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jonathan posted:What are people's experience ordering from rockauto into Canada ? Some searches say brokerage and shipping etc are all included in the price. I need some u-joints, ball joints etc. Just talking to some guys in Medicine Hat yesterday about Rock Auto. They swear by it and don't have to pay anything extra. They even had to return stuff and before and they prepaid it.
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1500quidporsche posted:Auto value is all kinds of useless, and I question how they're still in business. And now that Parts Unlimited is gone (ok they're still there as WSI or w/e, but most if not all of the old crew quit) Mundy's B2B is basically the only other game in town (unless you're a fan of Napa, I'm not crazy about them except the Airdrie store). I mean I've been using Rock for goddamn years and they're my #1 go-to, but if I need something RFN Auto Value is always my first stop. Turbo Fondant fucked around with this message at 03:18 on Feb 21, 2015 |
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Feb 21, 2015 03:04
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autopartsway.ca sometimes has some parts that are worth the price but their website is a mess. One of the best parts of Rockauto is that incredibly spartan and solid drill down menu system for finding parts.
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Feb 21, 2015 16:10
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Tommychu posted:They're crazy cheap for certain stuff (radiators come to mind) and the guys at the Hubalta store know their poo poo (32nd is good too but it's so tiny they don't often have my poo poo in stock) and the return policy is nearly as forgiving as Pick-n-Pull's. I do remember their radiators being ridiculously cheap, but there's been a couple of things like fuel injectors where they wanted obscene prices and Napa was way more reasonable. For whatever reason the Napa on 58th ave stocks a comical amount of VW Mk1 poo poo, and 90% of the time you pull something out of the Napa box it either says Bosch or VW-Audi on it, they must've bought up all the old stock or something.
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Feb 21, 2015 17:29
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8ender posted:autopartsway.ca sometimes has some parts that are worth the price but their website is a mess. One of the best parts of Rockauto is that incredibly spartan and solid drill down menu system for finding parts. Autopartsway sucks, no two ways about it. Their customer service is terrible and they are often way overpriced. For example, the parts I need for my brake job (one of the three maintenance tasks I have planned) would cost more than $800 + shipping from them. The exact same parts from Pelican will cost me $550 ($440 US) including shipping, plus whatever duty and brokerage is incurred (which won't be that bad because they're like literally the only parts warehouse that I know of that gives you the option of shipping by USPS/Canada Post).
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Feb 21, 2015 19:00
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I wish we had reasonable OEM parts suppliers in Canada. When we bought our new Legacy I got stuff sent up to Sweetgrass from a Colorado Subaru dealer for, no joke, 75% cheaper than the exact same OEM items as the Canadian dealer even after taking into account exchange and Montana shipping fees.
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Feb 21, 2015 19:53
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SubaruGenuineParts gives you parts for good prices. They hose you on shipping, but at least it's because they're buying flat rate USPS boxes so their shipping cost is predictable if you can guess how heavy/big the stuff you're ordering is. You can't even get that with the Mazda guys, who just seem to assume Canadians are rich and can afford $33+ shipping costs for $5.36 in parts. The Mazda online parts ordering racket is so bad that all my rotary enthusiast friends tell me to just go to the dealer and put up with their incompetent bullshit (never answering emails or phone calls and telling me they also can't process walk-ins because their computer is broken). I feel like even setting up a corporate FedEx account for personal use may be justifiable at this point. Seat Safety Switch fucked around with this message at 20:12 on Feb 21, 2015 |
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Feb 21, 2015 20:07
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1500quidporsche posted:I do remember their radiators being ridiculously cheap, but there's been a couple of things like fuel injectors where they wanted obscene prices and Napa was way more reasonable. For whatever reason the Napa on 58th ave stocks a comical amount of VW Mk1 poo poo, and 90% of the time you pull something out of the Napa box it either says Bosch or VW-Audi on it, they must've bought up all the old stock or something. Napa can be strange like that. The Ingersoll Ontario Napa had everything I needed for my 1993 BMW in stock every time I visited. Even somewhat obscure stuff like coils and a rear spring. It was bizarre.
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Feb 21, 2015 20:22
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I wonder if the dollar will ever crawl back up to near parity again. Just as soon as I started looking at American cars it tanks. 
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Feb 22, 2015 04:12
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Even if it does tomorrow, it'll take another 5 fuckin years for prices to get back near par. Time to start looking at Europe. Once greece and italy completely poo poo the bed, the euro will hit par, and the mid engine cleo will hit the 15 year exemption.  http://suchen.mobile.de/auto-insera...s=EXPORT&noec=1 mm yes. The year after that the TVR T350 and Tamora.
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Feb 22, 2015 04:28
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RIP Powershift 1937-2018 He never saw it coming (sliding backward off the road)
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Feb 22, 2015 05:12
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He died how he lived, scattered across a forest.
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Feb 22, 2015 05:14
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I know the later ones are ugly as sin, but I'm always surprised we don't see any Renault Alpines here. They were pretty decent cars and essentially a delorean in drag that had a turbo option.
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Feb 22, 2015 15:41
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jonathan posted:What are people's experience ordering from rockauto into Canada ? Some searches say brokerage and shipping etc are all included in the price. I need some u-joints, ball joints etc.
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Feb 23, 2015 06:16
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Shockingly relevant study for Calgary on CBC http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/calgary-eats-big-data-meets-big-donair-1.2970610
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Feb 25, 2015 15:21
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Edmonton has donair poutine available. I've contacted the mayor and my councillor many times in order to attempt to close the donair poutine gap.
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Feb 25, 2015 15:23
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AFAIK, we have a single donair place in Lethbridge. Found a corner place in Medicine Hat just this past week with a nice big serving (their large must be freakishly massive) but haven't had a really good donair in years. What brings up another important question: Tzatziki or that east coast sweet sauce? I prefer Tzatziki with a hefty shot of hot sauce if available.
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Feb 25, 2015 15:29
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There's a canadian brewhouse in calgary that has donair poutine. They also have both the sweet and tzatziki sauce.
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Feb 25, 2015 15:39
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I was at our local autocross club's big year-ender regionals a couple of years ago and our local Porshe-driving successful businessman / racer had a hankering for donairs. For some reason, this wealthy Type-A person felt insecure just driving by himself to his favourite place, so I agreed to go with him. You do NOT want to spill " Tzatziki with a hefty shot of hot sauce" anywhere on the interior of a $140K 997 GT2; this is made more difficult by the driver's baffling habit of being chronically late despite always having somewhere north of 500 hp to work with.
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Feb 25, 2015 16:51
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What the gently caress, Jimmy's has pickles. I ate at the downtown location on Monday. They also have, literally, the best sauce in the city. Study is garbage printed on toilet paper. 
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Feb 25, 2015 17:01
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slidebite posted:Shockingly relevant study for Calgary on CBC As a native Haligonian, I'm appalled by other so-called 'donairs'.
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Haven't had a donair in years. Now I want one. So much for bringing in my own lunches this week.
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Feb 25, 2015 17:40
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A donair and a gyro are the same thing, right? In Missoula we have a ton of greek gyro places, and I get one on pretty much a weekly basis. I always think about trying that donair place in Lethbridge but it doesn't look very good.
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jamal posted:A donair and a gyro are the same thing, right? In Missoula we have a ton of greek gyro places, and I get one on pretty much a weekly basis. I always think about trying that donair place in Lethbridge but it doesn't look very good. Similar but not the same. In my experience the meat in a gyro isn't the same spices, and donairs require a proper donair sauce. They're like cousins, except the donair is the hot cousin, and the gyro is the ugly one who tries and tries to be the hot one but never quite succeeds.
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jamal posted:A donair and a gyro are the same thing, right? In Missoula we have a ton of greek gyro places, and I get one on pretty much a weekly basis. I always think about trying that donair place in Lethbridge but it doesn't look very good. Their burgers are decent enough though. Frozen patties but he does a good job. Dude is stereotypical though, slick backed hair, perpetually knocked up wife and photos of 80s Italian cars on the walls. He has the same Countach photo on the wall of his restaurant that I had in my bedroom as a 13 year old. ExecuDork posted:You do NOT want to spill " Tzatziki with a hefty shot of hot sauce" anywhere on the interior of a $140K 997 GT2; this is made more difficult by the driver's baffling habit of being chronically late despite always having somewhere north of 500 hp to work with. Haha. No you wouldn't. Also needs onion. Needs about a 6 pounds of raw onions. Not a fan of tomato on it though. slidebite fucked around with this message at 20:37 on Feb 25, 2015 |
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Anybody know a place in calgary that will corner weight a car? I inadvertently ordered springs from guys that seem to know what they're doing.
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Babylon Qithara in Sunridge is the best. Uncle Moe's on Edmonton Trail is also worth mentioning because they're so drat fast. I've never spent more than 3 minutes in that place. I've been making my own a lot lately too, since an old roommate left a ~30lb spit of the stuff behind when he moved out.
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Best donair/gyro's in the world are in Berlin. Absolutely unbeatable street vendors. They don't do the gross meatloaf on a stick either: it's all proper stacked cuts of meat grilled together with the drippings collected and brushed back on for full flava I've never found a place in Canada that does the meat right And yes, a full handful of fresh onion and generous servings of donair sauce are crucial. When I was going to the u of a, I used to crush a Wildcat from Mike's Famous almost every week. That was a good time in my life.  even though the meat wasn't "right", double meat double cheese always goes down right
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DrakeriderCa posted:Best donair/gyro's in the world are in Berlin. Absolutely unbeatable street vendors. They don't do the gross meatloaf on a stick either: it's all proper stacked cuts of meat grilled together with the drippings collected and brushed back on for full flava This man speaks the truth - the "Turkish" Döner Buden in Germany are the best. I fear for my waistline when I go back. [Döner macht schöner - after all.]
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DrakeriderCa posted:I've never found a place in Canada that does the meat right Barakas in Winnipeg is outstanding. Best place to get donair, falafel, shawarma, or kebab. It's phenomenal, and their garlic sauce is to die for. I assure you, they do it the proper traditional way. The lamb kabob is a symphony of flavors, one of my favorites from there. Seriously, if any goon is visiting this frozen hellhole, stop by barakas for some amazing food, it's worth it.
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DrakeriderCa posted:Best donair/gyro's in the world are in Berlin. LAMB!!!!!.... BEEF!!!! .....CHICKEN!!!! with a huge lineup of people waiting as it came off. God, that's one of the few things I miss of that place. slidebite fucked around with this message at 06:44 on Feb 27, 2015 |
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Bajaha posted:Barakas in Winnipeg is outstanding. Best place to get donair, falafel, shawarma, or kebab. It's phenomenal, and their garlic sauce is to die for. I assure you, they do it the proper traditional way.  NOW you tell me! I was in Winterpeg last week, I'd have gone to Barakas if I'd had any idea.
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In other news that fuckin wide body Fiat X-1/9 is still on kijiji someone go light it on fire so I stop thinking about it. Don't buy it and build a sick ride though - the jealousy would kill me
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On the way to Lethbridge, anything exciting going on this weekend?
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Feb 28, 2015 02:56
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There's always a party in slidebite's pants
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DrakeriderCa posted:In other news that fuckin wide body Fiat X-1/9 is still on kijiji someone go light it on fire so I stop thinking about it. I've got the same thing with that Lancia Beta up in edmonton. Its $4,000 though and I just need the price to come down a bit.
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Lancia just wrecks my poo poo every time I'd kill for a Scorpion or a reasonable Beta
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1500quidporsche posted:I've got the same thing with that Lancia Beta up in edmonton. Its $4,000 though and I just need the price to come down a bit. I am almost certain that guy posted somewhere (Jalopnik?) about getting it for under a grand. Maybe there's some room for negotiation. At the very least he should know people are interested. I wonder how sophisticated the harness is and if you can just rewire it with several hours and a trip to the junkyard to strip down a Camry.
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jamal posted:On the way to Lethbridge, anything exciting going on this weekend? DrakeriderCa posted:There's always a party in slidebite's pants
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Seat Safety Switch posted:I am almost certain that guy posted somewhere (Jalopnik?) about getting it for under a grand. Maybe there's some room for negotiation. At the very least he should know people are interested. It couldn't be any worse then jetronic wiring, which I still have nightmares about. Its in incredible shape for its age and I really want to justify being able to buy it but the reality is it would just be an overweight underpowered alternative to my Scirocco. I think the US specs were something like 2,800lbs and 85hp.
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