Banter Thread Part 3 (Back with a Vengeance, this time its personal)

yeah, plus you get better mileage when you dont go too fast..

i wish you luck on this journey man. sounds like you got a plan, hope it all works cuz that'd be the journey of a lifetime man.

He should drive to Hawaii lol jk

i'll be driving with fuel economy in mind, i have no need to go fast on the trip. the point is to see places and travel around. takes some of the fun away if i rush it. besides, i don't want any tickets or anything.

locking bed cover should give me a tiny tiny tiny fuel milage increase without air catching the tailgate. (althogh the weight won't give better fuel economy)

hehe! i'm so looking forward to this. i'll actually work 70 hour weeks for this if it means i can do it. it's going to be awesome. definitely trip of a lifetime. i'm also planning to do a european trip if i can. it'll go from london to france and then all through europe. maybe if i have enough money i'll drive through Russia and Alaska and into the states at the end. that would be cool..

He should drive to Hawaii lol jk

i'd like to, but it's slightly out of my way on the trip.

hahhaa. he can just drive into like a matson container and wait like a month to get here.. 3,000miles per gallon of diesel (in the car, not the boat)..

i'm thinking of having the truck shipped over here for a bit after the trip.

i'd love to drive a big diesel F-250 around london. the "big" pickups we get in europe are like Ranger and F-150 size.

What no drive to Hawaii to see ikey?

unfortunately, the truck i want isn't one with the pontoon boat sides and optional outboard motor.

get a jet not a prop. i'm so tired, i hate working nights

i went to sleep at 5am on my mate's floor (after going to the pub and getting baked) woke up at 8:55am. got on the train, missed my stop. waited 10 mins for a train going back to my station. walked uphill for 40 mins in the rain. got shouted at for not going to college. got changed and walked 30 mins downhill back to the station. got on a train, went to college for a bit. got on a bus, got on a train and walked 20 mins home from that train station.

it sucked.

smart

i'm so glad college is practially over.

i'm so glad college is practially over.
Me too. Check out your poll

my poll?

oh very nice.

if you want any of it changed to make it more funny let me know.

y'all knew i was crazy before any mention of the trip. a long time before.

Me too. Check out your poll

:yikes:

Sir we have a huge freaking blip on the gaydar!!!! :gay:

me?

oh hell no. i'm going on a 3-month road trip with a hot girl.

y'all are just jealous.

The two of ya's playing with your polls.

The chick is a cover up, we know you're coming here just to shack up and compare your polls. :eek:

so not true.


even if it was, my poll's bigger than gold's.

My ban stick is highly homophobic :twak:

shame you can't ban me.

har har har.

dude did i read a page back that u wanna bring a f-250 to london??? where in the hell are u gonna drive it or park it on those little ass streets?? there is a reason u all have such small cars u know...how many hummers u guys got running around in the UK? i bet none lol, hell one wont fit down 80% of your roads. i must say, that is one of many places who attended on keeping the city as close to the old way it looked than we do over here..... i would love to see a f-250 on one of your streets, u would be in the oncomming lane as well as your own lane lol...running over every freaking mini in site!!! stick with the smart car there and drive the big shit when u get to bigger is better land (US) smh... we are so silly

dude did i read a page back that u wanna bring a f-250 to london???

your monitor does not need adjusting. i did say i want to bring an F-250 back to London.

where in the hell are u gonna drive it or park it on those little ass streets??

they're not all that small. an F-250 will fit in all our streets. there'll just be less room.

there is a reason u all have such small cars u know...how many hummers u guys got running around in the UK? i bet none lol, hell one wont fit down 80% of your roads.

actually, there are quite a few Hummers over here. mosty are H2s. only ever seen on H1 here. they fit. it's a squeeze, but they fit.

i would love to see a f-250 on one of your streets

i'll get pictures. :grinno:

so not true.


even if it was, my poll's bigger than gold's.
Who gets it whenever they want?

ME :thefinger

thats gonna be sum funny shit to see!!! u kniw damn well that thing is gonna take up all the space on the road, and downtown london...good luck. and im sure whoever drives a h2 there is frowned upon and im sure the line is long for wanting to put a big ass foot in the drivers ass! gas prices are nuts over there, and we think its bad here!

This new poll is rigged. It says I voted, but I didn't. I want a recall.

thats gonna be sum funny shit to see!!! u kniw damn well that thing is gonna take up all the space on the road, and downtown london...good luck. and im sure whoever drives a h2 there is frowned upon and im sure the line is long for wanting to put a big ass foot in the drivers ass! gas prices are nuts over there, and we think its bad here!

yeah, i just want to drive up to college and to mates in my huge-ass pickup and pisse everyone off.

in the words of my uncle's friend: "i want to drive a car that makes other people angry."

This new poll is rigged. It says I voted, but I didn't. I want a recall.
You did vote, you said NO.

hurrah!

he said no..

cool

must. find. job.

why doesn't anyone ever reply to my damn applications? wankers!


don't they know i'm desperate for money to fund my road trip? gah..

youre a mod...are you our mod?

i'm a regional. for Engineering/Technical, Forced Induction and Diesel.

i can't do anything in Camaro forums, but i can ban anyone.

and mods can't ban each other, only an admin can ban a mod.

try and apply for places that arent on a transit line...i realized(realised..haha) that back in high school. when a job isnt on a main public transit route, its harder for people without cars to get to it, therefore more job openings

yes, but in london you can get ANYWHERE without a car.

between the buses, overground rail and underground trains, you can get anywhere. might involve 15 mins of walking, but you can get anywhere without a car. TFL has it all covered.

(TFL = Transport For London)

and i don't have a car.

o..well since youre a big shot FI mod..how much boost can my 2001 lightning take before destroy it?

o wow no car...what happened to your straight six? i assume that was your car..

a stock lightning could probably take like 14-16psi before you ran into any issues. but if you were doing that i'd advise other upgrades for things like fuelling. (more air needs more fuel. and a custom tune takes care of any issues)

the straight six(es) were engines i built with friends for various racing things. (low-end racing) so i never actually owned one. just liked the name for AF.

i could have a car, but i really have no need for one here. i can get anywhere by public transport (which is hugely popular over here) and i'm not bothered to pay for fuel and that crap. besides, i'd rather get the money from my parents and put it toward a truck in the US than have a car here. (my parents paid for my sister's car)

cool..i see. i wanna work on engines...i really wish i could..paying people to enjoy workin on MY v-8 is not cool

so learn about them, get you some tools and go get a cheap junkyard 350 and pull it apart.

i learned most of what i know from reading on the net. i don't know everything there is to know about cars and engines, but i know a lot. and 95% of that is from reading on the net/AF/books. i wasn't even going out to learn about stuff, i was just reading topics on here, reading books about stuff that interests me, talking to people in the business.

of course, having friends who built race cars for a living does help. but i've learned more by my own means than from them.

the thing is...i know about it...the mechanics of it..but if i looked at it, it just seems sooo complicated....i know they are all basically the same and what not, just dont know what to do...i also have noo idea about cams those numbers just go right over my head...o yea and tires too....also suspension...i dont know the difference between a shock and a strut...on my cars i would probably never adjust the suspension at all. i dont see the need because it wont make the car go faster

the thing is...i know about it...the mechanics of it..but if i looked at it, it just seems sooo complicated....i know they are all basically the same and what not, just dont know what to do...i also have noo idea about cams those numbers just go right over my head...o yea and tires too....also suspension...i dont know the difference between a shock and a strut...on my cars i would probably never adjust the suspension at all. i dont see the need because it wont make the car go faster

they look complicated, but they're not when you know how it all works.

i know what you mean about the confusing numbers on cams and tyres and stuff. i'm still learning about the cams and degrees, duration, vavle overlap etc.. it's all part of the learning process.

if you get a cheap engine you're not worried about, pull it apart and look at it or take pictures as you take it apart. you'll see it's easier than you think.

oh, and suspension upgrades do make cars go faster. they don't add power, but they let you hook up better, take corners better and give help put the power to the ground.

arent new engine all weird now...like i could PROBABLY pick apart an old 1970 350...but these day..i looked at my ma's 3.5L charger and saw like this big plastic piece over the top..didnt look like an intake manifold, couldnt really make out anything except the air filter...these days, engines just dont look like engines anymore

that's just the plastic cover on top.

remember, the industry doesn't want you to fix your car. they want you to pay someone to do it. it's all about self preservation. it's great for me when someone doesn't know jack about their car, because they can pay me to fix it. but if everyone knew all about their cars, i'd be made redundant.

so start off small, get an old carb'd 350 and pull it apart. when you've mastered the simple engines, move on to injected engines and so on.

i thought as much...hey what time is it there? i hear birds and see light...but i drank too much mountain dew

he is 8 hrs ahead of me and i am pacific time. i think 8 hrs

it's 10:45am here.

So 7 hours difference

cool....im right on the central time/eastern time line....its :45...but it looks like 545 outside... i have work at 1 and really shoul go to sleep. who wants to buy my camaro? straight six??you know you want it

does it have a 6-litre diesel, 4 doors and a Ford badge?

no...it has a 6 cylinder wheezing engine. 4 wheels and a picture of a kid pissing on a ford badge

no...it has a 6 cylinder wheezing engine. 4 wheels and a picture of a kid pissing on a ford badge
that made me spit mt mt. dew on my computer, now i need to get a tech here to fix it

yeah, i don't want it.

sorry dude. if i'd just won the lottery or something i'd take it off your hands and buy you whatever car you wanted (within some reason)

but since i have ~$20 in my wallet, no winning tickets and the need for a job, you're out of luck.

cha ching! score!!!@ gold



haha..within reason..i wonder what those stipulations would be

50 grand

for example if you said you wanted a Ferrari Enzo. i'd laugh at you.

if you said you wanted a 4th gen with a 572 big-block 720hp engine, ladder bars, roll cage and side-exit longtube exhaust system, i'd make some phone calls.

ooo.. like that...i thought you mean favors or something...but ya...i knoto not take advantage of kindness...i have a hard enough time accepting it when someone tries to pay for my dinner

same here.

i don't let friends pay for dinner. i'll fight with them in the restaurant before i let them pay.

i just like giving presents and stuff, giving and seeing someone grateful is far better to me than being given stuff. (and i like wrapping presents.)

that's probably why i never have any money.