QUOTE(ubernewb @ Sep 3 2006, 01:47 AM)
so my early assumption of retardedness was on the money.. i said he had the exact same rig, meaning his also has the v8. i'm glad you're happy with your [shit] purchase, but a turd is still a turd.
and who gives a shit how much power your buddy's fully modded motor has? show me the biggest dynochart you can for a domestic motor and i guarentee i'll find a "ricer" with more power.. numbers games mean shit when you have money to throw at your motor. that has nothing to do with anything..
judging your fanboy attitude, i'm gonna guess that you fall into one of two catagories..
1. you're some pissed off kid cuz mommy wouldn't buy you the sport car you really wanted, and instead saddled you with something "safe" .. and ever since you've gotten it you've been beating the shit out of it by trying to race any import you find. unfortunately for your ego, most of them have been other retarded little children with riced out civics and toyotas (kinda like the one you originally wanted) instead of well built or well taken care of cars
or...
2. you're some pissed off older guy who's wife wouldn't allow you to buy a sports car, and instead made you buy the safe family car.. and out of sheer spite (and jealousy towards those of us that were allowed to buy the car we wanted) you buy stupid parts for it to try and make it sporty in an attempt to convince yourself that you actually have some balls (even though they are kept in your wife's purse)
no replacement for displacement? ... try efficiency and engineering, i'd say those are a much better replacements
seriously, just walk away from this.. you bit off more than you could possibly chew with your little attempt to look cool. just cuz this is a rinky-dink automotive section in a giant xbox forum, don't assume that the guys here don't know anything about cars..
See, there you go talking out of your ass again. Im not in either category. Im not going to walk away, and I havent bitten off more than I can chew either. No, Im not some kid, and no my wife didnt make my buy any thing. I had to bust my ass to get my first vehicle, which just happened to be a Jeep. I bought it for several reasons. I wanted some thing that looked great, had four wheel drive, and that I really wouldnt care if it got beat up off road. A Jeep fell into all of those categories.
Ive been working with engines for as long as I can remember. I cant count the number of project hotrod cars my dad and I built. My father was an ASE citified mechanic and could probably take a small block Chevy apart and put it back together blind folded. When I was old enough to work, I went to work for CSK, and became ASE citified my self a short time later. I bought my Jeep my self, no help from my parents, unlike most people today. That makes me appreciate it that much more, unlike all these ricer pussies whos parents bought them every thing they wanted.
I had over 300,000 miles on my first Jeep before I traded it in. I bought the Jeep from the original owner who had only had to replace a water pump at around 70,000 miles. In that 220,000 miles that I drove it, the only thing I ever had to replace was a fuel pump, alternator, and a CPS. And all of that was all around the 200,000 mile mark. What a dependable vehicle! No import short of a Rolls would be able to do that. In the whole time Ive had my WJ the only thing its needed is a thermostat, and its got around 110,000 miles.
Im only 21 years old, and seem to know 100% of what Im talking about. I dont know how old you are or your background, but I work hard to get what I want. At this age, Im happily married, all my vehicles are paid off, and I have a mortgage. No one told me to get a Jeep. I own a Jeep b/c its one of the best domestic vehicles made. I can take it where ever I want, though the snow, mud, or what ever else gets in my way. What good is a car thats so low that it cant get over a speed bump?
You know, I did own a ricer for a short time. All though a 98 Lexus LS400 didnt really fall into the category of a ricer per-say, it was still more or less a Toyota. Had it for about six months and a friend rolled it. Doing 55mph, swerved to miss a deer, car went into a ditch, hit a driveway embankment and went air borne (or at least that was his story). He walked away with nothing more than a headache. Probably the safest car Ive ever had. All though I it was a very nice car, I couldnt really do any thing with it but cruse, I couldnt even change its damn oil. So I bought another Jeep with the insurance money, a vehicle that I could work on.
If I wanted to, I could probably drive down to the Dodge dealer and bring home a brand new shiny Dodge SRT-8 Charger, thats sole purpose is going fast and burning rubber, and doing it in luxury at the same time. But this car would sit in my garage ¾ of the year. I use my vehicles for work, not play. I have a nice project car awaiting me in the garage. A 1955 two door Chevy BelAir thats been begging for me to work on her. I got all the parts there, just need to find the time to do it (running your own business sucks some times). And when Im done with it, it will be a nice rice eating machine! As I say again, theres no replacement for displacement of all American house power.
I respect rice burners to a point. I have seen some really nice done up ricers that Im sure could easily put the power to the pavement and have no problem handling them selves, but these are very far and few between. As for the other 99.9% of them, most of them are kids in their primered POS Nissans with body kits, that are trying to pass the car off for a real Skyline when its not. Than after I beat their asses on the street they come back with a dumb statement like Well ya, like I would have won if my car had four extra cylinders Well you dont so shut the fuck up and stop whining.
