• General Discussion V5: Motorized chairs edition.
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Jap paid 24k for his 2007 with a 100k warranty. *shrug* That was a bit too much though, imo.
[QUOTE=Del91;38081530]This is one of the meanest sounding diesels I've ever heard. [/QUOTE] All Detroit 2 Strokes are Ear porno. The 53 and 71 series are the best sounding Diesels ever.
boop. went and picked up that Beetle this morning. paid $450 and it came with a new pedal assembly and a Bentley manual, the Bentley is all of a $50 book (hardcover and all) and even though i'm not going to use the pedals (most likely) it's probably another $50 so it's almost like i got the car for $350, not counting the fact the guy put new plugs, wires, distributor cap/condenser/points which is another $50. runs, drives, brakes "work" but need to be bled and adjusted. clutch felt pretty good when i moved the car off the trailer and into the driveway. engagement point was wicked high compared to my other car but other than that it felt very, very crisp floor pans are manageable (battery tray is completely gone, no surprise). going to do some cheesy rivet patch work, hit 'em with a wire wheel and paint em. heater channels have some rust but haven't rusted through yet so again, that's fine. wire wheel + paint, they'll look fine. engine is original to the car (or at the very least swapped from a car within a year or two of this one), 1500cc H case single port. still has the original '67 only oil bath air filter (same as the one i have on my other car). seems to run well enough but it also needs a tune-up and a little carb work and it seems like it'll run fantastic. doesn't really want to idle but again, nothing has been adjusted yet. engine has all the tin (at least it would seem), including thermostat + flaps.. that in and of itself is somewhat rare, usually the stat+flaps are long gone. Most likely going to pull off the carburetor and use my other rebuild kit on it. looks like the accelerator pump tube has been misplaced but it looks like the one off the junk carb i got for $5 should fit. still has the original Volkswagen owner's manual and this little "customer identification card" dated 4/67 if i remember right. Car originated from New York, apparently went to school at the University of Maryland and somehow found it's way to Everett, Mass. Funny how things travel. Interior REEKS. Not sure what it is entirely. The stink is very piss-like but seems like it's more of a mold type problem than anything. Pulled out the seats, started ripping out carpet. No headliner, has this black furry material from the pillar behind the doors back and a strip of like, black/yellow striped lion print fuzzy material under the rear window. half considering leaving it there, probably going to be a huge bitch to get off if i were to try. going to start looking into some seat upholstery, order a couple parts (new gear oil for the tranny, swing axle boots, shifter bushing + rear coupler.. couple other things i'm sure). probably going to see about trying to find as close a match as possible for the original paint in spray cans and just rattle can the paint because i definitely can't afford a professional paint job and the paint is pretty beat. i'd go total hipster mode and clear coat the paint as it is for the "patina bug" thing but i don't know see about snapping some pictures tomorrow.
What part of mass do you live in? I'm in northern Connecticut like pretty much in Mass on that little notch thing
[QUOTE=WolvesSoulZ;38093350]No need to know someone to know that anything can happen during a test.[/QUOTE] I failed my first time because the car was rolling a bit at a red light
afaik Most males fail their first time. [sp]Unless you're one of the elite who passed on their first time, like me[/sp]
Bitch I thought I was the only one that got a perfect grade. (Missed only one point) I did my parallel parking wrong, did not get into "position" for suck a large truck. I asked the instructor if I could re-get into the proper position and redo it, she sayed yea if you do it I will only mark off one point. Every one else that fails must eather been high as fuck or dumber than the man that like's to put thes's thing's everywhere.
they don't test you on parallel parking in california anymore [sp]which is cool because I never learned how to parallel park[/sp]
I am glad they made us because I have to do it maybe once or twice a year.
I failed on my first test because I almost pulled out on someone whilst parked at the side of a curved road with lots of cars parked at the side. I don't know how I didn't see him but luckily the examiner did and said "Wait!" before I went. Everyone I knew said they'd done the same before, I was just unlucky to have done it on a test.
I failed my first time because I went over a double yellow line when getting into a left turn lane. :v:
Driving exam Stop at stop sign "...where to?" "Wherever you want..." "Ok..." start to suspect something wrong Go forward "turn left" Stop in the middle of the street for incoming cars Let the car die 5 fucking times because I left it on 2nd gear By now I'm pretty mad at myself Exam goes on, doesn't leads to streets good for reverse parking, start to suspect something wrong Arrive at exam center "Why did you go forward after the stop sign? Why did you wait for the cars coming from the right? What signals were there?" "I can't remember well... I think it was a stop and... Oh." Then it hit me. I stopped at the stop sign but completely forgot the "turn right only" obligation sign that was apparently over it... How the FUCK did I miss it? I passed by that exact place yesterday and did everything right, and now I didn't even see the fucking sign. I saw the stop sign and nothing else, and since I couldn't see shit coming from the left, I had to pull myself forward past the sign and couldn't see shit. And the best part is that I wouldn't had left the car die all those times if I had seen the sign, because I wouldn't had gotten nervous from that stop sign, wouldn't go forward and turn left while wondering if something was wrong. Fucking fuck! I bet theres a good reason for me to not have seen that fucking sign. The trees in those streets cover the whole fucking sidewalk with their folliage, you can barely see a fucking thing on the signs. I'm so fucking pissed at this. All I had left to do was parking in reverse, going reverse along a curved sidewalk and U turning back with the fewest maneuvers in a street, and thats piss easy to do, and I'd have my fucking license now and be A-ok to go wherever I want, but noooo, I had to get fucked in the ass by a sign. 280€ more to the shitter. FUCK.
[QUOTE=Herr General;38099683]I failed my first time because I went over a double yellow line when getting into a left turn lane. :v:[/QUOTE] I failed the first time because I had to wait in the middle of an intersection for oncoming cars to stop coming so I could turn left. You know, something that people actually do on the roads. :v:
driving exam are so fucking stressfull while driving is more: common sense and basic priorities of way knownledge and basic physics. Sorry to hear you flaunted it but you will do better next time, maybe come a bit more prepared and less stress'd. I remember my driving test, at one time there was a white handicap bus and I didn't know if I was supposed to stop for it or not (like the school bus), I slowed down and went careful state for the examinator to see that I was "maximum old hag safety mod"
I got an auto inspection done for insurance, and they want to charge me around $800 to repair the windshield along with some rear break work, and that doesn't include the front breaks because they want to charge another $50 [B]just to un seize the caliper[/B] so they can inspect them. I want to take it to another shop for a "second opinion", but they may just give me the same shit and then i have wasted $70 on another inspection. But if they charge less for the break work and shit I may save a lot of money. Is this a good idea or should I just stick with the original shop? Or should I just go to a different shop and tell them I need a new windshield and break work and see what they say?
[QUOTE=Electroholic;38101411]I got an auto inspection done for insurance, and they want to charge me around $800 to repair the windshield along with some rear break work, and that doesn't include the front breaks because they want to charge another $50 [B]just to un seize the caliper[/B] so they can inspect them. I want to take it to another shop for a "second opinion", but they may just give me the same shit and then i have wasted $70 on another inspection. But if they charge less for the break work and shit I may save a lot of money. Is this a good idea or should I just stick with the original shop? Or should I just go to a different shop and tell them I need a new windshield and break work and see what they say?[/QUOTE] Take it to a mom-and-pop place where you can "work something out" with the mechanics. I made the mistake of taking my cutlass to a Midas, they hit me with 600 dollars of repairs that weren't urgently necessary. Just make sure that when you take it to this other place to get inspected, that they tell you what's wrong with the car before they give you the green-light on inspection, that way you can fix it on your own for much cheaper when it's needed.
Do it yourself minus the windshield? Windshields are about 200$ to replace, more or less. Or you can't do it yourself because of the insurance being whiny little cunts?
Ordered a ScanGauge, midpipe, and radar detector today. I'm so stoked for the midpipe, it's going to delete my secondary cat and resonator. Basically I'm going to have a straight pipe directly after the exhaust manifold, it's going to be loud as shit. [editline]19th October 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=Electroholic;38101411]I got an auto inspection done for insurance, and they want to charge me around $800 to repair the windshield along with some rear break work, and that doesn't include the front breaks because they want to charge another $50 [B]just to un seize the caliper[/B] so they can inspect them. I want to take it to another shop for a "second opinion", but they may just give me the same shit and then i have wasted $70 on another inspection. But if they charge less for the break work and shit I may save a lot of money. Is this a good idea or should I just stick with the original shop? Or should I just go to a different shop and tell them I need a new windshield and break work and see what they say?[/QUOTE] Fuck that shit, stop taking your car to shops. Take your caliper apart yourself to unseize it, they're not complicated. Most calipers are held onto the car with 4 bolts at most and the brake line, disconnect the brake line and remove the caliper. Use a pair of vice grips/channel locks and a rag to pull the piston from the caliper. Remove the piston, clean the caliper thoroughly with brake parts cleaner and reassemble the whole thing. If you destroy any rubber gaskets or o-rings in the process, run to autozone and replace them. As for the windshield, I've had 3 replaced on various cars and it all depends on where you go. Most mom and pop places charge around $200, and they'll come do it for you at your home/work. My last windshield I got through safelite and it was $300.
800 windshield, they are crazy. I know a guy who come to your flat and change it in your driveway for like 350$ including the price of the windshield! he even do free estimations
Amazing [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rR3tpYnF0t4[/media]
[QUOTE=WolvesSoulZ;38101459]Do it yourself minus the windshield? Windshields are about 200$ to replace, more or less. Or you can't do it yourself because of the insurance being whiny little cunts?[/QUOTE] I don't have a garage or any tools to do that kind of work. Yeah they quoted around $200 for the windshield so the other 500 is for new rear brake cylinders and other "break work". Anyway I told them to go ahead with it because I need my car to pass the inspection asap. I would love to do this stuff my self but I don't have a garage and I literaly only have a few wrenches and sockets so I can't do anything myself
And so begins what hopefully is day 3/3 of fixing my exhaust. I even made a list of shit i have to do today. Neighbors beware, I'm going to be in the driveway screaming obscenities while hitting things with a hammer again.
[QUOTE=Concur;38102142]And so begins what hopefully is day 3/3 of fixing my exhaust. I even made a list of shit i have to do today. Neighbors beware, I'm going to be in the driveway screaming obscenities while hitting things with a hammer again.[/QUOTE] buisness as usual
[QUOTE=Electroholic;38102051]I don't have a garage or any tools to do that kind of work. Yeah they quoted around $200 for the windshield so the other 500 is for new rear brake cylinders and other "break work". Anyway I told them to go ahead with it because I need my car to pass the inspection asap. I would love to do this stuff my self but I don't have a garage and I literaly only have a few wrenches and sockets so I can't do anything myself[/QUOTE] Really? I have a ratchet kit I got on rebate for 50$ and a bits tool kit I got for free and a ol' jack and wood blocks and there ain't much I can't do, heck I even tore down a motor with those tools. Grab money, buy a bit of tools, do it yourself, WAY easier, way cheaper, and you've got a new thing to occupy yourself with!
[QUOTE=ThermalArc;38101287]driving exam are so fucking stressfull while driving is more: common sense and basic priorities of way knownledge and basic physics. Sorry to hear you flaunted it but you will do better next time, maybe come a bit more prepared and less stress'd. I remember my driving test, at one time there was a white handicap bus and I didn't know if I was supposed to stop for it or not (like the school bus), I slowed down and went careful state for the examinator to see that I was "maximum old hag safety mod"[/QUOTE] I went there with my mom after she came home from work. Why do they put the signals sooo fucking high up? It's like 3 meters away from the floor, which is already a bit high up from the actual road. On top of that, its a fucking tall sign for a side street full of parked cars where you can't even fit a truck. Why use such a tall sign when the vehicles are at most 2 meters high? And that's a big if, you can't fit any kind of truck there. So lets see, I had to see the assload of cars in front of me, and be careful not to hit them, had to look out for the cars parked in second lane (outside of parking spot, with the blinkers on), look out for the parked cars, look out for pedestrians, look out for the 3 meter high stop and obligation signs that are almost hidden by a tree, and to top it off, watch out for the incoming cars from left and right. Just to add insult to injury, there was a van with the blinkers on blocking the view from the left, so I had to pull the car to the road a bit to get more visibility, and a bit beyond the stop and obligation sign. I knew there was something wrong when he said "wherever you think its right" but I couldn't back up and check what signals were there. It was a complete raping sitback that completely screwed me there. Offtopic but, the day keeps on getting better... I get home, and find out the house has been broken into and robbed. For the second time, and again on a friday. A lawnmower, a weed cutter, a air compressor, tools... Hell, they even took a box full of detergent bottles and [b]even went to the freezer to steal a plastic bag full of codfish.[/b] What.the.fuck.
[QUOTE=Super_Noodle;38100829]I failed the first time because I had to wait in the middle of an intersection for oncoming cars to stop coming so I could turn left. You know, something that people actually do on the roads. :v:[/QUOTE] I failed the fist time because my car only had one working tail light on it :v: So my mom went and paid around $100 just to replace a few bulbs so I could take the test again. And then I barely passed with the bare minimum passing mark. [QUOTE=WolvesSoulZ;38102267]Really? I have a ratchet kit I got on rebate for 50$ and a bits tool kit I got for free and a ol' jack and wood blocks and there ain't much I can't do, heck I even tore down a motor with those tools. Grab money, buy a bit of tools, do it yourself, WAY easier, way cheaper, and you've got a new thing to occupy yourself with![/QUOTE] Once I recover from wasting all this money on the safety inspection, I'm going to buy a jack,some chocks and some more basic tools so I can start to do this shit myself. I'll ask them for the rest of the stuff that that was "wrong" with the car and slowly fix it myself over time. But with school and working 40 hrs a week, I hardly every have more than a couple hours of free time.
[QUOTE=Electroholic;38102748]I failed the fist time because my car only had one working tail light on it :v: So my mom went and paid around $100 just to replace a few bulbs so I could take the test again. And then I barely passed with the bare minimum passing mark. Once I recover from wasting all this money on the safety inspection, I'm going to buy a jack,some chocks and some more basic tools so I can start to do this shit myself. I'll ask them for the rest of the stuff that that was "wrong" with the car and slowly fix it myself over time. But with school and working 40 hrs a week, I hardly every have more than a couple hours of free time.[/QUOTE] I also work full time (40 hours) and go to school, and I still do all my own work on my car. Honestly, I've found that my car has LESS downtime when I do the work than when I take it into the shop. I was out my car over a week having my diff replaced. All this repair would take is an hour. Seriously, brakes are without a doubt the easiest job ever. You don't even need to buy a jack/chocks. Use the scissor jack in your trunk and use bricks for chocks. When you remove the wheel, slide it under the frame rails just in case the jack fails, the rim can withstand the weight of the car if it falls off the jack. The only tools you'd probably need would be a ratchet with a set of metric sockets and a set of metric wrenches. You can get both of those for less than $30 at harbor freight.
a small jack is like $20, and good enough for doing small stuff like brakes scissor jacks are the most annoying thing ever
But they work. If you're reaaaally tight on cash and would rather not make the investment, the scissor jack will do the job. I inherited a jack/ramps so I never had to worry about it.
Checked my brake/clutch fluid level properly for the first time, couldn't see the fluid level at all even when shaking the bottle a little so I start thinking it's totally empty somehow. I take the lid off and the fluid is actually flush with the rim of the bottle, way past the 'max' mark. I take some out using a syringe so it drops a little below the 'max' mark. Suddenly my brakes are fucking awesome. Smooth and consistent.
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