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Old 10-06-2010, 02:10 PM
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lol... well it did... i crashed when i got home. of course im not saying it was bad or too tiring... just sayin it was a little longer than i expected
Wow...our DFW cruises are nothing compared to our Kerrville runs! These are just little warm-ups.
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Old 10-06-2010, 02:25 PM
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Im in. Count me in with the rest of the Oklahoma rotorhedz that are coming.
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I can't wait for the 8 next year. If you guys do a Kerrville run before then please let me know
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Nah dude we gotta make this cruise worth it. We got some fellas from Oklahoma coming. Im thinking the length of the august cruise or longer for this cruise. We don't want the cruise to be too short.
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Wow...our DFW cruises are nothing compared to our Kerrville runs! These are just little warm-ups.
At the rate this one's going, its going to be TheTexas8: Dallas Edition.
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Old 10-07-2010, 03:24 AM
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EightStock in the making:P
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At the rate this one's going, its going to be TheTexas8: Dallas Edition.
f'real. I'm supposed to get some engagement pictures taken that evening, hopefully this cruise doesn't get too long or I'm gonna have to bounce half way through
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Old 10-07-2010, 03:23 PM
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hopefully after basic and AIT when i figure where i get stasioned at ill be able to do a kerriville run if im close
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Well this sucks, sounds like a cool meet. To bad I still can't drive, and I haven't gotten a new car yet. Hope you guys have a good meet though.
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So after the long ardouious task of replacing the struts and getting the rear re aligned I am now back up to confidence in my car, and ready to drive it like I stole it on the 24th. Course now I'm starting to think I need new breaks...

In any case, I've got two decent walkies that I will bring as well as my camera (which will have its 120gig drive fully emptied this time)

Jim, did you figure out where you are staying?
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Old 10-11-2010, 10:20 PM
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brakes dammit! BRAKES BRAKES BRAKES!!!
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dammit thomas i told you your brakes are fine, you have at least 50% left on your pads. you havn't even burned to the beveled edge yet.
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if your brakes wear out... just open your door and slide your shoe on the ground to act as a brake... if it works on a bicycle... it should work on a car
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Originally Posted by dmedz8
if your brakes wear out... just open your door and slide your shoe on the ground to act as a brake... if it works on a bicycle... it should work on a car
The Flintstone's could do it so.......you're good.
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dammit thomas i told you your brakes are fine, you have at least 50% left on your pads. you havn't even burned to the beveled edge yet.
I know they are fine, I was talking about an upgrade, aka more awesome brakes. Like when I press them I want to stop so hard the air bags deploy
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awesomer. damnit thomas
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awesomer. damnit thomas
You know at this point that I'm doing it just to get on "you're" nerves right? :P I'm going to start making gramar and speling mistackes on purpouse just to spit you!!!
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Old 10-12-2010, 11:30 AM
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You know at this point that I'm doing it just to get on "you're" nerves right? :P I'm going to start making gramar and speling mistackes on purpouse just to spit you!!!
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Old 10-12-2010, 01:12 PM
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well heres the logic behind brakes:P if you lock the wheel up, which we can, you can't stop any harder than that. once your tires slide you have exceeded your tires traction and braking capability.
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Originally Posted by Riley Craven
I know they are fine, I was talking about an upgrade, aka more awesome brakes. Like when I press them I want to stop so hard the air bags deploy
Why the change of heart? When I asked about this a month or two ago in this thread, you replied:
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No upgrade needed.
And then followed up with this gem of a post.

Or there was this statement:
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Originally Posted by Flashwing
The RX8 brake system is one of those deals where you shouldn't fix what isn't broken.
Glad someone else in this thread had this opinion besides myself and one other.
And lastly...
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My instructor at ECR raced an RX8 and Miata in Autocross and tracks across the country and he was asking me what I had done to the car. I told him about the HPS pads and he actually said he prefered stock pads because he felt that had more bite, which given the amount of dust they produced I could easily believe.
So which is it Thomas? Are upgraded brakes worth it or not? Because you were all about it being a waste of money and not helping the car at all when I asked, but now you want them?!
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Originally Posted by KWarner04
Why the change of heart? When I asked about this a month or two ago in this thread, you replied:


And then followed up with this gem of a post.

Or there was this statement:


And lastly...


So which is it Thomas? Are upgraded brakes worth it or not? Because you were all about it being a waste of money and not helping the car at all when I asked, but now you want them?!
Apparently I need to work on my sarcasm/joke/making fun of someone else delivery on the internet.

Aka, I was going back to the give a mouse a cookie syndrome joke.

EDIT: PS. man you musta been waiting awhile for something like that to do all that research lol. Do you have all my posts saved in a DB or something?
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Originally Posted by DocBeech
well heres the logic behind brakes:P if you lock the wheel up, which we can, you can't stop any harder than that. once your tires slide you have exceeded your tires traction and braking capability.
Yes, I know, in order to stop as hard as I was implying I'd need to have steal (thats for you nick) spikes come from the frame and embed into the ground or hit a wall. or another vehicle. *sigh* I need to work on my jokes cuse the smiley faces at the end of my posts dont seem to be cutting it anymore
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Old 10-12-2010, 02:17 PM
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Kyle I didnt read the end of your thread but for what its worth I got SS clutch and brake lines with some new pads (a tad better than stock) and ATE super blue brake fluid and im sold... thats all you really need.
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