| Nickel |
03-03-2015 03:19 AM |
New guy in town
I don't usually care too much about reading one's introduction post but I'm sure there are some out there who might.
A little bit about me... Names's Nick, 23, went to school for architectural engineering but somehow ended up in accounting...? I work for the City of Charlotte here in NC. I'm a very passionate gear head, have owned a bunch of motorcycles, spent some time on the track with both bikes and cars, and I love building my toys.
Just bought me a 2013 FR-S 10 series, #182 Saturday. Bought it from the Toyota dealer where my wife works, who ended up making a $650 commission off of me. :clap: 16K miles, one previous owner who happened to work there and used it for commuting, he was apparently very easy on it and had it serviced regularly. I come from Miata land. I currently own my 4th 1990 Miata that I have just put a freshly built 1.7L in after a couple of years of owning it. I've put quite a lot of time and money into it and did all of the work myself. It's a street used car but behaves more like a track car at this point so it'll be used now more for weekends and just hooning around. I have a B3000 4WD but that was bought for the snow and gets sort of lousy gas mileage with 32" tires so it was time to stop dailying it. So I've found a perfect daily and every minute I drive it, it grows on me.
I'm new to Boxer engines. I did quite a bit of research on this car before purchasing it and took a lot of time analyzing the D-4S injection system. I'm growing quite fond of the way it behaves and just how much of a joy it is to drive. Obviously I'm still within the 60K mile, 5 year manufacture warranty so not too worried if I encounter some little issues or quirks but I would like to prepare for any that may be common as eventually I know I'll have to open her up for surgery one of these days. I don't have huge plans for it since I have a bit on my plate at the moment but I do have little things in mind. The first will probably be wheels and tires. I've decided on the Enkei RPF1's in flat black 17X9 +35 with 245/40/17's and the CS style lip kit from Jon Motoring. I really like the note of the Nameless exhaust so that's also probably on the list. But I don't plan on tracking this car and it already does really well so for the most part it'll stay stock. That about sums it up.
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