Bechy, all my hate floats away for you as at least you drive a sexmachine of a car. Once I leave this thread, however. I'm not a fan of owning the car myself, but I have ridden in one and it's really nice.
Bechy, all my hate floats away for you as at least you drive a sexmachine of a car. Once I leave this thread, however. I'm not a fan of owning the car myself, but I have ridden in one and it's really nice.
Well, since the thread got bumped...
Slight update to mine from earlier in the thread. Tint all around, Forgestar gloss black wheels, Flowmaster axle back exhaust, JLT CAI, and also with the Bama tune (93 race/performance, and 91 street).
Picture is from the top of Sandia Crest near Albuqurque, which was 14 miles of fun to go up and down. Definitely need to lower it when i get back from from New Mexico. Long way to go before I'm satisfied with it. (Hello eventual supercharger)
So I realize that I've never posted my new ride. Got some things in the works, but for now here she is: 2008 Sunlight Silver Mazdaspeed 3. So much fun to drive. These are the only pictures I have for now.
Professionally taken over the weekend:
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I drive myself... insane
2008 Tacoma. It's a nice truck to have in the city.
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Just picked this up yesterday. 2013 Chevy Silverado
Traded in my old 2004 Ford F350 6.0 diesel. Will be nice not dealing with the diesel noise, fumes, morning sickness and maintenance costs.
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Yeah, got a great deal since they're selling off the 13's. Was looking at the 14s but 1 more MPG and slightly more HP didnt merit the additional cost due to the incentives. I did like the step in the rear bumper for the 14s though. The rest of the changes are really minor
New ride I got Thursday. 2010 Ford Fusion, 40K miles. So relieved I won't have to worry about my car breaking down and being stranded anymore.
What I upgraded from
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I was stubborn on letting this one go. 13 y/o, gave me about three years of great service. Really showing her age these past two months though, decided it was time to upgrade!
Bought this last week
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2012 Dodge Avenger. Only 5k miles. So completely happy with it. It's amazing to have air conditioning!
Got this last week, sold my Mustang to get it D:
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Got it almost one year ago today. Decided to go used (2011). 2013s were just a little too far out of my budget. Plus everyone was clamoring for the 13s while I swooped in and got a pretty decent deal. Had to go pick it up in Texas though. Was a great rode trip home with my dad, actually. Deciding to leave it stock as I daily drive it and its got fantastic power anyways....
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Dailying a GT500? Enjoy the depreciation on that lol. Nice car though for sure. Friend of mine just traded his in for a GTR.
I daily a 2012 Fully Loaded Nissan Rogue. Weekends, nice days, and track days I bring out this animal:
More pics in my BG Bucket.
Fully Bolted 2007 NC Mazda Miata. PPE Longtube Header, 2.5" Midpipe, Goodwin RS Race Muffler, TDR Tuning CAI, Tein Monoflex Coilovers, RX-8 R3 Sway Bars, OEM FD RX-7 16x8 Wheels, Full Beatrush Chassis Braces, Cobalt Front Strut Tower Bar, 12,000K HIDS, Garage Vary Eyelids, OEM Appearance Package Front Lip, OS Gicken Superlock LSD, running on E85, and Ecutek ECU Reflash by TDR Tuning (Racerom Coming Soon!)
I run the car at English Town AutoX, as well as at the Meadowlands occasionally. I get 1 full track day a year at Limerock Park, and very rarely at Monticello Raceway. Monticello is private, and is really for higher end vehicles (membership is 75k/year). I have a buddy with a membership though, and every once in a blue moon he gets to bring a guest for free.
In the next year or so I'll be installing a Rotrex Supercharger. The kit is just finishing up development now.
Spoken like someone who knows nothing about cars^^. Miatas are the most commonly tracked cars on the planet for a reason.
With the supercharger installed I will be able to pull down Exiges and Corvettes that are still giving me trouble a bit more easily. All that for about 30k invested including the price of the car. Not counting tires since those obviously go very quickly.
The MX-5 is actually a fun track car to drive. The problem Derock is that here in the states they get a bad rap because they're seen as a chick car. The cars have a good engine. They're light weight. Build around the 50-50 weight concept. They have wishbone or multi-link suspensions. Also are rear wheel drive. The recipe for a good time.
Also what happened to your white S2000?
Blew the engine for the second time. I was going to pick up another one, but there wasn't much more I could do to it. I maxed the first engine at 890 HP, blew that one street racing a Mustang Cobra. On the rebuilt I had the engine sent to Eagle Performance, dropped about 20 Grand and then blew that motor at 990 HP. That car was a straight line rocket, on the track it was useless unless I turned the boost down quite a bit. The fastest I could put down in the 1/4 was a 9.9. If the damn engine held another 100 HP or so I would of been in wheelie territory lol.
Everyone here has S2K's now as well, and aside from the fact the engines can hold to about 750 HP on stock internals.... they really aren't all that special. Driving fast in a straight line is boring, no matter how fast you are doing it lol. It's cool the first 2-3 months, then 170 MPH feels like 75 MPH. I like doing things with cars that people don't expect. S2K's are obviously very capable of track driving as well, more so than the miata in stock form. That being said no one is driving a stock car around the track lol.
Hoping to get the supercharger installed within a year of the kit being released by Rotrex, I have no desire to be the guinea pig again. The current cosworth s/c option does not have a high enough ceiling for my needs. Those are maxing at 275 HP, I am looking for the low to mid 300's HP wise as a final number. Turbo kits are available now that can obviously far surpass that mid 300's mark, but the S/C will give me more usable power on the track and at Auto-X.
Can't post pics yet (will edit this when I can), but I drive a gray 2005 Scion tC. It's got about 110K miles on it. Still love it and will probably run it into the ground.
Finally got a little more work done to mine:
only thing the picture doesn't show is that yesterday I plasticdipped the 5.0 logos black