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Wouldn't your cougar be considered a winter beater? HA.
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I am not saying anything bad about your cougar, its good that you enjoy what you drive. My question is, what do you honestly expect to buy for 2500 dollars that would be considered a "nice car" or a car for an "enthusiest" that is in mint condition and exactly what you want? there is a difference between 2500 dollar project cars and 2500 dollar cars.
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Honestly, you are really misguided. An old Supra is expensive for replacement parts? IDK man, I bought a GOOD torque converter for my MKIV Supra and it was only $50. MKIV Supra's are WAY more expensive than MKIII's. Educate yourself with imports before saying that they are so expensive to fix that you might as well scrap them.
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capitlj wrote:
Subaru Legacy, great cars not doubt but not really my style. Plus they can get really really expensive to fix. Say the motor quits i'm looking at a $1000 minimum bill plus or minus a few hundred right.I agree on the not your style thing, that is important (to me) in any car. But with the Legacy Sport Turbo, I don't think you'll find a better motor for reliability AND power capabilities....closed deck block, turbo 2.2 liter w/ instant spool, awd from a company that is known for its superior AWD platform, TONS of cheap replacement parts available...unless you blow the motor (HIGHLY unlikely), then the ej22t block will set you back about $1600 from subaru w/ warranty. Replacement turbos....DIRT cheap, any WRX turbo will fit and they are very inexpensive.
As for the AE86, you probably won't have a whole lot of issues with the motor, afterall it is a Toyota.
But, like Bill said, who cares what the rest of us think...its your car, get what you want.
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capitlj wrote:
I earned my attitude, i may not know it all but i know enough to smell bullshit. I might be wrong on that 455 but i smelled bull. Besides its a friendly arguement if it seems otherwise thats not my intention.I'm not ripping on you, but WHERE did you earn it? You came on here and the only real world experience anyone knows of you is "the shopping cart incident" which <u>you</u> made it a point to mention. So far, all you have proven is that when someone proves you wrong you try and twist the facts so that (in your mind) you are right. What kind of knowledge do you possess about the automobile? What have you built? Where did you attain your knowledge? How long have you been working on cars, and then what kind of cars have you worked on? I may be wrong, but it seems like the car you have worked on is your cougar and you may know a bit about Fords because of that.
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tjamz wrote:
I'm not ripping on you, but WHERE did you earn it? You came on here and the only real world experience anyone knows of you is "the shopping cart incident" which <u>you</u> made it a point to mention. So far, all you have proven is that when someone proves you wrong you try and twist the facts so that (in your mind) you are right. What kind of knowledge do you possess about the automobile? What have you built? Where did you attain your knowledge? How long have you been working on cars, and then what kind of cars have you worked on? I may be wrong, but it seems like the car you have worked on is your cougar and you may know a bit about Fords because of that.
Word! Just because you work at napa doesn't mean you can come on here, and know everything. You can act like you know what your talking about in your store, and on a cougar forum, but don't come on here acting like you know anything about imports. Your knowledge of prices for anything you have mentioned so far is severly jaded. IMHO, the car you drive is good for you, It fits your personality perfectly! Stick to your stocking parts at the auto parts store, and don't tell us how much shit costs for our own cars... -
i have no clue what napa you work at or anything like but people that work at napa(and other parts stores) should sometimes listen to there customers more. i had a guy at a parts store was arguing with my that the part i was looking for was in possible way the part i need, or was even where i said it was. even when i told him i am directly looking at the factory sercive manual produced by nissan and that is exactly what it was and where it was. but this isnt the place to rant about that, the thread turned that way so i fallowed, LOL
but subaru's are sweet cars. if i could afford it my jeep would be gone and i would have a 04+ wrx as a daily driver. i love subarus
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**God damn **josh how come evertime i see a thread or a post from u they lead to drama. Does anyone think this shit is gettin old yet?
ps- i dont care if this gets moderated im getting tired of readin drama :icon_scratch: Heres a change of pace......how many people got to but their ride away for winter? O that sucks me too. Finally no drama
Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car
Oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car.
Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall
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I don't have to, I could switch my front bumpers and drive the car year round....but I have a company car that I can use for personal use and they pay my gas, so for the past 2 years, I've never bothered chancing someone else smashing into me.
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ruthless351 wrote:
**God damn **josh how come evertime i see a thread or a post from u they lead to drama. Does anyone think this shit is gettin old yet?Yes, I think its getting old...and I'm NOT going to moderate it. The shopping cart incident didn't really make me draw a conclusion about him, its been his "I work at Napa, I know everything about cars" attitude that has. Again, yes I think it is getting old that he posts on here.
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wannabe wrote:
Word! Just because you work at napa doesn't mean you can come on here, and know everything. You can act like you know what your talking about in your store, and on a cougar forum, but don't come on here acting like you know anything about imports. Your knowledge of prices for anything you have mentioned so far is severly jaded. IMHO, the car you drive is good for you, It fits your personality perfectly! Stick to your stocking parts at the auto parts store, and don't tell us how much shit costs for our own cars...:icon_cheers: would it weird you out if i told you i loved you?
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integra_gsr98 wrote:
Wouldn't your cougar be considered a winter beater? HA.
Maybe you could remind me how a car with rear drive and 300 pound feet of torque at 2000 rpm is a winter car?
> Mitch Hedberg wrote:
> I'm sick of following my dreams, I'm just going to find out where they are going and hook up with them later.ASE certified parts specialist.
2004 Impala LS 3.8 -
capitlj wrote:
Maybe you could remind me how a car with rear drive and 300 pound feet of torque at 2000 rpm is a winter car?
I drove a Thunderbird for 3 years of winters, other then it getting stuck all the time it was a great winter beater.Your car's a auto (I think) so what's the big deal, easy to drive durning the winter. Just get some good tires, they make all the diffrence.
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I have been working on cars for a little while I did all my own work on my taurus, buick, chevy pickup, and have worked on one 240sx, two turbocoupes both of which are 12 second race cars, a 55 chevy bel air with a 350 and twin gale banks turbos, a 72 ranchero with a 351 Cleveland thats pushing 450 whp, countless forklifts, bobcats, and farm equipment. A few race rockets one honda CBR900RR, and two Gixxer 750's. I know my way around a toolbox. My opinion as far as parts are concerned is not the best deal you can find at advanced or autozone, its the quality of the part in question. For instance a starter for my cougar which will fit nearly every 5.0 made after 86 with the AOD tranny is $96.89 retail and i have right now 4 in stock, one for a 92 supra with the 7MT motor is 136.69 and I would have to wait a day. Starters are only the beginning say I need bushings, motor mounts, throttle cable, gaskets. They all have to be special ordered and cost at least 20% more than the average domsetic parts. Now you know how I earned it.
> Mitch Hedberg wrote:
> I'm sick of following my dreams, I'm just going to find out where they are going and hook up with them later.ASE certified parts specialist.
2004 Impala LS 3.8 -
I would like to add that the; 240sx, two turbocoupes both of which are 12 second race cars, a 55 chevy bel air with a 350 and twin gale banks turbos, a 72 ranchero with a 351 Cleveland thats pushing 450 whp are all his doctor friends cars.
I'm not trying to start a fight, but when you told me about these cars it sounded like you didn't have anything to do with them other then your rich friend let you drive them..
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LankorDie wrote:
I drove a Thunderbird for 3 years of winters, other then it getting stuck all the time it was a great winter beater.Your car's a auto (I think) so what's the big deal, easy to drive durning the winter. Just get some good tires, they make all the diffrence.
All fox cougars were automatics, with the exception of the 2.3 turbo XR7's, but its a pain in the ass with my 265/50/15 coopers those things suck when they get snow or ice on em. I could get new tires but i don't want this car to rust out. It is my project car.
> Mitch Hedberg wrote:
> I'm sick of following my dreams, I'm just going to find out where they are going and hook up with them later.ASE certified parts specialist.
2004 Impala LS 3.8 -
LankorDie wrote:
I would like to add that the; 240sx, two turbocoupes both of which are 12 second race cars, a 55 chevy bel air with a 350 and twin gale banks turbos, a 72 ranchero with a 351 Cleveland thats pushing 450 whp are all his doctor friends cars.I'm not trying to start a fight, but when you told me about these cars it sounded like you didn't have anything to do with them other then your rich friend let you drive them..
No i never drove any of them but i did fit the turbo kit on the bel air, i did an entire suspension for the 240, head swaps on the TC's and one got a new turbo and rear end, the exhaust on the ranchero 3 inch pipe the whole way out. I never drove them but i did work on all of them.
> Mitch Hedberg wrote:
> I'm sick of following my dreams, I'm just going to find out where they are going and hook up with them later.ASE certified parts specialist.
2004 Impala LS 3.8
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