Cars and other kinds of motoring gibberish

What do you guys think of the new scion tC?... I was debating about the tC or the Si... What do you think??

RB26DETT wrote:at least you guys get to WASH your cars! :angry: the damn drought we've had in this country for the last 3 years means that we can only wash our cars with a bucket....you heard (read) that right: a BUCKET...

Yeah, well depending on where you live in the US, they will place the same sort of restrictions during droughts. When I was living near Delaware a couple years ago towards the end of the drought (that lasted 4 or 5 yrs, I think?) on the East Coast, that state put restrictions on water usage and would fine you for washing cars, watering grass, and stuff like that. I think there was even a snitch hotline to rat out your neighbors if you saw them doing it... ^_^;

Of course, now I'm in California and it's like a freaking desert all the time...
Could be worse though....I could be in Southern CA, where it really *is* a freaking desert....
:shakehead: :beaten:

Mr.ChoyBoi wrote:What do you guys think of the new scion tC?... I was debating about the tC or the Si... What do you think??

Didn't you see the earlier posts on the tC?

Anyhoo, my brother bought his daughter a tC... Silver. Not a bad car at all... I think the interior of the RSX is nicer. Since it's a new model, the dealers are sorta rippin' the buyers: the load the car full 'o' options and say take it or leave it... My brother had to eat the leather interior, tC-logo door sills, and TRD exhaust system... Total price (base is ~$16K): about $21K.... Nice 17'' wheels with Potenza RE930s (shoulda been 950s, like my car)... Clutch is really soft, almost not there: easy to use, hard to modulate... The 2.4L four (160bhp) has got nice torque and a throaty exhaust note...

I've seen an Si in a while, but I bet it's more refined that the tC... :)

mizune wrote:Could be worse though....I could be in Southern CA, where it really *is* a freaking desert....
:shakehead: :beaten:

Uh, I don't think so.....

bmwracer wrote:
Didn't you see the earlier posts on the tC?

I did remember that your bro bought one... When did he get it, I dont want all those options so im willing to wait for one to come in... Im not too sure tho, I heard the torque is good but its a 2.4L compared to the Si's 2.0L. Its a gas guzzler compared to hondas... AHH... my first new car... so hard to decide... :hehe:

Mr.ChoyBoi wrote:I did remember that your bro bought one... When did he get it, I dont want all those options so im willing to wait for one to come in... Im not too sure tho, I heard the torque is good but its a 2.4L compared to the Si's 2.0L. Its a gas guzzler compared to hondas... AHH... my first new car... so hard to decide... :hehe:

Gas Guzzler??

Heh, my brother was concerned about that as well, but the mileage difference is negligible... If you thrash the Si around (which you probably will), your mileage will be just as bad, neh?

If you were really concerned about the mileage, you'd get the Civic HX or the Hybrid, neh? :D

bmwracer wrote:
Gas Guzzler??

Heh, my brother was concerned about that as well, but the mileage difference is negligible... If you thrash the Si around (which you probably will), your mileage will be just as bad, neh?

If you were really concerned about the mileage, you'd get the Civic HX or the Hybrid, neh? :D

Hahaha.... but then if you dont thrash around the Si your mileage is decent while if you thrash around the tC it would be worse... :hehe:

bmwracer wrote:
Uh, I don't think so.....

I kind of figured some ppl would disagree with me there.... ^_^;;;
But I'm used to having actual seasons, and trees, and green grass that'll grow without needing to be watered with a sprinkler system... :bonk:
Well, you're in Torrence which is right on the coast and, I admit, is pretty nice....But then you go inland to where my parents moved to and....oof...
Too much for me.... -_-;;;;
I want my snow and sleet and freezing rain! Nothing makes your heart pound like driving in those conditions! ^_^;;;;

mizune wrote:
I kind of figured some ppl would disagree with me there.... ^_^;;;
But I'm used to having actual seasons, and trees, and green grass that'll grow without needing to be watered with a sprinkler system... :bonk:

Well, even homes in the NoCal and the Northwest have sprinkler systems for their lawns... You can't rely on Mother Nature to water your lawn every week of the year... :)

Well, you're in Torrence which is right on the coast and, I admit, is pretty nice....But then you go inland to where my parents moved to and....oof...
Too much for me.... -_-;;;;

Inland? Where?

I want my snow and sleet and freezing rain! Nothing makes your heart pound like driving in those conditions! ^_^;;;;

You're a masochist. :beaten: :hehe:

Mr.ChoyBoi wrote:Hahaha.... but then if you dont thrash around the Si your mileage is decent while if you thrash around the tC it would be worse... :hehe:

Then why buy an Si if you can't thrash it?? :hehe:

ahochaude wrote:at least you guys HAVE cars. :beaten:

I don't ...... anymore. :beaten:

What happened????? :notell:

KouSeiya315 wrote:What happened????? :notell:

Aho got rid of his car for various reasons.... :sweat:

bmwracer wrote:
Aho got rid of his car for various reasons.... :sweat:

Awwwww :( He'll get another one I'm sure, he's got several shigoto's :hehe:

One funny sorta car related thing. The other day my friend, who drives like an absolute maniac sometimes, said *I* drive too fast. :beatyou: :notell: I'm not denying that I do, but she's hardly one to talk. :notell: Yeah, I have a lead foot, I totally admit that. But I'm a good driver, I don't drive like a maniac, I follow the flow of traffic. :hehe:

When she said that to me, we were on our way somewhere. Then on the way home, she was getting impatient because we were on a 4 lane street, 2 lanes each way, and in each lane were two people snailing around way below the speed limit. Well, she was too close to the back of one guy, and wanted to play musical lanes to pass them, but it wasn't gonna work. I was holding the door because she was making me nervous. Then one guy inched up some, so she darted over to get her chance. Um...she didn't look. I'm in the front passenger seat and I hear a horn in my hear and look to my right and there was a headlight. I looked and the guy behind the guy who was inching up was swerving off the road!! :shocked: My other friend in the back screamed as I yelled to my friend driving "OH MY GOD WHAT THE F&^*!!!!!!!!!!". She never even NOTICED. The guy swerved so she got in the lane, never even noticing the other car. And right after when my friend in the back and I were yelling about it...my friend driving was like "What? Oh my god!! There was a car there?? I didn't see him! He was in my blindspot!!". I was like "You didn't look! He was there!". She said "I looked in my rear view mirror, whoever I can't see is in my blindspot!". I was like, "You couldn't see him in the side mirror either? You didn't glance on the side because he was directly beside us!" and she replied "Oh, I don't use the side view mirrors. I can't use them". :omg: :doh: WTF????? Yeah, and she's picked up a habit of passing slowpokes on the opposite side of the road late at night. Holy crap, next time we go out I AM DRIVING. :usuck:

KouSeiya315 wrote:One funny sorta car related thing. The other day my friend, who drives like an absolute maniac sometimes, said *I* drive too fast. :beatyou: :notell: I'm not denying that I do, but she's hardly one to talk. :notell: Yeah, I have a lead foot, I totally admit that. But I'm a good driver, I don't drive like a maniac, I follow the flow of traffic. :hehe:

When she said that to me, we were on our way somewhere. Then on the way home, she was getting impatient because we were on a 4 lane street, 2 lanes each way, and in each lane were two people snailing around way below the speed limit. Well, she was too close to the back of one guy, and wanted to play musical lanes to pass them, but it wasn't gonna work. I was holding the door because she was making me nervous. Then one guy inched up some, so she darted over to get her chance. Um...she didn't look. I'm in the front passenger seat and I hear a horn in my hear and look to my right and there was a headlight. I looked and the guy behind the guy who was inching up was swerving off the road!! :shocked: My other friend in the back screamed as I yelled to my friend driving "OH MY GOD WHAT THE F&^*!!!!!!!!!!". She never even NOTICED. The guy swerved so she got in the lane, never even noticing the other car. And right after when my friend in the back and I were yelling about it...my friend driving was like "What? Oh my god!! There was a car there?? I didn't see him! He was in my blindspot!!". I was like "You didn't look! He was there!". She said "I looked in my rear view mirror, whoever I can't see is in my blindspot!". I was like, "You couldn't see him in the side mirror either? You didn't glance on the side because he was directly beside us!" and she replied "Oh, I don't use the side view mirrors. I can't use them". :omg: :doh: WTF????? Yeah, and she's picked up a habit of passing slowpokes on the opposite side of the road late at night. Holy crap, next time we go out I AM DRIVING. :usuck:

Yikes.

Your friend drives in NASCAR part-time, neh?? :sweat:

KouSeiya315 wrote:

One funny sorta car related thing. ... Holy crap, next time we go out I AM DRIVING. :usuck:

That doesn't sound funny at all. Glad you're okay, KS, but your friend is a going to get people killed.
-PCM

bmwracer wrote:
Aho got rid of his car for various reasons.... :sweat:

repo man cameth?

niko2x wrote:repo man cameth?

No, ..... nothing like that at all. I watch my credit and have never been late on any payments. It was err, something else. :sweat:

ahochaude wrote:No, ..... nothing like that at all. I watch my credit and have never been late on any payments. It was err, something else. :sweat:

pm me the detail, dude.

I have this vision of Ahoch' doing his Starsky & Hutch impression...

Ahoch' speeding his car along a dock in Hawaii and jumping it into the Pacific! <splooOSH!>

:hehe: :hehe: :rofl:
-PCM

pcmodem wrote:I have this vision of Ahoch' doing his Starsky & Hutch impression...

Ahoch' speeding his car along a dock in Hawaii and jumping it into the Pacific! <splooOSH!>

:hehe: :hehe: :rofl:
-PCM

Best part of that movie:

Captain: "Don't shoot!"
Hutch: *bang*
Captain: "Someone shot me!"
Hutch: "It wasn't me, we're going after him!"

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Or:

Starsky: "Mom said I wasn't ready for the V8."