What you are missing if you're not autocrossing!

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I'm picking up another set of dirt cheap used A5's tomorrow. If I can find a set of 14's for my car, these will probably be the tires I bring up there.


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MK II Supra wheels?

or where they 15's...I can't remember. My friend might still have a few sets of them...

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Mr1der wrote:MK II Supra wheels?

or where they 15's...I can't remember. My friend might still have a few sets of them...
Looking for a deeper negative offset so that they can provide a wider stance.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pK_AuCWtfbQ

Gotta love wide open events at Fed Ex Field. Tarmac changes, elevation changes, surface temp changes, etc. It throws everything at you. The above is my class winning drive from this past sunday.

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Nice work, Jim! The car sounds good too.

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i added another video update in my autocross thread....

zer...truck

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93coupe wrote:Nice work, Jim! The car sounds good too.
LOL... Wait till you see it in person. The car sounds comical from the outside. Almost like it shouldn't even run on petrol, like it's fueled by other peoples laughter at it's exhaust note.
PEZi720 wrote:i added another video update in my autocross thread....

zer...truck
Gotta love the chirping of A6's.

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If you're not autocrossing, you're missing idiots like myself autocrossing bone stock Chrysler 300's

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEBGLnrbmTo

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:spitout: How many cones were taken out on that run.

Do you still have your s13?

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93coupe wrote::spitout: How many cones were taken out on that run.

Do you still have your s13?
Clean afaik. No cones were called.

I do have my S13 still, it's still in northern california.

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LMAO. That was hard to watch, but the commentary was hilarious.

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flohtingPoint wrote:If you're not autocrossing, you're missing idiots like myself autocrossing bone stock Chrysler 300's

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEBGLnrbmTo
Amusing commentary. Looked like two tons o' fun. Love the scream at launch YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH. ;)

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skydragoness wrote:LMAO. That was hard to watch, but the commentary was hilarious.
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flohtingPoint wrote:If you're not autocrossing, you're missing idiots like myself autocrossing bone stock Chrysler 300's

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEBGLnrbmTo
Amusing commentary. Looked like two tons o' fun. Love the scream at launch YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH. ;)
Thanks =) Yea, we did the scream because we were in a 300 to give homage to the flick. The run before this, I botched up my breaking distance, plowed half of a box turn and yelled out the window, THIS! IS! SPARTAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I had a lot of great students and they were very quick learners.

Here is a compilation of the footage I took that day.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfsvHm9Iogs

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want to take me for a ride along next week? that is if i can score a helmet...

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numbnuts240 wrote:want to take me for a ride along next week? that is if i can score a helmet...
No problem. Feel free to stop by my car in the paddock/grid/grass area, say "Hey Jim, can I get a ride?", and if I'm not doing something (I'll probably be using this as a massive test'n'tune, so I'll be making quite a few adjustments) then I'll probably have a spare helmet you can borrow =)

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right on. i should still have a head sock or two kicking around from go-karting. got to remember to bring one.

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numbnuts240 wrote:right on. i should still have a head sock or two kicking around from go-karting. got to remember to bring one.
Might be a good idea =P The spare I'll probably bring will more than likely be my roommates old helmet.

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mmmm stale, dried stranger sweat...

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numbnuts240 wrote:mmmm stale, dried stranger sweat...
Oh boy...Never log onto NICO before your first cup of coffee and w/out your glasses on. I just did a double take thinking you wrote, "hmmm stale, dried stranger meat".

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flohtingPoint wrote:
numbnuts240 wrote:mmmm stale, dried stranger sweat...
Oh boy...Never log onto NICO before your first cup of coffee and w/out your glasses on. I just did a double take thinking you wrote, "hmmm stale, dried stranger meat".
:chuckle:

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hahaahahahahaa

my morning posts tend to have that effect on people.

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We'll just have to make sure you're properly strapped into the Corolla's seat so you cant have any of my stranger meat =P

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oh, you tease, you

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numbnuts240 wrote:oh, you tease, you
You wouldn't like it anyway, it's not dried and stale. Er... Not that it's moist and soggy... Oh boy, I honestly have no exit strategy to this post.

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flohtingPoint wrote:
numbnuts240 wrote:oh, you tease, you
You wouldn't like it anyway, it's not dried and stale. Er... Not that it's moist and soggy... Oh boy, I honestly have no exit strategy to this post.
Perhaps it could be summed by saying you could go to "great lengths" to give him a fun ride?? :biggrin:

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where do you come up with this stuff? :bowrofl:

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numbnuts240 wrote:where do you come up with this stuff? :bowrofl:
In the present context...it was a "sperm" of the moment thought... ;)

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It's like all my Freudian thoughts are anticipated by Bubba... Oh the humiliation =*(

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flohtingPoint wrote:It's like all my Freudian thoughts are anticipated by Bubba... Oh the humiliation =*(

Thanks. But I prefer to veiw it as "uninhibited" thinking. and great minds think alike. :bigthumb:


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