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It's Not Easy Being (a darker shade of) Green

Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2020 11:28 am
by MrH42
That 2.5L is a turd too though

It's Not Easy Being (a darker shade of) Green

Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2020 11:34 am
by max225
MrH42 wrote: Fri Mar 27, 2020 11:28 am That 2.5L is a turd too though
Seems adequate. Crosstranny doesn’t need that much power. It’s a utilitarian vehicle

It's Not Easy Being (a darker shade of) Green

Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2020 1:01 pm
by ChrisoftheNorth
max225 wrote: Fri Mar 27, 2020 11:34 am
MrH42 wrote: Fri Mar 27, 2020 11:28 am That 2.5L is a turd too though
Seems adequate. Crosstranny doesn’t need that much power. It’s a utilitarian vehicle
~200hp would be pretty fantastic IMO. The 2.5 should be pushing 190...so that might solve a lot of the issues.

It's Not Easy Being (a darker shade of) Green

Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2020 1:29 pm
by Desertbreh
MrH42 wrote: Fri Mar 27, 2020 11:28 am That 2.5L is a turd too though
THANK YOU

It's Not Easy Being (a darker shade of) Green

Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2020 2:37 pm
by goIftdibrad
did y'all see the smoking tires love letter to Troy's car?

It's Not Easy Being (a darker shade of) Green

Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2020 3:05 pm
by troyguitar
I went to put the :ramz: on the car this afternoon only to find out that I was sent the wrong god damn lug nuts, so it'll be another week or two for the right ones to fucking ship here. Fuck cars.

It's Not Easy Being (a darker shade of) Green

Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2020 3:41 pm
by CaleDeRoo
troyguitar wrote: Fri Mar 27, 2020 3:05 pm I went to put the :ramz: on the car this afternoon only to find out that I was sent the wrong god damn lug nuts, so it'll be another week or two for the right ones to fucking ship here. Fuck cars.
Ugga dugga

It's Not Easy Being (a darker shade of) Green

Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2020 3:49 pm
by max225
Big Brain Bradley wrote: Fri Mar 27, 2020 2:37 pm did y'all see the smoking tires love letter to Troy's car?
I posted it here

It's Not Easy Being (a darker shade of) Green

Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2020 3:50 pm
by max225
troyguitar wrote: Fri Mar 27, 2020 3:05 pm I went to put the :ramz: on the car this afternoon only to find out that I was sent the wrong god damn lug nuts, so it'll be another week or two for the right ones to fucking ship here. Fuck cars.
Yea this is the risk with a lot of this type of thing :-/ :rage:

Re: It's Not Easy Being (a darker shade of) Green

Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2020 3:52 pm
by troyguitar
CaleDeRoo wrote:
troyguitar wrote: Fri Mar 27, 2020 3:05 pm I went to put the :ramz: on the car this afternoon only to find out that I was sent the wrong god damn lug nuts, so it'll be another week or two for the right ones to fucking ship here. Fuck cars.
Ugga dugga
Wrong thread pitch, I went to put one on and it wouldn't even start. Most cars are M12x1.5, mine is of course M12x1.25 for no good reason. Damn moran engineers.

Re: It's Not Easy Being (a darker shade of) Green

Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2020 3:56 pm
by troyguitar
Rust is already starting too, 5 months 1200 miles. :doomed:

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It's Not Easy Being (a darker shade of) Green

Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2020 3:59 pm
by CaleDeRoo
troyguitar wrote: Fri Mar 27, 2020 3:52 pm
CaleDeRoo wrote:
Ugga dugga
Wrong thread pitch, I went to put one on and it wouldn't even start. Most cars are M12x1.5, mine is of course M12x1.25 for no good reason. Damn moran engineers.
Iirc my Subaru was 1.25 as well. Get some rust protection by Titan Motorworks

It's Not Easy Being (a darker shade of) Green

Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2020 4:08 pm
by max225
troyguitar wrote: Fri Mar 27, 2020 3:56 pm Rust is already starting too, 5 months 1200 miles. :doomed:

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This is mine after 3 years in Florida and about 9 months in the bay ... ~30k miles

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It's Not Easy Being (a darker shade of) Green

Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2020 4:09 pm
by max225
I took that pic to see if my new tires would clear before putting them on... strangely enough nearly same angle as you took

Re: It's Not Easy Being (a darker shade of) Green

Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2020 4:32 pm
by troyguitar
max225 wrote:
troyguitar wrote: Fri Mar 27, 2020 3:56 pm Rust is already starting too, 5 months 1200 miles. :doomed:

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This is mine after 3 years in Florida and about 9 months in the bay ... ~30k miles

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:gtfo:

It's Not Easy Being (a darker shade of) Green

Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2020 4:45 pm
by max225
I just found it random that we took the same pic for two different reasons 1 week apart without knowing that we each did that :gay:

It's Not Easy Being (a darker shade of) Green

Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2020 5:35 pm
by D Griff
troyguitar wrote: Fri Mar 27, 2020 3:56 pm Rust is already starting too, 5 months 1200 miles. :doomed:

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:minblown:

The :poorvette: looks far better after 17 years and 111k miles.

It's Not Easy Being (a darker shade of) Green

Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2020 5:43 pm
by ChrisoftheNorth
Salt is the devil.

It's Not Easy Being (a darker shade of) Green

Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2020 11:53 am
by Tar
[user not found] wrote: Sat Mar 28, 2020 1:59 am
Detroit wrote: Fri Mar 27, 2020 5:43 pm Salt is the devil.
:dat:

One of the reasons why buying a used car in the northeast/rust belt can be dangerous.
Yep, it's not worth trying to keep a DD nice up here. Hmm, I should lift the :gorf: and give it a good cleaning and hit the fasteners with something. Got nothing but time on my hands lol

It's Not Easy Being (a darker shade of) Green

Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2020 11:42 pm
by CaleDeRoo
That low hood :doe:


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It's Not Easy Being (a darker shade of) Green

Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2020 5:24 am
by D Griff
CaleDeRoo wrote: Sat Mar 28, 2020 11:42 pm That low hood :doe:


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:sad:

It's Not Easy Being (a darker shade of) Green

Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2020 3:18 pm
by Apex
CaleDeRoo wrote: Sat Mar 28, 2020 11:42 pm That low hood :doe:


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Dad, where do MINIs come from?

It's Not Easy Being (a darker shade of) Green

Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2020 5:23 pm
by Desertbreh
Detroit wrote: Fri Mar 27, 2020 5:43 pm Salt is the devil.
My inner Zilspec, which has grown very strong, actually rates no salt as a top 10 reason for living in the State of California.

Re: It's Not Easy Being (a darker shade of) Green

Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2020 5:26 pm
by troyguitar
Desertbreh wrote:
Detroit wrote: Fri Mar 27, 2020 5:43 pm Salt is the devil.
My inner Zilspec, which has grown very strong, actually rates no salt as a top 10 reason for living in the State of California.
It's yet another reason why CA is actually a cheaper place to live when one takes everything into account than most of the world.

It's Not Easy Being (a darker shade of) Green

Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2020 9:16 am
by D Griff
[user not found] wrote: Sun Mar 29, 2020 5:36 pm
troyguitar wrote: Sun Mar 29, 2020 5:26 pm It's yet another reason why CA is actually a cheaper place to live when one takes everything into account than most of the world.
Every time I go to Florida or California, I’m amazed at the cars I see still driving around.

Cars and trucks that would have rusted into several pieces 15 years ago in the northeast.
You should see West Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona. C10s are as common as Model 3s in the cities we all live in.