Automotive Addicts Lounge V5 - P0306 - General

Happy new years y'all! I've had a hell of a new years, almost got beat up twice! Hope 2017 brings you reliability and great automotive experiences!

I had a date, she went home with my buddy, lol. I shoulda worked on the Celica. Happy new year/ birthday to me. :v:

[QUOTE=clutch2;51608890]I had a date, she went home with my buddy, lol. I shoulda worked on the Celica. Happy new year/ birthday to me. :v:[/QUOTE] Hell, at least you had a date, thats more than some people did haha! I just sat at home with my family, best friend is in the mountains skiing, cousin is in another mountain I think :v: Dont really give a shit about anybody else that much outside of them. Coupled with not drinking or juggling a large group of friends I never go out, but I get my socializing in at the gym, car meets, or something as simple as selling/buying some used parts. Its easy to coop up in the garage and forget about everything though. Is your birthday January 1st? Mine is the 9th, a lot of the time it gets overlooked as everyone is so tired from partying. What did everyone else do for new years? [editline]1st January 2017[/editline] I think I post more on here than I text people in general, kinda a place to drop my thoughts/progress and see what everyone else is doing as wel

I hung out with friends at home and got my ass kicked at smash, didn't even realize it was new years until about 11pm. Shoplife has been super slow lately, though a 2008 hyundai accent came in with a knock sensor code, upon inspection the sensor was both loose and had a piece of cardboard as a sort of spacer between it and the block, which was pretty weird. New knock sensor next to it. [t]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/21270004/Pic%27s%20%28clean%29/Cars/DSC_0240.jpg[/t]

[QUOTE=Gulen;51608043]Happy new years y'all! I've had a hell of a new years, almost got beat up twice! Hope 2017 brings you reliability and great automotive experiences![/QUOTE] Literally five minutes after new years I tried to start my car and the battery was dead. So another unexpected expense. Like I haven't had enough of those already. Got the battery out now with minimal tools. It was fucking hell as it was [I]full [/I]of corrosion. Now I just gotta find someone to drive me to the store tomorrow and get a new battery. That's way harder than it sounds when you don't have any friends :v:

[QUOTE=Zombiespeed;51607267]Had an interesting browsing session but I managed to find it. It's a Kelly Python. A Ford prototype according to wikipedia, of which only 12 have been made. [URL]https://jalopnik.com/5914598/for-14300-feel-the-pythons-grip[/URL][/QUOTE] WOW! Thank you for that! What an oddball thing to see in Aurora, CO! EDIT: Looking at Wikipedia, the guy who was building them for Ford built 4 in California, then moved production to Fort Collins, CO for the remaining 8. [editline]1st January 2017[/editline] [QUOTE=AugustBurnsRed;51606632]It looks like a Triumph of some sort or a Porsche 914[/QUOTE] The 914 was my first thought, too. Because of the taillights. But then I noticed he drop top was the wrong shape, and the fenders weren't boxy enough.

WEEEEEEEEEEEW WEEEEEEEEe [url]http://maine.craigslist.org/cto/5936524203.html[/url] 303k miles with a supposedly reconditioned motor and newer tranny. Supposedly. Fuck it I'm gonna go take a peek, can't resist the call of a good M-Class, especially not the somewhat rare ML 55.

[QUOTE=ColdWave;51610545]WEEEEEEEEEEEW WEEEEEEEEe [url]http://maine.craigslist.org/cto/5936524203.html[/url] 303k miles with a supposedly reconditioned motor and newer tranny. Supposedly. Fuck it I'm gonna go take a peek, can't resist the call of a good M-Class, especially not the somewhat rare ML 55.[/QUOTE] Looks pretty sweet. After a good polishing it would look great.

[QUOTE=ColdWave;51610545]WEEEEEEEEEEEW WEEEEEEEEe [url]http://maine.craigslist.org/cto/5936524203.html[/url] 303k miles with a supposedly reconditioned motor and newer tranny. Supposedly. Fuck it I'm gonna go take a peek, can't resist the call of a good M-Class, especially not the somewhat rare ML 55.[/QUOTE] Do it, if its as good as the seller says and he/she aint full of it thats a steal.

And then ColdWave had to replace every. single. suspension. part. lol. That dude who posted it sure freaking likes that thing though. I have a buddy with a CL55 AMG and he talks about it the same way. AMG guys, man.

[QUOTE=clutch2;51611315]And then ColdWave had to replace every. single. suspension. part. lol. That dude who posted it sure freaking likes that thing though. I have a buddy with a CL55 AMG and he talks about it the same way. AMG guys, man.[/QUOTE] I already have put a bunch of work into the front suspension on my 99 ML320. The M class is a tough bastard though when it's maintained properly and it's fairly easy to work on as well. Recently hit 190k and she's going as strong as ever.

Buying a 17 year old benz with 300k miles on it sounds like a substantial gamble regardless of how well kept it allegedly was. I'm probably biased since I am more or less allergic to the Mercedes badge, though. :v:

Buying any 17 year old vehicle with 300,000 miles is a gamble

It's always so weird to me to sell a car with that many miles on it. My Corollabortion is at 245,000 and is a peach. Runs and drives awesome and I don't forsee any major issues on the horizon (knock on wood), but selling it I'd probably get $1000 for it or something because honestly who trusts a car with that many miles no matter how well you say you've cared for it? So for me selling a car that's been that amazing and reliable would probably mean getting a car that's less reliable and losing money overall. I'm in the best shape if I just drive it until the engine blows up or trans grenades or who knows what. Same goes for that. There's gotta be a reason he's getting rid of it. There's always a reason. If I thought the engine 'might' blow up within 10,000 mi I'd be way more inclined to ditch my car for dirt cheap than if I thought everything was perfectly fine. I dunno, it's just so hard to find trust in craigslisters.

my truck is at a point where I really can't sell it for what it's worth anymore. I've got too much money into the engine and not enough into the suspension and brakes to sell it with a clear conscience anyway. the thing already tries to kill me at every chance it gets, I'd hate to give someone who's not used to it the keys.

[QUOTE=clutch2;51611541]It's always so weird to me to sell a car with that many miles on it. My Corollabortion is at 245,000 and is a peach. Runs and drives awesome and I don't forsee any major issues on the horizon (knock on wood), but selling it I'd probably get $1000 for it or something because honestly who trusts a car with that many miles no matter how well you say you've cared for it? So for me selling a car that's been that amazing and reliable would probably mean getting a car that's less reliable and losing money overall. I'm in the best shape if I just drive it until the engine blows up or trans grenades or who knows what. Same goes for that. There's gotta be a reason he's getting rid of it. There's always a reason. If I thought the engine 'might' blow up within 10,000 mi I'd be way more inclined to ditch my car for dirt cheap than if I thought everything was perfectly fine. I dunno, it's just so hard to find trust in craigslisters.[/QUOTE] I've found craigslist to be quite lucrative when it comes to car shopping at least here in Maine, my other car is a 00 E320 I got for 500 bucks with 150k miles on it. The reason the guy didn't want it was because winter was coming and the heat didn't work and it had a CEL. The CEL was a thermostat that took all of about 20 minutes and the heat not working was just a shot blower motor which took about 60 bucks and 10 minutes of my time when it came in. The car took an inspection sticker as soon as I brought it to my local station, the guy was just some back woods Maine hill billy who thought "oh its a mercedes it needs SPECIAL TOOLS to be even be worked on" oh and he actually said that to me as well :v: I mean if it blows up in a year of even a month from now it was 500 dollars. 2500 is of course a bit more but I'm gonna go check this monster out to the best of my ability on sight, meet the guy, and get a basic PPI if I really like it and the owner is down for it. Just shop smart, do your research, keep your wits about you, and try to chat up the seller as much as possible.

The deals aren't the things that bug me on craigslist, it's some of the lofty over-descriptions of cars. "1980 Elcamino- $39,900; This car was professionally restored by an old guy who has never bought anything but general motors products. He overpaid for every single part because he bought them from the dealer at dealer cost and now he wants to pass the ludicrous price on to you. If you want to own a MINT piece of automotive HISTORY this is the car for you. There is no better car on craigslist, price lowered today only!! (was $40,000)" "1994 Honda Civic hatch, FAST, Lots of PARTS- $10,000; I have owned this car for 2 months and have won every race this car is FAST it has every ebay part i could throw at it and i rebuilt the engine 3 times so its fresh and reliable and this car is NICE there is no nicer car on here it has no rust and i imported it from florida 2 years ago will trade for a project car that someone already rebuilt the engine because i have no idea what i'm actually doing oops i didn't mean to say that I have been working on honda and honda engines my whole life so you can be sure you're getting a meticulously taken care or shitbucket" "1984 Porsche front engine thingy that no one remembers the name of- $15,000: Yes I have owned this Porsche since the day it left the production line swaddled in upper white class dreams and drowning in semi expensive wine to put forth airs of my own moderate wealth to my other moderately wealthy friends. I have only had Porsche mechanics work on it and no one who doesn't have a Porsche patch on their work uniform has done anything to it, oil changes included. I have poured liquid gold Porsche branded oil in once every 1,500 miles as per 1/2 the recommended time because it's a Porsche and requires such delicate care and maintenance. It now has 200,000 miles and I'm going to ignore the fact that the seat has holes in it and it looks like I've been using it as a daily driver since my startup investment tanked in 1999 and the hole I dug just hasn't been close to being filled since. No low ballers for this piece of motor bliss." "1985 Porsche front engine thing that no one remembers the name of: $8000 - I bought this and plastidipped it, it looks just like real paint. Very fine machine. The local college scene loves this car, I love this car. You can tell because every picture I have up for this ad is taken from a snapchat complete with filters to hide the imperfections and stupid captions such as 'bath time to bae' and 'LOVE LOVE LOVE HER' with the smilies that have hearts for eyes. I'm selling it because I want a Mustang" "2003 Cummins Big Mirror - $20,000: I rebuilt this CUMMINS BIG MIRROR from the GROUND UP it HAULS ASS. If you want to STOMP RICERS this is the TRUCK FOR YOU. I can pull a whole HOUSE. 40psi TURBO. Spray your sister with black soot then white semen!!!! ERRRR YEAAAAA!!! You see the MIRRORS. WE call it the MOOSE. CUMMINS BABY. 300,000 miles and it's JUST BROKEN IN HELL YEA DIESEL YII YII!!! YOU'D RATHER BE CUMMIN THAN STROKIN, RIGHT HOMO?! LOOK AT THESE PICTURES I TOOK IN A FIELD WITH CLOUDS AND MY TRUCK. I AM NAKED ON THE FRONT SEAT TOUCHING MY BALLS TO THE LEATHER. COME AND SEE THIS TRUCK SO I CAN AFFORD THE CHILD OF THIS BAR SLUT I JUST KNOCKED UP!!!!!"

My dad's got a worse start of the year than me car-wise [t]http://puu.sh/t8wvz.jpg[/t] [t]http://puu.sh/t8wCs.jpg[/t]

Starting the year off hot.

[QUOTE=clutch2;51611764]The deals aren't the things that bug me on craigslist, it's some of the lofty over-descriptions of cars. "1980 Elcamino- $39,900; This car was professionally restored by an old guy who has never bought anything but general motors products. He overpaid for every single part because he bought them from the dealer at dealer cost and now he wants to pass the ludicrous price on to you. If you want to own a MINT piece of automotive HISTORY this is the car for you. There is no better car on craigslist, price lowered today only!! (was $40,000)" "1994 Honda Civic hatch, FAST, Lots of PARTS- $10,000; I have owned this car for 2 months and have won every race this car is FAST it has every ebay part i could throw at it and i rebuilt the engine 3 times so its fresh and reliable and this car is NICE there is no nicer car on here it has no rust and i imported it from florida 2 years ago will trade for a project car that someone already rebuilt the engine because i have no idea what i'm actually doing oops i didn't mean to say that I have been working on honda and honda engines my whole life so you can be sure you're getting a meticulously taken care or shitbucket" "1984 Porsche front engine thingy that no one remembers the name of- $15,000: Yes I have owned this Porsche since the day it left the production line swaddled in upper white class dreams and drowning in semi expensive wine to put forth airs of my own moderate wealth to my other moderately wealthy friends. I have only had Porsche mechanics work on it and no one who doesn't have a Porsche patch on their work uniform has done anything to it, oil changes included. I have poured liquid gold Porsche branded oil in once every 1,500 miles as per 1/2 the recommended time because it's a Porsche and requires such delicate care and maintenance. It now has 200,000 miles and I'm going to ignore the fact that the seat has holes in it and it looks like I've been using it as a daily driver since my startup investment tanked in 1999 and the hole I dug just hasn't been close to being filled since. No low ballers for this piece of motor bliss." "1985 Porsche front engine thing that no one remembers the name of: $8000 - I bought this and plastidipped it, it looks just like real paint. Very fine machine. The local college scene loves this car, I love this car. You can tell because every picture I have up for this ad is taken from a snapchat complete with filters to hide the imperfections and stupid captions such as 'bath time to bae' and 'LOVE LOVE LOVE HER' with the smilies that have hearts for eyes. I'm selling it because I want a Mustang" "2003 Cummins Big Mirror - $20,000: I rebuilt this CUMMINS BIG MIRROR from the GROUND UP it HAULS ASS. If you want to STOMP RICERS this is the TRUCK FOR YOU. I can pull a whole HOUSE. 40psi TURBO. Spray your sister with black soot then white semen!!!! ERRRR YEAAAAA!!! You see the MIRRORS. WE call it the MOOSE. CUMMINS BABY. 300,000 miles and it's JUST BROKEN IN HELL YEA DIESEL YII YII!!! YOU'D RATHER BE CUMMIN THAN STROKIN, RIGHT HOMO?! LOOK AT THESE PICTURES I TOOK IN A FIELD WITH CLOUDS AND MY TRUCK. I AM NAKED ON THE FRONT SEAT TOUCHING MY BALLS TO THE LEATHER. COME AND SEE THIS TRUCK SO I CAN AFFORD THE CHILD OF THIS BAR SLUT I JUST KNOCKED UP!!!!!"[/QUOTE] you forgot 1964 FORD MUSTANG - RARE, ONE OF ONLY 15 SOLD IN THIS EXACT OPTION SET/COLOR/SEATBELT PLACEMENT. NUMBERS MATCHING, BARN -- I MEAN GARAGE -- KEPT FOR THE PAST 53 YEARS! NO DAMAGE, I HAVE 50K OF PARTS INTO IT. RARE, NO LOWBALLERS, RAN WHEN PARKED, I KNOW WHAT I GOT. RARE! RARE MUSTANG I GOT OUT OF MY GRANDFATHER'S BARN! *pic of rusted out random muscle car frame in shit light in the back of a barn*

[QUOTE=Ldesu;51612545]My dad's got a worse start of the year than me car-wise [t]http://puu.sh/t8wvz.jpg[/t] [t]http://puu.sh/t8wCs.jpg[/t][/QUOTE] Ever seen Final Destination?

[QUOTE=Ldesu;51612545]My dad's got a worse start of the year than me car-wise [t]http://puu.sh/t8wvz.jpg[/t] [t]http://puu.sh/t8wCs.jpg[/t][/QUOTE] Was that fire extinguisher any help?

[QUOTE=The Decoy;51612631]Was that fire extinguisher any help?[/QUOTE] Doesn't seem like it. He probably noticed it when it was way smaller and tried to put it out but failed.

[t]https://i.imgbox.com/P9ULzVn8.jpg[/t] About to drive my 900 18 hours from Maine to Georgia. For the longest time the drivers window wouldnt go down and the windshield sprayers didnt work but i spent yesterday taking apart my interior and got them working. Lets just hope nothing important breaks on the trip! Im pretty confident that nothing will but we all know how that goes.

[QUOTE=Zombii;51612565]you forgot 1964 FORD MUSTANG - RARE, ONE OF ONLY 15 SOLD IN THIS EXACT OPTION SET/COLOR/SEATBELT PLACEMENT. NUMBERS MATCHING, BARN -- I MEAN GARAGE -- KEPT FOR THE PAST 53 YEARS! NO DAMAGE, I HAVE 50K OF PARTS INTO IT. RARE, NO LOWBALLERS, RAN WHEN PARKED, I KNOW WHAT I GOT. RARE! RARE MUSTANG I GOT OUT OF MY GRANDFATHER'S BARN! *pic of rusted out random muscle car frame in shit light in the back of a barn*[/QUOTE] I have met some pretty cracked out sellers, one guy I went to meet cussed me out on spot when I asked if he could drop the price on his 98 Cad Deville by a hundred bucks to make it a flat 1000. He thought his car was a gift from the gods or some shit. it's still on CL for 1100 as well, he keeps putting it up and has for the past year.

[QUOTE=ColdWave;51613504]I have met some pretty cracked out sellers, one guy I went to meet cussed me out on spot when I asked if he could drop the price on his 98 Cad Deville by a hundred bucks to make it a flat 1000. He thought his car was a gift from the gods or some shit. it's still on CL for 1100 as well, he keeps putting it up and has for the past year.[/QUOTE] There's some guy on cl near here (middle of nowhere KY) who's trying to sell a 1986 ninja 250 (750-1k bike) for 2500 bucks. It's been up for 8 months lol

One of the previous owners of the Blazer must have done some replacement wiring, because half the stereo wires are just black... [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/jZ189Emh.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/q83v5Gdh.jpg[/IMG]

I looked at a 2001 cummins once that was probably my worst purchacing experience yet. Show up, 5'2 guy with his friend, talks about the truck like its "mint" "worth $15000 easy, thats givin' it away bud" "I'm into it for $30000, the engine alone is worth $20000" "it makes 700hp bahd" "I've babied this thing, shes so clean you can eat off the engine" Well, in spite of pointing out that: •there wasnt a single panel without rust (his counter was that its easy to fix that, so he wouldn't go down on price) •the seats were ripped •the headunit didnt work •the guages dont work •it has 488k km, its not worth $15000 (he counters with it was grandpa owned before and babied) •the fender is ready to fall off •its beat to fuck (I tell him this and he as the gall to start getting angry and threatening me, he says its his baby but when he was showing it to us he hops in, still cold, and pins it to 4000rpm.) •its a god damn dark blue truck with lime green acents, is this guy fuckin' color blind •it doesn't have 700hp, maybe 450hp. (But its a fackin' p pumped 24v! Its got a 62mm turbo and a $5000 injection pump!) •It doesn't even move (I wont go lower than $14500, its an easy fix) •THE TIRES ARE BALD, AND HE STILL WOULDNT MOVE ON HIS PRICE •the engine isn't worth $20000 alone (Tell him my cousin has been trying to get $2000 for a 24v with 280k km on it for half a year, he counters that its not P pumped.... like that adds much for value) •just because it has a good engine, doesn't automatically make it $15000 when the truck its in is garbage •stainless steel injection lines are not made for a daily driver truck, just because they look cool does not mean you should have them •the underside was coated in oil •$5000 to do the front end does not make the front end good, it makes you a moron for paying that much. •I'm not seeing where $30000 went into this truck (he gets really pissed, I counter with "not my fault you're bad with money" and leave.) I think I'm lucky his friend was there to calm him down because I almost think the dumb fucker would try to fight me. 5'2 120lbs vs 6'4 230lbs of solid muscle, place your bets!

Welded up a custom frame to hold the rear of the car [img]http://i.imgur.com/LfTMlit.jpg[/img] Then mounted the car on the spit, now I gotta remove the suspension so I can balance the car out and hang it higher. [img]http://i.imgur.com/DNF9uSY.jpg[/img]

Welp. Back in the saddle looking for AWD sedans/coupes in my area that aren't ridiculous, and.... fuck me....... I guess it's Early 2000s Subaru Baja because nostalgia, or mid 2000s domestic and hope I find an ok Ford somewhere.... I forgot how expensive awd is here for no real reason.