Post: #276

I think there is a massive difference in car image between the UK and the US. IN the UK an old jag is cool while an Audi TT is as gay as it gets. I

Post: #277

(03-25-2013 07:29 AM)billy Wrote:  I think there is a massive difference in car image between the UK and the US. IN the UK an old jag is cool while an Audi TT is as gay as it gets. I

Audi TT has and always will be beta, worldwide.

Post: #278

(03-25-2013 07:29 AM)billy Wrote:  I think there is a massive difference in car image between the UK and the US. IN the UK an old jag is cool while an Audi TT is as gay as it gets. I

Yeah in the UK Golf's are a big deal, over this side no one would even touch those.

Post: #279

Lexus IS220D. Good luck calling this beta... ha

Although I know Americans got a weird taste in cars...

Post: #280

(04-01-2013 04:46 PM)Firestorm Wrote:  Lexus IS220D. Good luck calling this beta... ha

Although I know Americans got a weird taste in cars...

220D huh? They put extra small engines in for you misers and we have weird taste? It's beta. Final answer.

Post: #281

(04-01-2013 04:46 PM)Firestorm Wrote:  Lexus IS220D. Good luck calling this beta... ha

Although I know Americans got a weird taste in cars...

Car might not be beta, but your premature defensiveness with further backpedaling sure seems like it!

Post: #282

(04-01-2013 04:57 PM)el mechanico Wrote:  

(04-01-2013 04:46 PM)Firestorm Wrote:  Lexus IS220D. Good luck calling this beta... ha

Although I know Americans got a weird taste in cars...

220D huh? They put extra small engines in for you misers and we have weird taste? It's beta. Final answer.

American cars aren't exactly the prettiest...

Engine size ain't small for UK.

For a guy my age and a student this is alpha as shit.

Post: #283

what's the most alpha car in the thread?
I drove this old bastard around for a while while it still ran. '68 IH pickup truck. It sounded like a thresher.
Not the exact picture but same truck and similar paint job.

Post: #284

(04-01-2013 05:00 PM)Firestorm Wrote:  

(04-01-2013 04:57 PM)el mechanico Wrote:  

(04-01-2013 04:46 PM)Firestorm Wrote:  Lexus IS220D. Good luck calling this beta... ha

Although I know Americans got a weird taste in cars...

220D huh? They put extra small engines in for you misers and we have weird taste? It's beta. Final answer.

American cars aren't exactly the prettiest...

Engine size ain't small for UK.

For a guy my age and a student this is alpha as shit.

I'm the one who decides what's beta or not on this thread and that 1/4 mi time for as much as that thing costs is beta.

Post: #285

(03-20-2013 11:35 AM)el mechanico Wrote:  

(03-18-2013 05:22 PM)Donnington93 Wrote:  Thinking of a Jeep Grand Cherokee to haul my karting gear and possibly some kind of open wheel racer. Alpha? Beta?

You like Chrysler stuff huh? If used as utility for shifter cart or towing boats yes, alpha.

I'm not brand loyal, but I like that the GC is a halfway point between the Tahoe and the weesh new Explorer.

Post: #286

(04-01-2013 05:06 PM)el mechanico Wrote:  

(04-01-2013 05:00 PM)Firestorm Wrote:  

(04-01-2013 04:57 PM)el mechanico Wrote:  

(04-01-2013 04:46 PM)Firestorm Wrote:  Lexus IS220D. Good luck calling this beta... ha

Although I know Americans got a weird taste in cars...

220D huh? They put extra small engines in for you misers and we have weird taste? It's beta. Final answer.

American cars aren't exactly the prettiest...

Engine size ain't small for UK.

For a guy my age and a student this is alpha as shit.

I'm the one who decides what's beta or not on this thread and that 1/4 mi time for as much as that thing costs is beta.

That's cool. You're not a fan.

This is just the difference between a mechanic and an engineer.

Post: #287

I used to drive this.

1990 Mustang GT convertible 25th Anniversary.
White roof. White leather. 5-spd. 5.0L

I had to retire it to the driveway once it hit 240k.

I bought this brand new few years back. Cash.

It's a 2010 Jetta LE. 2.5L 5-spd. 5 cylinder. It's a little better on gas and has more room for my kid. I'm about to get the windows tinted.

Post: #288

The '73 Blazer gets my vote for most alpha so far.

I refrain from voting for my own ride.

Post: #289

I don't give a fuck WHAT YOU SAY, my shit is hard hittin'.

There's cats on this board that would break half their bankroll just to TEST DRIVE my 4 wheel dime piece.

Dig it...




Aww yeah....

Post: #290

Sharkeys machine is beta

Post: #291

(04-01-2013 06:47 PM)el mechanico Wrote:  Sharkeys machine is beta

Yeah, well she's all I got for now and I love her. Wife got the Expedition (which is really just a glorified station wagon) in the divorce so I gotta make due with this for the moment.

She's no looker, but I gotta say, she's a useful bitch.

Post: #292

mech what's the most alpha car $5k or less (car, not truck)?

Post: #293

My '70 Type 1 in street trim

Post: #294

Pic of engine?

@ Rah I'm thinking about it right now. I just sold my BMW my 300z and will my jeep, 5.0 in a week or so.

What happened to Sharkey? I had high hopes for him

Post: #295

No pic of engine now but it was a 1600 bored and stroked to a 1955cc. Single Weber carb, alternator conversion.

Only pic of engine bay I can find has no engine because we were painting bay, adding tranny mount reinforcements n shit... :


Here's the last picture I'll have of it 'til I meet it in China:

Post: #296

WTF are you doing? Some rally racing?

Post: #297

I'm collecting passport stamps, testing myself, and seeing if the shit I build is worth a damn.

Here's another shot of the car, and a Dutch entrant's car (also from Miami) leaving here for the boat in California that will take them to China.



so is it beta or not? HA

Post: #298

So you're driving that car and built it?

Post: #299

How about this ride mechanico? Is this beta?

Post: #300

I drive this
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Alpha as Fuck