 2016 from the look of it, not to bash on it, but it's really not fun to drive, it's got some real bad acceleration and the interior and steering wheel have some really strange design decisions about them lol. If you made it this far, thanks for reading, if you disliked it, you know what to do, but if you liked it consider liking this post. Thank you and I'll see you later. 

Spoiler

 

Edited March 8, 2019 by clearskyy
added photos.

[jones177]

1 hour ago, imreloadin said:

Do you mean Hurricane Irma?

Yes. September 14 2017.

Not a scarry one for me. A few cars got destroyed by trees in my neighborhood but that was about it. 

 

 

 

[Guest]

On 3/7/2019 at 1:54 AM, GR1MES said:

I drive a Dodge 1500 pickup with the Hemi engine. 224,900 miles.

 

Reply with what car you drive, and how many miles it has, I'm curious.

i dont drive yet but im planing to get a ranger(fford) because built without your tax dollars and almost all the cars we had that was not a ford  died whiten a year or so and the latest (Chevy) the default timing that came from the factory  was destroying the engine,so yeh we are going to get a ford now 

[FuzzyYellow]

New record! This car is EPA estimated for 30mpg highway. 224k miles later and this is what I get.

 

 

Also, juicy pics from the mountaintop.

Spoiler

 

 

 

[chaozbandit]

I had no intention of going to the show but... 

 

@warmmilk

[terrytek]

18 hours ago, bcredeur97 said:

As @FuzzyYellow posted above basically. What I like most about V6’s is they make great power whilst still being able to get half decent fuel mileage, especially in a lighter(older) car.

 

enjoy your trip @FuzzyYellow probably feels really nice for you to get away from all that snow  overall here we had a pretty mild winter. Didn’t even have a single hard freeze

yeah but of course v6s are following the same fate as v8s, they're slowly dying off  thanks manufacturers for wanting to down size everything smh.

17 hours ago, Cereal5 said:

You've clearly never towed anything

Diesels don't have a traditional throttle, so they don't make any vacuum. Imagine full throttle on a gas car being idle on a diesel. The throttle is in the injection pump (high pressure fuel pump), and the engine revs based on how much fuel is added, not how much air is added.

I'll agree with the no V6s sounding good, but not the VQ sounding decent lol.

of course i'm the odd one out that think sthe vq sounds good lol; the consensus is that its annoying and ear bleeding  

[RevoltTrain]

20 hours ago, FuzzyYellow said:

New record! Road tripped the accord down to Arizona for spring break. Nice break from MN salt.

 

What're you using to track MPG?

6 hours ago, TVwazhere said:

Good news: I had the ST driven by a transmission mechanic and he agreed it's most likely the synchronize gears at fault. (He surmises the 2nd gear might need to be replaced due to potential wear)

 

Bad news: He needs to do more research on synchronizers and LSD rebuilds for my car since he's never done one for this specific model before. But given he's an older guy with transmissions and torque converts everywhere, I dont think I'm in bad hands. I'm just hoping it's not going to be any more than $1000 for labor. I'd be ecstatic with $500

Time for straight cut gears

[FuzzyYellow]

10 minutes ago, RevoltTrain said:

What're you using to track MPG?

Time for straight cut gears

I use an app called Fuelly. It’s actually pretty nice.

[Cereal5]

3 hours ago, terrytek said:

yeah but of course v6s are following the same fate as v8s, they're slowly dying off  thanks manufacturers for wanting to down size everything smh.

of course i'm the odd one out that think sthe vq sounds good lol; the consensus is that its annoying and ear bleeding  

Ever heard of an ecoboost? All the mid to top tier ecoboosts are V6s. They're not going anywhere. One can only hope though that the i6 will make a return. That's an even longer shot than saying the V8 will still be around in 20 years, lol.

 

I feel sorry for your ears, you must have endured some kind of trauma when you were young.