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Old 08-07-10, 08:21 PM
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lol...these cars are NOT tall....

I was struck by the height difference today between my Ford FX4 and the FD....
The FD doesn't even come to the top of the doors of the F150!



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I'm really diggin' that Dominick Torretto poster.

Oh, and *someone* needs some '99 spec tails
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Originally Posted by GoodfellaFD3S
I'm really diggin' that Dominick Torretto poster.

Oh, and *someone* needs some '99 spec tails
lol....come on now....everyone dug the first TF&TF when it came out!

As for the '99 spec lights....I prefer to keep as much original as possible.
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is your car lowered though?
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I haven't run into many cars I've been able to look down on...other than the occasional Elise.

Nice winter ride Greg. But I can't help but be a little suspicious of anyone with a garage that clean.
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My mazda 3 looks like an SUV sitting next to my FD in the garage.
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Really funny you post this... I sat my car back on the ground yesterday after being on jack stands for 6 months and the first thing I thought was "huh, I don't remember the car being that short". Then it looked even shorter when I backed it out of the garage and it was next to my Z.
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I've always liked this one.
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Originally Posted by doofy
My mazda 3 looks like an SUV sitting next to my FD in the garage.
Same here my 3 looks huge compared side to side
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These cars are tiny in general, but you don't really realize that until you see one on the road, it feels pretty roomy. The S2000 is quite a bit more cramped.

Nice looking FD, baja
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Originally Posted by Troux
I've always liked this one.
Are you passing up the Stig on the INSIDE?! or is it the other way around??

I have a friend w/ a G35 that has that thing sitting on the ground bc he's trying to get as low as me (tokico illumina + eibach's) he doesn't get it.
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Every once in a while ill park next to my friend with a MK5 GTI and it reminds me how small these cars truely are.

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I agree all.

I remember back in the day when I had only saw pictures of FD's and never one in person. Growing up in WV, they just weren't around at all. One day I finally got to get up close to one and I was amazed how much smaller they were in person.

My FD's roof sits below my chest, and it's not even lowered much....lol
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I have a mini I used to park next to. The mini looked HUGE. The pics don't do it justice.

lol...these cars are NOT tall....-jpe0j.jpg

lol...these cars are NOT tall....-fwqry.jpg
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Yep, these are small cars!

I'm a tall guy, but my bellybutton is above the roof on the car!
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I don't know what you guys are talking about, this car is a perfectly large vehicle. I can barely see over the dash.

I do have to say the only car that has made my FD look large and dated was a Lotus Elise.
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here's my version! triumph is plenty roomy for 2 people

the FD relevant part is i had an Rx3 next to a 1st gen, next to an FC in the driveway, guess which one is the smallest?

the FC, and i think the FD is an inch or two smaller than that. Rx3 is longer and taller than any of the rx7's....
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Originally Posted by oo7arkman
Really funny you post this... I sat my car back on the ground yesterday after being on jack stands for 6 months and the first thing I thought was "huh, I don't remember the car being that short". Then it looked even shorter when I backed it out of the garage and it was next to my Z.
Oh man, I know this feeling! I had mine on jack stands for about 2 years waiting to save the funds for the new engine, and when I put it back down on the ground I too was like, "JEBUS H. CHRISTMAS....that is low!"
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my car also feels very small when i can sneak the roof under the mirror of my RX300 o well i like being low rather than high.
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Originally Posted by bajaman
Oh man, I know this feeling! I had mine on jack stands for about 2 years waiting to save the funds for the new engine, and when I put it back down on the ground I too was like, "JEBUS H. CHRISTMAS....that is low!"
haha, I'm with you guys on this. I just took mine down after 6 months on stands and that was the first thing that I remarked on, it's so easy to forget how short they are compared to most other cars around.
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