New on the block

sagsert Wrote:
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> Here we go, another one with brilliant ideas.
>
> Perhaps you do not understand English. Buy a car
> that is ready. If this concept is difficult for
> you to grasp, Houston We Have A Problem.
>
> Based on your verbage, you seem to be of the
> Playstation Generation. So let me lay it out for
> you in a simple way.
>
> If you don't have a trust fund you can dig in to
> don't think about a Capri.
>
> If you want an RX7, go for it but buy a prepared
> car.
>
> Building is painful and takes a shit load of time
> and money. If you have both, and I say both, go
> for it.
>
> If you ask for advice, take the headphones off
> your ears and listen.
>
> Based on your comments on Golfs, it is evident
> that you don't know your ass from your elbow. That
> doesn't make you a bad person, if you are willing
> to listen and learn, we can help, if not bugger
> off.
>
> There is a shit load of fucking fast Golfs that
> keep up with more powerful cars. If you have an
> unlimited budget I have nothing to say but if not,
> reconsider the Golf.
>
> You sound more like a whiner than all of us.


Well said Mustafa. Don't care what sex her birth certificate says, she's a tool.

Ask for advice. Then tell us what you're gonna do. And tell us that one of the most successful rally cars in the world is rubbish.

Nice attitude, too by the way. You're not a bitch. You're an attention whore.

F*ck off.

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Lurch
Eric Burmeister
The west coast...of Michigan

Kirby Wrote:
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> I'd say someone has permamently stepped on her
> dangly bits but she dosen't have any!
> "I am woman! HEAR ME ROAR"


Perhaps someting more along the lines of.......
'Listen to me bitch, cry and complain!'
Uh......Dear.....Most of us have had or may even have a G/F who pulled such shit on us in the past.... Note that she is referred to as G/F and not 'Wife.' We are mostly smart enough to not marry those Females. If we get suckered into marrying one she is usually referred to as 'Ex-Wife.' This may be an important life lesson for you....

Oh and John.....No; I'm not curious.

Rallybitch you find yourself a good used two wheel drive car that is all built yet?

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JohnLane

Overkill is consistently more fun

Taro my commute is something that I'm working at fixing. I'm more busting your balls then anything else..... Truth be told I'll go effing nuts if I have to keep doing this commute for too long. Oh....We sure do have more then our fair share of moronic drivers here..... We find them concentrated in King and Snohomish counties. They seem to all get onto I-5 at about the time I'm trying to find my way through there. Not for long....

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JohnLane

Volvo 260turbo AKA The Fire Breathing Monster
Overkill is consistently more fun

Lurchie poo ohhhh I like it when you talk dirty to me. I'm not used to be called a whore or a slut out of the bedroom though. But I'll try and get used to it if that's your "thing".

There's a Hyundai Tiburon that was run very sucessfully up in our next of the woods last year. There's not too many Tiburon rally cars to the best of my knowledge. Does that make it a bad car ? Evidently not by the results.

You mentioed that the Golf is the most successful car of all time, that's great and if I had to guess I'd say that you probably have one.

Tiburon - uncommon rally car - successful
Golf - common rally car - successful

I'm not a fan of either one, and unless you're paying to have a car built for me or giving me yours - then I should be entitled to my opinion about the car.

It may be a great rally car, the best rally car of all time (although the Swedes, British, and Finns may disagree with you), but that doesn't mean that it HAS to be the car that I choose. I never called the Golf or Rabbit a shitbox or anything like that, I just mentioned what my uncle has said about the car and my opinion about the car (from a street car perspective). So next time you sit down and formulate a post, perhaps consider taking a sedative, or two, or three...

I can handle the testorone male driven ego BS talk, and I don't expect nor do I want special treatment because of the sex on my drivers license. But I'm new here, dipping my feet into rally, and to be greeted by downright rude arrogance is a bit much. Your first post to me "F*ck off", pretty rude at best. Now if you would have said "Suck my dick" that would have been better. (Winks and blows Lurch a kiss).

Okay so it sounds like building the Capri is out, as is building a car period.

So I'm looking to buy a 2wd already built car.

Is there a difference in buying a US as opposed to a Canadian built car in regards to logbook compliance ?

What about importing a "street legal" race car across the line ?

Different safety regulations ?

Supposed I do 2 - 3 stage events per year, what should I budget for maintenance and parts ?

Suggestions for built cars that would be "tank like" but "nimble" ? Or does that not describe a rally car ?

What should be the cost range of a built car that is "ready to rally" ? I mean having been gone through, parts repaired, etc.

And if you want to swear at me fine, but use sexual undertones, it makes me hot !

I'll get slammed by the Canucks on here for saying this.

US drivers are generally more courteous than Canadian drivers on the highways and interstates.

When I used to do multi day vacation bus trips, I spent a fair amount of time on the highways of the Western States and the Canadian Rockies. I've had a fair amount of experience with both drivers from a commercial transport perspective.

It goes without saying that very few people want to be behind a 45 foot charter bus that is 149 inches high and 102 inches wide. But in the US (most of the time) coming up behind a slower moving car in the fast lane, and flashing the high beams once, most drivers would pull into the middle or slow lane almost immediately. In Canada however, more often than not, flashing the high beams will yield the person to stand on their brakes.

Most buses in Canada are governed at 160km/h (or less), and although slow off the line they have plenty of power on the highway.

In 1997 I drove a Prevost XL (older coach) that had a Detroit 8V92 (8 cylinders and 92 cubic inches per cylinder) that had big injectors and 475HP mated to a spicer manual 6 speed. There wasn't a hill in the Canadian Rockies (including the mountain passes) that I couldn't do 90 km/h full loaded with luggage and passengers. I was a hot rod !

Ummmm I think I got off topic, while reminicing !

Generally Canadian drivers are less courteous than US drivers. Perhaps Canadian drivers don't fear being shot on the highway by another motorist ?



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/17/2006 12:20PM by Morten.

>
> There's a Hyundai Tiburon that was run very
> sucessfully up in our next of the woods last year.
> There's not too many Tiburon rally cars to the
> best of my knowledge. Does that make it a bad car
> ? Evidently not by the results.

The car itself is cheap enough in street trim, If you want to build from scratch and spend more money than you need to it may be an alternative car.

>
> You mentioed that the Golf is the most successful
> car of all time, that's great and if I had to
> guess I'd say that you probably have one.

I wouldn't call it the most succesful car of all time but it is widely rallied all around the world with success. The R&D is already done, a lot of people have been there done that so aqdvice and parts sourcing will be fairly easy. And NO I Don't Own One.


>
> Tiburon - uncommon rally car - successful
> Golf - common rally car - successful

Exactly.


>
> I'm not a fan of either one, and unless you're
> paying to have a car built for me or giving me
> yours - then I should be entitled to my opinion
> about the car.


But of course you are entitled to your opinion, it's your money. I was laughed at when I told people I was building a CRX for gravel. 4 seasons and a boat load of rallies later that car is still running strong, collecting trophies in G2 and coming to finish of every rally it enters if the driver doesn't make a booboo.


> It may be a great rally car, the best rally car of
> all time (although the Swedes, British, and Finns
> may disagree with you), but that doesn't mean that
> it HAS to be the car that I choose. I never called
> the Golf or Rabbit a shitbox or anything like
> that, I just mentioned what my uncle has said
> about the car and my opinion about the car (from a
> street car perspective). So next time you sit down
> and formulate a post, perhaps consider taking a
> sedative, or two, or three...

Now you sound like you have Testosterone overload. I suggest you ease on the coffee. Besides you really don't want to have too much testosterone in your system, I wouldn't want you to have to shave your face every day and the bearded women are very passee.

>
> I can handle the testorone male driven ego BS
> talk, and I don't expect nor do I want special
> treatment because of the sex on my drivers
> license. But I'm new here, dipping my feet into
> rally, and to be greeted by downright rude
> arrogance is a bit much. Your first post to me
> "F*ck off", pretty rude at best. Now if you would
> have said "Suck my dick" that would have been
> better. (Winks and blows Lurch a kiss).


Naaaah, you are not getting any special treatment, we are treating you the same way we treat everbody, like shit. We are an Equal Opportunity Community. And by the way, you do not have a dick, strap ons don't count.


> Okay so it sounds like building the Capri is out,
> as is building a car period.


Good call.


> So I'm looking to buy a 2wd already built car.


Even better call.


>
> Is there a difference in buying a US as opposed to
> a Canadian built car in regards to logbook
> compliance ?

It depends on where you will be competing the most, Considering the Canadiennes are taking it more seriously, I would rather have a car with a Canuckistan Log Book.


> What about importing a "street legal" race car
> across the line ?

Possible. You may buy a prepared US car and get it Log Booked in Canuckistan. Make sure you have the export papers from US.

>
> Different safety regulations ?


Not insurmountable.

> Supposed I do 2 - 3 stage events per year, what
> should I budget for maintenance and parts ?


It will depend on the car and how many mistakes you will make. If you buy a well sorted car with no mechanical issues, you will spend most of your money in entry fees, hotels, towing, tryes and gas. Regular maintenance like belts, hoses pads and stuch is not that bad.


> Suggestions for built cars that would be "tank
> like" but "nimble" ? Or does that not describe a
> rally car ?


That describes a rally car to the T.


> What should be the cost range of a built car that
> is "ready to rally" ? I mean having been gone
> through, parts repaired, etc.


Between 4 and 8K US would be a safe range for a nice 2WD NA car.


> And if you want to swear at me fine, but use
> sexual undertones, it makes me hot !


Darling, stay away from hot, we don't want to get you hot, HOT = BLOWN HEAD GASKET = WARPED HEAD, we just want to see you on stages.

Hope this helps.

Cordially yours,

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Cheers
M.Samli
Phoenix AZ
Gaylant VR4
EVO III GSR (Stolen)


Rallies are no place for traitors

sagsert Wrote:
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> Cordially yours,


First you fawn over her (assuming it really is a her), then you make fun of her, then you trash her, and now you're being cordial.

Make up your mind.

Really, well I always notice when I go "home" that BC drivers mostly understand the "keep right except to pass" rule, which nobody in WA seems to grasp. You'll have 10 lanes all going 50 here because if you have an SUV you can be in any lane you want and no need to check your mirrors...

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www.rallyrace.net

> I wouldn't call it the most succesful car of all
> time...


Neither did I.


>And NO I Don't
> Own One.


Neither do I.



This thread is dead to me.

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Lurch
Eric Burmeister
The west coast...of Michigan

Jens

Shut the fuck up and mind your own damn business you fag.

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Cheers
M.Samli
Phoenix AZ
Gaylant VR4
EVO III GSR (Stolen)


Rallies are no place for traitors



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/17/2006 02:28PM by sagsert.

I haven't driven a bus since 2000 so maybe things have changed ?

Rally Bitch Wrote:
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> Lurchie poo ohhhh I like it when you talk dirty to
> me. I'm not used to be called a whore or a slut
> out of the bedroom though. But I'll try and get
> used to it if that's your "thing".

Hey those Midwest boys are very polite......in public.
In private they seem to have the same langues as everybody else.
>
> There's a Hyundai Tiburon that was run very
> sucessfully up in our next of the woods last year.
> There's not too many Tiburon rally cars to the
> best of my knowledge. Does that make it a bad car
> ? Evidently not by the results.
The only Hyundai that were successful were Hyundais BODYSHELLS with Mitsubishi Evo engines and trannies and suspension.
John Buffum built them when he was sponsored by Hyundai
We called the "Hundi-bitchis"
They directly violated the very first rule of SCCA then rulebook "One-offs are expressly prohibited" but 11 time National Champions are exemted from rules it seems.

>
> You mentioed that the Golf is the most successful
> car of all time, that's great and if I had to
> guess I'd say that you probably have one.

No he didn't.
Lurchie poo and everybody else know that THE most sucessful rally car in the history of human civilisation in this galaxy is the Ford Escort 1968-1980 in the rear wheel drive MkI (1968 thru 1974) and MkII versions (1975-1980).
>
> Tiburon - uncommon rally car - successful >>>only those funny ones
> Golf - common rally car - successful

Actually its a case if "Inertia" more than any particular design element.
Blind leading the blind, just doing what they see everybody else doing
>
> I'm not a fan of either one, and unless you're
> paying to have a car built for me or giving me
> yours - then I should be entitled to my opinion
> about the car.
>
> It may be a great rally car, the best rally car of
> all time (although the Swedes, British, and Finns
> may disagree with you), but that doesn't mean that
> it HAS to be the car that I choose.

The British prefer rwd Fords, rwd Opels, rwd Talbot, and some like the Vauxhaul Astra (which is a "Pontiac Lemans" 1988-1993 in North America, Opel Kadette in the rest of the world) or the Vauxhaul Nova
because of far sighted MARKETING DECISIONS which made sure there were competition bits available and a "Vauxhaul Astra Cup"

The Swedes _liked_ the MkII Golf (1984 over there to 199?) again because VW Sweden had the sense to make a push, and pay for some drivers. VW Rally development on the motor side has been done in Sweden (as well as Opels motor and driveline and suspension work).
If they had more budget, the Swedes who wanted to do fwd, the Swedes preferrred the Opel Kadett as it IS a better chassi, AND a much better motor and a good 6 speed box.

The Finns normal events are still "blind" events using a route book only, no "notes" and they believ that rwd "sideways" is the best for that.
A few do Opel Kadettes. VW were always rare.




I never called
> the Golf or Rabbit a shitbox or anything like
> that,
Ma petite chat, ALL cars are shitboxes, the only question is just what KIND of shitbox they are.

I just mentioned what my uncle has said
> about the car and my opinion about the car (from a
> street car perspective). So next time you sit down
> and formulate a post, perhaps consider taking a
> sedative, or two, or three...

What method of taking it would you suggest? Orally or.....
>
> I can handle the testorone male driven ego BS
> talk, and I don't expect nor do I want special
> treatment because of the sex on my drivers
> license. But I'm new here, dipping my feet into
> rally, and to be greeted by downright rude
> arrogance is a bit much.

I have to agree. Have all your "crusty grizzled veterans" forgotten your first over confident postings or questions?




Your first post to me
> "F*ck off", pretty rude at best. Now if you would
> have said "Suck my dick" that would have been
> better. (Winks and blows Lurch a kiss).
>
> Okay so it sounds like building the Capri is out,

Ignore the comments from Jens about it being "crap the day" or whatever.
Jens knows very little generally and even less specific to rally cars.
The Capri IS just a "bigger Escort". just a bit longer wheelbase (100.5" but virtually everything interchages.
As such, it remains one of the easiest cars to build into a truly competitive car IF ONE IS CONTEMPLATING BUILDING. READY TO BOOGIE ONE COULD EASILY WEIGH IN AT 2100LBS-------800 LBS LESS than Lurcie-poos Maz-dog.

> as is building a car period.
Well you have a much harder project now, because now you can only choose what some other person thought in some wanky fantasy was a suitable car (and then decided wasn't getting the hooo-hoo-s he was think it would)
>
> So I'm looking to buy a 2wd already built car.

pooor thing.
>
> Is there a difference in buying a US as opposed to
> a Canadian built car in regards to logbook
> compliance ?
too many 'merican cars werte built with 1.5" main hoop.
1.75" is what you need in Kanukistan.
>
> What about importing a "street legal" race car
> across the line ?

chancey. but it has been done. Derek Bottles gave BC boy Chad Manley A Golf, and he got in in. Eventually. And I gave BC Boy Kirby a Volvo 240, and he got it in but no cage.
Its the BC inspection I would worry about.
>
> Different safety regulations ?
>
> Supposed I do 2 - 3 stage events per year, what
> should I budget for maintenance and parts ?
>
> Suggestions for built cars that would be "tank
> like" but "nimble" ? Or does that not describe a
> rally car ?
It SHOULD, but most cheaper are TANK heavy, but weak, and seldom "nimble".
>
> What should be the cost range of a built car that
> is "ready to rally" ? I mean having been gone
> through, parts repaired, etc.

Impossible to say.
>
> And if you want to swear at me fine, but use
> sexual undertones, it makes me hot !

Sweetie, you still haven't answered the short list of questions.
go back and do that early, it is impossible to really advise with knowing those things.
One can thrash around for 6-8 months this way. And still not have you a car.

Did you even bother to read about the done RX7???

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John Vanlandingham
Sleezattle, WA, USA

Vive le Prole-le-ralliat

www.rallyrace.net/jvab
CALL +1 206 431-9696
Remember! Pacific Standard Time
is 3 hours behind Eastern Standard Time.

"Its the BC inspection I would worry about."

I went through the importing and licensing of a built car.

You need to find a forward thinking inspection person that is a racer himself, rally, road, or otherwise. Someone who can look at the car, drive it, and say "Shit this car is way safer that an stock one".

I've heard of people having problems with having rally cars inspected even though they're being brought to BC from another Province. If the first person say's no, then go to the next... "Race car friendly" is the key.

john vanlandingham Wrote:
> > I can handle the testorone male driven ego
> BS
> > talk, and I don't expect nor do I want
> special
> > treatment because of the sex on my drivers
> > license. But I'm new here, dipping my feet
> into
> > rally, and to be greeted by downright rude
> > arrogance is a bit much.
>
> I have to agree. Have all your "crusty grizzled
> veterans" forgotten your first over confident
> postings or questions?

No, John, I haven't forgotten when I was a pimple faced punk, but there is a difference. I have been in the sport for a 15 years and I KNOW I am still learning!

Why did I respond the way I did? She says she wants "no special treatment because she's female", but starts off with an arrogant "kick your ass" attitude (jokingly, I realize), dismisses REAL HONEST suggestions because her uncle is a toothless redneck, and then tries to "use her tits in a digital manner" by referencing falatio while blowing kisses and sodomy while posting pictures of women with strap-ons.

If a guy who didn't know his ass from a hole in the ground came in here offering to hand you yours at rallying, you'd be swinging an axe trying to take him down a notch.

Well...she doesn't want special treatment. So I ain't giving her none.

If anyone IS, its the goofballs falling all over her.

Just another chick using her tits to get special treatment. ie...attention whore.

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Lurch
Eric Burmeister
The west coast...of Michigan



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/17/2006 05:00PM by Lurch.

Damn Lurch, she hasn't even shown us her tits, how can you say she's using them to get attention?

You saying it's somehow not fair that you CAN'T get attention when you show us your tits?

I say she's speaking what she percieves to be the lingua franca here, and she doesn't yet know who to listen to and who to blow. Off.

I have always asked that people don't give me shit for the way I say things because I DON't want to or see the point of writing like I was address a fucking high school pep rally or addressing fuckin Congress.

I still say she MUST answer the question asked (however she like, just give the info) or we can't help her.

And nobodys tripping over themselves being oooooooh aaaah.

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John Vanlandingham
Sleezattle, WA, USA

Vive le Prole-le-ralliat

www.rallyrace.net/jvab
CALL +1 206 431-9696
Remember! Pacific Standard Time
is 3 hours behind Eastern Standard Time.