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what i paid and what its worth are 2 very different figures.

thats disturbing, please spoiler things like that in the future. thanks

never understood why people want to go running "from" the bulls...i think it was last year that 2 brothers got gored...by the same bull

yeah, that one of those "sports" i never understood either, Ill skydive, bungee jump, etc.... but run from something with sharp horns that wants to kill me... no thanks

Yeah I thought the general rule was 50% of value. Sorry but I doubt your X was worth over $28k unless you had it loaded with very low miles

80% of its value


and it is loaded with only 23k on it

What the deuce!? I guess I missed the fact that there was a new page.... but the point of my post remains the same :flipa:

80% really? Why salvage a car thats past 3/4 demolished? :dunno:

because that car saved my life.... and theres no frame or suspension damage.. so why not fix it?

you want to see disturbing??? hold on...

because that car saved my life.... and theres no frame or suspension damage.. so why not fix it?

I suppose

every medical professional said i should be dead with how i hit that wall and the speed i hit it at.. im greatful to be alive, might as well return the favor

bring the car back to life? buy another and make it bigger, badder, stronger

seems like every medical professional says someone should have died b/c of this or that or you only have so much time to live...

oh the good 'ol days...10 years ago when i was 18...new car, new AMEX card, and charge account at Friedsman Jewlers

the Polo hat, the Structure shirt, and the Nautica jeans...funny thing is, i still have the jeans and still wear them
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v248/blucivic1/beach1.jpg

oh me sporting my Seiko Kinetics watch...loved that watch, and my rollerblades...the cause of my pinched nerve
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v248/blucivic1/beach2.jpg

my first love
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v248/blucivic1/beach3.jpg

its getting rebuild better and stronger dont worry, im getting some "goodies" put on

http://img2.putfile.com/thumb/3/7322334260.jpg (http://www.putfile.com/pic/7824825)

http://img2.putfile.com/thumb/3/7322334229.jpg (http://www.putfile.com/pic/7824826)

http://img2.putfile.com/thumb/3/7322334360.jpg (http://www.putfile.com/pic/7824827)

http://img2.putfile.com/thumb/3/7322334374.jpg (http://www.putfile.com/pic/7824828)

http://img2.putfile.com/thumb/3/7322334336.jpg (http://www.putfile.com/pic/7824829)

http://img2.putfile.com/thumb/3/7322334315.jpg (http://www.putfile.com/pic/7824830)

http://img2.putfile.com/thumb/3/7322334338.jpg (http://www.putfile.com/pic/7824831)

http://img2.putfile.com/thumb/3/7322334360.jpg (http://www.putfile.com/pic/7824832)

http://img2.putfile.com/thumb/3/7322334384.jpg (http://www.putfile.com/pic/7824833)

wow, i knew they started young.... but not that young..... throw a rock at them!

most likely imitating what they've seen either on tv or at home

That little girl will be downloaded on BLUs computer in about 14 years (after she's legal of course)

well just to let everyone know i traded my car for a stock green 93 civic si with a gsr swap.


i'll be leaving for the gulf now and will be back in the fall or winter.

good luck

the golf as in Persian Golf?

Nyuk nyuk waka waka :runaround:

I can't believe it's been 1/2 a month since anybody's posted in this thread. So I'm posting...

yeah, i just bought some more crap for the rx8 that i dont need.... like a carbon fiber engine cover, 3 guage pod with black face, blue LED digital guages.... etc..

cf engine cover? yup...didn't need that :nono:

i know, but for the price... i couldnt say no... and its sooo sec kzie...

Hey if the X survived the wreck then it deserves to be brought back bigger faster and stronger

yeah it survived... barely but survived... sorta like me... swung by the shop today and should be about 2.5 more weeks and i get her back.

So I take it your back and all that has healed up pretty well? It must be if you're well enough to be buying every RX8 accessory known to man

haha yeah, Im doing pretty good thanks. And im not geting EVERY accessory... youll never see Strakes on my car... I just get bored and lonely without my car... so i tend to shop for it... maybe thats why my last relationship lasted 5 years.... hmm...

Glad to hear you're doing better. So in 2.5 weeks we'll get to see some fresh pics of the 8? (unless, of course, there is some sort of delay)

hopefully... thats the plan at least. i gave them until April 20 to finish it, thats a big RX8 Club meet here in MA and i wanted to " unveil" it then

Am I the only one who has trouble getting AF to load on IE lately? About 60% of the time I get "page not found"

edit- for instance it took me about 20 min to post this after the Quick Reply timed out and then the page wouldn't reload :comprage1:

Hyundai Sant Fe with a bullbar rearended me yesterday at like 5mph. So now my rear bumper is fubared thanks to the bullbar. Wasn't my fault though. I'm going to try to replace it myself... maybe...

in the Jeep or VW? not going to go through insurance?

EDIT: Nevermind, just looked in SOT

filing insurance?

Insurance filed. The liftgate is dented a little worse than I thought where it meets the bumper so I'm not going to mess with it. Going to use the big deal body shop right up the street from me (which works with State Farm). Since the Jeep's drivable I'll try to schedule an appointed downtime. I don't want to mess with a rented car so I'll be driving the VW for awhile. Guess I'll be forking up for the 93octane... at least the VW gets average 27+/-mpg.

In other shitty news, I can't get my push lawn mower to stay running and the thick grass on my property is growing fast. I guess that's what I get for not using it since October...

Buy a cow...

i will be buying one of these...the kids will live this :thumbsup:
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41YQ80T1RVL.jpg

Fixed lawnmower... gapped the new sparkplug to .030 and voila!

Just got the secondary supplement from my insurance co today.... $15,756.70.. which at this point is more than i paid for the car.

wow...how much is it to get it fixed again?

I got like $3000 from when my Civic got totaled…that was great seeing as how I only paid $100 for the car

Just traded in the VW for a brand new red 2008 KIA Spectra5 SX. I think we got a pretty good deal. My wife's nephew is a tech at that dealership so I'm going to have him install the Eibach Sportline springs they sell there... all under factory warranty. I'll get some pics soon...

Boooooo Kia Booooooo

might as well do this to yourself
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Well, I like it. It's brand spankin' new gets 30mpg and has more torque than most honda civics (with swaps) :lol:

1. Its a Kia
2. Its Red
3. You bought it for gas mileage...

3 Strikes... youre out...

Just bustin on ya. its cool you got a new car and are happy with it. Now time to get rid of the Jeep and buy a Fun car..

that's an old argument...everyone knows Hondas, especially Civics, and torque don't go together

Yeah, Torque and my RX-8 arent speaking at the moment...

Now that is harsh! Sorry, I didn't mean to go there.

I know it's a KIA. But it seems like they've come a long way. I mean, it may be a bit behind in some things, and the bigger Japanese name brands have new cars that may be faster. But they're also bigger, heavier and somewhat uglier too. Basically, I got a new car for the price I would've paid for a used EP3 with about 30-50k miles. It has about 20 less hp and 4 lbs/ft. more torque than an ep3. Some other things it has stock... 2.0L dohc 16valve with cvvt (continuously variable valve timing), 4 wheel disc brakes with ABS, four wheel independent suspension, front upper strut brace, stainless steel exhaust (with choking precat in engine bay... yuck!), 5 speed manual tranny with decently short but not too short gears... nice! Massive wheel well gap! (I'll be getting the Eibach springs soon to correct this :smile:) and relatively lightweight cast aluminum 16x6" alloy wheels with Goodyear tires, spoiler, fog lights, cd player with eq presets bass, mid & treble audio controls, AUX input jack for i-pod and 6 speakers, etc. Not too shabby IMHO.

Now time to get rid of the Jeep and buy a Fun car..

The Jeep will be driven by the Mrs. She loves it and it suits her pretty well. Besides, I just put over $600 in new BFG A/T tires that we want to get some use out of this summer in the mountains. That and we still have to pay the little bit we still owe on it... damn interest rates! (Better interest rate for the KIA though :smile:)

less than a year left ton the Land Cruiser

So I just ordered a K&N filter for my car because they don't carry them in the stores. It better fit right. I think the stock filter is a Fram. F a Fram!

I've learned that the aftermarket for KIA is very slim and amateurish. Perhaps by the time the car's warranty runs out more quality parts will be available (ie. header and exhaust that don't throw codes!).

Hence I've decided to just get the K&N filter and the Eibach springs and call it good...

Im sorry, modding a kia seems funny to me, but hey, its your car.

Anyways, Car is out of the body shop and at the mazda dealership indeffinatly with a wiring issue. they currently have the car stripped looking for a cut/broken wire.... fun...

Like I said I'm not "modding it". I put K&N filters in all my vehicles. The Eibach springs are sold at the dealership and will be installed at the dealership by an ASE certified technician (who just so happens to be my wife's nephew). This should've been done before taking delivery. Shame on me for driving around with the ugly wheel gap.

The Jeep went into the body shop yesterday. Should be done by Friday. The damn passenger side front window came off the track Sunday night. I managed to take the door panel off (4 screws) and insert my hand just enough to pop the glass back on the track so it would go all the way up and close flush. I told the body shop to fix it and bill me whatever it costs. Sux.

the windows on the Land Cruiser are all messed up...the front drivers side won't go down unless i take the door panel off...think it's the motor or window switch....both rear windows come down but come off track for some reason, nothing wrong but for some reason they come off track...the only windows that work right is the front passengers side, sunroof, and the two sliding windows in the back...would love it if the tailgate glass went up and down

Talk about electrical gremlins. That stinks. I always thought the rear window going up and down on the 4-Runners/Land Cruisers was pretty cool. My Jeep rear glass just opens up with 2 more struts... can't exactly drive that way though cuz it will just shut. I like the sliding windows in the Land Cruiser too. Those are cool. I reckon you're happy that your A/C works.

Do you have a Toyota mechanic for troublesome things that you cannot fix yourself or do you go to the dealership?

The rear for the Land Cruiser is like a clam shell, only the 4Runners' rear window goes up and down...the a/c works, but I don't use it, just adds to my already bad gas milage...and the rear sliding windows is one of the reasons I love it...the kids can sit in the very back and have their own window to open

I don't have a Toyota mechanic...most of the problem I fix myself using the manual or I go to www.ih8mud.com for help...but I usually go to the dealer for transmission flush...when we had a Cavalier in Va we went to Meineke to have the transmission flushed and some weeks later it went out, so I leave that stuff up to the dealer...i have quite a tad bit of routine maintenance that I have to do :(

Well, I can't exactly remember what I just wrote since AF decided to suck when I hit the post button, but I'll give it a try anyway.

Did not know that about the Land Cruiser.

Jeep tranny leaks at bellhousing and transfer case (supposedly common issue according to owners but not according to mechanic). I make sure all gasket bolts are good and tight each oil change and top off when needed. Apparently, before I got on top of the situation I was a few quarts low in tranny fluid and my wife's nephew made it out like it was my fault :lol:

I think that was the gist of it...