Figured I'd post up about this one too.

Next Sunday the 31st, Fed Ex Field, be there. Registration opens tonight at 8. Go to www.dlbracing.com and make a profile if you haven't already, then register.

There are two WDC events listed for that date. Make sure to register for (AX) and not (CR).[/url]

Just thought that I would throw this out for anyone who may be interested!

2003 Evo VIII 56,000 miles

Good:
$6700.00 extra in parts such as cams, whole new head ported and polished along with o rings, all titanium internals. 3" TBE exhaust, HKS turbo timer, Walbro 255, Hallman Pro BC, Exedy clutch ARP head studs, and too much other to list.

Bad:
Needs transfer case work. It can be sent to John Shepard trannys for a full upgrade and you would have a monster of a car! I just can't afford it at this point due to other bills.

You can view some pics here, if you need more let me know and I will email them.

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Thanks,
Jay Chandler
540-325-1234

Sorry this is last-minute. I figured those out by Winchester may be interested though. The DC Benz Club is putting on their first autocross of the season tomorrow.

Location is Millbrook High School in Winchester. No pre-registration, show up at 8 AM with $30 in hand. That money will get you at least six runs, with an instructor if you're a n00b and want one.

Link for their AutoX info: Clickity Clack

Link for driving directions: Shazam

Hopefully I'll see some of you out there, but if not, DC region of SCCA is hosting their 2nd event next Sunday (the 31st) at FedEx Field. I know quite a few MMers will be at that one, so I'll see everyone there!

As some of you may know, I bought steve's father's SC400. I was going to buy a truck as my next vehicle, but logistics with a big-ass truck at my mother's house till I find a place up here just wasnt going to work.

The car when I received it was in fair condition, or so I thought. It is actually turning out to be a really nice vehicle. When I bought it, the exterior was a bit rough, and the interior was dirty as hell, and a bit rough. I had budgeted $500 dollars to get the mechanicals of the engine in terms of all maintenance such as timing belt, water pump, tune-up etc etc etc.
Well....turns out I wont spend pretty much any of that. I bought some tune-up stuff and started tearing her apart. Surprised to see that the timing belt, water pump, and everything under the covers looked almost brand new. Fluids also smelled and looked fresh, aside from the brake fluid. I was shocked, but thank god in a good way. This car was very well taken care of, there is no immediate maintenace needed and passed inspection with flying colors. The car even has almost brand new tires on it.

The thing rides very well, silky smooth, has no creaks or rattles, and even the stock sound system still pounds for a stock system! The car will get sideways and does burnouts pretty well. It also pulls really hard despite the age, I would suspect 93-95% of the power is still there surprisingly. It really feels more like a 40-50,000 mile vehicle.


So now your wondering...why is this a project? Well....cause im retarded and I cant leave well enough alone. So this will detail all the things I Will do to the vehicle to make it more comfortable, sexy, and daily driverish.

So far I have installed:
HIDs for the low beams
Hooked IPOD up to stock sound system, even did it preamp using docks, relays, RCAs, and wiring behind the dash. Sounds better than CD quality. I also wired up power for the dock behind the dash so it charges when the vehicle is on.

Parts Waiting in the garage to be installed:
Bilsteins and H&R springs
MB Drifter 18x9.5 Wheels going to be mounted with 225/40/18 (yes stretched)
Homelink Visor (controls garage through the visor, OEM)

Parts Wishlist (yes I created one to follow so I wouldnt go overboard on this car):
New Front and Rear Seats
Steering wheel (Blair said I could buy his I beleive, Blair? When can I pick that up?)
*Maybe* Supra Auto TT LSD
Lower Ball joint bushings (apparently common on these cars so ill take care of it now)

Since all maintenance has been done, I will drive it till I kill it, in which case I will decide wether to throw a 1jz auto in it, which I have already called Jhot will cost me all of 1250 with ECU, tranny, and engine including all accessories and wiring harness.

Pictors.....

hey guys in Nova,

does anyone have a 5-gallon gas container i could borrow next weekend? i'm heading to VIR and i would like to bring some extra gas with me.

J

I just bought a 9' kayak in Brookeville, MD, and was wondering if anyone was in that area and might be coming to Harrisonburg anytime soon, would be interested in picking it up for me? It would cost me about $30 in gas so I'd be happy to give that to you for your efforts. It's a "creeking" kayak so it's not nearly as long as normal ones, yet it's not a stubby "playboat" that you see on permanent display on so many Xterras.

Thanks in advance!

Peter
540.421.0200

Snapped a couple (excuse the crappy camera phone quality) pics today of that Charger I told you about a couple of weeks ago....

No inspection sticker or tags. The car looks very original and in good shape, just really dirty.

considering upgrading the TV... is there really much reason to get a TV with integrated tuner if I (like most people) will be hooking it to a cable box with DVR or computer? For example, this "HD ready" plasma display just seems like a good deal:

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Is there something I'm forgetting? I can't imagine I'll ever hook up an antenna to the damn thing.

Yet another what car should I buy thread.

So, with some upcoming knee surgery combined with needing a car for Anne I find myself shopping for an automatic (ack) transmissioned transportation appliance.

My criteria are, in order of importance :
auto trans
medium sized
4+ doors
good gas mileage / regular gas
reliable
under 70k miles
hatchback/wagon
awd
not silver or pavement colored
popular - common parts/ body panels (im pretty sure it will be backed into a pole sooner or later)
not completely boring to drive
buttwarmers / comfort options


Would like to keep price to around 10k, but I could go 12-14 for a good deal on a nice car.

So far this is my list of cars I am considering

Mazda 3
05+ Subaru Legacy
02+ subaru impreza
04+ Volvo S40/V50
Saab 9-2x
Mazda 6


the Legacy is #1 on my list but they stretch my budget. 9-2x (ie wrx with less ugly) is a close 2nd but they are relatively rare and priced slightly higher than similar imprezas.
Mazda3 is a great car, but everybody knows that and they hold their price remarkably well, especially the hatchbacks. Volvo s40/v50 are actually priced about the same so might as well get the 'nicer' version of the 3.
Mazda 6s are all over the place for cheap but its hard to get into them for some reason.

Anyone else have any suggestions? Im not even sure where the domestics compete here. I heard the cobalt doesnt suck too bad? The G6 I rented wasnt awful but Im not really a fan of the focus. Anything else? Any Korean stuff I should be looking at? i see nothing interesting from honda, care to make your case honda fanbois?

I'm trying to set up my web development environment locally. I pulled down the database onto my local machine. SQLEXPRESS is what i'm trying to connect to. when i put it on the machine it only let me use "windows authentication". in my config.asp my connString is as follows:

connString="driver={SQL Server};Server=MARCIA\SQLExpress;Database=exactly_bridecentral;Trusted_Connection=True;User Instance=True"

and i've now broken it to the point where im not getting any decent error msgs, but most of what i've run into are "failed to log in" and that sort of thing. Anyone got a website/tutorial that could help a poor newb like myself? I'm pretty new to this and kinda suck at it. I'm just trying to run the website off my localhost without querying the live database over and over. please help!