kirks5oh

turbo cobalt. better lap times than any serious daily driver that has been listed so far. oh i forgot, you prefer the refined exhaust note of german engineering--never mind. WRX would be my choice out of those listed, unless you could swing for the IS-f

we'll see how good she can manuever it. AWD will be great for the winter. truck doesn't have as much pep as i would expect for 403hp--i guess its the weight.

wife, 3 kids, dog, and tons of shit to haul around. we didn't want a minivan

finally got some time to clean up my wife's new car/truck, and give it a good wash. we've been very happy with it so far. we should have the stock 22" wheels for it next week--it has 18"s right now. probably do some appearance mods, and a few other minor things (grill, tint, intake, exhaust). the stock exhaust is surprisingly loud. best part about the truck is the DVD players keep my girls silent during trips. http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/7594/dsc00379x.jpg http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/570/dsc00381dao.jpg http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/5465/dsc00384s.jpg http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/1626/dsc00387afx.jpg

i have a GTO, so i guess that makes us "car brothers", or something like that. how about a little work on you intro please.

270rwhp should be attainable with boltons, no problem. my '85 made 274rwhp with explorer GT40 heads, edelbrock intake, carb, roller rockers, e303 cam, and exhaust. my '87 has a similar set-up. my advice to you is to get a clear, concise goal with this car and stick to it. foxes have been made into factory original cars, show cars, road race cars, weekend warriors, and all-out drag cars. have a purpose in mind. if you combine parts and agendas, you'll end up with a car that is extremely uncomfortable to drive, and basically not be happy with it. with so many parts out there, its easy to mix and match parts and end up with a mutt of a car, that drives like a mutt

very nice

looks like fun. car sounds great too

thanks for the comments guys. i would use horseless carriage again, even though they were late in picking the car up and dropping it off. they haul exotics all day long, and do an excellent job. agape basically brokers the shipping to different shipping companies--but they all have full insurance, and all are the 'dealership-style' trucks. yes, your car will get dirty, but you can request the top row, so you don't get road grime on your car, or oil dripped from any cars above you. i've used them twice, and was happy both times--and they made the trip in 3 days both times. they did charge me $100 to fill the car to the brim with shit, and i loaded it with tons of weight. horseless did not charge me to load my cars. my brother in law is lucky as shit. i will owe him 'hazard pay' i wanted a denali, but gm didn't have 0% on them. when we calculated it out, the escalade was about $70 more per month with 0%

yep exploder is an '05 and has less than 50k miles. its in great shape--or was

the cops said its usually a small stone, or a waterballoon. apparently, there were some beer bottles on the overpass next to some other rocks. they were going to try to get prints off them. they can make the push for attempted murder if caught. my brother in law was, understandably, a mess. the car is 4 hours away from me being fixxed for free, because i have zero deductible for comprehensive through state farm. i have to make arrangements to ship the car though. the local gm dealer will probably pick the car up for us because they're constantly getting cars from that area.

warning, long read-- not sure if this is the most appropriate section to put this in, but oh well. my one year of training was up in tampa, and i recently moved to wisconsin to start my (hopefully permanent) job. i learned a bit from the last move, where i towed two UHAUL trailers with my cars on it--never again. here's my move from last year for reference http://www.columbusracing.com/forums/showthread.php?t=52255&highlight=move+tampa. i decided to ship my '85 GT through an open trailer company called Agape auto shipping. $650 to go on an open truck like the dealerships use. it took 3 days, the car was/is dirty as hell, but otherwise completely undamaged/unscratched. the GTO and cobra were shipped via Horseless Carriage. considerably more expensive, they are much more meticulous, and obviously, the car is in an enclosed trailer. here are some pics of this huge-ass truck http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/7071/p4111546.jpg ferrari california, and maserati-- http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/5390/p4111548.jpg http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/2392/p4111550.jpg http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/1914/p4111554.jpg i wouldn't normally load the cars up, but i was concerned about space, as i was only taking one UHAUL truck and covered small trailer. (i had two trucks on the way down to florida, but sold some stuff before i left). i put tons of my kids' toys in the cars, which turned out to hurt me, when the truck took longer than i expected to deliver the cars. my kids were stuck in wisconsin with limited toys until the cars got here yesterday. they were delivered, and everything went off without a hitch. THE MOVE. i talked my brother in law into coming to florida to help me move for $500 and a tom-tom navigation set-up. i gladly paid for his meals, plane tickets, etc. he drove our explorer with our dog, while i took the UHAUL. my mother-in-law had flown to tampa to help my wife fly our 3 kids to canton, so she could live with her parents for a week while we moved. here are some shots of us packing the truck to the brim. surprisingly, we didn't need the trailer. we packed floor-to-ceiling, and miraculously, nothing broke. UHAUL truck was $1250 for 7 days, 1600 miles--we were going 1,330 http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/9066/p4121556.jpg http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/9701/p4121566.jpg we finish at around 5pm (we had moved everything into the garage the day before), grabbed some dinner, and decided to get on the road for a few hours, as we had no place to sleep. we crash at a ramada. the next day we get on the road and are making great time. gas is $1.50 cheaper compared with last summer, and we have one less truck, and no trailers--fillups are a breeze. we eat a quick dinner just outside of indiana, and decide to go a few more hours and stop about an hour south of chicago. we're about to find a hotel to crash at (11pm) when i get a panicked call from my brother in law (he had been directly behind me the whole time, and we were using cb's every 10 minutes or so). "kirk, you gotta get back here, the car is wrecked, i don't know what the hell happened". shit. i tell him to make sure he's off the road, and determine that he's not hurt, and our dog is o.k. he says it looks like something came through the windshield and destroyed the interior of the truck. he calls 911. there's a truck stopped 200ft in front of him and we assume somthing came off the truck. nope. the trucker comes back to see if he's o.k. and confirms it: some psychotic f*ck decided to throw some rocks off an overpass and nailed both the truck and our explorer. after 2 hours of police reports, tow-trucks, and emptying our explorer of car seats, etc. we stop at the next exit to crash at some shit hole hotel at 2am. http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/2488/img00066i.jpg http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/9822/img00070c.jpg of course they didn't catch the pricks. one foot the other way and my brother in law would have been a goner. car is being fixxed right now $5300 damage (windshield, dash, pass airbag, stereo, pass seat torn, center console). the next day we're on our way, and make it to wisconsin safely right at noon. we get rental cars, and my wife realizes she needs an SUV for our 3 kids since the explorer will take a few weeks to get done. i had planned on buying her this truck this summer, but this incident kind of forced the issue. http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/4665/dsc00295cuh.jpg http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/5865/dsc00302nec.jpg they didn't have the 22" wheels on the car from where it was shipped from, so those should be here next week. the truck is pretty sweet otherwise, and the DVD players keep my kids quiet which is the most important thing. needless to say, the wife is happy, and i'm never moving by myself again. my work even gave me money to move, but with moving all the kids/cars, i decided to do it on my own. sorry for the novel

looks good. seems like a good price

i actually hope the healthcare plan passes. one of two things will happen 1) it will tank so fast, and we'll be forced to go back and end all this crazy shit and stop fucking our doctors over 2) we'll go on a nationwide strike, unionize, and finally have some power over what happens to us (physicians). there's a reason that most major hospitals in big US cities have VIP floors. the cleveland clinic has one such floor where all the shah's/kings/royalty from other countries come to have heart surgery. if the health care in the US is so fucking bad why don't these pricks get shit done in singapore, or any of the other 35 countries that apparently have better health care than the US. i could go on for hours on why obama's plan will tank.

its tough to find a balance. busy career about to begin, 3 kids under 2 years old, and the cars in my sig--i barely have any time to enjoy them

been to the one in chicago several times. its $65/person just for the salad bar/dinner--not sure how you escaped for $120 with 2 people. i went to the one here in tampa one week ago for a drug-rep dinner. its called Boizau here in tampa--exact same restaurant. anyhow, its one of my favorite places to go; a vegetarian's worst nightmare. next time you go, try their brazilian margeritas (can't remember what they're called but they are fantastic).

great response

my kids are about ready to start their "time in the wild"---they will be separated from their mother and sent into the wild to fend for themselves. from an early age, they will be taught in the art of warfare. they will do what is necessary to survive. they will be taught to fight, steal, to never give up, even to kill if necessary. they will come back men, or not at all. just thought i'd share

i'm struggling with the idea of buying a z-06 this fall, or waiting until next summer when i can afford a ZR1. i'm leaning towards the z-06 and modding it, but we'll see

what he^ said.

you're buying brakes on a near 15 year old car----vatozone should be just fine. i had zero issues with the premium brake pads/rotors from advanced or autozone for daily driving applications on my grandprix, and nissan sentra. now if you plan on autocrossing your 1995 camry, disregard my post.

+1 do you think the average working citizen has the time to 'keep calling back' to figure out a court date, or where to send the money, and how much to send if they don't plan on fighting it.

don juan golden rofl

sweet jeep. story behind falling out??

sounds nasty. you need wider tires though. i approve with the highest regard.