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Does anybody else know what I'm talking about when I say "tuning" is extremely addictive? Right now I'm in the process of swapping in a BP and it seems like I have done nothing but work on the swap every single chance I get. All my free time is dedicated to it. The sad thing is this is the forth time I've put a motor in the MX-3 and it's been like this every other time as well. I'm the kind of person that has to see something I start through to the end, which kind of sucks because I can't focus on anything else.
Alot of the time I don't mind though. I would rather spend time working on the car than doing pretty much anything else; even if this means just cleaning the engine bay.
I'm not complaining in the least bit. I feel pretty fortunate to have the automotive knowledge I have and it all came from hands on experience I wouldn't trade for the world. "Tuning" definately has it's plusses: I have met the majority of my friends because of it. It has helped me stay out of trouble oddly enough (no money to party).
I don't really know what the point of this post is but I thank you for reading it. I guess I just wanted to know who else has the same passion I have for modifying cars...

yeah for sure, me too..i just love it and love checking out other cars...and probably the best thing is learning new things and doing it your self, thats a good feeeling

That reminds me of a time a friend of mine got pulled over and i was in the car with him.
The cop asked him why do you put so much money into your car.
He says because its a sickness.
Shady Im the same way man.
when your waiting for a part in the mail do you run to your window when you here a door slam thinking its the delivery man? Yea... i believe sickness about describes it.

i got the sickness too lol

I have the same disease as you guys but I like it and don't want to be cured but it makes your car go faster

amen to that, i got the "disease" too, must have swept thru the UK about 4 years ago when i got my first car, didnt know a thing then, but when the engine went i jus got in there knee deep with a rebuild, polish an added 'extras' . Now im pretty happy doin any job. my MX will be no different, if its a drug them Mazda is my dealer...

Originally posted by Pedro_MX-3:
if its a drug them Mazda is my dealer...

haha I like that one

its all starts with the cai lol or some wheels or an exhaust or those ricer blue lights that you spray your windshield with.

when i first got my car all i wanted was a system..... now its a motor and tranny swap with a bunch of performance parts, and i didnt even get to the system... im definetly hooked

Oh yeah, I'm down with the sickness as well, lol

Ohh we all have it..
All I spend money on is my car.. My fridge is always empty and that kinda sucks, sometimes I just have to say to myself "ok frank, this cheque is going to food and not the car".
I no longer look at the cost of things the same way.. Instead of a price Ill look at like 'ohh well that is only 3 pay cheques and I could get that'. Another thing is those damn credit cards, they are like your best friend and your worst enemy at the same time. Some days I feel very impulsive and I could buy anything. Like I might wake up in the middle of the night and buy a bumper or an msd ignition or seats or something else crazy. In fact, the bpt was an impulse buy.. It was 4:00 in the morning and I was browsing around on ebay, I had just got a credit increase a few days earlier, and I came across the bpt.. Perhaps it was my state of sleepyness or just tempoary insanity but whatever it was a few weeks later I had a japanese engine sitting in my basement. I had it for almost a year before I got it in, and every night I had nightmares that it was seized up or something else terrible.. What a risk I took getting that off the internet but ohh well it all worked out for the best. =)
I am sure that it will happen again in the not too distant future.. I think that I am going to impulse buy a body kit or something under similar circumstances.

Heres a fine example of an impulse buy..
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Traxxas t-maxx.. It was quite a few dollars and runs on nitro. Now that I have it I am glad I bought it, its alot of fun to use when youre bored.

:p im sick too

<small>[ November 24, 2004, 07:51 AM: Message edited by: papa roached ]</small>

im addicted to boost

Originally posted by Ma-Ze:
im addicted to boost

fcker :p ..oh well I'll be there soon