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Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2020 1:12 pm
by max225
D Griff wrote: Tue Jun 02, 2020 12:12 pm
max225 wrote: Tue Jun 02, 2020 11:17 am What did the test driver say? Why did they pass ?
He wants it but "has to sell his Challenger first" so :popcorn:

I have quite a few legit people I'm in discussions with. It is pretty annoying the way this is done now and I am starting to understand the :dillerman: perspective. Like, 10 different people asking a bunch of dumb questions, most of which are already mentioned in the ad they could read in two minutes. I'm over here just like "hurry up and come in for a goddamn test drive mothahfuckah!"
Yea there are quite a few online :derp: 's that just send the worst questions.

Is it an automatic?

What color is it?

Can I trade you my sports bike, only laid it down once?

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Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2020 1:14 pm
by max225
D Griff wrote: Tue Jun 02, 2020 12:48 pm
Desertbreh wrote: Tue Jun 02, 2020 12:22 pm

Yeah at this phase of your life I'd just ditch the mullet barge and replace it with a nice one later given that this is going to be a far more useful car for you over the next three years but you seem deeply attached to the C5 like nobody on here so I won't try and take away your rattle.
I just get a lot more enjoyment out of the Corvette, it's a really fun car and I like that I can be relatively :aintcare: due to the low value. The BMW just isn't there with the fun level IMO. It is certainly a stellar all around vehicle for the price though.

Also... here's the way I see my future going if I sell the Corvette and keep the BMW:

Let's say I tire of the car in a year and want to :plac: ... well, I will have to deal with :tits: not wanting to take on financial burden and pointing out that we did both want the :jeep: and she would've never bought a $40K car (which is very true, the :jeep: was instigated by me as I wanted one). In an ideal world I would've just kept the Beemah and bought a two door JK for $15K but :tits: isn't down to share :manuel: vehicles, otherwise she would've just dailied the BMW.

So if I kept the BMW now I am realistically stuck in that car for quite some time or stuck with pissing the wife off which is meh. By keeping the C5, I can keep going to the track, keep enjoying it, and if I decide I feel like :plac: she will be in full support. If we have CF, I will then have the ability to either add on another inexpensive sedan if needed or just :plac: to a more dad friendly thing like a CTR or Johnny's STI.
The "weaker" gender strikes again by getting their way across in mischievous ways.

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Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2020 1:24 pm
by D Griff
max225 wrote: Tue Jun 02, 2020 1:14 pm
D Griff wrote: Tue Jun 02, 2020 12:48 pm

I just get a lot more enjoyment out of the Corvette, it's a really fun car and I like that I can be relatively :aintcare: due to the low value. The BMW just isn't there with the fun level IMO. It is certainly a stellar all around vehicle for the price though.

Also... here's the way I see my future going if I sell the Corvette and keep the BMW:

Let's say I tire of the car in a year and want to :plac: ... well, I will have to deal with :tits: not wanting to take on financial burden and pointing out that we did both want the :jeep: and she would've never bought a $40K car (which is very true, the :jeep: was instigated by me as I wanted one). In an ideal world I would've just kept the Beemah and bought a two door JK for $15K but :tits: isn't down to share :manuel: vehicles, otherwise she would've just dailied the BMW.

So if I kept the BMW now I am realistically stuck in that car for quite some time or stuck with pissing the wife off which is meh. By keeping the C5, I can keep going to the track, keep enjoying it, and if I decide I feel like :plac: she will be in full support. If we have CF, I will then have the ability to either add on another inexpensive sedan if needed or just :plac: to a more dad friendly thing like a CTR or Johnny's STI.
The "weaker" gender strikes again by getting their way across in mischievous ways.
TO be fair we both really did want the :jeep: and it is awesome to be able to share a bit of the "car enthusiasm" in he relationship. It is truly the only vehicle we both really love. I am just down to have $70K in vehicles and she is less so.

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Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2020 1:25 pm
by D Griff
At this point I drive like once a week so :whocares:

I am going to Track Night In America Friday :doe: :fuckyeah:

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Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2020 1:25 pm
by max225
D Griff wrote: Tue Jun 02, 2020 1:25 pm At this point I drive like once a week so :whocares:

I am going to Track Night In America Friday :doe: :fuckyeah:
:excited:

Are the brakes all sorted?

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Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2020 1:29 pm
by D Griff
max225 wrote: Tue Jun 02, 2020 1:25 pm
D Griff wrote: Tue Jun 02, 2020 1:25 pm At this point I drive like once a week so :whocares:

I am going to Track Night In America Friday :doe: :fuckyeah:
:excited:

Are the brakes all sorted?
Yeah... I actually went out last week to the airport loop and bed in the new rotors with some hard braking and that seems to have fixed the pedal feel issue :iono: what the :dill: is there. I will probably bleed them just a bit more before the track to be safe :doe: But they were certainly stopping the car as expected out there (empty stretch of road).

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Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2020 4:59 pm
by D Griff
:poorvette: seems to be :fuckyeah: so far :stig:

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Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2020 5:13 pm
by max225
Zoom Zoom!

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Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2020 10:31 am
by ChrisoftheNorth
D Griff wrote: Tue Jun 02, 2020 4:59 pm :poorvette: seems to be :fuckyeah: so far :stig:
:fuckyeah:

For some reason last night was the first time I missed my car since I sold it. I don't want it back or to buy another one, but I really enjoyed that car. C5's are great.

Also, :tits: having a car you both enjoy is huge IMO. If I didn't love my JT so much, I'd probably just get a cheap truck to bomb around in and utilize her JL more. It's a great vehicle.

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Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2020 11:21 am
by D Griff
Detroit wrote: Wed Jun 03, 2020 10:31 am
D Griff wrote: Tue Jun 02, 2020 4:59 pm :poorvette: seems to be :fuckyeah: so far :stig:
:fuckyeah:

For some reason last night was the first time I missed my car since I sold it. I don't want it back or to buy another one, but I really enjoyed that car. C5's are great.

Also, :tits: having a car you both enjoy is huge IMO. If I didn't love my JT so much, I'd probably just get a cheap truck to bomb around in and utilize her JL more. It's a great vehicle.
:dat:

It works out nicely so far. I never wanted to take the Fusion anywhere and she didn't want to drive a manual so trips were always more awkward. Now we can :jeep: it up. OUtside of track stuff where I'm taking the C5, most longer trips are with her anyway.

I have to admit though... I do really wish the :jeep: were a :manuel: , I miss rowing my own gears.

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Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2020 11:25 am
by ChrisoftheNorth
D Griff wrote: Wed Jun 03, 2020 11:21 am
Detroit wrote: Wed Jun 03, 2020 10:31 am
:fuckyeah:

For some reason last night was the first time I missed my car since I sold it. I don't want it back or to buy another one, but I really enjoyed that car. C5's are great.

Also, :tits: having a car you both enjoy is huge IMO. If I didn't love my JT so much, I'd probably just get a cheap truck to bomb around in and utilize her JL more. It's a great vehicle.
:dat:

It works out nicely so far. I never wanted to take the Fusion anywhere and she didn't want to drive a manual so trips were always more awkward. Now we can :jeep: it up. OUtside of track stuff where I'm taking the C5, most longer trips are with her anyway.

I have to admit though... I do really wish the :jeep: were a :manuel: , I miss rowing my own gears.
No you don't. Have you driven a :manuel: JL? The gearing really isn't great. The 8-speed truly is better, and it pains me to say that.

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Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2020 11:54 am
by D Griff
Detroit wrote: Wed Jun 03, 2020 11:25 am
D Griff wrote: Wed Jun 03, 2020 11:21 am

:dat:

It works out nicely so far. I never wanted to take the Fusion anywhere and she didn't want to drive a manual so trips were always more awkward. Now we can :jeep: it up. OUtside of track stuff where I'm taking the C5, most longer trips are with her anyway.

I have to admit though... I do really wish the :jeep: were a :manuel: , I miss rowing my own gears.
No you don't. Have you driven a :manuel: JL? The gearing really isn't great. The 8-speed truly is better, and it pains me to say that.
I haven't... But :iono: I miss it when I'm driving the :jeep: The two door :manuel: JK, while a way shittier car, was more fun to drive.

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Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2020 12:06 pm
by ChrisoftheNorth
D Griff wrote: Wed Jun 03, 2020 11:54 am
Detroit wrote: Wed Jun 03, 2020 11:25 am
No you don't. Have you driven a :manuel: JL? The gearing really isn't great. The 8-speed truly is better, and it pains me to say that.
I haven't... But :iono: I miss it when I'm driving the :jeep: The two door :manuel: JK, while a way shittier car, was more fun to drive.
I liked the :manuel: in my JK. It was indeed fun, especially with how meh the auto was.

The new auto is just fantastic and the :manuel: isn't. These days, a good auto is better than a bad :manuel: IMO.

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Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2020 12:12 pm
by D Griff
Detroit wrote: Wed Jun 03, 2020 12:06 pm
D Griff wrote: Wed Jun 03, 2020 11:54 am

I haven't... But :iono: I miss it when I'm driving the :jeep: The two door :manuel: JK, while a way shittier car, was more fun to drive.
I liked the :manuel: in my JK. It was indeed fun, especially with how meh the auto was.

The new auto is just fantastic and the :manuel: isn't. These days, a good auto is better than a bad :manuel: IMO.
Better? Yes. More fun? Not to me. :iono: something about :derp: in a :jeep: with the top off grabbing some gears has always been cool to me.

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Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2020 12:14 pm
by ChrisoftheNorth
D Griff wrote: Wed Jun 03, 2020 12:12 pm
Detroit wrote: Wed Jun 03, 2020 12:06 pm
I liked the :manuel: in my JK. It was indeed fun, especially with how meh the auto was.

The new auto is just fantastic and the :manuel: isn't. These days, a good auto is better than a bad :manuel: IMO.
Better? Yes. More fun? Not to me. :iono: something about :derp: in a :jeep: with the top off grabbing some gears has always been cool to me.
There's no fun to be had in anything that isn't a sports car. Didn't you get the memo? Are you new here?

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Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2020 12:22 pm
by D Griff
Detroit wrote: Wed Jun 03, 2020 12:14 pm
D Griff wrote: Wed Jun 03, 2020 12:12 pm

Better? Yes. More fun? Not to me. :iono: something about :derp: in a :jeep: with the top off grabbing some gears has always been cool to me.
There's no fun to be had in anything that isn't a sports car. Didn't you get the memo? Are you new here?
I've known about that memo for a long time. I've even been a part of it but always thought :jeep: were fun. Convertible is fun. Also, my minimal experience to off roading is really fun. I don't think I'd ever get into crawling or anything but a busted up fire road or driving in the sand is pretty :fuckyeah:

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Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2020 12:26 pm
by ChrisoftheNorth
D Griff wrote: Wed Jun 03, 2020 12:22 pm
Detroit wrote: Wed Jun 03, 2020 12:14 pm
There's no fun to be had in anything that isn't a sports car. Didn't you get the memo? Are you new here?
I've known about that memo for a long time. I've even been a part of it but always thought :jeep: were fun. Convertible is fun. Also, my minimal experience to off roading is really fun. I don't think I'd ever get into crawling or anything but a busted up fire road or driving in the sand is pretty :fuckyeah:
I've been saying this for years, only to be told :wrong:

Get with the program pal, Trackdaybro or :gtfo:

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Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2020 12:27 pm
by D Griff
Detroit wrote: Wed Jun 03, 2020 12:26 pm
D Griff wrote: Wed Jun 03, 2020 12:22 pm

I've known about that memo for a long time. I've even been a part of it but always thought :jeep: were fun. Convertible is fun. Also, my minimal experience to off roading is really fun. I don't think I'd ever get into crawling or anything but a busted up fire road or driving in the sand is pretty :fuckyeah:
I've been saying this for years, only to be told :wrong:

Get with the program pal, Trackdaybro or :gtfo:
:iono: I think Zilch and I are the only two people here who actually trackdaybro. Even then for me, it's like 6-8 days/year only.

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Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2020 12:31 pm
by max225
Detroit wrote: Wed Jun 03, 2020 12:26 pm
D Griff wrote: Wed Jun 03, 2020 12:22 pm

I've known about that memo for a long time. I've even been a part of it but always thought :jeep: were fun. Convertible is fun. Also, my minimal experience to off roading is really fun. I don't think I'd ever get into crawling or anything but a busted up fire road or driving in the sand is pretty :fuckyeah:
I've been saying this for years, only to be told :wrong:

Get with the program pal, Trackdaybro or :gtfo:
I think more people support off-roading on this forum than not. So you're :wrong: about saying that others told you you're :wrong:

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Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2020 12:41 pm
by Apex
D Griff wrote: Wed Jun 03, 2020 12:27 pm
Detroit wrote: Wed Jun 03, 2020 12:26 pm
I've been saying this for years, only to be told :wrong:

Get with the program pal, Trackdaybro or :gtfo:
:iono: I think Zilch and I are the only two people here who actually trackdaybro. Even then for me, it's like 6-8 days/year only.
Is Zilch still around? He’s busy getting highlighted on the dragon every week.

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Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2020 12:45 pm
by D Griff
Apex wrote: Wed Jun 03, 2020 12:41 pm
D Griff wrote: Wed Jun 03, 2020 12:27 pm

:iono: I think Zilch and I are the only two people here who actually trackdaybro. Even then for me, it's like 6-8 days/year only.
Is Zilch still around? He’s busy getting highlighted on the dragon every week.
I guess not really recently. He does dragon and trackdaybro regularly though... so he is oddly the only one here who is :right:

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Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2020 1:02 pm
by Desertbreh
Detroit wrote: Wed Jun 03, 2020 12:14 pm
D Griff wrote: Wed Jun 03, 2020 12:12 pm

Better? Yes. More fun? Not to me. :iono: something about :derp: in a :jeep: with the top off grabbing some gears has always been cool to me.
There's no fun to be had in anything that isn't a sports car. Didn't you get the memo? Are you new here?
The memo says you should have both. Four post lift brah.

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Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2020 1:04 pm
by Apex
D Griff wrote: Wed Jun 03, 2020 12:45 pm
Apex wrote: Wed Jun 03, 2020 12:41 pm

Is Zilch still around? He’s busy getting highlighted on the dragon every week.
I guess not really recently. He does dragon and trackdaybro regularly though... so he is oddly the only one here who is :right:
:notwrong:

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Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2020 1:44 pm
by D Griff
Desertbreh wrote: Wed Jun 03, 2020 1:02 pm
Detroit wrote: Wed Jun 03, 2020 12:14 pm
There's no fun to be had in anything that isn't a sports car. Didn't you get the memo? Are you new here?
The memo says you should have both. Four post lift brah.
I am doing it right then :fuckyeah:

:jeep: :jeep: :jeep: :jeep:
:jeep: :poorvette: :jeep:
:jeep: :jeep: :jeep: :jeep:

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Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2020 2:03 pm
by SAWCE
I love rowing gears in my JK. Don’t plan on doing any real crawling, which I think would be the only place an automatic would have an advantage. Soft roading happens just fine in the :manuel: