Good morning thread




Found some pics of my old Ferd Fercus

Brand spankin 2001 ZX3 5spd - bought it brand new in December 2000 on my 19th birthday - t’was my rally ride til 2006 and then it was trucks for 10 years - 3 Rangers and an F250 - and in 2016 I bought a 2013 Focus Titanium hatch for better fuel mileage and then a year later got the woman pregnant and we needed a bigger car so in 2017 I traded that for the 2014 Fusion Titanium I just traded for the Subie

First pic of the old focus was the first light setup I put on it in January 2001 and the 2nd pic was in the winter of 2002 and that was when I made a serious upgrade, lol - pretty cool that 20 years later I’m about to turn 40 and I’m back to having a fun little hatch to put a lotta lights on again….

And both pics were taken in Bristol Mountain’s shop - t’was my own garage to wrench on my vehicles back in the day - that was at night when the snowcats were out grooming the hill…. Ahh the good ole days…..
I know you wasn't makin fun of that truck with all those huge lights stuck on yer car?
 
Oh I’m sure I’ve had many people call me an asshole and a fuckin idiot for having a rally car looking piece of shit focus many years ago when I drove that thing - enough did so to my face so I’m certain way more said the same thing behind my back….

That’s the beauty behind stereotypes and talking shit - and I adhere to doing it often as I just plain love running my mouth

The asshole in that truck will call me a moron for putting lights on my little 4-banger and I’ll call him a moron for pretending to be a tough guy - and round and round we go in the world of guys who love to talk shit…. 👍👍
 
pretending to be a tough guy
But did you talk to this guy to make you think he was trying to be tough? driving a lifted truck does not make one tough. Might be just his personal taste and he might be one of the nicest people you ever met. Never judge a book by it's cover, i learned that lesson teaching.

Think i told this story on yer old site, but back in the 80's i had a kid come in my class on the first day, he was dressed like the 80's big hair bands. he had the hair and all and i thought. what the heck have i got here. Kid turned out to be the best student i ever had and smart as ever. when i retired i called him to apply for my job and he got it. he now works at the school.
 
Driving a truck like that at 35mph in a 55mph zone and holding up about 30 other people lined up behind him with his big dog poking its big annoying head out the window is all one needs to experience in order to know the guy driving is a complete asshole
Well hell, all i can say then is get right behind him and turn all those flood lights on and blind him to make him pull over, pull his ass out of the truck and cut his balls off and feed em to the dog. While the dog is busy chewin on his nuts jump in the other side and eat his girlfriends ass right in front of him while he is wallerin on the ground in pain. walk by him and spit his GF ass juices in his face and say that's how you do it son.

Get back in the flood light mobile and drive off knowingly you showed that big jacked up truck, dog ownin sucker he ain't so tough.
 
Well hell, all i can say then is get right behind him and turn all those flood lights on and blind him to make him pull over, pull his ass out of the truck and cut his balls off and feed em to the dog. While the dog is busy chewin on his nuts jump in the other side and eat his girlfriends ass right in front of him while he is wallerin on the ground in pain. walk by him and spit his GF ass juices in his face and say that's how you do it son.

Get back in the flood light mobile and drive off knowingly you showed that big jacked up truck, dog ownin sucker he ain't so tough.

Fuckin fuck yeah - THERE’S the true SS we all fuckin know and love!

Cheerz to ya mah nigga!! 🍻
 
Speaking of rally cars and rally’d out Ford Focuses….




I was heavily obsessed for a real long time - used to go to rally races and rally crosses and auto crosses all the time - and obsessively watched WRC shit all the time

Rally is the pinnacle of auto racing. There's nothing more technical. Baja-type racing is pretty cool, too. I was pit crew on a team for the Tour De Forest pro rally, one year. Been dying to get into the sport ever since, but...time and money.

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Colin McRae and Marcus Gronholm are my favorite drivers - Sebastian Loeb and Petter Solberg are right behind them though

I met Ken Block in 2008 at the Black River Rally over in Monticello NY - that was a sick fuckin weekend


And yeah, nothing could ever come close to rally racing - it’s so raw and intense - not to discount other racing as I just about like anything that’s car or truck but rallying is the true testament of anyone driving abilities….
 
Guess it depends on what part of the country yer in, rally racing is non existant here in the south. it drag racing and oval track here. Those off road trucks that race on a moto x track are pretty awesome too.


Drag and oval track is fun - especially when it’s more down home and mom and pop and local

Demo derby’s at local fairgrounds is the best shit on the planet too
 
I’ve seen ToDeFo countless times on TV and the Internet

I’ve been to STPR in PA prolly 2 dozen times and I’ve even been to LSPR twice in Mich….

The ex wife and I used to go all the time - she even wanted to go to rally driving school cuz she was so into it herself - she had a 2004 Mitsi Ralliart with the 2.4 liter and it was a 5spd - she had an exhaust and headers and an intake with a chip - that fuckin car was quick and sounded awesome

Again - I love me the good ole days when I was into that chit - nothing better…..