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slidebite posted:Well, it isn't gawdy anymore because some thieving gently caress in St. Albert stole their lights last night. What a douchebag. loving St. Albert is the Stepford Wivesest place in Alberta.
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Seat Safety Switch posted:What a douchebag. loving St. Albert is the Stepford Wivesest place in Alberta. I'll second that.
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Dec 8, 2015 21:41
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No arguments here either, but only because neither Priddis or De Winton are real towns  There is a gently caress-ton of blue hairs in St. Albert though, holy smokes. I thought Lethbridge has more than our share (we do) but man, St. Albert has got to be close behind.
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Dec 8, 2015 21:56
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St Albert is basically the more redneck version of Victoria. Home of the newly wed and nearly dead.
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Dec 8, 2015 22:12
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De Winton is loving McMansion central. Which is funny because I know a some people that live just on the outskirts of it, it wasn't until this spring that I realized just how generic and soulless that place is.
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Dec 8, 2015 23:26
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Dec 9, 2015 01:57
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So you want to know what makes my folks day even worse after waking up to find out their stuff was stolen? A good friend of the family, one of stepdads best friends, a super good guy barely 50 years old had a an absolute freak accident and died today. Slipped and fell down the stairs in his own house and suffered severe and irreparable brain damage. 50 is pretty god drat old as balls when you're in your teens and 20s, but trust me, when you start pushing 40 it doesn't seem that far away. Remember, you never know when it's your day to punch out so live your life. Have fun, make sure people know how much you care about them and leave no regrets. You can't ever be 100% positive you're going to be around tomorrow. And make sure your family knows you are OK being an organ donor in case something like this happens. If you are that is, and hopefully you are. /serious post
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Dec 9, 2015 02:20
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Ground is writhing with baby earthworms in the middle of god drat December.
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Dec 9, 2015 20:38
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Some wet loving sleet out there today. God drat I'm cold.
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Dec 9, 2015 20:48
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St Albert is full of criminals And rotary nerds But mostly criminals
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Dec 9, 2015 23:04
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slidebite posted:So you want to know what makes my folks day even worse after waking up to find out their stuff was stolen? As someone who went down some polished marble stairs in Mexico and then had a brother who went down my house stairs TWICE in 15 minutes, please people, be careful on stairs. They are NOT natural.
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Dec 10, 2015 02:30
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DrakeriderCa posted:St Albert is full of criminals I wonder which is higher per capita - criminals in St. Albert or zoophiles in Spruce Grove? 
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Seat Safety Switch posted:What a douchebag. loving St. Albert is the Stepford Wivesest place in Alberta. And live in Edmonton, so it's not THAT much better.
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Dec 10, 2015 07:36
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DrakeriderCa posted:St Albert is full of criminals The two are not mutually exclusive.
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El Scotch posted:The two are not mutually exclusive. Are Alberta traffic act and city bylaw noise violations a criminal offense? What about best motoring bootlegs? Catless fire spewing RX's probably are... 
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Dec 10, 2015 19:56
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El Scotch posted:The two are not mutually exclusive. Agreed *casts baleful eye northwards*
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slidebite posted:I wonder which is higher per capita - criminals in St. Albert or zoophiles in Spruce Grove? Zoophilia is a beautiful gesture between man and animal, so stop kinkshaming cisbigot
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Dec 10, 2015 19:58
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DrakeriderCa posted:Zoophilia is a beautiful gesture between man and animal, so stop kinkshaming cisbigot I had to look up wtf zoophilia was. Dogs have ugly boners why would anyone put that in their mouth ?
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Dec 10, 2015 20:12
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Why the gently caress do nerds like half the hosed up poo poo they do?
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Dec 10, 2015 20:17
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Someone needs to buy this. http://www.kijiji.ca/v-cars-trucks/calgary/1982-amc-eagle-coupe-2-door/1121669171?enableSearchNavigationFlag=true 4x4 - check brown - check I6 - check manual - check runs - check
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Holy gently caress I want that so loving bad. That's too much money though.
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Dec 10, 2015 22:43
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Yeah, it's probably worth it, but they come up every once in a while for $1000 with an extra parts car. My punishment for being a lazy rear end in a top hat and not getting some mudflaps on the truck when it was warm and sunny out. Got off the highway this morning and my door was hard frozen shut.  The wheels pack the door jam with snow and there's a lot for it to grip to on both sides.
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Dec 11, 2015 00:25
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McTinkerson posted:Someone needs to buy this. Let's buy it for ssswitch.
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Powershift posted:Yeah, it's probably worth it, but they come up every once in a while for $1000 with an extra parts car. Did you use the jaws of life to pry it open ? Wtf !
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Dec 11, 2015 05:00
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Who wants to get in on the Doritos game? To celebrate new tool day - free rotary compression tests for AI members! ($100 for everyone else)
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Haha, drat son You're going to have to put up a Mazda sign on the lawn of your new place pretty soon
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That looks pretty drat sweet. One day far far down the road I'd like to get a NSU Ro80. I really should get an Rx-7 so I have some decent working knowledge on doritos before I go off the deep end.
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jonathan posted:Did you use the jaws of life to pry it open ? Wtf ! Took about 4 full weight shoulder hits. got the whole area coated with pam for now. Found this on row 52. http://row52.com/Vehicle/Index/RND3Rud1bHonpvDbnrGVglC9f RIP bitchin little mazda coupe. ~2100lbs, front engine, rear wheel drive, pillarless coupe. pretty much the perfect car if they weren't flexible as hell and only like 70hp.
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Probably can get away with 70hp given the weight of those things. 35 years of rust on a mazda pillarless coupe would be rough though. That thing probably has the structural rigidity of a bowl of Mr Noodle, the drivetrain is probably the only thing holding it together.
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1500quidporsche posted:Probably can get away with 70hp given the weight of those things. 35 years of rust on a mazda pillarless coupe would be rough though. That thing probably has the structural rigidity of a bowl of Mr Noodle, the drivetrain is probably the only thing holding it together. "structural fuel lines" still, they're good looking little buggies. There are 10-15 "go=karts" at CPA tomorrow, and they're listed by their racecar number. lots 991-upThere's a 99% chance they're dinky little plastic shits for roadside tourist garbage, but there's still that 1% chance that they're something good. I probably won't be able to make it though and they don't have pics on their website. Even if they are crappy, it would be a shame to miss out on a batch of $30 go-karts. we could have an awesome ABAI one-make race series. Also, guess who's going to be able to get into the garage within the first 5 attempts.   103 load index M+S all seasons. Not whitewall, but otherwise the right tire for the car. I can't wait to safely drive that boat in anger without fear of 30 year old tires returning themselves to nature.
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Powershift posted:There are 10-15 "go=karts" at CPA tomorrow, and they're listed by their racecar number. lots 991-upThere's a 99% chance they're dinky little plastic shits for roadside tourist garbage, but there's still that 1% chance that they're something good. I probably won't be able to make it though and they don't have pics on their website.  What time? If I could use any parts off them for mine I'd probably be willing to buy one or two.
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1500quidporsche posted:
based on the lot number, i'm going to ballpark it around noon-1pm. there's online bidding, but there's not even a picture of them on the website which makes it super duper risky. logic suggests they're going to be 30 years old and look like this. There's still that super slim chance they might be awesome.  I didn't go to michener allen on saturday because there was really only 1 car of interest, a 93 lincoln mark VIII with 177k on it. It went for $300 and now i have to sit here convincing myself that there must have been something horribly wrong with it, like it was spitting park plugs at auction goers and a tire fell off on it's way through. edit: $300 dollars, i loving hate myself.  
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Better things await. Like that one Lincoln that was based on the Ford Taurus but had a V8, seriously how did that thing not torque steer itself into another dimension?
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I made it up to my first Michener Allen last Saturday. Left Lethbridge at 5:30 on less than an hour of sleep, all jacked up about potentially getting a sweet new ride, drove for 90 minutes through a neverending sea of fog that didn't let up all the way from Coalhurst to the Deerfoot/Macleod Trail turnoff. So the drive was poo poo, and then when I got there I realized I didn't bring a warm enough coat, food, or cash with which to buy food. gently caress. Had my heart set on the blacked-out 2007 G35 coupe that was listed as shiftable automatic but was actually standard, watched it roll up onto the lot, the auctioneer started at $10k, went down in $1000 increments until it hit $1k, and right as I was putting my number up to start the bidding some idiot shouted "Eight thousand dollars!" WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?! I mean, that's still a decent price, but for all he knew he could have been the only bidder and needlessly pissed $7000 away. I think it went for $9k+ but it was already out of my range at that point. At the same time I'm kicking myself for watching a 2003ish BMW 750li go for $4500 as the 2nd or 3rd car to roll up through the C bay, but I hadn't done ANY research on it in advance nor did I want to blow my load in the first five minutes of the day if it meant I'd miss my chance at the G35 being obtainable later on. My takeaway from this experience is holy gently caress I need to do some serious research next time and jump on a deal when I see one. In the back of my mind I hypothesize that if I can manage jump on a sweet deal every auction, flip it in the local market down here, and repeat that process five or six times until the classic car auction then maybe I could use the money I got flipping to fund a bitchin' old Trans Am.  All in all I had a good time and got to hang out with my long lost brother for the first time in both of our lives. It was kind of a surreal day.
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Handen posted:Had my heart set on the blacked-out 2007 G35 coupe that was listed as shiftable automatic but was actually standard, watched it roll up onto the lot, the auctioneer started at $10k, went down in $1000 increments until it hit $1k, and right as I was putting my number up to start the bidding some idiot shouted "Eight thousand dollars!" WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?! I mean, that's still a decent price, but for all he knew he could have been the only bidder and needlessly pissed $7000 away. I think it went for $9k+ but it was already out of my range at that point. Hilarious. That was my first auto auction too. Two Somalian mechanics in the front got into a penny-ante bidding war on an SX4 and then some random soccer dad hopped in on it for a car for his little girl with like a $2500 jump to his max budget, and ended up paying over loving Kijiji.
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Trip report: got out of bed at 0415, woke up the ol lady and got on the road at 445, fuel/coffee at Petrocan then headed south. Had to stop in the middle of Edmonton for a bank draft and wait until 1100 for the bank to open (on a Sunday) Edmonton to Linden was a nightmare. Waze GPS is a loving miracle and detoured me around a poo poo ton of accidents. The highway was frozen rain. I'm doing 100 with a 7000lb truck and a car hauler, and assholes are climbing up on my tail as we pass groups of 5 vehicles in the ditches. Made it to Linden, checked out the vehicle. A CTS4 with DI engine, sport suspension, performance brake package (14" rotors) and 20k lower miles than the ad stated. Paint is 8/10, interior 9/10. Had to make some ramps for the ramps and told the trailer deck by putting the truck axle up on ramps. Luckily I anticipated that ahead of time. Chaining it down wasn't so easy. The chains were meant for hauling a big loader so they ended up being way way too long, as well as the turnbuckle hook things. Ended up anchoring it with a single chain up front, backing up until it was tense then securing the rear with 2x 10,000lb ratchet straps. Took the back highways north bypassing red deer and Edmonton, to Mayerthorpe and then 43 home. 1500km, arrived at 1am or so. Averaged 21L/100km. Not bad for a 5.7L gasser towing 6500lbs.
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What's the best Bro Truck Accessory Haus to get retina searing auxiliary driving lights? Or am I better off looking online despite the dollar being complete garbage? My $30 princess auto lights aren't cutting it for gravel roads anymore unfortunately.
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Dec 17, 2015 18:28
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Fort Garry/Traction/Fleet Brake will be closer to online prices than to the bro-depots. PA has also picked up the Uni-Bond LED driving lights, but I'm not sure if they're priced better or worse than the HD part stores.
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1500quidporsche posted:What's the best Bro Truck Accessory Haus to get retina searing auxiliary driving lights? Or am I better off looking online despite the dollar being complete garbage? My $30 princess auto lights aren't cutting it for gravel roads anymore unfortunately. eBay has Cree knockoff lightbars out the wazoo.
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