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Old Apr 28, 2008 | 12:02 PM
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Yo!

Well WI drive was successfull... no tix!

although the detector saved me 2x - she's a good girl


how was the meet!? i might be down for the coffee and cars meet...
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Old Apr 28, 2008 | 12:42 PM
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Here's a few crappy vids I shot of P's MS3 flyin by...

Mazda Speed3 flyby 2
Mazda Speed 3 flyby 1


... and a pic I took and photoshopped a bit

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Old Apr 28, 2008 | 02:07 PM
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who owns that blue missile? i totally want to marry him and produce rally racing babies.
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Old Apr 28, 2008 | 11:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Villain
Sorry guys I missed the meet. My move turned into a disaster on Saturday. Next time for sure.
no worries man, i always had somethin come up with the first few meets i tried to make it to. there will always be more meets for us lol hope you got everything worked out for your move

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A few of use may head out to this \/

Cars and Coffee (Twin Cities, MN)

May 3rd, 2008

At the Caribou Coffee/Einstein Brothers Bagels parking lot off of Shady Oak Rd and Hwy 62 in Minnetonka. We'll meet from 9am to 11am.

that sounds/looks like it's be a sweet one. i'm def gonna try to make it to that one and get some buddies of mine to come along as well

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I'm working on getting better with this old version of photoshop.

Sounds like a good time at the mermaid. (mermaid lanes right?) I'm moving out today but I should be done in time for that. Do I need to call someone or you guys going to be outside by your cars, or what???
sorry man, didn't get this til now either
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Old Apr 30, 2008 | 06:47 PM
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I did up this lil photoshop of my car today.


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Old Apr 30, 2008 | 08:45 PM
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Originally Posted by rallyracer
I did up this lil photoshop of my car today.


oh sexay
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Old Apr 30, 2008 | 10:18 PM
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Nice work Rally. You do some awesome work!

Hey has anyone ever been to Grove Creek?
http://www.grovecreek.com/index.htm

I just found it on google. It's a bit closer to the cities than Brainerd. Anyone interested or are you guys all twisties only?
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Old Apr 30, 2008 | 10:24 PM
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sweet, i love lotus'

Originally Posted by rallyracer
Here's a few crappy vids I shot of P's MS3 flyin by...

Mazda Speed3 flyby 2
Mazda Speed 3 flyby 1


... and a pic I took and photoshopped a bit



mine sounds better

http://s202.photobucket.com/albums/a...SCobalt103.flv

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Old Apr 30, 2008 | 10:28 PM
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Originally Posted by sput
Nice work Rally. You do some awesome work!

Hey has anyone ever been to Grove Creek?
http://www.grovecreek.com/index.htm

I just found it on google. It's a bit closer to the cities than Brainerd. Anyone interested or are you guys all twisties only?
Thanks...if only I had a nice camera.

As for the track, Im more of a twisties guy myself but I cant speak for the others.

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sweet, i love lotus'

mine sounds better

http://s202.photobucket.com/albums/a...SCobalt103.flv

Your truck does sound nice...

"Lotus" WTF?

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Old Apr 30, 2008 | 10:34 PM
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sorry, i like lotus's, i cant fit but they look awesome!
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Old Apr 30, 2008 | 11:02 PM
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lotus's are pansy cars
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Old Apr 30, 2008 | 11:03 PM
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Originally Posted by northvibe
lotus's are pansy cars
they sound better than your turd.
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Old Apr 30, 2008 | 11:11 PM
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Lotus's are way over priced...and not really that fast (P and I know). Im sure the SC Lotus's are fast but it cost 3 times more than a TC Balt.
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Old Apr 30, 2008 | 11:24 PM
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Originally Posted by rallyracer
Lotus's are way over priced...and not really that fast (P and I know). Im sure there SC Lotus is nice but thats about it oh and it cost 3 times more than a TC Balt.
I'm surprised a twisties lover like you wouldn't drool over a lotus. Some of the best handling cars in the world.
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Old Apr 30, 2008 | 11:27 PM
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Originally Posted by vtecduster
I'm surprised a twisties lover like you wouldn't drool over a lotus. Some of the best handling cars in the world.
We spent an afternoon around these guys...Nice cars but not worth drooling over. They seamed more of show than go, haha.


There was another red Lotus Elise but it got cut outta the pic.
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Old Apr 30, 2008 | 11:35 PM
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nice photoshop pic jeff, that's freakin sweet.

lotuses are def overpriced but i think they are pretty nice cars. pretty good all around cars for what they are and def unique and don't see too many of em
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Old Apr 30, 2008 | 11:44 PM
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dude the balt wasted those cars in handling and speed on the road tour, maybe their drivers didnt push it, but being rwd on twisties....yeah they might of gone off the road I agree they are great handling cars, but for the cost there are more efficient ways to handle well.

fyi those videos dont do justice, its a pretty quiet car. Wait till I get the mazdaspeed exhaust on I tried to order my SRI tonight but the site wouldnt allow diff shipping/billing addresses I'll call tomorrow to order it. Cant wait to hear that turbo and blow off
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Old May 1, 2008 | 12:06 AM
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Whats up guys there a couple of my buddies that are intersted in meetin up. hit me up with a time and place!
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Old May 1, 2008 | 12:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Magaard_69
Whats up guys there a couple of my buddies that are intersted in meetin up. hit me up with a time and place!

what kind of cars do you and your buddies have? and how far are you from the twin cities, north suburbs ?
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Old May 1, 2008 | 12:54 PM
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dude the balt wasted those cars in handling and speed on the road tour, maybe their drivers didnt push it, but being rwd on twisties....yeah they might of gone off the road I agree they are great handling cars, but for the cost there are more efficient ways to handle well.
Driver mod 2.0 FTW. Trust me, if they pushed the Lotus it would run circles around the cobalt. In the right hands with their stock rubber they are world class when it comes to handling.

And where the F is Nevis, MN?
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Old May 1, 2008 | 02:24 PM
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yeah but rwd on twisty roads with sand...not a super good mixture. But I know they are great handlers but dude the 2zz engine is the one in the vibe gt (2003-2005) :P strong engine but no competition to a FI. we blew by a v8 turbo lotus when the dude was trying to floor it...so are you talking about the supercharged 2zz lotus ?
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Old May 2, 2008 | 01:38 PM
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I guess Cars & Coffee is Rain or shine deal so I'll be headin out to it the am if anyone wants to join me.


Im meet up some Evo guys at Showplace 16 Kerasotes Theatre (Off of 52 and 494)‎ - Inver Grove Hts, MN around 8am...from there we'll head out to the meet.

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Old May 2, 2008 | 02:39 PM
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hey all, i went with the purple toolbox, will have pics by monday!!
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Old May 2, 2008 | 02:42 PM
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I was up in the Cities on Wed - didn't see any balts though... but did park next to a black Maserati in this shwanky condo parking lot

check out the shots I took here:

Minneapolis senior portrait
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Old May 2, 2008 | 02:42 PM
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hey all, i went with the purple toolbox

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