Quitters- soon ghosts to us (selling/sold my DSM)

[LandoAWD]

You and Captain Grammar in post #38 both.

 

[half-cocked]

It's an old thread but I am going to put my .02 in. I would personally stay away from Icon, not that they have bad protection, but I have had issues with stitching. I have an ARC jacket that the zipper ripped out and my Superduty gloves are starting to fall apart. I got them about 5 months ago, never downed. I went back to Alpine stars and while they might be a little pricey, they are worth it.

 

[97Boosted]

I went back to Alpine stars and while they might be a little pricey, they are worth it.

+1 alpinestars are number 1 IMO. even though i ride dirtbikes, i would pick them over any brand

"captian grammar"

 

[shredwin]

I remember when I use to have my 97 Honda 600CBR.... But I let my friend ride it and he ended up wrecking it

 

[a_scobel]

Went to the V8 dark side.

'06 Charger R/T. The guy I bought it from kept it in near-perfect condition. 34k on the odometer. The radio display even still had the plastic over it. Picked it up for $17,500; half of what it cost when it was brand new. Fully loaded, including the road & track package; only options it doesn't have is Onstar & Navigation, & I don't care about those. I'm not planning on really doing anything to it, performance-wise. Maybe an exhaust, some tint & some 20" black chrome SRT8 rims, but that's about it. Here's more pics.

It was fun having a DSM, I just really wanted to upgrade to something with a little more luxury & smoother ride & all that jazz.

 

[UGOT8UP]

Why not keep the Eclipse?

I just got this V8 last week and I have no plans of getting rid of the Talon anytime soon!

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[beating4g63s]

I say keep the dsm also, I bought a 87 supra few months back and I'll tell you I miss my dsm, and plan on probably selling my supra for another dsm.

 

[3g4life]

its funny you call it a upgrade.......

 

[fastfive0]

Nothing wrong with some v8 american iron........have me one also

 

[cs82685]

definitely needs some wheels (and more power)

 

[Lofty]

The pictures in this thread make me

Seriously.. Why?

 

[crimsondragon]

If I want muscle, I'd rather get the early 70's era Charger.

 

[PIMking]

If I want muscle, I'd rather get the early 70's era Charger.

70 duster with a 340 FTW!

 

[97ClipseDSM]

Youll be back trust me. I got out of the DSM world 2 years ago, sold my 98 GSX. I shortly bought a 07 Charger SRT8 Super B, which is considered more top of the line than yours,the car was/is fun and all, but as time passed I missed my DSM even more. I picked up another Eclipse, and although my charger was darn quick and smooth, my Eclipse is still much faster and gets way more attention. WHat did I do? I decided to keep both, because I know selling one car for another is pretty stupid when you know youll be back. But congrats on the charger man, good choice.

 

[SpawnedX]

Quitters never win.

 

[No_Skillz]

Went to the V8 dark side.

It was fun having a DSM, I just really wanted to upgrade to something with a little more luxury & smoother ride & all that jazz.

Give me your DSM...

 

[InfiniteGSX]

If I want muscle, I'd rather get the early 70's era Charger.

70's Challenger!!!! MMMMMMMM

I'll never get rid of my DSM for anything. I will buy other cars, but Still will have the DSM, Even if I'm never driving it. I'll just garage it and keep it maintained. After I'm done with everything I wanna do to the Talon, I wanna snatch up a 88 Pontiac Fiero GT 5Spd TTop and swap in a built 3800 Series 3 Supercharged V6, With a bigger blower. Thats my idea of muscle, small midget car with enough balls to kill almost any car around, and the screaming sound that puts chills down your spine. I always loved Turbo cars over anything... but now I been getting heavy into wanting something that whined for punishment, besides my girlfriend. That sound just gets me everytime I hear it.

 

[turbotalon1g]

I love the people that got rid of DSMs blaming the car for all of the faults.

 

[GhostSpooLrTK]

I have had some of the WORST luck with DSMs ever.....

Ive had 3

92 ESI
94 DL
95 TSI
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the 1gs im not going to go into, the DL ran great until i gave it to my mom for work as a paper delivery car, i blame lack of maintenance. the 92 was just old and already beat up, my mom got sucked into buying it and i ended up paying for it and eventualy having to give her my DL .

ANYHOW my 95 TSI...........

When i got the 95 TSi it had a small leak in the transfer case....

I took it to a shop, the shop supposedly fixed it, my car was then keyed after 9-11 (i worked at a party store owned by iraqi immigrants)

my car then sat at the body shop for about 3 months waiting for parts (after it got keyed i figured since i had to repaint i might as well get the body kit i wanted too)

by the time the car was finished i took it out on a date with a girl i was obsessed with. mid date her exbf shows up where we are at and starts bitching at her and basically kill-joys and i end up driving home alone pissed. well turns out while the car was sitting at the body shop the leak i thought was fixed, wasnt, and the car punched a softball sized hole thru my x-fercase.....

so the car sat for another 8 months while i saved up for the money to pay someone to fix it....

finally it got fixed, had it running for maybe 6 months and the damn turbo blew.

another 4 months , got a 14b , swapped it out, car ran sorta normal again, i thought something was wrong but i wasnt positive, next thing i know i lose almost all power while driving, look in my rear mirror and i have a total smoke-screen coming out my exhaust.

take the car back to my moms garage, start it up again and i have an engine knock....

(oh and before anyone points the finger, I used to change the fluids on this car every 2k miles like clockwork. I babied my 95 better than my dirtbike i had back then, and the bike was kept in my room if that gives you any kind of idea)

I have had this car since i think 2003, ive barely had it running the whole time ive owned it, and i still love this car to death.

I am now as i type this sitting in a tiny oil refinery in iraq trying to find an engine and a mechanic to bring my DSM back to life for when i come home on leave.....


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Sometimes fate just deals you a crappy pair of cards, giving up just makes you a quitter like all the other people who say "F#@K this DSM! BLAH BLAH BLAH" and get out and go drive something stupid and boring....


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Oh and i know this is sorta backtopic, but i noticed people talking about Bike protection.....

Im very satisfied with Joe Rocket, when i first was getting into stunting i looped a 60mph wheelie and came out with rashed legs , my entire upper body was fine after sliding for atleast 150-200ft down the freeway, the jacket did its job flawlessly, the built in pads ate the impact and i still use that jacket to this day (some sewing required )

 

[Thomas91169]

I just sold my 03 Redfire Cobra last weekend. Didnt want that car payment in case things go from bad to worse at my job with the shitty economy.

Picking up a 2gB Spyder shortly. Really want barcelona red pearl, but will ###### get a minden pearl or magenta grey pearl (like my old one). Auto or Manual doesnt matter to me, its going to be AWD swapped first order of business.

 

[turbotalon1g]

Ghost, sounds like you have had a run of some problems.
T-case might of been taking care by a recall.
IF you take your car to a shop. Please by god let it be a shop that specializes in DSMs, that is known by locals at least.
My first dsm didn't look the greatest and unless that key put a hole in the car I would of said #### it for a while.
Also switching out T-cases is easy you could just pick up a used one and switch it out.

 

[blcknspo0ln]

Give me your DSM...

As opposed to getting yours running?

 

[a_scobel]

Why not keep the Eclipse?

I would but being in the military I'd have to pay $800 every time I move since they'll only pay to have one car shipped. Plus I've had the GSX for almost 8 years; just ready for a change. Also I'd rather not spend ALL my money towards cars; if I kept the DSM I'd just want to keep putting money into it to make it faster. So yeah...it's getting sold! I love the Charger though..has luxury -and- performance.

 

[mnetwork]

You must miss the pull of your Eclipse. I know your R/T doesn't pull like that. I have to say I wouldn't mind an LS1 along with the Talon. GTOs and Chargers are just too heavy for my liking.

 

[napkinthief]

Bad news: No more eclipse for me.

Good news: Dodge Stealth RT TT w/ red leather mmmm