General conversation thread: Chat about anything that's not WipEout.

[yeldar2097]

no sure my clutch would like it very much...

[KIGO1987]

Your right, ill probably would kill it off in one heap.

New cars arent as so strongly built as some of the cars built in the 90s and 80s.

[yeldar2097]

That goes for my car
Mine was built to be cheap. hence the 107 and the aygo are identical except for the badge (and the aygo's rear end). Utilitarianism ftw

[abukii]

Ahhh...cool guys. Here in the States, most GtG involving cars is illeagal because 99.9% of the time, theres racing involved. I am a huge fan of Citreon. Nice cars, but...BUT...Volkswagen is my true love. Other than VW, my most beloved vehicle is the Peugot 306 maxxi (Rally Car). Im a big fan of Rally Racing too

Way back in the day (12+ yrs agao), I had a 91 VW Golf. Factory hp was 89. When I was done, it had 190 with all the bells and whistle. I never raced for money though...but man, 140 mph in a car the size of your computer desk...whoa!!The only cars that could really keep up were BMW and Mercedes. I miss that car

[mdhay]

@KIGO:

I may not be getting a car/ driving license. With the way the economy is going, it isn't likely.

[yeldar2097]

you know you want to mdhay! it's teriffic fun

if you do your lessons with BSM and you don't pass first time you get your test money back

then do your pass-plus (about £75 everywhere in england apart from surrey where it's £175 grrrrr) and you can get up to 40% off your insurance quote.

you know you want to

[mdhay]

University fees are a higher priority, to be honest. I won't get to work at SL if I don't do that.

[KIGO1987]

That goes for my car
Mine was built to be cheap. hence the 107 and the aygo are identical except for the badge (and the aygo's rear end). Utilitarianism ftw

Ive seen what your car looks like. If i was driving something like that, i reckon i would of lost my soul within the hour XD. Sorry Yelder, it is a bit of a chicks car, thats all.

Ahhh...cool guys. Here in the States, most GtG involving cars is illeagal because 99.9% of the time, theres racing involved. I am a huge fan of Citreon. Nice cars, but...BUT...Volkswagen is my true love. Other than VW, my most beloved vehicle is the Peugot 306 maxxi (Rally Car). Im a big fan of Rally Racing too
Way back in the day (12+ yrs agao), I had a 91 VW Golf. Factory hp was 89. When I was done, it had 190 with all the bells and whistle. I never raced for money though...but man, 140 mph in a car the size of your computer desk...whoa!!The only cars that could really keep up were BMW and Mercedes. I miss that car

Funny you mention that. My city use to host the Rally Australia, until 2006 when the bastards in government refused to fund it anymore.

Last week i saw some really odd car pull out of this shopping center. I couldnt tell what it was until i caught up with it. It was one of those old Group B rally cars. A Renault Aphine, must of been an import. But christ that thing went hard, it took alot of floggin in my Subi to catch up. Arnaud (Asayyeah) here drives one of these i think.

I don't now what it is with older cars. But there much more fun to drive than newer cars. Even this Bush bashing car me and a few mates had a old Volvo 240, was a hell fun car to fang around in. Went hard too. Until it got bogged bad.

@KIGO:
I may not be getting a car/ driving license. With the way the economy is going, it isn't likely.

Still should though. Everything is coming around.

you know you want to mdhay! it's teriffic fun

if you do your lessons with BSM and you don't pass first time you get your test money back

then do your pass-plus (about £75 everywhere in england apart from surrey where it's £175 grrrrr) and you can get up to 40% off your insurance quote.

you know you want to

You get a free bottle of bubly when you pass your driving license in Surrey Yelder? Maybe thats why it costs a bit more.

University fees are a higher priority, to be honest. I won't get to work at SL if I don't do that.

Don't you guys have HECS over there?

[mdhay]

We have an E.M.A. system, where those in tertiary education get, depending on their families' income, get either £10, £20 or £30 a week.

[KIGO1987]

So you dont have a system. Where you can delay the payment of your university payment to another date. Like when your income bracket increases. Damn must suck over there. No space, shtty cars, crap weather, no HECS, i can see why you all migrate to Australia now.

[mdhay]

We don't have deadlines for payments - we just pay what we can at any given time afaik.

[Lance]

Really? Damn. Hooray for socialism.

[KIGO1987]

We don't have deadlines for payments - we just pay what we can at any given time afaik.

But the interest, the bastards put on the debts make you want to pay them off quicker soon rather than later.

[willsgb13]

mdhay well done and keep it up

kigo i know people from perth

they have only good things to say about the place

edit - the interest is in line with inflation but given the large amount of money involved and the rates of repayment - lowest income threshold 15 grand a year and then more paid back every 5 grand a year more or something like that, in the lowest cases of repayment and based on how much you took you can be paying back less then the amount of interest being added on - it's a bitch

[yeldar2097]

Katamari Forever = Biggest...WTF...Ever

classic

[KIGO1987]

kigo i know people from perth

they have only good things to say about the place

What area of the city are they from?

[willsgb13]

dunno mate, one of them's already gone back there, the other's leaving in a few weeks. they make the place sound like heaven. beaches and sunshine etc.

before i met them the only time i was aware of the place was when lucifer went there to chill out for a while after kicking everyone out of hell and locking it up in the sandman comic

it looked nice in the comic too

[abukii]

@ Kigo-- Very nice. A friend of mine drives a Subaru...STi. Gorgeous [fast] car

[KIGO1987]

Nice What era Impreza is it?

[abukii]

By era, Im assuming you mean what year it is? I believe its a 2007 STi