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RedCarDriver
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Location: United States Arizona Occupation: it's complicated... more complicated than my relationships Age: 30 V$: 86310 |
#110512 2016-12-01 15:02 |
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It's been a few months, so time for another Supra update.
The car has been a lot of fun as a daily. I've found out it actually feels just about as rowdy as the Skyline, because it's still got the super short rear differential from its origin as a naturally-aspirated model. I miss shifting manually sometimes, but the automatic solidifies its feel as a fun cruiser instead of a wicked precision weapon. That said, I think the suspension bushings are wearing out; I should service them. First of all: I finally realized that this Supra was going to be theft-prone if I didn't buy an immobilizer for it. I cheaped out slightly and bought a known-working used one, but hopefully that'll be enough. Installing it was a pain, but it'll be worth it. The other part of my theft-proofing was that I bought another set of AeroCatch locking latches. It'll be a shame if thieves get through this one too, but at least the latches will give them a hard time trying. Okay, I think that's enough talk of that unpleasantness for now. I also bought a pair of Recaro SR seats in the car - plain grey and universal, as opposed to the slightly fancier patterned stock units in the '98, but definitely a touch I missed. Otherwise, mostly all cosmetics this time. I bought a genuine JUN front bumper and the indicators to go with it, and a pair of genuine Bomex sideskirts. A touch not on the old car is a pair of Ganador mirrors. Also differentiating this one from the late, great '98 is the chunky stock zenki steering wheel, which I'm growing to like.  No pictures of the back, because it looks the same as before and it's frankly looking pretty mismatched right about now. I'm going to get some TRD rear spats eventually. (OOC: That'll happen as soon as I can convert them from NFS 2015, in fact.) (OOC: Also, in SLRR, my garage consists of a spiced-up replica of my primary Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune car (the R33) and a sort-of replica of my primary Initial D Arcade Stage car (the Supra), back when I had money to burn at the arcade played those games. Funny, that.) |
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