What Car Do You Drive?

subiedubidoo

Kenpachi
Mar 2, 2007
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hey all, i am one really big car freak...i would say it one of the 5 thing i really love in this world.
i was just wondering what car do u guys have? oh and post the pics toooo
 

SexGhost

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Sep 29, 2007
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i drive a Toyota LE, a 22 years old car...pic will post later when im free..now in college =.="

its specs?

its very,very old and unheard off...so it doesn't matter if i tell or not coz its totally useless...but basically it has no power steering, and the engine is a 1.3 only


my dream car is a tuner based car...Subaru Impreza WRX, or Subaru Impreza WRX STI, or Mazda RX-8 (SE3P),RX-7 Spirit R Type A (FD3SVI), Honda S2000, Evo's or GT-R R34 V-Spec
 

subiedubidoo

Kenpachi
Mar 2, 2007
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whoops i feel like dumass, i dint post my car.

In the America i have my black 2004 Subaru Sti
mods....New ECU, Exhaust, TT conversion(but still puts out the same psi..better response), Blitz BOV(not that loud shit).

I also have to go to Japan for couple of months in a year(work related)
in japan i have a nissan GTR34 no mods cuz of all the rules there.
oh i took the plates off cuz i dont like people knowing my numbers

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sold the gtr....:cry::cry:....currently have nothing in japan....and well not goin there this whole year :sigh:
 

SexGhost

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Sep 29, 2007
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god damn....you're owning two of my dream cars...im so jealous T.T

which GT-R 34 are you using?

Skyline GT-R V-Spec II (BNR34) or Skyline GT-R V-Spec Nur (BNR34)?
 

dothackRAVE

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Sep 16, 2007
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I personally drive a Mazda RX-8. I just love how this car handles, and how rev-happy the engine is (9000RPM bone stock).

The only mod is a dual muffler MazdaSpeed exhaust (to give it that angry grunt). I also just put in some Hawks HP+ brake pads and ATE Super Blue Racing Brake Fluids yesterday. Taking it out tomorrow to Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.
 

subiedubidoo

Kenpachi
Mar 2, 2007
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I personally drive a Mazda RX-8. I just love how this car handles, and how rev-happy the engine is (9000RPM bone stock).

The only mod is a dual muffler MazdaSpeed exhaust (to give it that angry grunt). I also just put in some Hawks HP+ brake pads and ATE Super Blue Racing Brake Fluids yesterday. Taking it out tomorrow to Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.

yo how does the rx8 really perform, i heard from some that its a wast of money..and others have said that i is a real easy car to drive and rev happy?

oh sexghost i have a spec 2 the Nuremberg versions are a bit pricy
 

SexGhost

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Sep 29, 2007
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mazda rx8 is not a waste of money, but its, in a sense, not worth its price.

its because for handling, it sacrifices power, which in overall, rx7 is better, its like rx7 has 5 points , 2handling and 3 power, while rx8 has 2.5handling, 1.5 power.

still, it depends on the driver... and rx8 can be modified heavily
 

FlashSwordIrene

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Oct 4, 2007
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I currently own 2 vehicles. When Im not working I drive an 2002 green Dodge Neon (4dr). Im also an owner/operator truck driver for Landstar. I own/drive 2001 black Peterbilt 379 EXHOOD.


specs for both vehicles
Dodge Neon
everything is stock except for the custom exhaust which comes out to the middle of the back of the car
automatic

COST:
$8,500


Peterbilt 379
525 HP Cummins motor
1775 ft/lbs low-end torque
15 spd Eaton-Fuller transmission
turbo *gotta love that blower whine when I step on the pedal >:)*
8 bag air-ride suspension
8" exhaust stacks
engine brake (jake brake) *this means I can adjust the sound of my exhaust anytime I want to with a flip of a switch* (for those of you who dont know what this is or sounds like its sounds like truck's exhaust pipes are rattling from loose metal parts, kinda like a metallic tapping)
dual 150 gallon fuel tanks
70" sleepercab

COST:
$54,300


The attachment is a pic of a similar truck I drive but my truck doesnt have the side marker lights on the truck nor the extension flaps on the sleepercab.
 

subiedubidoo

Kenpachi
Mar 2, 2007
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wwwwoooooooowwww.......a big rig:please:, i always wanted to drive one of those.
 

SexGhost

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Sep 29, 2007
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its hard to steer those big rigs...

@flash
about your dodge....how's the handling? is it smooth or you need to hit the brake every time going for a power slide ? i know my car do not need to hit the brake, just oversteer it xD

btw, my car's worth now (i'm the 5th owner) is only....approximately USD $1000 i think
 

FlashSwordIrene

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Oct 4, 2007
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it handles great on smooth roads but hit a shallow pothole and the handling goes to hell. then its fine. other than that it runs great. the milage on the neon is around 110K only had to replace the fuel rail and injectors and plugs.



The 2001 black Peterbilt 379 has around 765,570 miles, with 87,600 miles with a redone/upgraded motor had a more powerful turbo put on in place of the one it had when I bought it. The blower whine is alot more louder and clearer. Actually steering a truck like mines is no less harder than driving a full size caddillac from the 70s.

The only thing is how and when to make a turn when pulling trailers ranging from 28' puptrailers all the way to 53' dryvans. There are also trailers longer than 53',usually those are for hauing oversize/overweight loads they're called lowboy trailers, you can usually see thesekinds of trailers with as many as 9-12 axles hauling huge power generators, a/c units. These people almost always have some sort of police escort because they require alot of space for making a turn with that long of a trailer.

Thats how most accidents involving cars and 18 wheelers happen is because people driving cars dont know or care that a truck cant stop in such a short distance that a car can. A bobtail truck (no trailer) takes longer to stop than a truck pulling a trailer because there is no weight holding the truck back. Especially when a truck is making a right turn , the driver has to pull left a little bit into the lane to his left so his trailer axles would clear the turn without running over the curb where someone would probably be standing at. Then here comes some jackass in a car trying to cut the truck off while the driver is trying to pull hard right to make the turn. In some places its illegal to pass a truck on the right when its doing this. Of all accidents involving 18 wheelers and cars, 85% of the time it is the fault of the person driving the car.

So driving an 18 wheeer is real easy. You just gotta know how to shift gears in one because the gear shift pattern is alot different from a cars 5 spd transmission. The transmissions (18 wheeler and car) are exactly alike with one distinct difference. That being a trucks transmission 9 (in a 9spd its 4 over 5),10,13,15,& 18 spds all have a 5 over 5 pattern meaning a truck has a low 5 spd (switch down) and a high 5 (switch up) for the 13,15,& 18 its the same except that there is an extra switch for the 3,5, & 8 gears (these are called granny gears). Most drivers (new drivers entering trucking) would use the double clutch technique. They would use the clutch to get the tranmission out of gear and use the clutch again to shift to a higher gear. Downshifting is harder because when you clutch to take the transmission out of gear you have to rev the motor to around 1400rpm and clutch to get it back into a lower gear before the tach hits below 1100rpm. Many drivers like myself dont use the clutch when shifting. We shift gears using the motor (floating) meaning once the tach hits around 14-1550 rpm take the foot off the pedal and pull the gearshift out of gear and shift to a higher gear. Downshifting is the same way drop the tach to around 12-1250 pull it out of gear rev the motor to around 1400 and shift into the lower gear.

I can also shift gears in a normal car with a manual tranmission by floating them (using no clutch) :sarcastic:

I drove for these companies before Landstar (the company I drive for now)

KTL (sister company of TMC)
CRST Van Expedited
Covenant Transport
CFI (Contract Freighters Inc)
 

SexGhost

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Sep 29, 2007
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but shifting gear without using clutch is damaging towards the car, but its damn common among racers (especially doing some sharp 180" cornering) you have no time to hit the clutch then hit the brake and accelerator to save speed and not to understeer (heel and toe technique)

i'm a fat guy, and my legs are huge so i can't do the heel and toe technique, so i have no choice but to shift without clutching, and brake with my left foot, or i shift 2 gears down to drastically reduce the fraction and i can hit the brake later to avoid understeer.
 

FlashSwordIrene

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Oct 4, 2007
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actually its not. the motor itself is the clutch when used at the right time for each gear shift. its just the same as shifting gears when using the clutch. Ive been doin this for a least 8 years. The only damage you can do is when youre tryin to force a gear in when the truck isnt supposed to be in due to its speed and the terrain its on. I know this because i snapped 2 u-joints clean off the drive drive axle trying to shift gears when going uphll when i didnt have enough speed. Besides floating saves parts. It keeps the clutch plates from being changed out (actually theyre changed out at later intervals).