Your biggest automotive mistake?
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A few years back I did a major tune-up and the car would not start. After a major technical tantrum I went in the house and slammed a couple of beers to compose myself. Coming back outside I noticed the little box on the bench with the new rotor in it... F*CK!!
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ON the last motor.... hooked up the wet kit for the second stage. Was going to spray a 125dry and 125 wet for a total of 250. The first stage dry was using a 225 shot previously. Well...between me and my buddy...we each thought the other took out the 225 dry for the first stage and put in the 125. Of course no one did.
We went out and tested it...felt REALLY good...it should..it was like a 350 shot with no timing pulled and 93 octane gas. Blew a head gasket shortly after.
We went out and tested it...felt REALLY good...it should..it was like a 350 shot with no timing pulled and 93 octane gas. Blew a head gasket shortly after.
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if it's cheap & reliable, it ain't fast, if it's fast & cheap, it ain't reliable, if it's fast & reliable, it ain't cheap
if it's cheap & reliable, it ain't fast, if it's fast & cheap, it ain't reliable, if it's fast & reliable, it ain't cheap
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my biggest mistake was getting my current car but hey 
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not listening to steve(race495) when i spun a bearing in my last motor, and he wanted to replace the engine AND convert it over to 5spd for MUCH less then i ended up paying a shop to just do a motor swap...not listening to steve when i gave Idle Wild $2200 of my money for a cobra manifold, a fuel pump, and dumps...he was gonna give me a manifold, aluminum heads, and a bunch more shit, but i was iggnorant and wanted IDLE WILD on my car. 
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Originally Posted by moldyhands
in the immortal words of the very wise Kid Rock, "3 foot tall with a 10 foot dick"
though for me, you'd have to change it to 10 inches, and you'd have to change inches to millimeters, and you'd have to change 10 to 5 and you'd have to change dick to poor excuse for one.
though for me, you'd have to change it to 10 inches, and you'd have to change inches to millimeters, and you'd have to change 10 to 5 and you'd have to change dick to poor excuse for one.
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Originally posted by 97blkz
At 16 buying a 85 GT with tons of miles on it, was a traveling salesmans car and beat! Lasted one yr before it was a 6 cylinder, doh!
At 16 buying a 85 GT with tons of miles on it, was a traveling salesmans car and beat! Lasted one yr before it was a 6 cylinder, doh!
that is almost exactly what i was going to say, except that i didn't buy it from a salesman, i bought it from blue oval, WTF was i thinking??????? to protect my dignity i must say that i didn't know they were so crooked back then
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Originally posted by Zate
in all honesty my biggest automotive mistake was buying the mach1 at MSRP-Xplan .. i should have either waited 3 weeks and got the STi .. or waited 6 months and got one of the cheap Mach1s.
in all honesty my biggest automotive mistake was buying the mach1 at MSRP-Xplan .. i should have either waited 3 weeks and got the STi .. or waited 6 months and got one of the cheap Mach1s.
I love my car but I should have just kept my white car and my daily driver. My white car was a turbo kit away from the low 11's high 10's.
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