Late night oppo. I went to a car show

"Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa) 07/25/2016 at 00:37 • Filed to: None

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Fucking love import car shows. Not many of them here in the Midwest, mostly car shows around here are old dudes with C5s or meticulously restored numbers-matching whatever the fuck potato potato potato old muscle car you’ve seen a million times before.

mothafuckin slammed saturn sc HELL YES. The shape of this car really lends itself well to this. Cool color, too.

So damn clean. Looks showroom minty. I love seeing old economy cars in super good condition like this. Stuff preserved that really has no business being preserved.

I’m not sure what color this is but this plastidip looks fantastic on this mustang.

FFFFFEEEEENNNNNDDDDEEEEEERRRRRR MIIIIIIRRRRROOOORRRSSSSS

also MINITRUCK :D

So

Damn

CLEAN

Holycrap. I love the craftsmanship and attention to detail here, and those wheels are amazing, as is that exhaust manifold.

This seems tasteful to me. One of few cars where eyelids can actually be pulled off.

And again, those wheels are sexy.

Guy I know bought this totally trashed #hellafukt Miata. So low it scrapes on absolutely everything. He’s enjoying the joke for a while but intends on lifting it up a bit on some worthwhile coilovers, getting some not-stretched tires on some lightweight wheels, and replacing teh trashed oil pan. Shold be interesting.

mmmmm, old

Ferrari 360. Meh. I wasn’t terribly interested in this tbh, and neither was my autofocus.

FUCK YES

SLAMMED MATTE BLACK CHEVY DUALLY CREW CAB. ALL OF MY WANT.

TheD0k_2many toys 2little time > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 07/25/2016 at 00:47

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Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > TheD0k_2many toys 2little time 07/25/2016 at 00:50

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I need it

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > TheD0k_2many toys 2little time 07/25/2016 at 01:14

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I drove a person home in one of those Saturn coupes once, it had the shittiest handling/feel of any car I can think of.

S65 > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 07/25/2016 at 01:23

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But what did you bring?

Amoore100 > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 07/25/2016 at 01:58

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I see a lot of Pug 406 Pinin in that Tiburon with those lids.

Blondude > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 07/25/2016 at 02:17

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Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Amoore100 07/25/2016 at 06:54

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Huh. That’s not a bad thing.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > S65 07/25/2016 at 06:55

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$20 entry fee for people to laugh at my beat up economy car? I parked the Nissan down the street and walked

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 07/25/2016 at 08:30

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You mean you don’t like going to car shows with cars being restored the exact same way, no matter what brand, down to the Torque Thrust II’s?

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 07/25/2016 at 08:37

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Seriously. Here in the midwest it’s all the same shit. Rat fink hot rods and old dudes with numbers-matching chevelles. Big American cars are cool but there is zero variation in them, and very few of these guys did any of the work themselves.

Swing over to the import scene and you have airbags , people dropped turbo truck motors into S13 chassis, all of your weird hellaflush stuff, ghetto’d turbo builds, caged drift missiles with body panels held on with zip ties yet sporting a ludicrous engine, AWD converted Sentras, off-road Civic Wagovans, showroom-fresh economy cars from 30 years ago, etc.

OCD-CO > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 07/25/2016 at 09:33

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Good thing you didn’t like that 360 Modena as it is an F430 Spyder with Challenge replica’s. But who am I to nit pick.

A 360 for your time.

Amoore100 > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 07/25/2016 at 09:34

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Tuned Korean coupes that look like twenty year old French cars from Italy...

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 07/25/2016 at 09:36

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That’s what was great about the European Experience. Nearly every car was different. So many Golf’s, but all had their owners personal touch.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 07/25/2016 at 09:41

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That D21. Much want.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > OCD-CO 07/25/2016 at 09:47

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You can’t imagine how little I care about Ferraris. The only thing that vaguely interests me about them is the “fuck you I do what I want” mentality the owner has.

Milky > TheD0k_2many toys 2little time 07/25/2016 at 09:52

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That car is actually a joke.

Used to look like this and from someone whose seen the car:

“ ….. single cam auto saturn with no exhaust, literally a open manifold, cut springs, ebay flares, a sheetmetal wing and a broken hood.”

Milky > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 07/25/2016 at 09:55

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I find it funny when people build up Civics that have those baby radiators. Its like - “ Aww, you’re almost a real engine ”.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Milky 07/25/2016 at 10:30

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For real. My 1.6 Miata has a radiator twice that size and has cooling issues. Of course, the Civic radiators are super thick.

Nothing > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 07/25/2016 at 10:58

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Car show demographics are weird. I’d take the RX8 to import, and I was the old guy. To a Miata meet? I was the young guy, by a large margin. The Cougar to a show, I was the young guy, again.

What’s funny is that, odds are, most of the number-matching blah blah cars were once bondo’d together pieces of pile that some high school kid in the 80s clapped together. Those kids were all tired of Tri-5 Chevies with flames on ‘em, T buckets, and Mercury sleds. And of course, old dudes with C3 Vettes.

WiscoProud > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 07/25/2016 at 12:37

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I’m with ya. I largely ignore the old domestics at our local shows and seek out the odd balls.