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You know, there's quite a few Z's on there that could qualify for an SB100, which is even better IMO. Obviously the GTO replica cars, but in theory any "highly modified" looking vehicle can be re-registered as a "custom made vehicle" with a new VIN and plate registered as a SB100 vehicle. The terms the DMV uses are subjective, as such DMV states that any vehicle that isn't a "replica" of any car and is just "custom" gets registered as 65'. The beauty is that you can have any engine in there when you go to the ref. He'll make your engine code and voila (as long as it was a USDM motor, there's still no way from them to make a label legally for a RB or other JDM motors). Just thought I'd share.

I personally wouldn't leave my 60k+ GTR there either, but that's just me. The point is that he DOES need to be suing for a lot more than that because if he only sues for 11k he'll only end up with a portion of that in the end of it all. And 600km is plenty of time to ruin just about anything. There's a reason people who race change all their fluids ever race, change pads all the time, change clutches once a month ect. And those are the people who are going as NICE as they can on the vehicle while driving it at the limit.

So why does it have to be 2000 or newer? There's a lot of older cars that are still good cars. The 90's BMW 3 and 5 series were still great cars when BWM replaced them with better cars for no reason (sales were still good, they just decided it was time). A good supra could be a stretch on that budget actually. You'd either have to settle for a NA or get one of the cheeper more questionable turbo models. And FC RX7 is much closer to that price range, though I'm still always weary about rotary longevity because no matter how many miles some people have put on them, the guys that are enthusiast rebuild them often because they're smart... You could grab a 93 mustang cobra, drive it for 5 years and sell it for more money than you paid for it (though you gotta find one that's mint, and then keep it mint). NSXs start around 20k so they're just a pinch out of range, but something to consider. You could almost build a FFR cobra replica for that price, but that's time and time=money. If I wanted a good all around vehicle at that price range though, for me it'd be a WRX. Cheep-ish, reliable-ish, good power. Very versatile car all around. STI For Sale There's a lot of options for that price range man, you just gotta decide what's most important.

So has anyone tried to run a stack off of a car before???

Ok so seriously.... Am I the only one that brings guitar gear to car shows? If I ever make it out the SEZ i'm bringing gear, and expect to jam. If there's ever a CA meet like SEZ, again, I'm bringin' gear. So who's gonna jam with me?

I played flute for 5 years. And yes it's true... the chicks in band are hot. I've wanted to start playing again to mix it in with some metal tracks i'm laying down. I've forgotten half of the fingering though. Shouldn't be too hard to pick back up.

oh yea... wanna talk NOISE?! Imagine all three amps pictured above of mine, all running together split with two delays (running 10-50ms delays with only 1 repeat). I hate my marshall... it's a pos. Bad tone, it's tone is everywhere all the time, and it just started humming the other day (like had to turn it off hum). I've changed the tube out in it and that still isn't the issue. Marshall needed to stick with what they knew... though their newer hybrid stuff isn't half bad. So yea Marshall = 130 solid state watts Silvertone = 40 tube watts Line 6 = 60 solid state watts. Imagine them all cranked to 11... I did it once... with all three in a huge church and my cables leading to the side door where I was sitting on a chair...

hey that's what I was gonna post... Though that car less VW that some of you guy's Zs...

Man.... I've got a problem too... Yea... I've only been playing 4 years, and that's only about 80-90% of all my gear. I'm actually working on cleaning my room so I can start these guitar instructional videos I'm making.

Yea, I love that episode of top gear. The whole thing is really good actually. Though that evo on top gear is the model that comes with 400HP in the UK... Still amazing that a sedan can outhandle a lambo. And they're both AWD. It really shows how far the evo and sti have come from their earlier years. They really are the everyday supercar. (in other words, good luck fitting more than you're honey in an exotic, the evo will do that + 2 kids + groceries)

Congrats. Good luck with the whole sleep deprivation thing. ...and what mythbusters episode was that?...

Is THAT was he wasn't online racing last night..... Figures eh? He actually has a good excuse... What will it be next time? Sheesh.

Well I just talked to my friend and he said they're going to be either upgrading their ventrilo service soon or get a new server (they've been through like 3 servers lately because of sponsorships and such). PM Me if you want vent info, and once I get the OK for use of it I'll send out the info to everyone (you'll be on that list automatically tannji since I now know you have vent)

American Rice, yup. I see it a lot around here. Though I get really picky sometimes. Like there's a local 6 cylinder mustang 100% saleern-ified and I call that rice... Because for that cash he could have gotten a cobra motor. Instead he did 100% pointless modification. It seems "ricers" don't understand the concept of "form following function" and these keep can be found everywhere in car circles nowdays.

I think that is easily the longest post I've ever actually read... Can you get bonus post points for that? Yea, serious illness sucks majorly. Get well soon man, though the story has brought a little bit of laughter into my day.

1am, i just got home. I'm gonna assume I missed ya man. We need to all get on aim. Who here has a mic they can use? I need to figure out how many people I'll be inviting onto my friend's ventrilo server.

double post: extremely sorry. First time EVER I swear! Mods: Delete if you wish.

Wait a second... what if braap is right, and a lot of modern car styling is taken from old cartoon cues. What does this mean for the future? Most kids nowdays watch anime... I'm pictureing a Z with a huge 8 foot tall golden wig... EWWW

I've used 3ds max 8, and i've put a good 200+ hours into it, so I'm not a complete idiot. But when it comes to really modeling stuff I still suck. I should take some junior college classes on it or something. Maybe I'll buy some online classes from sites I trust.

I'll find out for you. #1 I'm almost positive it comes with the server standalone. (checking now) It comes with a dedicated server mode, but you'll have to install the full game to get it. #2 Not sure yet. Can't find anything #3 I think max is 20, but it's server configurable.

I would love you dan.... Wait... I already do... ...well I'll love you MORE...

I run a 256mb GPU, AMD64 4000+, and 1GB of ram and it runs pretty solid, though I experience sparatic frame loss due to background programs. So more ram would help me there. Other than that I run the game with settings pretty high and it's solid.

Yea, i've seen it many times, posted here of course. It's not all that smart of a swap, but he gets 10 points for the unique catagory. I also had to make a comment on youtube to the idiot unbelievers. I bet those same people would say you can't but a BBC in a 240z...

HOLY CRAP!!! Well, for that price it'd better be holy, or at least prayed over by a priest or something. So why aren't any of those coffee farmers smart enough to trap this animals, made them eat the beans, then make their millions being the only company exporting thousands of kilos of this stuff?

$6k doesn't sounds too bad to me. I'm not sure I'd personally want ALL the GT-R replica parts, though that's not a bad place to start. So australia it is. Gotta be a 2 door though...