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ErwinFenyvesi23
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Location: Japan Osaka Occupation: JDM Car enthusiast Age: 29 V$: broke |
#146101 2018-07-26 17:23 |
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Unexpected call...
-✔ Alright so , here's a little unexpected update covering everything that happened lately. First of all , I cannot express how fun is to daily drive the R33. I know , I know , it should be the Wangan car and not the daily driver but hey , having 666hp at your disposal at all times is just so fun ! Though , I've turned the boost halfway down when I'm usually dailying the R33 , because you guys know , with great power comes great responsibility , and I don't wanna beat the engine too hard at all times , because that leads to certain parts getting very used up and eventually breaking. I think I've spent around 20 grand on this car and I really don't know what the retail price of this thing would be , but a thing is for certain , I'm keeping it around until I get bored of it , and there's no way I'm selling my "Wangan car" just yet , I need to have more fun before I get rid of it , which will probably never happen or will happen but in the long long future. Either way , I'm not ready to let go of it just now , but who knows ? Maybe I'll get a really good offer in the future and say yes. I really don't like thinking about this because I just consider this thing my child but hey , you know what they say , if you love something set it free. ✔-  -✔ Ahh , the ER. As of now this thing is just sitting in front of the shop with really bald tyres. You may wonder why. Well , it's because I've entered that little giveaway the performance shop is doing and the prize is a fresh set of R888's for your car. Now , I know what you guys are thinking , am I just gonna shred the fresh new tyres if I win them ? Well , no. Why ? Because I've been thinking and I might turn the ER into a daily car , because it consumes less fuel and it's naturally aspirated , of course. Why turn such a good drift car into a daily driver ? Well , as you guys know , the Supra is begging for an overhaul and to be honest , I want to make that thing into a "brother" of the R33. And to get the Supra from a stock engine to an absolute street beast will take a lot of time rebuilding and upgrading the engine and , you guessed it , a lot of money. Well , money wouldn't be a problem because ... actually , I'll talk about that at the end of the update. Anyway , the ER hasn't changed a bit and I'm afraid it won't change any time soon. ✔-   -✔ Ohh how I love this thing... I worked on it a bit this morning , I've been wondering how to get some more horsepower for free and Mackay gave me an idea. He told me that if I turn the boost pressure up to 1.2 bar I might get some free horsepower without having to worry about anything. Said and done ! It was a 10 minute job and I must say , if you can do this to any engine without making it toast or blowing it up , you're a good tuner ! I really hope this thing won't blow up in the middle of the Wangan , but I trust Mackay 100% that everything will be fine and the engine will remain as reliable as it was before. After all , it's a Toyota engine , these things don't break that easily ! ✔-   -✔ Before I decided to go test the freshly "upgraded" Supra I stopped at the dock for some awesome shots. I can't tell you guys what mods are coming for this thing because I really don't know at the moment. I've owned this thing for quite a long while and I've kept it stock until now ( besides the awesome coilovers and wheels ). I could maybe get a sick bodykit for the Supra , or just upgrade the engine even further , or maybe change it up a bit and give it a fresh new color or wheels , who knows at this point ? I've always considered the Supra being really beautiful with no bodykit on. The overall shape is just so nice and round , I'd go as far as calling it "sexy" but anyway , big things are coming for this thing for sure. ✔-   -✔ As the sun was setting it was time to step on the gas and start the fun. Ahh , nothing feels more relaxing and fun than cruising on the Wangan driving your so called "dream car". After warming my tyres and brakes up I decided to floor it . The Supra really feels faster , Mackay was right ! Right as I was shifting into 4th gear I heard a little "pop" in the back of the car , and it's something that I don't usually hear from this car. She managed to squeeze out her first little backfire ! That was such an engaging moment for me and the car , because I basically rebuilt this thing from the ground up and here she is , making some actual performance from the bone stock engine ! That is just ... I dunno ... "sugoi" ?! ✔- -✔ And that brings me to the last part of the update which is usually my thoughts on what happened recently. So , here's a little thing that happened yesterday. The title is already showing what actually went down but let me explain in further detail. So , I got a call from someone I never heard about or known , they were talking about my shop in Tokyo. I quickly remembered that I listed that thing for sale , but I just forgot about it because , well , I've had so much fun in these past few weeks that I just completely forgot about that place. Anyway , they said that they would be willing to buy the whole garage. I was quite surprised that someone actually wanted that place. And then happened the unexpected. They offered me just a little bit more than I was asking for. Originally I listed that place for sale for around 12000 V$. I'd say that it was the apropriate price for it since the shop pretty much had every tool that you would need inside , but they offered to pay more than the price I asked. They offered me 15000 V$ and I was mindblown. Turns out that the guy who called me wants to restore that place , clean it up and sell it to someone else down the road. Of course , I said yes instantly and I just watched how the money were flowing right into my wallet. Now , that is absolutely great ! I thought I'd never manage to sell that junkpile , but turns out that I somehow got lucky enough. Anyway , more money means , of course , more fun ! Now that I'm not in the danger zone when it comes to money , I can afford something new , or go with my original plan. Oh yes , my boys already know what I'm talking about , daddy wants a new toy... ( that sounds terrible and I should never use that expression again ). ✔- -✔ And as you know , you can do a lot of stuff with money , right ? Well , hell yeah ! My life is kinda ruled by money and I don't know if thats a good thing or a bad thing. And this whole thing just left me thinking and wondering for the last 24 hours. Should I buy a new car ? Or should I continue upgrading the Supra ? Here's what I'm thinking right now. The Supra is already a really great daily driver and overall street car , so why not get a cheap little car to restore and have fun with ? If you're asking me right now what would I do , the answer you'll probably get would be to buy something new , to spice some things up , if you guys know what I'm saying. Now , here's my plan : I already have a daily car , which is the Supra , my Wangan car is the R33 , and my drift car is the ER. I would need something that I could restore and use to have more fun , and as of now , I would probably choose to do the whole restoration scheme that I did on the Supra and after I'm done fixing everything , build it up into a monster , like the R33 for example. Therefore , I will take Mackay tomorrow for a little lunch break in the city and make a stop at the local junk yard , just to see what we could find worth restoring. To be quite honest , this is just what I wanted ! I really hope me and Mackay will find something nice to buy and restore it. Anyway , this is just a temporary plan because I'm waiting for the feedback from you guys. I'd rather be told what to do than do something dumb again and do the whole "RX-7 FD3S" move. ✔- -✔ Anyway guys , that'll be all for now , I'm really waiting to see what you guys think. Feel free to post anything as feedback and yeah , I'll see you soon ! Maybe tomorrow or on Monday , because as you guys know , I'm making a little trip to Tokyo this weekend to hang out with my bros , Radcoon and Skip ! Anyway , I'll see you guys around , godspeed homies !  ✔- |
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