# overheard @ DMV - V. newmans lotus **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [December 19, 2005, 6:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/overheard-dmv-v-newmans-lotus/5878 "2005-12-19T18:17:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2005, 8:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/overheard-dmv-v-newmans-lotus/5878/41 "2005-12-20T08:36:29Z")
cheap living is a HUGE plus ---
**Author:** ![Coldaccord](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/coldaccord/32/7272_2.png) [@Coldaccord](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Coldaccord)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2005, 8:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/overheard-dmv-v-newmans-lotus/5878/42 "2005-12-20T08:42:39Z")
i heard he traded the rb for someone’s bullet belt collection, moved into a trailerpark off the 90 to rock out for band practice, and put a lift in the living room and got xXx tattooed on his forehead ---
**Author:** ![articzap](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/articzap/32/7361_2.png) [@articzap](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/articzap)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2005, 9:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/overheard-dmv-v-newmans-lotus/5878/43 "2005-12-20T09:40:36Z")
> [@dozr](#): > > nah, he traded zerodaze the STi for the Hatch + Cash, and has a wrecked elise that he is going to fit the RB into. > > Zer0daze better join buffaloscooby soon! now that would be sick ---
**Author:** ![focusinprogress](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/focusinprogress/32/7227_2.png) [@focusinprogress](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/focusinprogress)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2005, 10:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/overheard-dmv-v-newmans-lotus/5878/44 "2005-12-20T10:21:51Z")
dude thats sick…what was that “POP” at the end of the second pull? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/2X/b/b7170c8eddc0b95ece6b88172b2f416a08489a45.png) [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2005, 10:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/overheard-dmv-v-newmans-lotus/5878/45 "2005-12-20T10:23:09Z")
> [@focusinprogress](#): > > dude thats sick…what was that “POP” at the end of the second pull? he kicked his bullet belt, on the e brake. that sound was a bullet going off ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2005, 10:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/overheard-dmv-v-newmans-lotus/5878/46 "2005-12-20T10:35:14Z")
> [@focusinprogress](#): > > dude thats sick…what was that “POP” at the end of the second pull? that would be the fire that shoots out of the exhaust… ---
**Author:** ![AlbinoMonkeyRat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AlbinoMonkeyRat](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AlbinoMonkeyRat)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2005, 10:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/overheard-dmv-v-newmans-lotus/5878/47 "2005-12-20T10:47:12Z")
> [@Zer0DazE](#): > > are you stalking him? > > i have noticed you have posted in every thread he has this past month. always talking about what newmans buying. you’re like that guy from lifestyles of the rich and emo. lol…I have that good charlotte song stuck in my mind right now…hate…it…so…much. thanks! ---
**Author:** ![JoesTypeS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joestypes/32/7190_2.png) [@JoesTypeS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JoesTypeS)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2005, 10:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/overheard-dmv-v-newmans-lotus/5878/48 "2005-12-20T10:49:51Z")
bah…I wont be remotely excited for newman until he ‘accidently’ blows the junk motor in the lotus ---
**Author:** ![focusinprogress](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/focusinprogress/32/7227_2.png) [@focusinprogress](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/focusinprogress)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2005, 11:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/overheard-dmv-v-newmans-lotus/5878/49 "2005-12-20T11:43:30Z")
the lotus is just a way better looking/handling car with the toyota celica motoer mounted rear with a little different computer tune. fun car ---
**Author:** ![JoesTypeS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joestypes/32/7190_2.png) [@JoesTypeS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JoesTypeS)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2005, 12:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/overheard-dmv-v-newmans-lotus/5878/50 "2005-12-20T12:11:00Z")
> [@focusinprogress](#): > > the lotus is just a way better looking/handling car with the toyota celica motoer mounted rear with a little different computer tune. fun car nope, it’s shit. There’s only 1 motor that belongs in that car… ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2005, 12:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/overheard-dmv-v-newmans-lotus/5878/51 "2005-12-20T12:12:05Z")
> [@JoesTypeS](#): > > nope, it’s shit. There’s only 1 motor that belongs in that car… i know what it is… ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2005, 12:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/overheard-dmv-v-newmans-lotus/5878/52 "2005-12-20T12:16:55Z")
> [@RuBiCaNT](#): > > There are too many Newman humpers and stalkers on this site… It’s a bit disturbing. … ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2005, 2:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/overheard-dmv-v-newmans-lotus/5878/53 "2005-12-20T14:00:28Z")
> [@DarkkstaR](#): > > you guys are idiots, he bought a VW for straight line performance I thought it was for 20" dubs with 8" dish, a wings west kit, and a chip? :gotme: ---
**Author:** ![Janny](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/janny/32/7594_2.png) [@Janny](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Janny)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2005, 2:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/overheard-dmv-v-newmans-lotus/5878/54 "2005-12-20T14:35:29Z")
> [@Coldaccord](#): > > i heard he traded the rb for someone’s bullet belt collection, moved into a trailerpark off the 90 to rock out for band practice, and put a lift in the living room > > and got xXx tattooed on his forehead I dunno dre… the last time I saw him, he was riding a tricycle to work. ---
**Author:** ![Jam](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jam/32/7235_2.png) [@Jam](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jam)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2005, 2:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/overheard-dmv-v-newmans-lotus/5878/55 "2005-12-20T14:57:07Z")
you guys are all wrong. he bought an island in the pacific and is building an amusment park filled with dinosaurs. ---
**Author:** ![redrum](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/redrum/32/7398_2.png) [@redrum](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/redrum)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2005, 3:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/overheard-dmv-v-newmans-lotus/5878/56 "2005-12-20T15:21:57Z")
> [@JoesTypeS](#): > > nope, it’s shit. There’s only 1 motor that belongs in that car… its troo… ---
**Author:** ![Xander](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/xander/32/7597_2.png) [@Xander](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Xander)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2005, 3:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/overheard-dmv-v-newmans-lotus/5878/57 "2005-12-20T15:32:17Z")
:word: and it’s the stock one boosted, not the K20 [http://www.forcedfed.com/elise.html](http://www.forcedfed.com/elise.html) ![http://www.forcedfed.com/elise/images/motor1.jpg](http://www.forcedfed.com/elise/images/motor1.jpg) X… ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2005, 3:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/overheard-dmv-v-newmans-lotus/5878/58 "2005-12-20T15:35:49Z")
i was looking at that as well, but k20 swap is about half the cost… but i could diy that setup for next too nothing… it’s just the tuning that is a PITA ---
**Author:** ![Xander](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/xander/32/7597_2.png) [@Xander](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Xander)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2005, 3:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/overheard-dmv-v-newmans-lotus/5878/59 "2005-12-20T15:44:27Z")
> [@newman](#): > > i was looking at that as well, but k20 swap is about half the cost… but i could diy that setup for next too nothing… it’s just the tuning that is a PITA Then K20 boosted will be the compromise LOL X… ---
**Author:** ![Choda](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/choda/32/7347_2.png) [@Choda](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Choda)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2005, 3:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/overheard-dmv-v-newmans-lotus/5878/60 "2005-12-20T15:45:53Z")
…ehh i dont know, i think u shoulda kept the 240, get it running perfect then see how it goes. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/overheard-dmv-v-newmans-lotus/5878.md?page=2) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/overheard-dmv-v-newmans-lotus/5878.md?page=4)