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Posted: 4/10/2020 12:57:03 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: LOL! I'll be looking for you when you take your AMG to F1!! Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: You just haven't run up against the right " shitbox" yet. I have ridden in 900 + HP Honda Civics and VWs when they have walked on all kinds of expensive euro trash........ Porsches included. Also some 1200 HP street legal American muscle cars too. I don't know many factory purchased cars that can run in the 7s and 8s. Hats off to the shitbox builders. ETA: Bring your porsche to this guys house. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DDswtLUhdM LOL! Yeah, and your factory built and bought euro trash uber car will still get smoked by some dude who built his car in his garage. Funny, you don't see many "tuned" eurotrash cars being run in any kind of competitions. What competitions are you referring to? Why the American competitions !! Good ol' drag racing and NASCAR ! Or the kind of competitions that take place on the streets of America...... So the dumb kinds of motorsport? F1 > NASCAR LOL! I'll be looking for you when you take your AMG to F1!! I would take it to track days. I've gotten plenty of practice on the PS4! 
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Posted: 4/10/2020 12:59:19 AM EDT
[#2]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I would take it to track days. I've gotten plenty of practice on the PS4! Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: You just haven't run up against the right " shitbox" yet. I have ridden in 900 + HP Honda Civics and VWs when they have walked on all kinds of expensive euro trash........ Porsches included. Also some 1200 HP street legal American muscle cars too. I don't know many factory purchased cars that can run in the 7s and 8s. Hats off to the shitbox builders. ETA: Bring your porsche to this guys house. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DDswtLUhdM LOL! Yeah, and your factory built and bought euro trash uber car will still get smoked by some dude who built his car in his garage. Funny, you don't see many "tuned" eurotrash cars being run in any kind of competitions. What competitions are you referring to? Why the American competitions !! Good ol' drag racing and NASCAR ! Or the kind of competitions that take place on the streets of America...... So the dumb kinds of motorsport? F1 > NASCAR LOL! I'll be looking for you when you take your AMG to F1!! I would take it to track days. I've gotten plenty of practice on the PS4!  You're a goofy fucker! You make me laugh.. I like you... |
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Posted: 4/10/2020 12:59:59 AM EDT
[#3]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Depending on the car, it’s not that easy. This is true, to get the holeset in my 2002 I pretty much had to make everything from scratch. 
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Posted: 4/10/2020 1:02:07 AM EDT
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That stupid “you can’t afford it” scene in that movie reflects the attitude of a very small portion of the owners of those cars.
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Posted: 4/10/2020 1:02:15 AM EDT
[#5]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I would take it to track days. I've gotten plenty of practice on the PS4! Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: You just haven't run up against the right " shitbox" yet. I have ridden in 900 + HP Honda Civics and VWs when they have walked on all kinds of expensive euro trash........ Porsches included. Also some 1200 HP street legal American muscle cars too. I don't know many factory purchased cars that can run in the 7s and 8s. Hats off to the shitbox builders. ETA: Bring your porsche to this guys house. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DDswtLUhdM LOL! Yeah, and your factory built and bought euro trash uber car will still get smoked by some dude who built his car in his garage. Funny, you don't see many "tuned" eurotrash cars being run in any kind of competitions. What competitions are you referring to? Why the American competitions !! Good ol' drag racing and NASCAR ! Or the kind of competitions that take place on the streets of America...... So the dumb kinds of motorsport? F1 > NASCAR LOL! I'll be looking for you when you take your AMG to F1!! I would take it to track days. I've gotten plenty of practice on the PS4! Then you should be GTG! 
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Posted: 4/10/2020 1:03:36 AM EDT
[#6]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I went to a Landcuiser meet years back and couldn't find parking so I drove up to the gate and asked where I could park (show was LCs only, I was in my 87 toyota 4x4 pickup). Was invited to just park on the grass with the Landcuisers. Yeah, same brand and all but most of these were high dollar builds or restorations, my truck had no business being "shown" nor had I intended to. Was pretty surprised at all the questions and positive feedback I got. Honestly, most of the car people I have met have been pretty cool and open minded. The checkbook billet rodders can be a mixed bag and there are elements of the import scene in CA you have to be wary of (big gang presence). Oddly, the lowrider guys are usually cool as shit. Most fun crowd was the minitruck guys back in the day. The Orange County truck jam was a yearly stop for my friends and I. We shot the shit for a good while, super cool guy. Never would have guessed he would have given one fuck about my car. |
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Posted: 4/10/2020 1:05:33 AM EDT
[#7]
Shit boxes are more fun to drive.
My beater I drive at 10/10. And I don't care what happens to it. My nice car I worry about getting scratched. |
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Posted: 4/10/2020 1:08:50 AM EDT
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Cuz stuff like this is fun
 The Zero F**** Given RX7 - /TUNED |
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Posted: 4/10/2020 1:09:46 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Aye, it was a little suprising to me. At the first one, a guy in a 350z that didn't have a stock part on it, lowered, intercooler so big he was waiting on a fabricated front end, you get the idea. I am sure he had a ton of money in his, was commenting on how clean and original my pos is and wanted to check it out. We shot the shit for a good while, super cool guy. Never would have guessed he would have given one fuck about my car. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I went to a Landcuiser meet years back and couldn't find parking so I drove up to the gate and asked where I could park (show was LCs only, I was in my 87 toyota 4x4 pickup). Was invited to just park on the grass with the Landcuisers. Yeah, same brand and all but most of these were high dollar builds or restorations, my truck had no business being "shown" nor had I intended to. Was pretty surprised at all the questions and positive feedback I got. Honestly, most of the car people I have met have been pretty cool and open minded. The checkbook billet rodders can be a mixed bag and there are elements of the import scene in CA you have to be wary of (big gang presence). Oddly, the lowrider guys are usually cool as shit. Most fun crowd was the minitruck guys back in the day. The Orange County truck jam was a yearly stop for my friends and I. We shot the shit for a good while, super cool guy. Never would have guessed he would have given one fuck about my car. Some people have very diverse tastes in cars. I know I do. About the only things that don't interest me is the really out there stance stuff (euro look is cool, can't get into the cambergang thing) and donks. Not a huge fan of brass era cars from a "I would like to own one" point of view but they are neat to look at. And I am not a huge fan of FWD cars but I can respect a well built one |
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Posted: 4/10/2020 1:11:56 AM EDT
[#10]
Quote HistoryQuoted: This is true, to get the holeset in my 2002 I pretty much had to make everything from scratch. https://i.imgur.com/pntqN44.jpg Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Depending on the car, it’s not that easy. This is true, to get the holeset in my 2002 I pretty much had to make everything from scratch. https://i.imgur.com/pntqN44.jpg The Bench Racers forget that plenty of Euro Guys turn their own wrenches. Sometimes they do it because they like it. Other times it’s because they can’t pay someone to do it, even though than can afford to. |
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Posted: 4/10/2020 1:17:39 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I still smile when I see a mini truck. They are apparently still a thing. There are a few making a comeback here and there. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: I went to a Landcuiser meet years back and couldn't find parking so I drove up to the gate and asked where I could park (show was LCs only, I was in my 87 toyota 4x4 pickup). Was invited to just park on the grass with the Landcuisers. Yeah, same brand and all but most of these were high dollar builds or restorations, my truck had no business being "shown" nor had I intended to. Was pretty surprised at all the questions and positive feedback I got. Honestly, most of the car people I have met have been pretty cool and open minded. The checkbook billet rodders can be a mixed bag and there are elements of the import scene in CA you have to be wary of (big gang presence). Oddly, the lowrider guys are usually cool as shit. Most fun crowd was the minitruck guys back in the day. The Orange County truck jam was a yearly stop for my friends and I. Remember those fuckin mini trucks everygodamnwhere back in mid 80s in OC. Few years later and they were those high anxiety trucks. Super lifted SR5s I still smile when I see a mini truck. They are apparently still a thing. There are a few making a comeback here and there.  Attached FileOne in the back is due for an altitude adjustment. It was a slammed truck back in the day. And when minitruckers are over 40, they buy stuff like this. LS swaps are becoming a thing for these guys. If it weren't for CAs smog laws and the cardinal rule of don't tinker with the daily too much...  Attached File |
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Posted: 4/10/2020 7:24:04 AM EDT
[#12]
Quoted: No one cares if a V8 swapped and turboed Fiero can go faster in a straight line than an AMG, because it's still a fucking Fiero. The AMG owner who just got owned cares.  Trunk badges are for those looking to buy ribbons from the PX to enhance their combat experience. |
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Posted: 4/10/2020 7:26:56 AM EDT
[#13]
Quote HistoryQuoted: That's how I feel about all cars. I don't want the attention of strangers in public. Go to airports near big cities where people have some money. You'll see the majority of people with planes driving fairly basic vehicles. Yup, I feel the same way. That said, lots of people with the $$$$ keep the fancy cars at home. No sense in getting the toys stolen or dinged up while you’re out taking a trip in the netjet. |
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Posted: 4/10/2020 7:33:11 AM EDT
[#14]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I have an E36 BMW M3 with a V8 swap.... not a shit box at all. It might not destroy an AMG, but it would give it one hell of a run for it's money. I have an E36 convertible with some type of sport package but not the M3 motor. But I looked it up, 0 to 60 on the M3 is 5.3 seconds she's pretty fast. what motor did you put in your car? Got any pictures? |
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Posted: 4/10/2020 7:36:32 AM EDT
[#15]
I agree with the board. Making things nice is half the fun. Look at this nice paint job I put on my grandpas shitty rifle after he died
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Posted: 4/10/2020 7:39:12 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I have an E36 convertible with some type of sport package but not the M3 motor. But I looked it up, 0 to 60 on the M3 is 5.3 seconds she's pretty fast. what motor did you put in your car? Got any pictures? Modern AMGs are running low 3s or faster 0-60, and around a track, any track, most AMGs would be pretty far ahead of you. Maybe not the AMG G63... maybe |
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Posted: 4/10/2020 7:40:02 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I agree with the board. Making things nice is half the fun. Look at this nice paint job I put on my grandpas shitty rifle after he died https://i.pinimg.com/originals/88/2a/4d/882a4d02b6185c01760514d21f035c50.jpg Haha. Trolllllllleoooooooooleooo.
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Posted: 4/10/2020 7:48:04 AM EDT
[#18]
Quote HistoryQuoted: What is the OP driving anyways? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: No one cares if a V8 swapped and turboed Fiero can go faster in a straight line than an AMG, because it's still a fucking Fiero. A stock shitbox. |
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Posted: 4/10/2020 7:48:47 AM EDT
[#19]
What kinda car'd you lose to, OP?
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Posted: 4/10/2020 7:50:35 AM EDT
[#20]
Guys who get into cars only to be miserable when someone beats them on a lower budget are really special. They eventually wind up in some car club where they cite rules all day long like its a HOA.
I used to work on cars for guys just for the love of it. Cant afford my own right now but I have "skills" that I either keep up with or lose them. Give me a true hot rodder over a checkbook biatch any day. |
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Posted: 4/10/2020 7:54:20 AM EDT
[#21]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Guys who get into cars only to be miserable when someone beats them on a lower budget are really special. They eventually wind up in some car club where they cite rules all day long like its a HOA. I used to work on cars for guys just for the love of it. Cant afford my own right now but I have "skills" that I either keep up with or lose them. Give me a true hot rodder over a checkbook biatch any day. I have had my ass handed to me and I have handed people their asses. Its all fun. I go to the track to have fun and meet other car guys and gals. The racing is just part of the fun. |
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Posted: 4/10/2020 7:54:58 AM EDT
[#22]
Drive what you like, the way you like.
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Posted: 4/10/2020 8:05:00 AM EDT
[#23]
Quoted: No one cares if a V8 swapped and turboed Fiero can go faster in a straight line than an AMG, because it's still a fucking Fiero. And in 10 years, they will both be old shit boxes. |
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Posted: 4/10/2020 8:07:28 AM EDT
[#24]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Drive what you like, the way you like. Dont tell me what to do!
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Posted: 4/10/2020 8:10:31 AM EDT
[#25]
Quoted: No one cares if a V8 swapped and turboed Fiero can go faster in a straight line than an AMG, because it's still a fucking Fiero. 
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Posted: 4/10/2020 8:11:45 AM EDT
[#26]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Guys who get into cars only to be miserable when someone beats them on a lower budget are really special. They eventually wind up in some car club where they cite rules all day long like its a HOA. true! So true!The best is when they run their mouth, and make every excuse imaginable to not run their car... But Muh retarded timing to run pump gas! Muh tuning! Muh precious paint jobz! So on so forth. Car clubs literally are the HOA equivalent, and country club-skeet/trap fudd equivalent. |
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Posted: 4/10/2020 8:15:50 AM EDT
[#27]
Did OP just get trounced by a Fiero with a Jaguar V12 crammed under the hood?
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Posted: 4/10/2020 8:15:56 AM EDT
[#28]
OK. Thanks for stopping by to let us know.
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Posted: 4/10/2020 8:18:06 AM EDT
[#29]
Quote HistoryQuoted: A shitbox would fall apart before it took an AMG out on a real track. I’m glad they give the “special” people from your generation internet access. It’s so inspirational. |
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Posted: 4/10/2020 8:18:52 AM EDT
[#30]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Sounds like someone's salty they got gapped by a shitbox. This. OP, show us on the doll where they hurt you. |
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Posted: 4/10/2020 8:19:21 AM EDT
[#31]
I see this one around town pretty often:
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Posted: 4/10/2020 9:42:59 AM EDT
[#32]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Yeah um the track! That's what the streets of America are..... just like a track. Euro trash driver says " shit, damn it..... if we were on a track I would smoke your ass!! " as the shitbox driver gives him the finger while pulling away from him. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: You just haven't run up against the right " shitbox" yet. I have ridden in 900 + HP Honda Civics and VWs when they have walked on all kinds of expensive euro trash........ Porsches included. Also some 1200 HP street legal American muscle cars too. I don't know many factory purchased cars that can run in the 7s and 8s. Hats off to the shitbox builders. ETA: Bring your porsche to this guys house. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DDswtLUhdM LOL! Yeah, and your factory built and bought euro trash uber car will still get smoked by some dude who built his car in his garage. Funny, you don't see many "tuned" eurotrash cars being run in any kind of competitions. They do, just the courses have a lot of turns and the drivers use a different car than their daily. Also, any grown up with a $100k plus car who can be goaded into a stoplight race with “shitbox” needs a better therapist. Yeah um the track! That's what the streets of America are..... just like a track. Euro trash driver says " shit, damn it..... if we were on a track I would smoke your ass!! " as the shitbox driver gives him the finger while pulling away from him. lol I honestly don’t even comprehend people who get their egos wrapped up in what they drive, or what others drive.  Car threads on the internet are always weird to me, because of how seriously people take them.Drive what you like. If you want to build something cool and awesome in your garage, then build something cool and awesome in your garage and drive it and have fun.  I’m not sure I understand why anyone would care if that car could go faster than a completely different factory-built car. I totally see the fun of building something unique and cool - I totally do not see the point of THEN trying to compare it to something factory built. I guess some people have a need to try to prove something (to themselves) and to others, and receive some kind of validation. But I honestly don’t get it.  |
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Posted: 4/10/2020 9:51:04 AM EDT
[#33]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Meh. Is the faster car also more luxurious and comfortable? Funny, that is very person dependent. My wife has a BMW X5. I drive it frequently. It is not comfortable to me. Neither was my friends e series. Most of them have nice amenities like leather dashes and dual climate control, but I am solo in my car more often than not and don't sit there rubbing the dash so those are pretty useless. Most cars have leather, bluetooth and auto everything now. So honestly, I don't know how much more luxurious most higher end vehicles are anymore. |
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Posted: 4/10/2020 7:12:21 PM EDT
[#34]
A guy in my AO has a LS Miata.
That little bastard is one goin' machine. When I was a lad, a neighbor had a MG TD with a SBC. Couldn't keep a rear end in it. |
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Posted: 4/10/2020 8:16:42 PM EDT
[#35]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I see this one around town pretty often: https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/337946/20190325_100349-890205.jpg I kinda want to build one like this. I have a perfectly serviceable 93 LS400 just sitting here (wifes old car). Paint is shot, interior is shot but it runs like a top.  Attached File |
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Posted: 4/10/2020 8:23:40 PM EDT
[#36]
This shitty truck will outrun most AMG’s when it’s done but I don’t get kid myself it’s even in the ballpark of those cars.
It’s just an old shitty truck that I hope is pretty damn fast. It’s just like the truck we rode 5 deep in pulling an airstream to go camping when I was a kid. They were some of my best memories as a kid.  Attached File |
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Posted: 4/10/2020 8:25:11 PM EDT
[#37]
op fwiw as someone who has had both i agree with you.
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Posted: 4/10/2020 8:38:27 PM EDT
[#38]
Wrong
There a cars that people put legitimate builds into that are engineering marvels or just plain works of art that make no financial sense. Then there are shitboxes that come in all forms. 8 sec shady, livin' on a prayer cars are still 8 second shit boxes even if they started out as a 65k camaro |
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Posted: 4/10/2020 8:41:12 PM EDT
[#39]
I clicked expecting a Fox body thread.
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Posted: 4/10/2020 8:50:23 PM EDT
[#40]
Quote HistoryQuoted: you are just cranky Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: No one cares if a V8 swapped and turboed Fiero can go faster in a straight line than an AMG, because it's still a fucking Fiero. In my opinion, AMG is the definition of "souped up shitbox"  you are just cranky "Cranky" is the new delusional. https://carbuzz.com/compare/mercedes-benz-amg-gt-r-vs-porsche-911-gt3-rs |
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Posted: 4/10/2020 8:57:13 PM EDT
[#41]
Did OP post his POS ride pic yet?
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Posted: 4/10/2020 8:57:34 PM EDT
[#42]
AMEN, OP.
It just doesn't make any sense. Why spend $20k on putting a V8 in a Miata, when you can buy the V8 in a car IT WAS DESIGNED TO BE IN for the same $$$. Check the prices on C6 Z06s these days... you might realize your dream car isn't that far out of reach. It's understandable that people want fast, gorgeous cars, but often don't have the money for them. But it ISN'T understandable when you actually DO have the money for said fast, gorgeous car, that you'd decide to blow the SAME amount of money on creating a freak of nature because you have sentimental feelings toward the piece of junk you had to compromise for when you didn't have any money. Cars are disposable commodities. Think of them as paper plates--not your grandmother's good china. Short story. My first car was a 1999 Eclipse RS. I spent way too many hours to count planning and making lists of every single part I was going to upgrade in that car. It would have been Fast and Furious ready by the time I was done, with maybe 300hp. Then I got a 350z because I realized it had more potential than a stock Eclipse. I owned the Z for ten years and again spent countless hours planning to supercharge it, add a body kit, etc. etc. Four years ago I bought a C6 Corvette when I realized buying the used Vette was going to cost the same as upgrading the Z to the point where it would have the same performance as the Vette stock. I love my Vette. Now I have a real car that is actually worth maxing out its performance. Until I have more money, and realize that buying the next ______ is going to cost the same as maxing out the performance on the Vette to the stock level of the new car. SOME DAY I will actually soup up a car I own. But I promise it won't be a Fiero or a Miata. |
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Posted: 4/10/2020 9:01:56 PM EDT
[#43]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I kinda want to build one like this. I have a perfectly serviceable 93 LS400 just sitting here (wifes old car). Paint is shot, interior is shot but it runs like a top. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/107869/Lifted-Lexus-LS400-TRD_jpg-1361379.JPG gotta be a Gambler car |
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Posted: 4/10/2020 9:11:48 PM EDT
[#44]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Op is mad because some LS swapped mid 80s shit box with a Taiwan tornado maker gapped him. |
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Posted: 4/10/2020 9:13:18 PM EDT
[#45]
OP believes you must buy happiness and what other people think is more important than your own opinion.
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Posted: 4/10/2020 9:14:05 PM EDT
[#46]
Quote HistoryQuoted: gotta be a Gambler car Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I kinda want to build one like this. I have a perfectly serviceable 93 LS400 just sitting here (wifes old car). Paint is shot, interior is shot but it runs like a top. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/107869/Lifted-Lexus-LS400-TRD_jpg-1361379.JPG gotta be a Gambler car Pretty sure it is. |
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Posted: 4/10/2020 9:28:21 PM EDT
[#47]
Someone should have told this guy.
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Posted: 4/10/2020 9:29:57 PM EDT
[#48]
A lot of truth here.
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Posted: 4/10/2020 9:40:25 PM EDT
[#49]
My buddy and I won a bunch of money back in the day with his shitbox Nova.
It was easy to bait people like OP. |
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Posted: 4/10/2020 9:54:01 PM EDT
[#50]
Quote HistoryQuoted: That thing makes me smile everytime I see it. Partially because it is cool as hell. Partially because there is some purist somewhere that is angry that it exists. I only hate the mismatched wheels. Polished aluminum or chrome paired with 90's flat aluminum is barf |
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