Stuck in an airport; AMA

"MarquetteLa" (marquettela) 10/06/2016 at 13:32 • Filed to: None

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Delta Airlines has essentially screwed me out of a day of vacation so I am stuck waiting for my flight for hours. So help keep me entertained and ask me about my 2002 Miata or my 1988 323 GTX OR ANYTHING ELSE.

Snuze: Needs another Swede > MarquetteLa 10/06/2016 at 13:36

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Whoa! Nice GTX. I love those little cars. I’ve only ever seen 2 of them. When and where did you get it from?

OPPOsaurus WRX > MarquetteLa 10/06/2016 at 13:37

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can u smell my fart. cuz its pretty bad

RiceRocketeer Extraordinaire > MarquetteLa 10/06/2016 at 13:39

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so .. uh, how about that ‘02 Miata ... ?

MarquetteLa > Snuze: Needs another Swede 10/06/2016 at 13:41

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Thanks! I bought mine two years ago from a guy in New Mexico who had two of them. It’s proven to be an excellent car for Colorado winters! Digital dash, Nardi steering wheel, 2.5" turbo-back exhaust.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > MarquetteLa 10/06/2016 at 13:41

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Taking the 323 to the Washington Hillclimb next year?

Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras > MarquetteLa 10/06/2016 at 13:43

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Want to buy a very expensive car from me?

MarquetteLa > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 10/06/2016 at 13:45

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1,700 miles is a little out of the way for me. The GTX has been to Pikes Peak twice now though!

MarquetteLa > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras 10/06/2016 at 13:45

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No monies for that!

Snuze: Needs another Swede > MarquetteLa 10/06/2016 at 13:46

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Awesome, what a cool little car. I’d love to own one someday.

Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras > MarquetteLa 10/06/2016 at 13:47

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Make Oppo give you monies! Or delta!

MarquetteLa > RiceRocketeer Extraordinaire 10/06/2016 at 13:48

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I quite like her. Ohlins coilovers, Wilwood big brakes, 15x8 6ULs, extended angled short shifter.

MarquetteLa > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras 10/06/2016 at 13:49

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I like this idea.

MarquetteLa > Snuze: Needs another Swede 10/06/2016 at 13:50

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They’re getting to be pretty hard to find! Probably around 600 still left in the U.S.

Snuze: Needs another Swede > MarquetteLa 10/06/2016 at 13:53

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Yeah, that’s not very many at all. It will probably never happen. I don’t have space for an extra car anyways, and when I do, the next thing I buy will probably be a motorcycle or an IROC, so when I do get around to it, they will probably have become incredibly collectible.

handyjoe > MarquetteLa 10/06/2016 at 13:58

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I’m a fan of the parking brake.

MarquetteLa > handyjoe 10/06/2016 at 14:01

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Yeah, so that Wilwood big brake setup has a handbrake, but it’s more or less just for ticking the handbrake box for tech inspections. It won’t hold the car on the mild grade that my driveway sits on.

gawdzillla > MarquetteLa 10/06/2016 at 14:04

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what offset 15x8 ?

MarquetteLa > gawdzillla 10/06/2016 at 14:09

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+36 and it’s perfect.

haveacarortwoorthree2 > MarquetteLa 10/06/2016 at 14:28

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They can’t interline you over to another carrier?

notsomethingstructural > MarquetteLa 10/06/2016 at 16:02

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What do they go for these days?

notsomethingstructural > MarquetteLa 10/06/2016 at 16:04

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I want a car to wrench on. I currently have a SVT focus that’s my second car. It runs and drives but it’s got a ton of shit that could use fixin’. It’s also got quite a lot of rust on the nuts and bolts and is miserable to work on. Plus the valve cover gasket was leaking oil but it’s either got much, much worse or i have like a mainseal or something that went to add insult to injury.

Should I sell the SVT and find a more interesting (or worthwhile) project or just keep spinnin’ them wrenches on this?

MarquetteLa > haveacarortwoorthree2 10/06/2016 at 16:28

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Apparently not! Now reaching my destination 7 hours later than originally planned. Joy.

MarquetteLa > notsomethingstructural 10/06/2016 at 16:35

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GTXs go for around $2-6k depending on the condition. Focuses aren’t really my thing, so I don’t think I would have put up with as much pain as you have with it. That being said, these are 25+ year-old cars with an AWD system that wasn’t used on any other cars. Parts can be difficult to source and the transmission limits how much power you can add (more than 200hp will destroy it).

If you can get past that, though, they are fantastic cars to drive. I’ll be posting an in-depth review of the GTX soonish.

notsomethingstructural > MarquetteLa 10/06/2016 at 16:39

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i’m by no means attached to it. here’s a good(?) twitter thread about it (link) . Surprised the GTX is that much, damn. But they are rare. I wouldn’t get one because I wouldn’t be willing to tolerate the parts nonsense.