"Nick Has an Exocet" (nickallain)
12/02/2015 at 01:10 • Filed to: None
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"Nick Has an Exocet" (nickallain)
12/02/2015 at 01:10 • Filed to: None | 6
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Hey Opponauts. I finally came around to the idea of posting on Oppositelock. I’ve begun to realize my fantasy of living out the car-guy dream so it’s maybe time I started putting some posts out there into the car world.
Yeah, I know a lot of car guys don’t name their cars, but I do. My current daily is T’pol - a 2011 Lancer Ralliart. It has some light mods (lighter wheels, boost pill, drop in filter, GST basemap v3.1) but the plan is to eventually get her up to ~400whp. I’d be pretty happy with 380 but even that will likely require new clutches. That won’t be until at least next summer.
I’m a New Englander at heart (which is where I bought my car) but I now live in the SF Bay Area area. I get to travel a lot. In the last year, I’ve spent close to four months in Scotland for work. I wish I could say that I get to drive lots of interesting things there, but so far it’s been a snooze. I rented a “Sport Car” from Sixt and they gave me a Peugeot 308 (1.5 diesel) that had a 50-70 time of around a million seconds. I rented another car from Avis that was so boring that I can’t even remember what it was. Might have been a Skoda. All I know is, they wouldn’t let me have the C4 Cactus and I wasn’t happy about that.
I went to F1 Singapore this year (timed it up with a work trip so all I had to purchase was race tickets). It was a great time but the turbocharged cars sound kind of boring. I also got a ride in a $90,000 Uber car there. Unfortunately, it was a $90,000 Toyota Corolla. They have a S$70,000 “Certificate of Entitlement” and roughly 100% tax on every car.
I also dabble a bit with auto-photography so I’ll post things when I have the chance. This Jaguar photo was taken one night this summer at about 1am on the way back to my flat in Glasgow. I’ve driven the F-Type about 4 times now in all the flavors. Someday, F-Type, someday - you will be mine. It’s a hard car NOT to get obsessed with. I saw one on the way home tonight and the guy was giving it (V6s) all the auditory sex he could muster. What a great thing that the car exists at all.
Photo taken with Canon 6D. Lens: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM II Lens
Spoon II
> Nick Has an Exocet
12/02/2015 at 01:38 |
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Welcome! That’s a great shot of the Jaaaaag as well.
Sneaky Pete
> Nick Has an Exocet
12/02/2015 at 01:56 |
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Treasure Island Cars and Coffee this Saturday, see you there!
AddictedToM3s - Drives a GC
> Nick Has an Exocet
12/02/2015 at 02:06 |
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Welcome to Oppo! It’s nice to see there’s another fellow Opponaut from the Bay Area. Which part are you residing?
Also, I never got the memo about car guys not naming their cars. My car’s name is Sophie.
911e46z06
> Nick Has an Exocet
12/02/2015 at 02:36 |
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Sup yo!
Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever
> Nick Has an Exocet
12/02/2015 at 02:52 |
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Welcome! I also just joined as a poster (yesterday) and I’m in the South Bay.
Is there a significant community for modding non-Evo Lancers? Or are you going into unchartered territory?
boxrocket
> Nick Has an Exocet
12/02/2015 at 07:14 |
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Welcome! I’ve named all my cars, with the exception of a Mazda6 I bought last month and am “flipping”. T’pol was a bad-ass so that seems suitable, despite her addiction problem.
Jonathan Harper
> Nick Has an Exocet
12/02/2015 at 08:20 |
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Welcome! Looking forward to seeing more of your photography. You might be interested in photography.kinja.com as well :)
$kaycog
> Nick Has an Exocet
12/02/2015 at 09:07 |
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Welcome to Oppo, a fun place to be!
davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
> Nick Has an Exocet
12/02/2015 at 09:47 |
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Nice! Love silver in low light.
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Nick Has an Exocet
> AddictedToM3s - Drives a GC
12/02/2015 at 10:26 |
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Nice! What kind of car is Sophie?
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Nick Has an Exocet
> Nick Has an Exocet
12/02/2015 at 10:26 |
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Oh, and I’m in Richmond (the city not the neighborhood).
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Nick Has an Exocet
> Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever
12/02/2015 at 10:27 |
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Ralliart has a pretty good modding group for it. Most Evo parts bolt right on engine-wise. Suspension wise, it’s similar to the GS and there’s okay availability there as well.
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Nick Has an Exocet
> boxrocket
12/02/2015 at 10:29 |
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Haha. That’s why I chose it. T’Pol was a rational person - calm and collected (below 4k RPM) and a raging lunatic (above 4k RPM).
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Nick Has an Exocet
> Sneaky Pete
12/02/2015 at 10:30 |
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Oh nice! I didn’t know about this one. I had heard about the one in Walnut Creek but it’s at 6:30am or some nonsense :)
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Sneaky Pete
> Nick Has an Exocet
12/02/2015 at 11:49 |
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There’s also another one at the Blackhawk Auto Museum in San Ramon the first Sunday of every month, good mix of old cars and new. Super crowded though.
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AddictedToM3s - Drives a GC
> Nick Has an Exocet
12/02/2015 at 14:14 |
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Cool. I’m from the south bay.
She’s an Acura CL.
Not my pic but she looks exaclty like that minus the rear spoiler.
Tapas
> Nick Has an Exocet
12/03/2015 at 13:19 |
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I am with you on the F-Type, buddy.
I was living in the US with enough money saved up to get one. Then, a bad luck with immigration meant I had to leave. And I still gotta keep a job, which is in Singapore. For now, at least.
But I’m definitely getting the F-Type as soon as I can.
So this is day two of me in Singapore, another day of not driving lol And I was trying to find what Oppo has on Singapore. If you ever get a chance to lease/rent/steal the F-Type, do it for me DO it for OPPO!!! lol