New car

[CassiesMan]

At the dealership now working out the final numbers but I'm getting a new car! Trading out the Mazda for it. Matt knows what it is, but I'm gonna let you all guess till I get home. Here are some hints:

RWD
6 Speed
Probable Cause Red
300hp
6 cylinders

[CassiesMan]

Oh, and I'm at an Acura dealership...

[TorchedStealth]

Tl-s?

[CivRacer95]

Acura TSX is my guess

[TorchedStealth]

Does the new TSX have 300hp? Cause my friend has an 05 or so and it is slow as hell lol. His also only has the K24

[CassiesMan]

Lol no to both accounts. Though the TSX is nice and I'm trying to get the girl to look at one. At lunch with her fam now, pictures coming soon, but two more hints:

Completely useless coupe and named after a play...

[TorchedStealth]

You lost me now lol

[VR43000GT]

Named after a play??? I was going to say a 350Z but that is not named after a play as far as I know.

[CassiesMan]

Originally Posted by VR43000GT

Named after a play??? I was going to say a 350Z but that is not named after a play as far as I know.

^Youz getz tha cookiez!

Or, as I texted The Stig this morning "I can haz VQ35DE".

I've been looking at a few, and was about to drive down to Austin on Monday when I swung by a local Acura place that had a Redline Red 2006 Base on the lot with 30k miles on the clock. After about thirty minutes of wheeling and dealing, the sales guy offered me a baller deal on the car AND my Mazdaspeed, the type that I would have hated myself for passing up. So we did the paper work, came to an agreeable price, and I've been driving my new Z around all day. God damn did I miss RWD, lol.

Plans aren't anything major this time. I just wanted a fun to drive sports car that will last me a bit till I get to a more mature place in life, at which point I'll tear down the motor, build the hell out of it, and throw gobs of boost at it. For the mean time, I'll be perfectly happy with some bolt ons, might get a Nismo LSD, and learn how to slide, lol.

Pictures will come as soon as I get it all cleaned up to my standards. Till then...



And yes, I have already ordered the "FairladyZ" badge. I am that JDM Tyte. Yo.

[VR43000GT]

w00t w00t! Honest to God that is the only thing I could think of. Post up some more pictures ASAP! Always loved the sound of a VQ35DE.

[CivRacer95]

Congrats Cassiesman! Damn, I test drove a friends Z not too long ago and was very happy driving it around. I wanted the G35 though to be a little bit different of course. What year by chance? Hopefully an 05 or up. I hear the Brembo brakes are a costly peice for the introduction models they were installed on.

VQ35DE does sound very tempting even in my case (as I am STILL looking lol). I hope all goes well for you with this car. For future reference, post up some pros and cons of the vehicle. I'd really like to know short and long term reliability of this car.

[TorchedStealth]

Woot you got an 06 (I think) so you has the VQHR! My boss used to have a twin turbo Z and it was a badass car. You will enjoy it, they are fun cars to drive even N/A!

[CivRacer95]

Woops just caught that it was an 06 in the COLOR Redline Red. For some reason I thought he was talking about and looking at an Ion Redline in Red that was an 06 model.

Silly me...

[CassiesMan]

It doesn't have the VQ35HR, but the DE Rev Up. Basically, unlike the 03-05 DE, it has intake and exhaust cam timing, and a different plenum, so it makes 300hp and 280ftlb. The HR make 306 and 287, so thats something that can be compensated for with and intake, lol. But yeah, I love it. I plan on posting up all the pros and cons as I learn to live with a useless, tiny, RWD sports car.

Pros: No back seat, so now I don't need to drive to the war zones that are grocery stores around here!

[VR43000GT]

So how does it feel compared to the MS3? You've got to love getting back to a proper drive layout again (RWD).