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Frank Dillinger
May 16, 2007
Jawohl mein herr!

OWLS! posted:

Yeah, my father actually drove a 2000-ish model all around Russia in the last half of this past decade. Looked exactly the same, and to quote him, reliable as all hell apparently.

My East German neighbours brought one over here when they emigrated, he said the same thing. It's supposed to guzzle gas like its going out of style though.

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rscott
Dec 10, 2009
http://wichita.craigslist.org/cto/1683306643.html

seriously thinking about scraping enough money up to buy this

VideoTapir
Oct 18, 2005

He'll tire eventually.
Oh god those seat covers.

el topo
Apr 11, 2008

by Fistgrrl
Not completely related to that Lada on Kijiji, but I remember back in the 80s there was an ad in the paper announcing a special discount ($500) for Lada sedans in safety orange. This was back in Soviet days and the factories apparently kept making orange ones even though they were hardly selling any (planned economy, right), so if you were willing to choose that color it knocked like 10% off the price of the car.

Steve French
Sep 8, 2003

Seat Safety Switch posted:

"180 on the dash?" Is he talking about the speedometer?

I like how when you have wheels that loving ridiculous on your piece of poo poo FWD Chrysler, "can do u-turns" is actually a distinguishing feature.

Pretty sure it means the odometer, in thousands.

angryhampster
Oct 21, 2005

rscott posted:

http://wichita.craigslist.org/cto/1683306643.html

seriously thinking about scraping enough money up to buy this

There's been one for sale here (Star Motors in Iowa City) for well over a year. I've always been curious about it.

jandrese
Apr 3, 2007

by Tiny Fistpump
360CSI? Was that the one where the headlights made blood and semen glow blue?

CharlieWhiskey
Aug 18, 2005

everything, all the time

this is the world
My favorite part of abortions like this is imagining the owner at each modification step say the words, "This is a great idea! It keeps looking better!"

Bulk Vanderhuge
May 2, 2009

womp womp womp womp
Amazing

http://semo.craigslist.org/cto/1672654758.html


Click here for the full 1280x800 image.

Bulk Vanderhuge fucked around with this message at 00:20 on Apr 12, 2010

MrKatharsis
Nov 29, 2003

feel the bern

The guy who posted that pretty much copied and pasted one of the old "best of" car ads.

change my name
Aug 27, 2007

Legends die but anime is forever.

RIP The Lost Otakus.

Plibble fert.

http://newyork.craigslist.org/wch/cto/1687599857.html

1991 chevy 1500 custom low rider convertible (RAT ROD) **CUSTOM** - $3300

NOTinuyasha
Oct 17, 2006

 
The Great Twist

change my name posted:

Plibble fert.

http://newyork.craigslist.org/wch/cto/1687599857.html

1991 chevy 1500 custom low rider convertible (RAT ROD) **CUSTOM** - $3300



I could swear I posted this a month or two ago, but it was in way shittier condition...

rscott
Dec 10, 2009

change my name posted:

Plibble fert.

http://newyork.craigslist.org/wch/cto/1687599857.html

1991 chevy 1500 custom low rider convertible (RAT ROD) **CUSTOM** - $3300



quote:

Suicide doors (one works)

el topo
Apr 11, 2008

by Fistgrrl

ad posted:

Pictures don't do it just.

I'll take that to mean that it looks even worse in person...

Splizwarf
Jun 15, 2007
It's like there's a soup can in front of me!

quote:

Suicide doors (one works)

Fixing the other one is a real nightmare, it'll make you want to kill yourself.

Rhyno
Mar 22, 2003
Probation
Can't post for 10 years!
Okay somebody talk me out of this. I can get it for way below his asking price but before I do should I be aware of any major mechanical faults in these?
http://fortwayne.craigslist.org/cto/1670602293.html

Panty Saluter
Jan 17, 2004

Making learning fun!

Rhyno posted:

Okay somebody talk me out of this. I can get it for way below his asking price but before I do should I be aware of any major mechanical faults in these?
http://fortwayne.craigslist.org/cto/1670602293.html

they like to roll over :v:

Rhyno
Mar 22, 2003
Probation
Can't post for 10 years!

deviant. posted:

they like to roll over :v:

I learned to drive in a Samurai and tipped it 3 times my first month of driving.

You are doing a bad job of warding me off of the car.

kimbo305
Jun 9, 2007

actually, yeah, I am a little mad
http://providence.craigslist.org/cto/1677490987.html

I have a really hard time believe this was built by the designer of the Viper.

Farmer Crack-Ass
Jan 2, 2001

this is me posting irl
It looks like half the car's made out of aluminum foil!

$50,000 for that :lol:

Tai-Pan
Feb 10, 2001

kimbo305 posted:


I have a really hard time believe this was built by the designer of the Viper.

I don't. People do crazy things when high as hell.

What is a "Ferrari Hatch"?

MonkeyNutZ
Dec 26, 2008

"A cave isn't gonna cut it, we're going to have to use Beebo"
God, every time this car shows up for sale I wish I had a spare $300k (got up to that on ebay last time) to buy it. Yes, the 376 mpg figure is correct.

http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/ctd/1680925236.html


Pre restoration
http://www.race-cardrivers.com/Shell%20Opel.htm

Post restoration
http://www.nextautos.com/buy-it-now-the-376-mpg-1959-opel

Differential? Nah
Suspension? Nope
Awesome? Yes.

jandrese
Apr 3, 2007

by Tiny Fistpump
Heh, looking around on the web about that vehicle one of the first websites I ran into was a huge warning that it's not a vehicle you could daily drive.

slidebite
Nov 6, 2005

Good egg
:colbert:

jandrese posted:

Heh, looking around on the web about that vehicle one of the first websites I ran into was a huge warning that it's not a vehicle you could daily drive.

Good thing you looked around the web for that link... instead of clicking the link in the post above yours. ;)

I love those photos. Judging by the way its built, it's something a farmer could have put together in his barn in the 50s.

jandrese
Apr 3, 2007

by Tiny Fistpump
Doh! I was sent to some 376mpgcarsomethingsometing.com website, and I guess it redirected to there. :/

I also found it a bit weird that they kept saying "and the record still stands!", when people have been doing basically the same thing ever since. I guess you can say it's the highest MPG for an Opel.

For comparison, in the last Shell Eco Challenge some Canadians got 2,487.5 MPG in a car that was almost equally impractical. It's almost ironic that the only thing those cars are good for is burning gas, making them the least green vehicles on the planet. I mean at least with a SUV you're theoretically doing something with the gas you burn.

Elephanthead
Sep 11, 2008


Toilet Rascal
How do you calculate mpg on a solar car?

Clockwork Sputnik
Nov 6, 2004

24 Hour Party Monster

Farmer Crack-rear end posted:

http://sacramento.craigslist.org/cto/1678895130.html

Oh god, that looks beautiful. Especially considering there are people in my area selling that car for three times that price.

This is just about the best thing ever for True Gold.

If I could sell my car tomorrow and snatch that up, I would in a HEARTBEAT. And have 1 - 2k left over for a mechanical once-over, suspension and wheels/tires, and be happy for a few years. I had a near identcal '78 with better paint, wheels, suspension, 1/2 cage and it's still one of the best cars I ever owned.

Cheap Bourbon
Apr 13, 2010

Clockwork Sputnik posted:

This is just about the best thing ever for True Gold.

If I could sell my car tomorrow and snatch that up, I would in a HEARTBEAT. And have 1 - 2k left over for a mechanical once-over, suspension and wheels/tires, and be happy for a few years. I had a near identcal '78 with better paint, wheels, suspension, 1/2 cage and it's still one of the best cars I ever owned.
I'm not a fan of the Z-car's but poo poo..... In my rust-belt neck-of-the-woods, I'd buy the ever living poo poo out that car... Indeed.. CL gold on that one... who cares what lies beneath the bonnet.

Pompous Rhombus
Mar 11, 2007

Rhyno posted:

Okay somebody talk me out of this. I can get it for way below his asking price but before I do should I be aware of any major mechanical faults in these?
http://fortwayne.craigslist.org/cto/1670602293.html

Do it. One of my friends in Japan had the Mitsubishi equivalent probably a couple of years newer, I've had a soft spot for the little guys ever since.

K-On! Season 2
Jan 1, 2010

by Fistgrrl

Click here for the full 942x1517 image.

http://phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/cto/1688838086.html

$35k for a 2001 5 series that isn't an m5.

rscott
Dec 10, 2009

K-On! Season 2 posted:


Click here for the full 942x1517 image.

http://phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/cto/1688838086.html

$35k for a 2001 5 series that isn't an m5.

I don't even think an 01 m5 would be worth $35K

Black88GTA
Oct 8, 2009

K-On! Season 2 posted:


Click here for the full 942x1517 image.

http://phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/cto/1688838086.html

$35k for a 2001 5 series that isn't an m5.

Every time I see something like this, I wanna give the guy the benefit of the doubt and assume it's a dummy sale to appease a harpy bitch wife.

:byodame:DID YOU SELL THAT loving AWFUL CAR YET, YOU KNOW YOU HAVE TO GET A MINIVAN SO WE CAN CARRY THE DOG TO GRANDMA'S AND LISA NEEDS BRACES AND IT GUZZLES GAS AND I HATE IT SO MUCH OH GOD

:clint: Uh, yeah, I posted an ad for it, economy's tough right now, nobody's buying. I'm trying honey, really!

ab0z
Jun 28, 2008

by angerbotSD
It's supercharged, but I don't think that makes it worth 35. maybe 25 if there's some sort of warranty from dinan.

angryhampster
Oct 21, 2005

K-On! Season 2 posted:


Click here for the full 942x1517 image.

http://phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/cto/1688838086.html

$35k for a 2001 5 series that isn't an m5.

I honestly wouldn't pay more than $16-17k for that. I wonder if people actually wind up paying that much for cars like this.

el topo
Apr 11, 2008

by Fistgrrl
Usually when you're talking brakes, aren't the rotors made of steel or (less commonly) carbon, while only the pads are ceramic?..

Big K of Justice
Nov 27, 2005

Anyone seen my ball joints?
Anyone want a "cheap" project H1? Cheap being relative of course... I'm always on the hunt for a cheap project or cheap H1/HMMWV parts but this thing came along...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&_rdc=1&item=250611857305

Like none other currently listed indeed.






"I didn't bother to keep the inspection current...."

You mean the DMV might have an issue with the rusted brake calipers, questionable parking brake....



Or the 5-6" Hole on the c-pillar and roll bar on the passenger side? You know the structural part that holds on the roof?




The seller registered an account on one of the big humvee forums flaming the hummer community to boot:


quote:

It amazes me that you guys say the truck is ruined. Do any of you off road at all? There is a layer of crusty mud/sand/iron oxide on the cast iron parts, big deal - What do y'all think the trucks look like in Afghanistan?

Ah yes Afghanistan, well known for it's salt water environment. At least the guy was honest with his advertisement and actual vehicle condition, and he wheeled the gently caress out of it, but its still a rust bucket.

It should be fun to see how much this goes for.

I'm still kicking myself for not buying a [rust free] humvee rolling chassis project for $7,000 in LA last year. :mad:

Big K of Justice fucked around with this message at 07:22 on Apr 13, 2010

el topo
Apr 11, 2008

by Fistgrrl
It looks like the guy's been living in his Hummer. Do people really think it's too much to ask to clear the crap out of their vehicle before taking for-sale pictures?..

slidebite
Nov 6, 2005

Good egg
:colbert:

Jesus, did he park that thing in the ocean? How do door strap clips rust? :psyduck:

Q_res
Oct 29, 2005

We're fucking built for this shit!
This is some legit gold, if you're into rich Corinthian leather.

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slidebite
Nov 6, 2005

Good egg
:colbert:

http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/nvn/ctd/1683411401.html

If this wasn't on a used car lot and the guy was asking a couple grand less, I'd be on a plane tonight.

quote:

1997 Subaru SVX 4 Seater Sports Coupe AWD - Central Auto - $9850 (North Vancouver)

Auto, local, only 33k, in exceptional order and a rare find, immaculate
To the metric impaired, that's 20K miles.

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