Alright boys (and girls), my ultimate goal here is to no longer have my vehicle but have a car that I can do more things with. In order for that to happen, I need to first convince my 'rents that this is a good idea, then get my car in selling condition/sell it, then find a car that will be semi-fast, sporty, decent, and affordable. So please give me advice/opinions on cars or how to accomplish what I'm working towards!

Hey whatsup everyone..I've met and introduced myself to alot of you guys but anyways.
Onto about me. The names Garrett Hughes, I'm from fredericksburg, va area (spotsylvania if you know) I originally got into cars as soon as i got my license. At the time i was driving my parents 2010 scion tc and kept trying to convince them to let me paint the wheels and they wouldn't go for it. So in the long run they agreed to sell the car. Unfortunately i totaled the car almost right after we put it up for sale:
pic for reference.. me and my girlfriend at the time were fine.



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anyway, so a month after that my parents told me and my brother that they were divorcing etc etc.. So we got the money from the totaled tc. I immediately went on the hunt for a car (i hate being carless). I wanted a honda but not a typical one, i wanted a newer one, not the same old same old. I was more concerned with form> function back then but i ended up getting a stock 2004 civic si. I did everything to that car, there was no shopwork. Well basically i started off with minor bolt on's etc. I got into motorwork. I decided stage 3 cams would be nice to my engine. Well my engine didnt really like that and since my timing was off, my head blew. I spend all of the winter of 2010 to fix that. I got it back and running and now i started to get into the whole function aspect. I got tein ss coilovers and some bbs's. To add to that i got 2 brides and gutted the back threw a harness bar in it, and really wanted to take it autoxing but never got the chance. Anyway i sold tha 2 months ago.. Here is my new car: a 2002 subaru wrx with 59k miles and ticking. I go over the goodies in this in my members ride thread

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and right before homecoming.

so current students, what'd he do? involved in a fight in trashby? caught smoking weed in stoner gate?

Hey Everyone! My name is Bobby and I'm a sophomore Finance Major here at JMU. Didn't know about MM until late Spring my Freshman year and knew it was something I wanted to be a part of! Seems like a great group of people and I'm excited to be a part of the club. I'm really hoping to learn a lot more about all different car platforms.

My previous car was a 2006 Infiniti G35 Coupe and I loved it. I starting modding it right when I got it and starting saving all my money for future plans. I started with basic bolt ons, then some exterior parts, and then more audio components. I had a lot planned for the car until I got in a bad accident in November with a deer driving South on 81. It was about 1230-1am and a deer jumped out 10 ft in front of me while I was going about 75mph. I slammed on the brakes and nailed it. My whole front end was all messed up and the car was pretty banged up (mainly cosmetic damages though). Airbags deployed and everything but I was fine. The deer wasn't so lucky (his guts and blood were all over my car).

The insurance company decided to fix it for some reason (they admitted later they should've totaled it) but I knew I wanted to sell it and move on to something different. I wanted something that could hold down some more power and something bigger so I could actually fit passengers. I'm 6'5" so it was tough riding in the G. I had the seat leaned pretty far back to fit...lol. It had two seats in the back that could fit little kids and thats about it...lol. So four doors was a must for my next car.

I knew I wanted something four doors and fun to mod, which led me to my current love, my 2008 WW Mitsubishi Evo X GSR. I wanted one for a while, even when I had my G35, and I came across a great deal on a used one with all the options I wanted with only 12,800 miles. So I couldn't be happier. It's my first manual car so the first two days were rough but now I pretty much got the hang of it (or at least I'd like to think so... lol). I couldn't be happier with the car and it makes some good power and the all wheel drive is amazing. I can't wait to see what it can do in the snow. It had some performance mods already installed and I've only done a few cosmetic things since I purchased it this summer. It came with an Invidia Q300 exhaust, Injen intake & UICP, HKS Blow off valve, and a tune (running 20 psi). I wish I knew more about the tune but I bought it from a small dealer and they wouldn't allow me to contact the previous owner and they didn't know. It also came with an AEM tru boost gauge, and HKS turbo timer. Since then I debadged it, installed some Rally Armor mudflaps, CF Vortex Generator, and CF Kansai side spats. Love the way the car looks now. Next on the list is a mild drop and some new wheels; probably wait til after winter.

I plan to have this car for a while and want to continue modding and learning more about this platform. I hope to get it on the track sometime this year and see what it can do. I've never participated in any track event so it'll be interesting to get out there. I'm hoping to learn a lot from you guys here at MM and am excited for this year!

Sorry for the long thread but for some reason I couldn't stop typing. haha.


Here are some pics (Thanks Matt for the tip on how to post!). They're cell phone pics so nothing fancy...haha.

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Evo X:

So i've run with these guys once, and it wasn't that great. Awesome sales pitch huh.

Seems they have changed leadership, thus I'm going to give them another shot, and its like 15 minutes from my house. RIR is next to G-Force.

Anyone want to go let me know, and ill even offer a co-drive in the hatchpile as well, exciting huh?

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I'm in Alexandria and would like to buy Tyler's 225 KDWs:

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Anyone making the trip any time soon? Can reimburse with some amount of beer, cash, whatever. As long as it's less than shipping :p

I also realize I should have done this before the last autox rather than after.

thanks
john

Alright so I know we just finished the college autocross but the G-force Enduro is right around the corner so we need to start gearing up for that. Still need to set an absolute date with G-force which is part of the reason this is going up so early.

We originally requested November 12th which is a Saturday like we normally do, but after talking to Justin, it appears that there is a JMU home game that weekend. Now I wouldn't switch the date for only Justin (Sorry Buddy :| ) but I know that some of our Alumni have season tickets and that some of our students may think they like football better than G-Force :evileye: .

Either way, we have two options to have this event on depending on what G-force says.

The first would be continue like normal and have the G-force Enduro on Saturday November 12th. This would mean no post karting shenanigans but we would be able to come home Saturday night and still have a day to recoup. This also means, some people may not want to come as they would rather watch football.

The second (providing G-force even allows it) would be to have the enduro on Sunday November 13th. This would mean, we could leave the Burg Saturday afternoon/evening after the game and go down to Richmond and then Kart the next morning. This would still mean little to no post karting shenanigans but at least some more of us would be in attendance. We would have to drive back that afternoon and would still get a night to recoup. I'm not sure if there would be any post karting shenanigans at this point but you got a better shot for some on Sunday than on Saturday.

Of course, we would hopefully have our normal night before karting shenanigans either way.

The weekend before is out due to it being a NASA MA weekend which would automatically mean quite a few alumni would not make it out and the weekend after is when students leave for break so that is a no go either.

So what do you guys want to do? I will update this more when I hear back from G-Force. Once we get a date set, it would be awesome if you guys could start sending some monies our way so we can get this thing booked.

It will be the usual $40 for alumni and $30 for students. We will have 40 drivers like usual as well (20 Students and 20 Alumni). Teams will be handled day of and we will probably pick our own teams becasue it worked out fine last time. A week or two out, we will open this up to friends of MM but as of now it is only students and alumni.

Results from the 2nd Annual College Challange based on top 3 PAX per school.

1st MM (53.27)
Kyle Cookmeyer
DJ fitzpatrick
David Lonnquest

2nd LU (55.97)
David Wampler
Alan Wampler
Aaron Wilkinson

3rd GMU (58.96)
Alex Maximov
Trey Albrecht
George Zamkovsky

4th VCU (59.49)
Jeff Elmore
Aaron Shifflett
Kristin Serwan

5th CCVT(62.99)
Kevin Ponceloranca
Ian Patrick
Shelby Hughes

Special thanks to ODU and UVA for coming out!

Big plans are in store for next year. Pictures are up on the Blue Ridge SCCA site and around the interweb. Thanks so much for everyone's participation.

Figured I would throw this out there. I have a few sheets of 4footx8foot sections of 3mm dibond, a very good splitter material. (yes more expensive than plywood, but plywood is a very temporary solution). This is 2 sheets of thin aluminum over a composite material. Making it very strong and ligthweight. 4footx8foot is typically enough to make 2-4 splitters; depending on how you make the splitter and wether it functions as just a splitter or also as an undertray system. You can also make air dams/spoilers/ gauge plates anything out of this material!

The price for separate panels is now $85 for MMers and $100 for non-mmers. A sheet typically costs $125-150 at a local sign shop place so this is still a HUGE discount. Shipping alone is costing me $196, thats why I bought in bulk.

The crate comes in this week or next week, please let me know if your interested.

So on my trip home from the autoX yesterday there was an accident and traffic was at a standstill/stop and go, cars temp crept up, and thus, I had to pull over and sit while the car cooled off.

So while im driving the hatch to and from events I want to throw a fan on the radiator. I figured before I go on ebay I'd check if anyone here had one they want to get rid of.