REVscene - Vancouver Automotive Forum


Welcome to the REVscene Automotive Forum forums.

Registration is Free!You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members (PM), respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features. Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free so please, join our community today! The banners on the left side and below do not show for registered users!

If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact contact us.


Go Back   REVscene Automotive Forum > Automotive Chat > Vancouver Auto Chat

Vancouver Auto Chat 2016 VAC Community Head Moderator: Raid3n

Reply
 
Thread Tools
Old 08-26-2019, 10:02 PM   #776
Throw yo paws in da air!
 
XplicitLuder's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: State of Trance
Posts: 5,125
Thanked 2,779 Times in 957 Posts
Failed 217 Times in 61 Posts
New ride, and for the next 20 years

2014 4runner by Christian B, on Flickr
Advertisement
__________________

Proud member of GRAPE Great Revscene Action Photography Enthusiasts


2008 Infiniti M45X - Y50 (Current)
2000 Honda Prelude SH (Sold)
1995 Dodge Spirit (Sold)
1998 Nissan Maxima SE (Sold)
1996 Honda Prelude SR-V (Sold)
XplicitLuder is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-30-2019, 08:50 AM   #777
RS controls my life!
 
prelude_prince's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: ...
Posts: 744
Thanked 2,057 Times in 223 Posts
Failed 5 Times in 2 Posts
Rarely driven, temp plates... But glad after 10+ years and the dirty yellowing paint you still turn heads and get spotted!



__________________
Quote:
Originally posted by fuzebox
Once upon a time there was a carbon fibre hood named "Ricey", and all his life he wished he was painted to match the rest of the car he belonged too. One day...
prelude_prince is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-01-2019, 03:03 PM   #778
Even when im right, revscene.net is still right!
 
S1 S2's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Richmond
Posts: 1,308
Thanked 689 Times in 180 Posts
Failed 8 Times in 5 Posts
DSC00710 by

16L/100km, worth it
S1 S2 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-01-2019, 03:43 PM   #779
Rs has made me the woman i am today!
 
BIC_BAWS's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: revscene
Posts: 4,344
Thanked 4,863 Times in 1,664 Posts
Failed 165 Times in 63 Posts
Quote:
Originally Posted by S1 S2 View Post
16L/100km, worth it
Oh that's it? That's not too bad. With a bad disa valve i was running at 14-15L/100KM.
__________________
|| 18 FK8 | R-18692 | Rallye Red | 6 MT ||
|| SOLD 97 E36 M3 Sedan | Arctic Silver | 5MT ||
|| RIP 02 E46 330ci | Schwartz Black II | 5MT | M-Tech II | Black Cube | Shadowline | Stoff Laser/Anthrazit ||
|| RIP 02 E46 M3 | Carbon Black | 6MT ||
BIC_BAWS is offline   Reply With Quote
This post thanked by:
Old 09-01-2019, 06:45 PM   #780
WOAH! i think Vtec just kicked in!
 
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Port Moody
Posts: 1,666
Thanked 1,158 Times in 391 Posts
Failed 86 Times in 38 Posts
Up the Squamish river.
__________________
06 3500 Mega Cab ~ Stockish
TjAlmeida is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-02-2019, 01:51 AM   #781
is best wrench
 
monkeywrench's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Vancouver
Posts: 2,485
Thanked 1,208 Times in 272 Posts
Failed 190 Times in 33 Posts



monkeywrench is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-05-2019, 12:35 AM   #782
Ready to be Man handled by RS!
 
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Vancouver
Posts: 90
Thanked 173 Times in 29 Posts
Failed 2 Times in 2 Posts



VancouverG88 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-05-2019, 02:15 PM   #783
J.C
My homepage has been set to RS
 
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Vancouver
Posts: 2,122
Thanked 2,848 Times in 596 Posts
Failed 31 Times in 13 Posts
J.C is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-05-2019, 07:12 PM   #784
I Will not Admit my Addiction to RS
 
Dbone's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2015
Posts: 526
Thanked 598 Times in 185 Posts
Failed 8 Times in 7 Posts
I took advantage of the weak pound and picked up an Exige in the UK. Last week I finally got to go over and drive it.

First stop was Donington. Two days later we went to Cadwell Park.
Attached Images
File Type: jpg DSCF8256.jpg (129.5 KB, 0 views)
File Type: jpg DSCF8269.jpg (103.8 KB, 0 views)
File Type: jpg DSCF8298.jpg (121.8 KB, 0 views)
File Type: jpg qWjxejNw.jpg (92.9 KB, 0 views)
File Type: jpg DSCF8358.jpg (138.5 KB, 0 views)
Dbone is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-05-2019, 07:15 PM   #785
To me, there is the Internet and there is RS
 
underscore's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Okanagan
Posts: 16,798
Thanked 9,482 Times in 4,138 Posts
Failed 429 Times in 227 Posts
Oh shit, I'm mad jealous. Are you importing it to Canada?
__________________
1991 Toyota Celica GTFour RC // 2007 Toyota Rav4 V6 // 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee
1992 Toyota Celica GT-S ["sold"] \\ 2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee CRD [sold] \\ 2000 Jeep Cherokee [sold] \\ 1997 Honda Prelude [sold] \\ 1992 Jeep YJ [sold/crashed] \\ 1987 Mazda RX-7 [sold] \\ 1987 Toyota Celica GT-S [crushed]
Quote:
Originally Posted by maksimizer View Post
half those dudes are hotter than ,my GF.
Quote:
Originally Posted by RevYouUp View Post
reading this thread is like waiting for goku to charge up a spirit bomb in dragon ball z
Quote:
Originally Posted by Good_KarMa View Post
OH thank god. I thought u had sex with my wife. :cry:
underscore is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-05-2019, 07:27 PM   #786
I Will not Admit my Addiction to RS
 
Dbone's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2015
Posts: 526
Thanked 598 Times in 185 Posts
Failed 8 Times in 7 Posts
Quote:
Originally Posted by underscore View Post
Oh shit, I'm mad jealous. Are you importing it to Canada?
Needs another year before I can bring it across, so I'm getting the suspension refreshed at Hanger 111 and storing it there. With the current exchange, labour is cheaper there than here. The plan is to do another quick trip next summer for a few track days before shipping it over.
Dbone is offline   Reply With Quote
This post thanked by:
Old 09-05-2019, 08:06 PM   #787
RS Veteran
 
TouringTeg's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: An Island
Posts: 14,400
Thanked 5,024 Times in 1,083 Posts
Failed 4 Times in 4 Posts
Nice! Saw a RHD Lotus Elise at a local cars and coffee recently. My wife is headed to the UK next month and is bringing me back a BMW 1M.

Sadly it's only 1:18 scale.
__________________
Victoria Car Assessments - Condition assessments (test drive, photos, deficiencies and summary). RS member references available. IG @touringteg

1998 Acura Integra Type R #0635
2017 Honda Civic Type R #01818
TouringTeg is offline   Reply With Quote
This post thanked by:
Old 09-05-2019, 11:34 PM   #788
Rs has made me the woman i am today!
 
BIC_BAWS's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: revscene
Posts: 4,344
Thanked 4,863 Times in 1,664 Posts
Failed 165 Times in 63 Posts
weak pound = time to find an e46 CSL! or one of those clios - good idea dbone!
__________________
|| 18 FK8 | R-18692 | Rallye Red | 6 MT ||
|| SOLD 97 E36 M3 Sedan | Arctic Silver | 5MT ||
|| RIP 02 E46 330ci | Schwartz Black II | 5MT | M-Tech II | Black Cube | Shadowline | Stoff Laser/Anthrazit ||
|| RIP 02 E46 M3 | Carbon Black | 6MT ||
BIC_BAWS is offline   Reply With Quote
This post thanked by:
Old 09-06-2019, 06:41 AM   #789
I Will not Admit my Addiction to RS
 
Dbone's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2015
Posts: 526
Thanked 598 Times in 185 Posts
Failed 8 Times in 7 Posts
Quote:
Originally Posted by BIC_BAWS View Post
weak pound = time to find an e46 CSL! or one of those clios - good idea dbone!
pistonheads.com is a great site for buying cars like that in the UK.

There's also a ton of fast or race Caterham's for a good price that are over 15 years old. (The wife nixed that idea)
Dbone is offline   Reply With Quote
This post thanked by:
Old 09-06-2019, 08:43 AM   #790
Rs has made me the woman i am today!
 
BIC_BAWS's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: revscene
Posts: 4,344
Thanked 4,863 Times in 1,664 Posts
Failed 165 Times in 63 Posts
Quote:
Originally Posted by Dbone View Post
pistonheads.com is a great site for buying cars like that in the UK.



There's also a ton of fast or race Caterham's for a good price that are over 15 years old. (The wife nixed that idea)
I actually found CSLs on pistonhead, cheapest is 43K GBP. The conversion isn't as good as I expected hahaha. It'll probably end up around the same cost as a brand new M2 Comp. Thanks for sharing!

Sent from my Pixel XL using Tapatalk
__________________
|| 18 FK8 | R-18692 | Rallye Red | 6 MT ||
|| SOLD 97 E36 M3 Sedan | Arctic Silver | 5MT ||
|| RIP 02 E46 330ci | Schwartz Black II | 5MT | M-Tech II | Black Cube | Shadowline | Stoff Laser/Anthrazit ||
|| RIP 02 E46 M3 | Carbon Black | 6MT ||
BIC_BAWS is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-06-2019, 11:48 AM   #791
Performance Moderator
 
68style's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Richmond
Posts: 16,831
Thanked 17,625 Times in 5,903 Posts
Failed 291 Times in 187 Posts
Just use autotrader.co.uk in combination with a random UK postal code to search for stuff

Transition cars as I like to call them (where they're older but the fanatics haven't caught on to them yet) such as the MR2 Spyder... here you can't find a decent MR2 Spyder for less than $15k imported from the USA anymoe due to exchange and taxes and somewhat increasing demand............ but in England? You can pretty much have your choice of practically new low mileage ones for about $8k cdn....

A lot of used cars are so dirt cheap in the UK. Only a few cars (NSX comes to mind) carry a massive premium over what's available here...
68style is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-06-2019, 01:03 PM   #792
To me, there is the Internet and there is RS
 
underscore's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Okanagan
Posts: 16,798
Thanked 9,482 Times in 4,138 Posts
Failed 429 Times in 227 Posts
Watching the Top Gear cheap car challenges I was always amazed at how cheaply they could get rather good looking cars and how everything seems to depreciate like crazy. An MOT seems pretty lax compared to a Shaken or the German testing so why do they drop so fast?
__________________
1991 Toyota Celica GTFour RC // 2007 Toyota Rav4 V6 // 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee
1992 Toyota Celica GT-S ["sold"] \\ 2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee CRD [sold] \\ 2000 Jeep Cherokee [sold] \\ 1997 Honda Prelude [sold] \\ 1992 Jeep YJ [sold/crashed] \\ 1987 Mazda RX-7 [sold] \\ 1987 Toyota Celica GT-S [crushed]
Quote:
Originally Posted by maksimizer View Post
half those dudes are hotter than ,my GF.
Quote:
Originally Posted by RevYouUp View Post
reading this thread is like waiting for goku to charge up a spirit bomb in dragon ball z
Quote:
Originally Posted by Good_KarMa View Post
OH thank god. I thought u had sex with my wife. :cry:
underscore is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-06-2019, 02:18 PM   #793
Willing to sell a family member for a few minutes on RS
 
westopher's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: North vancouver
Posts: 12,757
Thanked 32,637 Times in 7,615 Posts
Failed 214 Times in 162 Posts
RHD cars are less desirable in the worldwide market so you don’t have all of Europe trying to buy them up. UK climate seems to make cars rustbuckets. Their economy is probably even worse than ours. It’s a good recipe for a bargain, but what good is a bargain when it’s not a useful product (for us).
__________________
98 technoviolet M3/2/5
Quote:
Originally Posted by boostfever View Post
Westopher is correct.
Quote:
Originally Posted by fsy82 View Post
seems like you got a dick up your ass well..get that checked
Quote:
Originally Posted by punkwax View Post
Well.. I’d hate to be the first to say it, but Westopher is correct.
westopher is offline   Reply With Quote
This post thanked by:
Old 09-06-2019, 02:26 PM   #794
I Will not Admit my Addiction to RS
 
Dbone's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2015
Posts: 526
Thanked 598 Times in 185 Posts
Failed 8 Times in 7 Posts
Quote:
Originally Posted by underscore View Post
Watching the Top Gear cheap car challenges I was always amazed at how cheaply they could get rather good looking cars and how everything seems to depreciate like crazy. An MOT seems pretty lax compared to a Shaken or the German testing so why do they drop so fast?
I think it's a combination of a few things. You can import cars from Japan for cheap (no 15 year rule), limited parking for spare fun cars, no VAT on private sales, and people seem to really like having a new car.

Edit: As Westopher says, RHD is also just generally less desired but I disagree on the climate remark. It's basically the same as here in terms of rust. Maybe it's just that more people park outside.
Dbone is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-06-2019, 02:31 PM   #795
Willing to sell a family member for a few minutes on RS
 
westopher's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: North vancouver
Posts: 12,757
Thanked 32,637 Times in 7,615 Posts
Failed 214 Times in 162 Posts
The climates similar but have a look at how many cars from the uk have rotted to shit or had panels welded. I honestly don’t know what the difference is, but I’ve never seen south coastal B.C. cars rot like UK cars do.
__________________
98 technoviolet M3/2/5
Quote:
Originally Posted by boostfever View Post
Westopher is correct.
Quote:
Originally Posted by fsy82 View Post
seems like you got a dick up your ass well..get that checked
Quote:
Originally Posted by punkwax View Post
Well.. I’d hate to be the first to say it, but Westopher is correct.
westopher is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-06-2019, 02:58 PM   #796
Performance Moderator
 
68style's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Richmond
Posts: 16,831
Thanked 17,625 Times in 5,903 Posts
Failed 291 Times in 187 Posts
Westopher is right, UK cars rust like crazy... I think it’s more like Prince Rupert type weather there and I used to dread lease returns at my old work from PR because they’d be dripping rust stains from door handles and stuff after only 3 years there! Always wet all the time it’s much more dry in the lower mainland.
68style is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-06-2019, 03:10 PM   #797
To me, there is the Internet and there is RS
 
underscore's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Okanagan
Posts: 16,798
Thanked 9,482 Times in 4,138 Posts
Failed 429 Times in 227 Posts
JDM imports don't seem to have rust problems even though it's a similar island. I had a YJ that lived on Vancouver Island for a few years though and the amount of corrosion that was in the electrical was crazy. It doesn't really snow in the UK so I can't imagine they salt a lot. I would guess it's all the rain but it rains a lot in the lower mainland too so idk (edit: a quick Google says roughly the same number of days and volume of rain in the UK as Vancouver).

In the TG Nile special Hammonds Subaru looks clean on the exterior but the failed control arm had rusted from the inside out (granted it had high mileage). In a few of the specials the cars have clean looking bodies but when lifted up they're pretty rotten. RHD doesn't bother me at all and a Toyota-engined Exige (or even an Elise) is one of my more realistically priced dream cars but I'd be mildly terrified to get it here and it's got a bunch of internal rusting going on.
__________________
1991 Toyota Celica GTFour RC // 2007 Toyota Rav4 V6 // 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee
1992 Toyota Celica GT-S ["sold"] \\ 2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee CRD [sold] \\ 2000 Jeep Cherokee [sold] \\ 1997 Honda Prelude [sold] \\ 1992 Jeep YJ [sold/crashed] \\ 1987 Mazda RX-7 [sold] \\ 1987 Toyota Celica GT-S [crushed]
Quote:
Originally Posted by maksimizer View Post
half those dudes are hotter than ,my GF.
Quote:
Originally Posted by RevYouUp View Post
reading this thread is like waiting for goku to charge up a spirit bomb in dragon ball z
Quote:
Originally Posted by Good_KarMa View Post
OH thank god. I thought u had sex with my wife. :cry:
underscore is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-06-2019, 03:16 PM   #798
Performance Moderator
 
68style's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Richmond
Posts: 16,831
Thanked 17,625 Times in 5,903 Posts
Failed 291 Times in 187 Posts
Exige should be pretty safe, lots of plastic, fibreglass, carbon and aluminum
68style is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-06-2019, 03:37 PM   #799
Rs has made me the man i am today!
 
Simplex123's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Richmond
Posts: 3,469
Thanked 1,437 Times in 376 Posts
Failed 53 Times in 21 Posts
Quote:
Originally Posted by underscore View Post
JDM imports don't seem to have rust problems even though it's a similar island. I had a YJ that lived on Vancouver Island for a few years though and the amount of corrosion that was in the electrical was crazy. It doesn't really snow in the UK so I can't imagine they salt a lot. I would guess it's all the rain but it rains a lot in the lower mainland too so idk (edit: a quick Google says roughly the same number of days and volume of rain in the UK as Vancouver).
Interesting. I'm not sure why, but I was under the impression that island cars (Victoria/Nanaimo at least) are less prone to rust than even the mainland? Perhaps they get a little less rain than we do? I don't think they're getting loads more salt exposure in the air/rain than we do in the Lower Mainland.
__________________
'00 Honda Accord V6 [sold]
'95 BMW 325i Cabriolet [RIP]
'03 VW Jetta 1.8T [RIP]
'06 BMW 330i [RIP]

'02 BMW M3
'99 Honda Civic SIR [sold]
'19 Civic Type R[sold]
'22 MINI Cooper SE
My Photojournal: simplexcars
Simplex123 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-06-2019, 04:15 PM   #800
To me, there is the Internet and there is RS
 
underscore's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Okanagan
Posts: 16,798
Thanked 9,482 Times in 4,138 Posts
Failed 429 Times in 227 Posts
It was a 1992 and I didn't know any history of it prior to ~2006 so I don't know where else it lived or what else it was subjected to that may have simply caught up with it while it was on the island. It had a soft top + half doors as well, and Chrysler wiring isn't exactly robust to begin with so definitely take that with a grain of salt lol.
__________________
1991 Toyota Celica GTFour RC // 2007 Toyota Rav4 V6 // 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee
1992 Toyota Celica GT-S ["sold"] \\ 2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee CRD [sold] \\ 2000 Jeep Cherokee [sold] \\ 1997 Honda Prelude [sold] \\ 1992 Jeep YJ [sold/crashed] \\ 1987 Mazda RX-7 [sold] \\ 1987 Toyota Celica GT-S [crushed]
Quote:
Originally Posted by maksimizer View Post
half those dudes are hotter than ,my GF.
Quote:
Originally Posted by RevYouUp View Post
reading this thread is like waiting for goku to charge up a spirit bomb in dragon ball z
Quote:
Originally Posted by Good_KarMa View Post
OH thank god. I thought u had sex with my wife. :cry:
underscore is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply


Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are Off



All times are GMT -8. The time now is 04:35 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions Inc.
SEO by vBSEO ©2011, Crawlability, Inc.
Revscene.net cannot be held accountable for the actions of its members nor does the opinions of the members represent that of Revscene.net