Quote from logitekg25 :

nonsense....thats my dream car

Really? I guess I shouldnt be too negative, its a car that I got for no money out of pocket, and from a practicality standpoint as well as a cost stand point, its a great car. With the 5 speed, it has just enough power (I've driven a the automatic version from when it had a smaller engine, and that thing was beyond underpowered, so I couldnt recommend the manual more) to do what you want, but fully loaded, you have to work the hell out of it (and I do mean fully loaded; 800-1000 pounds worth of fire wood in the cabin/with a log splitter being towed behind). The only problem is that I'd like to be able to at least try some motorsportsy type things, and thats a bit hard with a CRV (I'm still hoping to try rallycross lol). I guess my realistic dream car right now would be something like a 2000-2008 Subaru Legacy wagon, an Impreza 2.5i wagon/Impreza Outback, or even a Forester, but from a cost stand point, I doubt any of those are very realistic, and for a few thousand more I could get a lightly used 09 Impreza hatch or even a new one.

Quote from logitekg25 :

nice

Not sure you can use that word in describing a Honda CRV, but at least its a car, and at least its a manual. And it does everything that I need it to.

Quote from logitekg25 :

manual?

Yessir.

2001 Honda CRV 5 speed. Having a bit of fun in the snow. No good pictures illustrating this, but it actually does get quite sideways thanks to the "AWD" system, if you do it right (bit of flicking and left foot braking, but that requires a rather large empty parking lot, this was only a small empty parking lot).

Quote from Hezath :

Remember we're talking some plain jane run of the mill plastic bubble here, he won't notice any difference in the unsprung weight (not denying that unsprung weight is important, but not in this instance).

I don't think cross-drilled rotors will give any more bite, I think in this scenario they would just be a big wank.

I'm not in the least bit concerned about weight at all. In anyway. I had always thought that drilled was for heat, but it seems that that is mostly a myth, and that slotted are more effective on that front. Glad to have learned something.

Quote from Hezath :

Speaking of rotor thickness & wear... hehehehe

If I recall, the supposed reason for the thing in the picture was a combination of left foot braking and stuck brakes.

Quote from wheel4hummer :

Can a CRV?

Yeah. . . I said keep the flaming to the middle, but I probably should have said something about where the trolling goes.

Quote from wheel4hummer :

Why not just buy a cheap NA Miata, or a Saturn S-Series or something?

Several reasons.

1) I need a car that can carry 4 people, their mtn. bikes and their personal gear, as well as any other necessary gear. I know a miata cant do that.

2) Could you carry 800-1000 pounds of fire wood in the back of a Miata? (yes, I know, but thats what the CRV gets used for.

3) Can a Miata get through 8-12 inches of snow?

4) We already own the CRV, we know its history, and we know what the issues are with it.

Why would we sell that to get something that would poorly fit our purposes, and most defiantly be older with quite higher millage and more expensive insurance? I'm not saying its a great car, or even a good car, but it works just fine.

Thanks for the help everyone. I've decided to go with some OE equivalent vented (nothing else) Brembo rotors and these: http://www.tirerack.com/brakes ... del=HPS+Street+brake+pads (recommended by someone I called for a price estimate).

Quote from mrodgers :

Can you get a CR-V with a manual? I was thinking they are auto only (much like everything over here anymore unfortunately.)

I sure hope you can get one as a manual, seeing as I have one. I'm not overly concerned with durability (especially seeing some of the cars that run), I'm more concerned with the HSG. And actually, CoG is probably a bit lower on the CRV than the Taco.

Quote from Forbin :

Rallycross in a CR-V? Really?

Yeah, sounds funny, but its not much different than the guy in our region who races a Toyota taco.

Quote from Ricerguy :

Slotted, what kind of car is it by the way?

Damn, I was really hoping nobody was going to ask. . . 2001 Honda CR-V (5 speed). You'll all laugh at me, but the general plan is to maybe do a little SCCA Rallycross next summer, and maybe an autocross or two (I know its an super narrow SUV, but its what I've got, and it does everything else I need it to quite well).

Well, I'm looking to replace the rotors on my car, and I was wondering (price not being a factor), whats better? I'll be expecting the first few responses to be fairly straight forward, but I'd like to request the flaming start aprox half way down the page. Thanks.

What!? I googled that exact thing at my school and couldnt find it. The irony here is, that was probably caused by the school's censorship software.

Quote from Homeless_Drunk :

This stereotype

Maybe if they stopped blowing each other and innocent people up they wouldn't have that bad name on their head? Just an idea...

I've just highlighted connected words. Maybe you should get your subconscious to stop picking your words for you.

Thanks, thats the exact one I was thinking of. Where did you find it?

Quote from wien :

And if you Americans didn't continue to enforce the "ignorant and angry" stereotype people might actually listen to what you have to say.

Thank you for that, couldnt agree more, especially seeing the racism first hand against my Muslim friends.

I'm looking for a poster from (I think) the Troubles for a project. The poster is split up into 4 sections. Each one has a head in profile that is colored like the Irish flag. Around the guy's mouth is a bandanna that is UK's flag that he rips off. At the bottom it says Oppose Censorship.

And for the record, this has absolutely nothing to do with personal opinion of that entire period, and I would appreciate if we could stay to specifically the poster.

Quote from rich uk :

I thought all people from Alabama were red necks..............stereotyping is bad, stop being foolish and ignorant of facts. what can the main majority of the people in the east do? give out cookies to people and cure aids? even then most would still deem them as dangerous fools.

P.S. I do not think all from Alabama are red necks, and i don't mean to bash you. War is bad wherever it is, always hits more when it's on home soil.

You, sir, just more than hit the nail on the head.

Quote from DeadWolfBones :

We don't know anything about the guy beyond his name. He was probably born and raised in the US, and he was a Major in the Army fer chrissakes.

Thats my exact point, in reality, the guy was probably just as "American" as anyone else, but the fact that his name is Arab is going to be fodder for those who want to spread their hate for Islam.

How long until someone twists this tragedy to say all Arabs are evil? The life of anyone with an Arab sounding name in the military has just become hell.



http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8345713.stm

Quote from der butz :

which brings us back to the crucial point: Americans can't drive!

At least they can't when sitting in an American Pimpmobile with no windows, 3 automatic gears, a machine that produces 300hp but 290 of them are taken away for powering gadgets, and the weight of a Greyhound bus.

Now add some stupid music so the video runs completely silent, do a couple of donuts and there it is: THE perfect stereotype.

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I'll second that.

Quote from bbman :

I differentiate between being aware of one's surroundings and frantically checking every direction for some idiot... I guess driving standards and enforcement of red lights might be better over here...

I see that you live in Austria. What does it take to get a license there? Here, if you're over 18, you take an extremely easy basic knowledge test to get you temp. permit, then you can go back the next day (without any further education or instruction) to take another extremely easy written test, and a 2-5 minute on road driving test (which is also extremely easy, mine involved driving through a neighborhood and back to the DMV, I didnt even have to go through a 4 way intersection or traffic light) and then a maneuverability test (if you fail your drivers test here, for some reason it is almost always on maneuverability despite the fact that most people take the test on very small sedans). So to summarize, it is extremely easy to get a license in the US without any formal instruction. Part of my paranoia could be related to the fact that I drive to my school from time to time. On a bad day in that parkinglot, there are 3-5 fender bender accidents, and frequently much larger crashes. Its like driving in a city of people with an attention span of 10 seconds max.

Quote from george_tsiros :

i don't get on this forum to get into heated arguments with others. life is giving me enough of those without me looking for them. right now what i am saying is that 99% of the time a driver can not afford taking care of things that others should be taking care of... (that is, for example, checking in their rear when they are moving forward. even a 1 second glance throws away the perception of speed estimation you have for the front, there is much more lost than just that 1 second)

First off, I had not realized that this was a heated argument. I dont watch my mirrors, I glance at them (as I was trained to do). You cant honestly rely on other drivers to do anything. I'm not saying everyone is a bad driver, I'm just saying that its fairly good practice to drive like everyone is out to get you.

Quote from george_tsiros :

most people aren't borgs, thus are using all their attention to look forward, not backward. i mean they don't have eyes on the back of their neck. because they aren't borgs... and borgs have eyes on the back of their neck... because they have machines and they... :/

when i drive, i need 101% attention towards the direction i am driving, because the moment i start paying attention towards where i am NOT driving means that there is an open possibility for something to **** up.

and then the excuse "i just looked for a split second in my rear mirror, honest! i'm a careful driver" somehow i think won't fly.

So what you're saying, is that because you use all of your attention to look forward, everyone else automatically does as well? And that their attention never slips from that? Basically, in your world, nobody ever gets rear ended, or t-boned? You're essentially saying that its better to NOT know whats happening around you, which means that less situational awareness is better? I've never heard of that. I'd guess you always blind merge as well, because heaven forbid you even glance in the mirror.