What grinds your gears?

chickenwafer · Postby **chickenwafer** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 9:14

Eric's wastegates are intense. I though my single dump was loud, he has two 38mm gates right off the exhaust ports! It's like a WWII Spitfire on full boggie when those things open, it's LOUD

Website · Postby **Shadowden** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 9:14

chickenwafer wrote:Eric's wastegates are intense. I though my single dump was loud, he has two 38mm gates right off the exhaust ports! It's like a WWII Spitfire on full boggie when those things open, it's LOUD

Put into my context, the bold has me teary eyed.

Think of a wastegate in a human phisiological sense...and you too may chuckle.

Learjet45 · Postby **Learjet45** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 9:14

College students who fail to remove their laundry from washer and/or dryers in a timely fashion when 300+ students share 8 washers and 8 driers. Especially when there is a service you can set up to receive a text or email when the cycle is done.

Postby **RX-7 Chris** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 9:14

texting washer and dryer? I feel old.

tsx_guy · Postby **tsx_guy** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 9:14

RX-7 Chris wrote:texting washer and dryer? I feel old.

yes, appliances that can speak to you now. creepy!!!

Postby **RX-7 Chris** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 9:14

tsx_guy wrote:yes, appliances that can speak to you now. creepy!!!

(remembers what happened in terminator)

speedjunkie · Postby **speedjunkie** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 9:14

Shadowden wrote:wide open wastegate? I assume you mean the car's? If not, I could see taking some issue with it:o

Sorry the cruise didn't go so hot.

Yes the car wastegates.

erod550 wrote:Meaning you make as much noise as possible when passing them, so they get to hear all the air from your dump pipe (if you have one) plus your exhaust as you fly by them.

My exhaust actually isn't that bad anymore, the wastegates are ridiculous though lol.

chickenwafer wrote:Eric's wastegates are intense. I though my single dump was loud, he has two 38mm gates right off the exhaust ports! It's like a WWII Spitfire on full boggie when those things open, it's LOUD

Most people, if I pass by them quickly, I'll let off a little so they're not so loud. Not the guy in the van. Actually it wasn't even him I was pissed at, I was just pissed at the day in general, all the a-holes seeming like they were purposefully going slow lol.

kingtut · Postby **kingtut** » Wed Aug 29, 2012 9:14

When you put on a shirt and leave the house, only to find that the shirt (which you haven't worn in a long time) is quite short. Too short in fact. So short, that when you raise your arms, the shirt exposes your belly button.

Fuuu

Postby **RX-7 Chris** » Wed Aug 29, 2012 9:14

stop wearing your wife's clothes.

geo2maz · Postby **geo2maz** » Wed Aug 29, 2012 9:14

i hate that... or i like that,

tsx_guy · Postby **tsx_guy** » Wed Aug 29, 2012 9:14

kingtut wrote:When you put on a shirt and leave the house, only to find that the shirt (which you haven't worn in a long time) is quite short. Too short in fact. So short, that when you raise your arms, the shirt exposes your belly button.

Fuuu

(does shirt test) phew!

geo2maz · Postby **geo2maz** » Thu Aug 30, 2012 9:14

when you're on EB 225 and you think there's an exit for Yosemite only to find out there isn't, and having to drive all the way down to Parker just to turn around (in terrible traffic too)

and it's happened to me b4

Website · Postby **Shadowden** » Thu Aug 30, 2012 9:14

geo2maz wrote:when you're on EB 225 and you think there's an exit for Yosemite only to find out there isn't, and having to drive all the way down to Parker just to turn around (in terrible traffic too)

and it's happened to me b4

ummm, I thought there was an exit right on the interchange pretty much (DTC Boulevard/Yosemite).

tsx_guy · Postby **tsx_guy** » Thu Aug 30, 2012 9:14

Shadowden wrote:ummm, I thought there was an exit right on the interchange pretty much (DTC Boulevard/Yosemite).

there is, but don't tell him that...

GR-8 · Postby **GR-8** » Thu Aug 30, 2012 9:14

I was gonna make a rant in the 'other automotive discussion' section but decided it would fit here cause it's been grinding my gears almost all day.

The SciBaToyo (FR-S,BRZ, GT-86) has been in a few magazines lately. I was at discount tire for a little over an hour today and read like 4 different articles about the car. What I read for the $25k base model (Apparently that's the only trim package it comes in unless ordered.) is that it is a great car. It's a cheap and priced well for it's market, a market that it is all alone in. 200hp and 150ft-lb of torque is plenty.

What gets me is all the positive feedback and hype this car is getting. I love the way it looks. I kinda want one. I thought about trading grey 8 in for one. I was at the dealership looking at it and couldn't help but feel that it was too small. Less room in the back then even a mustang and eclipse. The RX-8 has way more room in the back and even more trunk space. After actually sitting in it and messing around (no time for a test drive) I left with not really caring for it much. I love the exterior but nothing in the inside really said premium or felt that way. Atleast the RX-8 for the same price and more power (but a few more pounds) felt/looked like it used premium materials. I can't stop comparing it to an RX-8 because they are so similar. They would be dead even in a drag race because the 8 weighs more but I still think the 8 would be the winner. They are (were) priced the same. The RX-8 had good reviews but not as great as the FR-S. The Articles would all complain that the 8 didn't have enough power, that it was priced too high, That this could have been better or that. With this car though I've read nothing really negative. It bothers me.

If Mazda managed to get the 8 to pass the European emissions standard and still produced the 8 I wonder what the comparisons would be and what the articles would say. Would they change their minds and say the 8 is well priced or say that both cars are over priced? Which would win a showdown. One article compared it to "the car that started it all," a 240sx. Why not compare it to a 350/370z like the RX-8 was instead of saying it doesn't have any competitors? Why not do a comparison to cars of past like the 8 and the eclipse. It kinda bugs me. I like both the FR-S and the RX-8. I wish Mazda still made the 8 for at least one more year so we could see these comparison reviews. But that's not the case.

This car is getting more hype and praise than it really deserves and it is grinding my gears.

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