They see me rollin', me scrapin'... (part 897498)

Are you sure you're not some S.American Latino gangsta Penski?! Driving a car like that you'd need to be listening to Raggatone, Cypress Hill or other such hiphop, have jailhouse tattoos all over your body, various bits of metal in parts of your body and speak with a heavily laced accent of some kind.

/stereotype end

Actually, that fits Penski to a T!! :D :p

Who you tryin' to get crazy with, esé?

*n

PS: Law agrees :(
 
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Mmmm, not hugely keen on those wheels, but I like it. Very nice!
 
The thing is, if everybody liked the same thing, there'd only be one motor manufacturer, making one model of car.

Motors are one of the most expresive things I can think of. Sure you can dress in a certain way, wear metal in your face, dye your hair (I once had a 12" red and blue mohawk :D) or whatever, but even then it can only bee seen in person.

When you drive your car around you are making a statement. It may be "look at me, I'm a bit mad" or "I am loaded, don't you wish you were me" or "I consider myself to be a bit of a BAMF, so don't mess!" or even just "I couldn't give a flying duck about making any childish statements" but you're still saying it, all the same :D
 
The thing is, if everybody liked the same thing, there'd only be one motor manufacturer, making one model of car.

Motors are one of the most expresive things I can think of. Sure you can dress in a certain way, wear metal in your face, dye your hair (I once had a 12" red and blue mohawk :D) or whatever, but even then it can only bee seen in person.

When you drive your car around you are making a statement. It may be "look at me, I'm a bit mad" or "I am loaded, don't you wish you were me" or "I consider myself to be a bit of a BAMF, so don't mess!" or even just "I couldn't give a flying duck about making any childish statements" but you're still saying it, all the same :D

Don't get me wrong, I'm the last person to say everyone should like everything.

But it's just refreshing when someone who doesn't like something says it in a constructive manner.

You can't deny that the usual response on here is akin to the Daily Sport running a story on Paedophiles.

*n
 
Don't get me wrong, I'm the last person to say everyone should like everything.

But it's just refreshing when someone who doesn't like something says it in a constructive manner.

You can't deny that the usual response on here is akin to the Daily Sport running a story on Paedophiles.

*n

I agree. My post wasn't actually directed at you or your comments, more at those who do indeed state "OMFG!!! ARE YOU A MORON YOU SHOULD BE DEAD!!11" and so on.

I don't like everything you post, those flidolins are hideous if you ask me, but a lot of others liked them, which says something about those people. They have a slight sense of quirkyness, a slight edge of acceptance of things that are not the ordinary.

It seems to me the ones who are incapable of accepting the custom or modified vehicles are the sort who drive mainstream vehicles. Their vehicle based statements? "I am a follower of the crowd, I will not accept deviation from the norm"

It's not much of a philosophy, but, well, **** you, I can live my own life in my own way if I want to... :D;)
 
It seems to me the ones who are incapable of accepting the custom or modified vehicles are the sort who drive mainstream vehicles.

Well done sherlock. What gems can we expect next from you?

'It seems to me that the ones who purchase petrol from a filling station are the ones who have petrol engines'?

:D
 
Bleh, not really my thing, but whatever blows your skirt up. Obviously a lot of work has been put into them. The Jags would be nice with some less bling wheels I reckon.

Can someone explain how exactly you fit smaller tyres to wide wheels? Id always thought that tyres basically were slightly bigger than the rims they fit onto, so essentially the tyre pressure keeps them attached to the edge of the rim...obviously, that cant be the case with these tyres. My understanding of how tyres work is obviously wrong...
 
I agree. My post wasn't actually directed at you or your comments, more at those who do indeed state "OMFG!!! ARE YOU A MORON YOU SHOULD BE DEAD!!11" and so on.

I don't like everything you post, those flidolins are hideous if you ask me, but a lot of others liked them, which says something about those people. They have a slight sense of quirkyness, a slight edge of acceptance of things that are not the ordinary.

It seems to me the ones who are incapable of accepting the custom or modified vehicles are the sort who drive mainstream vehicles. Their vehicle based statements? "I am a follower of the crowd, I will not accept deviation from the norm"

It's not much of a philosophy, but, well, **** you, I can live my own life in my own way if I want to... :D;)

Tangent - you seen the pics from the Oxford Edition show?

The Retro Rides lineup:

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OOOOOOF:

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*n
 
[TW]Fox;10436815 said:
Well done sherlock. What gems can we expect next from you?

'It seems to me that the ones who purchase petrol from a filling station are the ones who have petrol engines'?

:D

Yeah, well I was trying to be polite, mr mainstream ;)

Anyway, it's not strictly true. A lot of people who drive standard cars will accept a modified Skyline, but reject a modified classic, for example.
 
Bleh, not really my thing, but whatever blows your skirt up. Obviously a lot of work has been put into them. The Jags would be nice with some less bling wheels I reckon.

Can someone explain how exactly you fit smaller tyres to wide wheels? Id always thought that tyres basically were slightly bigger than the rims they fit onto, so essentially the tyre pressure keeps them attached to the edge of the rim...obviously, that cant be the case with these tyres. My understanding of how tyres work is obviously wrong...

The wheel has a 'bead' towards the edge that the tyre sits in.

To fit a narrow tyre to a wider rim, you first get the tyre on the wheel (machine or manual tyre fitter) then you can either use a bead blaster to force the rim on...Or do it the fun way.

And by that, I mean spray in and around the tyre with hairspray, throw a match at it then jam an airline in the valve hole to stop it collapsing...Finally sneak the valve in and set pressures. :D

*n
 
because it's in the garage as the alternator has failed, like helpimcrap's standard mainstream Ford Escort. Your point?
 
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