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cravate
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SO my boyfriend drag races and i have no idea about drag racing... Hes got a really really suped up '01 ford ranger. its mint. and last weekend threw the 1/4 at 15.4 anyways... anyone have a drag car or one they're working on? suped up civics?or something and any tips on this shit. because im so lost about cars.. im trying to figure this stuff out.
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Apr 19 2003 12:30PM
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andyrightcoast
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Civics are pretty gay, all the horses that they claim they have are at almost redline... Look at some dyno graphs against other cars if you don't believe me. Supras are pretty cool though. Drag racing is ok. I'm getting my Miata within the week and am probably going to turn it into a SPEC racing car. All about the handling baby.


(on the side: Cryss, was that serious enough for you or am i still a pretentious asshole?)


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Apr 19 2003 12:43PM
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andyrightcoast
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Oh, and some good sites to look at are like cardomain.com for other cars... and a lot of the individual car forums (google it up for like Supra Drag racing forums)and you'll get sites like NS for individual cars, usually they have some great explanations and tips on stuff like that.


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Apr 19 2003 12:45PM
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z_boarder914
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Aint drag races the ones where massive long thin cars get up to about 200 mph on a straight mile long track and then use parachutes to stop? the whole thing lasts like 16 seconds??
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Apr 19 2003 1:10PM
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andyrightcoast
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Supermodified cars, and they last way less than 16 seconds, lol.


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Apr 19 2003 1:11PM
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nkmo.
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16? Try 4-5. Street legal drags run around 10-16. Top fuel runs 4-5.


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Apr 19 2003 1:13PM
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pag
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drag is cool
civics sucks
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Apr 19 2003 2:00PM
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freeskier420
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i have a 97 jetta v6 with turbo,it can run a 1/4 in 12 sec, its called street racing by the way, i agree that supras are fuckin sick but they r way expensive,my 2nd choice would prob be a mazda rx-8
dude brody, tell ur mom i miight have to quit school for skiing haha
Apr 19 2003 2:30PM
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z_boarder914
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Im gettin me a dragster!!! that speed is sick!!!
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Apr 19 2003 2:32PM
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bigskia
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civics are played out...much better cars. though i hate all the fools in bitch ass cars like the matrix that try to race


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Apr 19 2003 8:01PM
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andyrightcoast
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Mr. 97 Jetta. Its not called street racing unless its on a street you fuckwad. Dragging is done on a timed course. The legal (and not dumb) way. Find yourself a course in your area where you can get timeslips and such its a much more rewarding experiance than revving your engine at a stop light like a fucking fool.

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Apr 20 2003 12:49AM
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Lateralis
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i dress in drag every thursday night,does that count?



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Apr 20 2003 12:51AM
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andyrightcoast
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Yes, because I bet you are smokin' like the engine of the idiot w/ the civic that trys to put in nitrous.

Sorry that was bad.


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Apr 20 2003 1:01AM
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Lateralis
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ahahhha wtf was that about???



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Apr 20 2003 1:02AM
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DFT1080
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mazda RX7 babie! eat my asss miata


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Apr 20 2003 1:14AM
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powder99
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every friday night in Misson B.C (near VAncouver) its street legal 1/4 mile. its sweet, so many fast cars, 15 secands? for an apperently suped up ford ranger? i guess thats ok, nothing special though
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Apr 20 2003 1:18AM
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andyrightcoast
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Yeah ok, the Miata outpreforms the RX7 AND 8 in handling and autocross events. Now take a Miata w/ an RX-7 engine (or a Chevy Small block for that matter) and lets see who wins. I bet its the Miata. Theres a Miata with a small block chevy engine that can run 11s quarter miles and do a 0-60 in 3.5 sec... eat your fucking heart out RX-7... plus would you ever really be able to afford an RX-7? And once again, street racing is gay. Bring an RX-7 to an Autocross event vs a good Miata, and it'll get its ass handed to it.

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Apr 20 2003 1:25AM
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freeskier420
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ok mr gay fuckin miata, which is one of the most super lame cars ever made, im a chick anyways and i would smoke u in my jetta bitch
dude brody, tell ur mom i miight have to quit school for skiing haha
Apr 20 2003 1:29AM
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andyrightcoast
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Most lame cars made? Saying that RIGHT THERE tells me you don't know what the fuck you're talking about AT ALL. The Miata is one of the best designed, most reliable, best preforming cars EVER. People who know what they are talking about respect the Miata. I will take ANY stock Miata and own your Jetta at anything besides a gay straight on drag. Drag racing takes no more skill than the ability to hold the car straight and shift right (yeah yeah, I know about double clutching and all, but seriously, is that skill?) Let me ask you this. Who was the one that did any modifications to your car? Did your daddy/boyfriend/mechanic do it for you? Bitch.
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Apr 20 2003 1:34AM
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andyrightcoast
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Are you even old enough to drive? Is it even YOUR car? Is your name on the title?
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Apr 20 2003 1:36AM
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Aprogressivone
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is a bmw 325is any good. I was thinking about getting a 88 and tuning it. would a 325is or 325ix be better. 325is is rwd, while i325x is 4wd.


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Apr 20 2003 1:54AM
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andyrightcoast
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I personally like RWD cars soo much better.. but I'd assume that the whole 4wd deal is better for going skiing and snow performance, if that matters to you.

BMWs have an INSANE group of fanatic followers who love their cars, so I'd assume than an older 3 series would be a great choice because so many people love their old 3 series. I hear that they have great engines. But I'd guess that you'd have to spend quite a bit of money in the engine area to make it really fast.

Look online at some BMW forums I'm sure they have great info.


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Apr 20 2003 2:06AM
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GroundControl
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AutoX is the only way to go if you want to show off your driving ablility... Drag can be done by a parapeligic with a brick strapped to his foot. If your really into drag than you want to look at power to weight ratios (car weight to top or maximum ouput in power) Power is usually quoted as horses (though its quoted for the engine and not what you actually get at the wheels). If your really into drag racing than modifications including forced induction or nos are the only ways to really get times up unless you strip your car of everything....(ac..radio..carpet...seats ect.) Ide suggest turbo if you know what your doing...superchargers are basically the same thing but they get power from your engine while turbo gets it from heated exhaust. Nos will fuck up your car no matter what...even if u account for it with extra modifications your just stressing the car too much. My friend has a 99 subaru rs special edition which is very very well set up for both drag and autox..times to date include sub 13 second times..hes working on high 12s but that costs money.. No matter what racing costs money..Ide suggest going the legal way as the consequences of getting caught are really high and it isnt any different whether your at a track or at the street the overall process is the same. Road is a road...at least at a track you get a speed reciet where you can check response times and all that other stuff and thats always helpfull...
Apr 20 2003 6:14AM
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NomenClature
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my frind has a prelude V-TEC and he has a direct port nitrous fogger system it runs a 10 second 1/4 mile. he works full time and spends so much money on his car that he is broke and lives with his mom.
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Apr 20 2003 8:20PM
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Line1260
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i just sold my audi s4 avant. it had a drop, sway bars, struts and racing suspension. not much modification other than that. i am working with my grandpa on putting a 55 chevy together right now though, it is going to haul. he has body for a 32 ford roadster thats in really nice shape, and i want to put some work into that when im bored


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Apr 20 2003 8:29PM
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HVskier
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Definitely gotta keep racing out of the streets, But we need more tracks. A lot of areas have no tracks to go to, no legal areas. The turns are where its at though, dragging is dumb. Can't wait til I can start doing autox or a full road course some day.
Apr 20 2003 10:01PM
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WIfreeskier
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well, i was into this whole street racing thing for about a year, but then i realized that i don't need all that shit. I'm getting something functional that i can go skiing with. Probably a Nissan XTerra or a Jeep Wrangler...
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Apr 20 2003 11:40PM
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skier_chick_360
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over the summer my friends and I always go down the line ups in Woodbridge... there are some pretty nice cars down there... I remeber one night a stock Impala beat a Civic with around $20,000 of mods in it! Oh wait that was also the night that I pushed a mustang off the road in my truck.. hahah good times!
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Apr 21 2003 11:28AM
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pag
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andy u know nothing at all about drag racing
it's not only about holding straight ur car and shifting u dumbfuck there is much more things to do
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Apr 21 2003 11:34AM
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Canadian_kicker
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Aeden come down to the races with us sometime. meet us there.. we were in woodbridge on saturday. showing off his truck and his friends cars.. haha i've never seen so many drags and cops and they even had the helicopter with the spotlight out. they were doing burnouts in the parking lot too. by colossus
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Apr 21 2003 11:41AM
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andyrightcoast
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'andy u know nothing at all about drag racing
it's not only about holding straight ur car and shifting u dumbfuck there is much more things to do'


You are a fag.

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Apr 21 2003 11:49AM
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CTripper
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andy what's double clutching? i never understood that.
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Apr 21 2003 12:14PM
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andyrightcoast
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Its a method used to reduce wear on your gearbox + clutch. You do it like this. Instead of shifting directly into the next gear, you want to push in the clutch, shift into neutral, let out the clutch, let the engine slow down from high revs, then push clutch in and shift to the gear. There wont be that noticible shake that occurs when shifting.

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Apr 21 2003 12:33PM
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vegabond
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andy, get out of that womans car

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Apr 21 2003 1:09PM
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andyrightcoast
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its not a fucking womans car
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Apr 21 2003 1:11PM
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vegabond
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i donno man, its a pretty estrogen fueled car.

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Apr 21 2003 1:15PM
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andyrightcoast
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no it definatly isnt you cunt. its designed from old british roadsters, and thats what it is. its a roadster. so fuck you.
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Apr 21 2003 1:25PM
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mammothpunks
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sounds like we have a hellraiser in a white miata


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Apr 21 2003 3:12PM
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HVskier
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double clutching is something you used to have to do, because of non-synchomesh transmissions. Now it is no longer necessary due to synchromesh tranny's in alomost everything. And its nothing that will make you go faster, like they say in the fast and the furious.
Apr 21 2003 5:19PM
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lineskier10
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yeah miatas are a womans car, sorry dude, and if its white or red its even more of a womans car
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Apr 21 2003 5:30PM
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Ds91260
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15.4s slow
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Apr 21 2003 5:35PM
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WIfreeskier
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fast and the furious is quite a gay movie. i like cars and all, but that was such a gay plot.
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Apr 21 2003 5:39PM
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cravate
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not for a mildly suped up truck. i've learned enough to realize what it takes to get your car to pull off a 10 second run. or a 13. fuck even a 15. to get your vechile into those times. your putting in loads of cash into them. my car could do an 18 if.... but im not really worried about my car. its a sunfire so who cares. it gets me to the ski hills and back
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Apr 21 2003 5:40PM
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SkierX
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I raced my friends 6 cylinder Camaro... yes, a 6-cylinder camaro, don't ask. I HAD a V6 Sunbird.

Quarter-mile road. No idea on times, but We both hit 95.

I lost tho, bad shift into second because I need a clutch job, hehehehe. Whatever, I'm selling her.
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Apr 21 2003 5:49PM
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vegabond
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the one thing that pisses me off most is poeple who say 'souped up' its modified if anything SO DONT SAY IT

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Apr 21 2003 6:34PM
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Lateralis
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i have a 95 escort and it rips



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Apr 21 2003 6:36PM
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skier_chick_360
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All I know is that I'm gonna miss my Miss. Beastie (aka my 2000 Yukon) ;( shes such a good beastie... she keeps up quite well in roll outs or line ups.. I love her very much!! BUt Cryss we will def. have to make it to Woodbridge some more this summer.. I just gotta find a worthy car.. maybe Daves prelude.. hmm gotta see about that
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Apr 21 2003 10:18PM
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cko
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Andy, how do you go skiing in a Miata?



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Apr 21 2003 11:21PM
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Ds91260
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id still rather have a 92 civic that a 15 sec truck, not that i do, but if i could, i would, and yes it takes a lot to run 10s, but shit 15, whats the average time of his truck?
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Apr 21 2003 11:33PM
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andyrightcoast
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you dont go skiing in a Miata :-) you go skiing in another car
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Apr 22 2003 12:10AM
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Lateralis
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subaru for skiing



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Apr 22 2003 12:10AM
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