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Funny things RICErs say (radically immature car enthusiasts)
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R5
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Showed him this whole thing.
Response?
"Well my car has more displacement than an F1 car so I'm sure it'll handle the same power. If not more (regarding ITCC-Andrew's post) and that thing is pathetic (regarding Azure's post)
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- Vilnius
Wow. Hopefully he signs up here, we haven't had an enimenbeasetfan for awhile now.
R5
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He considered it but I doubt he will. For obvious reasons...
- 505
- United States
Your friend truly is a ricer!
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- Lincoln
- Victory_Reign93
- Linthium Reign
It probably could make that power......
For about two seconds.
The only way he could theoretically do it is to get hold of an ex-LeMan Peugeot V12 TDi and then somehow stick it in his 206 without creating an automotive equivalent of playing Russian Roulette with a Desert Eagle.
ITCC_Andrew
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What if the 908 is his Peugeot diesel?
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- Carthage, TN
- race_emhard
Well, my car also has more displacement than an F1 car (2.0L), while I have no idea about the straight-line performance of his car, when the road gets twisty, I am more than capable of leaving him behind.
R5
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I'd be begging for a go!What if the 908 is his Peugeot diesel?
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ITCC_Andrew
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Roll bars - you need them. I've seen Spectras in hard cornering...
I could take you in a twisty road.
- 33,155
- Hammerhead Garage
My neighbour with the loud engine is having car trouble. His engine won't turn over unless he turns the key and holds it for a full minute. He immediately starts to rev it as hard as he can, oblivious to the engine note that is far too deep and out of sync with the rest of the engine to be healthy. It then cuts out without warning, prompting him to start all over again. He's got so much kit attached to it that you have to filter some of it out, but it sounds like it's dropped a cylinder.
Naturally, his response to this is to ignore the problem, flog it as hard as he can, and hope that it will fix itself by magic.
EDIT: Well, whatever his problem is, it's terminal now. There was a god-almighty bang just now, followed by a string of expletives in a language other than English. I can smell an oily, acrid burning odour as well.
Naturally, his response to this is to ignore the problem, flog it as hard as he can, and hope that it will fix itself by magic.
EDIT: Well, whatever his problem is, it's terminal now. There was a god-almighty bang just now, followed by a string of expletives in a language other than English. I can smell an oily, acrid burning odour as well.
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- Ottawa
- Automotive_Buff
Karma's a bitch....
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- Hammerhead Garage
I wouldn't say it's karma. Moreso someone who has spent thousands of dollars on his pride and joy, but doesn't actually understand how all the bits and pieces fit together. Why else would his solution to an engine that was obviously under duress be to try and push through it all?
ITCC_Andrew
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*Archer voice* Do you not?
If the car is sitting in the middle of a racetrack with a clogged intake piping, and you need to get it off of the track, I could see it...
That said, I wonder if the guy put an eBay tune on it and said "I want all the torquezz!!1!1!!!!" And retarded the timing 90°....
If the car is sitting in the middle of a racetrack with a clogged intake piping, and you need to get it off of the track, I could see it...
That said, I wonder if the guy put an eBay tune on it and said "I want all the torquezz!!1!1!!!!" And retarded the timing 90°....
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- Hammerhead Garage
No, I'd say it was more a case of wanting to be seen and heard. I live in western Sydney, which is like a cross between Abu Dhabi and a FAST AND FURIOUS movie: every other car is as loud and as flashy as possible, because everyone knows that more noise equals a faster car. They care more about decibels than newtonmetres. It's more about being seen and being heard than any tangible measure of performance.
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- Vilnius
And what could be more fabulous than conrods, pistons and valvetrain remains flying out of your car in every direction. That's like fireworks. Only a bit more expensive. But surely you'll be seen and heard.
- 8,843
- Ottawa
- Automotive_Buff
That's sounds like the Shakotan riders...
- 34,949
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- slashfan7964
By that logic, my 3.3L should make it look like a race between a Veyron and a Power wheels.
ITCC_Andrew
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People are guilty of that here, too. I wanted to hear UEL (uneven length header sounds) so I got a catback to accentuate the uneven length headers every 2005 Subaru comes with.
...many people have already made comments from "sounds powerful" to "🤬 polluter!"
Note: the catalytic converter is in place and functioning. But, um, people still associate that my tastes in mildly accentuated exhaust sounds means "woohoo, race car!"
No, no, the race car comes later.
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- Hammerhead Garage
A friend of mine was having car troubles once, so she called me up and asked for help. We diagnosed it as a flat battery quickly enough, so she called another friend who styles himself as being in the Jack Brabham tradition: a mechanic who build his own race cars. He agreed to bring a spare battery over, and pulled up in an Evo VII in full race trim - clearly trying to impress her; that's not a daily drive - and then spent forty-five minutes trying to get the bracket mounting the battery free.
I doubt that was his precise problem, but I'm curious to know what it actually was. Deep off-beat thumping, an explosion (of sorts) and the smell of burning oil. Add to that oil with what looks like metal shavings in it in a puddle on the sidewalk, and something that smells like petrol mixed with radiator fluid.
I come from a family of amateur rally drivers, and my neighbour's engine troubles sound like what we used to call "alternator problems". Which was a polite way of saying that the conrod had punched through the side of the engine pierced the alternator.
I doubt that was his precise problem, but I'm curious to know what it actually was. Deep off-beat thumping, an explosion (of sorts) and the smell of burning oil. Add to that oil with what looks like metal shavings in it in a puddle on the sidewalk, and something that smells like petrol mixed with radiator fluid.
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I don't know but it does sound like it threw a rod and the wiseman decided to rev the living snot out of it until it grenaded completely. The best we can hope though is that he won't get another car anytime soon
- 5,065
- Fort Worth
- That_sneaky_azN
Apparently, according to my friend, if you have a car that isn't a 2 door car with more than 4 cylinders in the school parking lot, you're a "b***h driver".
Mind you, this is the same guy that drives an RX-8 and claimed it had a 4cyl.
He told me this when he saw my new car (2015 Mazda6), and said that my car "looked like a b***h". My response?
"You look like a b***h."
Friend proceeds to give me the finger and leaves
Mind you, this is the same guy that drives an RX-8 and claimed it had a 4cyl.
He told me this when he saw my new car (2015 Mazda6), and said that my car "looked like a b***h". My response?
"You look like a b***h."
Friend proceeds to give me the finger and leaves
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Haha, yeah, yeah
Oh, hang on, I don't get it.
Here's my confession; on occasions I can be reasonably intelligent, I've got a decent CV to show that my brain can actually do some complicated things... I know I've done some complicated things... so why when people talk about the actual-insides-of-cars does my brain glaze over? I just cannot comprehend or understand it? Everyone I know who can take bits off their cars and put them back on tells me it's incredibly easy. Even the stoppy-bits. I wouldn't touch the stoppy-bits, incidentally.
Does anyone else know anyone with this peculiar problem? Please say I'm not alone in finding the actual assemblance of a conveyance to be a conundrum?
ITCC_Andrew
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It's called "lack of confidence"...
You won't touch the brakes because you're timid.
You won't touch the brakes because you're timid.
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- Indian Falls, NY
- slashfan7964
That's the consensus around here.
You either drive a muscle car or a big truck and if you don't, your a p:censored:.
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Your friend really doesn't sound like much of a friend. He also sounds like the kind of guy that has a loud exhaust and other ridiculous modifications on his '4 cylinder' RX-8.
- 5,065
- Fort Worth
- That_sneaky_azN
Yup. That sounds like him.
