Y'all know that I have never really had a car of my own(that I have liked) and have been thinking about what to get. But I am still not sure yet. Here is the previous thread that I made to try and narrow down what I want, but my attitude on what to get changes ever week. Here is that thread:

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This is what I have come up with...


Not a target for thieves (this is important to appease worry, when I leave the car)
Good fuel economy
Handles well
Power windows, locks, steering
AC not required but a plus
Sedan or coupe but prefer hatch
Low curb weight
Autocross or track capable
Manual transmission
Cheap to maintain
Large aftermarket
Pleasing to the eye
Decent torque
Can go in parking garage
Prefer RWD or AWD, but FWD is fine
Comfortable on a 2 hr+ trip
Make the ride semi pleasing for passengers

So Jess and I are out at Valley View Mall in Roanoke on Monday, driving from the mall area to the movie complex in Jess' Accord. Jess makes it clear that I was driving, she claims no responsibility. :lol:

Traffic around the mall loop is heavy, I pull out onto this 25MPH, 2 lanes each way road behind this mid-nineties Camaro who is probably going 20 at the time, but seems to be braking a bit. I come up behind her, back off, she gets off the brakes, and then I see her glance back and watch her wide/evil eyes in her mirror as she jams on the brakes. She comes to a complete stop (nothing in front of her) and I don't quite make it. The Accord lightly taps her bumper.

D'oh! :oops: I'm pissed, she intentionally "caused" this, but hey, I obviously was a little too close, it's my fault. :? She frantically unbelts and jumps out of the car, in raving lunatic, white-trash, junkie mode. Screaming obscenities, she runs to my window and pounds her fists on it, tries the handle, screams, pounds, I'm suddenly thankful that the remote keyless entry thing I installed a while back annoyingly locks the doors when you start the car. She runs between the cars, quickly surveys the (complete lack of) damage, continues screaming, starts pounding on our hood! Jess, who has a little more rage in her than me, opens her door just enough to yell briefly at the woman and is met with something like "COME ON BITCH BRING IT ON!!!!!!! BLAH BLAH BLAH!!!!"

This has to stop. Hmm... I'm already in first gear.... :twisted:

nononono.... I grab Jess' arm, "get back in the car"

I check my mirrors and back up about 2 carlengths, wait for 2 cars to finish passing us on the right (I almost get a little anxious and start off with one right beside me), and zoom right past that raving lunatic.

She's scrambling to get back in her car when she figures out what I'm up to. But we get covered by traffic and I turn right into the first parking lot I can (waiting to turn left into the theater lot would take way too long), go deep into the lot and park. I see no signs of her. We're both quite shaken and hot mad (it's hard using a clutch pedal when your legs are quivering), but I laugh after I get out and see that we didn't even manage to crack the license plate bracket, and her fists of fury didn't put any dents in the hood.

Holy crap what was that all about?! We lookout for her for a sec, then walk accross the street to the theater. I'm confident that she didn't catch our plates as GA doesn't require a front, she was too busy screaming, and the Accord plus my mad drag racing skills does like 0-60 in 2.4 sec, but I'm still a little worried that she's crazy enough to search for our car and burn it down. But, we get tix and sit down. To ease our minds, I take a break about 30 min into the movie, walk back out there and check on the car. All's well.

Anyway, I feel pretty good about leaving the scene of THAT accident. Bitch was intent on turning that no-damage accident that she really caused into some property damage and maybe assault. I HOPE I could take her despite crack power on her side, but yeah, if I got out of the car, someone was going to get hurt, she was making that clear. And I REALLY didn't want Jess out there in it too! And with that level of instanity, I also didn't want to wait around for the cops to sort it out after she had her way with our car and decided that she had whiplash or something.

Sad that we've had a year and a half in Atlanta with nothing like that happening, and we have to go to quiet 'ol Roanoke to find it. Anyway, if you see a crazy, cracked out 30 something bitch in a black Camaro, knock out her teeth, will ya? Happy New Year!! :wink:

Your legs are sticking out the front of a multi-million dollar F1 car

Has anyone seen the Ford Shelby GR-1 concept? It seriously looks like they hacked up a Viper,a Cobra and a GT and ended up with it. Sweet looking car in a odd way though.

Stock exhaust:



Now I know you guys are thinking, "Wait Ryan, didn't you buy a spoiler for your car as well?" Well yes, I did, but I've been so into the jolly christmas spirit that I haven't had time to have it installed, but here it is:



ssssshhhhhh.....she's sleeping.

Welp RJ is about to move down to the dirty dirty to join Chan and Jess and its high time we send him off. Tomorrow we'll be having dinner at Neveau East in Sweaty Balls-ton and afterwards we'll probably be going out for drinks. Be there at 8 pm (real time, not 'G' time).

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Hey guys, Just wanted to know if you could look out for my car....fucking theives

left in this condition with the winter wheels



Car got stolen between 7:15am and 4:31pm 12/27/2004 from the springfield parking mall garage.

i'm extremely pissed right now.... :evil:

OK, here's the deal. I have, and hate, my 4x108 bolt pattern, so I am getting rid of it. Here are my options:

5-lug conversion, to 5x114.3 (same as Mustang). The kit I can get, however, has 12mm studs, and from what I can tell, Mustangs use 1/2" studs. Not a huge difference, but I have heard that if I use rotors designed for 1/2 on 12mm, when braking hard, they shift around, and result in vibration or worse. Any knowledge on this? The 5-lug is more work, but I feel would be a little more hard core, but that's only because I associate it with a Mustang.

4x100 conversion, so I could be like a normal 4-lug car, which for once would be great. Questions: Can 4-lug take a lot of Torque and stress? (RWD Car). Also, does anyone in Harrisonburg have a rotor (used) from a Civic, etc, so I can see if it will fit around my hub? (Hub-centric car) This would be the easiest option, as I could just have my current hubs drilled. Would you guys reccomend going to something like this so that I could use (civic, etc) rotors, and have a much larger selection of wheels? Who makes huge, slotted, hard core rotors like this? The car weighs around, hmm, 2700+ish, and will be my track car.

Any thoughts?

Thanks a bunch.

I picked up an nProbe last week. It's basically a laptop/PDA based replacement for Nissan's Consult system. Let's you view/change all ECU sensor readings, perform diagnostic tests on all vehicle subsystems, and view/log everything in realtime (including injector duty cycles). Pretty snazzy little package - should eliminate a lot of my diagnosis time with future issues, and will help me monitor the overall health of the car. Anyhow, anyone who wants to use it is welcome to bring their car over to my place and we'll hook it up.

Here's a list of compatible cars:

• 300ZX
  240SX
  Sentra
  Se-R
  NX2000
  NX1600
  Maxima
  G20
  J30
  Q45

Kids dont let this happen to you





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