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Toasty
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09-13-2004, 12:28 PM
Post subject: My Car's Broke :(
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4-of-a-Kind
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: England UK
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Clutch has gone so I can't get it into gear, and as such can't drive it to a garage to get it fixed.
I'd arranged to have it towed to a garage today but its fell through 
I'm screwedd without a car, I'm going to have to catch a taxi to work and back, it's going to cost me a fortune
Every car I've had has f&*ked up, one of them got fire bombed  I couldn't even claim as the premiums would have gone up more than the car was worth. I must have spent around $8,000 on cars and car repairs in the last 2 years alone, I'm going to get me a horse and keep it in my garden I swear.
1 Horse power 0 to 60 never :P
On top of that I'm in a 2/4 200BB downswing. I've had around 3-4 sessions 2-3 hours each where I have won about 7 hands in each game.
AKs / AKo / QQ / KK are all losers this month in 2/4. thankfully I've done ok in other games so i'm not down $$ wise but it was frusrating enough for me to cash out and move to FullTilt for a while.
September can kiss my grits
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stevedonel
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Full House
Join Date: Aug 2004
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I had the same problem when my car broke last month. Two weeks of riding the bus to work, OH JOY!!! Then playing online at night, I broke even for the entire two weeks, except the one 7 stud MTT where I got 2nd. Oddly enough, getting my car back put me back over the hump (OK probably not, but hey it sounds good).
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Is that guy still part of the forum??
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fishstick
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Full House
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Carlsbad, CA
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car = baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad!
harley = goooooooooooooooooood! 
sorry about the vehicle probs/downswing toasty!
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i hate what i have become to escape what i hated being...
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Toasty
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4-of-a-Kind
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: England UK
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Someone's been kind enough to lend me a Golf TDI for the week so that's one problem solved. I also hit up Party Poker for $300 today too so that should cover the repair bill :P
It's all good!
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Poker is all about the long long long long long long long term . . .
Barney's back . . . back again . . .
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michael1123
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Join Date: Jun 2004
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Good luck with your car and everything else, Toasty.
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leon_rts
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Straight
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Lisbon, Portugal
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Change to Motorycle youll never go back again (unless its raining) . No Traffic , Easy Fast , Riable , and gets your adrenaline pumping.
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"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits"
--Anonymous
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Aceofone
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Flush
Join Date: Jun 2004
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You dont know pain until your transaxle blows on the highway, or the braking system is conaminated with sugar (vandals) causing your brakes to inexplicably lock when driving, or there was the time the windshield wipers stopped on the highway in winter (had to stick my head out window till I could pull over). There was also the time a cracked intercooler pipe cost me 1k, stereo was stolen costing me 750$ (not including the replacement stereo).
I am starting to believe that I have the worst luck with cars, because all this has happened in the last 2 years, not to mention the 8 accidents I've been involved in, 1 of which was my fault.
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leon_rts
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Straight
Join Date: Apr 2004
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Originally Posted by Aceofone
You dont know pain until your transaxle blows on the highway, or the braking system is conaminated with sugar (vandals) causing your brakes to inexplicably lock when driving, or there was the time the windshield wipers stopped on the highway in winter (had to stick my head out window till I could pull over). There was also the time a cracked intercooler pipe cost me 1k, stereo was stolen costing me 750$ (not including the replacement stereo).
I am starting to believe that I have the worst luck with cars, because all this has happened in the last 2 years, not to mention the 8 accidents I've been involved in, 1 of which was my fault.
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 again same advice buy a Bike with Honda,Yamaha,Suzuki you cant go wrong , they can take everything
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"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits"
--Anonymous
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leon_rts
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Straight
Join Date: Apr 2004
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Originally Posted by fishstick
car = baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad!
harley = goooooooooooooooooood!
sorry about the vehicle probs/downswing toasty! |
 thats too much iron fish , stick with the japs
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"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits"
--Anonymous
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fishstick
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Full House
Join Date: Mar 2004
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Originally Posted by leon_rts
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Originally Posted by fishstick
car = baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad!
harley = goooooooooooooooooood!
sorry about the vehicle probs/downswing toasty! |
thats too much iron fish , stick with the japs |
last time i was on a japanese sport bike (vfr 750), i went in to a turn at ~95 mph, did a sloppy downshift, and the back tire broke loose. i got a foot down, veered into the other lane and opposite shoulder and finally got the bike under control. i scared my friend behind me so bad he almost lost it to (and he was riding my harley!).
i had to sit on the side of the road for about 15 minutes because i was so freaked!
for fishstick:
japanese sport bikes baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad!
big heavy SLOW harleys - gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood!
you be careful, leon!
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i hate what i have become to escape what i hated being...
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leon_rts
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Straight
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Originally Posted by fishstick
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Originally Posted by leon_rts
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Originally Posted by fishstick
car = baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad!
harley = goooooooooooooooooood!
sorry about the vehicle probs/downswing toasty! |
thats too much iron fish , stick with the japs |
last time i was on a japanese sport bike (vfr 750), i went in to a turn at ~95 mph, did a sloppy downshift, and the back tire broke loose. i got a foot down, veered into the other lane and opposite shoulder and finally got the bike under control. i scared my friend behind me so bad he almost lost it to (and he was riding my harley!).
i had to sit on the side of the road for about 15 minutes because i was so freaked!
for fishstick:
japanese sport bikes baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad!
big heavy SLOW harleys - gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood!
you be careful, leon! |
Ive been staying out of trouble with my R6 , havent "tasted" the ground yet with it and i hope never will
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"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits"
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mike4066
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You make me sick with your r6..
I want a R1 
I had a 98 suzuki katana up until about 6 months ago.. I need a new bike!
for a 600cc my katana could kinda move.. I tapped it at 142 and couldn't keep up with the guys I was with.
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fishstick
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Full House
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Originally Posted by mike4066
You make me sick with your r6..
I want a R1
I had a 98 suzuki katana up until about 6 months ago.. I need a new bike!
for a 600cc my katana could kinda move.. I tapped it at 142 and couldn't keep up with the guys I was with. |
the sport bikes today are scary fast! 
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i hate what i have become to escape what i hated being...
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DaNutsInYoEye
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September can kiss my grits
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They eat grits in England???
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TheXianti: (Triptanes) why are you not a thinking person?
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Aceofone
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Flush
Join Date: Jun 2004
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Sport bikes are fast, very, very fast.
I dont mind going fast, but if Im tapping 158mph, I'd rather be in my big steel enshrouded supra.
Metal around me, not under me.
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Linoge
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: England (Coventry)
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T0asty u n00bie, i am not surprised your car is broke, last time i was in your car we Crashed twice in 2 days
T0asty is a really bad driver ffs
=D Linoge out
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TylerK
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Originally Posted by Aceofone
Sport bikes are fast, very, very fast.
I dont mind going fast, but if Im tapping 158mph, I'd rather be in my big steel enshrouded supra.
Metal around me, not under me.
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I like Supras. MKIV? Any mods?
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TylerK: its just gambling if i want to worry about money i'll go to work lol
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mjeffr0
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Join Date: Nov 2004
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when my clutch went out on my jeep i would just put it in first then start it and and hit the rpm that seems right for the shif and just reall easily upshift, its a pain in the ass with alot of red lights and traffic but do what you gotta do
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Aceofone
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Flush
Join Date: Jun 2004
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nah, I have a MKIII.
Turbo, Targa, 5-speed, completely uninsured and collecting dust.
No real mods other than a boost gauge, cut off the cats, and some moron bent the release rod on the wastegate so now it boosts to 14 psi, tops out at ~155mph.
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TylerK
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Originally Posted by Aceofone
nah, I have a MKIII.
Turbo, Targa, 5-speed, completely uninsured and collecting dust.
No real mods other than a boost gauge, cut off the cats, and some moron bent the release rod on the wastegate so now it boosts to 14 psi, tops out at ~155mph.
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What kind of potential do the MKIII's have? I've only ever seen one modded I think (actually modded, as opposed to riced).
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TylerK: its just gambling if i want to worry about money i'll go to work lol
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Aceofone
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Originally Posted by TylerK
What kind of potential do the MKIII's have? I've only ever seen one modded I think (actually modded, as opposed to riced).
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Check out this guys MKIII, he has a sweet video of it being driven http://www.ma70.com/danmac/. mine has way less horsepower, but I can still take down most mustangs.
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TylerK
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4-of-a-Kind
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What kind of potential do the MKIII's have? I've only ever seen one modded I think (actually modded, as opposed to riced).
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Check out this guys MKIII, he has a sweet video of it being driven http://www.ma70.com/danmac/. mine has way less horsepower, but I can still take down most mustangs. |
What is the stock turbo? What are the common upgrades? (I drive a DSM but I'm always interested in hearing about modding other turbo cars.)
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TylerK: its just gambling if i want to worry about money i'll go to work lol
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Aceofone
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Originally Posted by "TylerK
What is the stock turbo? What are the common upgrades? (I drive a DSM but I'm always interested in hearing about modding other turbo cars.)
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Stock turbo on the MKIII's is a Garret (i believe) T-34, its good up to about 15psi, if there is a metal head gasket on the block. Other than the turbo kit which ups the turbos potential a bit, there aren't many standard mods for the car, cut cats off (~30hp), metal head gasket (saves the engine), K&N filtercharger (~7-8hp).
You say you drive a DSM, I assume that still means domestic standard market, so I can: A: assume you have a honda civic (probly with lots of stickers)  , or B: you drive what looks like an eclipse, and that chick on the hood is your girlfriend!?
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TylerK
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Originally Posted by Aceofone
You say you drive a DSM, I assume that still means domestic standard market, so I can: A: assume you have a honda civic (probly with lots of stickers) , or B: you drive what looks like an eclipse, and that chick on the hood is your girlfriend!? |
Haha, no, Diamond Star Motors...refers generally to first and second generation Mitsubishi Eclipses, Eagle Talons, and Plymouth Lasers.
And yes, that's a Talon, and that's my girlfriend. Really. No, really. Would I lie about something like that?
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TylerK: its just gambling if i want to worry about money i'll go to work lol
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Aceofone
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Flush
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And yes, that's a Talon, and that's my girlfriend. Really. No, really. Would I lie about something like that?
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TylerK
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4-of-a-Kind
Join Date: Oct 2004
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And yes, that's a Talon, and that's my girlfriend. Really. No, really. Would I lie about something like that?
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What??
...it really is a Talon.
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TylerK: its just gambling if i want to worry about money i'll go to work lol
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