My FD Kills Aston Martin DB9 & Vanquish
10-15-07, 12:52 PM
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All fare and well but... it took you 16 months to get the car there. What were the two Aston's doing over those 16 months? Being reliably driven each day.
Hilarious when FD owners celebrate small victories and don't add the cost and time lost in to the equation. I'll take a 400hp car that will start every day and all I have to do is change the oil over a bipolar hi-maintenance sportscar making 450 or 500 hp. Give me a 2006 M5 an I'll never need another car and in the long run it will have cost the same as many performance FD's spend in their cars lives.
Hilarious when FD owners celebrate small victories and don't add the cost and time lost in to the equation. I'll take a 400hp car that will start every day and all I have to do is change the oil over a bipolar hi-maintenance sportscar making 450 or 500 hp. Give me a 2006 M5 an I'll never need another car and in the long run it will have cost the same as many performance FD's spend in their cars lives.
10-15-07, 04:08 PM
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10-15-07, 05:31 PM
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I might have believed your story until I read this. In 5th gear, at 70 mph, you don't have **** for power. As far as I am concerned, you have ZERO credibility after writing this.
Oh, and why are you listing your speeds in mph? Since you are in the UK, your speedo reads KPH in large lettering. I think you are full of ****.
Oh, and why are you listing your speeds in mph? Since you are in the UK, your speedo reads KPH in large lettering. I think you are full of ****.
I was stationed there for a while.
And maybe the guy's got 4.88 gears or something...
This is why us americans as a whole are looked at as jerkoffs. I was embarrassed while I was there because of people like this... (the quote)
I did like Rotorstock in 2005 at Shakespeare Raceway... Wish I had my FD.
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10-16-07, 08:06 AM
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I'll follow you across the rotary forums 
10-16-07, 02:59 PM
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All fare and well but... it took you 16 months to get the car there. What were the two Aston's doing over those 16 months? Being reliably driven each day.
Hilarious when FD owners celebrate small victories and don't add the cost and time lost in to the equation. I'll take a 400hp car that will start every day and all I have to do is change the oil over a bipolar hi-maintenance sportscar making 450 or 500 hp. Give me a 2006 M5 an I'll never need another car and in the long run it will have cost the same as many performance FD's spend in their cars lives.
Hilarious when FD owners celebrate small victories and don't add the cost and time lost in to the equation. I'll take a 400hp car that will start every day and all I have to do is change the oil over a bipolar hi-maintenance sportscar making 450 or 500 hp. Give me a 2006 M5 an I'll never need another car and in the long run it will have cost the same as many performance FD's spend in their cars lives.
No "performance FD" is going to cost $100k+....not if properly maintained....not anywhere close to that money. Your vaunted M5 owner better hang on to his/her wallet when it comes time for that quattrovalve V-10 valve job.....that is going to be pricey - guaranteed.
10-16-07, 03:08 PM
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All fare and well but... it took you 16 months to get the car there. What were the two Aston's doing over those 16 months? Being reliably driven each day.
Hilarious when FD owners celebrate small victories and don't add the cost and time lost in to the equation. I'll take a 400hp car that will start every day and all I have to do is change the oil over a bipolar hi-maintenance sportscar making 450 or 500 hp. Give me a 2006 M5 an I'll never need another car and in the long run it will have cost the same as many performance FD's spend in their cars lives.
Hilarious when FD owners celebrate small victories and don't add the cost and time lost in to the equation. I'll take a 400hp car that will start every day and all I have to do is change the oil over a bipolar hi-maintenance sportscar making 450 or 500 hp. Give me a 2006 M5 an I'll never need another car and in the long run it will have cost the same as many performance FD's spend in their cars lives.
10-16-07, 03:35 PM
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hahahahaha....was on here long ago...since 2002! Keeping well, busy running recruits around. Good to see you boys, so to speak! Not toatally gone from mrc
10-16-07, 06:29 PM
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All fare and well but... it took you 16 months to get the car there. What were the two Aston's doing over those 16 months? Being reliably driven each day.
Hilarious when FD owners celebrate small victories and don't add the cost and time lost in to the equation. I'll take a 400hp car that will start every day and all I have to do is change the oil over a bipolar hi-maintenance sportscar making 450 or 500 hp. Give me a 2006 M5 an I'll never need another car and in the long run it will have cost the same as many performance FD's spend in their cars lives.
Hilarious when FD owners celebrate small victories and don't add the cost and time lost in to the equation. I'll take a 400hp car that will start every day and all I have to do is change the oil over a bipolar hi-maintenance sportscar making 450 or 500 hp. Give me a 2006 M5 an I'll never need another car and in the long run it will have cost the same as many performance FD's spend in their cars lives.
10-16-07, 06:31 PM
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I have ~ 475Hp FD & it's been running fine for 7 yrs now (hardly "bipolar" as you insinuate....it still has the stock twins in fact). Some people perform routine maintenance on their RX-7s, some don't. That will be the case with any car, modded or otherwise.
No "performance FD" is going to cost $100k+....not if properly maintained....not anywhere close to that money. Your vaunted M5 owner better hang on to his/her wallet when it comes time for that quattrovalve V-10 valve job.....that is going to be pricey - guaranteed.
No "performance FD" is going to cost $100k+....not if properly maintained....not anywhere close to that money. Your vaunted M5 owner better hang on to his/her wallet when it comes time for that quattrovalve V-10 valve job.....that is going to be pricey - guaranteed.
10-16-07, 07:46 PM
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Not sure why some many people think the only fast sevens are in the US, JP, and Australia. The FD and FC are all over the world and modded all over the world.
If you took all the FD`s in each country and came up with some sort of way to determine what the average FD for that country was like my guess is that the US would not be near the top, especially since the US was only given the 93-95 models.
I find it funny that you guys would call BS on this rixio for using MPH when that is what the UK uses for there roads. Oh well better luck with your next attempt to make yourself feel superior to a fellow rotor head.
Not sure why some many people think the only fast sevens are in the US, JP, and Australia. The FD and FC are all over the world and modded all over the world.
If you took all the FD`s in each country and came up with some sort of way to determine what the average FD for that country was like my guess is that the US would not be near the top, especially since the US was only given the 93-95 models.
I find it funny that you guys would call BS on this rixio for using MPH when that is what the UK uses for there roads. Oh well better luck with your next attempt to make yourself feel superior to a fellow rotor head.
10-16-07, 09:08 PM
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^How is it not? In the long run, a car is just a means of transportation, correct? Transportation gets you to and from work, thus earning you money. Not only that, but you invest alot of your time into an automobile if it happens to be your weekend toy. "Investment" doesn't have to mean that you collect on it in $$$ over time, it can also mean that its something that makes up a very important part of your life. And in my eyes, a new BMW M5 is an investment. A very pricey one that I wouldn't be able to pull off.
10-17-07, 02:39 PM
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HAHAHA seems we have more MRC members on this here forum than i thought...
Yes, yes, you guys want specs eyh...my Rz is running...
Fresh Extend Port Engine
BNR S3 Twins in SEQ running at 1.15bar (or 16.67937psi for you lesser brained fools)
1680cc 2ndries
Cosmo Upper & Lower Intake Manifolds
Greddy Elbow
TKT Intake Kit with Cold Air Feed
HKS FMIC
Feed Racing Rad
TKT AST
HKS Downpipe
RE-Amemiya Ti Resonator
Custom Titianium Exhaust
etc etc etc
BTW would it have made any difference if i said my car was a full bridge running a T51R SPL?? Or would you guys flame that aswell...hhmmmm hey ho i wonder about you guys sometimes...and then you wonder why people from other countries think that all yanks are thick...Now dont take that out of context...
Yes, yes, you guys want specs eyh...my Rz is running...
Fresh Extend Port Engine
BNR S3 Twins in SEQ running at 1.15bar (or 16.67937psi for you lesser brained fools)
1680cc 2ndries
Cosmo Upper & Lower Intake Manifolds
Greddy Elbow
TKT Intake Kit with Cold Air Feed
HKS FMIC
Feed Racing Rad
TKT AST
HKS Downpipe
RE-Amemiya Ti Resonator
Custom Titianium Exhaust
etc etc etc
BTW would it have made any difference if i said my car was a full bridge running a T51R SPL?? Or would you guys flame that aswell...hhmmmm hey ho i wonder about you guys sometimes...and then you wonder why people from other countries think that all yanks are thick...Now dont take that out of context...
10-17-07, 05:46 PM
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^How is it not? In the long run, a car is just a means of transportation, correct? Transportation gets you to and from work, thus earning you money. Not only that, but you invest alot of your time into an automobile if it happens to be your weekend toy. "Investment" doesn't have to mean that you collect on it in $$$ over time, it can also mean that its something that makes up a very important part of your life. And in my eyes, a new BMW M5 is an investment. A very pricey one that I wouldn't be able to pull off.
