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[user not found] wrote: Fri Apr 20, 2018 6:45 pm
Johnny_P wrote: Fri Apr 20, 2018 5:15 pm Anyone know a way to buff out windshield scratches? I have a small scratched up spot from where I tried to remove bird shit.
Glass polish.
Did not know this is a thing. Any idea if it actually works or not?
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[user not found] wrote: Fri Apr 20, 2018 6:58 pm Also, just discovered my neighbor a few houses down has a '86 RUF BTR. Had no idea this was hiding in the garage all winter. :mindblown:

Looks like dis:
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Told him to stop up for the PDRBQ.
:wtf:

Do you live in a :waxer: hood?
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[user not found] wrote: Fri Apr 20, 2018 7:15 pm
Detroit wrote: Fri Apr 20, 2018 7:05 pm

:wtf:

Do you live in a :waxer: hood?
No, that's why I was so :mindblown:

Guy has a vapebro'd last gen STI in pearl white with mag blue wheels and green waxables. Slightly older guy too, I'd say 40-ish.

Nothing makes sense.
Probably a drug :dillerman: then.
Desertbreh wrote: Tue Oct 10, 2017 6:40 pm My guess would be that Chris took some time off because he has read the dialogue on this page 1,345 times and decided to spend some of his free time doing something besides beating a horse to death.
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[user not found] wrote: Fri Apr 20, 2018 6:56 pm
Johnny_P wrote: Fri Apr 20, 2018 6:51 pm

Did not know this is a thing. Any idea if it actually works or not?
It does.

I have some but haven't tried it yet.
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[user not found] wrote: Fri Apr 20, 2018 7:15 pm
Detroit wrote: Fri Apr 20, 2018 7:05 pm

:wtf:

Do you live in a :waxer: hood?
No, that's why I was so :mindblown:

Guy has a vapebro'd last gen STI in pearl white with mag blue wheels and green waxables. Slightly older guy too, I'd say 40-ish.

Nothing makes sense.
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[user not found] wrote: Fri Apr 20, 2018 6:56 pm
Johnny_P wrote: Fri Apr 20, 2018 6:51 pm

Did not know this is a thing. Any idea if it actually works or not?
It does.

I have some but haven't tried it yet.
The best polish is one used with a DA polisher and a glass pad.

I've used it to take scratches out of my sister's windshield and to remove serious water spots on others. Going at it by hand is going to be a waste of time and just get you a big arm.
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[user not found] wrote: Fri Apr 20, 2018 6:58 pm Also, just discovered my neighbor a few houses down has a '86 RUF BTR. Had no idea this was hiding in the garage all winter. :mindblown:

Looks like dis:
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Told him to stop up for the PDRBQ.
:jizz: :jizz: :jizz:
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[user not found] wrote: Fri Apr 20, 2018 7:15 pm
Detroit wrote: Fri Apr 20, 2018 7:05 pm

:wtf:

Do you live in a :waxer: hood?
No, that's why I was so :mindblown:

Guy has a vapebro'd last gen STI in pearl white with mag blue wheels and green waxables. Slightly older guy too, I'd say 40-ish.

Nothing makes sense.
Oh shit is he gonna stop by in his vapemobile? :fuckyeah:
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CorvetteWaxer wrote: Fri Apr 20, 2018 7:38 pm
[user not found] wrote: Fri Apr 20, 2018 7:15 pm

No, that's why I was so :mindblown:

Guy has a vapebro'd last gen STI in pearl white with mag blue wheels and green waxables. Slightly older guy too, I'd say 40-ish.

Nothing makes sense.
:dafuq: :dafuq: :dafuq: :dafuq: :dafuq:
:wrong: :wrong: :wrong: :wrong: :wrong:
:disgust: :disgust: :disgust: :disgust: :disgust:
:dat: :dat: :dat:
:disappoint:
:wap: Where are these mangos?
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[user not found] wrote: Fri Apr 20, 2018 7:15 pm
Detroit wrote: Fri Apr 20, 2018 7:05 pm

:wtf:

Do you live in a :waxer: hood?
No, that's why I was so :mindblown:

Guy has a vapebro'd last gen STI in pearl white with mag blue wheels and green waxables. Slightly older guy too, I'd say 40-ish.

Nothing makes sense.
That RUF turbo always makes total FKN sense. Nice nice find. Thats the car Porsche should have built. Im about 40min from their shop.
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CorvetteWaxer wrote: Fri Apr 20, 2018 7:40 pm
[user not found] wrote: Fri Apr 20, 2018 6:56 pm

It does.

I have some but haven't tried it yet.
The best polish is one used with a DA polisher and a glass pad.

I've used it to take scratches out of my sister's windshield and to remove serious water spots on others. Going at it by hand is going to be a waste of time and just get you a big arm.
Yo but with that new rig of yours.....its that arm size that matters. Buff it out mang! :)
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CorvetteWaxer wrote: Fri Apr 20, 2018 7:38 pm
[user not found] wrote: Fri Apr 20, 2018 7:15 pm

No, that's why I was so :mindblown:

Guy has a vapebro'd last gen STI in pearl white with mag blue wheels and green waxables. Slightly older guy too, I'd say 40-ish.

Nothing makes sense.
:dafuq: :dafuq: :dafuq: :dafuq: :dafuq:
:wrong: :wrong: :wrong: :wrong: :wrong:
:disgust: :disgust: :disgust: :disgust: :disgust:
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[user not found] wrote: Fri Apr 20, 2018 6:58 pm Also, just discovered my neighbor a few houses down has a '86 RUF BTR. Had no idea this was hiding in the garage all winter. :mindblown:

Looks like dis:
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Told him to stop up for the PDRBQ.
Dem tyres

:225:
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KYGTIGuy wrote: Sat Apr 21, 2018 6:38 pm
[user not found] wrote: Fri Apr 20, 2018 6:58 pm Also, just discovered my neighbor a few houses down has a '86 RUF BTR. Had no idea this was hiding in the garage all winter. :mindblown:

Looks like dis:
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Told him to stop up for the PDRBQ.
Dem tyres

:225:
What are those, 205/50s ?
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CorvetteWaxer wrote: Sat Apr 21, 2018 6:40 pm
KYGTIGuy wrote: Sat Apr 21, 2018 6:38 pm

Dem tyres

:225:
What are those, 205/50s ?
They look enormous to me.

Fender flare is beautiful
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KYGTIGuy wrote: Sat Apr 21, 2018 6:43 pm
CorvetteWaxer wrote: Sat Apr 21, 2018 6:40 pm

What are those, 205/50s ?
They look enormous to me.

Fender flare is beautiful
I dunno, they dont look that big to me, but these are my "small tires"

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I think the biggest tire for that car, going off memory from the time was a 265 or 275.

Back when a performance car couldn't get tires to match their performance.
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CorvetteWaxer wrote: Sat Apr 21, 2018 7:34 pm
KYGTIGuy wrote: Sat Apr 21, 2018 6:43 pm

They look enormous to me.

Fender flare is beautiful
I dunno, they dont look that big to me, but these are my "small tires"

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I think the biggest tire for that car, going off memory from the time was a 265 or 275.

Back when a performance car couldn't get tires to match their performance.
Jebus. Everything looks like a pizza cutters when you're hauling those shoes around.

Maybe the fenders give the illusion of larger tires.
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CorvetteWaxer wrote: Fri Apr 20, 2018 7:40 pm
[user not found] wrote: Fri Apr 20, 2018 6:56 pm

It does.

I have some but haven't tried it yet.
The best polish is one used with a DA polisher and a glass pad.

I've used it to take scratches out of my sister's windshield and to remove serious water spots on others. Going at it by hand is going to be a waste of time and just get you a big arm.
Thanks Waxer. I’ll try and find a DA to borrow.
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CorvetteWaxer wrote: Fri Apr 20, 2018 7:38 pm
[user not found] wrote: Fri Apr 20, 2018 7:15 pm

No, that's why I was so :mindblown:

Guy has a vapebro'd last gen STI in pearl white with mag blue wheels and green waxables. Slightly older guy too, I'd say 40-ish.

Nothing makes sense.
:dafuq: :dafuq: :dafuq: :dafuq: :dafuq:
:wrong: :wrong: :wrong: :wrong: :wrong:
:disgust: :disgust: :disgust: :disgust: :disgust:
:dat:
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Johnny_P wrote: Thu Feb 09, 2023 3:21 pm Earn it and burn it, Val.
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CorvetteWaxer wrote: Fri Apr 20, 2018 7:38 pm :dafuq: :dafuq: :dafuq: :dafuq: :dafuq:
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:dat:
:wat: 's the median age of the forum?
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Tarspin wrote: Sun Apr 22, 2018 5:30 pm
Desertbreh wrote:
:dat:
:wat: 's the median age of the forum?
I feel like half of the forum was born in ‘85.
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Apex wrote: Sun Apr 22, 2018 5:42 pm
Tarspin wrote: Sun Apr 22, 2018 5:30 pm :wat: 's the median age of the forum?
I feel like half of the forum was born in ‘85.
Seems accurate. 85er checking in.
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KYGTIGuy wrote: Fri Apr 20, 2018 6:40 am
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Just curious. It has faults. It's slow. But it's a great slow car to drive fast.
It was really just me being ignorant and wanting to spur a conversation. I'm not nearly the car aficionado you guys are and basically wanted a explanation on why the Miata is so desired. Before I bought my GTI, Miatas to me were slow girls cars.

I've never driven a Miata.
You aren't going to have this mass revelation driving a stock Miata, even less of a revelation with beater stock one. To the last man, (or close) all of the guys jerking it to the Miata, and you are right, there are many, have performed significant suspension work that makes their cars handle nothing like a stock one. Zach's car is "Exhibit A" to this statement. The dude he bought it from had done all the heavy lifting in the suspension department already, and then he stuffed all the new meat he could under the fenders.
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Johnny_P wrote: Thu Feb 09, 2023 3:21 pm Earn it and burn it, Val.
max225 wrote: Mon May 01, 2023 5:35 pm Yes it's a cool car. But prepare the lube/sawdust.
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