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[TSi+WRX]

BTW, Sarge, your engine-bay pix inspired me to go right out and take a picture of mine......

OK, my 4-banger import family-sedan is nowhere near as fast as your rocket of a ride - and also, my engine bay is quite dirty ......but I still wanted to show you this:



I actually purchased, at not-insignificant cost, a set of imported (JDM) "engine bay covers," in order to gain extra "real-estate" for more stickers.

In the picture above, those purchased covers are the ones below the Lachute (a French-Canadian racing/tuning team/house, well-known for their Subarus) and Motul stickers, to the right, as well as the Mobil1/APEXi stickers to the left.

Yeah, I'm a Riceboy. I can try to hide it all under the hood, but the stickers are still there!

I thought you'd get a kick out of that one, given your liking of stickers, too.

[Sarge]

I love my sponsors....hey without them it doesn't happen....Those lil Subbies are very quick....nice! I bet it is a blast to drive around town....

[Sarge]

And for the record....there is no badge nor decal one anywhere on the outside....my sponsors get their decal in the engine bay or in the fuel cell/battery compartment (trunk)

[Lucky225]

Originally Posted by Sarge

Good read...yeah I don't mind posting the "real" tag as it is registered to a BS company 2ndly by the time the bad guy ( for Lord knows what) got this far out in the country....pass the non-friendly wold-dogs, one very territorial 17 hands tall Thoroughbred...then he gets rewarded for his 100+ mile drive, eaten alive and kicked in the head and stomped.... with me Aint a pretty picture...trust me
I'll post it just to meet the dumb S O B

Sorry to call out BS, but I ran the plate and it comes back to a real name, not a company, registered april 1st 2008, with change/update april 25th, 2008. Perhaps the title has a company name or you just updated the registration? in any event, the name still shows, just to let you know.

[TSi+WRX]

Sarge - No sponsors for me, it's just a hobby. I don't track/strip/AutoX her....can't afford potential damages. And believe it or not, I'm a very, very conservative driver, on-road, too.

I really just like it for the hobby.

And a part of that, for me, is the stickers.

She's decently quick for a 4-door family sedan, but that's solely in the sprint up to 60 MPH, and that's if I'm rather brutal to the clutch. In the quarter, I know she can't hang with the big boys - the factory turbo is just too small, and she runs out of steam. Same on highway pulls.

Still, she's spoiled me - I don't have any other good candidates for a 4-door family sedan, south of $60K, now. This car was just too cheap, and too cheap to get fast.....

Bonus: Looks like any previous-generation Camry/Accord on the road, so that gives her good cover.

[Sarge]

There are a couple of those around here....they are quick stop light to stop light for sure.....oh well...I think 4 bangers are the future of "muscle cars" The Pontiac G8 is a 4 door family car that will flat run. I drove on recently....very nice...lots of torque.

[Sarge]

Originally Posted by Lucky225

Sorry to call out BS, but I ran the plate and it comes back to a real name, not a company, registered april 1st 2008, with change/update april 25th, 2008. Perhaps the title has a company name or you just updated the registration? in any event, the name still shows, just to let you know.

I don't know about "BS" there friend but I ran it myself just then and probably got what you got....misleading is an understatement We file all of our cars/tags under that "name".....doesn't mean squat....I went ahead and gave it a swirl anyway so we all can move on from my privacy issues But I appreciate it man....

[JDS]

Originally Posted by Sarge

I think 4 bangers are the future of "muscle cars"

I really hope not.

I have a lot of respect for small engines...the Porsche has a naturally aspirated 3.0L straight-4 and that car shames sloppy 911 drives on the track every session...and the VW a turbocharged 1.8 that is known to handle 700+ horsepower on stock internals...and I recognize that engines of that sort can be excellent for sports cars and racing.

However, I love the idea of a car like a '68 Charger...something with 2 doors, a hood big enough to play golf on, and at least 8 cylinders roaring our the tailpipes. It's not for numbers or handling, it's all about the feeling of loud, noisy, rumbly power. I just don't think you'll EVER get that same feeling out of a four-banger.

[Lucky225]

Originally Posted by Sarge

I don't know about "BS" there friend but I ran it myself just then and probably got what you got....misleading is an understatement We file all of our cars/tags under that "name".....doesn't mean squat....I went ahead and gave it a swirl anyway so we all can move on from my privacy issues But I appreciate it man....

Yea, I just post my plate because I could care less about my name being out there (if you ran it, lookup any of the "addresses" that return into google =))

[TSi+WRX]

Originally Posted by Sarge

I think 4 bangers are the future of "muscle cars"

I also, as with JDS, pray that this will not come to pass.

I'm truly one of those car-guys who, while having a distinct preference, still really, really LIKES _all_ cars.

I'd be really, really, really sad to see the American MuscleCar formula die off, now that it has finally had a come-back.

The Pontiac G8 is a 4 door family car that will flat run. I drove on recently....very nice...lots of torque.

My friends keep saying that I need to give it a try - and my 2 and 1/2 year old daughter (then 2), who is definitely a CLASSIC American MuscleCar fan (who would have thunk it possible! paternity test!!!!! ), actually snagged a copy of the Motor Trend featuring that car, while we were at the pediatrician's office, and passed it to me. I don't know if that was a hint or not - but the other fathers in the office sure were impressed!

Truth be told, had I had the dough at the time (back in '05, we were expecting Anna, and I just couldn't, in my heart, put that ride on the bankroll), Winky would've been a 300C SRT8.

This Riceboy?

He loves the way American Muscle sounds.......and the way torque feels.