12-07-2004
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Spain
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Best times in the car were also my most destructive times. Ramming garbage cans / recycle bins, and going off this jump in the middle of an elementary school field.
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12-07-2004
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aka Goodbye
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The brakes on my Monza Spyder that I had in high school were squeaking, so I put some grease on the shoes and put it back together. The squeaking went away and it actually still stopped. I got a lot of flack for that the next year when I became a mechanic.
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2009 Corvette Z51-SOLD
1992 Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX-SOLD
2013 BMW Z4-Current summer hooptie
2017 GMC Yukon-Current winter hooptie
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12-07-2004
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#23
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Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Portland, Or
Posts: 88
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Forgot to tighten the right axel nut and wondered what that grinding noise was. Drifted around a few corners only to make the noises worse... than i noticed i didnt have an axel nut anymore. In my defense I just got it running and was anxious to take it out.
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12-07-2004
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Tournaments Won: 3
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Maple Grove, MN
Drives: Lancer and Durango
Posts: 7,017
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Lowered it with coilovers, then when one of my shocks broke i took a 3 in metal pipe and slid it around the strut to hold the spring holder up.... umm its still holding strong, but hey it saved me some money.
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12-07-2004
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#25
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Red Wing, MN
Drives: Too Many
Posts: 3,184
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The worst thing I ever did was buy my first DSM. Its been downhill ever since. Money, money, and more money.
CRAIG
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12-07-2004
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#26
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Posts: 252
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drifting it into a curb doing 20mph.
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12-07-2004
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#28
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Eagan
Drives: 06 RSX
Posts: 503
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Either putting my own clutch in only to end up dropping the tranny 4 times in a row and wasting 8 months of downtime.
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Driving about 6 miles to work on a flat tire in my beater.
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12-07-2004
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moonshine power
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I made a cardboard gasket from a ceral box for the oil fill cap on my '77 T-bird. Had a bit of an oil fire under the hood. Luckily I was able to put it out.
I also rebuilt the "iron duke" in my first 84 SE Fiero. That was a big waste of money, I even put a header on it. 
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12-07-2004
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Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Blaine
Posts: 2,789
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bought a fwd dsm and inwasted (invested and wasted) more than i should have in it..
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12-07-2004
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Big Turbo Monster
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Hopkins
Drives: GTS and E55
Posts: 1,105
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deciding to mod my car even more after it broke
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Life's tough.... it's even tougher if you're stupid.
7/25/09
Motorcycle cop pulls up next to me on UNI and says "Want to race?"
Me- "I don't think you would stand a chance."
Cop says "probably not" and drives off.
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12-07-2004
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Been there, done that.
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Camden, S.C.
Posts: 3,248
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Run from the police 4 times... I'm kidding....Really I am!
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1997 GSX - new ride
1997 GSX - dedicated track car
2004 R6 - sold
1992 GSX - sold
1996 GST - sold
1995 GSX - sold
Best 1/4 - 11.7 on 93oct
Best 1/4 MPH - 120mph
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12-07-2004
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The worst thing I ever did was sell my '87 Toyota pickup. I had two "beaters" (the pickup, and a '92 tsi awd) and a '98 GSX at the time. I wanted to get rid of one of my winter cars, so I kept the Talon, and sold the Yota. I still regret doing that. If I had kept the truck I would still be driving it today, but the Talon lasted me for about another 6-7 months before I had enough and parted it out.
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12-07-2004
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Mazda Bitch
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: MN
Posts: 3,208
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The dumbest thing I did with my GSX, was to buy suspension for the car, never use it, and end up losing money on it. |
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12-07-2004
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I still think I win this contest. I've probably spent well over $35k in my car by now. Stupid me.
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12-07-2004
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flips McGee
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I used to drive a 1983 vw gti (1st year in the usa, baby!), and had been working all summer as a mountain bike guide in new york (state). When I got home, I was pretty amped to be driving my car again, and was out on a gravel road with some friends in the car.
I was telling stories about NY as we came down a hill to a 'T' in the road, where we'd take a left onto a tar road. I decided to e-brake onto the tarmac and....well....after looking for oncoming traffic, slid sideways in the most pefect drift you've seen, straight across the road and off the other side, down the steep, steep ditch. I stayed on the gas, we landed upright, kept up momentum and somehow I drove the thing out of the ditch, without a problem, or even a studder!
My friends were completely sighlent, and it wasn't until after we got back on the road, and I finished my story that we erupted in laughter at what had happened. Seriously, we were going probably 45-50mph, and at the speed and angle we left the other side of the tarmac we should have rolled the thing.
-scheides
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12-07-2004
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#37
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Broken'In'Fail
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Da Ghetto
Drives: 99 GSX
Posts: 159
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Backed up into a huge rock @ Super America!
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12-07-2004
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#38
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Now 1 second.....slower!
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: St. Paul, MN
Drives: 1993 Talon AWD
Posts: 1,359
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Let RS Motors touch my car! Clutch job=$600 for labor + over $350 for ACT 2100 clutch (which they called Stage II). I dont even know if they resurfaced my flywheel or not.
Fried my clutch at RF last spring and wasting too much money on crap parts...like Punishment Racings 2.5" Pressbent DP. Cheap in price and quality..haha.
I backed up into those concrete blocks that hold up light poles in parking lots...haha.
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12-07-2004
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Now 1 second.....slower!
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: St. Paul, MN
Drives: 1993 Talon AWD
Posts: 1,359
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Originally Posted by EclipseTurbo
Punishment racing BAHAHAHA you owned yourself there. Extreme quality!
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hey, that was the first performance upgrade I bought for my car and I didnt want to spend too much and regret not spending enough. Oh I also let Dave's Exhaust shop do my exhaust and that was just as much of a waste of money as the cheap DP. I got a 2.25" custom catback...Oh yeah! LOL |
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