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  1. WagonHatch
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    10-02-2012 04:38 PM #71
    No couch, no care.
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    10-02-2012 04:42 PM #72
    Quote Originally Posted by WagonHatch View Post
    No couch, no care.
    lol you must be an old school H-T'er.
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    10-02-2012 05:02 PM #73
    Quote Originally Posted by Geesixty View Post
    Nice rides! How many times has the blue one been recovered thieves?
    along those lines, I was going to say how many times has it been stolen?
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    10-03-2012 11:04 AM #74
    Quote Originally Posted by Jettavr666 View Post
    along those lines, I was going to say how many times has it been stolen?
    None
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    10-03-2012 11:17 AM #75
    Quote Originally Posted by GTI 20v View Post
    Pardon me. I should have said:

    What's up with the fake roll bar?
    It runs 16's bro.
    You can never be too safe with that much power.
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    10-03-2012 11:20 AM #76
    Quote Originally Posted by saron81 View Post
    It runs 16's bro.
    You can never be too safe with that much power.
    Exactly. Roll bars are only for 1/4 mile times. Everyone knows that.....bro.
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    10-03-2012 12:11 PM #77
    Quote Originally Posted by kwik!gti View Post
    Exactly. Roll bars are only for 1/4 mile times. Everyone knows that.....bro.
    Autocrossed once years ago... needs a cage, brah.
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    10-03-2012 12:44 PM #78
    Quote Originally Posted by saron81 View Post
    Autocrossed once years ago... needs a cage, brah.
    Twice actually. But thanks for the posts and bump.

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    10-03-2012 12:53 PM #79
    Quote Originally Posted by kwik!gti View Post
    Edit: Come to think of it I think it was closer to mid 14s. I'd have to look at the time slips from Epping NH. Like I said this was a while ago. I'm not really a fan of 1/4 mile racing tbh.
    Mid 14's? My car runs mid 14's. I don't see how that's possible with yours, being stock and all.

    And I know the TRUE story behind that roll bar
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    10-03-2012 12:59 PM #80
    Quote Originally Posted by C4 A6 View Post
    Mid 14's? My car runs mid 14's. I don't see how that's possible with yours, being stock and all.

    And I know the TRUE story behind that roll bar
    It wasnt stock when I made that pass.
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    10-03-2012 01:21 PM #81
    yeah, but that was just with a couple of bolt ons, right? so you just put the car right on back to stock. except for the fake bar. you took out everything invisible that made the car perform better, and you left the bar. all that nostalgia and all. thanks for clearing that up.
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    10-03-2012 01:40 PM #82
    Quote Originally Posted by kwik!gti View Post
    Thanks for the compliments. As far as your questions, I have done some modest tracking in this in the past. However at this point it's doubtful I'll do that anymore. Honestly I dont want to beat the car up. Engine upgrades are doubtful. It's fun to drive and simple and reliable. I'll keep it that way for the forseable future.

    Thats a cool little car? What is it???
    Driving a car on the track doesn't really "beat it up". Those cars are a blast on the track.
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    10-03-2012 01:48 PM #83
    Quote Originally Posted by troze1200 View Post
    Driving a car on the track doesn't really "beat it up". Those cars are a blast on the track.
    Well I guess it depends what you consider "beating up" I suppose. Just have no desire at this point to track the car. Going through tires. Potentially breaking things. Etc etc etc.

    I will agree it's a fun car on the track though with limited time I had. Needs an LSD bad though.
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    10-03-2012 07:18 PM #84
    Quote Originally Posted by kwik!gti View Post
    lol you must be an old school H-T'er.
    Yup! I'm EfficiencyJunkie!
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    10-03-2012 07:20 PM #85
    Quote Originally Posted by kwik!gti View Post
    Well I guess it depends what you consider "beating up" I suppose. Just have no desire at this point to track the car. Going through tires. Potentially breaking things. Etc etc etc.

    I will agree it's a fun car on the track though with limited time I had. Needs an LSD bad though.
    Just say you saw my vid and don't want your car to end up half as bad as mine was
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    10-04-2012 07:51 AM #86
    I didn't see the vid. Link?
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    10-04-2012 09:13 AM #87
    Quote Originally Posted by kwik!gti View Post
    I didn't see the vid. Link?
    You of all people missed my Expo 12 thread?!

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    10-04-2012 10:13 AM #88
    Like I said, I dont wanna beat up my car. How bad was the damage?
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    10-04-2012 10:45 AM #89
    Not bad, both fenders will need light PDR, and a new bumper and lip is in order.
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    10-04-2012 10:50 AM #90
    Quote Originally Posted by C4 A6 View Post
    Not bad, both fenders will need light PDR, and a new bumper and lip is in order.
    Well that's not THAT bad then. Sorry to hear though. At least you didn't wreck it bad and ball it up into a heap of Championship White paint.
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    10-04-2012 11:06 AM #91
    Quote Originally Posted by kwik!gti View Post
    Fair enough. People still call my car "clean" plenty but people have different definitions for sure. The stuff I have replaced has been minimal, functional, and upgrades. Brakes. Bushings. Suspension. Chassis stuff.
    Whoa - was the battery always along the passenger-side firewall like that?
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    It really is the perfect, no excuses all-rounder for the rich guy who's accustomed to having it all - the Hybrid version especially. It's like an F-150 Raptor banged an M5 in the men's room of a biker bar. Nobody really wanted the results, but damn - what a set of genes.
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    10-04-2012 11:09 AM #92
    Quote Originally Posted by maskedSONY View Post
    Whoa - was the battery always along the passenger-side firewall like that?
    All 90's Hondas have the battery there.
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    10-04-2012 11:21 AM #93
    Quote Originally Posted by C4 A6 View Post
    All 90's Hondas have the battery there.
    EDIT - my memory IS that bad. It's been ages since I last bothered with a civic. Totally forgot about that.
    Quote Originally Posted by Turbiodiesel!
    It really is the perfect, no excuses all-rounder for the rich guy who's accustomed to having it all - the Hybrid version especially. It's like an F-150 Raptor banged an M5 in the men's room of a biker bar. Nobody really wanted the results, but damn - what a set of genes.
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    10-04-2012 11:23 AM #94
    http://youtu.be/tb3sbBWfwXY

    Even when you stick a TL engine in the bay of a civic, the battery is still back in there.
    Quote Originally Posted by Turbiodiesel!
    It really is the perfect, no excuses all-rounder for the rich guy who's accustomed to having it all - the Hybrid version especially. It's like an F-150 Raptor banged an M5 in the men's room of a biker bar. Nobody really wanted the results, but damn - what a set of genes.
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    10-04-2012 11:29 AM #95
    Quote Originally Posted by C4 A6 View Post
    All 90's Hondas have the battery there.
    Not the 5th gen Preludes.

    Also the 2nf Gen Integras I think had the battery up front.
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    10-04-2012 11:48 AM #96
    Quote Originally Posted by kwik!gti View Post
    Not the 5th gen Preludes.

    Also the 2nf Gen Integras I think had the battery up front.
    Preludes are dumb doe
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