I'm pretty manly and I drove a purple geo metro back and forth to work for two years.

( but only because my buddy left it in my driveway with a full tank and I was curious how long that tank would last, it ran out in my driveway the day he picked it up. 2 years almost to the day on one tank lol)

The whole concept is ****ing stupid, sorry.

Shut the **** up about my Jeep. It doesn't make me more or less of a man.

LMAO I am just busting his balls since he seems to think you have to be compensating for something else to drive something cool.

I have driven some clunkers in my life. I had a V6 Beretta for a while that looked like hammered shit, it was damn near indestructible though.

Not necessarily, but if your automatic reaction to someone driving something less than studly is LOL U GIRL you're a ****ing braindead jackoff.

And I left out that I also had an old coupe deville and a big block cheville sitting in the driveway. I drove one of those everywhere else lol

You're still a girl

HURF DURF HOW MUCH HORSEPOWER YA GOT BUD

No idea really.

It's all about the feeling

It's a ****ing box with wheels.

It's gender neutral unless you're a braindead sheep swayed by marketing.

**** family fun day

http://i.imgur.com/pPfiNgWh.jpg

You belive this because you are metrosexual. Basically a chick with a dick.

I'm hardly metrosexual. I spend less than $20 on my haircuts. I'm currently wearing sweatpants. I DON'T USE AFTERSHAVE OR COLOGNE AND I'VE NEVER OWNED SKINNY JEANS.

Clay getting worked up about his shitty car choice.

This is a great day for CP.

I've got no problem with Jeeps. But the Jeep Liberty is a total turd. Were you attempting to purchase one of the most unreliable vehicles you could?

IT'S BEEN AN OUTSTANDING CHOICE.

THERE'S LITERALLY NOTHING ABOUT IT THAT HASN'T SERVED MY NEEDS.

IT'S JUST A ****ING WATER PUMP. AFTER 130,000 MILES, EXPECTED.

IT'S BEEN QUITE RELIABLE OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS.

I DROVE IT TO MISSISSIPPI AND BACK WITH ZERO PROBLEMS.

**** OFF.

Alex Smith type excuses.

My how the tables have turned.

Feel like this should be an episode of Cuck My Ride.

YOU CAN'T WIN THE SUPER BOWL OF LIFE ACCORDING TO WHAT YOU DRIVE

A CAR ISN'T A QUARTERBACK WHAT A TERRIBLE ****ING ANALOGY THIS IS

You bought a 4x4 because you think you needed it? For what, because you live in the snow? I drove in Montana for 10+ years without 4WD, just 2 door coupes. If you think you need 4WD to get around in the snow, you over-value that a 4x4 makes you safer and not your actual skill as a driver. This means you have less skill than people think. This is the Alex Smith choice for a driving machine.

Yes. Mission accomplished. And I don't NEED it, but better to have it and not need it, than need it and not have it. Just like my gun.

https://www.sigsauer.com/store/media...022-nitron.jpg

WHY DON'T YOU LAUGH AT MY 9MM SIG SAUER AS WELL IT'S SO NOT A GLOCK IT'S JUST UNCOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

How did we go from cars to guns?

But thank you for proving that I am a better driver. Much appreciated.

Way to **** up the thread~

Every been to the cruise in show in buffalo? They close down several blocks and let people at it. Thousands of dollars in tires ate the dust Saturday

Thread derailed over some chick's Jeep Liberty. WTH?

I'M A MAN! I'M 40!

If we want to get back on track, I nicked the o ring on the input shaft when I put the torque converter in the trans, causing it to not build pressure correctly, destroying the internal clutch after about 150 miles~

They warrantied it anyway and itll be back in car tommorrow. WHEN WILL THIS END~!

Driving a Liberty? I doubt it. Can't pull one over on me, "Sir".

It's the wrong body type.

Nope but the Versailles shows are gonna be off the hook this year

With the new job, I also get to take time off for Magic Dragon this year.. might take the new project down one day and the TA another.

My Z06 convertible was supposed to be built last week. I haven't heard anything yet though.

I'm gonna try to make it up. Magic Dragon usually sees me.


It was fun in buffalo, anything could line up and burn em off. Drag cars pulling the front tires, late eighties civic dumping the clutch pinned to everything in between.

A man is not defined by his vehicle.

Sorry about your small penis.

Speaking of the new project.. 06 Vstar 650, bone stock.

http://i.imgur.com/skzVAXu.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/JAzjU3R.jpg

I got the itch to ride a bit and this is the first cruiser I have ever bought. I rebuilt an old bea tup triumph into a street fighter a few years ago, and decided I wanted to build something again. So, I decided Im gonna bob the shit out of this thing~

Started tearing the bike down

http://i.imgur.com/RLiokaj.jpg


and more

http://i.imgur.com/zXPMRfD.jpg

If you like closely between at the above and below pics, you can see all of the progress I made.

http://i.imgur.com/ioeBTMG.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/Gim5PlF.jpg

Besides the obvious things like removing all of the bodywork/signals/bits/bobs to get to everything;

I had to custom make a shim in order to mount my LED tail light/license plate bracket. The bracket itself had to modified to fit a Missouri plate, then the shim made (with a ton of testing) in order to mount it on the main frame of the bike. Its actually made to mount on the swingarm, but I both didn't like it so low, and I didn't want to have to deal with the wiring moving up and down etc. I wired the tail light using the old wiring harness, even using the old rear harness spliced into the new tail light, it runs across the bike underneath the shock and the wire runs through the storage box so it is protected and isn't altered from the factory save for the rear harness.

Also may be hard to notice but I did what they call the 'julio slam'. This bike being a monoshock w/swingarm, I took the bolt from its stock mounting position, and drilled the frame out an inch forward so that the shock mounts 1 inch farther forward, which changes the geometry of the rear of the bike, in effect lowering it approximately 4 inches. To go with that, the shock is very close or ON the harness in the frame there, so I custom made a little bracket to cover it out of an old SSD drive bay.

If you look at the top pics over the bottom one, you can also notice the bike is now missing a set of chrome tubes that ran lengthwise under the left side cylinders. This was the AIS emissions system, which was a PITA to remove, between using a Dremel to cut the heads off of screws, to getting the bearing elbows that are mounted TO the engine block out. Not only does it clean up the entire bike, get rid of the crap emissions (that do nothing once you switch to aftermarket pipes anyways) but I get to plug the holes in the engine block with these~
http://i.imgur.com/tDhPdp9.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/o16C9jo.jpg

I am waiting on a few parts yet, but plans are as goes;

Clip ons instead of handlebars, plus all new aluminum, shorty clutch and brake levers. I ordered 2 inch billet fork extensions, that will be mounted above the triple tree. I am going use them to mount a pair of 41mm clip ons, with a 1 inch rise. Think sport bike bars, but because they will sit above the triple tree, and have the riser, they will look as badass and have a more comfortable riding position. Clip ons are here, just waiting on the fork tubes, and some tubing I bought that I am going to use to make shims from to mount the 1 inch controls on the 7/8th clip ons.

The all powerful BOBBER SPRINGER SEAT. You know the one, that every bobber has. Yea, so sue me, they look badass, and I am in no way qualified to fabricate a custom one, so I bought one from bobbercycle.com. Hardware is here, seat itself is in transit.

Stealth air intake and jet kit. If you look at the stock pics, you can see on the right side the big circle thing. That's the air cleaner, which actually runs up into an induction system underneath the gas tank, before running down into the carbs. Well, **** all that noise, that things coming off, and on top will go a couple of pod filters and a crank case breather, completely hidden under the tank, and cleaning up the right side of the bike. With that will go a matching re-jet/carb sync.

One-off exhaust fabricated by norm at Midmomc. Super nice guy, and if you check out the site, you can see why hes received a ton of attention in the custom bike world for many builds over the years. I have given him some ideas, and going to let him have a little creative license on the exhaust. I just directed it be short, loud, and look sick~ At the same time, he will install the jet kit, because after looking into it, im just not comfortable trying to play with carbs.

Cosmetics. May do a rear bobbed fender at some point. Tank, side covers will have to be painted. Will likely move on to the bottom of the forks, the triple trees, and the plastic chrome type covers on the back part of the motor, and maybe even the plastic chrome cap on the cylinders. I am also going to eventually get rid of the big mountain of a silver speedo, and custom fabricate a cell phone mount, and use a speedo/tach/hud app as well as have it all wired to charge the phone while riding.

All the work was done so far in a Saturday and Sunday afternoon. I figure 2 more good days in the shop , plus a couple days with Norm will get everything done but the cosmetics~

Final result will be something like this; though I think I can make mine look cleaner with the plans I have.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xldyZErydx...v-star-650.jpg

or

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com...521a20a21e.jpg



TLDR

Im building a motorcycle cause my car is broken~

Everything about that was manly. Thanks for getting this thread back on track.

Thing is, you aren't playing to win. You are playing not to lose. Sound familiar?

YOU CAN'T WIN ANYTHING BY DRIVING A NICER LOOKING OR MORE POWERFUL CAR WHEN THE ONLY PLACE YOU GO IS THE GROCERY STORE, DOWNTOWN, A FEW RESTAURANTS AND THE OCCASIONAL ROAD TRIP

****

But you need 4WD!!!

YOU NEVER KNOW

AFTER THAT MUSTANG DEBACLE I WASN'T PREPARED TO GO INTO BATTLE WITHOUT A FULL VEHICULAR ARMAMENT EVER AGAIN

PS - I ****ING USED IT TO GET UP MY DRIVEWAY SEVERAL TIMES SO THERRRRRRRRRRRRRRREEEEEE

Of all the coach tirades I think that one was the funniest.

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This has been parked out front of my building for 4 days now.

Save some pussy for the rest of us, hoss.

http://i1290.photobucket.com/albums/...ps13b2ase6.jpg

LMAO

Looks good

Redneck landaulet?

https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9DctW21Rf...s1600/open.jpg

Eh, at least is isn't a Compass or a Patriot.

The Liberty was a mediocre vehicle but next to nothing competes with the Compass or the Patriot. That was Jeep's answer to the Neon. Take an awful idea and then execute it poorly and you end up with the Jeep Compass.

good thing I never saw one of these, because I'd love to own a car that looks like a Goomba

http://media.caranddriver.com/images...-s-450x274.jpg

Are you sure about that? Didn't they already make the Neon? (As in Dodge/Chrysler.) I'm just genuinely curious if that's the case; you may be right.

I don't mean literally speaking.

The Neon was an attempt by Chrysler to get into the compact car market and compete with actual decent vehicles like the Civic. They did it with cut-rate parts and poor engineering.

Chrysler (via Jeep) was attempting to get into the small crossover segment with the Compass and took the same route - cut-rate parts and a shitty design to yield an absolutely awful vehicle.

The new compass might not be a piece of shit; early returns are promising. But that first gen was just hot garbage. The back end would actually come off the ground under heavy braking, it was just that bad.

I just finished putting one tons under it and a set of beadlock wheels. Got a couple things left to complete the axle install. Mounting hydraulic assist steering and rear shock mounts. Mounting a winch. Removing the hard top and making a soft roof. Planning on being ready for a Memorial weekend wheeling trip.

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Now that is bad ass

Getting back to questions that are "as gay as Clay."


Is there still a recommendation on changing engine oil based on length of time passed. My wife's Civic goes 5-6k before the oil life reading dips below 30%, which is when we change it. This happens about twice per year as she drives about 12k miles. If I start driving her car and only put about 6k miles on it for the year (shorter commute), can I go a full year without changing the oil or should I still do it every 6 months?


Also, looking at purchasing a Mazda CX-9. The 2.5 L, 4 cylinder turbo has quite a bit more getup than I expected from a full size SUV. Much more so than the V6 offered on prior year models and obviously the V6's have worse gas mileage as well. I figured there would be quite a turbo lag but it sure doesn't feel like it to me. I read that Mazda does the following to combat turbo lag.

Sounds like something that's gonna break. But I haven't done much reading on it.

ROFL

I knew you'd say that. Looks like the 7 year warranty covers most things like that. Mazda reliability has been pretty good recently. Never know though.

Sauto, you missed my first question. Thank you sir.

Is there still a recommendation on changing engine oil based on length of time passed. My wife's Civic goes 5-6k before the oil life reading dips below 30%, which is when we change it. This happens about twice per year as she drives about 12k miles. If I start driving her car and only put about 6k miles on it for the year (shorter commute), can I go a full year without changing the oil or should I still do it every 6 months?

Personally I would do it every six months, I would worry about some condensation build up if nothing else.

Even in AZ and with me still driving it 5x per week, not it sitting? What if I use full synthetic?

And sorry I missed it the first time lew.

And on the Mazda I would be worried about the extra pressure on the exhaust causing burnt valves, burnt butterfly valves, burnt pistons. Time will tell though. That's one I wouldn't wanna get in on the ground floor with, let them iron out the kinks on someone else's dime.

The motor heating and cooling will naturally cause condensation, many oil caps are covered with it on engines that are changed more often than that.

Only caveat is that it's a certified used and offers a 7 year/100k mile power train warranty. Not sure what exactly the "powertrain" covers? I'm always leery of warranties and never had any on the cars I've owned.

This is what it says. "7-Year/100,000-Mile Limited Powertrain Warranty†
Flywheel to freeze plug, thermostat to turbocharger, cylinder block to constant velocity joints, our 7-Year/100,000-Mile Limited Powertrain Warranty has you covered.

Zero Deductible on Covered Repairs
In the rare event that a covered part needs to be repaired or replaced, your total out-of-pocket cost
will be zero at Mazda Dealers throughout the United States."

that's it's only saving grace, but make sure if it breaks they are giving you a car to drive.

I would also like to see what that cross means

I'll be sure to ask that question. To me, this powertrain warranty sounds like it covers the main components of the engine and what you would be concerned about right? I've heard Mazda has one of the best warranties in the business, which is why we are buying used as opposed to new, as the warranty of a used car is actually better.

†Coverage begins from the original retail sales date
and covers 7 years/100,000 miles, whichever comes first.

Looks like you should be good, make sure they give you a loaner though.

Sounds good.

Wife is pretty set on this car as long as everything checks out tomorrow when we drive and see it.

Thanks for your help.

Only other thought is potential loss of resale money if they end up being shit.



:D

I would also ask to look at all the records, warranty issues included, on the vehicle since its service date.

ROFL

Yes thanks. Good thing there's a sucker born every minute that I could sell a lemon to! :D

But I hope it's not. Both our cars are 10+ years old right now. We buy and drive. We plan to keep this for a solid 10 years barring it being total shit.

Found this.

https://www.carfax.com/VehicleHistor...575&source=BUP

I didn't understand what happened on the 30, 30 then the 31st.


Someone bought it and backed out? It was sold to the dealership?

That confused me too. I was hoping you'd know. I think the dealer bought it, personally. These seems to be hard to find used.

Goddamn I hate cars sometimes.

Just finished installing new radiator and wiring the new fans with a 60amp mega fuse and 2 30 amp relays.

Went to test it and fans dont come on, start checking and double checking shit and making sure its wired right and nothing. You can hear the relays click on but fans dont move.

I break out the meter and guess what, the damn fans are getting power and NEITHER of them work. What the hell are the odds of that?

I didn't test fire the fans prior to installing assuming there couldn't be an issue. Damn I am irritated right now. I hope the company I bought the set up from will exchange them.

Surely you double checked the ground?

Oh yea, I even ran some direct wires and got jack shit. Very very odd.

When you hook up just a power do you get 12v on the ground or is it just dead still?

Not questioning or doubting you Marcellus just thinking of things that's happened to me before lol

Yea, some sort of paperwork screw up

There's still a turbo lag, depending on the situation. I have a 2016 CX-5.

Finally had the weather break long enough to start throwing some parts on this thing. Next up is a catless downpipe, coilovers, new endlinks, and polyurethane motor mounts.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...54f5268a49.jpg

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I had pretty nasty subie 6 years ago or so, I may have even posted about it in this thread.

Really liked that car, wish I still had it plus the TA.