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12-11-2012, 10:14 AM | #801 | ||
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12-11-2012, 12:58 PM | #802 | ||
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Agree regarding the test drive... need to do more than just armchair quarterbacking... |
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12-11-2012, 02:21 PM | #803 |
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^ Note that I have driven my father's '06 M5 with the SMG. Not a happy experience.
My anecdotal story: Sitting on 3rd St, waiting to make a left turn into a Thai food restaurant. Had a small opening, and thought... "400 hp should be good enough to gun the gap!" Yes, I was driving it in normal mode, not having pressed the 500hp button. So I floored it. It rolled from a stop out into traffic. Kept my foot on the floor. It kept rolling. I stained my shorts as I watched the oncoming car get closer and closer. As the oncoming cars are now emergency braking to avoid broadsiding me, the M5 finally went fast. Very fast. Straight into the Thai restaurant parking lot. Shorts stained second time, as I executed an emergency stop before having a parking lot collision. Bottom line... I am a control freak that does not trust slushboxes (or SMG or whatever takes the third pedal away from me). My experience in the M5 deepened my distrust. Stick shift, or die. |
12-11-2012, 02:52 PM | #804 |
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12-11-2012, 03:12 PM | #805 |
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you'll still want your STi after you purchase whichever car.
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12-11-2012, 03:44 PM | #806 |
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Yeah, my gut says you are correct. Maybe this plan will work:
1. Keep STi. 2. Buy new (used) car. 3. Get rid of new (used) car. 4. Return to step 1. I'll have to lower my budget if I pay for STi storage, but that isn't a big problem. Anyone know how much a monthly garage is? Heck, I could put tons of Christmas crap and other isht in storage as well... |
12-11-2012, 09:09 PM | #807 | |
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Evenin' JMS...
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Only way I'm getting rid of mine is still 13 years off. |
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12-12-2012, 04:53 AM | #808 |
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I still have my bugeye..238k and counting..
will probably never get rid of it. might convert to my toy when the sons get older. but i would miss driving it too much. |
12-12-2012, 08:24 AM | #809 | |
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Only 77k on mine, driving it since May '04. The last 5 years, I've only put on 6k per year. I looked up storage costs. More expensive than I thought. Need to find someone with an empty garage bay, and I'll pay them rent. I don't want to have it sit outdoors. |
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12-12-2012, 09:06 AM | #810 |
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when i had storage back a few years ago..
a space big enough for single car was about 120 a month. |
12-12-2012, 10:23 AM | #811 | |
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12-12-2012, 07:18 PM | #812 |
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what is it worth to you..
if I had a shop i'd let you store/park it there. |
12-12-2012, 08:44 PM | #813 |
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12-12-2012, 09:23 PM | #814 |
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12-12-2012, 11:50 PM | #815 |
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Hey guys, greetings from the land of Skylines and Subies, hey Ben, how difficult/expensive would it be to get a JDM Skyline or Subie back to the states?
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12-13-2012, 01:13 AM | #816 |
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Pretty damn expensive. Looked into it when I was there in 2007 when I was on deployment there in misawa. I wanted to bring one really bad....
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12-13-2012, 04:12 AM | #817 |
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12-13-2012, 05:56 AM | #818 |
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12-13-2012, 06:17 AM | #819 | |
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the large gorilla box at px will hold tranny. you need another one for motor. my plan was to accumulate goodies and them have tmo ship them home as house hold goods..which they fall under.. that way not having to pay for shipping.. |
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12-13-2012, 06:57 AM | #820 |
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You're not PCS'd there right - just what you P-3 folks call "deployed". The rest of the Navy goes onboard big grey things called ships. So I don't think the household goods is an option.
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12-13-2012, 07:39 AM | #821 |
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thats the easiest way..or you pay to have it mailed thru usps..bulk
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12-13-2012, 12:05 PM | #822 | |
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If you are there on a p-3 deployment you could take all the parts you want and get a hook-up with the supply guys and pack it in one of the tri-walls to ship everything back. My 2 buddy's packed one of those with so much Nissan and Honda parts it wasn't even funny. |
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12-13-2012, 12:31 PM | #823 |
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just because they "deploy" you doesn't mean things can not happen.
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12-14-2012, 06:12 AM | #824 |
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T G I F !
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12-14-2012, 09:55 AM | #825 | |
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I really love the older skylines here, but you're right, it'd be too much. On the other hand, with a few bucks I wanted to save, I would really like to get a 207/257/Tranny/wiring harness and ECU, and swap them into the Bugeye. They're (subies/bugeye's) everywhere here. I hear them rumbling around daily. A lot of Legacy Spec B4's and STi Fozzy's too |
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