Very true. Pelican parts was saying how companies like BMW, Mercedes, etc were looking to make it so it would copyright infringement if you were to work on your car on your own. Im not too sure how true it is, but that would be totally dumb.
ā¦yes, I have a small obsession with McLarenās I have loads of pdfs with my specs
what I do is sometimes go test driving.
Regular cars.
I do sometimes. For Fatherās Day, my wife tried to setup a surprise test drive at McLaren Chicago. But that didnāt happen because you know, we arenāt rich, lol. But that is more for buying a new car, which is looking like a Mercedes. My scion XB is on its last legs, and its time to get a nicer newer car. Plus my wife wants a Merc. In all honesty Iāve been really liking the Chargers and Challengers. Been considering a lightly used Charger, because they arenāt expensive to maintain and it will be easy to find parts.
@āThe Furious Oneā - I have been doing that too. McLaren is a car that I am really starting to fall in love with as well. Watched shmee drive his in the gumball 3000. Would love to own one.
Baeā¦
On my way home I decided to make a detour and get some motivation.
I do that too! Good to see Iām not the only one 
Heres an old pic when I went to my local supercar retailer, itās closed down now but the guys and gals there were really cool didnāt mind me coming in and just looking and sitting in it.
For those who already miss the only British motoring show that matteredā¦ well Fifth Gear is returning sometime next year.
In other news.
https://twitter.com/JeremyClarkson/status/626693373240459264
https://twitter.com/MrJamesMay/status/626696156853239808
Amazon video?? =/
Shmee just uploaded his 3rd episode of his Road to 675LT series
A walk through McLarenās 675LT
nonsense
This is more of my thing, take a car and go ham with it mechanically (doesnāt have to be a old muscle, really not a fan of it). I really donāt dream of owning ultra āhighā end cars. Most I would ever pay for a car is what a good Porsche 911 costs (any car that costs more than a Porsche imo is selling you exclusivity, a lifestyle, or hype not performance thatās usually not worth it)
Iād like to take a car and really build it to my needs. And no, I donāt want to pay some nigga to do things for me. Iād like to do as much of it as possible as I can do safely. Except for paint. LOL
For example, the lead suspension engineer for Corvette ZR-1 took the suspension of the ZR-1 and he himself put it into his 60ās camaro. It was faster around willow springs than the ZR-1. And thatās what gets me hype. Taking a car, and really building it up into something great. This guy imo still made his car with the intent of show, most people do and thatās not a bad thing. But I really subscribe to the hybrid philosophy of every day car, capable track car.
I feel you man. I think in my case, I just love cars. I love old muscle, exotic and everything in between. Aside from going to actual manufacturer sites, I frequent a ton of build threads. Lately I have been on a lot of E34 and 944 Turbo build threads. I like being able to build a car around what I want as well, its like you know all that you will do to it. If I had my own garage (live in the city) I would do all the repairs on my car myself. For me I am big on educating myself on different cars and the quirks that they have.
I think that is why I am in so much awe of Magnus Walker, because he really didnāt know anything about building cars, but he knew he loved Porsche and taught himself how to work on them. Iād love to have enough money where I can just go an work on my cars all day and have the space and tools for everything.
Iāll take a personally built/tuned low end used car over an over engineered super-car any day. The fact is that car is an expression of ideas from an individual. Not the product of an engineer who wants to be the top of his class. The individuality of the low end ares is astounding and just flat out fun.
DJHyperKid looking at e34ās. As long s theyāre 1994+ Youāre good. I love that car for a platform. Severely underrated in the car community.
I just started getting into them honestly. Of course the E30/36/46 are the popular ones, but after checking out he 34ās I started to realize how good of a car it is to build.
I donāt even own a Bimmer, but I still get Bavarian Autosport in the mail, just to see the prices on parts for all different Bimmers.
This build thread was pretty good. Granted I canāt stand āstancedā cars, I do think this guy did a great job on his.
http://www.stanceworks.com/forums/showthread.php?t=22326
I can literally smell the rice coming through the screen. It permeates the air so deeply and richly that my nostrils burn from itās overwhelming scent.
I hate everything stance ālifeā represents, because essentially itās the entirety of the car scene where I live.
He put a lot of work into the body work! I just finished going through that thread. He sold it at the end too? Not sure if I would be easily persuade on letting go my projects unless the amount of money that was offered far exceeded the time and work put into. I have a difficult time trying to get rid of parts as is.
Iām with you man. Here I rarely see any stanced cars. A lot of BMWs and some exotics. The tuners that I see are actually tastefully modded.
He did great work, and then ruined it with those stupid wheels that rip, tear, cut, and bend fenders whenever he hits a bump too hard. I canāt tell you how many cars iāve seen with their fenders split on the apex of the fender because dude wantās flush rims. but thatās my opinion. I believe in one church of cars alone.
Function before Form
Iām the opposite. I always see cars stanced out like that.
Civics and RSX with blown head gaskets, but they have those flush wheels slammed to the ground, cut springs and ebay roll cage.
s14-15 in bad condition but with 1k rims flushed out and slammed with cut springs
car scene in Long Beach sucks fucking ass. Even with the bigger groups (many people here make ācar clubsā), all they do is gather in parking lots or designated locations and just stand around all day talking about nonsense. Of all the āmeetsā iāve gone with my friend and heās told me heās gone to his car club. Guys have never done anything remotely car. The one time they went to the drag strip, it took my friend a few months to convince them to go. (They didnāt want to go because their Challengers/Chargers werenāt ready for the ātrackā LOFL). And the one time we where going to go to canyons, these dudes didnāt leave till 1āoclock to the canyons, where there already significant traffic.
I also never see high end cars. Iād have to go down to Orange county down Pacific Coast Highway to see any fancy cars. But i really donātā like driving down there because Azusa and Muhalland area have the fun roads. PCH is essentially a very long straight road and thatās not my style. The only other place is near Hollywood, (so many of them there), but once again, Iām not going to go out of my way to see fancy cars I donāt get hype for.
What about low riders though? I see this stance shenanigans similar to that form of customization, while I too am not a fan, I can respect it to a degree, though when I first saw this years ago when I was in automotive school, I thought it was a bit ridiculous.
Everything seems fine besides the engine lol
The main road you will want to drive in Chicago is Lake Shore Drive (LSD). Its awesome to drive on, not too much traffic and during the night thats where a lot of Bikers and Car enthusiasts cruise and do small gatherings. Also every other weekend in the city, Lamborghini, Bently and other high end car companies have meet ups by the dealerships. I think out of all the cars I saw, I was in awe of a guy driving an Alpina B7.