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I was just kidding, I don't have anything wrong with aftermarket exhaust. I just feared people would say "No don't do anything to your car" sort of thing.

I wasnt even being rude or complaining in my orignal post.

Like I said before, i'm 18 years old. Most people in my country and nearby countries like UAE, Qatar and Saudi Arabia don't work at that age. Not even summer jobs. It's a traditional thing to study at a college or university and it might even reach the point of studying aboard before even considering working.

Secondly, are you seriously telling me that i'm awful person and that I post the worst stuff over here?

Seriously, why everyone took my post as a complaint and hateful post? :indiff:
At what point did I use the words 'awful', 'worst', and 'hateful', hmm? Nowhere.

But the majority of your posts I've seen are some form of complaint.

Who cares if other 18 year olds don't work where you are? If you want to make some money, you're going to need work. You say you're jealous of some of the cars people on this forum here have? They worked to get those cars (at least I hope they did...).

In other news, I finally got the sisters side-by-side.

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Unfortunately the Corsa on the left suffered a recent battle scar when a muntjac deer (spawn of satan) ran out in front of me on the way home from my previous employment. So, it's missing half the underguard and there's a nasty scuff on the bumper.
 
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Seriously, why everyone took my post as a complaint and hateful post? :indiff:

Because you got a nice nudge in the right direction and took it with complete pessimism. @lbpomg95 is completely right about needing an actual motivation to get where you want to be, because unless you have loaded parents, it's not handed to you on a platter. I'm 17 and haven't been 'employed' by a business for more than one day. However, that didn't stop me actively looking for places to get some form of income or working 90% of my summer break. I have about four separate 'jobs' with all crap pay, but if I get to experience calling an EG6 or DC2 my own, it's worth it isn't it?

Not everything someone says is a direct attack.
 
SVX
Because you got a nice nudge in the right direction and took it with complete pessimism. @lbpomg95 is completely right about needing an actual motivation to get where you want to be, because unless you have loaded parents, it's not handed to you on a platter. I'm 17 and haven't been 'employed' by a business for more than one day. However, that didn't stop me actively looking for places to get some form of income or working 90% of my summer break. I have about four separate 'jobs' with all crap pay, but if I get to experience calling an EG6 or DC2 my own, it's worth it isn't it?

Not everything someone says is a direct attack.
Damn right. My last full time job damn near sent me insane (or worse. It got close but not quite) but I've now got a Volvo 240, nearly fully restored, just like my Grandfather (rest his soul) used to have. And now I've got my own business doing something I love. You'll get one soon enough @SVX . If I've learned anything from my working life, it's that things will eventually fall into place, no matter how crap it is at the time.
 
At what point did I use the words 'awful' and 'hateful', hmm? Nowhere.

But the majority of your posts I've seen are some form of complaint.
The only things I complained about are some games, in opinions and events threads and some status post. I don't even like posting anything negative towards other persons.

Who cares if other 18 year olds don't work where you are? If you want to make some money, you're going to need work. You say you're jealous of some of the cars people on this forum here have? They worked to get those cars (at least I hope they did...).
I wasn't serious when I said that i'm jealous. To those who got something nice, good for them. I just wished if I could get something near that.

As for the working part, sadly I don't have the freedom right now to do whatever I want even if I'm an adult right now. I can't simply move out of my house or do whatever I want because my family won't allow me to do it or simply no one will help me. They won't allow me to work right now because they think that's a stupid idea to do it now. Blame our culture really but that's how i grew up, being controlled to do or not to do stuff. To be forced to live and obey everything my family says even if I disagree with one aspect or another. I couldn't even go outside my home for few minutes without them forcing me to stay at home.
SVX
Because you got a nice nudge in the right direction and took it with complete pessimism. @lbpomg95 is completely right about needing an actual motivation to get where you want to be, because unless you have loaded parents, it's not handed to you on a platter. I'm 17 and haven't been 'employed' by a business for more than one day. However, that didn't stop me actively looking for places to get some form of income or working 90% of my summer break. I have about four separate 'jobs' with all crap pay, but if I get to experience calling an EG6 or DC2 my own, it's worth it isn't it?

Not everything someone says is a direct attack.
Alright then, this is getting way too offtopic. It's my fault for even posting that in the first place. Sorry about that.

I will see what I can do about the whole work thing. I thought about it before but not for much really.
 
Work hard as in literally get a job? If so then I guess I have to wait until 4-5 years later when I finally get a degree at university since working at age 18 is quite unpopular thing over here and most payouts will probably sucks anyways. I could instead claim to the government that i'm unemployed and not students (loophole I know) since i'll probably get more money than actual work but still...pretty hard.

Like I said before, i'm 18 years old. Most people in my country and nearby countries like UAE, Qatar and Saudi Arabia don't work at that age. Not even summer jobs. It's a traditional thing to study at a college or university and it might even reach the point of studying aboard before even considering working.
Perhaps more as in a longer term hard work, study hard to get a good job, and then do the saving. You're still 18, aren't you, you should still have plenty of time left to try and achieve your goals. It's not like most of the people who happen to have some more appealing cars here had them since they were 18.
 
Perhaps more as in a longer term hard work, study hard to get a good job, and then do the saving. You're still 18, aren't you, you should still have plenty of time left to try and achieve your goals. It's not like most of the people who happen to have some more appealing cars here had them since they were 18.
I never suggested that I wanted to buy a car right now as I will probably keep my car for 1-2 years at least and mostly likely for several more years. That as long as my car is still in good condition.

What you said about work tho is what I've been saying the whole time because there's no way I could afford anything if I worked right now beyond food and water I guess.

What I said in original post was related to how members around 19 up to early 20's have managed to own cars I would wish if I could afford to own.

And besides, i'm more worried about getting my license than getting a new car at this point...yeah Im about to start my driving lessons very soon so that's why I barely drive my car. In fact, my brother and dad tend to use my car far more often than I do.
 
@ToyGTone Just like @Legro said, I'm talking about long term. Study hard, so you can have, at minimum, a decent job which can open doors for you in life, not just car deals.

You gotta think ahead man; at least 5 years ahead. Cars come and go. In the end they're just hunks of aluminium or metal that mean a lot to us. Doesn't matter if you own a hooptie, or some flashy car.

With hard work comes passion, which is what fuels our niche community.
 
I will go offtopic for this one but
@ToyGTone Just like @Legro said, I'm talking about long term. Study hard, so you can have, at minimum, a decent job which can open doors for you in life, not just car deals.

You gotta think ahead man; at least 5 years ahead. Cars come and go. In the end they're just hunks of aluminium or metal that mean a lot to us. Doesn't matter if you own a hooptie, or some flashy car.

With hard work comes passion, which is what fuels our niche community.
With what's happening currently to me, I don't think I will have a future or at least not a bright one.

As a guy who somehow managed to do quite well as school while at the same time struggling with several diseases, I have a hard time doing things I'm not interested in or motivated to do. As of right now, I didn't even choose which uni/college to study at and which course should I take. I'm lost because I don't know want I want to do and I never planned or thought about what I want to do in the future. I tend to just follow what others do. I saw some locals people studying aboard, I thought "why not travel to US, Canada, Britain, Australia, Japan or Germany to study there? I could have a more freedom there too than over here". I heard people wanting to study certain thing and suddenly I thought "why not do the same?"

I'm worried about going to a university because I look at one of my older bother who's currently on his 5th or even 6th year at possibly the hardest university in my country. What he studies? Well...Civil engineering a.k.a something that most people will stay away from over here. I noticed how he spend most of his days ether at university or just at home studying, not doing anything else at all. It terrified me because I don't want my entire day to be doing that especially since I have ADHD and I don't like doing things I don't like or interested in. I mean the only reason why I'm good at english, history, geography and biology but poor at maths and even my own awful language is because of my interest. I don't want my entire life to be just tedious time with not a single enjoyable thing. I don't want to be alone all day long like my brother. I don't want to feel trapped between two places only and not have any freedom of doing whatever I want.

I'm also awful at socialising with people and the moment when I think they aren't answering to me or bothering to even talk to me, I think they simply hate me and don't want me anymore. I believe I always **** things up and end up screwing my entire relations with people. Look at me now, a depressed 18 year old who has nothing to do, no one to hang out with and no place to go. I always view myself being the worst human being out there and being criticised will just make it worse for me. When someone talks negatively about what I said, I start defending myself immediately because I think I'm getting attacked by everyone but then...I just believe that people are right and i'm the wrong in my life. Look at this silly argument I made and look how others replied to me. I think that I said something inappropriate, that I shouldn't belong here at all, that i'm rejected in my life. What i said is exaggeration I know but this is how I feel. If I made a mistake no matter how big or small is, people are going to hate me and will never forgive me at all. That's how I view the world.

I oftem come here to GTPlanet because I feel lonely in real life and the fact that everyone seems to be hanging out while I'm at home ether sleeping or just eating during evening just makes me feel uncomfortable. I thought that trying to be nice to all people and post more often will help make my life a little more bearable. What instead I get is the same feeling as what I feel everywhere else. Everyone else seems to be having a good time here. Everyone seems to be getting along together. I mean there's even some members out there who actually met each other in real life? That's something I even struggling to do with what used to be my close childhood friend.

Meanwhile i'm here complaining inside my head "Why no one wants me? Why I feel so ignored and rejected? Why I feel unbelonged to anything? Why I don't feel welcomed?"

I tried my best to be nice to everyone, I tried my best to apologise for my mistakes and I tried my best to forgive everyone even those who hate me so much but guess what? Nothing worked and Nothing changed. Life still sucks, People still hates me and I have nothing to improve it.

I tried to get into new hobbies or even revive my interest back when I was young to seek out for new stuff and more importantly, new people...but I failed to do that ether.

One thing I realised is that it doesn't matter what interests I have. If I don't have anyone at all to share with or experience & enjoy with then it isn't enjoyable or fun anymore. This pretty much applies to everything I love or loved before. Which's why I end up not enjoying doing anything while feeling depressed and just give up doing it.

All that and I have to deal with homophobic families, racist bigots, bullies and possibly the worst government in my entire life. My life is falling apart. I feel the pain on my chest and heart every then and now. I feel like i'm just a useless drama queen who people around me would be happy if I died and they wouldn't care at all. I'm just a lonely person who wanted to enjoy communicating with people but can't. I want to be different but no matter what I do, thing will always stay the same.

I give up, there's no point in being here on GTP anymore. It's not like i'm a moderator or some highly well known members where people (or at least someone) would care and love. I'm just a member with useless opinions and average post. Everything I do with just ended up being ignored or criticised like this one right here. No one will ever understand me or my struggles anyways. Everyone will just look down on me.

If I only were a different person.
 
@con360 is it a custom plate or was it just a matter of luck?
Private plate, had it in my wishlist on the DVLA Reg site for about half a year and then they informed me that it popped up on an auction. Luckily for some reason during the first DVLA auction of this year there were no reserves on any of the plates so got it well below what it would actually be worth!

Couldn't be happier with the result of that!
 
I will go offtopic for this one but

With what's happening currently to me, I don't think I will have a future or at least not a bright one.

As a guy who somehow managed to do quite well as school while at the same time struggling with several diseases, I have a hard time doing things I'm not interested in or motivated to do. As of right now, I didn't even choose which uni/college to study at and which course should I take. I'm lost because I don't know want I want to do and I never planned or thought about what I want to do in the future. I tend to just follow what others do. I saw some locals people studying aboard, I thought "why not travel to US, Canada, Britain, Australia, Japan or Germany to study there? I could have a more freedom there too than over here". I heard people wanting to study certain thing and suddenly I thought "why not do the same?"

I'm worried about going to a university because I look at one of my older bother who's currently on his 5th or even 6th year at possibly the hardest university in my country. What he studies? Well...Civil engineering a.k.a something that most people will stay away from over here. I noticed how he spend most of his days ether at university or just at home studying, not doing anything else at all. It terrified me because I don't want my entire day to be doing that especially since I have ADHD and I don't like doing things I don't like or interested in. I mean the only reason why I'm good at english, history, geography and biology but poor at maths and even my own awful language is because of my interest. I don't want my entire life to be just tedious time with not a single enjoyable thing. I don't want to be alone all day long like my brother. I don't want to feel trapped between two places only and not have any freedom of doing whatever I want.

I'm also awful at socialising with people and the moment when I think they aren't answering to me or bothering to even talk to me, I think they simply hate me and don't want me anymore. I believe I always **** things up and end up screwing my entire relations with people. Look at me now, a depressed 18 year old who has nothing to do, no one to hang out with and no place to go. I always view myself being the worst human being out there and being criticised will just make it worse for me. When someone talks negatively about what I said, I start defending myself immediately because I think I'm getting attacked by everyone but then...I just believe that people are right and i'm the wrong in my life. Look at this silly argument I made and look how others replied to me. I think that I said something inappropriate, that I shouldn't belong here at all, that i'm rejected in my life. What i said is exaggeration I know but this is how I feel. If I made a mistake no matter how big or small is, people are going to hate me and will never forgive me at all. That's how I view the world.

I oftem come here to GTPlanet because I feel lonely in real life and the fact that everyone seems to be hanging out while I'm at home ether sleeping or just eating during evening just makes me feel uncomfortable. I thought that trying to be nice to all people and post more often will help make my life a little more bearable. What instead I get is the same feeling as what I feel everywhere else. Everyone else seems to be having a good time here. Everyone seems to be getting along together. I mean there's even some members out there who actually met each other in real life? That's something I even struggling to do with what used to be my close childhood friend.

Meanwhile i'm here complaining inside my head "Why no one wants me? Why I feel so ignored and rejected? Why I feel unbelonged to anything? Why I don't feel welcomed?"

I tried my best to be nice to everyone, I tried my best to apologise for my mistakes and I tried my best to forgive everyone even those who hate me so much but guess what? Nothing worked and Nothing changed. Life still sucks, People still hates me and I have nothing to improve it.

I tried to get into new hobbies or even revive my interest back when I was young to seek out for new stuff and more importantly, new people...but I failed to do that ether.

One thing I realised is that it doesn't matter what interests I have. If I don't have anyone at all to share with or experience & enjoy with then it isn't enjoyable or fun anymore. This pretty much applies to everything I love or loved before. Which's why I end up not enjoying doing anything while feeling depressed and just give up doing it.

All that and I have to deal with homophobic families, racist bigots, bullies and possibly the worst government in my entire life. My life is falling apart. I feel the pain on my chest and heart every then and now. I feel like i'm just a useless drama queen who people around me would be happy if I died and they wouldn't care at all. I'm just a lonely person who wanted to enjoy communicating with people but can't. I want to be different but no matter what I do, thing will always stay the same.

I give up, there's no point in being here on GTP anymore. It's not like i'm a moderator or some highly well known members where people (or at least someone) would care and love. I'm just a member with useless opinions and average post. Everything I do with just ended up being ignored or criticised like this one right here. No one will ever understand me or my struggles anyways. Everyone will just look down on me.

If I only were a different person.
Don't go throwing yourself off a building again.

Look, dude. I've been in that kind of mindset before and almost destroyed my future because of it. It really isn't worth listening to that kind of negative voice...Try to find the positives in your life. Like...You're still alive, for starters. You bring to GTP a unique perspective that I don't think many other people appreciate (Middle East resident, bisexual, living in a war-torn region...I personally want to learn more about what life is like over there). And no matter how small or worthless you think you are, you are still worth something to the rest of us on GTPlanet. I mean, I enjoy reading your posts over in the Anime thread for one thing.

I really can't think of much else to say because I don't know you well enough, and that frustrates me because I want to help you.
 
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This, again?

Can you stop pulling yourself down in topics like these? Not only does it bring the mood down, it just makes it feel like a massive ass pity party on top of it.

People here are trying to give you freaking advice.

Don't repel it off by pulling down the entire thread with you.

We're not trying to make you look bad, but the fact that you're doing this just makes it all the more aggravating for the lot of us.
 
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Everything I do with just ended up being ignored or criticised like this one right here. No one will ever understand me or my struggles anyways. Everyone will just look down on me.

Look at the replies you are currently getting from people.

How are you being ignored?

How are you being looked down upon?


As others have said before, people are trying to help you. You're currently creating an unnecessary elephant in the room by bringing this up.

I get that the matter that is being discussed here is very sensitive, but this isn't exactly the thread for such a case.
 
Guys I'm seriously thinking of getting a Plum Crazy Hellcat Challenger with a Black Satin hood in manual of course :D

Talking to a Chrysler rep so they can do the research for me and get a list of possible deals.

I'm hoping I can get it.

It's either a new or lightly used Hellcat or my friend's E46 M3 SMG

What do you guys think?
 
Guys I'm seriously thinking of getting a Plum Crazy Hellcat Challenger with a Black Satin hood in manual of course :D

Talking to a Chrysler rep so they can do the research for me and get a list of possible deals.

I'm hoping I can get it.

It's either a new or lightly used Hellcat or my friend's E46 M3 SMG

What do you guys think?
If you can even afford it. Aren't they at $65k?

Also @xXPeacockXx's dad had a Hellcat and traded it in because it was a repair shop queen.
 
If you can even afford it. Aren't they at $65k?

Also @xXPeacockXx's dad had a Hellcat and traded it in because it was a repair shop queen.

I can make it work. Gotta look for storage as well though until we move next year.

Hopefully I can enjoy it this summer. Same goes for the E46.


As for the repairs I don't mind. Got friends with their own tuning shops :D
 
This is the first time I've cleaned my Corsa properly in months. She's picked up a lot of scars since I started full-time work. She's not looking good, unfortunately.
The roof has faded very badly underneath the clearcoat. as well as the C Pillar on one side.
As I mentioned before, a muntjac deer ran out in front of me. Granted his face came off worse than my front bumper but still.
Few years ago a little s*** in my street ran a key down the driver's side. Whole length of the car.
Picked up a stone-chip on one of the newly-refurbed alloys.
Some complete idiot of a former colleague with a stupid Ford Ka opened her door into mine in really windy weather, leaving a rather large dent.
And there's rather a few stone-chips. Okay, there's lots.

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These photos don't really show how bad the car is, but she's in a bad way. There probably won't be any updates for this one for a while.
 
Guys I'm seriously thinking of getting a Plum Crazy Hellcat Challenger with a Black Satin hood in manual of course :D

What do you guys think?
Do you just like the way it looks? What are you looking for in a car that made a Challenger seem like a good choice? (I don't know how to ask that without sounding douchey but it's an honest question.)
 
Guys I'm seriously thinking of getting a Plum Crazy Hellcat Challenger with a Black Satin hood in manual of course :D

Talking to a Chrysler rep so they can do the research for me and get a list of possible deals.

I'm hoping I can get it.

It's either a new or lightly used Hellcat or my friend's E46 M3 SMG

What do you guys think?
An E46 M3 minus the SMG bit is a really nice Bimmer.
Add the SMG bit & you'll end up hating it - I haven't heard or read anything nice about the SMG. They're plagued with problems even when they're doing what they're programmed to do.

If you go with the Hellcat, I'm pretty sure you won't be able to wipe the stupid grin of your face.
 
An E46 M3 minus the SMG bit is a really nice Bimmer.
Add the SMG bit & you'll end up hating it - I haven't heard or read anything nice about the SMG. They're plagued with problems even when they're doing what they're programmed to do.

If you go with the Hellcat, I'm pretty sure you won't be able to wipe the stupid grin of your face.

Yeah, I hear they're really rough shifting. @Davis knows more than me, as an E46 M3 owner.
 
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I've heard quite a few stories regarding the SMG on the E46. Some have said that they "enjoyed the SMG on the long run" and the such.
 
Do you just like the way it looks? What are you looking for in a car that made a Challenger seem like a good choice? (I don't know how to ask that without sounding douchey but it's an honest question.)

I've always loved the looks of the Challenger. Loved it even more when they updated the rear tailights.

Plus Plum Crazy is my favourite MOPAR colour, even if it isn't exactly like the original.

An E46 M3 minus the SMG bit is a really nice Bimmer.
Add the SMG bit & you'll end up hating it - I haven't heard or read anything nice about the SMG. They're plagued with problems even when they're doing what they're programmed to do.

If you go with the Hellcat, I'm pretty sure you won't be able to wipe the stupid grin off your face.

I've driven it many times over the years. and it definitely feels weird. I don't like that it "simulates" a manual transmission.

As for the Hellcat, yea :D

SVX
Yeah, I hear they're really rough shifting. @Davis knows more than me an E46 M3 owner.

You can change how quick/harsh the car shifts through the gears, however there is no in between; it's either lackadaisical and sluggish or head-slammingly quick.


We still have to figure out what the car has. I'm sure it's got a chip or something, it doesn't feel like stock M3s. Or at least the others I've driven.

Want to look like a learner driver? Try driving an SMG in a car park :banghead:

It's a pain in the neck I know. All heads turn to the middle of the parking lot to hear you revving it out just to move 3 feet.
 
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