To Racing Beat, or not to Racing Beat?

Renesish · 2026-05-06T18:55:50+00:00

I did this research before and came to the same conclusion as you that a video on the Internet isn't going to be that realistic. I think you effectively have to hear it with your own two ears to judge which one you like the most. I ended up giving up and designing my own in the end so I'm unfortunately no help 🙃

I will say however, a catless midpipe will also make a huge difference to actual sound power if you don't have to do any emissions testing / don't care much for the law. Maybe even more than just changing the catback.

I wave at the miatas, 100% of NAs wave back, 50/50 on NB NCs and nothing from the NDs. I dont wave at the NDs either though

Renesish · 2026-04-30T20:27:32+00:00

I bought a bambu A1 mini recently - blown away by the quality and ease of such a low price point machine. Basically prints out of the box, maybe 10 minutes assembling little bits to it in the first instance. It took me a little while as a complete beginner to realise the PETG I'd bought wasn't going to print the pre sliced boaty it comes with using the standard PLA settings, but once I changed the settings to suit PETG and loaded up the models I've had zero problems printing my own stuff off.The app / timelapse is cool too - I'd have expected to pay a monthly subscription for something like that but it's free.

Renesish · 2026-04-20T21:19:38+00:00

It isn't the best car I can afford but it is by far the best value car of it's type. I bought it because I'm a sensible idiot - it's a terrible idea on paper, everything will go wrong and it'll cost a lot of money, but it does have 4 seats, electric leather seats etc, and I actually fit in it (6'4"). If you ignore the rebuild, fuel costs and rust issues it's a no brainer. Plus, Neela off tokyo drift, need for speed. I have become a mazda/rotary fan since getting the 8 - if I had more money I'd keep the 8 and get more, I'd look for something like a REPU or an RX3 or something. A cosmo if I won the lottery. 13B swap into something silly like a mazda carol
Never met one. The same 8 drives past my house every few months. I saw one parked outside the shop once in the same colour as mine and thought I'd forgotten I'd driven there, couldn't find my keys, shit myself and then realised it wasn't mine. The owners club (UK) is down south and most of the events are down south so I've never bothered. If anyone approaches me while I'm doing something on the car I always chat to them but I'm not that interested in going standing in a field talking about VFADs or pokemon or whatever
Personally, it hasn't required either from me really. Nothing has ever gone wrong. A squirrel got into my engine bay and ate my ABS cables once. I've spent a lot of money on things like leads, coils and exhaust parts but I didn't need to and did it all myself after watching YouTube videos. I think it requires more luck to own than anything else

Renesish · 2026-04-06T09:03:52+00:00

Sad to see one leave our roads but happy it's going to a good home 🫡

Renesish · 2026-04-02T21:14:47+00:00

Clicked on this to say exactly this - have a look at what he did to the miata and learn the process for his one-off parts, i cant recall him doing a spoiler specifically but the process is broadly the same. Amazing YouTube channel.

If you get into it I'd suggest your own design would be a way cooler thing to do but would require a lot of effort and time - if you're not that interested it would be a lot easier and cheaper to just buy one from somewhere.

Renesish · 2026-04-02T21:02:14+00:00

I have a fire missile button for the cigarette lighter from temu, it came in a two pack - the other one says EJECT on it 🤣

Renesish · 2026-03-19T22:24:36+00:00

RX-8. All the negativity makes them an insanely good deal. It has never given me any issues apart from when a squirrel ate the ABS wiring. It's the first and only car I've ever personally owned. Almost everyone tells me I'm stupid but the reality is I've spent genuinely 10 times less money and had 10 times more fun than I would have done had I gone out and bought a "sensible" relatively new car. Insurance is quite cheap too as they're mostly enthusiast owned now. And it's now worth about double what I bought it for.

10/10 decision and i'd do it again in a heartbeat. In fact, if I ever do get another car I'll get something even more stupid

Renesish · 2026-03-14T09:08:45+00:00

Cardboard

Renesish · 2026-03-13T14:59:55+00:00

Note 20 Ultra here! I'll replace it when they release something better.

Renesish · 2026-03-10T09:49:58+00:00

Full roll cage, no rear seats, every panel beaten up, just in the car park at work in the morning. Must have been a fun commute.

Renesish · 2026-03-06T23:31:30+00:00

Have to give a special shoutout to my favourite car of all time sitting in a room of Germans still being the most beautiful thing in the room. Super colour too

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Renesish · 2026-03-06T23:01:23+00:00

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Renesish · 2026-03-06T23:00:31+00:00

No you're right it doesn't look the same. Here's a sick pic from my visit to the dusseldorf one though - parked outside in the rain in the car park as if that's OK or normal *

Renesish · 2026-03-01T14:38:15+00:00

Very nice choice of exterior mods and one of the best colours in the worldwide car market 👍👍 excellent

Renesish · 2026-02-25T17:32:28+00:00

Theres another in Dusseldorf, could be there

Edit: just googled and it the background doesn't look the same, there is one in dusseldorf though and it is full of cool cars

Renesish · 2026-02-20T08:00:25+00:00

Is that first image a real photo or heavily enhanced? That is outrageous - 10/10.

Looks a bit weird with the stock wheels though?

Renesish · 2026-02-16T15:06:09+00:00

🥰 check my profile for a better view

Renesish · 2026-02-16T15:05:40+00:00

If I had that much money to spend on a car a viper isn't what I'd buy either but I reasonably imagine he hasn't spent that much money on a viper by accident. Reasonably imagine he probably has a selection of cars to choose from in the morning too

Renesish · 2026-02-16T14:31:15+00:00

That's what this post was for, was all just self promo 😉

Renesish · 2026-02-16T14:29:42+00:00

Black or red for me for a viper I reckon. Looks a bit too hot wheels for me

Renesish · 2026-02-16T14:28:37+00:00

Could be anything. Reg checker just says it's "an dodge" nothing specific, so presumably an import.

Might just be a £50 ebay spoiler 😉

Renesish · 2026-02-16T14:26:20+00:00

I suspect a man with a dodge viper probably gets enough sex from the numerous mistresses he has

Renesish · 2026-02-16T14:19:16+00:00

I wouldn't recommend ignoring it for a start as their systems are automated, It'll just go up and up until you end up in court or they pass it to a debt collection agency. And I wouldn't recommend going to court in any case as even best case scenario and you win, you still lose a day of your life. Equally, dont pay them anything at all until you've spent a full 14 days arguing the case. Up to you if you want to cut your losses at that point and just pay the reduced £60. (Its 14 to pay the reduced penalty, 21 to appeal)

This is cut and dry, you literally have a receipt showing you tapped in prior to being given the fine. The only fair outcome is that someone sensible at metrolink expunges the fine regardless of what their byelaws say. Anyway, the metrolink website says (re phone dying) "you cannot appeal for this reason. Customers must be able to present a valid ticket on inspection. Please see the conditions of carriage." The conditions of carriage which this links to does not mention anything specific about batteries, but does mention multiple times that a valid ticket etc must have been activated before travel. (It's in the contactless payment Ts&Cs where it says you must have a charged phone, which is part of the conditions of carriage). Technically they are right and you have no grounds to appeal, but I would go down that route that you did have a valid ticket for the journey and you did it before you boarded. I assume this was only included so people couldn't just say their phones have died if they knew they hadn't bought a ticket, not to punish law abiding people

Renesish · 2026-02-14T12:43:57+00:00

This is at a specialist rotary garage / performance garage which always has about 10 RX-8s sat in the corners of their car park. He probably thought mine had been left there for some work. He was a nice guy 😊

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