02 Jan 2018, 11:02 pm
2006 F150
2008 VW EOS (Selling This)
1997 Isuzu Trooper (Recently Sold)
Looking to buy a Corvette by the end of the year. So will have the F150 and Vette.
I just really miss my old Vette 
03 Jan 2018, 1:16 am
03 Jan 2018, 1:53 am
Kiprobalhato wrote:
^ didn't you get a ford fusion or something? or am i remembering wrong?
I had a Fushion Sport as loaner from a family member for a week and really enjoyed it. But not enough to drop $30,000ish on it new after seeing the depreciation cost on them... I am pretty set on a C5 Zo6, I feel it's good bang for the buck and at the bottom of the depreciation curve.
If not, then a C6 Z51 are just a little more and my bank would loan me favorable terms on them... Basically lower my upfront cost a bit.
Who knows, maybe I will be sensible and get a new Accord for my nice weekend ride and long distance cruiser...
03 Jan 2018, 4:08 am
i always thought the C5s aged really well, IMO they still look a bit modern even today...the same can't be said for GM's other offerings of that era. [*COUGH*WANDGBODIES*COUGH*]
yeah, depreciation is a real PITA! hope you find one in good shape. never heard of the Z51. Zo6?
i'm still driving the old camry, about to turn 28 this march. i put dynamat on a door panel and changed the front brake pads this week. running better than ever.
shall she ever fail, i plan to buy a late model lexus LS400:
OR, an sc400
and if i can't find either, a panther body ford would do...big american boats are a guilty pleasure of mine, and these are the last of them.
...needless to say, i need me a v8
03 Jan 2018, 6:14 am
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03 Jan 2018, 6:02 pm
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auntblabby wrote:
dumb question but I gotta ask- do you have rough [pockmarked, rutted, pot-holed, frost-heaved/lumpy bumpy] pavement over there where you're at? if so, how does your Fiesta handle such roads? does it absorb the bumps ok?
UK roads are generally pretty good. There are sometimes pot-holes caused by frost or running water but they are usually easily avoided. The Fiesta handles them really well but it does have very firm suspension and at low speed you certainly feel every bump in the road surface. At high speed it has massive amounts of grip though and likes to be driven aggressively. I don't think I have come anywhere near its limit of grip yet. I think most people would find the suspension much too firm though. It's really designed for people who just like driving.
when I was young and my body's shock absorption was better, I coulda handled driving a fiesta like that, I had a brief job driving late 80s version of the fiesta and was impressed by its ride and handling combo over our crummy roads, and was wondering if they made the euro versions a lot stiffer, and you answered my question thanx
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03 Jan 2018, 6:07 pm
04 Jan 2018, 3:13 am
auntblabby wrote:
Kiprobalhato wrote:
and if i can't find either, a panther body ford would do...big american boats are a guilty pleasure of mine, and these are the last of them.
have you considered a early to late oughtie Toyota Avalon? to me, they were every bit as quiet and smooth as a lexus 400, nearly as quick but a lot cheaper. and from experience I can tell you the big lincolns had a very expensive suspension to fix when it broke [like $3+ grand], so many of the used ones you find on the market had relatively stiff rear suspension bits put in their place gotten off of a crown vic. if you do get a lexus, the 400 rides more smoothly and absorbently over broken pavement compared to the SC model.
i knew you were gonna bring up the avalon
i have in fact considered them, but mostly the mid 90s to early 2000 models as the later ones are a bit pricey ( think). and the interiors are a bit too bleak for my taste, if i'm honest. but otherwise i'd be sold.
the main thing the LS has over the avalon in my view, is the powertrain and RWD layout, freeing up space in the engine bay and making maintenance a tiny bit easier (i like doing my own work)....then again, i wouldnlt miss having to pay for 91 octane.
i don't know if the mercury marquis have air suspension or regular shocks, but if the latter is the case then that might be a reason to opt for those instead, lots of the town cars i've seen do have sagging rear ends.
really, the SC is a unicorn around these parts, noone who has one wants to get rid of it, and those that are for sale are very overpriced, beaten up, or worst of all....have black interiors.
04 Jan 2018, 3:58 am
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04 Jan 2018, 5:15 am
Kiprobalhato wrote:
blue_bean wrote:
Here's an update on my contribution to the thread. I've had it for three weeks now.
(no point blurring the numberplates as it has a different rego number now)
(no point blurring the numberplates as it has a different rego number now)
slow piece of junk...i can smoke the f**k out of this in my 1994 EG hatch with a couple of simple mods:
- 10 point cage with Parachute
- 3 piece discontinued JoJo frontend
- spec-R full drag suspension
- Fuel cell with -8 lines from tank to motor
- 1 044 bosch pump
- 1200 rc injectors
- golden eagle sleeved block
- cp 10:1 pistons
- Eagle rods
- arp headstuds
- oem h22 headgasket
- Balance shaft delete
- competition clutch twin disc
- Port and polished head
- skunk2 valve springs and retainers
- Str cam gears
- crower stage 1 cams
- aluminium radiator with slim fan
- gsr transmission with itr lsd.
- qsd h2k intake manifold adapter
- k20 rbc manifold
- qsd throttle body spacer
- blox 70mm throttle body
- 4bar omni map sensor
- 6al msd with coil and cap. 3 step launch control
- hks bov
- Garret 102mm turbocharger.
- Custom t4 front facing turbo manifold with 44mm flange
- 44mm tial wastegate
- Custom water to air intercooler set up
- aem eugo wideband w/ gauge
- tuned on chipped p28
- 13 inch volks drag rims
- 2 15 inch volks rear rims
- arp extended wheel studs
- si cluster
- 150 shots of nitrous
im making 248 horsepower to the FRONT WHEELS because thats the only place the power should ever be.
A FEW mods?! Looks like a laundry list to me!!
All that just to try and sew a purse out of a pig's ear, honestly.
I never challenge the traffic light racers with their fragile size inferiority complexes anyway. Just because I have a 470hp V8 doesn't mean I'm obligated to drive it like a smalldick. Because I'm not breaking the law testing my car's capabilities out there on public roads it means I'm not worthy of owning it apparently
I would just see these types of guys in their heavily modded Hyundai's sneering at my car before the light turns green and think they're monumental dickheads. And when I don't entertain them they do dangerous maneuvers around me instead (try to cut me off etc). The perils of owning this car as a woman, seriously.
04 Jan 2018, 5:33 am
i wish i knew what half the "mods" on that list were, honestly.
that is what's commonly known as a "copypasta", or a "shitpost".
hope i can afford an SRT like that someday 
one can dream.
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04 Jan 2018, 2:10 pm
Kiprobalhato wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
Kiprobalhato wrote:
and if i can't find either, a panther body ford would do...big american boats are a guilty pleasure of mine, and these are the last of them.
have you considered a early to late oughtie Toyota Avalon? to me, they were every bit as quiet and smooth as a lexus 400, nearly as quick but a lot cheaper. and from experience I can tell you the big lincolns had a very expensive suspension to fix when it broke [like $3+ grand], so many of the used ones you find on the market had relatively stiff rear suspension bits put in their place gotten off of a crown vic. if you do get a lexus, the 400 rides more smoothly and absorbently over broken pavement compared to the SC model.
i knew you were gonna bring up the avalon
i have in fact considered them, but mostly the mid 90s to early 2000 models as the later ones are a bit pricey ( think). and the interiors are a bit too bleak for my taste, if i'm honest. but otherwise i'd be sold. the main thing the LS has over the avalon in my view, is the powertrain and RWD layout, freeing up space in the engine bay and making maintenance a tiny bit easier (i like doing my own work)....then again, i wouldnlt miss having to pay for 91 octane. i don't know if the mercury marquis have air suspension or regular shocks, but if the latter is the case then that might be a reason to opt for those instead, lots of the town cars i've seen do have sagging rear ends. really, the SC is a unicorn around these parts, noone who has one wants to get rid of it, and those that are for sale are very overpriced, beaten up, or worst of all....have black interiors.I dislike dark black interiors also, I don't know what people see in them [literally]. mercury marquis is just a fancier crown vic, both have same coil spring suspension and watts linkage in rear. rear air suspension was an option in both the crown vic and marquis. it was not the fancy thing that the Lincoln had, however, a simpler system.
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