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    Default If you could go back 10 years and tell yourself something...(car related)

    What would it be and why?



    For me, I would tell myself not to have spent so much money into my first car. lol

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    Id tell myself to stay away from Hondas. Its a game that will never be won.

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    Would have curbed the spending on cars and toys, saved money and focused more on credit. Would have held on to a fox coupe and stuck with it.

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    I would tell myself to find different people to associate with in regards to the drift thing as it was emerging onto the scene. I definitely made mistakes about that. It was a fuckton of fun and I would have really enjoyed getting to ride that wave a little further.
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    I would have told myself 2 things....


    1. BUY hp dont build it ! Meaning buy a good platform to build your projects..instead of taking junks and building on them...example: Buy a vette, evo, s2000 etc...good platforms...would have prolly saved me 70k by now

    2. I should have found a different hobby....its like heroin and now that its in my blood stream I cannot get it out...Speed and HP will forever get me in trouble or tempt me for the rest of my life..UGH . So I would have told myself to not buy the first fast car in a manual....

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    Ten years?
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    Quote Originally Posted by quickdodge® View Post
    Ten years?
    yeah when you were 50
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    Easy

    1) Finish college
    2) I would have traded all my years away from Mainstream, Batlground, Kiddracing all that in a heartbeat for 3 yers of focus and finishing school.
    3) Spent less money on cars

    Basically everything i did between the ages of 22-32 id like a Do Over
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    Quote Originally Posted by Vteckidd View Post
    yeah when you were 50
    Ten years isn't really that far to go back.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Vteckidd View Post
    yeah when you were 50

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    Quote Originally Posted by quickdodge® View Post
    I'd buy an old civic cvcc and start restoring it to former glory
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    I always sell a foxbody to get some other flavor of the month, then realize i miss having a foxbody and go back. Then rinse repeat. If i could go back and just stick with my love from the beginning and not stray away for tramp whores like Hondas and Nissans.... my fox would probably look like this by now...


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    Quote Originally Posted by quickdodge® View Post
    Ten years isn't really that far to go back.

    probably represents 25-35 % of most of the users lives on here....its 30% of mine lol...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sinfix_15 View Post
    I always sell a foxbody to get some other flavor of the month, then realize i miss having a foxbody and go back. Then rinse repeat. If i could go back and just stick with my love from the beginning and not stray away for tramp whores like Hondas and Nissans.... my fox would probably look like this by now...

    I would kill to have my dark grey stock hatch from my highschool years. I miss it more than any other mustang I have previously owned And thought the least of at the time. stupid kid
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    Quote Originally Posted by silversol View Post
    I would kill to have my dark grey stock hatch from my highschool years. I miss it more than any other mustang I have previously owned And thought the least of at the time. stupid kid
    amen to that, id love to go kick my own ass for getting rid of some cars back in the day... stupid kid indeed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sinfix_15 View Post
    amen to that, id love to go kick my own ass for getting rid of some cars back in the day... stupid kid indeed.
    I have been looking at coupes off and on for the past few months I just cant decided to pull the trigger on once since I need a automatic now, But if i can find a hatch the same color combo its going down! I kinda like the hatch more for daily use fold the rear seat down and boom instant ford ranger!
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    i would have told myself not to get my foxbody and instead save the money and buy into the stock market when it tanked.
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    Quote Originally Posted by quickdodge® View Post
    Ten years isn't really that far to go back.
    Regardless of your age, 10 years should be plenty far back to say I've learned something that I wish I knew earlier.

    For me, it would be to buy a cheap old school rather than a newer 30k car.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bu villain View Post
    Regardless of your age, 10 years should be plenty far back to say I've learned something that I wish I knew earlier.
    For you, maybe. But you're also young.
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    Well I haven't been driving for 10 years.. but I would of not gotten the three speeding tickets I earned.

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    I would have not cut up my first car and kept it, even if it meant not touching it for years.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Catnip View Post
    I would have not cut up my first car and kept it, even if it meant not touching it for years.
    Details?

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    Quote Originally Posted by .blank cd View Post
    "blankCD, put every single dime you and your family has into Apple."
    You'd be losing money now.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nemesis View Post
    You'd be losing money now.
    Don't think it would matter at this point. They couldnt give shares away in 2002, I, personally, had a good $10,000 in savings back then. I'd go slap Mark Zuckerberg in the face with a rack of $100s and tell him to kiss the ring.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Catnip View Post
    I would have not cut up my first car and kept it, even if it meant not touching it for years.
    Yeah my 67 mustang has been sitting almost 3 years now. It was my first car.
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    I'd go back in time and remind myself to put the wheel/tire underneath the sideskirt when trying to diagnose how bad the popped axle was on my front driver side of my 92 Eclipse so when the jack wiggled and kicked out, the entire suspension wouldn't land on my bare heel.


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    Quote Originally Posted by On_Her_Face View Post
    Details?

    Mine wasn't nearly this nice:



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    It was my grandfather and grandmother's car in the 80's and ended up sitting for years and years. When I was 14 it was known I loved the car, so my grandfather gave it to me. It ran great with only 4x,xxx miles, but had some transmission issues. I spent at least a thousand bucks trying to get the trans straightened out. The 2nd time it didn't work I gave up. The rust and transmission were REALLY discouraging... now I work at a body shop and have the money to get the trans straightened out. You know, if I hadn't sold it.
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    That'd be a sweet cruiser.

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    Quote Originally Posted by silversol View Post
    I have been looking at coupes off and on for the past few months I just cant decided to pull the trigger on once since I need a automatic now, But if i can find a hatch the same color combo its going down! I kinda like the hatch more for daily use fold the rear seat down and boom instant ford ranger!
    I like hatchbacks, but the moment i get one i start regretting that it isnt a coupe. I am aware of my destiny now.... fox coupe.... black or red with black trim, nothing else will suffice.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Matt300ZXT View Post
    I'd go back in time and remind myself to put the wheel/tire underneath the sideskirt when trying to diagnose how bad the popped axle was on my front driver side of my 92 Eclipse so when the jack wiggled and kicked out, the entire suspension wouldn't land on my bare heel.

    That scares me..... because ive been pretty careless with jacks in my day

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    Quote Originally Posted by Matt300ZXT View Post
    I'd go back in time and remind myself to put the wheel/tire underneath the sideskirt when trying to diagnose how bad the popped axle was on my front driver side of my 92 Eclipse so when the jack wiggled and kicked out, the entire suspension wouldn't land on my bare heel.

    Sweet merciful fuck! That's why I'll never work under a car without jackstands. Never ever.

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    Quote Originally Posted by quickdodge® View Post
    For you, maybe. But you're also young.
    I'm sorry to hear you haven't learned anything car related in the last 10 years. I'm not sure what age has to do with it. I don't think learning should stop at a certain age.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sinfix_15 View Post
    I like hatchbacks, but the moment i get one i start regretting that it isnt a coupe. I am aware of my destiny now.... fox coupe.... black or red with black trim, nothing else will suffice.
    Based on your S13, I can't wait.
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    Buy JMortensen's triple Mikuni 44 setup when it comes on Ebay...I'd be bolting on an extra 25-35hp for a very reasonable price.
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    Not buying that evo 5 body kit for my Sentra. Hell...not wasting money on a Sentra by buying real HKS parts back in the day. LOL. Would not have bought a black mustang with grey interior. *facepalm* Would have bought that perfect '93 Torch Red Notch from a friend with a 351w in it after I sold my black mustang. Then would have kept that. I would have saved so much money and be much better off financially lol.

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    I wouldn't have wasted the money on making my street car fun.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bu villain View Post
    I'm not sure what age has to do with it.
    It can, dude. Believe me. If you really think about it. I'm not going to let you bait me into an argument with you about it, though.

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    I was 6. I'd talked my dad into driving our old truck more. So, it wouldn't be to the state it is at today.

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