The Official SoCal Chat Thread

[masagsxr]

Originally Posted by randomxzero

haha mixxer i think davis felt out of place.. but most of the guys that showed up we all have the same type of sense of humor i think it was pretty funny..
but next day i woke up and the mini cooper was egged by someone!

Oh daym.... who could it be? .... .... Nah.. j/k... that sucks man... So, did your dad make you wash it? I like how your dad keeps his rides clean man like the Navigator and the Mini... Very cool guy.

[masagsxr]

Originally Posted by David48

Seeing as how everyone is talking about problem's with their 2s, I'll add my bit. So as most know, I traded my 2 for a 240 to my dad. Now the 2 has low compression on the number 4 cylinder. I feel bad for trading it to my dad, but it was kindof lucky that I got out of it. It's getting new rings, and hopefully that's all it needs. I'm really tempted to sell the 240, and buy back the 2, then save some more money and get a 3s swap, but that might take too long and cost too much money. But it's a possibilty.

Both cars are excellent. My first choice a while back was an S13 since there are so many of them and easier to find. This was of course when my brother already had an MR2. When he had a wreck, I was still looking for a car. A year later after that, I finally got my own mr2, owned it for almost 4 years, sold it and now owns an SC400. I still miss the mr2 tho which is why I'm still here and help fellow members

[David]

Yeah, I like MR2s better, but my 240 is a 5spd, and my old MR2 was auto, so the s13 was my choice. But 5spd MR2>all 240s.

[mr.asian.m2]

mixxer. you want to buy my honda civic? and join the civic family? i do want to buy other mr2. just not this year yet. my friend been trying to get me to import a 98 mr2 over here for a cheap price. so, i might go ahead and do that. i just don't like RH drive.

[David]

Do et! Just be careful with the feds. Could get crushed. But 98s are amazingly beautiful.

[mr.asian.m2]

Originally Posted by David48

Do et! Just be careful with the feds. Could get crushed. But 98s are amazingly beautiful.

we got the skyline over here the same way. with the mr2. it would be alot easyer. skyline is getting alot harder to import over. so, they will start to get rare

[Davis]

Yeah I did feel out of place, since I didn't seak Spanish. Naw jk. Everyone was chill.

Haha it depends on the pay Franky! I think Skylines are already rare in the states. I say you import that 98 and do a LHD conversion. Or, you can always find a 98 from Germany, it'll be LHD already.

Why don't you just sell your 240 to a fanboy and get another mr2 David?

[David]

Because a local forum here completely devalued 240s a few years back... like... completely. According to the norm in the FS section, my 240 would sell for around 2100. And it's really clean. So if I do sell it, it'll be hard to get what it's really worth. Apparently a few people offered my dad $3000 cash a while ago when it was at his dealer, but he turned them down. :| I would have taken that. Then one day I was there and cleaning it, someone offered $3000 cash as soon as they sold their jetta, but that never happened.

[masagsxr]

Hey Frankie: uummm... if I had the space and $$$ I probably would and use that as my DD. Unfortunately, I already own 2 cars and have 6 cars on the driveway between me and the family hahahhaa...

Davis: You shoulda called me buddy.... Any cute girls at all?


David48: I would keep it just because it seems like you have the cleanest one around. Who knows, you would probably get people to change their mind about it. There are tons of S13-S15 here in california and has become common but seeing a clean one is very rare. There are tons of mods you can do to that car maybe even more than what you could do on an MR2. Don't get me wrong, I love MR2, its just that sometimes they are a little harder to work on with the space you have.

[deucegirl03]

hehehe i have been ordering parts for the '87
i have got some Green Stuff and Goodridge brake lines and some Blues and all kinds of goodness on the way to my pad over the next few days! yay!

[Davis]

Damn that sucks to hear David, hang in there buddy!

Yeah there was Mix, and she was Alex's girlfriend! I would've called, but for some reason I was like, "I think Mix is busy tonight."

Sweet Ren! Someones gots alotta cash.

So as I'm sitting here in the computer lab at school thinking about my future, I'mma be getting out of the Automotive trade. Going to become a Radiology Technologist now.

[masagsxr]

Wow Ren... I hope you are taking pix and post a writeup. Those are always fun to see and read about specially knowing the person who actually did it .

Davis: Daym you thought wrong heheheee... What? That's it? Just Alex's gf? I guess he wasn't expecting anyone else and his gf had to be there in the first place because it was Alex's b-day right? I would have at least thought that Alex's gf's mom would be there LoL....

Good luck with the career change... Medical field is always good buddy .

[deucegirl03]

oh yes i will be taking lots pics. i already have but i just am too lazy to post em up yet.

davis i don't have a lot of money i have been saving for this. in order to drive the car safely i have to overhaul the brakes and struts, so i figured i'd go cheap on the struts and splurge a bit on the brakes, which i will prob need anyway since i'll be hitting canyons like crazy!

PS also i have been spending a lot of time comparing prices so i am getting pretty decent deals on everything.

[mr.asian.m2]

good to hear you getting her up. any time soon reni? and guys, i might keep the 98 RH drive. it's kind of fun sometime. still trying to get use to it.

i use to have a 240. didn't enjoy it that much like i do with the mr2. and my 240 was also pearl white.

[deucegirl03]

frankie!!

yes i am hoping to be firing her up by sunday. we will see...

[mr.asian.m2]

hi reni.... as you can see. i have more free time to be on here now. but, keep us updated with pic please.

[Mark_Dorman]

yay...Frankie is back around to stay!!!

[mr.asian.m2]

yay....but, i still want to see your v6

[datguydeni]

what a horrible day --" i lost my brand new calculator ti 89, stepped in mud wearing sandals. had a bloody nose for an hour, and was stuck in traffic for an hour from an 8 min trip, but my gf made it better, but there goes a 85$ calculator gahh i just got it last week boo

[EvilElvis]

Originally Posted by deucegirl03

frankie!!

yes i am hoping to be firing her up by sunday. we will see...

nice! Just got my 20v on the road last week. I have a rear st swaybar f/s if you're doing your suspension