DarrenDriven's Asphalt FR-S (sold 1/17/15. Portland OR)

[DarrenDriven]

Originally Posted by blu_

Darren what kind of rates relatively where you paying on insurance?

Also, did you do to cars and coffee this morning and what did you think of it?

I think it added $60/mo to my insurance, but I have multiple car discount, homeowners, health insurance, etc. I'm 36/male and have one speeding ticket on record.

Cars & Coffee was OK, not too many cars because of the weather, I think.

[DarrenDriven]

Got the windows tinted today, 20% all around.

[DarrenDriven]

[blu_]

I know that road

I saw a white frs twin on the way to work today. First one I have seen on the road.

[DarrenDriven]

Uh-oh, what's going on with the FR-S today?

[PERRIN_ADAM]

^^^ With the FRS? What FRS? All I see is a nameless car! Any holes under the SCION badge?

[DarrenDriven]

Haha, yeah, there are holes under there:
http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7296

[sticky]

Originally Posted by DarrenDriven

Uh-oh, what's going on with the FR-S today?

I'm not a fan of the stock tail lights - looking forward to seeing what you have cooked up

EDIT: Just found it - now want to see it on the car

[DarrenDriven]

[ThaBigUnit]

Ohhh Schnapp!! That's sick! more photo's please. On a side note, are there wholes where the scion badge use to be? or is it just glue

[DarrenDriven]

Yeah, there are three small holes under the Scion badge. I'm still working out a solution, although I ordered the JDM "T" badges from Japan... but might not use them. We'll see.

Debadging DIY: http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7296

[DarrenDriven]

[Linseal]

Originally Posted by DarrenDriven

Haha, oh yeah, lately I've been into black. I keep telling myself no, but somehow I keep doing it anyway. It wasn't always that way.

I bet you miss that 86 MR2. I love the MK1s.

[DarrenDriven]

That MR2 was actually one of the biggest PITA cars I have ever owned! Haha. I bought it for $150 at the IAAI auction in Seattle. They wouldn't let me drive it off of the lot, even though I had a trip permit and insurance, so I had to rent a U-Haul and trailer... only U-Haul wouldn't rent me a truck AND trailer for a local move (because of theft problems) so I had to rent the trailer down the street at a different rental place. I FINALLY got them to load the MR2 on the trailer at 5pm on a Friday, then I pulled out of the parking lot, unloaded the MR2 and returned the rentals.

THEN it turned out that the transmission was stuck in 3rd gear! I had to drive in rush-hour stop and go Seattle traffic on 3rd gear, then when the freeway opened up I redlined that sucker all the way back to Portland.

Swapped in a used tranny, drove the car a bit and sold it on eBay to a woman in Eugene who asked me to deliver it. About ten miles shy of Eugene the head gasket blew and I had to flatbed the car back to Portland. ($$$!!!) I resold the car for MORE MONEY on eBay to a guy who needed it for autocross duty, and I managed to break even on my investment (if you don't count time). Whew.