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Old Sep 8, 2006 | 07:02 PM
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My favorite was I walked by a Civic and I saw this huge 3rd party tachometer with a big ol' shift light on it. I looked inside and saw it was an... automatic? Why would you need a 3rd party tachometer w/ a huge shift light for an automatic?!
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Old Sep 8, 2006 | 07:13 PM
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Originally Posted by spork
My favorite was I walked by a Civic and I saw this huge 3rd party tachometer with a big ol' shift light on it. I looked inside and saw it was an... automatic? Why would you need a 3rd party tachometer w/ a huge shift light for an automatic?!
It boosts the stationary speed.
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Old Sep 8, 2006 | 07:35 PM
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Originally Posted by spork
My favorite was I walked by a Civic and I saw this huge 3rd party tachometer with a big ol' shift light on it. I looked inside and saw it was an... automatic? Why would you need a 3rd party tachometer w/ a huge shift light for an automatic?!
Instead of a Sticker that would add 5hp.. the Tach with the HUGe shift light added 20Hp you fool.. psh.. is basic rice tech man..!
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Old Sep 8, 2006 | 07:46 PM
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Now that is gangsta right thurr lol...sry couldnt find a better pic hehe

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Old Sep 8, 2006 | 07:51 PM
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[QUOTE=Clavius Curious if he'd suspect me if I left a box of RiceORoni on the hood of his car [/QUOTE]

Why not just leave a small note on his windshield and refer him to this site, and this thread AND this particula post...LOL. Then EVERYONE can rib him, haha.

But on a side note, I know he's probably pretty annoying, BUT, his car isnt that bad. I know, I know, its Geo with rims, BUT, it doesnt have a rear wing spoiler, an abundance of decals, and appears to be well maintained.

So I cant be TOO hard on him, but definately a test of acceleration somewhere on a desolate road could shut him up a bit.
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Old Sep 8, 2006 | 08:10 PM
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Originally Posted by theCATALYST
Why not just leave a small note on his windshield and refer him to this site, and this thread AND this particula post...LOL. Then EVERYONE can rib him, haha.

But on a side note, I know he's probably pretty annoying, BUT, his car isnt that bad. I know, I know, its Geo with rims, BUT, it doesnt have a rear wing spoiler, an abundance of decals, and appears to be well maintained.

So I cant be TOO hard on him, but definately a test of acceleration somewhere on a desolate road could shut him up a bit.
Give him time he just might get the wing.. hell I'm sure he has thought of it. I dunno again I just can't respect that kinda waste in money. One thing to invest in a sound system into a shitty car hell I did that I paid $250 for my first car and put in about $500 into speakers and a head unit but thats entirely different from putting rims and um a aftermarket exhaust tip on it lol.. damnit now I miss my first car's system it puts the 8's to shame
(if anyone is curious... 2 front Boston Acustic 3 inch speakers, 2 Rear Kenwood speakers, and a box with 2 10" Rockford Fosgates in a 85' Dodge Aries Station wagon hahaha.. box was donated btw from a friend who got a Cadilac Escalade. I forget the RMS specs for the speakers sadly but they where the best between way to expensive and way to cheap.)
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Old Sep 9, 2006 | 03:51 PM
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On my way to work this morning I was trying to get a pic of a Focus with a supra style spoiler that stuck up higher than the car, stickers all over it, dark tinted windows, and spinner hubcaps (I could't believe it either). I tried to get next to him to take a pic with my cell, but he thought I was trying to race him. I decided looking stupid racing a riced out Focus would not be worth the pic. Hindsite, wish I had gotten the pic.
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Old Sep 9, 2006 | 03:52 PM
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Maybe he bought the rims cheap at Pep Boys or something. It does look a lot better than hubcaps. Especialy spinner hubcaps.
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Old Sep 9, 2006 | 04:01 PM
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Originally Posted by DaveCM203
On my way to work this morning I was trying to get a pic of a Focus with a supra style spoiler that stuck up higher than the car, stickers all over it, dark tinted windows, and spinner hubcaps (I could't believe it either). I tried to get next to him to take a pic with my cell, but he thought I was trying to race him. I decided looking stupid racing a riced out Focus would not be worth the pic. Hindsite, wish I had gotten the pic.
The only kind of Fucus a man is allowed to own if any is the SVT thats it 'nuff said. Sad thing is you know that kid is gloating to his friends "Oh man I beat this Mini-Viper today I didnt know Dodge made those..!"
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Old Sep 9, 2006 | 04:37 PM
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lol
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Old Oct 31, 2006 | 05:56 PM
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any new pics? for a while there I was getting Rice cars like crazy (as you can tell) but for some reason they all must have broken down, because I just have not been seeing them lately. I kinda miss seeing them and trying to get good pictures.
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Old Nov 6, 2006 | 11:13 AM
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From: In So Cal.. out in BFE... but in the good part... but not really by Cesar, Keith or Loren...
Rice season must be out. I have not seen nearly as many funny rice cars as I was there for a while.
did find this one today though.

This was taken on the 30 in San Bernardino/highland/Redlands (what ever part of the freeway that is.
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Old Nov 6, 2006 | 11:44 AM
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must be high season for idiots with eclipses spotted this one with a vtec sticker on the back yesterday(apologies for bad image quality)

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Old Nov 6, 2006 | 12:02 PM
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I saw a green cavilier today with yellow tinted windows, a 3 foot spoiler with superstreet stickers on it, and next to the bowtie on the trunk he put "elegante by TYC". oh yeah, fart can as well. I thought to myself, you should swerve at this guy so he flips his car and wrecks it.

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Old Nov 6, 2006 | 12:51 PM
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From: In So Cal.. out in BFE... but in the good part... but not really by Cesar, Keith or Loren...
VTEC on an Eclipse.... nice!

Steak boy, you dhoulda taken a pic.
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Old Nov 6, 2006 | 01:41 PM
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Vtec..it's possible...maybe an engine swap
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Old Nov 6, 2006 | 02:58 PM
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Originally Posted by speeddemon32
VTEC on an Eclipse.... nice!

Steak boy, you dhoulda taken a pic.
Couldn't, didn't have a camera and i dont know how to get pics from my phone to the PC...

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Old Nov 6, 2006 | 03:31 PM
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worst i have seen up here in DFW - was some old honda hatch that was a single exhaust setup to look like a dual. - i.e this person cut a hole in their body kit stuck a pipe in there. How could I tell? one pipe had actual exhast coming out the other was shiny and clean *** could be.

Runner up was a mercury cougar with two HUGE universal fart can exhausts coming out the back in an angled up fashion. looked like *** turning a single muffler car into a dual muffler... pffft
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Old Nov 6, 2006 | 04:01 PM
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From: In So Cal.. out in BFE... but in the good part... but not really by Cesar, Keith or Loren...
I have seen that exhaust before. single exhaust, and one clean non working exhaust tip. ... funny!
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Old Nov 6, 2006 | 04:12 PM
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my favorite are the full size chevy's with dual exhaust...with each exhaust split to house four tips each...a total of 8 exhaust tips.
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Old Nov 6, 2006 | 06:09 PM
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From: In So Cal.. out in BFE... but in the good part... but not really by Cesar, Keith or Loren...
oh yeah.... those are awsome! I saw that on a van once.
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Old Nov 7, 2006 | 02:19 PM
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Maybe we can install miniguns in our 8's so when we see rice, we hit a button and they slide out and we can take care of them the proper way...

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Old Nov 9, 2006 | 04:34 PM
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From: In So Cal.. out in BFE... but in the good part... but not really by Cesar, Keith or Loren...
this one is not to bad, just thought I would take a picture for you guys. why oh why put a wal-mart wing, and a pep boys muffler on this car? at least cut the springs and take off the hub caps. he he he


Target parking lot, San Bernardino Ca
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Old Nov 9, 2006 | 04:41 PM
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if that was a Spec-v, they are fast...no joke.
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Old Nov 9, 2006 | 04:46 PM
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it wasn't, and still does not matter. a wal mart wing does not belong on a spec v OR the regular sentra.... at least these people give me something to take pictures of.
like that Yellow RX-8 witht he blue graphics.
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