I decided to take her out for a spin last night on some twisty back roads, and the car is an absolute riot to rip around the curves. Considering that I used junkyard Koni struts because they had the 200lb NLA Weltmeister springs I wanted and the Koni shocks that came with the car, and I know I added...

The Mazdaspeed6 was a car I drove when new and never bought. I thoroughly enjoyed it, but definitely enjoyed the GTO more, and I only had the space and budget for one car. So, the GTO won that battle. Oddly enough, when I was looking for a second vehicle, the MS6 never really crossed my mind to look...

It's funny, I actually find the Costco gas sitch more disdainful than pretty much any other station... waiting in like locked between cars is a no from me, dawg, that's worse than seeing a homeless person. Ours has hours before and after the store hours. Zero line. I go then. Yup. I also tend to go...

There is an Audi 5th gear that can be installed that drops 5th down from .78 to .68, but I think it is becoming scarce to find. There are also parts coming out to swap in Audi FWD 6 speed boxes like the 01E and 01X, Aside from the exhaust noise, though, cruising at that RPM may not be too bad due t...

There is a BP right down the street from me that is within ~$.10 of Costco's 87. Looking on Gas Buddy, the BP is $3.29 and Costco is $3.17. So, given the GTI takes 10-11 gallons when I fill up, unless I am going to Costco for other things, it doesn't really make sense to do a 40 minute round trip ju...

On the highway, she does really well. I opted for the S2 trans instead of the Turbo trans for the steeper rear gear ratio, and I'm happy that the aggressive gearing keeps her in the engine's preferred RPM range. At 80 MPH, she's turning a hair under 3500 in 5th. In terms of ripping around the backr...

Thanks everyone. It definitely felt great driving the car for the first time and getting it through inspection. Right now, I'm just going through and checking that things don't loosen up. I have a new cat to weld in. The next thing I am going to look at for the power drop-off are the 5/16" pus...

Thanks everyone. It definitely felt great driving the car for the first time and getting it through inspection. Right now, I'm just going through and checking that things don't loosen up. I have a new cat to weld in. The next thing I am going to look at for the power drop-off are the 5/16" push...

Speaking of discussion with my accord and batteries. I am chilling at the service department and asked my battery may needs changing :wat: :dafuq: the car is 1.5 years old. What battery change? I call :bs: Sounds like when I brought the GTI in for warranty work and they told me my alignment was off...

Well, it has been a year, and it has been quite a year. Picking up where I left off, I had numerous back-and-forth conversations with Detroit Axle about the steering rack. They were supposed to purchase inner tie rods and send me my new rack, but said that they couldn't locate new tie rods. So, they...

max225 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 08, 2023 5:30 pm

We talked about this Fubared engine design. Pretty decent description.

This video is about a V6 being made out of an SB2 Chevy V8. It goes into why it was done in this instance.

About carbon… not really. At least not as quickly as before. You should probably stay away from German “luxury” brands if cost of ownership is a concern. Nothing has changed there. You either pay for it in depreciation up front or maintenance in the back end of the cars useful life. However the new...

There is a debate on future cars/houses etc. How the F do you fit that into life without having a budget? do you know how much your car/house etc is TRULY costing you. Or do you wake up one say and say... omg my savings is negative every month how can that be?! For example... I have a line item for...

We don't sit down and do budgets. We keep separate accounts and split the bills 50/50. As long as the bills get paid each month, we don't concern ourselves with what the other spends money on.

What newer cars have high revving stuff? They are all small turbos with zero power above 5K RPMs in my experience. I fucked up the semantics of what I was trying to convey. Any modern engine that requires to be pegged to the heavens to keep up with traffic. So basically anything under 2liters with ...

CaleDeRoo wrote: ↑Sat Feb 04, 2023 12:21 pm Traverse is basically a school bus. If someone hits that they're hitting anything. Throw a step or something into the hitch receiver on whatever you get for a bit of a buffer on impact.

The Traverse isn't exactly a Miata.

Yeah I mean I thought the 10 speed in the Camaro SS was a benchmark transmission. I loved it and honestly think it’s better than the ZF8. But the same transmission in a ford product is horrific. :mindblown: Recently rented the 4 banger slowmaro, the trans was pretty good. Manual mode sucked ass tho...

Fuuuuck. :( Glad she and the CF are ok, :doe: What kind of car hit her? What damage did it get? What do you want her in next? I mean, sounds like the Traverse did its job and protected everyone inside, thank goodness. It was a like 2012 Toyota Highlander that hit her, and it was inoperable at the s...

max225 wrote: ↑Sat Jan 21, 2023 12:29 pm

CaleDeRoo wrote: ↑Sat Jan 21, 2023 11:48 am Approximately 3 people would care about a manual Legacy. The wrx is the same size as the 2005-9 that everyone liked.

Right. They can’t even sell the same car (wrx) why bother

The Legacy is larger and doesn't carry the insurance penalty of the WRX.

Now that I think of it … is this thing the same thing as a wrx ? Once I saw the interior some sort of light bulb went off … Apparently it's a big WRX just with the Ascent engine (less HP, more Torque, runs on donkey piss). I don't know why it hasn't gotten more press, I'm really curious about it. I...

I also put new plugs and coils in the BEATR today. A couple plugs were covered in oil from, what I assume to be a leaky valve cover gasket. I'm choosing to forget about this and will just not park the car facing up hill anymore. Just think of it as an oil reserve. Once they fill up, the oil will sp...

Bro… can you do a civic si? They are starting to come Down to sticker. But I guess you’ll be locked out of winters. Subaru sedans while decent to purchase up front. Depreciate into 4 figure oblivion by year 5, I’d rather lease something with a nicer badge for the same cost. Civic Si doesn't come wi...

https://youtu.be/EoQHeiR8Or0?t=1531 Seeing how bouncy the Type R is in this comparison with a Golf R makes me think its ride quality is atrocious. It's been a while since I watched the video but was it not in the track mode? The engineers said they stiffened that mode up over the last car with anti...

https://youtu.be/EoQHeiR8Or0?t=1531 Seeing how bouncy the Type R is in this comparison with a Golf R makes me think its ride quality is atrocious. There’s some info trickling in that the GR Rolla rides like crap too. Something to think about I suppose. The next 10 years are going to be absolutely h...

:dat: I’m cautiously optimistic that the palette will improve and maybe even availability. I think I’d Hype R of the two though, mostly because I prefer the looks and am a Honda Fanboi. Hype R actually has the space. It is vastly bigger inside. I haven’t driven either but I’d pick the one with the ...