What vehicle do you drive?
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Fucker
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C8 not that slow, guy was a meathead. I bet all his motorcycles have chicken strips.
Some guys are idiot magnets. I haven't had a problem with them, but know a few guys who attracted them like flies....and neither did anything to warrant it. Some guy followed a friend home from the gas station because he wouldn't let him sit in his car. "I'll take Things That Don't End Well for $1000, Alex". Guy simply ran his window down and ran his mouth at him. Talk about finding the one person whose chain cannot be pulled on. Just so weird.
Burren
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Yeah, it’s a good car, but he was wildly out of his league and he came up to us starting shit, which just seems stupid. In all the years and all the hundreds of people we’ve met and talked to, they have all been great. Polite, friendly, humble. Not this dingus.
following someone home is fucking wild. That’s risking death, or at the least, a beating and arrest.
Sludig
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Miss my R32, love the new ones, but loathe the capacitive everything inside, and terrified of all the various issues that pop up. (mine did, other owners here do, it's all you see online)
elcaro1101
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Ordered some new shoes for the car. Am pretty excited, but may still wait until summer and order summer tires before putting them on.
Also new rotors, pads, and stainless lines.
Konig forged F3S
EBC GD Sport rotors, F&R
EBC RedStuff pads, F&R
EBC stainless lines kit
Also new rotors, pads, and stainless lines.
Konig forged F3S
EBC GD Sport rotors, F&R
EBC RedStuff pads, F&R
EBC stainless lines kit
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Fucker
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I put EBC rotors and pads on my Tundra. VERY happy with it. Completely transformed the braking.
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elcaro1101
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I put them on my E36 M3 many years ago, so this will be my second time using them. I also was very happy with their performance.
Looking forward to the wheels since my stock wheels are in the 27lb area, and the Konig ones are right at 17lb. This is even going up in size from a 17x7 to 18x8.5.
Looking forward to the wheels since my stock wheels are in the 27lb area, and the Konig ones are right at 17lb. This is even going up in size from a 17x7 to 18x8.5.
Burren
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In a following people home story. I was in middle school, 2 step sister and sister with dad step mom coming home from church sunday morning. some dindu runs the 4 way stop and almost t bones us. dad flips him off and keep going. nog decides to follow us to our house. dad saw him behind us sped up basically slammed the car into the driveway sideways told us to get in the house and charged the dude in his car. guy rolls his window down and get s a 38 snubnose shoved in his snoot. that nog left so fucking fast
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Fucker
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I got the EBC rotors and pads for my 2nd gen Tundra. Emergency stop when a pack of deer jumped out in front of me and STOPPED. I was doing just over the limit 50+ in a 45 and brakes faded like nothing else. I had Michelin Defender tires on it. I drove it the next morning and 3 rotors were warped. Complete trash stock brakes.
Put on EBC rotors, pads, new calipers all the way around, brake fluid flush and had new Bilstein 4600's put on. I recreated the deer strike after the brakes were broken in. Zero fade and those tires got to do their job. It feels 1000x better because it is 1000x better.
I put Michelin Defenders on everything I own. I bought a new Tundra. It came with OE Yokohama Geolandars. PURE trash tires. I tested them out at 35 MPH on ice flat ground and NO STOP NO STEER. I put Defender II's on it, and it was a totally different truck. I had to take my mom to the ER this past winter during a horrible snow/ice storm. Half the roads in the state were closed, and ALL of them were closed here. These aren't dedicated snow tires, nor are they studded, but they perform better than all dedicated snow tires save for Blizzaks and that other big snow tire brand. Dozens of cars and trucks in the ditch, and one guy behind me lost it and planted it in the ditch. These tires? Perfect. Even had to make my own road in spots. Tundra just had basic 4WD and not even snow mode. No slipping, no sliding. Parking lot to the hospital wasn't plowed in spots. Feet deep. Simply drove through it like it was dry pavement.
Dropped Ma off overnight, had to drive back in the F******G dark. Road to my house was snowed over. Had to steer via reflection off road signs. Ice, snow drifts, pure misery. Truck handled it like dry pavement. Ice and snow had formed new fender flares that stuck out from the wheel wells.
They are spendy, but even then about half of an insurance deductible. Easy purchase.
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Burren
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Sheriff Cad
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Especially for street stops the tires are king, yes replace your brakes if they are worn or not performing, but generally any shitty car has enough braking power in a panic stop situation to lock the tires, which means you are grip limited. Upgrade your grip if you want to stop. Get better tires.