When you ruin your daily driver to the point you need to get another one...

Started by Cookie Monster, June 17, 2017, 10:34:17 PM

r0tor

Quote from: Cookie Monster on September 17, 2017, 08:00:38 PM
Eh, we just took a tent and tarp and 4 chairs and food. It's just that with 4 people everything else adds up (sleeping bags, clothes, etc).

I'm super tempted to just go camp by myself. When I went camping about a month ago with the Subaru, my friends brought so much shit because they needed their full breakfast (they cooked omelettes and bacon FFS). This last time was way more fun.

Worst camping trip was with my buddies when we brought 2 cases of bottled beer on top of all of our gear and didn't realize we had to walk about 2 miles to the campsite...
2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee No Speed -- 2004 Mazda RX8 6 speed -- 2018 Alfa Romeo Giulia All Speed

Cookie Monster

Quote from: r0tor on September 18, 2017, 11:41:29 AM
Worst camping trip was with my buddies when we brought 2 cases of bottled beer on top of all of our gear and didn't realize we had to walk about 2 miles to the campsite...

:lol:

Yeah, that trip had way too many coolers full of alcohol. Thankfully we didn't have to walk to the campsite.
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Quote from: 68_427 on November 27, 2016, 07:43:14 AM
Or order from fortune auto and when lyft rider asks why your car feels bumpy you can show them the dyno curve
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giant_mtb

Hucking coolers blowwwwwws.  Did it once, up a trail to a clifftop.  Never again.  If I ever have to do significant walking to camp, I'll take a bottle of liquor, preferably plastic. hah

MrH

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Cookie Monster

Bought some beefy 3/16" skid plate for the front under the engine and rear diff.

Now I can get my snow plow on. :lol:

The car didn't even come with the plastic undertray so the filter and oil pan are just hanging out all exposed. I don't want to smack something in the snow and destroy my engine, especially since I'm lowered. With the tires this thing should be a beast in the snow.
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Quote from: 68_427 on November 27, 2016, 07:43:14 AM
Or order from fortune auto and when lyft rider asks why your car feels bumpy you can show them the dyno curve
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giant_mtb

Yeah, hitting a slushy ice chunk with your oil filter at 40mph is a recipe for awesome, I mean, disaster.

r0tor

... Not to mention radiators don't work too well if there is nothing there to make the air go through it and not around it...
2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee No Speed -- 2004 Mazda RX8 6 speed -- 2018 Alfa Romeo Giulia All Speed

Cookie Monster

Quote from: r0tor on September 18, 2017, 03:16:02 PM
... Not to mention radiators don't work too well if there is nothing there to make the air go through it and not around it...

Yeah, i was thinking it probably wasn't great for cooling with all that empty space.


I don't know if my body is ready for all this newfound power.
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Quote from: 68_427 on November 27, 2016, 07:43:14 AM
Or order from fortune auto and when lyft rider asks why your car feels bumpy you can show them the dyno curve
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CaminoRacer

1969 El Camino, 2017 Bolt EV, 2021 Tesla Model 3 Performance

Cookie Monster

Yeah, pan is the lowest thing under the car. Filter isn't that low but I could see something damaging it.
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Quote from: 68_427 on November 27, 2016, 07:43:14 AM
Or order from fortune auto and when lyft rider asks why your car feels bumpy you can show them the dyno curve
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giant_mtb

Quote from: r0tor on September 18, 2017, 03:16:02 PM
... Not to mention radiators don't work too well if there is nothing there to make the air go through it and not around it...

I was dicking around in my FWD Monte Carlo in the snow way back in the day (I'd "modified" the pedal parking brake so it didn't ratchet...just push to slide) and ended up going nose first into a snowbank.  Got out, but all the snow tore the serpentine belt off and I barely got it home. lol kids.

AutobahnSHO

Quote from: Cookie Monster on September 18, 2017, 03:42:28 PM
Yeah, pan is the lowest thing under the car. Filter isn't that low but I could see something damaging it.

+1, especially lowered.
Will

Cookie Monster

Dat feel when your $250 piece of aluminum doesn't come with the proper hardware to install it onto your car. :facepalm:

I might as well do an oil change before putting the skid plate on. If I don't get lazy tonight I'll try and put the rear skid plate on, but that involves moving the diff around to get the plate into place, which sounds like more work than I want to do on a weeknight.
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Quote from: 68_427 on November 27, 2016, 07:43:14 AM
Or order from fortune auto and when lyft rider asks why your car feels bumpy you can show them the dyno curve
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FoMoJo

Quote from: Cookie Monster on September 21, 2017, 12:53:54 PM
Dat feel when your $250 piece of aluminum doesn't come with the proper hardware to install it onto your car. :facepalm:

I might as well do an oil change before putting the skid plate on. If I don't get lazy tonight I'll try and put the rear skid plate on, but that involves moving the diff around to get the plate into place, which sounds like more work than I want to do on a weeknight.
Moving the diff?  Do you get to move it back afterwards?
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Cookie Monster

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Quote from: 68_427 on November 27, 2016, 07:43:14 AM
Or order from fortune auto and when lyft rider asks why your car feels bumpy you can show them the dyno curve
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Cookie Monster

Went for a drive with some friends:



The car is stupid quick downhill. I pulled away from the WRX and M5, mainly because of my cheater tires and the fact that I'm an idiot. :lol:
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Quote from: 68_427 on November 27, 2016, 07:43:14 AM
Or order from fortune auto and when lyft rider asks why your car feels bumpy you can show them the dyno curve
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68_427

and without the roof box you'd have a 250lbs advantage on the WRX and 600lbs on the M5
Quotewhere were you when automotive dream died
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'racecar is die'
no


Cookie Monster

Quote from: 68_427 on October 01, 2017, 08:04:49 AM
and without the roof box you'd have a 250lbs advantage on the WRX and 600lbs on the M5

Ehh, top box is 50 lb max (37 lb unloaded but I had some folding chairs in there :lol: ). Outback is almost 300 lb lighter than the WRX, so even with the top box it's still 250 lb lighter.

M5 is almost 4100 lb, so my car is damn near 1000 lb lighter than that.
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Quote from: 68_427 on November 27, 2016, 07:43:14 AM
Or order from fortune auto and when lyft rider asks why your car feels bumpy you can show them the dyno curve
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Cookie Monster

Fuck, told myself I wouldn't order anything else for the car. Asked Cale what shift knob to get and $115 later I've got a new shift knob and boot on the way. :facepalm: :cry: :lol:
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Quote from: 68_427 on November 27, 2016, 07:43:14 AM
Or order from fortune auto and when lyft rider asks why your car feels bumpy you can show them the dyno curve
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68_427

Quote from: Cookie Monster on October 02, 2017, 03:40:00 PM
Fuck, told myself I wouldn't order anything else for the car. Asked Cale what shift knob to get and $115 later I've got a new shift knob and boot on the way. :facepalm: :cry: :lol:

Better than ordering a $145 shift knob you sent me :lol:
Quotewhere were you when automotive dream died
i was sat at home drinking brake fluid when wife ring
'racecar is die'
no


Cookie Monster

Quote from: 68_427 on October 02, 2017, 09:49:49 PM
Better than ordering a $145 shift knob you sent me :lol:

This is why I bother you with questions every night. :lol:
RWD > FWD
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Quote from: 68_427 on November 27, 2016, 07:43:14 AM
Or order from fortune auto and when lyft rider asks why your car feels bumpy you can show them the dyno curve
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Laconian

Kia EV6 GT-Line / MX-5 RF 6MT

Cookie Monster

Quote from: Laconian on October 02, 2017, 09:59:12 PM
What knobs?

Wouldn't you like to know? :winkguy:

Man, even CalTrans is getting some sweet shots of my Outback. Peep that sweet rising sun hood scoop yo



:lol:
RWD > FWD
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Quote from: 68_427 on November 27, 2016, 07:43:14 AM
Or order from fortune auto and when lyft rider asks why your car feels bumpy you can show them the dyno curve
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68_427

Quotewhere were you when automotive dream died
i was sat at home drinking brake fluid when wife ring
'racecar is die'
no


Cookie Monster

Falken RT615K only $430 shipped on closeout right now (RT615K+ came out).

Super tempting, to be honest. These Federals are so loud my ears are dying.
RWD > FWD
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Quote from: 68_427 on November 27, 2016, 07:43:14 AM
Or order from fortune auto and when lyft rider asks why your car feels bumpy you can show them the dyno curve
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FoMoJo

Quote from: Cookie Monster on October 05, 2017, 11:57:32 AM
Falken RT615K only $430 shipped on closeout right now (RT615K+ came out).

Super tempting, to be honest. These Federals are so loud my ears are dying.
For how many?
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Cookie Monster

Quote from: FoMoJo on October 05, 2017, 12:16:17 PM
For how many?

All 4. I've only got 3k miles on my current tires, but I can just sit on these for a while, or sell the Federals since they're so loud.
RWD > FWD
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Quote from: 68_427 on November 27, 2016, 07:43:14 AM
Or order from fortune auto and when lyft rider asks why your car feels bumpy you can show them the dyno curve
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CaminoRacer

1969 El Camino, 2017 Bolt EV, 2021 Tesla Model 3 Performance

Cookie Monster

Quote from: CaminoRacer on October 05, 2017, 03:21:38 PM
Do it.

Does Falken still have a $100 rebate on the new +'s?

I'm not seeing that on TR's site. Even the new +'s are pretty cheap ($113 a tire), but after shipping they end up being about $100 more than the RSRR's.

I think the original 615k's are pretty close in price to the RSRR's. I paid $530 mounted and balanced for mine.
RWD > FWD
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Quote from: 68_427 on November 27, 2016, 07:43:14 AM
Or order from fortune auto and when lyft rider asks why your car feels bumpy you can show them the dyno curve
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r0tor

2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee No Speed -- 2004 Mazda RX8 6 speed -- 2018 Alfa Romeo Giulia All Speed