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Old 11-06-2018, 03:55 PM
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Originally Posted by rockstar143

Fuck it!
Shiet...I did springs on the Vulva this weekend and I was a little peeved at myself for not buying shocks/struts as the oem didn't rebound super fast. Now I'm thinking that's how they are designed because the ride is superb.
You're getting old.

I had Koni's on my E46, they were good. Also adjustable but I set them at middle once and never touched them again.
Old 11-06-2018, 03:55 PM
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If you find out the brand, let us know.
Maybe we will use it from now on... cuz the shit i got from Autozone made the car feel like it has no rebound.
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I am getting old
Old 11-07-2018, 08:36 AM
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hey man, if it works it works! money saved is money earned.
Old 11-08-2018, 03:44 PM
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I am getting old
You've been old for quite some time

BUT you've aged gracefully
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Old 11-30-2018, 10:26 PM
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Just adding a few pictures of my truck from high school and my first year of college. 1976 Datsun pickup truck.










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Old 12-01-2018, 05:43 AM
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Wow! That was a clean pickup
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Old 12-01-2018, 09:00 AM
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Damn T, you used to be cool!
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Old 12-01-2018, 10:58 AM
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I "thank" all of aman's posts due to avatar.
Okay well..I'm pretty sure I'm right but that was also known as the Chevy LUV, right?
I watched a Donut media documentary on the birth of the S10 and then immediately saw a minitruck in the movie "the great Outdoors" last night with LUV on the windshield...
and now you post this.
Very cool, T money dollars. Very cool.
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Old 12-01-2018, 12:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Aman
Damn T, you used to be cool!
I got old.

Originally Posted by rockstar143
I "thank" all of aman's posts due to avatar.
Okay well..I'm pretty sure I'm right but that was also known as the Chevy LUV, right?
I watched a Donut media documentary on the birth of the S10 and then immediately saw a minitruck in the movie "the great Outdoors" last night with LUV on the windshield...
and now you post this.
Very cool, T money dollars. Very cool.
Actually, the LUV was an Isuzu. The Ford was a Mazda. The Datsun became a Nissan. There's your 70's era minitruck history lesson for the day.

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Old 12-01-2018, 01:41 PM
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Originally Posted by ttribe
I got old.



Actually, the LUV was an Isuzu. The Ford was a Mazda. The Datsun became a Nissan. There's your 70's era minitruck history lesson for the day.

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Old 12-01-2018, 07:11 PM
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Got it.
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@ Datsun...
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Old 12-03-2018, 06:53 AM
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Sick! I wonder where that thing is now.
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Old 12-03-2018, 11:39 AM
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Originally Posted by CLtotheTL32
Sick! I wonder where that thing is now.
Oh, I suspect it has long since ended up in a junkyard somewhere. It wasn't exactly reliable when I owned it and I'm guessing it was purchased for another teenager who was less careful than I was.

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Old 12-03-2018, 11:41 AM
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Originally Posted by ttribe
Oh, I suspect it has long since ended up in a junkyard somewhere. It wasn't exactly reliable when I owned and I'm guessing it was purchased for another teenager who was less careful than I was.
TBH, I never knew you'd be a pick-up type of guy. How long did you own it for?
Old 12-03-2018, 11:44 AM
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Originally Posted by Yumcha
TBH, I never knew you'd be a pick-up type of guy. How long did you own it for?
Bought it right after my 16th birthday and sold it to some corner used car dealer when I was 19 1/2 (the day before I left for my 2-yr mission for the LDS Church).
Old 12-03-2018, 11:49 AM
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Originally Posted by ttribe
Bought it right after my 16th birthday and sold it to some corner used car dealer when I was 19 1/2 (the day before I left for my 2-yr mission for the LDS Church).
Ah cool.





Oh. So, were you the inspiration for "Book of Mormon"...?

Old 12-03-2018, 11:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Yumcha
Ah cool.





Oh. So, were you the inspiration for "Book of Mormon"...?
Something like that...except I went to Tennessee and Kentucky, not Africa.
Old 12-03-2018, 11:59 AM
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Nice.. what else did you have after that?
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Originally Posted by oonowindoo
Nice.. what else did you have after that?
Well, in Book of Mormon, he then "baptised" her.
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Originally Posted by oonowindoo
Nice.. what else did you have after that?
'91 Acura Integra LS-Special Edition
'00 Honda Accord Special Edition
'06 Acura TL

Everything else has been in this thread.

I've owned other cars for family members, but those are the ones that I really considered "mine."

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Old 12-03-2018, 12:12 PM
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Originally Posted by ttribe
'91 Acura Integra LS-Special Edition
'00 Honda Accord Special Edition
'06 Acura TL

Everything else has been in this thread.

I've owned other cars for family members, but those are those are the ones that I really considered "mine."
@ Integra...
Old 12-03-2018, 12:13 PM
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...my wife had the same when we were dating and yeah, I drove it like I stole it often.
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damn 91 Integra... saw one driving over the weekend and wondered how it can still be on the road.
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Have you seen what ITR sell for these days?
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That 3rd picture has car calendar written all over it
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Old 12-03-2018, 05:55 PM
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Get off my lawn.
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Old 12-03-2018, 06:20 PM
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Originally Posted by ttribe
'91 Acura Integra LS-Special Edition
'00 Honda Accord Special Edition
'06 Acura TL

Everything else has been in this thread.

I've owned other cars for family members, but those are the ones that I really considered "mine."

i am surprised you did not get to experience the infamous 5AT from 01-03CL/TL/Accord V6
Old 12-03-2018, 06:47 PM
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i am surprised you did not get to experience the infamous 5AT from 01-03CL/TL/Accord V6
Dodged that bullet!
Old 12-21-2018, 09:27 PM
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Six months ago, I and one of my colleagues left the larger accounting firm to strike out on our own and form a new boutique forensic accounting firm. Things have gone REALLY well and that's a cause to celebrate, especially around the holidays. Since we are a two-person forensic accounting firm now, and since we are both car enthusiasts, what better "company party" could my colleague, Jenny M. (below) and I do than to rent a supercar to play with for a day?! 2018 Audi R8 Spyder, V10:











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Old 12-22-2018, 10:05 AM
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That's awesome!! How's it drive?

Congrats on a successful 6 months too!

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Congrats! I know nothing about starting a business but have heard the first couple of years is always the toughest. So starting off successful is absolutely cause for celebration! That car looks like a blast.
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Old 12-24-2018, 01:52 PM
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Instead of putting in 80 hour a week for someone else, you are on the both the giving and receiving end of the 80 hours!! Good decision and best of luck!

Now, who is she?
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Old 12-24-2018, 02:58 PM
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Originally Posted by oonowindoo
Instead of putting in 80 hour a week for someone else, you are on the both the giving and receiving end of the 80 hours!! Good decision and best of luck!

Now, who is she?
It is very nice to know that when I bill out my time, the full amount of my hourly rate is going into an account under our control, not the big firm.

As to who she is...down boy. She's got a boyfriend.
Old 12-24-2018, 03:02 PM
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Also...is here where I point out that I got an Audi before Yummy?
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Also...is here where I point out that I got an Audi before Yummy?
Youuuuuuu just had to go there, didn't you?
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Youuuuuuu just had to go there, didn't you?
Merry Christmas, Yumster!!
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Merry Christmas, Yumster!!
Merry Christmas to you and your family, T. Must've been a blast with the R8...glad you got to experience that and well-deserved.

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