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*makes a note to tell his boss not to schedule him june 5th* I'll be there with my beat up FC

Hey, before my AE86 broke down, I was delivering grinders for W.G. Grinders. Snow and rain were no excuse not to get my work done. Lightweight RWD car + snowy, icey, or wet roads = oversteer. No better way to learn to control your car then to be forced to drive it in shitty road conditions, and still be running on a tight schedule. They didn't want me out there for 1 hour just to deliver 5 miles away, so I just got real familiar with how to drive the damn thing.

Whenever I see a bike out, I give them MAD room. I don't want to be anywhere near them, or cause any situation that could in any way cause my car to come in contact with the biker. If my RX-7 nudges some idiot in a Civic, then oh well. It's a bumper. If I smack someone on a bike, it's severe injury at the least, maybe death. I'm for a "water test" being part of the driving exam. A good road course type setup, with the track being hosed down to simulate wet, rain covered roads, with a good amount of corners to test the driver's braking skill as well as their cornering abilities. Can't negotiate it at a reasonable speed? Can't handle the spots on the track where water has pooled to form a 2 inch deep puddle? No license for you.

Not the typical cell phone driver rant, we all know those people need to drive off the side of the highway and die a firey death... No. What's even MORE annoying is when I'm at work, on the register, customers coming into the store on their cell phones, blabbering away, coming directly to the register, continuing their cell phone conversation, and ignoring the numerous "Is there something I can help you with?" questions I ask. Meanwhile, as they continue to stand there, and block other customers who ARE paying attention, the line is beginning to get longer, and longer. When I finally get ready to ask the next customer to move ahead, I'll just ring them up now, that's when the douchebag decides it's time to say what he wants. People need to hang their fucking phones up when they come into a store and begin trying to interact with an employee. They are not there to wait on you hand and foot, they are there to take your money, give you whatever it is you wanted to buy and send you on your way so the next 20 people after you can get what THEY want. Even worse is douchebags in public on those fucking Nextel walkie-talkie phones. Not only do I not want to hear you bitching at your friend about how your boyfriend sucks, I really don't want to hear her talking shit about how he sucks because he puked all over the car. The other people in the store don't want to hear that either. Use a headset, hang up, or go away!

What I can't stand is people who not only drive slow, but intentionally try to block you from passing them. Little miss Buffy on her cell phone seems to think that because SHE only wants to go 35MPH down schrock, that she's got the right to direct traffic with her idiotic little Saturn SL2. Fucking people should NOT be driving anywhere near me.

for $1 a gig, RPM's not too much of a concern tongue.gif too bad it's not a laptop HD X_X

I'm looking to replace all 4 of my FC's tires in the near future. Who has the absolute best prices on average tires. Not looking for mega expensive "supaa dorifto!" type crap, just 4 good, cheap tires like the Kumho Power Stars I had on the Neon at one point.

If you give a shit about what happens to your car, the Brookeville Apts are BAD. I can't say that many homes get broken into, there really aren't any assaults or killings though. The area down Cleveland Ave after Morse Rd (around the Infinity 99 cent shop) is a fucking pile of shit too. You couldn't pay me enough to put up with that.

That interior is in pretty damn good shape. Nice find.

How long before the squirrel bites her and gives her rabies? Let's take bets.

Hey, don't laugh. It wouldn't be the first time someone did it, nor would it be the last. The tired 4A-C engine's going to blow up on my AE86 sooner or later anyway with it (it isn't running right as it is.) having over 260K on it already, and so far I like the way the 13B rotary feels and responds to the accelerator. A conservatively setup NA 13B (Most likely one from an S4 RX-7, like my 'vert) would provide just the right amount of power for the car, not too much to send it out of control, and not too little (like the current 4A-C motor) so that the car drags it's ass getting up to speed. Even an S5 13B wouldn't be overkill, and would likely be pretty speedy for a car that weighs in around 2200lbs stock. It's not the most ridiculous idea either, some crazy austrailian guy went to the trouble of putting a 1UZFE into an AE86, and others have swapped in SR20DET and 1G-GTE engines. There's even chatter of swapping in american small block V8 engines. Nothing wrong with being different. Thanks for the URL Veritas most other rotary owners seem pretty cool. First repair on my list is gonna be the shifter bushings, and the windshield smile.gif

A TII would be quicker, but for $500, who can complain, right? AFIAK the car is all stock, but I plan to lightly modify it for a little more power, and just have fun with it while I clean it up and take the time to decide if I want to do the whole TII swap or just buy a TII and swap the NA motor into my AE86 (Yes, I know it's costly to do that, but a rotary AE86 would be fun.) smile.gif Thanks for the info on that, Rotarded.

Picked up a new ride yesterday afternoon. A black 1988 Mazda RX-7 convertible. Its not the best looking 'vert out there right now, but hey, us poor people can get ahold of nice toys to play with too... smile.gif So far, my impression of the RX-7 is that driving it can get pretty addictive.

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I think front plates can be retarded, but people who don't have them like to pull in facing my store so they can steal gasoline, and try to run over my co-workers when they get busted and confronted about it. Usually I make people with no front plate come inside to pay first before I let them pump and think of some excuse if possible. (But then, letting people pump gas before paying is a stupid fucking idea anyway, and corporate is smoking crack cocaine thinking it's a good way of doing shit)

I see why you had to note it's not an AE86. It's a pretty sweet looking car.

fucked up bit is there were *two* head units in my AE86, the one they stole was the $80 Durabrand one (CD, MP3, and XM ready), and they obviously saw and moved around the other one that was in the back, a shitty Kenwood tape deck from the mid 1980s which they decided wasn't even worth taking. Well, it's better then listening to the exhaust until I move, at least.

EVO = Lighter, *AND* with the advantage of being 4WD. The outcome was determined before they even started.

More tempting hide in the bushes with a Machete (yeah, I've got one of those.) and run out screaming in tongues when someone fucks with a car...

Think of Ricart as you would J.D. Byrider. As a last resort.

The Brookevile apartments on Karl and Schrock fucking SUCK. Crackheads like to congregate in the stairwell on Jones Mill Rd., and people break into cars all the fucking time there. The other night some douchebag busted out the window of my AE86 (and the fucking door was unlocked! If I catch this fucker, he'll pay for this) and took the stereo outta it, AND did the same shit to the Acura Integra that was a couple cars away from it too, stealing about $1000 worth of stereo equipment. Does the Brookeville's management care about the problems going on in their own parking lot? Fuck no! Their response: "Well this is columbus. That happens." and "Well, nobody said the parking lot is secure." I'm advising anyone here in the market for an apartment to steer clear of this complex. The rent may be reasonable, but they truly do not give a shit about the security or safety of their tenants, or their property.

I've been having a bitch of a time with my AE86 lately, from the carb fucking up (and the surrounding drama with obtaining the CORRECT carb, not to mention the fact that after we couldn't, the extended bullshit about rebuilding it), to thieves busting out the window and stealing the MP3 player stereo I bought for it, destroying the top of the radio panel in the process. (The door was fucking unlocked, my tools were right on the passenger seat, and it's only 4 screws that holds the fucking panel on, so naturally they went for the most fucking destructive route.) I'm getting an RX-7 convertible soon, and I'm beginning to wonder given the condition of the body on the AE86 if I should just sell the thing, and buy a california/texas/someplace without winter GT-S later that already has all the shit I want to add, like a motor that isn't a paperweight, LSD, not to mention non-rusty body panels. I really like the way an AE86 handles, especially in rain and snow, and I like the way the interior is designed where everything is in a good location, and it's roomy in front despite the small ass size of the car, but this is starting to really get ridiculous. Should I cut my losses, or stick with it?

I have one in the back of my hachi-roku that I can lend out, It's in the shop right now trying to figure out what the hell is wrong with the engine THIS time. The thing works fine, used it to do my own head gasket swap.

1982 Buick Century (Bought from a member of Ray Charles' backup band when I lived in L.A.) 1991 Buick Century (free car! ) 1995 Plymouth Neon (J.D. Byrider Mistake, let it get repoed) 1986 Toyota Corolla SR5 (AE86) Coming soon! Mazda RX-7 FC Convertible (forgot the year at this time... partially paid for, just a little more to go....)

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