tired
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October 26, 2009 01:39 am UTC
October 26, 2009 01:39 am UTC
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st thomas, ON
dan vernahm
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so Ive finally struck my last nerve with this car. I didnt realise when i bought it that it isnt really what I want. I liked going fast but with new laws i dont want to lose my ride. Every bloody retard in a 5km area of my car always sees fit to try to get me to go, and acoording to my police friends its up to the cops descretion if we're racing or not.
I'm going to keep the car for the winter and get out all the retarded bugs that i keep getting. I dont want a car that requires 10 hrs of maintance every time I drive it for a few hrs. I've seen the video's and heard the stories of random engine fires. For you hard core guys out there, hats off to ya. I dont have the patients for this car. Maybe if I started with DSM i would. The car sits most of the time. Once every two days I take it for a trip around the block. Too worried about vehicle failure to take it any farther. good luck to the rest of you. car will be for sale in march. 8g's... or 6 to come and get it right now.. i dont care. not my daily driver..
rant over...
04 dodge ram hemi 4x4 the beast
97eclipse gst. the weakest link
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Re: tired
[Re: dan vernahm]
#316917
October 26, 2009 01:41 am UTC
October 26, 2009 01:41 am UTC
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Belleville, Ontario
Ryan Laliberte
No-Lift-To-Shift.... Stock. :)
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No-Lift-To-Shift.... Stock. :)
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Speaking from experience,, sleep on it.
AWDAuto 1996 TSi AWD Automagic12.24 @ 113 - Small 16G FP Green HTA - 11.42/123 Team Pump Gas and Meth RTMRacing - Your Canadian source for DSM Parts "Every moment you live is pregnant with the next moment of your life" --Jim CarreyLast Login: September 28, 2021
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Re: tired
[Re: Kyle Guba]
#316966
October 26, 2009 10:49 am UTC
October 26, 2009 10:49 am UTC
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Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 10,749
Belleville, Ontario
Ryan Laliberte
No-Lift-To-Shift.... Stock. :)
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No-Lift-To-Shift.... Stock. :)
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Belleville, Ontario
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No, I am talking about my Red 94 AWD I parted out. Hindsight is 20/20.
AWDAuto 1996 TSi AWD Automagic12.24 @ 113 - Small 16G FP Green HTA - 11.42/123 Team Pump Gas and Meth RTMRacing - Your Canadian source for DSM Parts "Every moment you live is pregnant with the next moment of your life" --Jim CarreyLast Login: September 28, 2021
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Re: tired
[Re: Jay McClelland]
#317066
October 26, 2009 10:46 pm UTC
October 26, 2009 10:46 pm UTC
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Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 10,749
Belleville, Ontario
Ryan Laliberte
No-Lift-To-Shift.... Stock. :)
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No-Lift-To-Shift.... Stock. :)
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Belleville, Ontario
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Hey, I regret it all. I keep telling myself "Thousand bucks, that car would have been back on the road!" Hell, I dropped that much into my 1Ga FWD Turbo Auto over the summer, and it was my beater! Y'all settle now, and wait till spring, a slight, yet noticable change is in the horizon for my 2G. I'm thinking of naming my car, something simple, not too simple like "Betty" or "Tony" or anything like that, nor can it be overly egotistic like "Butch", "Beast" "Blackbird" or anything stupid like that.... Thoughts? 
AWDAuto 1996 TSi AWD Automagic12.24 @ 113 - Small 16G FP Green HTA - 11.42/123 Team Pump Gas and Meth RTMRacing - Your Canadian source for DSM Parts "Every moment you live is pregnant with the next moment of your life" --Jim CarreyLast Login: September 28, 2021
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Re: tired
[Re: Ryan Laliberte]
#317077
October 26, 2009 11:45 pm UTC
October 26, 2009 11:45 pm UTC
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Joined: Jun 2005
Posts: 177
Newmarket
Branden Jones
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Newmarket
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I would never call an engine fire random. It is a reality that these cars are getting up there in age. Things wear out over time and P.O's can be a real pita. It seems that most people really let there cars go after warranty runs out and an enthusiest trys to save it.
The other reality is by selling it you are not really going to save money. If your enough into cars that you bought a dsm in the first place you will never be finished. Sooner or later you are going to pick up another toy car and sink a bunch of money into it. You are probably doing too much reading and not enough driving. I know it happened to me when my car sat for so long. You forget the joy you got out of driving it.
Here is a tip. Go out and buy a fire extinguisher and a CAA membership. Then just go out and drive your car. Don't worry about the other boy racers on the road.
1992 VW Golf GTI 16V - The new project
2004 Jeep TJ - Got Mudd?
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Re: tired
[Re: Branden Jones]
#317113
October 27, 2009 04:44 am UTC
October 27, 2009 04:44 am UTC
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Posts: 4,796
Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
Brandon Clement
Senior Member, with Far TOO Much Time on Their Hands
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Senior Member, with Far TOO Much Time on Their Hands
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 4,796
Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
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Keep it! seriously. You don't know how much you will miss it when it's gone.
No more Jetta!
Tattoo Artist at Lost Anchor
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Re: tired
[Re: Brandon Clement]
#317120
October 27, 2009 01:52 pm UTC
October 27, 2009 01:52 pm UTC
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Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 3,196
Newmarket, Ontario
Daren Peacock
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Newmarket, Ontario
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DSM's are great cars & extremely reliable, if their not, its usually the owners fault (or previous owners). That mod the car improperly, don't do any maintance, shouldn't be working on cars, etc & then complain their not reliable. I've owned mine for about 7 years. I've now had to replace the clutch master, one front lower control arm & a rear bushing. So less then $300 in parts in that time. Not exactly an "un reliable" car IMO.
If your not the problem, I'd get all the issues sorted out from previous owners & keep the car. Bang for the buck, their hard to beat (especially since there so much cheeper now). I don't usually have issues with riced out cars trying to race, normally if you don't pay any attention, they leave you alone.
98 Eclipse GSX DSM82HTA
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Re: tired
[Re: Ryan Laliberte]
#317129
October 27, 2009 02:40 pm UTC
October 27, 2009 02:40 pm UTC
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Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 4,796
Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
Brandon Clement
Senior Member, with Far TOO Much Time on Their Hands
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Senior Member, with Far TOO Much Time on Their Hands
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 4,796
Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
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Hey, I regret it all. I keep telling myself "Thousand bucks, that car would have been back on the road!" Hell, I dropped that much into my 1Ga FWD Turbo Auto over the summer, and it was my beater! Y'all settle now, and wait till spring, a slight, yet noticable change is in the horizon for my 2G. I'm thinking of naming my car, something simple, not too simple like "Betty" or "Tony" or anything like that, nor can it be overly egotistic like "Butch", "Beast" "Blackbird" or anything stupid like that.... Thoughts? NAme it Steve, because if you drive an auto, you must like to be in another guy...
No more Jetta!
Tattoo Artist at Lost Anchor
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Re: tired
[Re: dan vernahm]
#317138
October 27, 2009 03:49 pm UTC
October 27, 2009 03:49 pm UTC
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Joined: Jun 2005
Posts: 2,410
cancun mexico(home) now in sca...
manuel salazar
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Insane Member
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cancun mexico(home) now in sca...
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so Ive finally struck my last nerve with this car. I didnt realise when i bought it that it isnt really what I want. I liked going fast but with new laws i dont want to lose my ride. Every bloody retard in a 5km area of my car always sees fit to try to get me to go, and acoording to my police friends its up to the cops descretion if we're racing or not.
I'm going to keep the car for the winter and get out all the retarded bugs that i keep getting. I dont want a car that requires 10 hrs of maintance every time I drive it for a few hrs. I've seen the video's and heard the stories of random engine fires. For you hard core guys out there, hats off to ya. I dont have the patients for this car. Maybe if I started with DSM i would. The car sits most of the time. Once every two days I take it for a trip around the block. Too worried about vehicle failure to take it any farther. good luck to the rest of you. car will be for sale in march. 8g's... or 6 to come and get it right now.. i dont care. not my daily driver..
rant over... If you have the chance to get into something else dont be afraid to take it, DSM's are awesome cars but there is alot more out there, change can be good. Just make sure you do your research very good. Plus DSM's are coming more and more affordable if you screw up, you will be able to pick another one in a snap. -Manuel
HTA35R powered, AEM EMS Managed DSM.
Muellerized....Sold*.
PT6266 powered, AEM EMS Managed NSX.
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Re: tired
[Re: Ju Chen]
#317144
October 27, 2009 04:12 pm UTC
October 27, 2009 04:12 pm UTC
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Posts: 1,239
Ontario
Malcolm Harris
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Ontario
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^^^, Sounds like my car. Seriously though the choice you make must apply to your lifestyle, I ended up parking mine for the past year because I live on a dirt road now. I Drive it up and down my laneway to clean off the cob-webs and park it in the garage in perfect running order for the day that I put it back on the road, it will always be there, and its not worth selling it, so there she sits and it will be there when I'm ready to drive or modify it in the future, cause the boost bug always comes back, and a DSM is the best way to satisfy that, with a bit of help from Methol-hydrate. In the mean time I have a winter beater that is now my DD, so idealy for me I needed two vehicals anyways.
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Re: tired
[Re: Malcolm Harris]
#317738
November 04, 2009 11:53 pm UTC
November 04, 2009 11:53 pm UTC
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Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 185
st thomas, ON
dan vernahm
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st thomas, ON
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theres something stupid wrong with it. took it for an oil change and hasnt been the same since. stupid car...
04 dodge ram hemi 4x4 the beast
97eclipse gst. the weakest link
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Re: tired
[Re: manuel salazar]
#317745
November 05, 2009 12:31 am UTC
November 05, 2009 12:31 am UTC
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Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 4,796
Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
Brandon Clement
Senior Member, with Far TOO Much Time on Their Hands
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Senior Member, with Far TOO Much Time on Their Hands
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 4,796
Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
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so Ive finally struck my last nerve with this car. I didnt realise when i bought it that it isnt really what I want. I liked going fast but with new laws i dont want to lose my ride. Every bloody retard in a 5km area of my car always sees fit to try to get me to go, and acoording to my police friends its up to the cops descretion if we're racing or not.
I'm going to keep the car for the winter and get out all the retarded bugs that i keep getting. I dont want a car that requires 10 hrs of maintance every time I drive it for a few hrs. I've seen the video's and heard the stories of random engine fires. For you hard core guys out there, hats off to ya. I dont have the patients for this car. Maybe if I started with DSM i would. The car sits most of the time. Once every two days I take it for a trip around the block. Too worried about vehicle failure to take it any farther. good luck to the rest of you. car will be for sale in march. 8g's... or 6 to come and get it right now.. i dont care. not my daily driver..
rant over... If you have the chance to get into something else dont be afraid to take it, DSM's are awesome cars but there is alot more out there, change can be good. Just make sure you do your research very good. Plus DSM's are coming more and more affordable if you screw up, you will be able to pick another one in a snap. -Manuel If you have a rust free one, then don't be so sure you will be able to grab another rust free one easily.
No more Jetta!
Tattoo Artist at Lost Anchor
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Re: tired
[Re: Brandon Clement]
#317911
November 07, 2009 03:06 am UTC
November 07, 2009 03:06 am UTC
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Joined: Jun 2005
Posts: 2,410
cancun mexico(home) now in sca...
manuel salazar
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Posts: 2,410
cancun mexico(home) now in sca...
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Rust? meh,
Chop, bronze weld, some bondo,some paint and you are on your way.
Cheap+potential=you still on top.
HTA35R powered, AEM EMS Managed DSM.
Muellerized....Sold*.
PT6266 powered, AEM EMS Managed NSX.
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Re: tired
[Re: Anthony Hiscock]
#319053
November 24, 2009 11:52 pm UTC
November 24, 2009 11:52 pm UTC
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Posts: 185
st thomas, ON
dan vernahm
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its that little special care i dont have time for.. ive had offers of 4 grand, but i cant sell it for that cheap.. spent more then that repalcement parts..
04 dodge ram hemi 4x4 the beast
97eclipse gst. the weakest link
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Re: tired
[Re: Louis Savard]
#319063
November 25, 2009 02:03 am UTC
November 25, 2009 02:03 am UTC
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Posts: 185
st thomas, ON
dan vernahm
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st thomas, ON
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lol. slightly modded.. 6 bolt block .020 over - Balance shafts removed - Ross Forged Aluminum Pistons 8.5:1 - 1g Big Rods w/ ARP hardware. - Mitsu MLS headgasket - NEW water pump, oil pump, all timing belt components. - Apexi N1 Catback exhaust - ACT Streetlite Flywheel - ACT 2600 Clutch, with street disk kyb agx adjustable struts ebachi pro kit springs 18" msw type 16(22lbs) with bfgoodrich g force ta kdw2 ( less then 2000 km) big 16 g turbo apexi upper intercooler pipe 550 cc injectors(installed) as well as spare 720cc, 780cc, 450 cc prosport boost and egt gauges, AEM UGEO wideband O2 prosport boost and EGT gauges Apexi SAFC2 greddy RS bov walbro 255l/h pw/ pdl/ ac/ new rad/ cross drilled rotors and pads last yr. also have spare small 16 g turbo. body redone last may cost about 3500 american car. never seen snow. stored in garage. 80000 miles. http://s35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/killeerr/?start=0no rust...
Last edited by dan vernahm; November 25, 2009 02:07 am UTC.
04 dodge ram hemi 4x4 the beast
97eclipse gst. the weakest link
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Re: tired
[Re: dan vernahm]
#320739
December 19, 2009 02:02 pm UTC
December 19, 2009 02:02 pm UTC
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Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 185
st thomas, ON
dan vernahm
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st thomas, ON
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car is in garage now. gonna fix. frustration is almost gone. The desire for something else is still there though....
04 dodge ram hemi 4x4 the beast
97eclipse gst. the weakest link
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Re: tired
[Re: dan vernahm]
#320744
December 19, 2009 03:28 pm UTC
December 19, 2009 03:28 pm UTC
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Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 10,749
Belleville, Ontario
Ryan Laliberte
No-Lift-To-Shift.... Stock. :)
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No-Lift-To-Shift.... Stock. :)
Senior Member, with Far TOO Much Time on Their Hands
Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 10,749
Belleville, Ontario
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2005 Nissan Altima SER. What a BEAUTIFUL and fast car! 3.5L VQ35DE motor, 6 Speed. Had a buddy in trade school that had one, he took me for a rip.
Lets just say I found my next car if it's not a Subie STI.
AWDAuto 1996 TSi AWD Automagic12.24 @ 113 - Small 16G FP Green HTA - 11.42/123 Team Pump Gas and Meth RTMRacing - Your Canadian source for DSM Parts "Every moment you live is pregnant with the next moment of your life" --Jim CarreyLast Login: September 28, 2021
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