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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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9 hours ago, Dylanc1500 said:

Just make them dirt roads, like true dirt, not gravel. Just needs to be graded every once in a while.

 

Gravel can go die, that stuff basically says "I'm gonna f you up" to paint and tires.

*remembers hitting 80+ mph on a straight on a gravel road in the middle of nowhere a corolla

 

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16 hours ago, bcredeur97 said:

so going through a car once a week runs in the family. got it.

Tbf they had the CRV and black cooper S for nearly 6 years.

Needs money for car parts :P

 

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Three hour ride on the bike to get to my summer home, back is dead because I had a huge backpack but its great to be here.

 

Weather was awful, cold, rainy and windy as hell all the way but it was fun anyway.

 

A bird hit my face while I was going 120km/h though so I probably need a new helmet ? poor bird too, at least it probably died a fairly quick death

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28 minutes ago, Dan Castellaneta said:

You know, I just realized that I probably am overestimating fuel costs for what it's worth, even in a car like a Crown Vic.

how many miles a day you expect to drive?

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4 minutes ago, terrytek said:

how many miles a day you expect to drive?

9-40 miles, depending on if I only go to work on a specific day (that’s the 9 miles) or if I decide to do something on an off-day (probably 20-40 miles especially if I’m driving all around Huntsville and Madison).

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19 hours ago, Anomnomnomaly said:

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Spoiler is just a tad too tall for me, but damn, that's clean. The MX-6 never really got my eye, but that one's damn nice. Good stuff

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23 hours ago, Bitter said:

I like the bubble top sportsy cars a lot. I would enjoy a MX6 or even a MX3.

what about an NB coupe mazda made a few of Japan and never brought here?
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24 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

what about an NB coupe mazda made a few of Japan and never brought here?
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The NB coupes are the best old Miatas 

and the RF ND or Fiata from the new ones 

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Does anyone have experience with different foam guns? I scored a new pressure washer last weekend and would like to give a foam gun a try, but I hear there's a lot of difference between the different ones.

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3 minutes ago, Real_PhillBert said:

Does anyone have experience with different foam guns? I scored a new pressure washer last weekend and would like to give a foam gun a try, but I hear there's a lot of difference between the different ones.

yeah there is. I don't have personal experience tho.... Maybe AmmoNYC has a video on it? I'd trust anything he recommends... it's just always expensive

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Just now, bcredeur97 said:

yeah there is. I don't have personal experience tho.... Maybe AmmoNYC has a video on it? I'd trust anything he recommends... it's just always expensive

Thanks for the idea, I should look through his vids and see if he says anything about a particular option.

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55 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

what about an NB coupe mazda made a few of Japan and never brought here?
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Nice. If they made a coupe MK3 MR2 I'd sell my soul for it. The bolt on hard top isn't the same as a real roof.

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3 hours ago, Mr. horse said:

Getting new tires for my Jag today. Its loves to eat up tires. Maybe I should spin them less?

What jag is it?

We do tyres quite often at our place lol

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5 hours ago, Real_PhillBert said:

Does anyone have experience with different foam guns? I scored a new pressure washer last weekend and would like to give a foam gun a try, but I hear there's a lot of difference between the different ones.

I have the fasmov foam cannon. Got it on amazon for less than $20 but I need to keep adjusting the foam mixture I think it is because they get blocked up after a while so keep them clean whichever one you get. Also a good starting dilution is 1:10 parts water to soap. 

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8 hours ago, Mr. horse said:

X-type with the 3.0 engine. Sadly its an auto but that still doesn't stop me from spinning the ties. Not the best jag but a good daily driver jag for those of us that put a lot of miles on our cars. 

 

It needs replaced and ill probably get another X-type. As much as I would like a XJR, i would hate to buy a car like that only to put 30-40k miles on it in a year. 

We get quite a few XJs in that barely do a couple thousand a year, one of the lads done a 2014 one on 2800 miles

Needs money for car parts :P

 

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6 hours ago, chaozbandit said:

 

Super bummed to miss gridlife this year. 21st is tomorrow and South Haven is only 2 ish hours out.

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On 5/28/2019 at 6:40 PM, bcredeur97 said:

new law: Trucks only
reason: we wont be fixing the potholes

 I never really understood why people bought trucks. I get the need if you actually need work (e.g working in Construction), but I see so many people driving trucks that have never actually been used for anything that trucks are meant to be used for...

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4 minutes ago, arnavvr said:

 I never really understood why people bought trucks. I get the need if you actually need work (e.g working in Construction), but I see so many people driving trucks that have never actually been used for anything that trucks are meant to be used for...

same reason SUVs are a big thing right now, people just like being up high and in a large vehicle.

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Just now, bcredeur97 said:

same reason SUVs are a big thing right now, people just like being up high and in a large vehicle.

SUVs are a big thing right now because gasoline is relatively affordable. Once it goes up, they'll be out of fashion again.

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26 minutes ago, arnavvr said:

 I never really understood why people bought trucks. I get the need if you actually need work (e.g working in Construction), but I see so many people driving trucks that have never actually been used for anything that trucks are meant to be used for...

Trucks are nice if you ever need to move anything of decent size, or live out in the boonies

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My car got totaled out now I need a new car fast for like $3500. Seeing some Audi A4s. Slightly rusted Miatas. BMW 3 series,a Subaru Legacy GT (non turbo) Any suggestions? 

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