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Faerunner posted:We've definitely used AAA for transporting vehicles from one place to another just to not pay for the tow. Just tell the dispatcher you need it towed because it won't move for the legitimate reason you believe it won't, the driver will give no fucks because he gets paid regardless. The drive does give fucks, I used to be that driver. Bad plates? No tow. I can start it and it'll run and drive? No tow. I get paid the same starting a car and leaving as towing a car someplace. Hell I get paid the same if I show and no service rendered due to no-show of the customer, bad plates/whatever. I'd rather start it and run to the next one, turn and burn. Back in those days a call was worth $14, the more calls you ran, the more money you made. I'd always do whatever was fastest. Some guys would give pretty ladies (tow hos) exceptions.
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trouser chili posted:The drive does give fucks, I used to be that driver. Bad plates? No tow. I can start it and it'll run and drive? No tow. I get paid the same starting a car and leaving as towing a car someplace. Hell I get paid the same if I show and no service rendered due to no-show of the customer, bad plates/whatever. I'd rather start it and run to the next one, turn and burn. Back in those days a call was worth $14, the more calls you ran, the more money you made. I'd always do whatever was fastest. Some guys would give pretty ladies (tow hos) exceptions. Then I guess your experience differs from the driver who told me he basically didn't give a poo poo. Who knew individual experience could differ!
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trouser chili posted:The drive does give fucks, I used to be that driver. Bad plates? No tow. I can start it and it'll run and drive? No tow. I get paid the same starting a car and leaving as towing a car someplace. Hell I get paid the same if I show and no service rendered due to no-show of the customer, bad plates/whatever. I'd rather start it and run to the next one, turn and burn. Back in those days a call was worth $14, the more calls you ran, the more money you made. I'd always do whatever was fastest. Some guys would give pretty ladies (tow hos) exceptions. If this is the case when I call AAA it'll have made my purchasing a membership entirely useless and I will be bitching at people on the phone for hours.
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AAA DERAIL: I've had AAA since 1998. I needed help once in 1997, and a friend (ok, a manager) called them and put it on his card because I was a broke rear end mofo with a 13 year old car. I've never had to use AAA since, but I have AAA Premium thanks to abusive assholes ensuring my basic membership will only tow me to the nearest 7-11 and just leave me there.
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What's the official AAA policy? A friend told me AAA dispatch told him that a car had to have valid plates on it. I assume that means you could put plates without expired stickers on any car you wanted. Could the dispatched driver call your bluff? Does AAA have a plate lookup service?
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No cop is going to bust your balls over test driving a car, gently and safely, without plates as long as you are insured, sheesh.
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kimbo305 posted:What's the official AAA policy? A friend told me AAA dispatch told him that a car had to have valid plates on it. I assume that means you could put plates without expired stickers on any car you wanted. Could the dispatched driver call your bluff? Does AAA have a plate lookup service? If you put plates on from another car that are valid, they won't know.
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E36 M3 with horrific "custom" paintjob and "nice rims": http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/dak/ctd/2480322516.html Maybe a BMW killed his family when he was a child, and this paintjob is his revenge?
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AlternateAccount posted:No cop is going to bust your balls over test driving a car, gently and safely, without plates as long as you are insured, sheesh. Gently and safely is really in question for a really old car that hasn't been driven for a while. For something as much of a question mark as that Caddy, I'd only test drive it around the subdivision if there weren't any cars around.
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MrKatharsis posted:http://nashville.craigslist.org/cto/2476799823.html
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Going through some old pics I found the most adjective-laden ad I've ever read, although he left out the informative tachometer, dirt-repelling floor mats and darkness destroying headlights.
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kimbo305 posted:What's the official AAA policy? A friend told me AAA dispatch told him that a car had to have valid plates on it. I assume that means you could put plates without expired stickers on any car you wanted. Could the dispatched driver call your bluff? Does AAA have a plate lookup service? I used AAA the other day and I remember the lady on the phone mentioned that I "may need to provide a valid registration to the driver". But it was just for a jump start (and the driver gave no fucks).
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I used AAA once to get a wrecked Daytona I bought from Chelmsford MA, to Ellington CT...the drivers generally don't give a crap, they get paid regardless, we did throw a plate on the car...granted it wasn't the one for the car. We actually hit 100 miles about 4 miles from the garage, so we had the AAA guy drop it in a supermarket parking lot and drove it the rest of the way with a stuffed in rear quarter and broken taillight hoping the local law enforcement didn't happen to cross our path.
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Trip Report: 66 Caddy: Well I went over after work and looked at it. First thing I noticed was some rust on the passenger door...a small hole. Uhoh. Then the guy comes out with his son, who he says actually owns the car and had driven it a couple of months last fall after it got fixed up. Which is different from what he said before about him and his wife buying it to fix up. Interesting. I looked it over, checked the oil, started it up and ran it for awhile.put on the AC after about 10 minutes The good: -original paint -immaculate carpet, upholstery, and headliner -dash seemed good, no fading or cracking -car started right up, idled fairly quietly for an older car -no smoke of any kind came out of the exhaust -power windows worked -temp gauge stayed fairly low, even with AC on a 90 degree afternoon The bad -while it did have some options like power windows and seat, the radio was AM only and had been unwired for a questionable looking aftermarket 8 track player mounted in the artist formerly known as Glove Compartment -the paint had some wear, there was that rust on the door,, and discoloration on the hood and trunk. He said it was dust/pollen/dirt that had got rained on, but it would not come away when I rubbed it furiously with my finger...I know a paint job that's sat with leaves on it for a season when I see it -the bumper was bad she'd told me The ugly -the Vatozone aftermarket oil gauge (mounted in a 2 gauge mount, natch) told a story, especially when coupled with oil all over the dipstick area, all around the plugs, etc...that baby must leak oil like a sieve -what you gonna do with all that rust, all that rust inside your trunk? I didn't take up the whole liner, but where I peeked it was there...could have been surface, but... -def some rust underneath. It was in the grass, which didn't help -when I revved it there was a horrible squealing noise. "Hmm, never neard that before, dont know what it is." Could have been a belt but quite frankly I wouldn't have felt confident even going on a gentle test drive hearing that -Edit: forgot to mention that there was a faint but steady bit of smoke in the engine compartment. Prob burning oil Basically it needed a repaint and some bodywork. Probably a decent amount of work to get it drivable. I don't have the cash to outlay for a car and repairs, even if I tried to do them myself, and it wouldn't be drivable for some time. And a decent paint job would be beyond my range at this time. Especially for what he wanted. He seemed surprised when I mentioned the Ebay ad with the $3500 Buy It Now, saying he hadn't put that up and didn't know who did and he really wanted $5000. I think he would have don't the $3500 but it was still too much for a less desirable Caddy Cailais sedan that needs work. I've seen a perfectly restored DeVille of a similar vintage go for only $3000 more than he wants. My gut feeling is they bought it for a few thousand, put thousands into it (they have the receipts), drove it a couple months, had more go wrong, and now they are trying to part with it and recoup some investment. But I don't have the money or ability to do the restoration needed to get it to where I'd want it, so I'm gonna pass. Astroman fucked around with this message at 03:08 on Jul 21, 2011 |
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This guy makes a compelling case. I'm sold.
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This is pretty cool. Dunno about the price but considering what an E30 M3 goes for (and this is certainly much faster) I don't think it's crazy. http://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/cto/2503710938.html 
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kimbo305 posted:What's the official AAA policy? A friend told me AAA dispatch told him that a car had to have valid plates on it. I assume that means you could put plates without expired stickers on any car you wanted. Could the dispatched driver call your bluff? Does AAA have a plate lookup service? I "think" you can pay the truck call and submit the bill to AAA for reimbursement. My brother in law had premier version and we used his to tow a parts car back. Car was rolled and didn't have tires any the trucking company didn't care.
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After picking up an E46 my wife wanted one as well so i was doing some browsing for fun. Found this on Wheels and Deals: $15,000 OBO with 200k+ on it. Supposedly the motor is new, but even then, it's not worth that premium. I would much rather get an E46 M3 with half the miles..
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heat posted:This is pretty cool. Dunno about the price but considering what an E30 M3 goes for (and this is certainly much faster) I don't think it's crazy. For that price it should have a spares package. With nothing, it's a really steep price to get into racing.
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Maybe I am just being biased but: http://houston.craigslist.org/cto/2498259847.html  Assuming nothing serious is broken that's not so bad. Plek fucked around with this message at 23:44 on Jul 22, 2011 |
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Who posts an ad for an SHO without a picture of the intake manifold?
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heat posted:Who posts an ad for an SHO without a picture of the intake manifold? People who don't know how to sell a SHO. Alternatively: people who know the engine bay is a giant gently caress-off mess.
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heat posted:This is pretty cool. Dunno about the price but considering what an E30 M3 goes for (and this is certainly much faster) I don't think it's crazy. From what I learned, buying an E30 in Pittsburgh is next to impossible unless you're willing to pay twice as much as the car is worth. http://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/ctd/2446161379.html  This is a CL entry for a 1988 325 with about 26k on the clock that this moron wants $9,990 for. $10k for a loving 22 year old car. The CL listing said to check his website for availability, and the car is no longer there. If you assume that the posting was real and not a joke, some dipshit spent $10,000 on a loving 22 year old car. This one wasn't an M3, but they still spent $10,000 loving dollars on a 22 year old car. NADA values them well below the asking price. Their classic car section says $5k is the high price for a used E30 in nothing short of pristine condition. Even if you give them the benefit of the doubt and list it as the 325ix, the AWD edition, you're still looking at a high purchase price of $5,600. Edit: By the way, are you located in Pittsburgh?
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Ripoff posted:From what I learned, buying an E30 in Pittsburgh is next to impossible unless you're willing to pay twice as much as the car is worth. We don't know that he actually received 10k for the car.
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Ripoff posted:From what I learned, buying an E30 in Pittsburgh is next to impossible unless you're willing to pay twice as much as the car is worth. Yeah I'm in Pittsburgh, and I keep a few searches saved in my craigslist app to look for E30s (even though I can't afford to buy one at the moment). Every once in a while one will pop up for a reasonable price; I saw an 325 convertible (1990 I think) for 900 bucks! It was probably full of rust though 
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Here's another BMW gem, certainly someone will jump at the opportunity to buy this E36 at E46 prices http://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/cto/2508845959.html 
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http://baltimore.craigslist.org/cto/2510395529.html Album: (rehosted) http://imgur.com/a/9aOCl                    GnarlyCharlie4u fucked around with this message at 20:31 on Jul 26, 2011 |
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heat posted:Here's another BMW gem, certainly someone will jump at the opportunity to buy this E36 at E46 prices $12k for the least desirable year of E36 production. An M3 of similar vintage and miles isn't even worth that. What the hell is wrong with people? It kills me because I'm kind of half assedly searching for some sort of BMW in that time frame and its so drat hard to convince people that just because it has a roundel on it its not worth 10 loving grand 20 years later.
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Motronic posted:
The $6200 for a 1995 Miata in the "other cars you might be interested in" is probably just as much gold lol.
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GnarlyCharlie4u posted:http://baltimore.craigslist.org/cto/2510395529.html That bit about $2500 is almost depressing. The dude wasted so much money and time on the car and yet is left with something that he should expect to get scrap value for. I am impressed with the chutzpah in writing "drivable, just needs to be finished" though.
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These just might be the worst daytime pictures I've ever seen. http://i.imgur.com/Dg1tk.png
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Lyesh posted:That bit about $2500 is almost depressing. The dude wasted so much money and time on the car and yet is left with something that he should expect to get scrap value for. I see this kind of thing all the time. It is a little bit sad to think about it from their terribly uninformed, PRB-fueled, trailer-dwelling side, but you can't fix stupid.
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Motronic posted:I see this kind of thing all the time. It is a little bit sad to think about it from their terribly uninformed, PRB-fueled, trailer-dwelling side, but you can't fix stupid. I sort of wish there was a way to track the ultimate fate of these "project" cars. I'm honestly curious if they do end up in a scrapyard or if someone actually comes by and tries to make something out of it. I bet it's something like 1 in 1,000 aren't scrapped, but still.
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It's not on Craigslist but it is a used car for sale. You have to wonder how much that paint job is going to knock off the eventual selling price. X/P from the "you put WHAT on your car" thread.  
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el topo posted:You have to wonder how much that paint job is going to knock off the eventual selling price. How much it costs to get it repainted properly plus several grand in "aggravation fees" plus the standard multiple-grand for non-original paint.
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el topo posted:It's not on Craigslist but it is a used car for sale. You have to wonder how much that paint job is going to knock off the eventual selling price. X/P from the "you put WHAT on your car" thread. I don't know who is trying to sell that, but a smart seller(ala "Pawn Stars") would just go ahead and shell out to get it painted so they don't lose the extra couple grand.
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