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26 minutes ago, Drak3 said:

Don't lump me in with them. I'm an enthusiast of mechanic design, be it engines, weaponry, or productive machinery. Not a guy with a wrench that reads the marketing garbage AFE/insert other "enthusiast" brand that can't legally warranty half of their products.

 

I fail to see a correlation between people screeching variations of "forced induction is more efficient!!! Reclaimed energy!!!" and anything I've said.

If you can't be civil. Please leave

 

Edit. That goes for everyone in the thread

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Welp soon I'll be replacing my GTI. I'll be looking for something in the 20-25k range. Too many good options out there I'm too indecisive right now. @_@ any suggestions? No classic or fwd cars. 

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I had a good excuse to drive the Celica yesterday finally after a month of bad weekend weather, felt real nice, got the brakes re-bedded, and blew all the cob webs out of the exhaust. I hate that it cruises so nice at ticketable speeds on the highway, it feels better at XX than it does at XX, but XXX is a bit uncomfortable.

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7 minutes ago, MadyTehWolfie said:

Welp soon I'll be replacing my GTI. I'll be looking for something in the 20-25k range. Too many good options out there I'm too indecisive right now. @_@ any suggestions? No classic or fwd cars. 

Well what kinda thing you looking for

Needs money for car parts :P

 

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14 minutes ago, MadyTehWolfie said:

Welp soon I'll be replacing my GTI. I'll be looking for something in the 20-25k range. Too many good options out there I'm too indecisive right now. @_@ any suggestions? No classic or fwd cars. 

Audi S6, S7

V10 M5 + new Rod bearings (lol)

the 911 everyone hates (996)

E55 AMG

maybe an old GT-R imported from Japan? might be a bit of stretch tho

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9 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

Audi S6, S7

V10 M5 + new Rod bearings (lol)

the 911 everyone hates (996)

E55 AMG

maybe an old GT-R imported from Japan? might be a bit of stretch tho

I looked at a skyline or a terminator mustang just they are states away ?

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21 minutes ago, MadyTehWolfie said:

I looked at a skyline or a terminator mustang just they are states away ?

Shipping  a car is only like $2k at most usually 

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49 minutes ago, vinyldash303 said:

Whats wrong with that? You afraid of a weekend road trip?

No just don't have the time to do that right now

44 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

Shipping  a car is only like $2k at most usually 

Eh if it's only a few states away I could just drive there and drive back. Hardest part is that I still owe a few K on my gti so I'd probably just want to trade it at the same time I pick up the new car.

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2 minutes ago, MadyTehWolfie said:

No just don't have the time to do that right now

Eh if it's only a few states away I could just drive there and drive back. Hardest part is that I still owe a few K on my gti so I'd probably just want to trade it at the same time I pick up the new car.

good luck buying a skyline for cheap that's not filled with a million different problems. 

 
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5 minutes ago, vinyldash303 said:

You should consider a quad cab truck. Great vehicles

I agree.

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I know some of you guys are into racing sims. I'm thinking about getting a G29 this summer and upgrading/pretty much building a new PC. 

 

Opinions on AC vs PC2 and how they run on your specs. Looking to put as little money in as possible...

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1 hour ago, vinyldash303 said:

You should consider a quad cab truck. Great vehicles

Trucks aren't really my thing to be honest. No real use for a truck. ? Thinking maybe a 2019 civic si coupe. After looking at what performance cars I can buy for the money not sure I want to deal with any headache that come with it. May have to expand my search to fwd cars too.

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31 minutes ago, MadyTehWolfie said:

Trucks aren't really my thing to be honest. No real use for a truck. ? Thinking maybe a 2019 civic si coupe. After looking at what performance cars I can buy for the money not sure I want to deal with any headache that come with it. May have to expand my search to fwd cars too.

"looking for suggestions - no fwd"

*considering a civic*

hate to break it you, but civics are fwd

Needs money for car parts :P

 

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41 minutes ago, iDeFecZx said:

"looking for suggestions - no fwd"

*considering a civic*

hate to break it you, but civics are fwd

Quotes my post doesn't read "I may have to expand my search to fwd"

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10 minutes ago, MadyTehWolfie said:

Quotes my post doesn't read "I may have to expand my search to fwd"

Why get a civic when you can get a freaking 75-80k mile S6 with 420hp?

http://atcm.co/S2PVDP/1dbb9e01

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23 minutes ago, vinyldash303 said:

I got one for ya: Ford SVT Lightning. A lot like a Terminator Cobra except more cool.

Saw one looks like a potato to me, reminds me too much of the 03 explorer we had just faster.

22 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

Why get a civic when you can get a freaking 75-80k mile S6 with 420hp?

http://atcm.co/S2PVDP/1dbb9e01

If it breaks I'm screwed cause repairs are very costly on those. As much as Id like to own one. 

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10 minutes ago, Dan Castellaneta said:

I guess I’m looking into early 2000s Suzuki Vitaras and the Chevrolet Tracker now.

Would be a better bet for daily usability than the Blazer just on fuel economy.

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2 hours ago, Speedyv said:

I know some of you guys are into racing sims. I'm thinking about getting a G29 this summer and upgrading/pretty much building a new PC. 

 

Opinions on AC vs PC2 and how they run on your specs. Looking to put as little money in as possible...

AC is dirt easy to run. A R9 290 could run it well enough to use a Freesync monitor at max settings; PC2 on that card, I struggled with medium settings at 1080p (PC1 was easy to run at 60fps at medium settings with the same card). Upgraded to a GTX 1080 and it runs AC at 100+ fps at max settings, PC2 comfortably at 60+ at 1440p high settings. Plenty to drive a windows mixed reality headset on both.

 

FWIW the 1080 also handles ACC fairly well, around the same as PC2 but it is not a full release title yet.

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5 hours ago, MadyTehWolfie said:

Welp soon I'll be replacing my GTI. I'll be looking for something in the 20-25k range. Too many good options out there I'm too indecisive right now. @_@ any suggestions? No classic or fwd cars. 

Toyota Land Cruiser or Hilux.

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29 minutes ago, Dan Castellaneta said:

I guess I’m looking into early 2000s Suzuki Vitaras and the Chevrolet Tracker now.

Would be a better bet for daily usability than the Blazer just on fuel economy.

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2 hours ago, Speedyv said:

I know some of you guys are into racing sims. I'm thinking about getting a G29 this summer and upgrading/pretty much building a new PC. 

 

Opinions on AC vs PC2 and how they run on your specs. Looking to put as little money in as possible...

AC is quite easy to run. Even my 4c/4t i5 doesn't have a problem with it, iirc I get around 50-60fps at 1080p Medium. In fact I could probably run it at 1080p High without issues if I had more VRAM..

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25 minutes ago, floofer said:

Toyota Land Cruiser or Hilux.

Already own a suv but those are good cars. I have a mustang and a escape so im really looking for something to replace the gti in the lineup. Which makes it really hard to decide what I want. :/

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6 minutes ago, Dan Castellaneta said:

Because I don’t have 10 grand to spare for a Land Cruiser or a 4Runner.

you can find slightly beat 4runners for 5k.

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