Newbie is a degrading term... but necessary nonetheless.
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Newbie is a degrading term... but necessary nonetheless.
So I'm getting into my second civic now, it's a '97 4DR LX. I had and identical one before it (a '98 with a third of the miles) but it got totaled in an accident in which a guy ran a red light, creamed my car, the officer gave me a ticket, I took it to court and was dubbed "Guilty Until Proven Innocent," and then was sued by the other driver's passenger. That was in January 07, and it was finally resolved 2 weeks ago. Funny thing is, my insurance didn't go up... WTF?
So I got my second Civic, blew the transmission, and then dropped in my old D16y7 and transmission that I kept from the first LX. So now I'm finally back on the road again and recently felt I need an upgrade in my life. I thought about a newer Civic or a 96-2000 EX, but decided I might as well keep what I have b/c it's reliable, I have no payments, and a clean 4DR would be harder to make. Better start modding right?
I bought some silver Motegi RT5s, but didn't like how they looked while on the Civic so I'm selling those and looking into 99-2000 Si wheels or those 20 point rims Honda put on the 03-05? Special Edition Civics. I don't want rims larger than 16" b/c I'm going to school in Lubbock, TX and the roads are the worst I've seen (par with Oklahoma). After that I'll be looking for a drop kit, but I don't really know what to look for Skunk2? Tein? Any suggestions? Then I think it'll be time for a new paint job, and I'm really liking the Si blue.
That's enough of my life story... just glad to be able to get more advice.
So I got my second Civic, blew the transmission, and then dropped in my old D16y7 and transmission that I kept from the first LX. So now I'm finally back on the road again and recently felt I need an upgrade in my life. I thought about a newer Civic or a 96-2000 EX, but decided I might as well keep what I have b/c it's reliable, I have no payments, and a clean 4DR would be harder to make. Better start modding right?
I bought some silver Motegi RT5s, but didn't like how they looked while on the Civic so I'm selling those and looking into 99-2000 Si wheels or those 20 point rims Honda put on the 03-05? Special Edition Civics. I don't want rims larger than 16" b/c I'm going to school in Lubbock, TX and the roads are the worst I've seen (par with Oklahoma). After that I'll be looking for a drop kit, but I don't really know what to look for Skunk2? Tein? Any suggestions? Then I think it'll be time for a new paint job, and I'm really liking the Si blue.
That's enough of my life story... just glad to be able to get more advice.
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RE: Newbie is a degrading term... but necessary nonetheless.
ORIGINAL: LagwagonLad
"Guilty Until Proven Innocent,"
"Guilty Until Proven Innocent,"
anyway, welcome!
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RE: Newbie is a degrading term... but necessary nonetheless.
It's because it was late at night and the light sequence I recieved at the time is rare. It's called a "lagging green arrow." It means that the arrow occurs and the beginning and middle of the light sequence because there is no cross traffic to trip the sensors. So when I told the cop that the arrow occurred after a solid green he didn't believe me and issued me the ticket. So of course I took it to court, and got royally f***ed because I'm in Lubbock, TX. Hence "guilty until proven innocent." I could have chosen to have it appealed and re-trialed, but the whole process is such a pain in the *** I just gave up. It took me over 4 months to get the first trial, I had to get a lawyer, and there were insane amounts of fees, so I wasn't too keen on doing the whole thing over again.
The strangest part was the judge put me on deferred adjudication w/out my permission, but he did it so that IF the other party decided to sue me instead of accepting my insurance companies claims, they would have to re-prove that I was guilty because the whole issue would be off my Texas driving record, and the judge told my laywer that that would be highly unlikely. WTF? I really don't understand why any of this happened. If the cop had just pulled his head out of his a** in the first place, I wouldn't have gotten into that mess.
Yea, I heard the Skunk2 kits were a bit sportier... not sure if that'll be too fly w/ the streets of Lubbock. Their city engineers are terrible.
The strangest part was the judge put me on deferred adjudication w/out my permission, but he did it so that IF the other party decided to sue me instead of accepting my insurance companies claims, they would have to re-prove that I was guilty because the whole issue would be off my Texas driving record, and the judge told my laywer that that would be highly unlikely. WTF? I really don't understand why any of this happened. If the cop had just pulled his head out of his a** in the first place, I wouldn't have gotten into that mess.
Yea, I heard the Skunk2 kits were a bit sportier... not sure if that'll be too fly w/ the streets of Lubbock. Their city engineers are terrible.
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