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Geirskogul posted:Too bad I have to do all work on the side of the road at my townhouse, or else that would be a tasty proposition. My dad owned a succession of really manky Beetles back in the late sixties when he lived in Glasgow. He was halfway through an engine swap at the side of the road outside his tenement block, when a member of the local constabulary advised him that he would be well-served to no longer be involved in said activity when the officer concerned passed back that way in another half an hour. Being a Beetle, he did it.
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I really want an ACVW but all of the bodies here are rusted to poo poo. It'd be fun to build a baja bug (whether Subaru engined or not) but it feels wrong to be forced to store a tough, cheap offroad car indoors to keep the weather from eating it. Maybe a Cali shell, if any still exist...
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leica posted:I want to go with FI on my Miata eventually at some point, but in my head I keep going back and forth between an SC or turbo. I suppose it will come down to money, whatever I can get used for the best price You can get more top end out of a turbo but I still want a supercharged Miata anyway. The sound and feel is the thing I miss most from my Mini, it screamed like a banshee once it was revved up
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May 12, 2014 19:47
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InitialDave posted:If you're going to choose a car to work on like that, a Beetle's one of the best. There's something to be said for not having to deal with a cooling system or engine hoist. 
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May 12, 2014 19:58
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A couple of weeks ago a lovely deep red beetle almost perfectly stock turned up in the car park at work, today a workmate sent me this: Same car. I'm all for free expression through modifying your car, but when everyone modified their beetle the same way by ruining the paint and suspension it gets a little lovely.
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May 12, 2014 20:15
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Cakefool posted:A couple of weeks ago a lovely deep red beetle almost perfectly stock turned up in the car park at work, today a workmate sent me this: That's all there is for running beetles around here if you go to a car show. There is one stock, very clean one that some guy daily drives where I work. Was one clean stock one at the last car show, I started talking to the guy and he's planning on slamming it on the ground, giving it a patina and rush paint job and some other stupid poo poo. I offered to buy it on the spot for what he paid but he wouldn't...poor car 
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May 12, 2014 20:53
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Geirskogul posted:I just had the most amazing hot dog at a place called Moreno's Mexican Grill in Mesa. I normally don't even like hot dogs, but we were close to this place, and my medic partner said we should stop there before the next call and pick one up. It was life changing. I guess it's called a Sonora-style or Sonoran hot dog? I don't know. All I do know is that it had bacon pieces, was wet and mushy and difficult to eat, and came with a grilled whole pepper. Sounds loving good. I'm addicted to the hot dogs at Joe's myself but thankfully the super long lines keep me from eating too many. mafoose posted:Head down to Tucson sometime and I'll take you to the two (rival) self claimed inventors of the Sonoran dog, and then take you to the chevron gas station that has the best ones (in my opinion). This also sounds loving good.
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May 12, 2014 21:10
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I need renter's insurance and I apparently get a good discount through MetLife. Does anyone know anything about them and if they're good/bad?
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May 12, 2014 21:18
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Seat Safety Switch posted:I really want an ACVW but all of the bodies here are rusted to poo poo. It'd be fun to build a baja bug (whether Subaru engined or not) but it feels wrong to be forced to store a tough, cheap offroad car indoors to keep the weather from eating it. Import one from mexico. They made them a lot longer down there. The last phase to get built is legal to import now, iirc.
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May 12, 2014 21:24
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13 INCH DICK posted:Showing the GF 'Le Mans' for the first time and she just accused me of having a boner while the Ferraris were going down Mulsanne. I'm not seeing the problem here....?
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Cakefool posted:A couple of weeks ago a lovely deep red beetle almost perfectly stock turned up in the car park at work, today a workmate sent me this:
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May 12, 2014 23:06
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goatse guy posted:I'm back. I almost reached out to you on FB but I figured you left SA for a good reason. I'm glad you are back and feeling better.
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May 12, 2014 23:08
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Holy gently caress I forgot how much I hate landscaping. I literally used a weed whacker for 9 hours straight. I can't straighten my left arm. I drank over a gallon of water and two big Gatorade bottles. I hope to god I get a real job soon. Got another interview on Thursday.
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May 12, 2014 23:44
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Tusen Takk posted:I need renter's insurance and I apparently get a good discount through MetLife. Does anyone know anything about them and if they're good/bad? My work offers really nice discounts through metlife and 2 other agencies. Metlife was the most expensive by a lot.
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May 13, 2014 00:16
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Bought it with 21k on it. What a long strange trip its been. 
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May 13, 2014 00:18
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Seat Safety Switch posted:I really want an ACVW but all of the bodies here are rusted to poo poo. It'd be fun to build a baja bug (whether Subaru engined or not) but it feels wrong to be forced to store a tough, cheap offroad car indoors to keep the weather from eating it. You can find 'em fairly complete (but crashed, or mechanically dead, or something) in the pick-n-pulls here, e.g.:  If you don't mind the later 70s ones. You could probably take two of them and make one good one, plus whatever Subaru donor you want.
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May 13, 2014 00:24
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BrokenKnucklez posted:Lamest tornado ever. Seriously... just a boring storm that was over hyped. Pissed me off all night because the automated systems kept yelling at me about being in a tornado watch while I was trying to work.
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May 13, 2014 00:30
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Grumbletron 4000 posted:Bought it with 21k on it. What a long strange trip its been. What is it?
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May 13, 2014 00:47
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May 13, 2014 00:49
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It looks to me like a grand prix GTP
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May 13, 2014 00:54
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Grand Prix GTP if I remember right. If I had found one for a reasonable price before I found my Fit I probably would have bought one. Supercharged 3800 
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Galler posted:Grand Prix GTP if I remember right. If I had found one for a reasonable price before I found my Fit I probably would have bought one. Supercharged 3800 I test drove and looked at a few GXPs, but the lovely transmission kept me from buying.
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May 13, 2014 01:27
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Dont know why anyone would choose a Pontiac over the Buick with the same engine. Speed AND Class folks!
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May 13, 2014 01:30
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^Its the same drat car but with a different emblem. Brand engineering!
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cursedshitbox posted:^Its the same drat car but with a different emblem. I think the Buick has a way better interior.
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Rhyno posted:I almost reached out to you on FB but I figured you left SA for a good reason. I'm glad you are back and feeling better. I was surprised and touched with how many people did reach out to me. I really hosed myself over in my meltdown. I'm going to recover, but I managed to blow a significant chunk of my savings on partying and traveling, did irreversible damage to my liver, and ruined at least a couple of friendships.
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goatse guy posted:I was surprised and touched with how many people did reach out to me. Well hey, you ever want to talk we are FB friends and I know a lot about bad decisions and lost friendships.
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Powershift posted:It looks to me like a grand prix GTP Bingo! An '04 to be exact. It's been showing its age a bit lately but its still reliable and too much fun to replace just yet. Blown 3800's really are a hoot. Preoptopus posted:I think the Buick has a way better interior. I'd have to disagree. The interior in my brothers Regal GS had even more greasy Tupperware-esque interior plastics than my Pontiac. The Buick had big and mushy seats compared to the relatively firm and bolstered GTP seats too. I think the poncho has a cooler looking gauge cluster too. Grumbletron 4000 fucked around with this message at 03:07 on May 13, 2014 |
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goatse guy posted:I was surprised and touched with how many people did reach out to me. Been there, done that.. more than once. Frankly, kind of on the verge of a meltdown now, but more for family drama these days. I'm late to the party, but feel free to hit me up on the bookface; been there, done that with detox, rehab, AA/NA, poor life choices, etc. I'm not the guy you want to introduce your kids to immediately, but I can at least relate to the addiction and depression stuff.
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May 13, 2014 08:06
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I went back to the gym last night!  And now I've been up all night and can't sleep! 
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Map of countries, shaded by amount of alcohol consumption: http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...10-9357860.html Canada and Australia finally top the US in something.
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Fucknag posted:I went back to the gym last night! It's been hot as poo poo and I have a bad habit of working out late anyways, lol @ going to sleep before midnight. I hosed up my hand royally a month ago so I haven't been lifting. Don't gently caress up your hand and shoulder when you're 15 years old, it pays dividends later on. My gains. 
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th vwls hv scpd posted:I though Canada always topped the US. Hehe 
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I still feel like I got hit by a train from working on my big truck Sunday. I guess that's what pulling 150lbs of manifolds and turbo off, then pulling 300lbs of cylinder heads and carrying them off the truck, then prepping everything and carrying it back up onto the truck will do to you. Oh, and what amounted to 112 reps of curling 100+lbs, there are 28 head studs and the torque spec is everything to 110, everything to 130, everything to 157, then everything to 157 again. Best part was definitely falling off the truck with a 150lb cylinder head in my hands and having to choose between it and me, though, for sure. I caught my foot on something and ended up twisting around in midair like a cat and flinging the cylinder head into the stack of tires next to me so it wouldn't go straight through my ribcage, then landed sideways in the underbrush. That's the one good thing about working in the woods instead of a shop, that would have hurt a hell of a lot more on cement. So yeah, this is why I don't have a gym membership.
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kastein posted::comedy: See... you should have had a camera going, then you could have made  on youtube.
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So, bought my first ever new car yesterday. It hurt. But the wife is happy, so whatever. 2014 Escape Titanium, 2.0 ecoboost with every option except 19" wheels and sunroof. Sticker was 34, invoice is 30.1, paid 26.8. Salesman hated me. But on the bright side, got to go fish some farm ponds with my FiL this morning. Funny how much you miss simple things like that.
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goatse guy posted:I really hosed myself over in my meltdown. I'm going to recover, but I managed to blow a significant chunk of my savings on partying and traveling, did irreversible damage to my liver, and ruined at least a couple of friendships.  Welcome backkastein posted:Truck Stuff
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