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Powershift posted:My lincoln has 5 ashtrays and 0 cupholders. Call me paranoid, but this is all I can think of when I read the words, "salvage title"
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I'm not sure if I'm more concerned about the integrity of that repair or how hosed the labor market is where this was done that throwing that many hours into a '90s Lanos was a worthwile and profitable operation.
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Sep 15, 2014 05:58
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Tommychu posted:I'm not sure if I'm more concerned about the integrity of that repair or how hosed the labor market is where this was done that throwing that many hours into a '90s Lanos was a worthwile and profitable operation. Are those pictures of a shop job or are they from an AI journal of somebody putting tons of hours and cash into a pile of poo poo and saying "I love it and nobody understands"?
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Sep 15, 2014 06:10
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Shop job, 12 days of work.
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Sagebrush posted:Still think an RX-8 with a BPD in it would be a lot of fun. I'm curious as to how similar the new 2.3 EB going into the new mustang is to the MZR & Skyactiv engines; if the EB is still based off the MZR bolt pattern, it might be a relatively easy swap into a Miata (hopefully including the ND), or an RX-8. Mmmm, 310 HP Miata. 
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Panty Saluter posted:Considering the speed limit on my road is an (inexplicable) 40 MPH winding out first gear might even be a bad idea, especially with a yowling rotary. Also I thought first gear redline in an RX-8 was like 45-50? I totally, Unironically was just looking at RX-8s for a daily driver. Theres a few around here for pretty drat cheap with 100kish miles. Seems like a fun car.
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Sep 15, 2014 07:54
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They're cheap because 100,000 miles is beyond the service life of the engine.
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Sep 15, 2014 08:46
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I went looking for RX8s here in Europe, and found this with an asking price of 2300euro/3000usd:  For just 200euro more you can get this:  So I don't even know what the gently caress is up with the owner of the first "car". From the description: quote:Total damage, engine and transmission work properly, vehicle starts and you can there before and will return. So the engine has 41000km on the clock, and apparently runs.
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did you read either ad? from the sounds of it, the red car is worse off than the black one.
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Powershift posted:They're cheap because 100,000 miles is beyond the service life of the engine. That bad huh? Thats a shame. It seemed like a fun idea.
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Sep 15, 2014 09:59
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There are dozens of RX-8s for under £1000 in the UK. They tend to mention "start issues". Something like this is pretty loving tempting though. quote:THIS VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT IN AS A PART EXCHANGE AND IT WILL BE SOLD AS SEEN WITH NO WARRANTY IMPLIED OR GIVEN Wolfsbane fucked around with this message at 13:00 on Sep 15, 2014 |
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Sep 15, 2014 12:58
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quote:THIS VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT IN AS A PART EXCHANGE AND IT WILL BE SOLD AS SEEN WITH NO WARRANTY IMPLIED OR GIVEN Which is bullshit, since that's a dealer, and the Sale of Goods act in the UK requires your purchase to be fit for purpose and as described, with a 6 month window. As long as it's sold by a delaer and not a private sale.
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AirRaid posted:Which is bullshit, since that's a dealer, and the Sale of Goods act in the UK requires your purchase to be fit for purpose and as described, with a 6 month window. As long as it's sold by a delaer and not a private sale. What if the dealer is selling it as a parts car that, at the moment, runs?
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The Door Frame posted:Call me paranoid, but this is all I can think of when I read the words, "salvage title" They'll post the 2nd to last picture as the original damage and claim "No idea why insurance totalled it! Their loss is your gain!"
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Safety Dance posted:What if the dealer is selling it as a parts car that, at the moment, runs? Well that's pretty much the entire reason that "Sold for spares or repair" is such a popular tag on old cars in the UK.
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HotCanadianChick posted:I'm curious as to how similar the new 2.3 EB going into the new mustang is to the MZR & Skyactiv engines; if the EB is still based off the MZR bolt pattern, it might be a relatively easy swap into a Miata (hopefully including the ND), or an RX-8. Mmmm, 310 HP Miata. As I understand it, the 2.3EB is the basis for the new 2.0EB that's debuting in the next Edge. It shares bore-centers with the current 2.0 Ecoboost (an MZR derivative) and nothing else. Q_res fucked around with this message at 16:50 on Sep 15, 2014 |
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The Door Frame posted:Call me paranoid, but this is all I can think of when I read the words, "salvage title" Thats nothing. This was famously a story where some guy buys an audi, and after realizing one of the speakers didn't work he took the door panel off to investigate. Upon doing so, he discovered photos and a letter. It said, "Thanks for buying my car, here is some work I did to it...." It was basically a car he built completely from parts in a junk yard. And painted with the color produced by the jug where they dumped excess paints. From this:  To This:  More pics and story here http://englishrussia.com/2009/03/16/car-with-surprise/1/
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Sep 16, 2014 05:26
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That's quite impressive handiwork, though.
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Octopus Magic posted:The RENESIS offered the best N/A rotary power that a 2 rotor engine ever got from the factory. How is that crap power? If mazda wanted to keep the dream alive and sunk heaps into r&d, then needed something to get a short term influx of cash to keep going on to better things, then congrats, that's what they did and I shouldn't be so harsh. Maybe they can get some decent power out of it to compete with 4 cyl pistons next time? But if they were serious thinking this is a great car, then they've done more damage to the brand than they have done good. Bare in mind that only Japan and USA had the higher power version IIRC, europe and aus had a much lower power versions, which is why we may hate on them more. GutBomb posted:How is a 2 seat roadster a more sensible package than a 4 seater (the back seats can actually be used too) with a trunk you can actually fit things in? Powershift posted:They're cheap because 100,000 miles is beyond the service life of the engine. 160,000 miles at least, considering that's what one of my rx4s had on the clock with it's original engine and rx8 fans think it's such a great engine, must be better that a 1970s 13b eh? Fo3 fucked around with this message at 11:26 on Sep 16, 2014 |
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I had an NA FC with over 130,000 miles and it had great compression and ran great, didn't even have issues at 3k rpm when the secondary injectors came on, when the car got totalled because a sorority chick panicked in traffic and blocked me. The rotary engines can certainly last a long time, but the average driver will baby their car too much and load them with carbon. I get sad when I'm behind an RX8 being driven slowly, I know it's just dieing a slow death.
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Fo3 posted:Bare in mind that only Japan and USA had the higher power version IIRC, europe and aus had a much lower power versions, which is why we may hate on them more. Swedish sold RX8s are only of the high power variety, which means it had an EU CoC.
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Lucky Swedes, I haven't heard the same from the UK. Being an anglo aussie, that's europe to me. Drive on the same side of the road and same language and all  Just kidding of course but I can only go by english language information. E: not that we speak it much down here. Fo3 fucked around with this message at 16:00 on Sep 16, 2014 |
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Computer viking posted:That's quite impressive handiwork, though. kev level metal grafting.
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EightBit posted:I had an NA FC with over 130,000 miles and it had great compression and ran great, didn't even have issues at 3k rpm when the secondary injectors came on, when the car got totalled because a sorority chick panicked in traffic and blocked me. The rotary engines can certainly last a long time, but the average driver will baby their car too much and load them with carbon. I get sad when I'm behind an RX8 being driven slowly, I know it's just dieing a slow death. My '90 NA FC currently has 224K miles on the original 13B. Still runs smooth and strong. It's the turbo rotaries that have short lifespans. Too much boost or one bit of detonation and out go the apex seals.
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Modern direct injection is pretty sophisticated, why not adapt that to the rotary engine? From what I understand, one of the big emissions hurdles with the 13b was the overlap caused by the PP exhaust port and side port intakes. The Renesis engine fixed that by moving both exhaust and intake ports to the irons. If they put DI on the engine, they could go back to the PP exhaust port design, reducing carbon loading issues and making it more exciting, no?
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All of this non-picture rotary-chat is the wrong thread
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Look, a terrible car photo!
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Preoptopus posted:Thats nothing. This was famously a story where some guy buys an audi, and after realizing one of the speakers didn't work he took the door panel off to investigate. Upon doing so, he discovered photos and a letter. It said, "Thanks for buying my car, here is some work I did to it...."  
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Quantrill posted:Look, a terrible car photo! The composition of that photo is indeed terrible, however I would unironically drive that daily.
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A distant friend of mine installed a new stereo in his car. He was having a lot of trouble with it, but finally got it done! Good for him! The he posted on Facebook about needing a jump. Me: "Grab an ammeter and check for parasitic draw on the battery. You've been messing around with the wiring and your battery suddenly died -- that smells like a short somewhere." Him: "Yeah, after the battery died I covered literally every exposed wire in electrical tape. I figured that would help." I think I found The Previous Owner. I pray for whoever buys that car next.
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Quantrill posted:Look, a terrible car photo! This guy lives like 2 blocks from me. The Del Sol was way better than the 350   And the license plate is 'OBI SHWN'
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Quantrill posted:Look, a terrible car photo! Does he have to step over those cables every time he gets out?
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 says he jumps in over the door "like a fighter pilot."
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Tactical Bonnet posted:
If you own a convertible and don't do this whenever you get a chance you sound really boring.
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Beach Bum posted:If you own a convertible and don't do this whenever you get a chance you sound like you actually give a poo poo about your vehicle and don't wanna trash the doors and paint just to do some Miami Vice-looking hops into your ride. I agree.
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I think I've found the culprit, one of our own Cycle Asylum inmates: Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:I heard you guys like welds! So I got more pics of welds!
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About to finish season 2 of racing that sidecar rig. We're still one of the few rigs on the circuit who have not cracked a frame.
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Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:About to finish season 2 of racing that sidecar rig. We're still one of the few rigs on the circuit who have not cracked a frame. am I missing something or do you guys just not need a suspension?
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When the weld joints are flexible, they dissipate the forces that would otherwise be there to stress and crack the frame bars 
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