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Tar wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2024 5:37 pm I bought another Corvette!








JK I'm cash broke as fuck and gas taxes keep skyrocketing causing inflationary issues and artificially high interest rates. *le-sigh*

max225 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2024 5:44 pm
back! Also there is a new 2025 camry... $40k and it's all yours

Tar wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2024 5:37 pm I bought another Corvette!








JK I'm cash broke as fuck and gas taxes keep skyrocketing causing inflationary issues and artificially high interest rates. *le-sigh*

Tar wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2024 7:34 pm

max225 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2024 5:44 pm
back! Also there is a new 2025 camry... $40k and it's all yours

Hey bro, yeah thanks for the warm reception! I just come and go occasionally when time allows.. It's nice to see how you guys are living. A lot of you are right where I was at six or seven years ago in respect to kids and stuff.

I think my cammie was 25k new when I do the exchange rate thing, and it's right in the middle of the options spectrum. 40k was the going price for a loaded ES hybrid IIRC. That's a big jump in just three years.

I like the new tail lights, but the front looks too smooth/flat for the curves on the side and rear quarter panels. Kind of looks like a quick reskin. I am jealous of the much needed interior update. Otherwise, it's the same shit built in the same shitty Kentucky plant. I like mine a lot, but it's a garbage build, and the interior quality sucks pretty badly. Durable as fuck though, and it runs and operates exactly as it did the day I drove it off the line.

Tar wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2024 9:14 pm The prius front should have been accompanied with sleek new side apertures... The old ones make it look like a half cycle refresh. I really like the interior updates though!

If I could afford a sportscar I'd strongly consider a lowball offer on a new Nissan Z. They price out new as low as 65k CAD local to me, so that's under 50k OTD. Some funky blue, grey and yellow paint colors to choose from, and I'd hope it would bring back nostalgic memories of my 240sx (but on steroids obv).

IRL nothing exciting to report

D Griff wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2024 10:04 pm

Tar wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2024 9:14 pm The prius front should have been accompanied with sleek new side apertures... The old ones make it look like a half cycle refresh. I really like the interior updates though!

If I could afford a sportscar I'd strongly consider a lowball offer on a new Nissan Z. They price out new as low as 65k CAD local to me, so that's under 50k OTD. Some funky blue, grey and yellow paint colors to choose from, and I'd hope it would bring back nostalgic memories of my 240sx (but on steroids obv).

IRL nothing exciting to report

I’d love to try out the Z but I think the 86 speaks to me and my price range a bit more.

Tar wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2024 11:14 pm

D Griff wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2024 10:04 pm

I’d love to try out the Z but I think the 86 speaks to me and my price range a bit more.

Right, price!! Yeah neither speak to me RN but I like that the Z is rare (to me), and kind of has some giddy-up and go. 400HP was a lot in a manual RWD C6, and would probably bring me similar joys while still offering that JDM flair. I love your 86, the whorange makes it special, and I'd look back after parking it. It's a 5/7 product and I'm glad that it exists.

D Griff wrote: ↑Thu Apr 25, 2024 9:52 am

Tar wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2024 11:14 pm

Right, price!! Yeah neither speak to me RN but I like that the Z is rare (to me), and kind of has some giddy-up and go. 400HP was a lot in a manual RWD C6, and would probably bring me similar joys while still offering that JDM flair. I love your 86, the whorange makes it special, and I'd look back after parking it. It's a 5/7 product and I'm glad that it exists.

The Z is def more thrilling from an engine perspective. I hate to use the 't' word with Max nearby, but I imagine those things can be very fast with

Tar wrote: ↑Thu Apr 25, 2024 11:04 am 400hp at two wheels was scary enough IMO, I'd rather keep a car like that stock and clean if bought new. Going too fast could promote hefty fines that include criminal repercussions. This is why sports cars are kind of a distant, but fond memory to me.

Tar wrote: ↑Thu Apr 25, 2024 11:04 am 400hp at two wheels was scary enough IMO, I'd rather keep a car like that stock and clean if bought new. Going too fast could promote hefty fines that include criminal repercussions. This is why sports cars are kind of a distant, but fond memory to me.

D Griff wrote: ↑Thu Apr 25, 2024 3:33 pm

Tar wrote: ↑Thu Apr 25, 2024 11:04 am 400hp at two wheels was scary enough IMO, I'd rather keep a car like that stock and clean if bought new. Going too fast could promote hefty fines that include criminal repercussions. This is why sports cars are kind of a distant, but fond memory to me.

And why I enjoy just having one that's simple and relatively slow.

Melon2.0 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 25, 2024 3:43 pm

D Griff wrote: ↑Thu Apr 25, 2024 3:33 pm

And why I enjoy just having one that's simple and relatively slow.

The power is fine, but the real magic of the GR86 is the lightweight and it's great chassis. It's a laser focused driving experience.

D Griff wrote: ↑Thu Apr 25, 2024 3:45 pm

Melon2.0 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 25, 2024 3:43 pm

The power is fine, but the real magic of the GR86 is the lightweight and it's great chassis. It's a laser focused driving experience.

In my old age the feel of the inputs is what I care about most

Tar wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2024 5:37 pm I bought another Corvette!








JK I'm cash broke as fuck and gas taxes keep skyrocketing causing inflationary issues and artificially high interest rates. *le-sigh*

MrH42 wrote: ↑Wed May 01, 2024 10:07 am I will say, the ND does kind of stomp the BRZ86 in that way. Everyone acts like they're basically the same, but the gap between the miata and BRZ is about the same as the gap between the BRZ and the rest of it's competitors.

I'm praying the NE stays the same weight as the ND, has 1-2" more inches of headroom, and is quieter. Not likely, but a man can dream.

MrH42 wrote: ↑Wed May 01, 2024 10:07 am I will say, the ND does kind of stomp the BRZ86 in that way. Everyone acts like they're basically the same, but the gap between the miata and BRZ is about the same as the gap between the BRZ and the rest of it's competitors.

I'm praying the NE stays the same weight as the ND, has 1-2" more inches of headroom, and is quieter. Not likely, but a man can dream.

golftdibrad1 wrote: ↑Wed May 01, 2024 10:16 am

Tar wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2024 5:37 pm I bought another Corvette!








JK I'm cash broke as fuck and gas taxes keep skyrocketing causing inflationary issues and artificially high interest rates. *le-sigh*

Well good to see you are still making it in canada land bro

D Griff wrote: ↑Wed May 01, 2024 4:01 pm

MrH42 wrote: ↑Wed May 01, 2024 10:07 am I will say, the ND does kind of stomp the BRZ86 in that way. Everyone acts like they're basically the same, but the gap between the miata and BRZ is about the same as the gap between the BRZ and the rest of it's competitors.

I'm praying the NE stays the same weight as the ND, has 1-2" more inches of headroom, and is quieter. Not likely, but a man can dream.

I like the 86 more. I would love to try them back to back, but I’ve driven a manual ND, rented an auto ND and manual Fiata and put a couple hundred miles on each. Maybe I just don’t fit well enough in a Miata to be in love, but they’re just so rolly from the factory.

max225 wrote: ↑Thu May 02, 2024 10:48 am

D Griff wrote: ↑Wed May 01, 2024 4:01 pm

I like the 86 more. I would love to try them back to back, but I’ve driven a manual ND, rented an auto ND and manual Fiata and put a couple hundred miles on each. Maybe I just don’t fit well enough in a Miata to be in love, but they’re just so rolly from the factory.

Saying one is a gt3 rs and the other is just a car is lunacy.

MrH42 wrote: ↑Thu May 02, 2024 4:15 pm

max225 wrote: ↑Thu May 02, 2024 10:48 am

Saying one is a gt3 rs and the other is just a car is lunacy.

...what

D Griff wrote: ↑Thu May 02, 2024 6:38 pm

MrH42 wrote: ↑Thu May 02, 2024 4:15 pm


...what

both are slow. Both are very fun.