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Put a few things on the Honda Fit to make it not so painful to drive. (Intake, Exhaust, springs, rear sway bar, sway bar) Also during this time I must keep the car for at least one year and not just sell it for something irresponsible and stupid. If I hold off on the suspension stuff - Drive in AutoX in the stock B class. Sell my moped (64cc Puch Maxi) Take my MSF to get the rest of my Motorcycle license so I can ride something other than a moped. Buy something irresponsible and stupid such as a motorcycle. (Ninja 250r, CBR250R)
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Jan 1, 2014 20:21
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1) Install Paxton... finally. 2) Suck it up and remove the rear seats for UCA/Mount install. 3) Run it at the strip for the first time. (10s?)
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Be content with the car I have (2013 Sonic Turbo) and not sell it after a few months to buy something else (and repeat over and over again). I've gotten away from fun and fast cars and it sounds like my chumpcar team (only did 1 race) is disbanding this year. I'd like to get back into track days eventually. I'd just like to have a garage and tow vehicle first. That can wait another couple years, I hope.
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Rhyno posted:1. See how long I can go without buying a car this year. I made it through 2012 without buying a car AND I only had one car. It was so tough. Of course, 2013 hit and within two months I had a new DD and three months after that a new project car. For 2014 I resolve to: 1. Finish the living space and bathroom in my basement so that when I'm working on my cars and need to take a leak I don't have to go upstairs, outside, or in a can. I'll also have a shower to wash away the shame of my unfinished car projects. 2. Learn to TIG weld and apply this new skill to cool projects (2002, workbench, mailbox, etc). 3. Improve the 2002... It won't be 'done', I just want some solid progress.
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Trade my goddamn car after a year of procrastinating.
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Pr0kjayhawk posted:Since Colorado actually gets all four seasons I'm looking at something turbocharged and AWD. The two main contenders are an Audi TT RS and a 997.1 Turbo. Given the warranty and 15k price difference, I'm favoring the Audi at the moment. Since you had inspired me to get a Lotus, you should follow my lead now and try a GTR. Drive a 2012+. It's not for everyone, but it's a bundle of giggles.
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Miata stuff 1. Track down the drat belt/pulley whine 2. Fix the speed sensor which keeps the mileage low but sometimes also makes speed cameras a terrifying guessing game 3. Clean up the wheels and touch up a few scratches on the bodywork 4. Stick a junkyard turbo in it Try not to buy an E92 330 after getting the bonus for 2013
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Basically, sell the 08 Fit and 08 LGT and buy an 08-09 4runner v8 sport/limited awd from somewhere down south and drive it home. Not a hard thing, and it WILL have to happen, but drat if I'm not already looking forward to it.
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Jan 1, 2014 21:56
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Peugeot stuff: 1) Buy a proper tool chest ASAP because dragging my old plastic toolbox around on the floor sucks absolute poo poo. 2) Rebuild the front suspension 3) Get around to actually replacing all 4 injectors insead of just 1. 4) Throw a roof rack on top so I don't have to keep wedging muddy bicycles inside the poor thing. Boring poo poo, but I need my workhorse to keep on chugging away to get me to work and trolley mountain bikes out to the woods at the weekend. Plus today I got my first ever car insurance quote for less than the declared value of the car, we're off to a better start to this year already.  *E* Turns out the wheel bearing I thought I could hear was some weird tyre noise, threw my winter tyres on today and it's gone. 
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Pr0kjayhawk posted:
Color me uneducated, but I never thought someone in the market for a 997 would cross shop a tt rs. I would think the 997 would be considerably faster, but less usable for such things as getting groceries.
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Fix the drat rattle in my exhaust, but its too cold and snowy to get anything done in the driveway
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Get my 84 Ram tagged and titled (historic) Buy the LQ4 for my S10 and have fun New FE5 suspension for the Cobalt (daily driver). That's about all, plenty to keep me busy all year, and broke.
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1) Get job 2) Fix the Avalanche 3) Supercharge Avalanche 4) Swap in a diesel when everything inevitably explodes
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1. Less car hoarding, currently sat on fifteen (mostly broken) cars, see if I can get it down to ten at least. 2. Buy a welder and start learning, instead of repeatedly paying the mechanic.
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Comrade Flynn posted:Since you had inspired me to get a Lotus, you should follow my lead now and try a GTR. Drive a 2012+. It's not for everyone, but it's a bundle of giggles. The lack of a third pedal put the car out of contention. I'm sure it's a barrel of laughs but I feel like my enthusiasm for cars would slowly die if my only car was an auto of any sort. I briefly considered one but I read a few posts about how they hold up on the track and it seems the entire drivetrain and brakes overheat during 20-25 minute DE sessions at normal ambient temperatures. Your Lotus had the toe link failure, right? That may have been what sent my car to the grave but the scary thing is I had the aftermarket Sector111 kit. Glad to hear you've kept up the insanity with a GT-R though. Way2slow posted:Color me uneducated, but I never thought someone in the market for a 997 would cross shop a tt rs. I would think the 997 would be considerably faster, but less usable for such things as getting groceries. I'm weird like that. I also had an Elise as a daily driver for over a year and up until six months ago, the Boxster Spyder was my only car. Despite the back seats I think a 911 might be less usable as a daily since it didn't have a trunk (Boxsters/Caymans get both a trunk and a frunk). I really want a 997.1 GT3/GT3RS. Since I can't do that in this state, a 997TT would keep me in a Porsche. The problem is the cheapest 997TT is 10-15k more expensive than the TT RS and they're way out of warranty by now. CPO is good for two years but you're paying dealership prices which tend to be a little crazy. And repairs of anything unique to the drivetrain would be, and I don't think this is a stretch, insane. The Audi is quick enough and with a standard tune can make 410hp/440lb-ft. The rear seats are more of a joke than a 911 but at least they fold down for 24 cubic feet of hatch space. Oh and they can be had with a 6 year CPO warranty good through at least 2017. Two important lessons I learned with the supercharged Elise and Boxster Spyder: You can't use that power on the street and it doesn't matter how fast you are at the track, someone else will have more money to spend on insane machinery. I had more fun on the street in a Miata or S2000 because you could wind them out and not commit felonies most of the time. And the most fun I've ever had on the track was a prepped Suzuki Swift at the Nurburgring. I have since started dialing back my long-term goals of what I want during HPDEs.
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1. Get the GMC back into roadworthy shape and keep it there. The next two are going to be a one or the other sort of thing, depending on where I want to spend money. I need to do number 1 first, then go test driving. 2. Replace the Ranger with something not lovely (current short list is Toyobaru, Abarth, or Fiesta ST, not that I've actually driven any of the three) 3. 5-lug swap the GMC, including proper wheels, rear discs. Maybe a trailing arm conversion, maybe some significant front suspension work. Build the LS1 to somewhere around 450hp at the crank. Possibly replace the Ranger still, but with something much cheaper than my shortlist above. 4. Clean the drat garage.
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Pr0kjayhawk posted:The lack of a third pedal put the car out of contention. I'm sure it's a barrel of laughs but I feel like my enthusiasm for cars would slowly die if my only car was an auto of any sort. I briefly considered one but I read a few posts about how they hold up on the track and it seems the entire drivetrain and brakes overheat during 20-25 minute DE sessions at normal ambient temperatures. Yeah, toe link popped right the hell off. I had actually put the S111 kit on after it broke before I sold it to the new owner. Scary. I get the hesitation about a manual, but after 16 years of owning nothing but sticks I haven't missed it one bit with the auto in the GTR. I haven't heard about overheating issues besides from the brake which is fixed pretty easily. I've had my car out for 30+ minutes at a time for lap days with no issues.
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Ride my classic bikes more and enjoy them for what they are rather than keep them safe and clean like a collector.
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1. Work more normal hours (never gonna happen) 2. Be more patient 3. Sell/give away lathe 4. Maintain my vehicles a bit better 5. Keep plugging away on the house and garage, install new gas heater before spring 6. Fix wife's boat 7. Sell civic 8. Simplify Edit: Do more metal working Go to more #neai meets Prep for three months in the sandbox (departing sometime in May) sharkytm fucked around with this message at 09:39 on Jan 2, 2014 |
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IOwnCalculus posted:4. Clean the drat garage.  I need to do this. So.loving.bad.There hasn't been a car in the garage in over 2 years.  To be fair, my crap only takes up about 1/4 of the garage...
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Take better care of my ute than I did my busted-arse Corolla Ride my pushbike to work (It's like 1500m now so I have no excuse) Get the hell out of my dead end abattoir job (almost done) so I can Pay off my stupid loan so I can Buy a motorcycle, ride it, be happy Lurch fucked around with this message at 11:46 on Jan 2, 2014 |
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-Comanche: Finish AX15 swap. This was supposed to be done yesterday but something is hosed up with the clutch. After that, don't mess with it. Have a reliable DD. -E36 M3: Buy coil-overs, install new poly bushings, get good at autocross, do as many track days as possible. -Chump E36: Race the drat thing this year. -Stupid: Go halfsies on a beat to poo poo 4x4 with a friend and do stupid things.
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1. Upgraded suspension and more exhaust bits for my WRX. 2. Detail the hell out of my WRX and hopefully make up for a year's worth of neglect. 3. Autocross more to learn the limits of my WRX. 4. Resist the urge to buy more lovely project cars. No Miatas, no E28s, and certainly no cursed Mk2 Jettas.
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1. Actually put a bigger lift on my TJ, along with the SYE/double-cardan driveshaft that that mod will require 2. Maybe get an economical DD  3. Sell body parts to buy tougher axles for the jeep, I'm not putting one dime into the D35/30 that are on this thing 4. EightBit fucked around with this message at 16:52 on Jan 2, 2014 |
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Finish up my '04 Subie 2.5TS project and get it on the road and hopefully sell it. Fix up my miata a bit more especially the belt squeal I keep forgetting about every drat day. Get my Fiesta ST I ordered goddamn 2 months ago and never have to worry about rusty car bullshit on my primary daily driver! Do multiple track days in said Fiesta ST More of a CA goal, but sell my Ninja 250, get a V-Strom 650/1000 and do a long distance moto camping adventure this spring/early summer!
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FYI, I'll be stashing this thread by the end of the month and bringing it back at the end of the year so we can see
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IOwnCalculus posted:
This My mom is pretty much a hoarder and took over the garage to store her art supplies, paintings, blenders from the 80's, and duplicates of decade-old cleaning supplies she will never ever ever use or get rid of ever. Every wall of the garage has shrunk four feet inward in an attempt to asphyxiate the dream of sheltering a car or our house's three motorcycles. This year is the year it all goes away. I will be able to walk through the garage without tripping, and I will be able to access anything I need without pulling off tarps covering useless baubles and trinkets covering garage sale finds since-forgotten, god loving damnit.
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1. Sell a car or two 2. Buy a crapbox for chumpcar 3. Actually go racing instead of just thinking about it (this may happen 2015, but whenever) 4. Buy a dirt bike that actually fits me, (will need one for midgets) 5. Do the second round of work on the car trailer
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1) Manual swap my 850R with the M56 5sp that's been sitting in my garage forever. 2) Learn to drive a manual better then 16 year old. 3) Register my Jeep that I don't have a title for before the tabs run out in February. 4) Maybe change the oil on the Jeep. Maybe.
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1)Pending funds Trade my IQ and my wife's Mazda 3 in on something more baby friendly for my wife and only have 1 car payment. 2) Fix my 93 K1500, needs oil cooler lines, battery, shocks and swaybar links for DD status if number 1 happens. 3) If number 1 happens then save up for Crown Vic for DD. 4) fix and or sell my 82 Honda CB900.... Love it but dont have time or money for it because baby.
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Go a year without buying or selling a car.
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13 INCH DICK posted:Go a year without buying or selling a car.  E: Fake edit: Please revise this. What are we gonna do? 
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Amending mine with the clause of 'buy a Biturbo '
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My 2014 New Year's resolution is to do everything in my power to make this 77 Mercury Cougar the most badass ride in town. And also, make it a little less slow.
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New engine for the 2003 Corolla, and sell it. Get the ZJ up and running, and sell it. Finally put the 3SGTE in the Buy a decent daily driver. Don't die.
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