[The Producer]

A yellow 996 with a big wang stands out, not very many around.

ya - when i see the north van SY 996 GT3 guy we do the spider man pointing thing.

then he laughs at me in Mezger :awwyeah:

[KayC]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51967720981_2528d84f46_b.jpg

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51966716822_acc80c21fe_b.jpg

[320icar]

Finally, a Porsche id actually want to own. Stunning in white!

[SkunkWorks]

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[bcrdukes]

dat revscene money :ahwow:

[westopher]

Thursday
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51966984652_dd9a79eeac_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2nb9o31)
Friday
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51968062133_5b1e651246_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2nbeUkg)
Saturday and Sunday spent at work so I can afford them.:alone:

[EvoFire]

dat revscene money :ahwow:

Hey you have one too, post it up on your slicks

[immorality]

https://scontent.fyvr3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/277168724_10161232862510701_8209711944072419044_n. jpg?_nc_cat=111&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=a83260&_nc_ohc=m7n-ydd92kgAX_l357U&_nc_ht=scontent.fyvr3-1.fna&oh=00_AT-6exO-SmQnB-PY9flAveACAUgLGFPaEoGa363eApLbXA&oe=6246BF91

[dark0821]

So after discovering that a near empty tank miata now takes more than $83.00 to fill...

https://i.imgur.com/QFECQNc.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/ZF78ZCK.jpg

I decided that... for the sake of my wallet... I can still have fun in the miata... virtually lolol..


i mean there is no gas fee and there are no speed limits....

https://i.imgur.com/Bv03Fx0.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/h0wXI8M.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/IonyLwl.jpg

[Simplex123]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51969126240_ba98d16878_k.jpg

[77civic1200]

https://scontent.fyvr3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/277168724_10161232862510701_8209711944072419044_n. jpg?_nc_cat=111&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=a83260&_nc_ohc=m7n-ydd92kgAX_l357U&_nc_ht=scontent.fyvr3-1.fna&oh=00_AT-6exO-SmQnB-PY9flAveACAUgLGFPaEoGa363eApLbXA&oe=6246BF91

Oh I didn't realize that was you out there, did you see the sequence I got of your spin? :pokerface:

[immorality]

No, but I just went and looked at it now. That's great, thank you!

[68style]

immortality spinning and/or hitting cones? That's weird :troll:

[EvoFire]

Thursday
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51966984652_dd9a79eeac_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2nb9o31)
Friday
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51968062133_5b1e651246_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2nbeUkg)
Saturday and Sunday spent at work so I can afford them.:alone:

Is that 36 shot in Victoria?

[MikeHB]

Yep, in-front of the Empress hotel

[westopher]

Yeah just out front of the empress.

[EvoFire]

Yeah just out front of the empress.

Wish I can go do that with mine, but it's always going to be the X3 instead of the M3 when we go somewhere cause kid.

[westopher]

Yeah we usually take the wagon for family trips, but have definitely been out for some good drives with wife and baby in the m3. It’s not too bad but could only do an overnighter. This was a boys golf trip over there though. I gotta say, Victoria sure is a beautiful city architecturally compared to vancouver.

[EvoFire]

Yeah we usually take the wagon for family trips, but have definitely been out for some good drives with wife and baby in the m3. It’s not too bad but could only do an overnighter. This was a boys golf trip over there though. I gotta say, Victoria sure is a beautiful city architecturally compared to vancouver.

Love it there, ppl are laid back and friendly, food is good.

Though it's a little toooooo laid back at times, and I feed my cold lemon tea addiction. And traffic is just as bad.

[bcrdukes]

Standard Pizza in Victoria. :sweetjesus:

[Matsuda]

https://scontent.fyvr4-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/277726263_10159745212536212_2762021551384584841_n. jpg?_nc_cat=106&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=5cd70e&_nc_ohc=euRs-WxylIAAX-YR5eb&_nc_ht=scontent.fyvr4-1.fna&oh=00_AT-TRjVP2aoYefe7gBh-WIDiOJKeqZ7TpiRUv2Q-atnSLg&oe=624BC329

[RCubed]

^^
https://i.imgur.com/NWzvYnP.jpg

[Amaru]

Thanks @68style, you're an absolute beauty for sending me this mini doppleganger of my NSX... :woot2:

http://www.markborland.com/toycar2.jpg

peepoClap

[Simplex123]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51979349350_3942954159_h.jpg

[H.Specter]

https://i.imgur.com/24BaryB.jpg

Installed gloss black double slat grills.

Now I can't decide if I want to tint the windows as the clean OEM look is starting to grow on me...especially with coral red interior

[westopher]

Always fishbowl. Especially in cloudy PNW.

[Oshiguru]

That's the new Asian fuckboi starter pack lol

This is the reason why both MB and I bought identical 4runners.

ahaaaaaa===

[westopher]

Not missing out on the cherry blossoms.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51980979521_5e380f42cf_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2nco7dR)
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51981048168_d71851c69f_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2ncosCq)
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51980979341_96baf02ab2_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2nco7aK)

[roverT]

Time to swap out…

https://p190.p3.n0.cdn.getcloudapp.com/items/DOu4mm1r/ee340761-b2db-4307-8301-85c0fcf54b53.jpeg?response-content-disposition=attachment%3B+filename%3D%22Image%2B04-06-2022%2B11%2B05.jpeg%22&source=download&v=a186f5e2995dbd90bcf1314c1b7f6022

[Traum]

The forecast is calling for snow on Sat / Sun!
Time to swap out…

[roverT]

The forecast is calling for snow on Sat / Sun!


Sorry RS fam. Murphy’s Law.

I have Conti DWS06 mounted now. So I shouldn’t have a problem with the 1/4 mm of snow. [emoji2958]

[EvoFire]

I'll just take the X3 with the DWS06+. It's not amazing but I'll be fine.

[SkunkWorks]

Paging acura604

[dark0821]

The forecast is calling for snow on Sat / Sun!

Son of a.... LOL faaaaaaaaaaaaccccccccccckkkkkkkkkkk

Like literally after putting on my RE-71R last week on the miata, I insured my bike today.... FAAAAAAAAAAACCCCCCCCCCkKKKKKKKKK lololol welp...


but... at least the commute to work was awesome... I forgot how fast a bike is in the city....

https://i.imgur.com/Yrm3Q3t.jpg

[whitev70r]

I call bullshit on snow on Sat / Sun.

[AzNightmare]

lol, did no one bother to fact check on weather.ca?

[Traum]

lol, did no one bother to fact check on weather.ca?
The damn weather forecast changes all the time. It was calling for snow on Sat/Sun before. Now it is just calling for temperatures in the 0 - 10°C range for the weekend.

[whitev70r]

^ That's the story of weather forecast here in Vancouver ... if I was wrong half the time that those who forecast the weather are wrong ... not even, maybe even 25% of the time ... I'd be fired.

[Oshiguru]

Not cherry blossoms like westopher but got collectors insurance and took it out for a few days. Now getting some weird issues where it wont even start like anti-theft is going cray ResidentSleeper

https://i.imgur.com/WlfJaZZh.jpg

[westopher]

EWS issues? I can try and help troubleshoot if you need.

[EvoFire]

Not cherry blossoms like westopher but got collectors insurance and took it out for a few days. Now getting some weird issues where it wont even start like anti-theft is going cray ResidentSleeper

https://i.imgur.com/WlfJaZZh.jpg

We are never gonna be able to meet up at this rate.

[SpeedStars]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51992191463_58810f2302_o.jpg

Recently helped my sister get a car and ended up with a (rep) Mugen RR show car :alonehappy:

Anyone else remember this thing from importfest 2013?

[JDMDreams]

Was the fd2 an auto that was fs a few weeks back?

[SpeedStars]

Yep, that's the one!

[twitchyzero]

got collectors insurance[/IMG]

congrats

you can get custom numbers for collector plate?

[trollface]

congrats

you can get custom numbers for collector plate?

I've never seen it.

[Oshiguru]

congrats

you can get custom numbers for collector plate?

No you can't. I got lucky and my broker had 1M3 plates. I thought they were only in the 1M4-###s now but i was seeing M5-9 cars at the weissach C&C

[Traum]

Snapped a few pics of my trusty whip last night when I was heading home from DT.

https://scontent.fyvr3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/278284226_10166201724245228_8195336018677264716_n. jpg?_nc_cat=110&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=0debeb&_nc_ohc=mEwQnXGb0ngAX9hwpZh&_nc_ht=scontent.fyvr3-1.fna&oh=00_AT9pCPxTiwZFjXcnkErDhwwofRiTBzyYmmMCrDI7UZux bg&oe=6259A5B3

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[EvoFire]

Snapped a few pics of my trusty whip last night when I was heading home from DT.

https://scontent.fyvr3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/278284226_10166201724245228_8195336018677264716_n. jpg?_nc_cat=110&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=0debeb&_nc_ohc=mEwQnXGb0ngAX9hwpZh&_nc_ht=scontent.fyvr3-1.fna&oh=00_AT9pCPxTiwZFjXcnkErDhwwofRiTBzyYmmMCrDI7UZux bg&oe=6259A5B3

https://scontent.fyvr3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/278360193_10166201724185228_527085087247177487_n.j pg?_nc_cat=104&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=0debeb&_nc_ohc=42tF3Y2UDQMAX9rEVNv&_nc_ht=scontent.fyvr3-1.fna&oh=00_AT9bIVCO4AZjFtPLXqxYJZwdYuNBu-fNqI1daA0x-FFVfw&oe=6257E8D7

https://scontent.fyvr3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/278334105_10166201724180228_7471796145565852439_n. jpg?_nc_cat=109&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=0debeb&_nc_ohc=vLEqmjv7VPYAX9EAH2F&_nc_ht=scontent.fyvr3-1.fna&oh=00_AT8HLkHjauWgVi0d0FR3LtLH19EoIX-OJUHrzWZOPJPxBg&oe=625992D7

Spotted you this morning just before 8am, coming out of a side street and then eventually turning right to Boundary.

[Traum]

Spotted you this morning just before 8am, coming out of a side street and then eventually turning right to Boundary.
LOL busted~

[white rocket]

All cleaned up

https://i.imgur.com/sJxy7GU.jpg?1

[Spectre_Cdn]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52000274017_b39cf8fba4_k.jpg

Nebula Gray Pearl checking in :h5:

[radeonboy]

All cleaned up

Oh wow that's rare. What year is yours?

[white rocket]

Oh wow that's rare. What year is yours?

Agreed. It's a 2012.

[dark0821]

Ahh very nice spec... the year that got the LSD and beat the E92 M3 around the Nurburgring laptime....

There is a client of mine that has a white 12 ISF, she is not a car person at all, she got it because the sales upsold it to her when she wanted a IS350. In her words the IS350 needed to wait white the ISF was on the lot...

I always told her that if she ever sells, give me a call first I want first dibs lol

[white rocket]

Nice upsell. I bet there are no purchase regrets with her now. These cars are beauty, especially the later years.

2010 got the LSD. 2011 was the big refresh year. 2012 added 0.5" width to the wheels all around and a different finish along with an updated steering ECU. 2013 mirrored 2012 iirc. And the 2014's are true unicorns with ultra low production numbers, like 59 or something, and added alcantara door cards and centre console, cf lip spoiler, radar cruise and a few other nerd items. Most that pop up for sale are 2008/09.

[The Producer]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52007080106_99e026ed1e_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2neFT1W)Untitled (https://flic.kr/p/2neFT1W) by GhstRidr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/ghostrider79/), on Flickr

[westopher]

Cleanest it’s been in 5 years. Looking very spicy.

[Hondaracer]

Always liked those rims

Are those the ac schnitzer(sp)?

[yelnats8]

Daddy, how come your toys are nicer than mine?

https://i.imgur.com/dKiHVfF.jpg

[SSM_DC5]

Spring cleaning including the floor!

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52006663822_3aa6f85dea_c.jpg

[Amaru]

+Roof box.
Yuppee score: 100 :gay:

https://markborland.com/yupee.jpg

Air suspension is at the highest ride height setting, which is why it appears to be on stilts :gay:

[bcrdukes]

Did a track day with the PCA club @ Canadian Tire Motorsport Park
https://i.imgur.com/rNklVOCh.jpg

[cdizzle_996]

For Sale if anyone is interested!

https://i.ibb.co/LRF2GDv/F4-D1-C43-F-D556-46-C0-921-F-0666-A02-F5-B26.jpg (https://ibb.co/dMTzhs7)

[320icar]

https://i.ibb.co/dWtryxd/EEC35-EE7-8-AAC-4-E5-F-AFBE-70087-DB6-CC7-C.jpg (https://ibb.co/mD0G7gL)

[immorality]

It was a Fiesta party at VCMC's cup1 autox yesterday. Great weather, it was low 20's when I was driving home. Slightly sunburned too.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52029778640_d713749e9a_h.jpg

[jaretron]

Finally put the 219m back on for the summer:
https://i.imgur.com/m4FmkUU.jpg

[GS8]

https://i.imgur.com/pF4pToV.jpg

Took the car to Pomo for a quick wash while the weather stopped being bipolar.

Just over 90,000km now. 2.25 years of ownership. 29 year old daily driver. Need to do the oil pan gasket and timing belt. Looking at $2K all in. That's nothing to me, not because I'm a baller but because it's 2K and that's it.

Zenki in the back too. Miss the old Niss.

[westopher]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52034628309_978ab1c825_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2nh858X)

[77civic1200]

Um sir, you can't park there

[westopher]

Those all said e30 m3s are the exception.

[roverT]

Duffey runs are the best!

https://p190.p3.n0.cdn.getcloudapp.com/items/bLuK2QDG/6b618b31-f595-43ef-9efa-36eb29e226e3.jpeg?response-content-disposition=attachment%3B+filename%3D%22Image%2B04-28-2022%2B01%2B35.jpeg%22&source=download&v=57004cc180a01e6964b0163ff0a5b85a

https://p190.p3.n0.cdn.getcloudapp.com/items/qGu78Bpb/46001d65-fe06-465b-b1cf-c84951edb060.jpeg?response-content-disposition=attachment%3B+filename%3D%22Image%2B04-28-2022%2B01%2B36.jpeg%22&source=download&v=c52f7dfe6c5621616249e039dce89226

[AzNightmare]

It was a Fiesta party at VCMC's cup1 autox yesterday. Great weather, it was low 20's when I was driving home. Slightly sunburned too.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52029778640_d713749e9a_h.jpg

lol, seems rare to see that many local FiST's all in one pic.

[EvoFire]

Duffey runs are the best!

https://p190.p3.n0.cdn.getcloudapp.com/items/bLuK2QDG/6b618b31-f595-43ef-9efa-36eb29e226e3.jpeg?response-content-disposition=attachment%3B+filename%3D%22Image%2B04-28-2022%2B01%2B35.jpeg%22&source=download&v=57004cc180a01e6964b0163ff0a5b85a

https://p190.p3.n0.cdn.getcloudapp.com/items/qGu78Bpb/46001d65-fe06-465b-b1cf-c84951edb060.jpeg?response-content-disposition=attachment%3B+filename%3D%22Image%2B04-28-2022%2B01%2B36.jpeg%22&source=download&v=c52f7dfe6c5621616249e039dce89226

It's still that frozen up there?

[cdizzle_996]

^^^^^ Nah man, figure of your imagination.

[Simplex123]

Duffey runs are the best!

https://p190.p3.n0.cdn.getcloudapp.com/items/bLuK2QDG/6b618b31-f595-43ef-9efa-36eb29e226e3.jpeg?response-content-disposition=attachment%3B+filename%3D%22Image%2B04-28-2022%2B01%2B35.jpeg%22&source=download&v=57004cc180a01e6964b0163ff0a5b85a

I swear you probably have a pic of Duffey every other week - you must monitoring the receding snow-line up there with the tractor eh :lol

Latest pic ft. bic_baws

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220428/5ca0c743e56f42c10437aca078d8d6f9.jpg


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[roverT]

I swear you probably have a pic of Duffey every other week - you must monitoring the receding snow-line up there with the tractor eh :lol


Busted! Hahaha. Closeted Geo surveyor.

Who knew that drive would be where I get to clear my headspace for a few hours. The bonus is even with liberal WOT and heavy use of brakes, the engine still gets around 7L/100km.

My usual driving around town is around that while besting to 6.3L/100. Pure highway road trip mode is even thriftier.

Note to any Duffey storm troopers, there are more dips in the road going back home southbound than north. Due to the edge of the road naturally eroding and moving, that side of the road gets the damage first. Be ready for lots of full compression suspension use.

[Gumby]

First day out of storage, but it was raining!
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52048148748_b7fe1fbdc8_b.jpg

[freakshow]

https://i.imgur.com/IG1wD5T.jpg

[trollface]

Too many ballers in here. Got a two tone driveway.

[roverT]

Forgot I took a cherry blossom pic. Now they have dropped and made a mess. LOL

https://p190.p3.n0.cdn.getcloudapp.com/items/X6uELXBq/c8578a44-7ba2-4fa2-89ee-7f8500cbea6e.jpeg?response-content-disposition=attachment%3B+filename%3D%22Image%2B04-28-2022%2B01%2B36.jpeg%22&source=download&v=3452ea535449f338d92e0fda0b4d22e0

[essel]

Finally got around to mounting the summers

https://i.imgur.com/6JJ91rD.jpeg

[dorian]

Fitted some 15s in the back. It definitely needs a bit of massaging to make them fit.

https://i.imgur.com/gP9KEwE.jpg?1

[Badhobz]

Evening gents, been a while!

Maserati's gone, replaced it with this old man's sled for the summer. Im glad it carries over a lot of the things i like about the old mazzy. NA v8, increible exhaust note and sexy wide fenders.
Also never had a car delievered with only 6kms on it.. by the time i remembered to take a shot, it was already 11kms. Seems incredibly low, never had a new car with only 6km on it.

https://i.postimg.cc/6pYjfG9k/IMG-5051.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/9FPNznsF/IMG-5044.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/4NRSfgLS/IMG-1375.jpg

[JDMDreams]

Really? I would say the Maserati sounds a lot better than the LC. Lexus firing order sounds more Mustang than Ferrari :okay:

How was your Maserati ownership? Quattroporte prices seems to have bottomed out. :considered: still want to try one

[Badhobz]

Maz does sound better. One of the greatest sounding cars ever made imo. But this isn’t too bad, the loud ass crack during downshift sounds like a rifle shot.

Still miss my maz. Ownership was great but not great. I mean I had her since new and every year it was 1.5-4k of standard maintenance. Biggest non standard maintenance cost me 26k for engine mounts, valve covers, coolant hoses, power steering, and some misc other crap that I don’t recall. This is all done at Vancouver Ferrari maserati so I’m sure if you go third party it’ll be cheaper.

[BIC_BAWS]

HE'S ALIVEEEEE

Sent from my SM-G781W using Tapatalk

[radeonboy]

Evening gents, been a while!

Maserati's gone, replaced it with this old man's sled for the summer. Im glad it carries over a lot of the things i like about the old mazzy. NA v8, increible exhaust note and sexy wide fenders.
Also never had a car delievered with only 6kms on it.. by the time i remembered to take a shot, it was already 11kms. Seems incredibly low, never had a new car with only 6km on it.


Congrats! And what a coincidence, Facebook was just asking me this evening if I bought the car since I looked at the listing at one point :okay:

[Badhobz]

Thanks. Most of you old guys here know that I love my old departed SC430. So this LC is very much up my alley of GTs.
https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.clublexus.com-vbulletin/1280x720/img_1472_1_b967659fb6d532bcd1ab5645b412f7305c03ad6 8.jpg
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[bcrdukes]

:ahwow:

[tofu1413]

Gotta say, they nailed it with the LC coupe / roadster - the car is essentially a Japanese Aston Martin.

But of course its a Lexus - well built, dependable and won't tank in value like an Aston.

[Badhobz]

Oh god, i dont know how i feel about this.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ekV0FYy8RM&t=25s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hzQS5ey9Os
This thing has the structural integrity of a wet noodle on the front bumper.

[Badhobz]

Gotta say, they nailed it with the LC coupe / roadster - the car is essentially a Japanese Aston Martin.

But of course its a Lexus - well built, dependable and won't tank in value like an Aston.

I actually cross shopped the LC with the new Vantage. Ultimately didnt buy it because its 1) 100k more than the LC, 2) wouldnt be able to deliever before sept and thus 37% tax in total!! 3) cheap interior with a tacked on small 6 inch display and chintsy plastic buttons everywhere

Aston looks better though... especially from the rear. But looking at the options list, it was riduculious how they nickle and dime you for everything.

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[white rocket]

Congrats on the LC hobz. That's a gorgeous color combo too. Just in time to be cool for the summer.

[tofu1413]

worlds better than the Aston in the interior department. You made the right choice man.

[Badhobz]

Thanks Tofu, that means a lot coming from an industry professional such as yourself.

[twitchyzero]

dream retirement car
congratulations

[jpark]

i just replied on your other thread for the wrap color vote. I didnt realize your car was that factory red. Why on earth would you want to change that to a difft color. Just ppf it man

[trollface]

Im too poor to be on RS

[Badhobz]

You are not trollface. Trust me.

I first joined revscene back in high school with this epic ride (parents couldnt afford a corolla CE, too pricey). Notice the wind up windows, and the blood stain on the front seat (you made me bleed my own blood!). This was my family's only car and i thought it was the coolest thing. I got my DL when i was 16 and promptly tried racing with this sentra (epic fail). Plus the color!!! look at the friggin color man.

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You'll make it. Just have faith, look for opportunities and don't hesitate when they present themselves. If my dumb ass with a history/philosophy degree can make it, anyone can. Plus judging from most of the rides on here, I must say the majority of the dudes have done VERY VERY well for themselves in one of the most expensive places to live in the world.

[Euro7r]

^I drove my dad's red tercel 1990 hatchback when I got my license back when I was 16. Felt like the coolest kid cuz everyone wanted free rides home from school LOL. Manual roll up window and no A/C. Always good memories to share around buddies and life experiences.

Remember this one guy that got his license and drove to school, and we were like you live across the fucking street. He's like yeah, I drove it and park the car on other side of the school. Think his parents got pissed he drove to school LMAO.

[trollface]

I have no idea how ppl in their 30's pull it off anymore.

Houses went from 400k to 2.5m. A crappy TH will run you 700-800 now. That's a 2k mort payment every month before you even turn the lights on. If you make 100k, that eats up half your monthly income before you even think about eating. Let's not even think about Strata fees and $2.22 gas.

Yet everyone I work with has a 50k car. Depressing af.

[Badhobz]

im in my 30's. born 1984 so im elder millennial.

here's how i did it:

- grew up east side, dirt poor. drove a sentra XE
- Took huge 50k student loan. Worked 2 jobs while doing useless degree.
- Invested said student loan into GM stock before bailout (i knew they were gonna get bailed out, how can they let GM fail?)
- Took the earnings from that stock play to pay off my student loan and down payment on house (it was only 500k in 2008 for our place in richmond)
- Worked a whole bunch of shit jobs, sold computer parts at ANITEC computers for 6 bucks an hour, worked as a teller at the bank, etc
- I eventually landed a job as a conductor then worked up my way up. then hopped over to the ports
- CN/CP still hiring conductors today.

[320icar]

I have no idea how ppl in their 30's pull it off anymore.


This is how. Parents ‘gifting’ hundreds of thousands of dollars.

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-homebuyer-down-payments-parents-gifting

Also if you look at stats Canada, there are more people in Richmond making over 100k a year than there is people making between 60-70k a year

[trollface]

I honestly think if someone let me use their time machine to go back when houses were $500k, all my problems would disappear.

That same house is now 2M+. Let's call a spade a spade, you can work 3 jobs and and eat grass and no one in their 30's can pull that kind of payment off unless you're big dick doctor/lawyer.

That 500k house is now a 20% down-payment lol. No one out saving/working 10 jobs can pull that off anymore, the game and rules have changed.

[320icar]

@trollface that’s why my friends group chat has a firm ‘no real estate talk’ rule because I just get extremely irritated. Same reason why I never click the RE thread on here. I don’t need people to tell me to ‘stop complaining and just work harder/get a better job’

[westopher]

Too many people were allowed to take advantage of an opportunity that never should have existed, and now it’s coming at the expense of an entire generation.

[The Producer]

im in my 30's. born 1984 so im elder millennial.

here's how i did it:

- grew up east side, dirt poor. drove a sentra XE
- Took huge 50k student loan. Worked 2 jobs while doing useless degree.
- Invested said student loan into GM stock before bailout (i knew they were gonna get bailed out, how can they let GM fail?)
- Took the earnings from that stock play to pay off my student loan and down payment on house (it was only 500k in 2008 for our place in richmond)
- Worked a whole bunch of shit jobs, sold computer parts at ANITEC computers for 6 bucks an hour, worked as a teller at the bank, etc
- I eventually landed a job as a conductor then worked up my way up. then hopped over to the ports
- CN/CP still hiring conductors today.

hard work def pays off...waitaminute

- Invested said student loan into GM stock before bailout (i knew they were gonna get bailed out, how can they let GM fail?)

nice lotto win :ilied:

[trollface]

@trollface that’s why my friends group chat has a firm ‘no real estate talk’ rule because I just get extremely irritated. Same reason why I never click the RE thread on here. I don’t need people to tell me to ‘stop complaining and just work harder/get a better job’

Same. Very sad.

Rewind time 20-30 years, if you made 100k, you're on "easy" (not that you don't have to work hard) street when houses were 500k. Hell, buy yourself a 911.

Today, using the same ratios, you need to make 500k.

That's not just a good job, that's like...Wonka Bar Golden Ticket job. You have to be the conductor of 3 trains at once kind of job.

Opportunities do show themselves, but when you can hardly breath, you're must less likly to take these huge leaps of faith without a safety net of some sort.

Anyways, going to get my daily Mc.Double.

[68style]

Haha the GM bailout, remember when Ford went to the meeting with them even though they weren't getting bailed out, but all the moron investors couldn't tell the difference and Ford's stock went down to like $1... they were even giving stock away with car purchases in the USA at one point... I bought in hard with what I had at the time and it went up to $16... but I wasn't crazy enough to take out a loan. Wish I had been lol...

Badhobz = Bigballshobz

[Badhobz]

Friend of mine bought in Richmond close to that new Walmart back in 2016-2017 for a 2 bedroom condo at 350k. His place is worth 800k now. 2016\17 wasn’t that long ago.

Opportunities are out there, you just gotta keep your eyes open. Although I do see your point about the RE market today. New west still has some relative good deals. Another friend of mine bought in Hope 2018 for 380k, sold last year for 650k.

If you wanna beat the rat race you gotta make a few big plays. The guy who moved to hope works for CP in coquitlam. Yet he’s willing to the grind every day just to get ahead.

I’m not saying you don’t grind. I’m just saying that depending on how much you are willing to sacrifice there are still opportunities out there. You just need to know when to strike. Look at air Canada stock right now. In the toilet. Do you really think it won’t bounce back after this pandemic is over ? I got a lot of money in AC right now.

[The Producer]

are you going to take out another student loan to put into AC stocks? :)

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[Badhobz]

Clown shoe is best shoe.

[EvoFire]

I have no idea how ppl in their 30's pull it off anymore.

Houses went from 400k to 2.5m. A crappy TH will run you 700-800 now. That's a 2k mort payment every month before you even turn the lights on. If you make 100k, that eats up half your monthly income before you even think about eating. Let's not even think about Strata fees and $2.22 gas.

Yet everyone I work with has a 50k car. Depressing af.

I'm in my 30s, just bought a house last year, and we have a kid.

Help from the parents made a difference, but if not we would probably still be in a duplex right now because when we were buying, a largish duplex could be had in Burnaby for about 1.5m vs 2m for a house.

I'm a little younger than badhobz so if I started earlier I might have gotten a house without help. I've done my fare share of dumb shit but I didn't spend real big money on a car until I bought my M3.

Anyways................. back to the topic on hand. Installed coils and installed an exhaust and got some new wheels. Don't mind the funky tire sizing, I need new tires.

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I don't think I can go any lower otherwise I can't get in my garage anymore.

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And shot for dramatic effect?

It's not even that low.

[Badhobz]

that looks low as f.....

[hud 91gt]

Got back from CCA_Daves “Spring Thaw” yesterday. 1750km from my house…. Probably half of the K I’ve put on the thing since I bought it 7-8 years ago.

Day one, manifold stud pulled out of the head. A local lent his garage and was able to heli-coil is that evening.

Day 2: no drama
Day 3: Cam sensor failed, managed to rework the ECU to run without it to finish the event. Clutch started to sound funny.
Day 4: by the time I got home, I could barely get it into gear and noises getting worse.

First Photo at the needles Ferry, second washed when I got home from the salt. Snow rain and sunshine, all in one weekend. Was a riot.

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[JDMDreams]

As much as I like stonks, re and cars has made me most amount of money in the last couple of years. :okay: still very red in stonks

[The Producer]

Anyways................. back to the topic on hand. Installed coils and installed an exhaust and got some new wheels. Don't mind the funky tire sizing, I need new tires.



can you remind me what wheels were on it before? did you buy it on OEM's?

i think it's fair - i don't see it posted in the 2022 thread

[bcrdukes]

EvoFire with the dual car garage :ahwow:

[dared3vil0]

As much as I like stonks, re and cars has made me most amount of money in the last couple of years. :okay: still very red in stonks

This. I went from losing 20k+ a year on vehicles to making 20k a year on vehicles... Give it a year or two, it'll flip again.

[Gerbs]

I have no idea how ppl in their 30's pull it off anymore.

Houses went from 400k to 2.5m. A crappy TH will run you 700K-800K now. That's a 2k mort payment every month before you even turn the lights on.

$2k/month?

A TH at $800K, 20% downpayment is like $2,555/month @ 1.49% and $3,367 4%. We'll likely hit $4,000/month at 6% before we ever see sub 2% again.

There's not many TH's in $800K in Vancouver to my knowledge.

I have no idea how ppl in their 30's pull it off anymore.
If you make 100k, that eats up half your monthly income before you even think about eating. Let's not even think about Strata fees and $2.22 gas.

Yet everyone I work with has a 50k car. Depressing af.

The trick is everyone who actually did it without parents are making over $100K in the mid 20's and are closer to $130 - 300K in their 30's. Mix of salary, self contract work, investment income. They're also the top performers in their careers with all the licensing, certs and designations. I think the people you might be comparing to are more likely to have had help from their parents or bought pre-2016. In those cases, you probably need to upgrade your parents because they ain't giving you enough help FeelsBadMan

[EvoFire]

can you remind me what wheels were on it before? did you buy it on OEM's?

i think it's fair - i don't see it posted in the 2022 thread

I bought it new a few years ago. I've posted it with winters before

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PS: The pics above with the T7 and coils, the car is dirty af. I haven't washed it in a few months.

[EvoFire]

EvoFire with the dual car garage :ahwow:

The mortgage payments of this dual car garage will shock you :lol

[GS8]

We live in a time when making $100k puts in you working class purgatory lol

The more you think you save towards RE, the wider the gap becomes. I've been living in my current place for 3 years (renting). My rent back then was considered high and now it's considered cheap. It's amazing how perspective skews so quickly :lol

[SkunkWorks]

and to think had i not blown my student loans on a 911 back then i could've used it for a downpayment for a 300k shoebox that would have 2-3x by now.

:alone:

[Badhobz]

Priorities! I’ve seen numerous rich dudes in Richmond drive Ferraris while still living in a 1 bedroom - 2 bedroom condo near the oval. Sometimes just yolo it.

[EvoFire]

and to think had i not blown my student loans on a 911 back then i could've used it for a downpayment for a 300k shoebox that would have 2-3x by now.

:alone:

If only you could get a 911 on student loans now........

[Badhobz]

Everyone should post pics of their OG ride and what they have now. It’ll be interesting to see.

[EvoFire]

Everyone should post pics of their OG ride and what they have now. It’ll be interesting to see.

Probably need to start a new thread for this

[Gerbs]

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Just got a new car since the used market was bonkers last year when someone totaled the RSX-S. I'd say it's equally as fun as the S2000. It's manual, active exhaust and the seats glow up.

Priorities! I’ve seen numerous rich dudes in Richmond drive Ferraris while still living in a 1 bedroom - 2 bedroom condo near the oval. Sometimes just yolo it.

I'm so close to becoming a DINK and just yoloing in a condo forever. To move to a detached, I have to make $350 - 500K a year to qualify + save heavily for a down then pay $8 - 10K mortgage for 25 years lol. Lets just finance a Ferrari for $3k/mo instead, probably more happy.

[Badhobz]

The ferrari is good on paper.... you think you'll be happy

BUT

you wont be happy when you service the F car (after the 8 year free maintenance) or pay for the insurance, or parking it, or really even driving it as any F car over 10,000kms is considered high mileage. Plus they'll still depreciate and eventually go down to the 200k-300k range from the 450k that you paid for it.

If you have to pay for the F car monthly, i dont think you'll seriously enjoy it as you'll be too nervous to even drive it anywhere. its the MOFO's who pay for it by cash, drive everyday and into the ground, and not give a hoot. Thats the level of $$$ you need to be happy with ferrari ownership.

Oh and the wait list for an F8 tributo is ~2 years right now. Roma's orders are 1 year ish, and the superfast is superlong wait as well.

I thought about it.... then i recall my maserati experience and i just :QQ: better off with my toyota

[westopher]

Everyone should post pics of their OG ride and what they have now. It’ll be interesting to see.
20 years apart. #inflation.
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[EvoFire]

20 years apart. #inflation.
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Those SRT4 wheels before SRT4 was a thing lol

[westopher]

TSW venoms. Srt just ripped them off.

[68style]

I feel like with likely bald tires on Venoms and an open diff you were actually stuck in that photo hahahah

[westopher]

Lol they were new tires but federal 595s are essentially the equivalent of good tires when bald. I spun my way out though, just gotta burn down to the pavement.

[Hondaracer]

One thing I’ll kind add for the people stressing about not having a cool car

Basically every single person I knew from HS who had a brand new/cool car are all complete duds now. So I wouldn’t fret about it lol

[bcrdukes]

Lol they were new tires but federal 595s are essentially the equivalent of good tires when bald. I spun my way out though, just gotta burn down to the pavement.

Federal 595s :ahwow:

Would you buy these again?

[westopher]

Lol I thought they sucked even when I was 17. I definitely have higher standards at 37.

[Gerbs]

One thing I’ll kind add for the people stressing about not having a cool car

Basically every single person I knew from HS who had a brand new/cool car are all complete duds now. So I wouldn’t fret about it lol

Yeah, the one's who spent every paycheque financing one through highschool and college. They're now stuck with a 2013 335I or G37 200,000KM :okay:

[hud 91gt]

My first car was only 11 years old (1991 Ford Escort GT). It still stands as being the newest car I’ve ever owned, despite being $400. Lol.

[68style]

^ hud_91gt's gold standard: "It only almost broke down twice today"

Lol I thought they sucked even when I was 17. I definitely have higher standards at 37.

Thank goodness I don't, that's why I hang out with you guys every day :alone:

[trollface]

Isn't the Firestone Indy 500 the budget sports tire now?

[westopher]

Linglong or westlakes. Also 595s are still around. I actually have Indy 500s on the e30 haha. They are pretty good, but I also didn’t want to have crazy sticky tires on a 33 year old 197hp 4 banger. There’s definitely a “too much grip” situation in a car like that when it comes to fun.

[trollface]

What model of Linglongs/Westlake?

[320icar]

What model of Linglongs/Westlake?

Sailun atrezzo rs or whatever, Derek hates me for them but for the price I’m very happy. $150 each?

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[westopher]

They look like ad08-r, like exactly. I’d love to see a lap comparison to see how the compounds stack up.

[tofu1413]

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Bought a set of wheels. Got a free J spec Slick top C280 out of it. Cloth seats too! :lawl:

[jing]

A lot of the local drift guys use to run Federal 595 like 10+ years ago due to their price. I ran a set of 595 RSR on my old Miata(s) in 2015/2016 and was pretty happy with price/performance. Pretty much out of the scene nowadays but would be curious what's the new budget UHP tire now in case I ever find time to do some events.

[320icar]

A lot of the local drift guys use to run Federal 595 like 10+ years ago due to their price. I ran a set of 595 RSR on my old Miata(s) in 2015/2016 and was pretty happy with price/performance. Pretty much out of the scene nowadays but would be curious what's the new budget UHP tire now in case I ever find time to do some events.

https://grassrootsmotorsports.com/articles/track-tire-buyers-guide/

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[BIC_BAWS]

i'm shocked that the 595 have been around for 20 years lol

[SkunkWorks]

Just in time for $2.50/L diesel :drunk:

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[trollface]

That's so nice

[Badhobz]

:ahwow: OMG OG LAND CRUISER! OG LAND CRUISER !!!!! Kreygasm

[Tapioca]

I have no idea how ppl in their 30's pull it off anymore.

Houses went from 400k to 2.5m. A crappy TH will run you 700-800 now. That's a 2k mort payment every month before you even turn the lights on. If you make 100k, that eats up half your monthly income before you even think about eating. Let's not even think about Strata fees and $2.22 gas.

Yet everyone I work with has a 50k car. Depressing af.

Well, people aren't buying houses on their own anymore - a property that is larger than a 1-bedroom/studio requires two incomes nowadays.

Everything these days is costed to monthly payments. A 50K car is not that expensive if leased or if financed over 7/8 years (which is crazy). It's the same with homes - the majority of households are looking at monthly costs.

Anyway, I officially hit mid-life this year. After putting 2 kids through daycare, doing a Masters, and upgrading to our long-term home during the pandemic, I figured it was time to get back into the hobby, so I picked up one of these a few weeks ago:

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[Badhobz]

Kids are stupidly expensive.

[bcrdukes]

A lot of the local drift guys use to run Federal 595 like 10+ years ago due to their price. I ran a set of 595 RSR on my old Miata(s) in 2015/2016 and was pretty happy with price/performance. Pretty much out of the scene nowadays but would be curious what's the new budget UHP tire now in case I ever find time to do some events.

Shops in the GTA stopped selling Federal due to increased costs and manufacturing/supply chain delays. I picked up a set of Federal Evoluzion ST-1s for pennies on the dollar (clearance price) and they've held up well over the past few years, including some DE days. By no means am I a good driver (still a noob) but I got laughed at and ridiculed by some Pcar funboiz until I either kept up with them or outpaced them in. Instructors were even impressed.

These tires will probably will be good for another 2 years given how little I drive. I believe 1010Tires may be the only shop that might (emphasis on might) still carry or be willing to order them in, but I could be wrong. It took a while for them to be broken in and for them to really perform well. Having said that, and like westopher, I wouldn't buy them again. :awwyeah:

[twitchyzero]

i still have 595 rsr Lol

[SpiderLemon]

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[Tapioca]

Kids are stupidly expensive.

Car seats being one of those expenses (I have 5):

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But, when I brought the E46 vert home for the first time and showed my daughters the roof being opened, the look on their faces was priceless. Their birthdays are this week so I will be taking them each out for a drive with the top down for the first time, which is a memory that will last a lifetime.

[frost91]

Car seats being one of those expenses (I have 5):

https://i.postimg.cc/gcQ3k6tP/20220510-133222.jpg (https://postimg.cc/8sd7ZsVy)

But, when I brought the E46 vert home for the first time and showed my daughters the roof being opened, the look on their faces was priceless. Their birthdays are this week so I will be taking them each out for a drive with the top down for the first time, which is a memory that will last a lifetime.

super random but do you have instructions for how you hook up the car seat to your convertible? or more detailed pictures? (specifically how you hooked up the top part of it?

im not even sure if i have mine connected properly to my convertible

[Tapioca]

super random but do you have instructions for how you hook up the car seat to your convertible? or more detailed pictures? (specifically how you hooked up the top part of it?

im not even sure if i have mine connected properly to my convertible

My E46 has latch anchors on the bottom of each back rest and a top anchor underneath the tonneau cover. The bottom anchors are not labelled, but if you feel in between the seat cushion and the back rest, you will find them. I had to partially close the top to get access to the top anchor. Once I had the tonneau cover lifted, I slid the top anchor strap underneath the headrest and attached it to the metal anchor. The metal anchor also doesn't have a label, like a modern car, but you'll see it once you have the tonneau cover lifted.

Because of the angle of the vert's seats, I had to slip a pool noodle underneath the base of the car seat to ensure that the base was level.

[Badhobz]

^ that’s awesome. You’re right the memories for the kids will last a lifetime and likely influence their future buying habits. P.s jealous you got real backseats. Pretty sure mine are for chihuahuas only.

https://i.postimg.cc/X7MmZMpp/DE4-A1-F3-F-379-F-4-D73-86-C8-EB3-A5-BAB0642.jpg

[68style]

Interesting hat haha

[SkunkWorks]

Official latest pic of your backseat thread:

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[Badhobz]

We got eaten alive by the flies in central Australia (uluru). It’s so notorious they sell a hat to tourists hahaha

[The Producer]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52007201184_d3a21ad723_k.jpg

.1 on sport designs. :megusta: let's be friends.

[Tapioca]

^ that’s awesome. You’re right the memories for the kids will last a lifetime and likely influence their future buying habits. P.s jealous you got real backseats. Pretty sure mine are for chihuahuas only.

A 2-seater would have saved me more space in the garage, but in the end, the convenience of a usable backseat in my mind outweighed any of the handling, or image benefits of having a 2-seater.

Internal combustion engines and human-driven cars are endangered and the next generation will probably look back at the elder millennials (like me) in the same manner as millennials look at boomers - entitled, self-centred, planet-destroying ogres. What motivated me (aside some thoughts about my own mortality) was the opportunity to give my kids some carefree memories because they'll be living in a pretty different world than the one we know today as adults.

[Traum]

The convertible experience is unfortunately something that likely I won't be able to ever give my kid again anymore. It was definitely something I wanted to do when I still had the Miata, but the times didn't align, and it was sold during a time when I wasn't really able to drive the car at all.

Sigh...

[bcrdukes]

super random but do you have instructions for how you hook up the car seat to your convertible? or more detailed pictures? (specifically how you hooked up the top part of it?

im not even sure if i have mine connected properly to my convertible

There should be some tether points for your child seat, no? Your owner's manual should indicate where and how to connect to your child seat.

For your own sake, I hope your wife isn't reading this LOL! :peek:

[SSM_DC5]

super random but do you have instructions for how you hook up the car seat to your convertible? or more detailed pictures? (specifically how you hooked up the top part of it?

im not even sure if i have mine connected properly to my convertible

Paging aznboi. He's a certified seat checker or something. Maybe just a kidnapper. Proceed with caution.

[frost91]

My E46 has latch anchors on the bottom of each back rest and a top anchor underneath the tonneau cover. The bottom anchors are not labelled, but if you feel in between the seat cushion and the back rest, you will find them. I had to partially close the top to get access to the top anchor. Once I had the tonneau cover lifted, I slid the top anchor strap underneath the headrest and attached it to the metal anchor. The metal anchor also doesn't have a label, like a modern car, but you'll see it once you have the tonneau cover lifted.

Because of the angle of the vert's seats, I had to slip a pool noodle underneath the base of the car seat to ensure that the base was level.

thanks for your advice, your car seat seems to fit a lot better then mine also

[dorian]

Whats the mileage and what did you get it for if you dont mind me asking ? I just picked up a 2001 325vert with 150.000kms and wondering what i can get for it.

Well, people aren't buying houses on their own anymore - a property that is larger than a 1-bedroom/studio requires two incomes nowadays.

Everything these days is costed to monthly payments. A 50K car is not that expensive if leased or if financed over 7/8 years (which is crazy). It's the same with homes - the majority of households are looking at monthly costs.

Anyway, I officially hit mid-life this year. After putting 2 kids through daycare, doing a Masters, and upgrading to our long-term home during the pandemic, I figured it was time to get back into the hobby, so I picked up one of these a few weeks ago:

https://i.postimg.cc/ryj1V5Js/20220407-195525.jpg (https://postimg.cc/0r6MZMh1)

[!Aznboi128]

Paging aznboi. He's a certified seat checker or something. Maybe just a kidnapper. Proceed with caution.
LOL Yes I'm a Certified Passenger Safety Technician so I check car seats for their installs and safe of use.

Best way to know if your car seat is installed properly. If the seat moves side to side across the belt path more than 1" with your non-primary hand it's not installed properly.

Make sure to always check the vehicle owners manual and car seat owners manual. Some seat will not allow you to put anything under the seat for a proper level install.

For forward car seat installs they're generally quite straight forward, seat belt is used to tie the car seat down. when tightening the straps push the seat down and back towards the base and backrest of the seat. once the seatbelt is installed and tightened install upper anchor (needed in Canada) tighten the upper anchor so that it's snug but doesn't pull the seat up.

If you need a hand with the install or a check, send me a PM we can work out a time and I can come take a look.

[SSM_DC5]

LOL Yes I'm a Certified Passenger Safety Technician so I check car seats for their installs and safe of use.

Best way to know if your car seat is installed properly. If the seat moves side to side across the belt path more than 1" with your non-primary hand it's not installed properly.

Make sure to always check the vehicle owners manual and car seat owners manual. Some seat will not allow you to put anything under the seat for a proper level install.

For forward car seat installs they're generally quite straight forward, seat belt is used to tie the car seat down. when tightening the straps push the seat down and back towards the base and backrest of the seat. once the seatbelt is installed and tightened install upper anchor (needed in Canada) tighten the upper anchor so that it's snug but doesn't pull the seat up.

If you need a hand with the install or a check, send me a PM we can work out a time and I can come take a look.

How much do you charge?

[donk.]

Official latest pic of your backseat thread:

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/0OchHk3AfmQ0ds3MzPMMpHQlxviWYUsNFZ5MWBkKpa5CTmMc58 WMVwRuQ41iLto1ClZBqo2_t7ZojW8MtA8IYuE2oO0kohrw2oj9 2zWH6CwzQ0589i1DqvZa_0DmEpUeEP0Dp6YGExLoMIaqg812e_ ygSWqTxVlmyGsZazaJdTPFaWsMyQwXOMuhfY_kDzoUiVo0GAAs PeS9SEblyQ4K-Akh04XXKCgQq5f1-gpQtRPhGn6TASm7JL1MyDKeATE7jejZsyQNLaNz_Te2XhN3-wvGEk9MT507TyfW7NYV8VaonHOVyYmrvHeK35CRDmCqdyKhC2s ScAo338LHnXn0Ih-mveFi2YMeNQmlMFh4uGGHlfWU1fJahWTXehvSTf6WysfsRHhMk jN5vmjE2ETXzpcpMCHtK8aCEmfOg3tSfJzVR2tnxqXaLu_Diqi AHKeer3IiFGE9ot60EPNc03iVX0A538UYMd8kTOjZ2_6osuprL k6letjDHAKcPuq79m0W1HyYdgTIBufVtC-dIly-7RwJuK4HMReMQliZbmQWNqft2-2bhpqn2ui2KP5vKiFJL2QHux4bLFiaUxwjOPXP6X2X6d7Obq4p FdWYQWgM2gfdtC6BKRAWYlBOA1Q15i_riFJLP5t_hedrdof6La EPH1h1LO28fANw9Zd3DO5mtJmswrh8sJQRkdrLkvkhf_oapie_ 245vwndzKOIKahiO_rFgYVl1vad7hz2Z-fQl3zVliPYzkZN7noFjvemFnI5h4P9rxm58N9ka9x1ldMpYR1d fJI1JU_rOCzpkKMtVTUHj5Ks97uWmjE5VaLHR6wJ7jQe38Hs=w 1080-h810-no?authuser=1

Rear seats cause accidents
No back seats
No accidents



making babies

[!Aznboi128]

How much do you charge?
No charge, we work on volunteer basis/donation.

[underscore]

Latest pic of your work rental?

https://i.imgur.com/gkDajEt.jpg

[supafamous]

Latest pic of your work rental?

https://i.imgur.com/gkDajEt.jpg

Seeing modern day Jettas always make me a bit sad cause they should be a Golf with a trunk (which would be a great car) but instead it's a cheaped out VW designed for fat Americans.

[Hondaracer]

After they gassed all those monkeys they couldn’t afford to hire any designers

[H.Specter]

https://i.imgur.com/k4v3hTC.jpg

Just added the roof racks (in preparation for a cargo box).... keep the racks year round - yay or nay?

[The Producer]

even without a box they will add noise.

just took the ski rack off the X3 for the year. much quieter.

[whitev70r]

^^ nay ...

[westopher]

Also nay. The one is really coming into its own as a cool looking car. I’ve always liked them, but they are aging so well, and roof racks that aren’t doing anything at the time certainly don’t do anything for the aesthetics.

[dark0821]

yay cuz lazy is king lolol... also helps to find your white BMW in any Richmond parking lot...

[roverT]

Drove to Edmonton to surprise my sister for Mother's Day..... and while on the journey since I did it solo, I could snap pics in some beautiful places.

https://p190.p3.n0.cdn.getcloudapp.com/items/4guKkDv1/5374c2d7-fb2f-4bbf-9afb-59a0d38c647b.jpg?source=viewer&v=acc79a0281200dd2b07251df755dccb9

https://p190.p3.n0.cdn.getcloudapp.com/items/KouAvG5j/9ec3b6e7-9a06-46b1-a061-1e2025879d2f.jpg?source=viewer&v=a770fda41834a78f6323840d432e4765

https://p190.p3.n0.cdn.getcloudapp.com/items/geum6JQp/5f9b8ab6-3379-4f1f-a1bb-dc250158b5fd.jpg?source=viewer&v=e461ea087880fcc5542a47b6818adbcc

https://p190.p3.n0.cdn.getcloudapp.com/items/P8u1njzr/f0f1d5d6-f0ba-4f57-835a-12a4397cde89.jpg?source=viewer&v=40c14251c10bb69a6e72908ccbba3371

https://p190.p3.n0.cdn.getcloudapp.com/items/KouAvG6j/81e2ab1b-35b4-4349-997c-6859c1608cbf.jpg?source=viewer&v=66467b01597f48ed2e15a82fc4415e84

[underscore]

Seeing modern day Jettas always make me a bit sad cause they should be a Golf with a trunk (which would be a great car) but instead it's a cheaped out VW designed for fat Americans.

I know nothing about them but it sure felt dated compared to the Sonata I had last time. I don't actually care about most of the tech stuff it didn't have but no Android Auto meant I just had to listen to directions without a map, which was a bit annoying.

[Badhobz]

https://p190.p3.n0.cdn.getcloudapp.com/items/KouAvG6j/81e2ab1b-35b4-4349-997c-6859c1608cbf.jpg?source=viewer&v=66467b01597f48ed2e15a82fc4415e84
wow this pic is gorgeous, where is that?

[roverT]

wow this pic is gorgeous, where is that?


That was in the heart of Jasper National Park here:
https://goo.gl/maps/6jWtz9zviVhRL4Sf9

It’s so picturesque. There are visible wild animals 75% of the time I pass through Jasper, from big horn sheep, ram, moose, bear, elk, deer, etc… I’ve been 10 feet away from a herd of big horn sheep busy eating grass in awww of their size and winter coat. We live in a beautiful country! It’s sucks that it costs a lot to explore nowadays but when you can…stop, live in the moment and take it all in.

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220516/22ec5e08399146166154aff81c1a7204.jpg

[hud 91gt]

^pretty sure that straight section (rolling hill) in your photos is where my 325i hit it’s all time high speed. Lol. Jasper is very picturesque.

[roverT]

^pretty sure that straight section (rolling hill) in your photos is where my 325i hit it’s all time high speed. Lol. Jasper is very picturesque.

There are many tempting spots. This car's 100-200 is rather silly at times so keeping discipline is paramount. The only time I don't is if I have a mission to get pass 4 to 5 trucks all at once with a super clear view of what's in front, then this mundane grocery getting sedan turns into a German missile.

I've driven an E46 325i to Whistler before the Olympic highway. It is FOR SURE a momentum car. Getting up to high-speed you have to be patient but once you're there it's just point and shoot. It's a happy chassis to change direction quickly even at high-speed.

[jing]

For sale! (https://vancouver.craigslist.org/bnc/cto/d/vancouver-1997-bmw-m3-e36/7484672815.html)

https://i.imgur.com/85BwxtA.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/RJLXdBq.jpg

[H.Specter]

Ready for the summer camping trips!

https://i.imgur.com/y8AnIUH.jpg

[toyota86]

This was a couple weeks ago. I took the corolla xrs to the track. Unprepared, on a whim, zero expectations. Miraculously both the car and I survived.
https://i.imgur.com/4YSr8Umh.jpg

[Badhobz]

My buddy grabbed the car today... im still speeachless at how clean and pristine this thing is.

https://i.postimg.cc/ZqNrj9YB/IMG-1803.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/V6BXQ3Cz/IMG-1813.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/k4dWHnDj/Untitled.jpg

[68style]

I’m happy it has the black interior not the tan one

[twitchyzero]

manuelle?

[westopher]

It is manuel. Unicorn car.

[KayC]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52085267480_3a44241252_b.jpg

[MichaelM]

Summer time two car solution.
https://i.imgur.com/Qvska1q.jpg

[SkunkWorks]

My buddy grabbed the car today... im still speeachless at how clean and pristine this thing is.

Official latest pic of *yo* whip

c'mon man

[Badhobz]

ahh close enough. i live vicariously through him anyways. he's got our childhood ricemobile and im just along for the ride.

[rice cooker]

picked this up not too long ago

2012 CT200H with 90k only

https://i.ibb.co/DK5qz8f/lexus-CT.jpg (https://ibb.co/q1kZ7WY)

[twitchyzero]

https://i.imgur.com/xk1chLZ.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/tdIsjZv.jpg

9k reverbs off sandstone

[bcrdukes]

Track day inspection
https://i.imgur.com/dFbuTGwh.jpg

[JDMDreams]

I looked for a while for a CT in a spec I wanted but never found one. Their prices were also so high that the math didn't work out for the amount of driving I was doing to get the savings back in gas. :okay:

[mb_]

Someone say track day? New track cars for 2022 with Oshiguru, thanks for the pic Traum :lawl:

https://i.imgur.com/LWo7KF1.jpg

[bcrdukes]

Wow!

[Oshiguru]

Now I can tell people my track car is a 6cyl rwd toyota.

[Badhobz]

https://i.postimg.cc/j5SsCBVT/IMG-1883.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/pdxVMpqp/IMG-1886.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/htV4Y98k/IMG-1878.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/d0Bsswxn/IMG-1880.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/76tqzXD2/IMG-1911.jpg

We kept blasting initial d stage 2 music in celebration of his new ride hahah

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDYSfYM8EuE

[Simplex123]

https://i.imgur.com/tdIsjZv.jpg

9k reverbs off sandstone
god dam I miss that run. Gotta go down myself soon.
No reverbs if I go with the new daily tho. No induction/exhaust sounds FeelsBadMan

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52091809142_2ab450b13f_b.jpg
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52093340115_d879fa50dc_b.jpg
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52092837671_94c538dc66_b.jpg

[Gerbs]

How'd you decide to go to a mini instead of a CTR?

[kobe tai]

Did a 1000km trip through Alberta rockies this weekend

https://scontent.fyyc2-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/281862470_10160070587026550_3572326718687277269_n. jpg?_nc_cat=107&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=5cd70e&_nc_ohc=npM5aAZXKpYAX9XSUFD&_nc_ht=scontent.fyyc2-1.fna&oh=00_AT8N5URaL7Pu4zbPLuBVIXDiN0ycacBzOqDxnTv2Ij3r ZA&oe=62917FAE

[donk.]

^ :sweetjesus:

One of the greatest cars of all time

[jing]

July 2020
https://i.imgur.com/WH8tZVb.jpg

May 2022
https://i.imgur.com/XXZRSoA.jpg

[SSM_DC5]

Took 2 years to paint the front doors?

[Simplex123]

How'd you decide to go to a mini instead of a CTR?
Might not be the long answer anyone's looking for but it's been asked before and I already answered it elsewhere so I'll just drop it here lol

My sister has an F56 Cooper so I know how these cars drive, but the MINI SE makes it that much more fun with the instant torque. I decided to get into the SE for a few reasons. Main reason being that my commute to work is more or less a straight road mostly between Richmond/Downtown/Metrotown. so the CTR did not feel that engaging/fun. I'm sure the car is amazing on the track as I've heard from many, but I don't have the time to track the car, so I felt the CTR was a little bit of an overkill to be a daily in my situation.

I tried to go out for as many spirited drives as I could under my ownership, but between being busy with work, and the gas price going up, I felt the amount of straight-lined miles I put on car as a daily is not what the car is made for.

Another reason being that although I just got the CTR in April 2021, I was made aware that many were getting great offers from dealerships for their cars last Summer/Fall so I looked into what I could get, because these offers would allow me to essentially drive the car for free for the time I owned it.

Everyone is looking at going EV these days so I looked into a few EV options and found the SE to be among the cheapest and most fun, so it was a no brainer for me to get into one. Along with the rebates available + gas savings, the SE is a lot easier on the wallet and made my choice to get one easy as well.

Driving wise the MINI's goal was never to be the best handling car, but instead I feel it aims to be a fun car with big personality inside and out, and still be able to keep up with the handling of other hot hatches.

Of course at seven, eight, nine tenths, the Type-R is objectively the better handling car with an LSD pulling you out of a corner when you continue to put the foot on the throttle, but driving around city speeds, you don't get to appreciate that as much. And also with its looks, a cop pulled a U-turn and pulled me over doing 67/68 on quieter Granville St. I personally feel cops wouldn't bat an eye at a MINI doing those speeds making 0 noise. Overall, I feel the SE gives me more of a thrill in the city and you can zip around traffic much easier with its smaller footprint.

At the same time, the MINI's also got creature comfort features like wireless CarPlay, App controlled remote locking/unlocking, heated seats AND steering wheel, and in traffic it's also got Active Cruise Control which will continue to work in stop and go traffic (when I'm lazy or tired, the computer is more efficient on the battery than me on the pedal and it's a lot less stressful not needing to concentrate on modulating between brake/throttle)

I still have the E46 M3 when I feel the need to go out for a drive. It also makes taking the M3 out more eventful because the MINI is that much more different to the M3 than the CTR was, so I'm liking it quite a bit so far in the month of ownership.

[roverT]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52092837671_94c538dc66_b.jpg


[emoji6]

[SSM_DC5]

Spotted the Prius pikachu today. Assuming the wife was driving it at the time

[Gerbs]

Might not be the long answer anyone's looking for but it's been asked before and I already answered it elsewhere so I'll just drop it here lol

My sister has an F56 Cooper so I know how these cars drive, but the MINI SE makes it that much more fun with the instant torque. I decided to get into the SE for a few reasons. Main reason being that my commute to work is more or less a straight road mostly between Richmond/Downtown/Metrotown. so the CTR did not feel that engaging/fun. I'm sure the car is amazing on the track as I've heard from many, but I don't have the time to track the car, so I felt the CTR was a little bit of an overkill to be a daily in my situation.

I tried to go out for as many spirited drives as I could under my ownership, but between being busy with work, and the gas price going up, I felt the amount of straight-lined miles I put on car as a daily is not what the car is made for.

Another reason being that although I just got the CTR in April 2021, I was made aware that many were getting great offers from dealerships for their cars last Summer/Fall so I looked into what I could get, because these offers would allow me to essentially drive the car for free for the time I owned it.

Everyone is looking at going EV these days so I looked into a few EV options and found the SE to be among the cheapest and most fun, so it was a no brainer for me to get into one. Along with the rebates available + gas savings, the SE is a lot easier on the wallet and made my choice to get one easy as well.

Driving wise the MINI's goal was never to be the best handling car, but instead I feel it aims to be a fun car with big personality inside and out, and still be able to keep up with the handling of other hot hatches.

Of course at seven, eight, nine tenths, the Type-R is objectively the better handling car with an LSD pulling you out of a corner when you continue to put the foot on the throttle, but driving around city speeds, you don't get to appreciate that as much. And also with its looks, a cop pulled a U-turn and pulled me over doing 67/68 on quieter Granville St. I personally feel cops wouldn't bat an eye at a MINI doing those speeds making 0 noise. Overall, I feel the SE gives me more of a thrill in the city and you can zip around traffic much easier with its smaller footprint.

At the same time, the MINI's also got creature comfort features like wireless CarPlay, App controlled remote locking/unlocking, heated seats AND steering wheel, and in traffic it's also got Active Cruise Control which will continue to work in stop and go traffic (when I'm lazy or tired, the computer is more efficient on the battery than me on the pedal and it's a lot less stressful not needing to concentrate on modulating between brake/throttle)

I still have the E46 M3 when I feel the need to go out for a drive. It also makes taking the M3 out more eventful because the MINI is that much more different to the M3 than the CTR was, so I'm liking it quite a bit so far in the month of ownership.

Wow, didn't know the mini had an EV car as well. If I knew I might've considered it for a new daily. I was looking at an EV daily as well but the Ioniq 5 had such a long wait list and everything else seemed meh. The mini is priced really well too at $44K after rebates and taxes?

[Gumby]

Wow, didn't know the mini had an EV car as well. If I knew I might've considered it for a new daily. I was looking at an EV daily as well but the Ioniq 5 had such a long wait list and everything else seemed meh. The mini is priced really well too at $44K after rebates and taxes?
I had the electric Mini SE as a courtesy car a few months ago and agree with Simplex123 - it was a really fun car to drive. Perfect car for a young couple with no kids and looks great!

[cdizzle_996]

Figured with current fuel prices I’d sell the W204 C63 with a 6.2L for a more fuel efficient 5.5TT

https://i.ibb.co/FsZrqXq/693652-C6-A2-E9-4-EF8-A3-CC-E2-C89-EEE690-D.jpg (https://ibb.co/mvZjF0F)

[freakshow]

https://i.imgur.com/GGT0UJO.jpg

[68style]

NSX almost as good an investment as real estate lol

[320icar]

From some weird deep seeded memory of going to soccer practice as a child, I’m 99% sure I know exactly where you live @freakshow. If I’m right it would blow my mind. Google maps seems to show I’m right lol.

Amazing cars. How long have you had the nsx?

[westopher]

Speaking of real estate, maybe moving into this soon.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52106603924_22af900e9e_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2notXYQ)

[immorality]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52099605343_aa0b799222_b.jpg

[68style]

^ I hate it when the meat to bun ratio is so off

[immorality]

Yeah, not the type of sandwich I prefer to be in... but I've noticed quite a few more "larger" vehicles using transit recently.

[freakshow]

How long have you had the nsx? I got it in 2013.. coming up on a decade :eek:

[richardmozis]

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https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52002709714_902601b65a_k.jpg

[twitchyzero]

ah, metallic flakes on point

[punkwax]

I got it in 2013.. coming up on a decade :eek:

Holy shit.. IIRC I thanked your post when you brought it in. I can’t believe that was 9 years ago PogChamp

[underscore]

I finally took the Jeep out for a proper test run with a couple friends. They nearly completely destroyed a driveshaft, I had a briefly flakey oil pressure sensor and noisy accessory belt (probably from all the puddles), and I found out my alternator whines when I turn the roof lights on at idle so overall a good day.

On the first trail we found.

https://i.imgur.com/CWEndH0.jpg

Stopping to diagnose the noise that turned out to be their driveshaft joint starting to blow apart.

https://i.imgur.com/tbdWqTZ.jpg

Crossing a wee river.

https://i.imgur.com/j4sihBv.jpg

[Badhobz]

^thats sick. i always wanted to off road something but the wear and tear on the suv/truck always worries me. That and being stranded in the bush without a way out.

[325isMSPORT]

https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/281847743_10160637241768492_4228199204420842334_n. jpg?_nc_cat=107&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=8bfeb9&_nc_ohc=LLaJCCOU-AoAX-8R-cL&_nc_ht=scontent-sea1-1.xx&oh=00_AT9giL2AxpI-6_STD5_gYXedbzgXMVqAOeOIgiEyWrcIMg&oe=6299FCFE

The corners scrape pretty consistently at VIMC

[underscore]

^thats sick. i always wanted to off road something but the wear and tear on the suv/truck always worries me. That and being stranded in the bush without a way out.

Those are valid concerns, to clarify when we inspected the driveshaft that my buddy fried the boot was long gone so that joint was going to fail soon no matter what. I've never broken anything offroad but part of why I switched to a cheap WJ was because I didn't want to have to worry about it. This whole Jeep cost me less than just a replacement transfer case for my old one.

Being stranded can be avoided by traveling with another vehicle and always telling someone where you're going and when you should be back. I used Gaia GPS on my phone to log the route so I could always backtrack, we took it fairly easy but because we were exploring random offshoots we were never more than maybe 5km from a nice FSR or 10km from the pavement which isn't a terrible walk. Funny enough we did pass a broken down side by side on the first trail and then a little while later passed a side by side going the other way and they asked if we'd seen the broken one because they were looking for it :lol

[twitchyzero]

^thats sick. i always wanted to off road something but the wear and tear on the suv/truck always worries me. That and being stranded in the bush without a way out.

i remember you posted about the highline rd few years ago
what was the final dmg to your colleagues velar haha

[Balrog]

https://i.imgur.com/9t47YRD.jpg

Finally got proper summer tires and rims

[jing]

https://i.imgur.com/g5P0NJK.jpg

Off to the YYZ

[RCubed]

https://i.imgur.com/9t47YRD.jpg

Finally got proper summer tires and rims
I thought your paint on the door was chipping until i zoomed in. lol
https://i.imgur.com/5aXHYL5.jpg

[Badhobz]

i remember you posted about the highline rd few years ago
what was the final dmg to your colleagues velar haha

hahah!! yes you remember that. We never got the final bill because he had full insurance coverage on it, but that thing was FUCKED UP man. all the warning lights were on.. check engine, awd, brakes failure, and the damn thing was smoking out the hood. He had to limp it back to seattle afterwards covered in crap.

https://i.postimg.cc/Pr32LG9B/IMG-2094.jpg

bent license plate too.. yeah we did that. i think it was a rock or a twig that we hit

p.s. that velar is a piece of shit... brand new too, like less than 5000 miles on it. Plus the infotainment was a joke, took a full 5-10 seconds to change different tabs in the menu.... im not surprised i dont see much of those around anymore.

[Roach]

p.s. that velar is a piece of shit... brand new too, like less than 5000 miles on it. Plus the infotainment was a joke, took a full 5-10 seconds to change different tabs in the menu.... im not surprised i dont see much of those around anymore.

Velar sucks. I didn't even like driving the SVR. Instead of being more like a Jr. Range Rover Sport, it ended up more like a Sr. Evoque.

The Sport V8 is still best. Too bad the next gen will move to a turbo V8. The outgoing Supercharged motor made some great noises.

Anyways, got this last month

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52116330174_126b21d577_z.jpg

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52116330209_5073c439cb_z.jpg

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52116125158_1efcc5ce40_z.jpg

Fun car. A couple of missteps in the interior. Wish it had some more personality though.

Kev

[sweetcivic]

https://www.instagram.com/p/CcdcaXvJrpU/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

[Traum]

Fun car. A couple of missteps in the interior. Wish it had some more personality though.

IMO, ever since the MkV GTI, the defining personality of the GTI / Golf R is that it is such a good all-rounder car that it feels like it doesn't have any distinguishing personality. Think on that for a moment, and you see the car under a new light.

[tofu1413]

I find with my MK7 R with the DSG, it reminds me alot of a 911 turbo - comfortable, quick enough, practical and you can use it everyday. It does feel a bit tame at times, but those are the days you'd appreciate it when its cruising along gently after a long day at work, without beating you up. Car is also total incognito, as people just think its a regular Golf.

Probably the most well rounded, most swiss army knife like car i've owned in a long time.

[Badhobz]

i miss my mk7 sportwagen. regret ending the lease on it... such a great car.

[68style]

How's the manual on your R? I heard the manual R isn't the greatest shift feeling in the world... or clutch is kinda poppy?

[Gumby]

Sister's backyard:
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52117331811_0e49999720_b.jpg

[Gerbs]

Fun car. A couple of missteps in the interior. Wish it had some more personality though.

Kev

Did you ever get to try the Veloster N vs Golf R?

I really wanted the Golf R for many factors but once I drove it for an hour. It was fast, comfortable, and everything was so refined that lacked the "fun". But now that I look back, that comfort is nice when you are driving people around or in traffic.