Automotive Addicts Lounge V2- Why we are all broke:
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So I think I have a problem, I now own 3 rear swaybars for DA/EF hondas. I just drove 200 miles round trip to pick up a 15mm CRX Si rear swaybar. It can join my DA Integra and Civic Si rear bars. :v:
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I also took a picture of the hilarious endlink angle on my front swaybar, this according to the internet means it's a direct bolt-on part and is "exactly the same".
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Unfortunately I have a bad right outer tierod now and have to replace it after 6-7k miles, I love cheap shitty aftermarket parts.
[QUOTE=Tmaxx;47744382]I saw mad max last night. It was good but I don't get why everyone is freaking out about it. The action was great and the sets were amazing but there was next to no story.[/QUOTE]
I honestly think it's one of the best action movies to come out in a few years and it was made so wonderfully. None of the cars are CGI and most of the action really isn't that CGI'd in like some movies. There hasn't really been any movies like it lately either unless you count that shitty death race or whatever it was.
[url]http://jalopnik.com/how-the-man-behind-the-machines-of-mad-max-put-a-hellsc-1704037927[/url]
[url]http://www.mtv.com/news/2161513/mad-max-fury-road-guitar-player-doof-warrior-colin-gibson/[/url]
Bushing day did not go well for my rear control arm but sandblast sundays was a success
[QUOTE=Silence I Kill You;47746467]I want black stripes up the center.
Because the hood flutters and moves above 80mph and when 18 wheelers pass going the other way without them. I needed them for function.[/QUOTE]
do you not have those little adjustable rubber stoppers under your hood?
[QUOTE=Snoberry Tea;47746447]Because of the car or because of the dealership?
[editline]17th May 2015[/editline]
I am through and through a truck man, but I will never not love the GT series of cars.
It needs a stripe tho.[/QUOTE]
Combination of both. I love the car now, but when I first got it it decided to blow a head, spin a bearing, and drop an intake valve. It took the dealership almost a month of pussy-footing around and telling me 'it's just a quick tuneup issue' before they finally decided 'Oh, fuck, we need to do something.' After that, it took them a month to actually fix the issue and return my car to me before my first oil change.
[QUOTE=Snoberry Tea;47746406]Speaking of Chrysler/MOPAR, funny enough I actually got my Ford truck from a Chrysler dealership.
Thought it was kinda funny.[/QUOTE]
Subaru from a Chrysler/Dodge dealership, sort of. Small used outlet owned by one.
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Everything else is inferior....[/QUOTE]
I personally like them but it's quickly becoming a chick 'stang.
[QUOTE=Tmaxx;47746526]do you not have those little adjustable rubber stoppers under your hood?[/QUOTE]
Oh, no, the hood rests solidly on those. However, under higher speeds, it wants to fold up around the latch. In other words, the hood doesn't move thanks to those rubber stops, but once enough wind gets under it, it starts to want to fold around the center and lift off of those.
What the fuck did ford make the hood out of then, plastic?
Probably. Though even on my Charger you can see the hood popping around driving highway speeds, and it's definitely a lot more difficult for the air to get up under the front lip of the hood (the front fascia comes over the front of the hood).
[QUOTE=Tmaxx;47746607]What the fuck did ford make the hood out of then, plastic?[/QUOTE]
light sheet metal.
[QUOTE=Stiveno;47745946]almost done with these fuckin things, ordered some tires, now just gotta order a couple bolts and seal them.
[t]http://i.imgur.com/x2chtKW.jpg[/t][/QUOTE]
Did you blast it sand or glass, or did you sand it manually? It looks great and I'm hoping to unfuck some rims I got laying around.
[QUOTE=mastoner20;47746573]Combination of both. I love the car now, but when I first got it it decided to blow a head, spin a bearing, and drop an intake valve. It took the dealership almost a month of pussy-footing around and telling me 'it's just a quick tuneup issue' before they finally decided 'Oh, fuck, we need to do something.' After that, it took them a month to actually fix the issue and return my car to me before my first oil change.[/QUOTE]
Goddamn that sounds like shit.
What kind of car is it?
Also I would never have accepted that kind of wait time. I would have put my foot down and raised so much goddamn hell about it, it would have been fixed in a week or less. Didn't you bitch about it? Were you loud enough? Try being louder next time.
2008 Dodge Charger SXT AWD, bought it at 71k miles.
Yeah, it was extremely piss poor, and that by far isn't the worst of the situation, just a brief headline of it. We ultimately dropped our business account there, my Dad's likely getting rid of Accord as soon as he finds another car he likes more from a completely different dealer, and filed multiple BBB complaints.
And yes, I was there almost daily asking for updates in person to add pressure to the service dept. and the GM. Ultimately they always blamed the Dodge dealer they had service the engine for not responding to calls. I got to the point I went to the Dodge dealer who refused to inform me on what was going on with my own vehicle until I threatened to claim a stolen vehicle was in their possession since I knew exactly where it sat and who it was titled under.
Well, don't let that sully your view of Honda as a whole. They definitely make good cars. I really liked my Odyssey. Not many companies can make a minivan that drives and handles like a sedan.
That sounds like a real shitty scenario. I would have demanded a refund after a while. Surely they did something to breach the sales contract.
God man Deville's had so much class to them.
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Fucking Phat.
[QUOTE=Xanadu;47746402]Saw Mill Pkwy lanes are wide enough for maybe a bike. Sure as hell not for cars. How long ago was that thing designed?[/QUOTE]
luxury dealer was at car show today, let one of the event organisers drive a california turbo on the saw mill
he took it up to 135...on the saw mill...in a ferrari he didnt own and couldnt afford
the dealer never stopped him or said to slow down, it was the drivers choice
Semantical question: if you start with just a stripped frame and partial body with no original components, and rebuild it by bolting on all new parts, have you [B]restored[/B] the car or [B]remanufactured[/B] it?
I tend to think of restoration as starting with all/mostly original parts and cleaning them up to look and act factory new.
[QUOTE=Grenadiac;47746849]Semantical question: if you start with just a stripped frame and partial body with no original components, and rebuild it by bolting on all new parts, have you [B]restored[/B] the car or [B]remanufactured[/B] it?
I tend to think of restoration as starting with all/mostly original parts and cleaning them up to look and act factory new.[/QUOTE]
IF you so desired I think you can build an entire Mustang or Camaro with new parts nowadays.
I'm certain that you can. You can buy every part brand new down to the frame, but I think there'd be a lot of fitment problems since no one company makes all of them.
[QUOTE=JesseR92;47746855]IF you so desired I think you can build an entire Mustang or Camaro with new parts nowadays.[/QUOTE]
Err Brain
I think the major component of the car being the body it would be restored.
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[QUOTE=Grenadiac;47746868]I'm certain that you can. You can buy every part brand new down to the frame, but I think there'd be a lot of fitment problems since no one company makes all of them.[/QUOTE]
There are a couple companies that make them from the ground up for about a minimum of 80k...
[QUOTE=Grenadiac;47746849]Semantical question: if you start with just a stripped frame and partial body with no original components, and rebuild it by bolting on all new parts, have you [B]restored[/B] the car or [B]remanufactured[/B] it?
I tend to think of restoration as starting with all/mostly original parts and cleaning them up to look and act factory new.[/QUOTE]
Wouldn't that classify as "rebuilt"? Or is that only when the title was totaled and you fixed it?
What do you all think is a fair price for a '66 beetle?
Someone around the corner is selling one and the price was crossed out. From what I see, he's finishing up a restoration. The interior looks like it's all there and in good condition, but the outside is in primer. No rust from what I can see but it has a sunroof.
Also, the front wheels look to be Fuchs while the rear is sitting on steel with the chrome hubcaps.
[QUOTE=ToastedBread;47746895]What do you all think is a fair price for a '66 beetle?
Someone around the corner is selling one and the price was crossed out. From what I see, he's finishing up a restoration. The interior looks like it's all there and in good condition, but the outside is in primer. No rust from what I can see but it has a sunroof.
Also, the front wheels look to be Fuchs while the rear is sitting on steel with the chrome hubcaps.[/QUOTE]
On my city's craigslist the price for beetles from 60 to 72 range from about 5,000-7,000 restored/in good condition and less than 2000 unrestored/needing work
[QUOTE=ToastedBread;47746895]What do you all think is a fair price for a '66 beetle?
Someone around the corner is selling one and the price was crossed out. From what I see, he's finishing up a restoration. The interior looks like it's all there and in good condition, but the outside is in primer. No rust from what I can see but it has a sunroof.
Also, the front wheels look to be Fuchs while the rear is sitting on steel with the chrome hubcaps.[/QUOTE]
[url]https://www.hagerty.ca/valuationtools/HVT/VehicleSearch/Report?vbe=20701[/url]
[QUOTE=Xanadu;47746574]Subaru from a Chrysler/Dodge dealership, sort of. Small used outlet owned by one.
I personally like them but it's quickly becoming a chick 'stang.[/QUOTE]
Every single one of them is a chick 'stang, or a slutstang, or rustang, or butt-stain.
Also hood pins can be functional. Mine are the only thing holding the hood on. The stock latch was in the way of the intercooler so I had to get rid of it, and the entire radiator hoof support bar.
Valon's right though - Mopar or no car.
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[QUOTE=Silence I Kill You;47746616]light sheet metal.[/QUOTE]
The hood on my '00 feels pretty fucking heavy
[QUOTE=Snoberry Tea;47746240] You talking about the one that runs N/S in Pinellas County?
God fuck that road. The only good thing about it is how every exit once it turns into a proper highway has U-Turn ramps.[/QUOTE]
Oh no, Pasco, fuck the highway stuff, that's near equivalent to a death warrant. Starting at Pinellas all the way to the Florida/Alabama state line.
Locally from Pinellas/Pasco county lines to Pasco/Hernando county lines, shits crazy dude.
Almost always hearing about something crazy going on, like wal-mart (or the wooded area very near it) was on fire 2 weeks ago with HUGE plumes of black smoke for a good few hours.
Or the fact if you're not traveling at least or near 10 over posted your getting passed like crazy, then pass through Port Richey and get pinched by a camera or any of the 100s (feels like it anyway) of posted up officers littering the area.
Compounding the whole deal, whenever it rains EVERYONE forgets how to fucking drive, Like this:
[img]http://thegentlemansarmchair.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/drive.jpg[/img]
I just washed my $25 swaybar I picked up today so I can sand it down and hit it with a quick coat of spray paint before I toss it on the car.
I think I have a problem, I really need to put it on and sell my other two before I collect a 15.9mm DA sedan bar and start trying to locate a JDM 16mm CRX SiR so I can have every single rear swaybar between these two chassis.
The bushings I got with it are in great shape too, probably had less than 100k miles on them really.
[QUOTE=Scientwist;47747046]get pinched by a camera or any of the 100s[/QUOTE]
That's the one goddamn thing I don't miss about Pinellas county. That and them being the only county in the state that enforces a 2 day waiting period on goddamn rifles.
A red light camera fucking tagged me turning right on red when it was safe to do so. The mouthbreathing retard at the office that watches the cameras decided a $300 ticket was acceptable, but I never got the damn thing so I had no idea. Fast forward a few months, I get pulled over at the very end of January for 'failure to signal while changing lanes' when US19 was dead as shit, cop comes back and tells me my license is suspended. Gives me two tickets. $166 each. Failure to Signal while changing lanes, driving while license suspended/revokes without knowledge.
Ended up giving over $800 to fucking Pinellas County because some jackass decided I shouldn't have turned right on red.
Well after owning a few I cant say that I dont like mustangs, but to me the whole "chick car" thing took off after the redesign of the SN95 (2000?), the SN95 was pushing it though in 1994-2000 or whatever on borderline becoming a chick car. Fox was and still is a guy car
Before that they were simple cars with the goal in mind to be a RWD V8 car and nothing more. None of this fancy luxury or town cruising bullshit.
The notchback fox and 1968 Fastback from bullit will always hold a spot in my list of favorite cars, behind the mopars
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