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

[GDRRiley]

1 minute ago, Bombastinator said:

Like ability of the thing to actually be usable.

Hey I’m sure you can take a mini frame and put an LS in it. You get to keep the outside body panels as a bonus. 

[Bombastinator]

10 minutes ago, GDRRiley said:

Hey I’m sure you can take a mini frame and put an LS in it. You get to keep the outside body panels as a bonus. 

It’s probably been done.  As a trailer queen drag car, but done.  Use case matters.  Drag cars don’t turn, and ultra front heavy weight distribution helps prevent wheelies.

[chaozbandit]

@MEC-777

 

 

[MEC-777]

6 hours ago, chaozbandit said:

@MEC-777

 

 

Jeez! What were they driving and how did they not die when the tire blew out!!!???

 

There's been so much speeding during the shutdown. I've been a little more cautious of that as I'm sure the cops are watching out for it. Empty roads = people taking more risk, generally speaking. It's interesting though, the more sim racing I do, the less I find myself speeding on the street. It's like I can get it out of my system without having drive fast IRL anymore.

[Beef Boss]

7 minutes ago, MEC-777 said:

It's interesting though, the more sim racing I do, the less I find myself speeding on the street. It's like I can get it out of my system without having drive fast IRL anymore.

You act like we wanna dish out the dough for a sim, I'd rather just pay the increased insurance rates and fines and court dates

[Jarsky]

16 hours ago, Bitter said:

How is it being able to see at night again?

 

haha the car hasn't really been driven in about 10 years other than the quick test drive after mods. It's been in storage since 2010 and just pulled it out last year to start working on it again. It's going to go into compliance in the next couple of months, then after that I can start driving it again on the road. 

[dcgreen2k]

Supra GT-Four, anyone?

 

[JoaoPRSousa]

2 hours ago, Beef Boss said:

You act like we wanna dish out the dough for a sim, I'd rather just pay the increased insurance rates and fines and court dates

 

Please tell me you missed a /s in the end of that sentence.

[Bombastinator]

33 minutes ago, dcgreen2k said:

Supra GT-Four, anyone?

 

I thought driving a race car around town would be awesome until I got introduced to a racing clutch.  That cured me.

[Bombastinator]

3 hours ago, JoaoPRSousa said:

 

Please tell me you missed a /s in the end of that sentence.

Might not be.  One of the built in obnoxious aspects of American law is fines are set to punish the poor not the rich.  The owner of Menards hardware drove a flagarantly illegal lambo around a rural Wisconsin town for years. Thing no joke rattled nearby windows.  Thing was not vaguely street legal like 5 different ways.  He was so rich he paid the fines and laughed. 
 

It’s an even bigger deal with corporations.  Then it’s will we make more money following the law, or breaking it, killing a few people, and paying the fine?  The math is added up including profits, court costs, at tourneys fees, and delay time, and if b is bigger than a (and it often is) people die for the profit of others.

Doesn’t happen in Germany.  There fines are scaled by income so the ticket always hurts. It’s absolutely amazing how well German drivers adhere to laws when they actually apply equally.

 

Right wingers in Germany hated that law.  Did the same as was done in the US.  Pointed at the money it made for the government as if that was the point.  In the US it was the “death tax” making money was never the point of inheritance tax.  The point was the prevention of dynasty of the useless.  What it did was stress an inherited company.  The new owner had to prove he could do the work.  They could have taken the money, put it in a pile and burned it and it would still have been a good law.

[Beef Boss]

2 hours ago, JoaoPRSousa said:

 

Please tell me you missed a /s in the end of that sentence.

I'll leave you on the fence

And yes, lawyers can get you out of almost everything. The legal system is ruled by money, as is everything else. For instance, if I was a business man, it'd be more economical for me to speed and pay fines than be late in some cases.

[vf1000ride]

Got the one Ducati out and finally put a few warm up miles on it yesterday.  Short trip down to the gas station and back before getting back to working around the house.

[Video Beagle]

I'm hoping there's some car knowledgeable people here in the car thread..

I have this car jump starter.  It works well using the jumper clamps...but the output to the cigerate lighter...I don't know how to use it and the poor instructions don't say.

 

(It IS output. There is another used for input to the unit).

 

Anyone give advice on how to use it?

 

 

[Bombastinator]

2 hours ago, Quibiss said:

Not true. It's a set catalogue of fines. 

So it got changed?  My data on Germany is old. 

[JoaoPRSousa]

12 hours ago, Beef Boss said:

I'll leave you on the fence

And yes, lawyers can get you out of almost everything. The legal system is ruled by money, as is everything else. For instance, if I was a business man, it'd be more economical for me to speed and pay fines than be late in some cases.

 

So that's a no.

That's not the context I was aiming for, it was more like you'd rather pay more insurance and fines (on spirited drives or stuff like that, wasn't going for commutes but sure) over "dishing out" 200$ on a wheel. But hey, whatever floats your boat.

[Theguywhobea]

5 hours ago, Video Beagle said:

I'm hoping there's some car knowledgeable people here in the car thread..

I have this car jump starter.  It works well using the jumper clamps...but the output to the cigerate lighter...I don't know how to use it and the poor instructions don't say.

 

(It IS output. There is another used for input to the unit).

 

Anyone give advice on how to use it?

 

 

 

I assume it would be for throwing some charge in a weak battery that you don't want to or can't hook the clamps up to.

 

The cigarette lighter in your car is fused, typically at 15 to 20amps, so you can't start a car with that level of current, but you will slowly charge the vehicles battery off of it. If you've seen some other places on the internet, they sell little solar panels that sit on your dash and plug into the cigarette lighter to trickle charge your battery.

[Video Beagle]

20 hours ago, Theguywhobea said:

The cigarette lighter in your car is fused, typically at 15 to 20amps, so you can't start a car with that level of current, but you will slowly charge the vehicles battery off of it. If you've seen some other places on the internet, they sell little solar panels that sit on your dash and plug into the cigarette lighter to trickle charge your battery.

Thanks for the info. Got that charging to work today with your help!

[Ducati888]

On 4/21/2020 at 9:54 PM, vf1000ride said:

Got the one Ducati out and finally put a few warm up miles on it yesterday.  Short trip down to the gas station and back before getting back to working around the house.

My first Ducati was a 749, fun ride for sure! Get out more than just a little trip down the road and back. 

[PandaCopyRight]

On 4/21/2020 at 12:13 PM, JoaoPRSousa said:

 

Simple answer, yes you can.

Long answer, Yeeeeeeeeees yoooooooou caaaaaaan

[Ducati888]

On 4/21/2020 at 9:54 PM, vf1000ride said:

Got the one Ducati out and finally put a few warm up miles on it yesterday.  Short trip down to the gas station and back before getting back to working around the house.

 

[That_Random_Guy]

Had a mini heart attack today.......
got the first quote to paint my fox body mustang today.

 

NOT GONNA LIE.... feels like this is a lot higher then it should be. was fully expecting 4 to 5k but not this

[bcredeur97]

12 minutes ago, That_Random_Guy said:

Had a mini heart attack today.......
got the first quote to paint my fox body mustang today.

 

NOT GONNA LIE.... feels like this is a lot higher then it should be. was fully expecting 4 to 5k but not this

That’s been my experience with the need to paint cars too. Paint is always more expensive than you think it will be lol 

[That_Random_Guy]

7 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

That’s been my experience with the need to paint cars too. Paint is always more expensive than you think it will be lol 

idk just wasnt expecting 7500 to paint a car. always felt that's almost a showcar price where your fully tearing apart all the panels and doing that, where as their not painting anything like door jams or anything. this is just exterior

[The1Dickens]

26 minutes ago, That_Random_Guy said:

NOT GONNA LIE.... feels like this is a lot higher then it should be. was fully expecting 4 to 5k but not this

Do the body work yourself, and save 3135. At 57 hours, I imagine that's a good amount of body work you can do yourself. Probably cut that in half at least.

[Bombastinator]

10 minutes ago, That_Random_Guy said:

idk just wasnt expecting 7500 to paint a car. always felt that's almost a showcar price where your fully tearing apart all the panels and doing that, where as their not painting anything like door jams or anything. this is just exterior

Looking at the receipt, the paint alone cost 1400.  Was it maybe custom color or really unusual paint?