Official old grumpy assholes of zilvia thread

[BryanSayWhat]

Originally Posted by spooled240

This side of the US is always on fire around this time of year. It's lit yo

I was born and raised in Southern California. Went back to visit a couple of years ago and the mountains above my old house were scorched... Scary shit.

[dizzariot]

Thread gets activity and I see the same shit. Is 'echo chamber' a new addiction to your lexicon because it's in every thread where people argue.

Did y'all see SN Elvis put his Silvia for sale, then say it wasn't, then put it back up fro trade...for an R32...like the R32 he just sold...

[spooled240]

Remember when these were $1600? Who the fuck is buying this shit?

https://www.ebay.com/i/233688531256

dEmAnD..I thought everyone was doing k-swaps now? Then again an SR that's been sitting underwater since fucking 1998 is still $4500 so I guess this makes sense..

[Corbic]

Originally Posted by spooled240

Remember when these were $1600? Who the fuck is buying this shit?

https://www.ebay.com/i/233688531256

dEmAnD..I thought everyone was doing k-swaps now? Then again an SR that's been sitting underwater since fucking 1998 is still $4500 so I guess this makes sense..

With an automatic... Ha!!


Shit, people thought 2Js and SRs would be like Small Blocks, just an endless supply for decades to come.

[KA24DESOneThree]

I will be very happy to never see another 2JZ swap.

In fact, people can start removing them from their cars now and returning their cars to their rightful weight distribution.

[Corbic]

Originally Posted by KA24DESOneThree

I will be very happy to never see another 2JZ swap.

In fact, people can start removing them from their cars now and returning their cars to their rightful weight distribution.

Oh lordy, adding 100lbs!!! Drives like a dump truck now!!

[S14rebuild]

Lol rememebr when people were offload sr20 long blocks for 500-800 $1200 for a swap....those were the days..

Oh and ka24de were free just haul it away

[Corbic]

Originally Posted by S14rebuild

Lol rememebr when people were offload sr20 long blocks for 500-800 $1200 for a swap....those were the days..

Oh and ka24de were free just haul it away

What's better a $1000 RB20 or $900 CA18det?

Oh get the CA better weight balance, RB will ruin the dynamics!

[spooled240]

For the now $20k+ it would cost to do a proper 2JZ swap I would rather just buy another capable engine with an entire car attached to it.

[deolio]

Originally Posted by spooled240

For the now $20k+ it would cost to do a proper 2JZ swap I would rather just buy another capable engine with an entire car attached to it.

So what you?re saying is rwd convert a TSX???

[spooled240]

Originally Posted by deolio

So what you?re saying is rwd convert a TSX???

No, because I can't find 240 subframes that aren't bent. But there are still a lot of cars that already come with a 2JZ that are still cheap as hell. Auto IS300's are a dime a dozen.

[BryanSayWhat]

Originally Posted by dizzariot

Did y'all see SN Elvis put his Silvia for sale, then say it wasn't, then put it back up fro trade...for an R32...like the R32 he just sold...

Damn, I forgot all about that Silvia... I'd also have a hard time letting that go.

[mechanicalmoron]

Originally Posted by Corbic

What's better a $1000 RB20 or $900 CA18det?

Oh get the CA better weight balance, RB will ruin the dynamics!

You mean you can rid yourself of more than 400 pesky cc?

[SupaDoopa]

The CA is ass. Change my mind.

[Goofs]

Everything seems priced at an all time high, not just the car scene. Just think it's a bad time to mod unless you're doing pretty well financially and it doesn't matter.

So many people know about the scene now. Final Bout has 120K Instagram followers, they've done very well for marketing. But this brings an influx of people. More competition for parts/cars, means higher prices.

If you have a clean chassis, or rare parts def time to hold and maintain.
The prices are going to stay this way for a while, if not rise some more.

[mechanicalmoron]

Originally Posted by Goofs

Everything seems priced at an all time high, not just the car scene. Just think it's a bad time to mod unless you're doing pretty well financially and it doesn't matter.

So many people know about the scene now. Final Bout has 120K Instagram followers, they've done very well for marketing. But this brings an influx of people. More competition for parts/cars, means higher prices.

If you have a clean chassis, or rare parts def time to hold and maintain.
The prices are going to stay this way for a while, if not rise some more.

That's true.

But also consider the porsche bubble - they all decided their air cooleds were worth a ton, because they kept buying them from each other for more and more, but at some point there was nobody outside their circle jerk to maintain the bubble - now they're all trying to be very quiet about how their volkswagens are just worth volkswagen money.

It can be sort of real, and sort of fake. It's largely how seriously you take it - if someone knows what their heap is worth and is firm on their insanity, not only will you not change their mind, you're looking in exactly the wrong places.

[KA24DESOneThree]

lol "their Volkswagens are just worth Volkswagen money."

We just sold a '73 S for $295k and have multiple in-progress $300k+ restorations. What you hear and what goes on are two different things. Air-cooleds are still worth a ton, you just have to be selling cars that weren't restored by a hot rod shop in bumfuck Pennsylvania.

The CA isn't ass. I mean, it's not good but it's not ass. Certainly better than an RB20, the official engine of Fuccboi Nation.

[mechanicalmoron]

Originally Posted by KA24DESOneThree

lol "their Volkswagens are just worth Volkswagen money."

We just sold a '73 S for $295k and have multiple in-progress $300k+ restorations. What you hear and what goes on are two different things. Air-cooleds are still worth a ton, you just have to be selling cars that weren't restored by a hot rod shop in bumfuck Pennsylvania.

The CA isn't ass. I mean, it's not good but it's not ass. Certainly better than an RB20, the official engine of Fuccboi Nation.

You are exactly one of those guys who bet everything on his own bubble, and must keep insisting that his beetles are solid gold.

Pretentious people who live in a bubble of pretense. Don't drop your pretense, just go write the editor about how angry the comic makes you. IT LOOKS LIKE A SEA MONSTER ON THE COVER!!!!1!!11

(don't get me wrong, the comic sucks)



Some 240s are worth 32k. Some mopars are worth a million. Some volkswagens are worth more. You're still a pretentious fart-sniffer.

[kingkilburn]

The CA was an ass platform to base an inline 6 from. Should have been the KA with a proper crank and no distributor. Would have been a monster.

[KA24DESOneThree]

Dude, we rode the wave from $70k 2.4 'S' cars all the way into the $300k range, and RS cars from $350k to $1.1mm. The RS cars are still depressed as hell, but exceptional 2.4 cars bring unburst money.

We go where the money is. I wouldn't touch a 2.0 'T' (or a 2.0 or 2.2 Targa of any kind) with a ten-foot pole unless it was literally one of the best original cars in the world.

I've noticed a trend with people who call any air-cooleds "Beetles," and it's not a positive one. Let's just say "drinks King Cobra and buys bulk cheez-puffs."

[spooled240]

^shit, I'm just trying to find a house around here that's less than $750k and ya'll are selling cars made from recycled BF-109's from WW2 for 1M..

Originally Posted by kingkilburn

The CA was an ass platform to base an inline 6 from. Should have been the KA with a proper crank and no distributor. Would have been a monster.

KA24, you could've been a *stroked 4G63* but nah...Frontier's n shit

[dizzariot]

...but ain't Porsches still selling for a lot.

*sips tea.

I'm wondering what to go for next but I can't make up my mind either. Even the prices here are ass on just about anything.

[dizzariot]

...but ain't Porsches still selling for a lot.

*sips tea.

I'm wondering what to go for next but I can't make up my mind either. Even the prices here are ass on just about anything.

[KA24DESOneThree]

Originally Posted by spooled240

^shit, I'm just trying to find a house around here that's less than $750k

I empathize with that. My brother's trying to find a house in the town I live in, and there's a dead zone between $550k and $750k.

My house is in that dead zone, but had zero curb appeal when the previous hillbilly owners were still living here. Oh, and the house at the end of the street blew up a few years back because it was a meth lab. lol I'm making it sound like I live in a hovel.

[spooled240]

Originally Posted by KA24DESOneThree

I empathize with that. My brother's trying to find a house in the town I live in, and there's a dead zone between $550k and $750k.

My house is in that dead zone, but had zero curb appeal when the previous hillbilly owners were still living here. Oh, and the house at the end of the street blew up a few years back because it was a meth lab. lol I'm making it sound like I live in a hovel.

Where are you at? We were looking in Esco, Vista and Oceanside since it's a bit cheaper.

[dizzariot]

Originally Posted by spooled240

Where are you at? We were looking in Esco, Vista and Oceanside since it's a bit cheaper.

Escondido has some nice old houses. Vista and Oceanside ehhhhhhh...

Are y'all selling your gas-powered vehicles and committing to living in CA?

[spooled240]

Originally Posted by dizzariot

Escondido has some nice old houses. Vista and Oceanside ehhhhhhh...



Are y'all selling your gas-powered vehicles and committing to living in CA?

Duude just another reason to leave this state at least eventually...

[kingkilburn]

You guys really think you're buying new gasoline burning cars anywhere at that point? You guys are gonna be on facebook talking about big government coming garage to garage to confiscate your V8s and forced induction devices.

[KA24DESOneThree]

Originally Posted by spooled240

Where are you at? We were looking in Esco, Vista and Oceanside since it's a bit cheaper.

I'm just north of Esco.

Ultimately, I'd like to live in Rainbow, west Valley Center, or De Luz. Decent houses there with a little land and a lot of privacy aren't cheap, though.

I have no problem with cars going electric. There's nothing new I'd consider buying and if I really, really wanted to drive something illegal in CA, I can always put it in inventory and slap a dealer plate on it.

[spooled240]

Originally Posted by kingkilburn

You guys really think you're buying new gasoline burning cars anywhere at that point? You guys are gonna be on facebook talking about big government coming garage to garage to confiscate your V8s and forced induction devices.

Maybe not, but this state is already broke to start giving out EV's to everyone to replace the millions of gridlocked cars on the freeways everyday. We need more subways and trains, not more cars..