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There's got to be something funky about Florida registration rules or property taxes, because I'm up in New England and even in the dead of winter when the snowbirds are all long gone I'd still say one in ten cars has Florida plates.
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Phone posted:Towing a motorcycle cross country with a Miata, nothing can go wrong, right guys?
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Snowdens Secret posted:There's got to be something funky about Florida registration rules or property taxes, because I'm up in New England and even in the dead of winter when the snowbirds are all long gone I'd still say one in ten cars has Florida plates. It's super cheap compared to excise tax + registration rates in New England, so anyone that can get a Florida plate usually tries to.
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Grumbletron 4000 posted:Well color me informed. I've always assumed that they scrutinized the hell out of anything with wheels out there. I always thought that from reading about the guys that have trouble making something with relatively non threatening mods road legal. So a screeching, wobbling jalopy gets ok'ed as long as its got all the necessary emissions equipment? Is it an annual thing or just when a title changes hands? Georgia has no safety inspections and outside of Metro Atlanta and Savannah, no emissions checks either. Your description is a fairly accurate representation of traffic here.
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Yeah I'm not seeing the issue with towing a bike across country with a Miata either. Granted, I keep up on the maintenance schedule for mine rather religiously and use high quality lubricants in the diff/trans/motor. I'd say as long as the gross weight isn't above 1500lb he's probably alright. I have a hitch on my Miata for my Hobie Cat, and I once towed a 2.5ton pickup truck across town. The only thing that was permanently damaged was the clutch disc; taking off from stoplights was a real doozy 
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Beach Bum posted:The only thing that was permanently damaged was the clutch disc; taking off from stoplights was a real doozy No hills where you live?
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The only suggestion in the thread is to buy an oil cooler. Yeah. I think the OP has a 1.6L car, so stopping a combined 3500+ lbs on 1.6L brakes is all sorts of aaaaaaaaaaaaaa.
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TacoHavoc posted:It's super cheap compared to excise tax + registration rates in New England, so anyone that can get a Florida plate usually tries to. No inspection means you basically never have to bring it "home" to get it up to date, either. Of course if los federales catch you, the state of mass dings you hard for tax evasion. I would probably try something like that... if I knew anyone in florida I trusted enough to send paperwork for vehicles to. I don't.
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If they're snowbirds, they could live in Florida ~183 days out of the year and get away on a technicality probably.
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Safety Dance posted:No hills where you live? North Florida so not really. I also planned my route to minimize taking off uphill at a light. I did get a lot of folks taking pictures or pointing/laughing/  'ing so I expect to see my car posted here from Jalopnik or something any day now.kastein posted:I would probably try something like that... if I knew anyone in florida I trusted enough to send paperwork for vehicles to. I don't. Hey there buddy 
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Beach Bum posted:Hey there buddy Way to keep up the fact that nothing but old people, criminals, deadbeat dads , future criminals, and awful CS:GO players live in Florida. Phone fucked around with this message at 14:52 on Apr 21, 2014 |
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Snowdens Secret posted:There's got to be something funky about Florida registration rules or property taxes, because I'm up in New England and even in the dead of winter when the snowbirds are all long gone I'd still say one in ten cars has Florida plates. Florida has no state income tax, so many wealthier people who enjoy vacationing there buy property and designate it as their state of residence (even when they don't spend enough time there to qualify and/or are renting out the property on the side). Part of keeping up that farce is a florida license and tagging your cars there.
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Galler posted:Tow the Miata with the bike.
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PainterofCrap posted:My son's guitar teacher bought a Hummer during the tax writeoff insanity. That's amazing. I grew up in NJ, and the inspection process in the early 80's was extremely thorough. MY mom's car failed when the HEADLIGHS were misaligned by a few degrees.
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atomicthumbs posted:Pretty much any engine modification (unless the part is specifically approved by the California Air Review Board, for a specific model of car) is illegal. Motor swaps are fine.
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Krakkles posted:No, they're not. How on earth did you get that idea? I think he's referring to the fact that they are...if the engine is the same model year or newer and retains all original equipped emissions equipment?
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the poi posted:I think he's referring to the fact that they are...if the engine is the same model year or newer and retains all original equipped emissions equipment? Yeah, they're a pain in the rear end (your swapped vehicle is now, for emissions purposes, whatever the engine came from - and you can't put a truck engine in a car) but by no means are they impossible.
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the poi posted:I think he's referring to the fact that they are...if the engine is the same model year or newer and retains all original equipped emissions equipment? yes IOwnCalculus posted:Yeah, they're a pain in the rear end (your swapped vehicle is now, for emissions purposes, whatever the engine came from - and you can't put a truck engine in a car) but by no means are they impossible. and, of course, this leads to hosed up situations where you can turn your Volvo 240 into a diesel Volvo 240 by swapping in a D24, and then be free to do absolutely anything you want to the car afterwards without having to get it smogged... because old diesels are smog-exempt! hooray california
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I'm sure getting it referee'd with the swap is a bit of a headache, too, but the "no truck motor in a car" bit is what always gets me down. All the good cheap motors are out of trucks.
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nitrogen posted:That's amazing. I grew up in NJ, and the inspection process in the early 80's was extremely thorough. MY mom's car failed when the HEADLIGHS were misaligned by a few degrees. Yeah, I remember; I've lived here since '85, when I took my '65 Plymouth Fury through five times in an hour, fixing everything that was failing in the lot outside. After trip #5 & it passed, I got a standing O.  Headlight aim, brake skidpad test...gone.
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http://11foot8.com/ I'm not sure if I saw this first in AI or not. I feel bad for laughing.
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Slim Pickens posted:http://11foot8.com/ They need to add a sign underneath that says, "No, seriously, 11'8""
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Edit: I'll just let the video do the talking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6BiAr1hAyM Slim Pickens fucked around with this message at 02:49 on Apr 22, 2014 |
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Apr 22, 2014 02:43
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Hahaha people are still driving poo poo into that bridge? loving owns.
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You'd better hope the thief doesn't know how to float gears I guess.
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You need to do something like this to get some idiots to pay attention...
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nitrogen posted:You need to do something like this to get some idiots to pay attention... Better use of money would be some kind of cell tower that sends a special message to the driver's cell phone that flashes STOP.
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Mister Kingdom posted:They need to add a sign underneath that says, "No, seriously, 11'8"" Actually, it would be "No, seriously, 11'10.8"" nitrogen posted:You need to do something like this to get some idiots to pay attention... Just imagine if they installed those at all major stop lights. . . Not Wolverine fucked around with this message at 03:40 on Apr 22, 2014 |
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One would think the 'ole PVC bar on chains hanging 11'6" a few carlengths ahead of the bridge itself would get the job done.
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Snowdens Secret posted:One would think the 'ole PVC bar on chains hanging 11'6" a few carlengths ahead of the bridge itself would get the job done.
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nitrogen posted:You need to do something like this to get some idiots to pay attention... They already have a blinky sign that detects if the truck is overheight and freaks out, I'm more of the opinion that one of these babies should pop up in their lane to make it easier for first responders to clean it up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCNVnCLjKrA
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There's a group of bro-trucks that congregate in a group outside my building every once in a while and in general bro-truck it up (burnouts, rev it up, one has an airhorn that plays Dixie), and whenever they get together, I usually spin my webcam around, because they always will end up doing something crazy. Today one guy was standing in the bed of another dude's F250, and the guy starts driving off. The guy in the back didn't crouch low enough and found out what rolling coal means as both of the truck's stacks blasted him in the face. edit: Also, just found this on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZFCHk1XCDY (7:20 on is the most interesting part) Ulfhednar fucked around with this message at 06:11 on Apr 22, 2014 |
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Man I bet the differential loved that.
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Mister Kingdom posted:They need to add a sign underneath that says, "No, seriously, 11'8"" You'd think the giant "OVERHEIGHT WHEN FLASHING" sign would be enough... but no. 
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Posting this here because it goes so far beyond just Craigslist. Someone shoot the bastard that did this.  
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That's loving hilarious. Please tell me he listed it as a 1970 chevy SSR
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Powershift posted:That's loving hilarious. Please tell me he listed it as a 1970 chevy SSR 
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I think that looks pretty cool 
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IOwnCalculus posted:Posting this here because it goes so far beyond just Craigslist. I kinda like it 
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