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thanks! i just looked at the results from the weekend, had to laugh:
AWD All Season:
1. David S. (Astro Van)................79.76...........73.41......... .......153.17
2. Matt W. (WRX white)...............81.97...........73.27........ .........155.24
3. Joe M. (STi blue).....................91.88...........72.45... ..............164.33
4. Yitzhak P. (STi blue)...............108.77.........99.68.......... ........208.45
5. Alex R (STi silver)....................DNF.............90.31.. .....................
Also, Ben's time was almost good enough for #1 in AWD snow tire class...so much for AWD being much help for traction. 

nice! love it in black. I had a fueling issue in mine when I got it, turned out to be a borked fpr, not the pumps or filters. I have a working used pump if you need one for diagnosis.

drifting is the most annoying sport to watch.  SCREEEEEEEEEEECH BOOM BOOM TECHNO SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEECH

how about just mount this baby on your dashboard and run some hoses.

how about just mount this baby on your dashboard and run some hoses.

how about just mount this baby on your dashboard and run some hoses.

lol you really are butthurt about milwaukee, yet you've never owned one? you're like that guy who says 'that new movie sucks. no, i didnt see it, but i heard on facebook.'
 

and another one bites the dust.

lol you really are butthurt about milwaukee, yet you've never owned one? you're like that guy who says 'that new movie sucks. no, i didnt see it, but i heard on facebook.'
 

so i really wanted to make a set of shorty headers, but after some research and experimentation, it just cant happen. so what i decided to do was emulate the style of this honda indy display motor, and just have short outlets.

 
so i'm making the flanges out of oak, and the tubes out of aluminum tubing. once together, i will spray paint them with some sort of metal-look finish.
here are the flanges being cut out:

on the drill press

flange in place, measurements were correct!

maybe the squirrel was trying to acorner balance the car for you?

maybe the squirrel was trying to acorner balance the car for you?

Martin Brundle once said that the 190e had one of the best chassis ever fitted to a four-door saloon. 
 

i have had multiple times when my e30 doors would not stay shut went it was crazy cold. I rode holding the door with my hand (and once anchored it with a bungee) until it warmed up enough inside the car and then the door would shut. the latch was fine in function otherwise so I chalked it up to moisture freezing things up so blasted the internals with a silicone lube i believe.
in general, all old BMWs i have experience with (e30s, e34, e36s) have had issues with freezing locks/latches. bad luck maybe. i dont know maybe other people have the same issues with other brands too?

exactly!  why the hell would they even bother with wheels that fit the e39 like crap. terrible high offset, 17x7 size, etc. However, the fact that they even bothered would also lead me to conclude that they are dumb enough to try and grind the bore out themselves...

whats wrong with the CSL one?  its easily the best OEM spoiler that BMW has put on a car. there are other spoiler options, but none of them have the 'ducktail' look to them, and any that do tend to just be CSL replicas.

first ADA accessible X5.

got my gift today, hand delivered! i hope my santa doesn't mind me waiting till christmas to open it.  #thanksandy

well, if you feel a little guilty admitting you like it, it counts.  for instance, I feel guilty that ANY dodge is on my list of cool cars.

more on the 'wish' list side: not sure why the f50 gets so much hate, but I love the thing. i wouldn't rock it in convertible mode, though.
 

 
 
more on the practical side, if i had some money for get a 'weekend' car, a Viper GTS would be at the top of my list.

 
and yes, i would be acting like a knucklehead american doing burnouts and wearing bald eagle t-shirts if i owned one.

4'x4'x2' box should fit something relatively narrow almost 5' 6" long if you have the ability to prop it up like that (actually corner to corner dimension should be ~6')
(i was considering this myself for some parts)

that's crazy person money, like rich dude who will put it in his car museum.
 
however, i just looked up 50k sedans/wagons available currently, and the e34 m5 is still better than any of those choices.

cool shot!

back to it:
 
i settled on some bmw coasters.  scale models of BMWs with the m60 engine are hard to find (1:18 scale, particularly, but 1:24 too) no 840 or 540 models, boo.
 
not sure if this is a real BMW part number, but they sure seem quality and are never used.
 

back to it:
 
i settled on some bmw coasters.  scale models of BMWs with the m60 engine are hard to find (1:18 scale, particularly, but 1:24 too) no 840 or 540 models, boo.
 
not sure if this is a real BMW part number, but they sure seem quality and are never used.