NorCal (Bay Area) OFF-TOPIC Chat Thread

[spike021]

Originally Posted by FirstWinter

Congrats you made it around the fireball with the other space rock monkeys!

Yay I’m no longer a space cadet! Thanks!

Originally Posted by Clipdat

Use your bday money and buy an exhaust.

TRD or Magnaflow. Such a hard decision. Does anyone else have ideas of exhausts that might be similar to these, aside from Perrin?

These two seem to have that "mid tone" to them, with plenty of growl and throatiness, yet no drone for DDing.

Any other exhausts that share these characteristics?

No birthday money and not expecting any lol.

But yes one of those eventually.

[BigFatFlip]

Originally Posted by spike021

I am now a quarter century old

Must go on drive to feel young again!

Happy bday! Now enjoy renting a car and lower insurance! lol

I recall renting a convertible Mustang for my 25th

[finch1750]

Originally Posted by Clipdat

Use your bday money and buy an exhaust.

TRD or Magnaflow. Such a hard decision. Does anyone else have ideas of exhausts that might be similar to these, aside from Perrin?

These two seem to have that "mid tone" to them, with plenty of growl and throatiness, yet no drone for DDing.

Any other exhausts that share these characteristics?

Miltek. And the HKS single exit sounded fairly good paired with an Ace header. Cant remember if he had a silencer in or not

[spike021]

Originally Posted by BigFatFlip

Happy bday! Now enjoy renting a car and lower insurance! lol

I recall renting a convertible Mustang for my 25th

Lolol what do I rent if I already have a fun sports car? Thanks! Waiting to see how much my insurance goes down.

[spike021]

Not enough downforce:

https://instagram.com/p/BaO7wsgjQ1-/

[FirstWinter]

Originally Posted by spike021

Not enough downforce:

https://instagram.com/p/BaO7wsgjQ1-/

Looks like the size of a bed lol. Any of you guys watch the Global MX5 Cup race today?

[BigFatFlip]

Originally Posted by spike021

Lolol what do I rent if I already have a fun sports car? Thanks! Waiting to see how much my insurance goes down.

Well, considering I was driving an old Datsun 510 wagon when I was 25, a convertible with a V8 was very much the epitome of "sports car" I've yet to experience lol

I wouldn't expect much on your new insurance rates, i think mine only dropped ~8-10%

[spike021]

Originally Posted by BigFatFlip

Well, considering I was driving an old Datsun 510 wagon when I was 25, a convertible with a V8 was very much the epitome of "sports car" I've yet to experience lol

I wouldn't expect much on your new insurance rates, i think mine only dropped ~8-10%

Haha, fair enough. I’m quite fortunate.

Even 8-10% would be useful to me actually. My rates are high at the moment because of age and never having insurance before now.

[BigFatFlip]

Originally Posted by spike021

Not enough downforce:

https://instagram.com/p/BaO7wsgjQ1-/

I find the rear diffuser/under body aero interesting. Looks like they are trying the same "air tunnel" idea others have done in the past, kinda like the FWD Nismo GT-R LM

[TofuJoe]

@spike021 - your birthday is October 14th? So is mine.

I celebrated by waking up before the sunrise, and going to Canepa Cars and Coffee. Good times. I think I was the only 86 there. Next time I'll drive my Pagani so I fit in better.

[spike021]

Tried my new iPhone 8+'s cameras on the car in sunset/dusk + smoke light:

https://imgur.com/a/fNiRC

Didn't get too fancy with positioning or angles since it was kind of spur of the moment.

[spike021]

Originally Posted by TofuJoe

@spike021 - your birthday is October 14th? So is mine.

I celebrated by waking up before the sunrise, and going to Canepa Cars and Coffee. Good times. I think I was the only 86 there. Next time I'll drive my Pagani so I fit in better.

Yep! Oh man, happy birthday! I almost went there too! Was planning on it but the smoke plus some relatives being around ended up changing my mind this time. We've gotta meet up at some point!

[TofuJoe]

@spike021 - I’m almost older than dirt now.
I’m sure we’ll be at the same event sooner or later.
If you haven’t been to Canepa, definitely check it out next year!

[strat61caster]

Originally Posted by TofuJoe

@spike021 - your birthday is October 14th? So is mine.

I celebrated by waking up before the sunrise, and going to Canepa Cars and Coffee. Good times. I think I was the only 86 there. Next time I'll drive my Pagani so I fit in better.

Ah my gf was wondering what the two Ferrari's, the Lambo, and the long hood 911, were doing heading South on 85 at 6:30 AM while we were on our way to the BMW Autox. I thought maybe Laguna or a Monterey thing (saw the 50 year old 911 last) until they got on 17 then I figured it was C&C.

Good to know I was right.