Cars and other kinds of motoring gibberish

bmwracer wrote:
I guess... :sweat:

But hey you're spending $17K.... I paid $4K for my first car... And it was brand new... :mrgreen:


I suppose you're gonna end up driving a Toyota Corolla. :beaten:

$4k brand new. Wish cars today would sell at that price. Good cars at that too.


Oh yes.....Corolla....a car my any mom would drive :beaten:

K.T.Tran wrote:$4k brand new. Wish cars today would sell at that price. Good cars at that too.

Around that time, a BMW 320i cost $15K. :shocked:

LoL! My friend's friend was crazy enough. Picture this...

1) Civic EK model (9x's series) as the chassis.

2) Honda BB2 Prelude's engine. A 2 liter VTEC-less engine, bored out to 2.2 liters.

3) Honda Integra DC2 Type R B18 cam heads. Fitted to the 2.2 BB2 engine block. Now you have a VTEC 2.2 liter Honda block.

3) Supercharger. Don't know the brand.

4) All thrown into (1)... Supercharger kicks in at low RPMs. VTEC opens at the higher RPMs. Wheels spins all the way into third gear.

I don't know how you do that, but its one helluva crazy machine.

so, on top gear last night they took a bugatti veyron for a top speed run. they keep saying it's faster than an f1 car and at 407kph it sure is quick but i don't agree.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W82DsPkgV-U

Veryron and its W16 with quad turbochargers?

Gawd thats gonna suck alotta cash outta your pockets with that kinda petrol consumption. Doesn't equate to being financially smart EVEN if you drive a continental exotic here in Singapore.

An Altis Corolla model here in Singapore sells for about 66k SGD, inclusive of COE (Certificate of Entitlement), if you were to convert that to USD, its about 44 USD.

i heard from my mom that my uncle said parts for a G35 are really hard to find.

True??

I first heard that it only goes for the 2003 yr, but now apparently this goes for all G35s :sweat: :sweat:

K.T.Tran wrote:i heard from my mom that my uncle said parts for a G35 are really hard to find.

True??

I first heard that it only goes for the 2003 yr, but now apparently this goes for all G35s :sweat: :sweat:

I just asked the guy that sits across from me (he has one) he said no, it's all Nissan stuff, shouldn't be too hard to find. [/list:u]

gaijin mark wrote: I just asked the guy that sits across from me (he has one) he said no, it's all Nissan stuff, shouldn't be too hard to find. [/list:u]

So desu ka. Yokatta :woot: :woot: :dancing: :dancing:

Thanks a lot Mark san :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

G35 is a sick ride.
some guy here at my apparment owns one.
it looks soo nice with the rims he put on it, right now its the stock ones since its winter here

this week's 'top gear' in which the team embarked on a road trip from florida to new orleans was the funniest thing i've seen in a long time.

^Yup, hilarious episode :rofl:. Television crew was about to get beaten in Alabama, because of "Nascar sucks" and "I'm bi" labels on cars. Wonder if that was real or scripted. But the scenery in New Orleans was quite shocking, one year since hurricane and still in ruins.

boris wrote: But the scenery in New Orleans was quite shocking, one year since hurricane and still in ruins.

mmm disturbing i'd say. :shakehead:

K.T.Tran wrote:I'm planning on saving money to add some little extras to the car, such as spoiler, and maybe bigger exhaust....... :beaten: :beaten:

Ugh, don't waste your money on a rear spoiler: they're usually ugly and they attract the wrong attention, i.e., cops.

Save it for the exhaust.

bmwracer wrote:
Ugh, don't waste your money on a rear spoiler: they're usually ugly and they attract the wrong attention, i.e., cops.

Save it for the exhaust.

honto ne?

too bad all the stuff that makes the car look better always attracts the cops :shamefulcry: :shamefulcry:

K.T.Tran wrote:honto ne?

I think so.

Of course, a loud/noisy exhaust probably wouldn't be good, either: my neighbor's kid has a highly modified 325i with a pretty raunchy exhaust and he's gotten ticketed at least twice in the last 6-8 months. :bleh:

too bad all the stuff that makes the car look better always attracts the cops :shamefulcry: :shamefulcry:

Yup.

ticketed twice....???

my guess is either he was speeding or it was just way to loud.


I just gotta see how my savings comes along :hehe: :hehe:

K.T.Tran wrote:ticketed twice....???

my guess is either he was speeding or it was just way to loud.

Maybe both... He's like 18-19 years old, too. :shakehead:

bmwracer wrote:
Maybe both... He's like 18-19 years old, too. :shakehead:

:hehe: :hehe: :hehe:

I can picture the guy driving through mall parking lots setting off car alarms :hehe: :hehe:



After i got my car, my brother is thinking of ways to get rid of his Accord and is thinking of either an Evo or 350Z :sweat: :sweat:

I wonder how'll this will go for him.

K.T.Tran wrote:After i got my car, my brother is thinking of ways to get rid of his Accord and is thinking of either an Evo or 350Z :sweat: :sweat:

I wonder how'll this will go for him.

What's your insurance gonna be?

It can't be cheap considering it's a G35. :sweat:

Way back when I was looking at M3s, the insurance was gonna cost me $3K+ per year... :sweat:

Yeowch.

i HIGHLY suggest you hold off doing anything mechanical to you car for now. once you start you wont want to stop... :sweat:

learn to drive it stock, then plan out what you want... maybe start w/ sport springs if you dont have them already. But do think about what you want... consider that i've got 3, THREE, sets of springs for my car. THREE. $200 each. I wasted alot of money buying replacement parts.

[ :twisted: ]

once you've learned to drive properly, and you've saved $5500, THEN have a blower put in, along w/ the cat-back exhaust and intake.

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oh yeah, gas is expensive too.