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Leperflesh posted:It's a rich people habit. I mean the kind of rich people who can easily afford to buy super-expensive cars multiple times a year. They buy one, drive it for a month or two, and then their attention wanders to the next one. Remember the maserati bi-turbo wasn't exactly a Ferrari competitor. It cost about the same as a 325is (~$27k in 1987)
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13 INCH DICK posted:Tonight was lesson one in teaching the GF to drive stick. Things certainly get exciting in a hurry. I've never heard my Civic make those noises.... Well I am pretty sure she isn't a thing, so you are still in the clear.
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kastein posted:I like everything in my life to be basket cases too. 30 seconds of messing around got me to this: http://www.vistaprint.ca/studio/review.aspx?alt_doc_id=T477C-T2A78-0O7&redir=3&rd=1 ... for something less than $20/shirt + shipping (it's not giving me a detailed price until I register, not that invested yet). Snowdens Secret posted:poo poo I'm just curious why they paint the insides of their engines like a carnival funhouse A couple of years ago the winner (by a big margin) of the annual TSD rally was a basket case of an Eagle Talon. The thing shouldn't have been running, never mind blasting gravel at 175 km/h in rural Saskatchewan, but the "owners"* had rebuilt the engine and in the process of re-assembly had painted parts bright colours - the block was blue, the head was green, the exhaust was yellow, etc. * I thought there were some irregularities with the purchase of the car from what I saw of the documents. And major components had been stolen from a friend's Talon the night before the race.
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nm posted:Remember the maserati bi-turbo wasn't exactly a Ferrari competitor. It cost about the same as a 325is (~$27k in 1987) I'm sorry I can't hear you over the sounds of walking past my baby seal hub cap covers and sinking into my all leather cow interior 
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13 INCH DICK posted:Tonight was lesson one in teaching the GF to drive stick. Things certainly get exciting in a hurry. I've never heard my Civic make those noises.... The first driving lesson I gave my bf, he ended up shifting into 2nd without taking his foot off the throttle, pinging off the rev limiter and chirping the tyres as he let back off the clutch because that's how you do it in racing games.  I'm glad I taught the emergency stop first.
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13 INCH DICK posted:Tonight was lesson one in teaching the GF to drive stick. Things certainly get exciting in a hurry. I've never heard my Civic make those noises.... I tried to teach my ex to drive stick. After three tries of 2-3 hours each I gave up. Some people just can't drive stick. The noises my car made will haunt me forever.
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My brother managed to downshift to 2nd at a fair clip and dump the clutch on his first try. Learned a good lesson on what gears mean and RWD all in one go.
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May 25, 2014 22:52
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The passenger seat perfectly captures the Biturbo ownership experience.
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KozmoNaut posted:The passenger seat perfectly captures the Biturbo ownership experience. Only those who have owned a Biturbo can speak of the ownership experience.  In MY Biturbo...
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May 26, 2014 01:05
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May 26, 2014 02:47
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Das Volk posted:That shifter gaiter looks like some sort of strange growth. botched circumcision.
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May 26, 2014 02:50
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Leather wrapped horse cock (flaccid)
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Terrible Robot posted:Leather wrapped horse cock (flaccid) These pop up (flop down?) on eBay occasionally. Prosthetic, obviously.
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I'd like to see 13 inch amass a collection of downmarket luxury failures. Biturbo, Cimarron (maybe Catera as well), X-Type...what am I missing?
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blk posted:I'd like to see 13 inch amass a collection of downmarket luxury failures. Biturbo, Cimarron (maybe Catera as well), X-Type...what am I missing? Land Rover Freelander
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Rhyno posted:Phaeton? That's an upmarket failure. Freelander's a good idea. There's the Aston IQ thing but I don't think that was sold in the states. blk fucked around with this message at 04:27 on May 26, 2014 |
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I'd almost settle for a Chrysler TC by Maserati.
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http://salem.craigslist.org/cto/4438932890.html I'd be willing to buy this and drive it up for you.
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cursedshitbox posted:3 series. You could throw the 318Ti and the C230 Sportcoupe in there, but they're pretty innocuous so I have little motivation to live vicariously through someone else's ownership.
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blk posted:I'd like to see 13 inch amass a collection of downmarket luxury failures. Biturbo, Cimarron (maybe Catera as well), X-Type...what am I missing?
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You Am I posted:Aston Martin Cygnet That's gonna be way to reliable for him.
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Leperflesh posted:
Actual lamborghini tractors are pretty rare, and awesome. Jay Leno's Garage has a video about one, and it's cool: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wjL7lDtxW8
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As far as I know, they're still making them, although not for sale in the US. The newer ones look pretty badass.  You know you want that as your daily driver. 
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I love how we all want you to do the worst thing. A biturbo is pretty much the worst thing but its not the 13 inch worst thing until it has the mill from the Honda in it. The only thing that could make it more of a 13 inch horrorshow is maybe a jag V12. I'd like to believe you drive the cars you do for our amusement but I genuinely believe you are an automotive masochist of the highest order and I love it.
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I really, really wanted him to bring the Starion up. That would've been a combined disaster build of epic proportions. The real bummer is that I have like two extra 4G63 motors now that could be rebuilt and thrown in there.
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MikeyTsi posted:I really, really wanted him to bring the Starion up. That would've been a combined disaster build of epic proportions. The short and bittersweet Starion saga ended well I thought. The video of the clattering mostly dead engine accompanied by the insane beavis laugh was way better than if it had actually ran.
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I liked the pool truck with crazy dash stickers. You were too beautiful for this world, truck that i cant remember anything else about  / 
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My crack dealer (aka the local Alberta rotary guru) has a 13B turbo Maserati BiTurbo. It's glorious and I want to buy it off him every time I'm over at his place.
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McTinkerson posted:My crack dealer (aka the local Alberta rotary guru) has a 13B turbo Maserati BiTurbo. It's glorious and I want to buy it off him every time I'm over at his place. Gotta love a car where "put a rotary in it" is a reliability improving option.
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Today I started wiping the seats down with simple brake cleaner to see how stuck on the paint was, I know they won't look good until they get recovered but I'd really like the car to look a little more cohesive. I'll bet I can get the interior looking at least marginally better once I get a can of proper thinner and spend some time and elbow grease.
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How horrible does the car smell after wiping down the seats with brake cleaner? Also, who the gently caress paints their seats.
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It wasn't so bad actually, I made sure to have all the windows rolled up and the hatch and doors shut while I was in there though.
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Slavvy posted:From what I understand a pull-through carb is much harder to do. With a post-turbo setup the bowl is pressurised by the turbo so the pressure differential in the carb is always the same and everything works out neatly. But I really wouldn't have a clue. Neither method is perfect, but either will work fine when done correctly. The biggest difference in a factory setup (where they don't have to gently caress around with getting your carb to seal properly and poo poo like that) is that a slightly higher capacity compressor is required to achieve the same max horsepower when drawing through the carb as opposed to blowing through it and that the routing of the intake gases become easier in a blow-through (separation and pooling of the air/fuel is a problem in draw-throughs that have too many bends and joints and stuff after the carb).
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Interesting! And also: gently caress carburettors!
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Leperflesh posted:
Definitely going to go look for die cast models of Lambo tractors now, thank you.
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