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Old 05-01-2005, 05:59 AM
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Thanks for the laughs, jrv.

There was a totally riced Civic at the last apartment complex I lived at. Never did figure out what all that 'stuff' was for (phony knock-offs, removable steering wheel, no back seats - just SPEAKERS, red car with white bodykit that probably made it a foot wider and two feet longer than stock, some sort of wing-thing that looked like it came from a Stearman biplane, enough gauges to confuse a shuttle pilot, assorted multicolored lights inside - outside - under the car, etc.).

He could only come into the lot using one driveway 'cause the thing was so low it dragged on the other three - and on all the speed-bumps. Oh! Almost forgot the twin 3 inch exhausts. Sounded like a Harley - almost...

That thing musta had a huge battery (maybe duals, eh?) 'cause on cold days he could crank for half an hour before it would finally start...

I was amazed that his 49 foot-pounds of brute force torque could turn those twenties...

Why do they do this?

Oh! And the stickers - I almost forgot the stickers! All sorts of vinyl patches, stickers, stripes, lists, most of 'em in Japanese. I wonder if he even knew what they said?
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Old 05-01-2005, 06:01 AM
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There's no replacement for displacement...
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Old 05-01-2005, 06:20 AM
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I'd punch him just for talking like that :D
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Old 05-01-2005, 06:32 AM
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Yeah thats funny but get a sticker.
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Old 05-01-2005, 06:54 AM
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hahah funniest story ever
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Old 05-01-2005, 07:05 AM
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Originally Posted by wedgiesaurus
d00d xA's are so bomb they have like vvt-i and i got the trd springs to make it go faster!
What's that supposed to mean?
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Old 05-01-2005, 07:33 AM
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Why do they do this?
Because for some odd reason they think that all of that crap they butcher their car with is "cool".
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I was only going to read the beginning but I was hooked and read the whole thing. Great story haha

+1 for pics LMAO
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Old 05-01-2005, 04:10 PM
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That was awesome
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Old 05-01-2005, 06:37 PM
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yea that is quite hilarious
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Old 05-01-2005, 07:15 PM
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pictures please =D
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Old 05-01-2005, 08:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Satmax
Originally Posted by wedgiesaurus
d00d xA's are so bomb they have like vvt-i and i got the trd springs to make it go faster!
What's that supposed to mean?
Yeah, what does that mean?
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Old 05-02-2005, 05:19 AM
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Keep laughing boys. Scion is a next civic and we all know it. Soon such stories would start to pop up about TCs and XAs

Funny story though.
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Old 05-02-2005, 05:20 AM
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Keep laughing boys. Scion is a next civic and we all know it. Soon such stories would start to pop up about TCs and XAs

Funny story though.
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nice story u got any pics?
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Old 05-02-2005, 07:13 AM
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i can't read that much, im not even going to try.
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Old 05-02-2005, 07:57 AM
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Thanks for this grerat story. You painted perfect pic of what that POS looked like.
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Old 05-02-2005, 08:48 AM
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Yeah. . . Scion's are definitely headed towards the rice direction. . . now back to the tC vs RSX type S threads that we keep seeing!
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Old 05-02-2005, 09:43 AM
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LOL! great story.. :D
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Old 05-02-2005, 04:08 PM
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SoCal has alot of Civics like that.
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