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MikeIsGood · Post #441 » by **MikeIsGood** » Thu Jul 8, 2021 9:57 pm

SupremeHustle wrote:I told my wife I'm leaning toward the yellow and we almost got into an argument so probably this:

Plenty of time to decide (and change my mind)

YES DO IT.

SupremeHustle · Post #442 » by **SupremeHustle** » Thu Jul 8, 2021 10:31 pm

MikeIsGood wrote:
SupremeHustle wrote:I told my wife I'm leaning toward the yellow and we almost got into an argument so probably this:

Plenty of time to decide (and change my mind)

YES DO IT.

It's actually reasonably priced. It's basically a Porche Cayman competitor.

ackypoo · Post #443 » by **ackypoo** » Fri Jul 9, 2021 1:06 pm

SupremeHustle wrote:
MikeIsGood wrote:
SupremeHustle wrote:I told my wife I'm leaning toward the yellow and we almost got into an argument so probably this:

Plenty of time to decide (and change my mind)

YES DO IT.

It's actually reasonably priced. It's basically a Porche Cayman competitor.

consider a c8 at all?

and congrats, i always wanted a lotus as a kid. seems like theyre totally impractical, or were, but i guess now they have toyota engines? maybe that helps.

i dig the green, but i reallllllllllllllly like the yellow.

SupremeHustle · Post #444 » by **SupremeHustle** » Fri Jul 9, 2021 1:17 pm

ackypoo wrote:
SupremeHustle wrote:
MikeIsGood wrote:
YES DO IT.

It's actually reasonably priced. It's basically a Porche Cayman competitor.

consider a c8 at all?

and congrats, i always wanted a lotus as a kid. seems like theyre totally impractical, or were, but i guess now they have toyota engines? maybe that helps.

i dig the green, but i reallllllllllllllly like the yellow.

I like the size of the Lotus more than the Vette. Not a huge difference, but a difference. I also think it's a little better looking.

Two petrol engines are available, a Lotus-engineered 2.0-litre four-cylinder unit from technical partner AMG, and the much-loved and characterful 3.5-liter V6 from the Exige and Evora.

Matches Malone · Post #445 » by **Matches Malone** » Fri Jul 9, 2021 1:32 pm

MikeIsGood wrote:
SupremeHustle wrote:I told my wife I'm leaning toward the yellow and we almost got into an argument so probably this:

Plenty of time to decide (and change my mind)

YES DO IT.

Love the green color on this. I'm a sucker for black and matte black, but the dark green is a great choice.

ackypoo · Post #446 » by **ackypoo** » Fri Jul 9, 2021 4:26 pm

SupremeHustle wrote:Two petrol engines are available, a Lotus-engineered 2.0-litre four-cylinder unit from technical partner AMG, and the much-loved and characterful 3.5-liter V6 from the Exige and Evora.

you may have mentioned it and i missed it, but which engine are you going to go with? i know id go with the 4cyl. my guess is itd be a lot more fun chucking that thing into corners. but lotus....

SupremeHustle · Post #447 » by **SupremeHustle** » Fri Jul 9, 2021 5:06 pm

ackypoo wrote:
SupremeHustle wrote:Two petrol engines are available, a Lotus-engineered 2.0-litre four-cylinder unit from technical partner AMG, and the much-loved and characterful 3.5-liter V6 from the Exige and Evora.

you may have mentioned it and i missed it, but which engine are you going to go with? i know id go with the 4cyl. my guess is itd be a lot more fun chucking that thing into corners. but lotus....

Haven't decided yet. Hoping for some reviews before I have to make a decision.

Ryan5UW · Post #448 » by **Ryan5UW** » Fri Jul 9, 2021 5:11 pm

Matches Malone wrote:
MikeIsGood wrote:
SupremeHustle wrote:I told my wife I'm leaning toward the yellow and we almost got into an argument so probably this:

Plenty of time to decide (and change my mind)

YES DO IT.

Love the green color on this. I'm a sucker for black and matte black, but the dark green is a great choice.

Agreed! Both are good looking colors, but I like the look in green a lot more personally.

GHOSTofSIKMA · Post #449 » by **GHOSTofSIKMA** » Fri Jul 9, 2021 5:57 pm

last month i found and subsequently bought off one of my customers a 1996 2 dr integra gsr. 150k miles, clean carfax, completely stock unmolested. the guy is about 75 and was the original owner. every button works and about as clean as the day it was born inside and out.

gonna make it my daily for awhile and then try a an online auction site see what this thing brings. yay for granny cars and barn finds!!

mke_design · Post #450 » by **mke_design** » Fri Jul 9, 2021 6:14 pm

GHOSTofSIKMA wrote:last month i found and subsequently bought off one of my customers a 1996 2 dr integra gsr. 150k miles, clean carfax, completely stock unmolested. the guy is about 75 and was the original owner. every button works and about as clean as the day it was born inside and out.

gonna make it my daily for awhile and then try a an online auction site see what this thing brings. yay for granny cars and barn finds!!

MONICAAAAA

ackypoo · Post #451 » by **ackypoo** » Fri Jul 9, 2021 6:16 pm

GHOSTofSIKMA wrote:last month i found and subsequently bought off one of my customers a 1996 2 dr integra gsr. 150k miles, clean carfax, completely stock unmolested. the guy is about 75 and was the original owner. every button works and about as clean as the day it was born inside and out.

gonna make it my daily for awhile and then try a an online auction site see what this thing brings. yay for granny cars and barn finds!!

is it a manual?

GHOSTofSIKMA · Post #452 » by **GHOSTofSIKMA** » Fri Jul 9, 2021 7:08 pm

ackypoo wrote:
GHOSTofSIKMA wrote:last month i found and subsequently bought off one of my customers a 1996 2 dr integra gsr. 150k miles, clean carfax, completely stock unmolested. the guy is about 75 and was the original owner. every button works and about as clean as the day it was born inside and out.

gonna make it my daily for awhile and then try a an online auction site see what this thing brings. yay for granny cars and barn finds!!

is it a manual?

yep 5 speed. 1.8 liters and 7800 redline. revs out like a bike. back in the day it was like 6.5 sec to 60. theyre still everywhere but the kids have all gotten a hold of them and theyre all riced out modified to hell. to find a one owner gsr in this shape is pretty crazy. i gave the guy 5500 but they been going on bringatrailer and some other online auction sites 10-13k in the shape this is in.

soboMP3 · Post #453 » by **soboMP3** » Fri Jul 9, 2021 7:19 pm

Keep that thing locked up in a safe. That genre of Honda is a walking theft magnet. Enjoy, though. Jealous.

Bucknado · Post #454 » by **Bucknado** » Sat Jul 10, 2021 12:09 am

My wife’s Honda Pilot is getting old so I passed my X5 to her and got a Tesla model Y. Never going back. Now we fight over who gets to drive it.

BUCKnation · Post #455 » by **BUCKnation** » Sat Jul 10, 2021 1:19 am

mke_design wrote:
GHOSTofSIKMA wrote:last month i found and subsequently bought off one of my customers a 1996 2 dr integra gsr. 150k miles, clean carfax, completely stock unmolested. the guy is about 75 and was the original owner. every button works and about as clean as the day it was born inside and out.

gonna make it my daily for awhile and then try a an online auction site see what this thing brings. yay for granny cars and barn finds!!

MONICAAAAA

MENAGE

mke_design · Post #456 » by **mke_design** » Sat Jul 10, 2021 4:59 am

soboMP3 wrote:Keep that thing locked up in a safe. That genre of Honda is a walking theft magnet. Enjoy, though. Jealous.

Friend I grew up with had his stolen out of his driveway in Appleton WI

mke_design · Post #457 » by **mke_design** » Sat Jul 10, 2021 4:59 am

Thinking of selling my WRX. I really want a Stinger. Not sure how I’m gonna do it yet…

VooDoo7 · Post #458 » by **VooDoo7** » Sat Jul 10, 2021 5:09 am

SupremeHustle wrote:
MikeIsGood wrote:
SupremeHustle wrote:Wanted something to zip around in but also wanted to keep my X4M. So I dropped a deposit for one of these:

I hadn't heard about this until your post here. What a beautiful car. What color? The "Verdant" (BRG) is gorgeous.

I told my wife I'm leaning toward the yellow and we almost got into an argument so probably this:

Plenty of time to decide (and change my mind)

That green is baaad.

LedZepp007 · Post #459 » by **LedZepp007** » Mon Jul 12, 2021 4:18 pm

My wife and I are having our first kid (we are late to that party), so I gave up my Civic Type R for a RAV4 Prime.

Don’t miss driving the CTR that much, honestly. Don’t have the option to carve turns anymore and, while I actually don’t mind driving stick in traffic, it’s not really an area that’s good for that kind of car.

The Prime is pretty quick (mid 5s 0-60), I’ve averaged more than 90mpg (most of my driving is full electric) and it’s very comfortable. Also will get a $7500 federal tax credit.

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vegaspacker · Post #460 » by **vegaspacker** » Tue Jul 13, 2021 6:26 am

VooDoo7 wrote:
SupremeHustle wrote:
MikeIsGood wrote:
I hadn't heard about this until your post here. What a beautiful car. What color? The "Verdant" (BRG) is gorgeous.

I told my wife I'm leaning toward the yellow and we almost got into an argument so probably this:

Plenty of time to decide (and change my mind)

That green is baaad.

This takes me back to my Stats class back in college. I think there were nearly 300 students in the class. Final project was 4 person groups. We were expected to do a presentation if we had one of the top analyses. I think the professor selected the 5 best. My group was in the top five.

But, another fun one was based on waving to cars as they passed by and noting the response. It was car color to friendly quotient.

Apparently, owners of green cars were the friendliest.