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Linux Nazi posted:Aren't they are like the original buy here / pay here dealership in phoneix? That isn't even a unique story, sadly. It's pretty common to have happen.
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Linux Nazi posted:Aren't they are like the original buy here / pay here dealership in phoneix? Same thing happened to me at Santa Monica Subaru in 03'. Except the rear end was demolished, bent frame, struts etc. Only noticed when it was on the rack for it's first oil change not done by me, at 14k miles. They ended up giving me a brand new 04' in exchange for my lawyer's business card.
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Dec 12, 2015 23:25
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I bought a truck when I was much younger (like 20'ish) from the Ford dealership that was on Camelback (don't recall what they were back then, it's changed, as I know it wasn't "Camelback Ford" which is what's there now). Years later when I knew a lot more about car buying and looked back at that paperwork, I realized that I got royally reamed on the deal. Their service department was poo poo too, I went there once for something unimportant that I can't even remember now and never went back.
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Dec 13, 2015 00:56
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Powershift posted:All your cars are ugly. The body looks okay so somebody did this by choice. That's just scary. Just guessing from the suspension layout, ball joints and curved lower front door that it's a Lada. So the arms would have probably been forged steel. They were either penniless and had the suspension stolen, or were going for a hellaflush look. In all fairness it's still more solid than some of the other stanced cars posted here.
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Dec 13, 2015 01:34
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Dec 13, 2015 13:40
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What is going on with that guy's butt?
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Dec 13, 2015 14:38
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The one in the back has five guys in it. The other one is lacking a belt or a butt to hold those jeans up. I speak from experience.
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Dec 13, 2015 14:58
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Tight pants, fat guy, he's wearing them low and all the extra material for the seat is bunching up there.
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Dec 13, 2015 16:48
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Cars are a reflection of their drivers; those pants are just hella flush.
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Dec 13, 2015 17:32
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Just looks like some quality bantz with the lads, I bet their gonna 'ave a cheeky nandos next.
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Dec 13, 2015 18:06
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 Why put a receiver on if it is mounted to the bumper?
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Dec 13, 2015 18:45
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Chevy probably ran the numbers and decided no one actually tows anything with their truck whose purchase was justified by claiming they could do so much work with it.
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Dec 13, 2015 18:48
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ReelBigLizard posted:A friend of a friend owns a couple of farms and the family is quite wealthy. When he needs a new landy he makes a point of turning up to the Land Rover dealership looking like Wurzel Gummidge, sitting in all the vehicles and acting like a thicko country bumpkin before paying for a brand new high spec defender in cash. Had something similar happen when I used to work for Bang & Olufsen. Scruffy chap walked in with his kid, muddy boots, scruffy clothes, the lot. I just assumed he was looking around as it was a pretty cool shop so I showed him all the fun stuff and he ended up spending £100k with us.
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Dec 13, 2015 23:07
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xzzy posted:Chevy probably ran the numbers and decided no one actually tows anything with their truck whose purchase was justified by claiming they could do so much work with it. Alternatively, whatever impact bent the bumper down also bent the hitch.
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Dec 13, 2015 23:16
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IOwnCalculus posted:Alternatively, whatever impact bent the bumper down also bent the hitch. My old Chevy work truck had a receiver hitch under the bumper. The hitch was attached to the frame via a bracket that was connected with a single through bolt. When the truck got rear-ended and the bumper bent down like that, the hitch bent down too, because the single bolt attachment point worked like a hinge. The bumper bent down like that for the same reason, it pretty much just swiveled/bent at the bolt attachment points on either side if I remember right.
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Dec 13, 2015 23:22
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Mercury Ballistic posted:
My Dad's first trip to New Mexico with his 20ft enclose bumper pull car hauler trailer did the same thing to the hitch on his 2007 1-ton Dodge. It happened when he made a panic stop in rush hour traffic. He also checked at a scale, and I remember he mentioned that he was approximately 2,000lbs overloaded. I think he specifically said the tongue weight limit was 8,000lbs and his tongue weight was 10,000lbs. Another contributing factor was that he had an aftermarket hitch installed which bolted to the frame but I remember he said something about there being two large holes in the frame which were somehow used by the stock hitch. Really owning a big useful trailer is it's own terrible car stuff. Since the trailer was not in constant usage, a family and close friends were allowed to burrow the trailer. The trailer got tons of use, it hauled a relatives belongings to NYC, towed a kit by plane from Maine to KS, a few trips to CA and FL. . . I'm not sure what kind of mental disorder my Dad has but he claims he really enjoys driving, he likes being out on the highway going down the road for hours on end, and he is not now nor has he ever been an over the road trucker. But the lovely part about owning a large bumper pull trailer is that everyone imaginable will try to burrow the drat thing, I still remember one day when a guy with a ranger thought he could use the trailer. . . To some extent, I have to admire U-Haul if only for the fact that their liability will attempt to prevent people from towing an over seized or over weight trailer. Instead they will just get a smaller, more dangerous piece of poo poo with a 55mph speed limit on the fenders. 
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Dec 13, 2015 23:50
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Crotch Fruit posted:I think he specifically said the tongue weight limit was 8,000lbs and his tongue weight was 10,000lbs. Uhh what? Is that supposed to be total trailer weight?
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Dec 13, 2015 23:54
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No, he had a couple of humvees on a bike rack.
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Dec 13, 2015 23:59
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That's what happens when something impacts the hitch and not the bumper. That's why i always get a kick out of those little reciever hitch bumpers. Save a $500 bumper and $50 bumper brackets by folding your frame
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Dec 14, 2015 00:13
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dissss posted:Uhh what? Is that supposed to be total trailer weight? I'm talking about poo poo that happened almost a decade ago the numbers are more than a little fuzzy in my memory. My point still remains, I know the tongue weight was well over the limit, not sure about the total trailer weight. Powershift posted:That's what happens when something impacts the hitch and not the bumper. That's why i always get a kick out of those little reciever hitch bumpers. I find it difficult to see this a stupid idea. Yeah it would suck if you hit anything with the step but hitting anything in a vehicle usually ends badly. In my opinion,the worst part about is just the lower step looks really ugly. Then again, everything I know about hitches I learned from my Dad who bent the frame on his new truck while towing a trailer. 
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Dec 14, 2015 00:44
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Crotch Fruit posted:I find it difficult to see this a stupid idea. Yeah it would suck if you hit anything with the step but hitting anything in a vehicle usually ends badly. In my opinion,the worst part about is just the lower step looks really ugly. Then again, everything I know about hitches I learned from my Dad who bent the frame on his new truck while towing a trailer. It's a stupid idea because the entire point of a bumper is to absorb a collision without damaging an important part of the vehicle. Bumpers can easily be replaced. With this system, you protect the non-structural plastic cladding on your bumper by diverting the force directly into the vehicle's frame.
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Dec 14, 2015 00:49
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Crotch Fruit posted:I'm talking about poo poo that happened almost a decade ago the numbers are more than a little fuzzy in my memory. My point still remains, I know the tongue weight was well over the limit, not sure about the total trailer weight. The reciever hitch it slides into is bolted straight to the bottom of the frame, and hangs down about 6 inches providing whatever hits it the torque to bend th eframe. . Your regular truck bumper has mounts built to deform and is usually in a direct line with the frame meaning you'll bend parts that bolt on, instead of having to straighten the frame of the truck. If it's a 88-98 chevy, it basically turns a $100 fender bender into a write-off, because where the frame will bend is between the cab and the box. 
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Dec 14, 2015 00:55
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Powershift posted:
The more I read your posts the more I like you. And we have a plow company across the street from the shop I work in. There whole fleet consists of that era chevys. And it is hilarious how lovely the frame is in that model. Also from the plowing the front frame cracks almost yearly. And I keep hoping one of the idiots who drive there trucks snaps the frame like that from ramming the plow too hard.
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Dec 14, 2015 03:42
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If you are backing into poo poo with enough force to fold the vehicle in half (not sure how a lift failure pic is even relevant here but whatever) then I don't think a step hitch will make much difference. I doubt the thing is even made strong enough to not break off under impact.
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Dec 14, 2015 03:50
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88h88 posted:Had something similar happen when I used to work for Bang & Olufsen. Scruffy chap walked in with his kid, muddy boots, scruffy clothes, the lot. I just assumed he was looking around as it was a pretty cool shop so I showed him all the fun stuff and he ended up spending £100k with us. Gotta be careful about that around here, people with money here take pride in looking scruffy. I'm too lazy for that though, when I was shopping for a DD I brought the Viper instead of the old 300D. Instant car dealership cred, better or worse, cargo shorts and all...
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Dec 14, 2015 03:55
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Not a [temporary] plate you get from a dealer, a plate a dealer has to ferry vehicles back to the lot. Nice try though.
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Dec 14, 2015 04:30
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glyph posted:Not a [temporary] plate you get from a dealer, a plate a dealer has to ferry vehicles back to the lot. That's basically the same plate I got on my bike until my plates got sent to me.
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Dec 14, 2015 04:55
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iwentdoodie posted:That's basically the same plate I got on my bike until my plates got sent to me. Yes, that's a temporary plate. Not to be confused with a dealer plate.
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Dec 14, 2015 07:01
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Powershift posted:That's what happens when something impacts the hitch and not the bumper. That's why i always get a kick out of those little reciever hitch bumpers. I support these things because it means they aren't punching a hole in my door/radiator/whatever with the ball hitch that's never been removed when they back into me in the parking lot.
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Dec 14, 2015 09:39
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Powershift posted:If it's a 88-98 chevy, it basically turns a $100 fender bender into a write-off, because where the frame will bend is between the cab and the box. Caught in mid-transforming.
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Dec 14, 2015 13:27
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iwentdoodie posted:That's basically the same plate I got on my bike until my plates got sent to me. A dealer plate is a plate that a dealer attaches to vehicles they haven't sold yet but need to go on public roads for things like test drives, dealer swaps, etc. For cars they often live in a plastic sleeve and usually hang from a closed trunk.
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Dec 14, 2015 14:24
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Mister Kingdom posted:Caught in mid-transforming. Looks more like a dog when it's trying to poop, hope they put newspaper down 
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Dec 14, 2015 17:07
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GutBomb posted:A dealer plate is a plate that a dealer attaches to vehicles they haven't sold yet but need to go on public roads for things like test drives, dealer swaps, etc. For cars they often live in a plastic sleeve and usually hang from a closed trunk. Most of the ones I've seen are rubber coated magnets attached at the plate holes
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Dec 14, 2015 18:59
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PCOS Bill posted:Most of the ones I've seen are rubber coated magnets attached at the plate holes When I worked at a dealership I always screwed the plates into the mounting bracket. Day 1 I was told that if they were lost for any reason, then it's entirely my fault and my problem, and I'm on my own if they fall off. Day 2 someone's magnetic plate holder fell off. They spent 14 hours looking for the plate.
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Dec 14, 2015 19:14
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xALes2DVuk Not sure how well you can tell it in the video, but that spare had a good 6" of side to side wobble. They were still going 30mph down the road though.
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Dec 15, 2015 14:59
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88h88 posted:Had something similar happen when I used to work for Bang & Olufsen. Scruffy chap walked in with his kid, muddy boots, scruffy clothes, the lot. I just assumed he was looking around as it was a pretty cool shop so I showed him all the fun stuff and he ended up spending £100k with us. I went to take a look at a Cayman at a Porsche dealer, wearing my usual attire of t-shirt, trainers and not especially tidy jeans. After a good chat, the salesman said it's people dressed like me that are the ones that actually spend money, it's the ones who come in suited and booted and giving it all that who never actually put their hands in their pockets at all. Ended up letting me take the car to do what I wanted with for a few hours, no questions asked - and I'm now constantly invited to their open evenings and new car launches and things. I think it's the attitude rather than the look that gets you results. On the other end of the scale, I went to take a look at some Audis with a friend who had £20k cash pretty much ready to spend on something used, and the attitude of the dealers was awful - constantly reminding us that 'these are premium vehicles' and implying that we'd never be able to even consider one of his precious cars, despite the used ones going for around £14-16k. Ended up going next door and spending a little more on a nearly new BMW purely because their salesmen weren't dickheads.
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Dec 15, 2015 15:59
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How far would you go to spite a dealer, though? Yea, I went into the Ferrari dealership but they were dicks so I bought a used Lada off a guy in a 7-11 parking lot. gently caress you Ferrari!
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Dec 15, 2015 17:29
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fyodor posted:How far would you go to spite a dealer, though? Yea, I went into the Ferrari dealership but they were dicks so I bought a used Lada off a guy in a 7-11 parking lot. gently caress you Ferrari! If you've got Ferrari money to throw around, you could buy a couple of Ladas and leave them in the Ferrari parking lot to bring down property values just for kicks.
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Dec 15, 2015 17:35
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If I had new-Ferrari money to burn I would just convert my tractor manufacturer into a sports car manufacturer. That'll show you fuckers.
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Seat Safety Switch posted:If I had new-Ferrari money to burn I would just convert my tractor manufacturer into a sports car manufacturer. That'll show you fuckers. http://bringatrailer.com/2015/01/04/baby-bull-1955-lamborghini-dl25-tractor/ http://www.curbsideclassic.com/automotive-histories/porsche-lamborghini-and-field-marshall-cc-does-powerland-steam-up/
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