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What stole your attention from HiFi?


Hey folks.

Its been a while since ive been on here. My interests have recently taken a massive swing away from the audio hobby.
This happens from time to time, but i usually end up back here.

The newest attention stealer is my car. Black 2004 Mustang GT. Been doing a lot of work on it to make it faster and meaner. Man, Cars are almost as bad and as expencive as hi-fi. Hell, if i woulda bought a boombox and dumped the cash i blew on audio gear, my stang would be pushing 600HP at the rear and smoking dodge vipers. ROFL

What has stolen your attention in the past from Hi-Hi?

Cant say "kids", that is too easy of a cop out. ;)
slappy
mt10425
1,138 posts
 
Drugs and drink . Now, where'd I put that Iron Butterfly album? Oh, there it is on the floor in the hallway. Now, where's the sleeve and jacket? :--))
aroc
760 posts
 
Cooking and Chefs' knives. :-) Let's kick it up a notch! I hear everyone on the car hobby, but for me cars are way more expensive than audio. So that's kind of the killer for me. $10k seems to go farther in audio that it does with cars. Maybe I'm approaching it all wrong, though?
brianmgrarcom
1,317 posts
 
Now, the freakiest part about the person who posted this 18 year old actually has a drivers licence and a heavily modded supercharged 4.6l V8 that he can run a 1/4 mile in the mid 11's....

How times have changed, I used to own a 1970 Chevelle SS454 and if a car ran in the 12's it was something, still is to me, yet today it is common place and that from "kids"; as for turning left and right, that is something you did at the end of the strip. BTW, I am not talking about 20-30 years ago, but rather 10 and 15 years ago.
hack
185 posts
 

Slapster,

Your current infatuation is completely normal, guys dig cars. I don't have muscle car envy, technology wins every time. My "rice burner" '89 Supra Turbo is set up to take on most wanna-bes but I stopped tinkering with it after I upgraded the fuel system last year (bigger MAF, 550CC injectors, SAFC II 'puter). The car forums are pretty damned funny, and the car audio is even more amusing. Scary that these guys can drive a car and legally vote. Hmm... I'll leave it at that.
autio
42 posts
 
Lugnut? Nitrous-- That makes me laugh

I Have a little smallblock 360 plymouth street strip car which does 11.6'S IN THE 1/4 (3300 pounds naturally aspirated) without any of that funny stuff. Oh ya and on my deathbed I will recieve total consciousness which is nice.

PS audiobugged is that why the guys in your car club call you the crusier

with me its jump from one obsession to another but with cars its just like audio, synergy, you need a setup that works well together.
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