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ExplodingSims posted:
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Disappointed there's only one turbo gauge 
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Feb 9, 2015 09:20
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Dead Reckoning posted:
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Feb 9, 2015 10:05
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As a spectator my week is off to an outstanding start 
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Feb 9, 2015 10:48
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OFFICER 13 INCH posted:Reminder: I have faith! 
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Feb 9, 2015 11:09
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Well drat. I think a manual one would be more fun if it would ever run.
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Feb 9, 2015 11:47
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The fear isn't that it will run. It's that it won't stop. 
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Feb 9, 2015 12:30
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Liquid Communism posted:it won't stop. She won't let you.
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Feb 9, 2015 15:57
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88h88 posted:Watch this be a really easy fix and be the most reliable car 13's ever had... This is what I want to see. I think it would be awesome.
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Feb 9, 2015 16:33
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CharlesM posted:This is what I want to see. I think it would be awesome. Remember, 13 very nearly killed a beige Corolla. It's possible that 13 has an eerie psychic power. Broken cars become fixed, and fixed cars become broken. The Civic is smaller than a single wavelength of his horrible power, so it avoids the worst of it.
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You're actually buying a Maserati Biturbo? what the gently caress is wrong with you
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StandardVC10 posted:You're actually buying a Maserati Biturbo? what the gently caress is wrong with you
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Seat Safety Switch posted:Remember, 13 very nearly killed a beige Corolla. Not quite, explain the cop car and the froot truck deux.
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Feb 9, 2015 17:16
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StandardVC10 posted:You're actually buying a Maserati Biturbo? what the gently caress is wrong with you Can't be any worse than pulling a nearly 60 year old VW out of a field to rebuild like I did.
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Feb 9, 2015 17:17
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veedubfreak posted:Can't be any worse than pulling a nearly 60 year old VW out of a field to rebuild like I did. Lowered Expectations actually ran, though
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Feb 9, 2015 17:22
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I forgot you had a crown vic, why did you get rid of that anyway? RWD fords are pretty cool in the fact even when half shagged it's usually still a comfortable place to sit and can get up to highways speeds OK.
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Feb 9, 2015 17:48
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Fo3 posted:I forgot you had a crown vic, why did you get rid of that anyway? It ran too well, I believe.
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Feb 9, 2015 17:49
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I love you
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Fo3 posted:I forgot you had a crown vic, why did you get rid of that anyway? It's literally the OP of this thread. 
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Feb 9, 2015 18:20
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I don't know, Biturbos can be pretty reliable once you replace the entire powertrain, suspension, brakes, all of the electrics and the window seals. Then, when the body and frame rusts away in a few weeks you'll still have all those shiny new parts! e: Just once I want a Craigslist ad to say "Ran when built in 1985, I think" instead of "ran when parked" redgubbinz fucked around with this message at 18:26 on Feb 9, 2015 |
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Feb 9, 2015 18:22
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You have to get this as atonement for getting a non-cvcc civic.
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Feb 9, 2015 18:23
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OFFICER 13 INCH posted:It's literally the OP of this thread.
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Fo3 posted:Yeah, I haven't read the first page for while. But still asking why? OFFICER 13 INCH posted:I for one enjoy the sublime feeling of carefully placing one's scrotum in a door jam and then flinging it shut as hard as I can manage. I repeat this process over and over until finally the sweet darkness takes me and I can no longer feel anything at all. (...) The Crown Vic was plain, reliable, a work horse. It was the Frau Bleucher in my stable, the one you know you can count on. But it's not what I need. Deep down inside, I know that I need someone to spit on me, make me bleed and cry, and to treat me like the emotional tampon I know I truly am. I found harmony by getting a boring reliable car to get to work and just keep my maochism to a side project, but I'm a pussy. 13" goes all in on the concept. (though I am looking at having the Kia as my sole mode of transport for a few months, so I guess I'm getting a little ballsier?) Turbo Fondant fucked around with this message at 19:19 on Feb 9, 2015 |
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I don't want to talk him out of the bi-turbo, and this is AI after all and it would be spectacular. But seriously, for a loving honda? For 20 years even when I drove myself crazy with 12As, 12ATs, 13B extend ports and 13B bridgeports, I kept a ford around to go get groceries when everything else didn't work. e: Actually I didn't get ford that until I was 27 and I only bought it for a cross continent trip, before that I daily drove a 13B bridgeport or a 12AT on a 30mi daily commute (through the middle of nowhere from the city to an air force base) Having one modern car as sole transport isn't ballsy, it's all about the wrecks and partially complete projects in your driveway though I know 13" doesn't have have that option as it's all street parking or road repairs. Fo3 fucked around with this message at 19:33 on Feb 9, 2015 |
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Feb 9, 2015 19:25
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This is the best thread. Shine on you crazy diamond.
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Feb 9, 2015 19:47
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I suppose I could always try to play the two biturbos off of eachoter and pick them both up if the price is right
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Feb 9, 2015 20:29
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So buy two Biturbos and a big pile of spares? That might let you build one working one before it kills you. I actually think that this may work out well for you, simply because of the amount of effort AI will put into keeping you owning a Biturbo.
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Fo3 posted:Having one modern car as sole transport isn't ballsy, it's all about the wrecks and partially complete projects in your driveway though I know 13" doesn't have have that option as it's all street parking or road repairs. An AL Sportage is a mashup of '70s Mazda engineering, '80s Rover engineering and some stuff a Korean guy scribbled on the back of a beer mat one time. It is made of the most corrosion-prone metals and brittle plastics known to man and the example I bought was previously owned by a flat-brim-cap-wearing teenager in the most road-salt-prone region of North America. It has been on fire twice because of the inherent flaws of the lovely electrical system, and those surprisingly weren't caused by the PO's hacking of that system in the name of siiick bass. The rear springs have been replaced with Jeep TJ coils from a junkyard, the body mount bushings are boat trailer keel roller end caps and the rear axle is designed in such a way that it has a chance of randomly locking up one or both rear wheels at any time with no notice. The locking front hubs are vacuum-operated and are designed such that if a wheel seal fails a large amount of the grease that is supposed to lubricate the front wheel bearings ends up sucked inside the engine (assuming the vacuum lines don't fail first). I haven't removed a single chassis fastener that didn't require heating it to critical temp and the larger fasteners still warranted use of a 3/4" impact to remove even after heating. The engine and transmission fasteners do not generally require heating since the Kia implementation of the FE3N leaks oil at a rate only matched by Rovers and Detroit 2-strokes. The oversized tires and the lack of any meaningful torque from the engine mean that it will not operate in 5th gear, thus it is limited to 90km/h on the highway- not that it's anything but terrifying at even that speed thanks to the haphazard front end modifications required to lift it and the knowledge that this car scored the lowest crash test ratings in its class, since the structural design of the body is copied from the 1st gen Ford Festiva but with some elements removed to adapt it to a ladder frame chassis from unibody. So no, I wouldn't compare my Kia to a modern car.
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Feb 9, 2015 20:58
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OK, cool, tl:dr. I just didn't know anyone bought old KIAs so I assumed a newer one when anyone mentions them.
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Feb 9, 2015 21:13
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Yeah that was way tldr/spergy but it's tough to describe the 'quirks' of these things in just a few words. And yeah nobody buys these things ever. I watch the kijiji listings on them so I know what's going to be at the local junkyard in a few weeks. But I'll stop this stupid derail now.
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Have you bought it yet?
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Feb 9, 2015 21:42
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As soon as the tax refund clears, got that poo poo electronically filed and direct deposit linked. Its gonna happen.
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Feb 9, 2015 22:18
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OFFICER 13 INCH posted:As soon as the tax refund clears, got that poo poo electronically filed and direct deposit linked. Its gonna happen. Are you keeping the honda?
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Feb 9, 2015 22:30
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nm posted:Are you keeping the honda? He can get a bus pass.
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Feb 9, 2015 22:36
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Honda is definitely staying no questions asked.
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Feb 9, 2015 22:39
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OFFICER 13 INCH posted:Honda is definitely staying no questions asked.
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Feb 9, 2015 22:44
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OFFICER 13 INCH posted:I suppose I could always try to play the two biturbos off of eachoter and pick them both up if the price is right if you get three you have a greater chance of getting one running, hell, go for four. biturbos work like voltron right?
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Feb 9, 2015 22:47
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By our powers combined, we take the form of a functioning water pump.
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InitialDave posted:But once the Maser's running, you're sending the Civic to Doogle for an engine swap, yeah? Reread this, find the problem.
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  I'm your (Bi)Turbo Lover It's happening omg omg omg.  Linked song has a lot in common with Biturbo ownership since they're both about guys getting hosed in the rear end
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