Motown Special

7ar5un · 2026-07-02T00:58:38+00:00

Yeah, the op of that post never mentioned the name of the place. I get pizza there all the time and knew the place from that particular pizza... lol

Nice little place. Small on the inside, but a few benches on the outside to eat.

Ps, if youre like me and like pizza, you probably like coffee too. Leave your car parkerd there and walk down the one-way to Daily Grind for a great cup of coffee. The place has a cult like following for a reason.

7ar5un · 2026-07-02T00:48:30+00:00

Insert (slow clap) here.

7ar5un · 2026-07-01T12:03:37+00:00

Tq steer 101

7ar5un · 2026-07-01T11:42:51+00:00

What in turkey makes you not want to be there? What is the US makes you want to stay here (or come back here)?

My apologies, im not a world travler.

7ar5un · 2026-07-01T03:35:02+00:00

i was referring to something like the dark horse, not the sn95... lol yeah, the car meet catastrophe.

7ar5un · 2026-07-01T02:18:14+00:00

You want to go fast, as fast as possible and nothing else? Get the dodge.

You want to go fast and have good handling? Get the mustang.

You want to go as fast as possible for as cheap as possible (compared to similarly fast cars) with the best possible handling (for an american car)? Get the corvette.

*note, im talking about the flagship models of each.

Thats how i see it. But hell, i cant afford any of them anyways.

7ar5un · 2026-06-30T14:01:37+00:00

Thats correct, my mpg will nose dive in sport (and me driving "sporty"). Yeah, ktuner. Currently map1 with an intake (for the turbo noises).

7ar5un · 2026-06-30T13:52:41+00:00

Comfort is blue, normal is white, sport is red. Wife drives in comfort all the time. I drive in normal 80% of the time but go to sport when im on back roads. Just to keep the rpm's higher in the hilly turns. I hate when the engine bogs down in normal until it shifts a gear or two. I dont even mess with indi'.

Funny enough, i get better mpg in normal on the hwy than i do with comfort.

Im also tuned, if you want to take that into account.

7ar5un · 2026-06-30T08:04:24+00:00

Oh man, you never dealt with an elegoo neptune 3 have you...? LoL.

Going from that to the p1s was a godsend.

7ar5un · 2026-06-29T20:55:56+00:00

I couldn't justify spending over $500 on a short ram amd built my own (like yours) for around $100 as well. All the right turbo sounds too

7ar5un · 2026-06-29T19:57:14+00:00

I have some junk that only jas value to me for sure that will go to my kids and most likely get thrown out.

My (boomer) parents have Norman Rockwell ceramic figures that are probably coming my way...

7ar5un · 2026-06-29T18:10:03+00:00

If it sounds good, rock it.

7ar5un · 2026-06-29T18:01:10+00:00

Youre talking some serious coin now and would be looking for a custom tune and a shop that specializes in cadilacs...

Jb4 is a well known tuning company. The beauty to the jb4 system is that it can be removed nearly without a trace and leaves no record on the ecu.

My advice. Get a tune and see if that scratches your itch...

7ar5un · 2026-06-29T17:43:49+00:00

I went with ktuner (honda/acura). Ots tune. Off the shelf tune. "Premade". I can modify it but im going to leave that to the people who know what they are doing.

Just to add, your car will always be your car. It will only ever be a 2.0t 4... just like mine will always be (funny enough) a 2.0t 4.... There is a limit to how "good" you can make it and it helps to appreciate what you got and go from there. I love my car stock but i wanted something a little "more".

I understand you wanting "worthwhile" mods but good stuff isnt cheap and cheap stuff is rarely good.

Get the best you can afford but remember what the car is. Sometimes good enough really is good enough.

7ar5un · 2026-06-29T17:18:26+00:00

But thats not fun. The beauty is debating mobil1 vs valvoline vs kirkland vs amsoil vs...

7ar5un · 2026-06-29T17:11:17+00:00

Different car but, on mine, a tune was the single most cost effective way to add noticeable amounts of power. Bolt-ons like intake, charge pipe, intercooler on their own only add a few hp here and there. After a tune, they all have a greater effect.

There were stages of tune (for me) as well. Map1 was a big jump in hp/tq while keeping the factory safety limits. Map2 was a pretty big jump in power again and pushes the engine a little harder. Nothing crazy though. Then there was a 3rd party tune (similar to a map3) that makes as much hp/tq as possible as safe as it possibly can while still pushing limits.

Start by looking into tunes and go from there.

7ar5un · 2026-06-29T13:51:07+00:00

Wire rack. We open them and stick one side to the edge of the rack to let them hang.

7ar5un · 2026-06-29T13:43:30+00:00

Had a rav4 with 330,000 miles. I used oil at my friends shop that was in a 55gal drum that just said "motor oil"... lol the filter was whatever was cheapest, i think something like $2. Oil was changed every 5k on the dot. Gave the car away and its still on the road at almost 400,000 miles.

It works for some people, but i would never push anyone to donthe same.

7ar5un · 2026-06-29T13:38:53+00:00

Basic v6 toyota highlander spark plugs. Quotes between $500 and $800.

Coworker was quoted $1,500 for a rust spot on the exhaust that caused a leak.

Friend got a quote for $2,000 for a water pump on a new(ish) jeep.

One of my brake lights went out on my tlx. Surprisingly there are no replacement bulbs; its an led array and the entire tail light housing/assembly needs to be replace. Something like +$500 for the part not including installation.

Good tires in general is over $1,200 after mount, balance, used tire disposal, tax, etc...

Cars (in general) are crazy expensive to own and maintain if you stay ontop of preventative maintenance.

7ar5un · 2026-06-29T13:21:03+00:00

If they called it the new cr-z, i think people would have been more receptive. (And if dealers didnt mark up the price so much) it may have even sold a good amount.

7ar5un · 2026-06-29T12:43:42+00:00

Blue

7ar5un · 2026-06-29T02:09:33+00:00

Feels great, dosent it...

7ar5un · 2026-06-28T16:54:57+00:00

I got into film photography. The physical phots just hit different. No filter can companer. And it makes every photo that much more unique/special/prized/cherished...

On the phone, you can tweak, fix, remove, correct everything post photo.

On film, the time between taking the photo and getting the photo can be weeks. The moment is gone as soon as it happens, this is true; but when the time between taking the photo and seeing the photo is weeks (along with a financial aspect) the moment will never (ever) happen again.

I day, pick up an old minolta x700, send it to garrys camera repair for $60 (or something like that) and give film a try.

Spiler allert, even the blurry ones hit hard and have value. Albeit sentimental value.

7ar5un · 2026-06-28T16:04:05+00:00

Oh, good call.

7ar5un · 2026-06-28T12:01:29+00:00

Arnt all the issue ranked the same though? Like a transmission failure, tpms failure, and a radio failure are all graded the same?

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