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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: RAIDER14 on June 24, 2006, 01:29:05 AM
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I got my first car today a 1989 Toyota corolla:D
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Congratulations, when should the folks in Dallas start to stay off the roads? (When do you get your license?)
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Congratulations!
I'm just going to say that I got my license at 16, my first car at 17 and my last of six car wrecks (for my lifetime) at the age of 20.
Keep your wits about you and if you're in a hurry, **** happens.
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currently have permit waiting for license to come in mail......
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Originally posted by nirvana
Congratulations, when should the folks in Dallas start to stay off the roads? (When do you get your license?)
Speaking of which, what part of Dallas? I shudder just thinking about Dallas traffic. I've been driving for countless years and I still hate to drive in Dallas.
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Originally posted by RAIDER14
I got my first car today a 1989 Toyota corolla:D
congrats!
i still havent bought my first car :D
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odd. Today I just inherited (aquired) an 89 Accord.
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That sucks, I got my car when I was 15 so I got to learn in it so it wasn't a totally new experience.
It's fun how they do licenses now isn't it? A 4X12 inch sheet of paper, then they mail the license... Drive safe!
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I rolled my first car and broke my neck. I hope you do better.
J_A_B
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Originally posted by Estes
Speaking of which, what part of Dallas? I shudder just thinking about Dallas traffic. I've been driving for countless years and I still hate to drive in Dallas.
Northwest dallas, Car runs pretty good got it up to 75mph on 635
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congratulations. join DDAM as soon as you can
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only 75mph better stay on the shoulder on 635
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Congrads!
Toyota corolla was my first car too.
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Congrats, bud. Only a matter of time until your first roadtrip.
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A learners permit? Stay away from here with a permit. In fact stay away from here period, the roads here are a cross between Nascar and the Road Warrior
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Originally posted by JTs
only 75mph better stay on the shoulder on 635
only went 75 cuase I friend and her kid in the car but it can go up to about 100mph:D
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Mine can go up.....75!:eek:
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75 :eek:
thats faster than anything lazs has ever made!
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Originally posted by Furball
75 :eek:
thats faster than anything lazs has ever made!
took it up to 87 on a road by chevrolet dealership can't go much faster with standard tires without ending up on the news
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Originally posted by RAIDER14
took it up to 87 on a road by chevrolet dealership can't go much faster with standard tires without ending up on the news
87!!!!!!! :eek: :eek: :eek:
No offence... new driver seeing how fast he can go is Darwinism in action. Although i do remember doing exactly the same thing in my first car. A 1 litre 4 speed Rover Mini. I managed to get it off the end of the speedo (which i think was 80 or 90) with a little bit of a hill :D
What do you need new tires for? tread on yours worn or something?
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Originally posted by Furball
87!!!!!!! :eek: :eek: :eek:
No offence... new driver seeing how fast he can go is Darwinism in action. Although i do remember doing exactly the same thing in my first car. A 1 litre 4 speed Rover Mini. I managed to get it off the end of the speedo (which i think was 80 or 90) with a little bit of a hill :D
What do you need new tires for? tread on yours worn or something?
still has original tires on it getting new tires soon though
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you have different tires to us over there or something?
i regularly clock 100 following the morning rush in the outside lane on the way to work, i have standard tires as far as i know.
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yes tread on my current set of tires is worn during a rain storm yesterday I pressed on the brakes and car skidded into the intersection
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America not have a test that vehicles have to pass in order to be roadworthy?
http://www.motester.co.uk/cog.html
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didn't have car inspected yet......
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Originally posted by Furball
87!!!!!!! :eek: :eek: :eek:
No offence... new driver seeing how fast he can go is Darwinism in action. Although i do remember doing exactly the same thing in my first car. A 1 litre 4 speed Rover Mini. I managed to get it off the end of the speedo (which i think was 80 or 90) with a little bit of a hill :D
What do you need new tires for? tread on yours worn or something?
A 1 litre 4 speed Rover mini? whats is that?
Oh my first car could beat that, it was a 1976 Plymouth Fury, I got it when I was 16 and had it till I got married., It ran great even though it was really old until my exhusband decided to play dukes of hazzard with it.
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Originally posted by dmf
A learners permit? Stay away from here with a permit. In fact stay away from here period, the roads here are a cross between Nascar and the Road Warrior
Sounds like the Garden state parkway
Frequent drivers of the GSP have a name for NASCAR drivers here.
They call em "Amatures"
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Originally posted by Furball
87!!!!!!! :eek: :eek: :eek:
No offence... new driver seeing how fast he can go is Darwinism in action.
Agreed.
Raider, I'll tell you like I told my son.
Just because you just got your licence
Dont live by the delusion, and it IS a delusion, that you have either the experiance or the skill to play racecar on public roads.
You dont.
The life you save may not only be your own. But someone elses.
And getting yourself killed because you decided to play hotshot showoff would displease me greatly
Not to mention your mother
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Originally posted by Furball
America not have a test that vehicles have to pass in order to be roadworthy?
No. The mere thought of a "safety inspection" would cause mass hysteria.
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Originally posted by DREDIOCK
And getting yourself killed because you decided to play hotshot showoff would displease me greatly
Raider don't mess with drediock...he's got friends!!
(http://thewvsr.com/images/soprano.jpg)
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Hey, if it's a 1989, it won't need synthetic oil - you'll be able to take it to jiffylube! :rofl
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Originally posted by Sandman
No. The mere thought of a "safety inspection" would cause mass hysteria.
:huh
Every 2 years in RI. Have to pass emissions and safety inspections.
I didn't know there were states without a basic safety inspection.
Bronk
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Originally posted by Bronk
:huh
Every 2 years in RI. Have to pass emissions and safety inspections.
I didn't know there were states without a basic safety inspection.
Bronk
The only inspections we do regularly in California is for emissions. I've heard there are some states and maybe some countries that have random roadside safety inspections.
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Originally posted by Sandman
The only inspections we do regularly in California is for emissions. I've heard there are some states and maybe some countries that have random roadside safety inspections.
Ok I got it now .
It's not ok to slowly kill people with emissions.....but its perfectly alright to do it because brakes failed and you couldn't stop.:rolleyes:
Bronk
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Apparently so.
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Texas requires an annual safety inspection. There was a push to do away with it a few years ago but it came to naught.
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Sandy I'm not sure but I think this is something we agree on.
Did the earth stop spinning or something?:noid
Bronk
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Originally posted by Bronk
Sandy I'm not sure but I think this is something we agree on.
Did the earth stop spinning or something?:noid
Bronk
Defecation occurs. ;)
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Originally posted by dmf
A 1 litre 4 speed Rover mini? whats is that?
a Rover Mini.
4 Gears.
1 litre engine.
Mine was the same colours as this: -
(http://tamiya.com/english/products/list/12car_img/12031m.jpg)
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Isn’t that a Morris Mini? I don’t see no Viking long ship on the front.
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I am trying to see if I can get either a truck or train horn installed possibly a siren
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Originally posted by Furball
a Rover Mini.
4 Gears.
1 litre engine.
Mine was the same colours as this: -
(http://tamiya.com/english/products/list/12car_img/12031m.jpg)
Hey I remember that car, when I was 12 my little brother had one, is yours made by matchbox too?
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Originally posted by xrtoronto
Raider don't mess with drediock...he's got friends!!
(http://thewvsr.com/images/soprano.jpg)
LOL and if you had lunch with me today in the place I had lunch with the people I had lunch with
You would be convinced it was true too. LMAO
I have never been around so many Itallians in my entire life
I felt like I was in the middle of a "Sopranos/Godfather/Goodfellas/A Bronx Tale" movie
All that was missing was Lucca Brazzi walking through the door.
Oh and as much as Southerners know how to BBQ. Itallians know how to eat. Good god do they know how to eat!
"Lunch" started at 2:00 and from that moment on it was nonstop course after course after course of food and finally ended at 6:30.
I dont think I'm going to need to eat again for the rest of the week
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Originally posted by Sandman
The only inspections we do regularly in California is for emissions. I've heard there are some states and maybe some countries that have random roadside safety inspections.
Depending on how old your car is is how often you need your car inspected here.
Brand new cars dont need to be inspoected for like 3-4 years. then every other year. Old old cars I think of 10+ years have to be inspected yearly I think.
We have roadside inspections where they set it up and stop any car whos inspection sticker is either due or more commonly overdue.
Then they inspect it and give you a ticket for not inspecting it.
They choose cool little places to have these things too. Like a two lane road around a bend in the road where you dont see it there till its too late and there is no place to turn around.
One of the radio stations here will announce this (and roadside seatbelt checks) form of entrapment on the air if you come across one and call it in.
I havent been caught in either myself but I call in more then a few every year.
If it saves just one person from this form of extortion. Its worth it.
:aok
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ok found places around dallas that sell train horns and truck horns but will a train horn fit on a 1989 toyota corolla:confused:
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You've got a roof don't you?:D
Seriously, you should probably be able to find some space under the hood to hook it up, one of your elders can probably help you if you have questions. Just look for a more compact one, and be ready to spend some money:aok
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Ditto on the money...youll be looking at 200+ and 200 is lowballing it. For your uses you would probably have more fun with a PA system. Beware of violent road rage though.
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Sometimes i'm glad cars aren't equipped with CBs, some of the stuff i'd say...:O
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ok I got train horn hooked up with some help from the guys at the local pepboys now I just have to wait for the correct situation use it in:D
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Originally posted by dmf
Hey I remember that car, when I was 12 my little brother had one, is yours made by matchbox too?
i dont have it anymore, and no, mine wasn't :p
was so much fun to drive that car round corners... oh wait.. you are american, you dont have those do you? :D
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Good thing you dont live in NY. Inspections are very grueling. Unless you know the mechanic. :aok