Cars We Drive!

[Thrift Vader]

Recommend yokohama or Toyo tires.
I run Advan on the subie. And a person I trust swears by Toyo.

For your wife's car. Performance in wet and road noise are more important than track day grip.

Those 2 companies make great products, equal to Michelin.

 

[Thrift Vader]

It is in the booth!

 

[jbarwick]

I think we are going to end up with Michelin PS3 A/S tires. She is not an aggressive driver and doesn't have a lead foot so like TV mentioned, any good tire will work.

 

[ridethecliche]

Did some soul searching over the last few days and decided to sell a bunch of the stuff I had for the miata.

I sold the race wheels I bought, which was a huge bummer, but I don't think they're useful to me at this stage. I also sold a header and differential I had. All in all, I think I did pretty well and got my asking price for just about everything.

I had to put a bunch of money into the subie recently for some routine things. By bunch, I mean it was like 550 to get a rear wheel bearing replaced as well as have the ignition system looked over because I was getting a ton of misfires and codes. Turns out I needed a coil pack and had the plugs and wires changed out then as well. Car is running far better now. Should be it for repair ish for the next year as these things go. I'd been putting off the wheel bearing for months, heh.

Regarding the miata...
I'm looking into things to make the stock engine stay happy and reliable even when the car is put through the paces a bit. Have an oil cooler coming in and I want to get an air oil separator. Lets see how it goes. I don't see myself having tons of time to tool around so I'll have to tackle things with surgical precision.

I also really want a duckbill spoiler... At some point I want to do the lip and diffuser as well. But the paint on my car is so ****** that doing appearance things kinda makes me lulz. I definitely need to reattach the undertray soon though. Hood vents will also happen at some point. Maybe I should start saving money up for a hard top... that kinda defeats the purpose of a convertible so I'm a bit torn on it.

 

[Thrift Vader]

as you improve in your studies, your car will be an outlet to demonstrate your state of mind.

i look forward to seeing the post studies miata.

 

[ridethecliche]

Haha, I won't be 'post studies' for another decade.

 

[jcman311]

Yeah given your mechanics skills I wouldn't want you performing medical practice on me quite yet.

 

[Thrift Vader]

This car respray has become a huge task. But here is a glimpse of how it is progressing:

3 more rounds in the paint booth to go...

 

[ridethecliche]

Yeah given your mechanics skills I wouldn't want you performing medical practice on me quite yet.

Don't worry, I'm a boss at retracting in the OR!

That's just a fancy way of saying that the surgeon looks at me and goes 'hey you, hold this' and I oblige so I don't get yelled at.

Side note: Race wheels, header, and open diff sold!

 

[Pitman]

Purchased a week ago: 2017 BMW 430i Gran Coupe

 

[Coldsnap]

"Show us your wheels!", ehh ok you asked for it

 

[Thrift Vader]

You just won this thread.

 

[Coldsnap]

You just won this thread.

Heh, glad someone else has an affinity towards beat up 240s! It's a great car to own, easiest car to wrench on.

 

[Thrift Vader]

one of the few cars i am itchin' to customize.

an icon.

 

[Coldsnap]

one of the few cars i am itchin' to customize.

an icon.

They are really easy to do whatever you want with them, lower or raise or whatever. I rebuilt the front and rear suspension last November, put heavier springs up front and in the back so it stands a bit taller than most 240s and added some aftermarket steering components. It handles turns and bumps surprisingly well for a 30 year old wagon.