02 Duramax vs. 95 Eclipse
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Re: 02 Duramax vs. 95 Eclipse
Originally Posted by nuke61
In about 4 years or so, you'll realize how little you really knew about anything back when you were just 16. The worst kill I've ever been the victim of was at the hands of a "rice burner" -- a Talon GST that ran a 12.2 
to my 12.9 or so. It was running race gas and large boost levels, but as far as I could tell, it was otherwise a full interior car. A very similar car smoked me when I was in my '95 Z28. May have well been the same guy, but the beating in the '95 was a few years ago. My current car and sole mod is in my sig.
Bottom line is that I've spanked quite a few American cars, but got soundly spanked by what I might have assumed was a "ricer" if I had seen it on the street. Even at the track I had no idea that the guys car ran low 12s. I don't assume anything anymore. Anyone that wants to run might have a very fast car (or truck) regardless of the brand badging.
to my 12.9 or so. It was running race gas and large boost levels, but as far as I could tell, it was otherwise a full interior car. A very similar car smoked me when I was in my '95 Z28. May have well been the same guy, but the beating in the '95 was a few years ago. My current car and sole mod is in my sig.Bottom line is that I've spanked quite a few American cars, but got soundly spanked by what I might have assumed was a "ricer" if I had seen it on the street. Even at the track I had no idea that the guys car ran low 12s. I don't assume anything anymore. Anyone that wants to run might have a very fast car (or truck) regardless of the brand badging.
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Re: 02 Duramax vs. 95 Eclipse
Originally Posted by CamaroKid813169
please forgive my punctuation, I was not aware that it is frowned upon to not use proper punctuation and grammer. Forgive me. I had no intentions of pissing anyone off. Please accept my appology.
Your punctuation and grammar didn't **** me off, it was your mouthy comment towards my post.
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Re: 02 Duramax vs. 95 Eclipse
I've got no hard feelings either, but DSM's are not ricey and thats something that people need to learn before they learn the hard way.
They are horribly unreliable though.
They are horribly unreliable though.
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Re: 02 Duramax vs. 95 Eclipse
Originally Posted by CamaroKid813169
yea, sorry about that man, I dont blame ya for gettin pissed off at a punk *** teenage
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Re: 02 Duramax vs. 95 Eclipse
The thing is you dont have to be old to know about cars, i mean i grew up on all differnet types of cars and and taking classes at UTI and im only 19 so really you cant say to much againt that
the thing i finded with older people is that they have more money so they can afford to pay their mechiaics to do this work on their car, so in their mind they "really" know what their talking about
the thing i finded with older people is that they have more money so they can afford to pay their mechiaics to do this work on their car, so in their mind they "really" know what their talking about
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Re: 02 Duramax vs. 95 Eclipse
Same here. My dad has been a full time self-employed mechanic for most of my life so I know a little bit about cars and how to work on them, but if I don't know something there's a real good chance that he will. 
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Re: 02 Duramax vs. 95 Eclipse
Who said anything about his mechanical aptitude versus his age? Pay attention now...
Our 16 year old says:
"does it really f*****g matter, i mean c'mon it's a damn rice burner, a drunk guy on a bicycle could take on a ricer, and win blow it away"
And then the comments start about him having a lot to learn, he replies that he's been racing for 6 years, blah, blah, blah.
The fact remains that many "rice burners" are damn quick. Regardless of how old you are, if you state that a car is slow simply because it's Japanese, you DO have a lot to learn.
Our 16 year old says:
"does it really f*****g matter, i mean c'mon it's a damn rice burner, a drunk guy on a bicycle could take on a ricer, and win blow it away"
And then the comments start about him having a lot to learn, he replies that he's been racing for 6 years, blah, blah, blah.
The fact remains that many "rice burners" are damn quick. Regardless of how old you are, if you state that a car is slow simply because it's Japanese, you DO have a lot to learn.
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Re: 02 Duramax vs. 95 Eclipse
Originally Posted by nuke61
Who said anything about his mechanical aptitude versus his age? Pay attention now...
Our 16 year old says:
"does it really f*****g matter, i mean c'mon it's a damn rice burner, a drunk guy on a bicycle could take on a ricer, and win blow it away"
And then the comments start about him having a lot to learn, he replies that he's been racing for 6 years, blah, blah, blah.
The fact remains that many "rice burners" are damn quick. Regardless of how old you are, if you state that a car is slow simply because it's Japanese, you DO have a lot to learn.
Our 16 year old says:
"does it really f*****g matter, i mean c'mon it's a damn rice burner, a drunk guy on a bicycle could take on a ricer, and win blow it away"
And then the comments start about him having a lot to learn, he replies that he's been racing for 6 years, blah, blah, blah.
The fact remains that many "rice burners" are damn quick. Regardless of how old you are, if you state that a car is slow simply because it's Japanese, you DO have a lot to learn.
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