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Old May 30, 2016 | 05:24 PM
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A friend (few years younger than me) who totaled his old 2002 Merc E320 bought a 2009 Mitsubitchi Gallant. He couldn't leave his Merc alone, and also can't leave the Mitsubitchi alone either. Yes it's plasti-dip, but it looks like ****. He even painted his engine bay and the exhaust shield WITH REGULAR black paint. Maybe it will go up in flames and he will buy another car and wreck it too! The gold looks like ****, and the lines are terrible. It was actually a decent looking car before he ruined it with spray paint.

He also spent $50 on a "performance chip" that wires into the MAF sensor.

His money to waste, not mine, car looks hideous. I don't know if he's going to take his prom date in the car, but if my car looked like that, I wouldn't have a prom date, or she would decide not to go when she saw it. I recently noticed he plastidiped his nice looking wheels the same gold color... Not so nice looking anymore.

I'm pretty sure a ricer would be embarrassed at this clusterfucked car.

EDIT: Not sure why the some photos automatically rotated sideways. Sorry about that.
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Old May 30, 2016 | 09:00 PM
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Originally Posted by ouimetnick
A friend (few years younger than me) who totaled his old 2002 Merc E320 bought a 2009 Mitsubitchi Gallant. He couldn't leave his Merc alone, and also can't leave the Mitsubitchi alone either. Yes it's plasti-dip, but it looks like ****. He even painted his engine bay and the exhaust shield WITH REGULAR black paint. Maybe it will go up in flames and he will buy another car and wreck it too! The gold looks like ****, and the lines are terrible. It was actually a decent looking car before he ruined it with spray paint.

He also spent $50 on a "performance chip" that wires into the MAF sensor.

His money to waste, not mine, car looks hideous. I don't know if he's going to take his prom date in the car, but if my car looked like that, I wouldn't have a prom date, or she would decide not to go when she saw it. I recently noticed he plastidiped his nice looking wheels the same gold color... Not so nice looking anymore.

I'm pretty sure a ricer would be embarrassed at this clusterfucked car.

EDIT: Not sure why the some photos automatically rotated sideways. Sorry about that.
A thing of beauty
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Old May 31, 2016 | 01:11 PM
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All that time and effort and he couldn't spend an hour refinishing the headlights?

That's the mindset of a ricer...
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Old Jun 6, 2016 | 09:14 AM
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Old Jun 6, 2016 | 04:49 PM
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Tbh, I'm torn on this one.
Made me chuckle.

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Old Jun 6, 2016 | 05:22 PM
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Originally Posted by BigCajun
Tbh, I'm torn on this one.
Made me chuckle.
did he have the ***** hanging from it too?
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Old Jun 6, 2016 | 08:20 PM
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Originally Posted by slipz1622
did he have the ***** hanging from it too?
I don't think so, I didn't see them if he had them.
That's a fad that seems to be going away, thank goodness.
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Old Jun 7, 2016 | 12:11 AM
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Originally Posted by wankelbolt
All that time and effort and he couldn't spend an hour refinishing the headlights?

That's the mindset of a ricer...
They were fine. He spray painted them to give them a "matte" finish.
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Old Jun 7, 2016 | 05:52 AM
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Originally Posted by ouimetnick
They were fine. He spray painted them to give them a "matte" finish.
Spray painting headlights to make them look bad and work worse?


That's the mindset of a ricer...
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Old Jun 7, 2016 | 11:12 AM
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Old Jun 7, 2016 | 11:22 AM
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Originally Posted by 200.mph
That is scary fast.
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Old Jun 7, 2016 | 11:32 AM
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Old Jun 7, 2016 | 11:55 PM
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Old Jun 7, 2016 | 11:58 PM
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Originally Posted by slash128
nice
What does that vanity plate mean?
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Old Jun 8, 2016 | 12:23 AM
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nice
What does that vanity plate mean?
Priority traffic in data networks:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Differentiated_services
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Old Jun 14, 2016 | 04:46 PM
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Easy on the lipstick/eyeshadow there..




Too much makeup
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Old Jun 14, 2016 | 05:05 PM
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not the point of the pic you posted, but i kinda like the way the headlight washer "cover" looks on rx8s not sure how noticeable they are on black, but i think they look pretty good on grey.
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Old Jun 17, 2016 | 10:48 AM
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Originally Posted by ZiG
Easy on the lipstick/eyeshadow there..




Too much makeup
ugh that's horrible! why... is... um.. i just ... uh forget it....
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Old Jun 17, 2016 | 12:50 PM
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It's to draw attention away from the fact that the front bumper is sagging on the passenger side...
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Old Jun 21, 2016 | 10:22 PM
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someone linked this to me today... makes me a little sad


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Old Jun 21, 2016 | 10:28 PM
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Originally Posted by slipz1622
someone linked this to me today... makes me a little sad


Would be hard to park
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Old Jun 22, 2016 | 12:14 AM
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Originally Posted by Gravey
It's to draw attention away from the fact that the front bumper is sagging on the passenger side...
...It worked!
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Old Jun 27, 2016 | 11:49 AM
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I am posting this on behalf of Dom, which is kind of an addition to why this is funny. She found this car in the states. So yes I am a Canadian, posting pics from an American, of a canadian car...

Are we sufficiently confused now?

good... because so is the owner of this FRS STi

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Old Jun 27, 2016 | 12:13 PM
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Old Jun 27, 2016 | 02:28 PM
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See... Hoosiers got it down pat!
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