Car Thread

[Badwrench]

Pretty awesome to see such a strong car culture on here!

I'm still quite new but I thought I'd share my rides.

Here is my Taco.

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I am incredibly happy with it but my turbo plans caused an issue since it is my daily. Can't have the car down while I rebuild a junkyard motor for boost  ;D

So I picked this up:

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Super excited because it is my first new car ever! Well, it's not actually new but single lease owner with 18k miles is plenty new for me!

I've got plans for both of them but for now I'm just enjoying my new car!

Looks like someone is ready for a notch.  Totally worth it to get your ride quality back and still be low.  I used to be huge into the Tacoma, still miss mine.  What are your turbo plans?  I highly recommend going to e85 if you get it boosted.  I used to co-drive in a 1450 truck that started with a Turbo 22R putting 300hp/300tq to the ground through 35" tires, but since I have been in it, is now running a Turbo 2.7L 3RZ and is now over 500 hp to the ground.  It smokes an LS powered truck    If you are serious about getting it built, contact me and I can get you in touch with the owner.  He does all of his own builds and work other than machining. 

Note: This is the old 22R all 3 of the trucks lined up with us are V8 powered.  The new motor is night and day faster.

Link to the old website.  Not current, but you at least see the truck.  Quite a bit different now with a mid mounted radiator and the 3RZ. 

Here are some pics of the newer setup:
Now motor getting set up:


Mid mounted radiator.  Most fabrication on the truck was done by Peterbuild Racing in San Marcos, Ca or JD Fab in Escondido. 

[Sent]

If you ever do want an AP let me know, demik.  The guys down at Cobb took care of my Evo X for a bit and I know them quite well.

[demik]

OuO oh I'll hit you up

[FreeCopy]

Picked this up a few days ago. '96 s10. New engine and trans with less than 10k miles. 4.3L v6. It's a 3 speed auto with overdrive. Paid $1k.

Need to redo the suspension. It's got lowering suspension and drop spindles. Sitting at around 3" is just too low. Wheels grind when turning and it scrapes everywhere. I want to keep the spindles but correct the suspension.

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[HoffmanMyster]

Picked this up a few days ago. '96 s10. New engine and trans with less than 10k miles. 4.3L v6. It's a 3 speed auto with overdrive. Paid $1k.

Need to redo the suspension. It's got lowering suspension and drop spindles. Sitting at around 3" is just too low. Wheels grind when turning and it scrapes everywhere. I want to keep the spindles but correct the suspension.

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Oh hey an S10.  :)  I had a '97 Sonoma with that same engine.  3 speed auto?  O.o  Didn't know that was an option.

You should definitely fix that suspension, I think it's silly how many people lower these little guys.  :P

[Snowdog993]

So it turns out my engine mount had completely sheared off and was bouncing against my engine, hence the noise and vibrations.

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Basically there are two long bolts that go through the bracket at the bottom and at the top where there used to be a hole. These go through the starter motor and into the engine. Unfortunately there was only one bolt in there, at the top, and all the strain was on this hole, so the hole just snapped. They don't make the brackets any more, so my garage had to buy one from eBay and fabricate a second bolt as well because those have been discontinued as well!

All in all it only cost me £100 though :D

Which car was this Kat?

I'll let him answer more fully, but it's a MkII VW Golf.

Old post:

Currently got a 1991 Mk2 Golf CL 1.6td

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I inherited the Golf last year and I've just been making him road worthy this year. Next year hopefully going to get some nice steel wheels and get the interior redone. Maybe a complete refurb of the undercarriage too, we will see.

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Used the roof rack properly for the first time yesterday!

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Filled the car with all but two boxes of stuff from my parents for the move. It was very interesting driving around with a huge box on top! And the wind noise was something else :P

Thanks for letting me know Hoff.  I was concerned when I looked closer at that mount.  I'm glad it's fixed.
It's not very pleasing driving with a motor that bounces around.

[Snowdog993]

Picked this up a few days ago. '96 s10. New engine and trans with less than 10k miles. 4.3L v6. It's a 3 speed auto with overdrive. Paid $1k.

Need to redo the suspension. It's got lowering suspension and drop spindles. Sitting at around 3" is just too low. Wheels grind when turning and it scrapes everywhere. I want to keep the spindles but correct the suspension.

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Oh hey an S10.  :)  I had a '97 Sonoma with that same engine.  3 speed auto?  O.o  Didn't know that was an option.

You should definitely fix that suspension, I think it's silly how many people lower these little guys.  :P

Agreed!  At least bring it up to a comfortable to drive level.  I feel sorry for anyone having to ride in it.  Ow ow ow ow ow! 

[Marizen]

I've had, in order:

1973 VW Super Beetle
1997 Toyota Corolla
2006 Nissan Altima
2006 VW GTI
2000 Honda Passport
1993 Nissan D21
1999 Jeep Cherokee Sport
2014 Ford Fiesta ST (current)

[Steezus]

I've had, in order:

2014 Ford Fiesta ST (current)

Ugh oh, if you have an HHKB you'll be demik's new favorite person.

[joostflux]

LS SWAP THAT SCION BOIIIIIIIIII

Hahaha I was leaning more towards a centrifugal supercharger. I want to keep it more of a momentum style car and not just raw power. LS would be a beast though, that's for sure! My main reasoning is that with that style of supercharger the power will still be linear like an NA and therefore I can keep a little more true to the 86 roots. I had one that was 20V swapped and it was a blast but I just don't like the idea of turbo'ing them for whatever reason. I think that if others want to go that route that's totally cool. Just not my style.

Pretty awesome to see such a strong car culture on here!

I'm still quite new but I thought I'd share my rides.

Here is my Taco.

Show Image

I am incredibly happy with it but my turbo plans caused an issue since it is my daily. Can't have the car down while I rebuild a junkyard motor for boost  ;D

So I picked this up:

Show Image

Super excited because it is my first new car ever! Well, it's not actually new but single lease owner with 18k miles is plenty new for me!

I've got plans for both of them but for now I'm just enjoying my new car!

Looks like someone is ready for a notch.  Totally worth it to get your ride quality back and still be low.  I used to be huge into the Tacoma, still miss mine.  What are your turbo plans?  I highly recommend going to e85 if you get it boosted.  I used to co-drive in a 1450 truck that started with a Turbo 22R putting 300hp/300tq to the ground through 35" tires, but since I have been in it, is now running a Turbo 2.7L 3RZ and is now over 500 hp to the ground.  It smokes an LS powered truck    If you are serious about getting it built, contact me and I can get you in touch with the owner.  He does all of his own builds and work other than machining. 

Note: This is the old 22R all 3 of the trucks lined up with us are V8 powered.  The new motor is night and day faster.

Link to the old website.  Not current, but you at least see the truck.  Quite a bit different now with a mid mounted radiator and the 3RZ. 

Here are some pics of the newer setup:
Now motor getting set up:

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Mid mounted radiator.  Most fabrication on the truck was done by Peterbuild Racing in San Marcos, Ca or JD Fab in Escondido. 

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Funny you should saw that about the notch:





You definitely aren't kidding. I learned my lesson with my last Taco about how worth it that notch is. It makes a WORLD of difference indeed.

The fact that you say that you miss yours definitely makes me want to hang onto mine. Everyone I know is just telling me to sell it and focus on the FR-S but I'm still a huge Taco fan and just don't want to give it up. I was absolutely planning on going E85. I was planning on picking up a junkyard motor and rebuilding it, still haven't decided if I want to upgrade internals as of yet. But I am at the very least going to refresh the motor, install ARP headstuds and a cometic head gasket. That should be good for medium boost up to 12 PSI. There is one guy that swears the internals can take 18 PSI stock with just those mods but I'm not quite ready to test that theory haha. As far as engine management I am going with Haltech, not sure what model yet but I've heard nothing but good things about them. Also gonna be swapping to the W58 tranny out of a Supra to get a longer 1st and 2nd gear.

That is just awesome. I love that within 3 minutes of that video those V8s are no longer in sight. I am drooling over that entire setup. Thanks for the offer, I will definitely hit you up when I start building. For right now I just moved and need to start getting my garage ready for this whole project. Not to mention this site keeps vacuuming up all my money haha.


Oops I also realized I didn't list my cars that I've owned in total

I have had (in order)

1999 Toyota Tacoma V6 2WD
2006/7 Chevrolet Cobalt (that was a sad and boring mistake)
1995 Toyota Tacoma V6 2WD 5 speed
1986 Toyota Corolla GT-S 20V swap
1990 Mazda Miata
1996 Toyota Tacoma (still own)
2014 Scion FR-S

[Badwrench]

LS SWAP THAT SCION BOIIIIIIIIII

Hahaha I was leaning more towards a centrifugal supercharger. I want to keep it more of a momentum style car and not just raw power. LS would be a beast though, that's for sure! My main reasoning is that with that style of supercharger the power will still be linear like an NA and therefore I can keep a little more true to the 86 roots. I had one that was 20V swapped and it was a blast but I just don't like the idea of turbo'ing them for whatever reason. I think that if others want to go that route that's totally cool. Just not my style.

Pretty awesome to see such a strong car culture on here!

I'm still quite new but I thought I'd share my rides.

Here is my Taco.

Show Image

I am incredibly happy with it but my turbo plans caused an issue since it is my daily. Can't have the car down while I rebuild a junkyard motor for boost  ;D

So I picked this up:

Show Image

Super excited because it is my first new car ever! Well, it's not actually new but single lease owner with 18k miles is plenty new for me!

I've got plans for both of them but for now I'm just enjoying my new car!

Looks like someone is ready for a notch.  Totally worth it to get your ride quality back and still be low.  I used to be huge into the Tacoma, still miss mine.  What are your turbo plans?  I highly recommend going to e85 if you get it boosted.  I used to co-drive in a 1450 truck that started with a Turbo 22R putting 300hp/300tq to the ground through 35" tires, but since I have been in it, is now running a Turbo 2.7L 3RZ and is now over 500 hp to the ground.  It smokes an LS powered truck    If you are serious about getting it built, contact me and I can get you in touch with the owner.  He does all of his own builds and work other than machining. 

Note: This is the old 22R all 3 of the trucks lined up with us are V8 powered.  The new motor is night and day faster.

Link to the old website.  Not current, but you at least see the truck.  Quite a bit different now with a mid mounted radiator and the 3RZ. 

Here are some pics of the newer setup:
Now motor getting set up:

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Mid mounted radiator.  Most fabrication on the truck was done by Peterbuild Racing in San Marcos, Ca or JD Fab in Escondido. 

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Funny you should saw that about the notch:

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You definitely aren't kidding. I learned my lesson with my last Taco about how worth it that notch is. It makes a WORLD of difference indeed.

The fact that you say that you miss yours definitely makes me want to hang onto mine. Everyone I know is just telling me to sell it and focus on the FR-S but I'm still a huge Taco fan and just don't want to give it up. I was absolutely planning on going E85. I was planning on picking up a junkyard motor and rebuilding it, still haven't decided if I want to upgrade internals as of yet. But I am at the very least going to refresh the motor, install ARP headstuds and a cometic head gasket. That should be good for medium boost up to 12 PSI. There is one guy that swears the internals can take 18 PSI stock with just those mods but I'm not quite ready to test that theory haha. As far as engine management I am going with Haltech, not sure what model yet but I've heard nothing but good things about them. Also gonna be swapping to the W58 tranny out of a Supra to get a longer 1st and 2nd gear.

That is just awesome. I love that within 3 minutes of that video those V8s are no longer in sight. I am drooling over that entire setup. Thanks for the offer, I will definitely hit you up when I start building. For right now I just moved and need to start getting my garage ready for this whole project. Not to mention this site keeps vacuuming up all my money haha.


Oops I also realized I didn't list my cars that I've owned in total

I have had (in order)

1999 Toyota Tacoma V6 2WD
2006/7 Chevrolet Cobalt (that was a sad and boring mistake)
1995 Toyota Tacoma V6 2WD 5 speed
1986 Toyota Corolla GT-S 20V swap
1990 Mazda Miata
1996 Toyota Tacoma (still own)
2014 Scion FR-S

Definitively keep it.  Mine was a second gen, but most of my buddies had first gens.  So much easier to mod the early ones. 

For the motor, my only recommendation as to internals is the pistons.  The stock rods and crank are very good, but a quality lower compression piston will make the motor much more reliable.  Other than that, a good chunk of the horsepower for my buddies motor came from head-work (adjusting the combustion chamber to open up the dome a little to make it more boost friendly) and a good cam.  If you don't have the $$, keep the boost under 15psi.  The e85 will help with potential detonation but will kill your mpg.  The race truck gets about 5-7 mpg.  I don't know what the current injector setup is, but with the old motor, it was running 875s with dual fuel pumps to ensure enough fuel pressure.   

[joostflux]

LS SWAP THAT SCION BOIIIIIIIIII

Hahaha I was leaning more towards a centrifugal supercharger. I want to keep it more of a momentum style car and not just raw power. LS would be a beast though, that's for sure! My main reasoning is that with that style of supercharger the power will still be linear like an NA and therefore I can keep a little more true to the 86 roots. I had one that was 20V swapped and it was a blast but I just don't like the idea of turbo'ing them for whatever reason. I think that if others want to go that route that's totally cool. Just not my style.

Pretty awesome to see such a strong car culture on here!

I'm still quite new but I thought I'd share my rides.

Here is my Taco.

Show Image

I am incredibly happy with it but my turbo plans caused an issue since it is my daily. Can't have the car down while I rebuild a junkyard motor for boost  ;D

So I picked this up:

Show Image

Super excited because it is my first new car ever! Well, it's not actually new but single lease owner with 18k miles is plenty new for me!

I've got plans for both of them but for now I'm just enjoying my new car!

Looks like someone is ready for a notch.  Totally worth it to get your ride quality back and still be low.  I used to be huge into the Tacoma, still miss mine.  What are your turbo plans?  I highly recommend going to e85 if you get it boosted.  I used to co-drive in a 1450 truck that started with a Turbo 22R putting 300hp/300tq to the ground through 35" tires, but since I have been in it, is now running a Turbo 2.7L 3RZ and is now over 500 hp to the ground.  It smokes an LS powered truck    If you are serious about getting it built, contact me and I can get you in touch with the owner.  He does all of his own builds and work other than machining. 

Note: This is the old 22R all 3 of the trucks lined up with us are V8 powered.  The new motor is night and day faster.

Link to the old website.  Not current, but you at least see the truck.  Quite a bit different now with a mid mounted radiator and the 3RZ. 

Here are some pics of the newer setup:
Now motor getting set up:

Show Image

Mid mounted radiator.  Most fabrication on the truck was done by Peterbuild Racing in San Marcos, Ca or JD Fab in Escondido. 

Show Image

Funny you should saw that about the notch:

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You definitely aren't kidding. I learned my lesson with my last Taco about how worth it that notch is. It makes a WORLD of difference indeed.

The fact that you say that you miss yours definitely makes me want to hang onto mine. Everyone I know is just telling me to sell it and focus on the FR-S but I'm still a huge Taco fan and just don't want to give it up. I was absolutely planning on going E85. I was planning on picking up a junkyard motor and rebuilding it, still haven't decided if I want to upgrade internals as of yet. But I am at the very least going to refresh the motor, install ARP headstuds and a cometic head gasket. That should be good for medium boost up to 12 PSI. There is one guy that swears the internals can take 18 PSI stock with just those mods but I'm not quite ready to test that theory haha. As far as engine management I am going with Haltech, not sure what model yet but I've heard nothing but good things about them. Also gonna be swapping to the W58 tranny out of a Supra to get a longer 1st and 2nd gear.

That is just awesome. I love that within 3 minutes of that video those V8s are no longer in sight. I am drooling over that entire setup. Thanks for the offer, I will definitely hit you up when I start building. For right now I just moved and need to start getting my garage ready for this whole project. Not to mention this site keeps vacuuming up all my money haha.


Oops I also realized I didn't list my cars that I've owned in total

I have had (in order)

1999 Toyota Tacoma V6 2WD
2006/7 Chevrolet Cobalt (that was a sad and boring mistake)
1995 Toyota Tacoma V6 2WD 5 speed
1986 Toyota Corolla GT-S 20V swap
1990 Mazda Miata
1996 Toyota Tacoma (still own)
2014 Scion FR-S

Definitively keep it.  Mine was a second gen, but most of my buddies had first gens.  So much easier to mod the early ones. 

For the motor, my only recommendation as to internals is the pistons.  The stock rods and crank are very good, but a quality lower compression piston will make the motor much more reliable.  Other than that, a good chunk of the horsepower for my buddies motor came from head-work (adjusting the combustion chamber to open up the dome a little to make it more boost friendly) and a good cam.  If you don't have the $$, keep the boost under 15psi.  The e85 will help with potential detonation but will kill your mpg.  The race truck gets about 5-7 mpg.  I don't know what the current injector setup is, but with the old motor, it was running 875s with dual fuel pumps to ensure enough fuel pressure.   

I had not thought of going with lower compression pistons, thanks for the tip. Any specific ones I should look for? Yeah, I'm not too worried about killing the MPG as this will just be a fun vehicle that I drive occasionally. Definitely going to be upgrading the fuel pump and injectors as well.

[katushkin]

So it turns out my engine mount had completely sheared off and was bouncing against my engine, hence the noise and vibrations.

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Basically there are two long bolts that go through the bracket at the bottom and at the top where there used to be a hole. These go through the starter motor and into the engine. Unfortunately there was only one bolt in there, at the top, and all the strain was on this hole, so the hole just snapped. They don't make the brackets any more, so my garage had to buy one from eBay and fabricate a second bolt as well because those have been discontinued as well!

All in all it only cost me £100 though :D

Which car was this Kat?

Yeah, my mk2 Golf. It's SO much better now with the new mount. The oil pressure light is constantly flashing now though (oil level is fine), and my heating doesn't work and it's like, minus five every day, but at least the engine is alright.

[demik]

so i found 100 octane near me. how much can i put in my 11 gallon tank? car is stock. will i feel a difference?

[katushkin]

so i found 100 octane near me. how much can i put in my 11 gallon tank? car is stock. will i feel a difference?

Dauuuuuum. Fill it. Fill that *****.

Probably wont feel a difference though in a FiST...

[Steezus]

so i found 100 octane near me. how much can i put in my 11 gallon tank? car is stock. will i feel a difference?

Technically you could because your engines compression ratio would be able to handle it being 10:1. I don't think you'll really feel a difference or it be worth it at all. Your car should be just fine on 91-93. If you car was all modded out than mixing it half and half would be fine. Keep in mind that I'm no expert and am just going off of what I've been/read in the past.

[jb1830]

You wont really feel a difference unless you have a tune. The benefit of the higher octane is that you can run more timing/boost without worrying about preignition/pinging/knocking.

At most it'll keep the Fiesta running nice and strong when in overboost mode if you're really pushing it.

[demik]

so i found 100 octane near me. how much can i put in my 11 gallon tank? car is stock. will i feel a difference?

Dauuuuuum. Fill it. Fill that *****.

Probably wont feel a difference though in a FiST...

9 dollars a gallon..yeeeeeah nope

so i found 100 octane near me. how much can i put in my 11 gallon tank? car is stock. will i feel a difference?

Technically you could because your engines compression ratio would be able to handle it being 10:1. I don't think you'll really feel a difference or it be worth it at all. Your car should be just fine on 91-93. If you car was all modded out than mixing it half and half would be fine. Keep in mind that I'm no expert and am just going off of what I've been/read in the past.

You wont really feel a difference unless you have a tune. The benefit of the higher octane is that you can run more timing/boost without worrying about preignition/pinging/knocking.

At most it'll keep the Fiesta running nice and strong when in overboost mode if you're really pushing it.

hm, that's what i figured. not much of a difference other than "i have 100 octane!"

highest we have is 91 here.. which i've ran since i got the car.

[katushkin]

so i found 100 octane near me. how much can i put in my 11 gallon tank? car is stock. will i feel a difference?

Dauuuuuum. Fill it. Fill that *****.

Probably wont feel a difference though in a FiST...

9 dollars a gallon..yeeeeeah nope

That's like £2 a litre, yeah **** that.

[demik]

kinda want a 2016 mx-5 now OnO

[katushkin]

It gets better; my head gasket has gone...

[demik]

when it rains it pours bro

[katushkin]

when it rains it pours bro

D:

And I just had like £900 in direct debits go out of my account as well. Looks like I'm putting money back on the credit card...

[demik]

OH BABY

[Steezus]

OH BABY

Gymkhana is the ****! I think it's hilarious that Ken Block does that as a side job apart from owning a clothing/shoe company. )

[demik]

FORD REPRESENT

[Steezus]

FORD REPRESENT

That 2016 Ford GT though, I would kill for that car. Also **** Dubai and their rich ass police force haha.

[demik]

but.. it's not even that dope ass blue they used

i love that color

[Steezus]

but.. it's not even that dope ass blue they used

i love that color

Yeah I'm surprised they didn't go with the standard blue for the GT. Either way if somebody was giving me that car I wouldn't even complain if it was pink haha, I'd just be driving fast enough that it would be a blur.

[demik]

me too man, me too.

**** that fiesta is a beast.

[Steezus]

I'd say that's the sickest one I've seen him drive yet. I love that backfire on it too.

[demik]

kinda want to get the wheels he has OuO

[katushkin]

Nice donuts brah.

TFW one of your friends thinks Ken Block is the best rally car driver of all time 

[Joey Quinn]

TFW one of your friends thinks Ken Block is the best rally car driver of all time 

He's really good at showing off but the dude is kinda slow when it comes to any sort of racing. Stick to what you're good at I guess.  )

[filphil]

On my way to work last night(nights at the hospital) and was broadsided at an intersection.  Afaik my coworker and I are okay but we'll know the after pains in a few hours.



From the looks of it I think the mazdaspeed 3 is going to be a loss but I'll get confirmation when the adjuster gives me a ring. 

[demik]

Airbags deployed.. total loss.

RIP speed3. You torquey ****er

[THEMIKEBERG]

Ouch, glad to hear everyone is fine though.

[Steezus]

On my way to work last night(nights at the hospital) and was broadsided at an intersection.  Afaik my coworker and I are okay but we'll know the after pains in a few hours.

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From the looks of it I think the mazdaspeed 3 is going to be a loss but I'll get confirmation when the adjuster gives me a ring.

Damn phil, glad to see that you're alright. Cars are replaceable, your life isn't. Stay safe :thumb:

[CommonCurt]

On my way to work last night(nights at the hospital) and was broadsided at an intersection.  Afaik my coworker and I are okay but we'll know the after pains in a few hours.

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From the looks of it I think the mazdaspeed 3 is going to be a loss but I'll get confirmation when the adjuster gives me a ring.

Damn!  Took out the mailbox too.

[Steezus]

Just found out a bolt-on turbo upgrade will be coming out soon for my car, definitely getting one. They say with a tune it should be around 270-280 whp, sounds promising so far. May have to sell some boards.

[alienman82]

removed.

[alexjd99]

Thought I'd post here since I feel like sharing my experience.

My dad totaled his car (750i) and he's looking for a new one. We took the i8 out for a drive (he wasn't planning on getting it, he's getting another 750, but he's friends with a salesman at the dealership so he let us take it for a spin), and it was so cool to drive.

Getting in the car was so. ****ing. Horrible. The designers at bmw must have been on acid or something, because nobody in their right mind would ever design a luxury oriented car that takes 10 ****ing minutes to get in.

Aside from that, it was a pretty cool experience. Really fun driver too.

[demik]

first world problems, it's hard to get into my hypercar.

[hwood34]

first world problems, it's hard to get into my hypercar.

honestly, when I rode in a db9, that **** was hard to crawl out of

[demik]

Yeah that's why I went with my fiesta instead of a db9. Way easier to get into.

[alienman82]

removed.

[hwood34]

first world problems, it's hard to get into my hypercar.

honestly, when I rode in a db9, that **** was hard to crawl out of

how was it?

The car itself was fun as ****, cornered great. It's just that you're so low to the ground and half-prone that's it's physically a bother to get out of the car lol.

[katushkin]

Still haven't got my car back after ten days. I knew it wasn't going to be a quick job but now I'm having to get the bus to work like what the ****.

[Joey Quinn]

first world problems, it's hard to get into my hypercar.

honestly, when I rode in a db9, that **** was hard to crawl out of

Yeah that's why I went with my fiesta instead of a db9. Way easier to get into.

You don't want a car that can be a pain to get in and out of so you bought an S2000? The previous owner of my dad's sold it because he was too old to get out of it. Way too low, your knees almost end up higher than your waist when getting out.

[demik]

it's a joke