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ExecuDork posted:Also, autotragic and I'm hoping to stay to 6 or fewer cylinders. Dude what? This is Alberta, one of the last vestiges of the VEE EIGHT. EMBRACE THE CULTURE AND FEEL THE RUMBLE. LET THE TORQUE PASS THROUGH YOU, AROUND YOU AND OVER YOU. MAY IT CLEANSE YOUR SOUL AND BRING YOU JOY.
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Slung Blade posted:Dude what? This is Alberta, one of the last vestiges of the VEE EIGHT. EMBRACE THE CULTURE AND FEEL THE RUMBLE. 8ender posted:However, 4k could probably swing you an older E34 5 series in good shape, and those cars are rad. Not a convertible but they're excellent grand tourers. The market in Alberta for 5-series looks very different from that for 3-series. Automatics galore, for one thing, and at sub-$5K there's a weird mix of E28, E34, and E39 http://www.kijiji.ca/v-cars-trucks/edmonton/1986-bmw-5-series-sedan/1134563626?enableSearchNavigationFlag=true http://www.kijiji.ca/v-cars-trucks/calgary/1998-bmw-540i-wagon/1143253458?enableSearchNavigationFlag=true http://www.kijiji.ca/v-cars-trucks/calgary/2000-bmw-5-series-m-package-sedan/1145769094?enableSearchNavigationFlag=true " Minor hail damage in the hood, roof and Trunck" EDIT: http://www.kijiji.ca/v-cars-trucks/strathcona-county/1990-bmw-525i-standard-trans-clean/1145436578?enableSearchNavigationFlag=true Oooooh.... shiny.... ExecuDork fucked around with this message at 16:28 on Mar 9, 2016 |
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 well, if v8's aren't allowed then I guess a 5 series would be a good solution. For the love of god though, don't get a big American car unless it has a v8 in it. A v6 mustang is right on the edge of what I'd consider acceptable, but they're a little less exciting to drive than their lighter European and Japanese competitors.gently caress it, buy this: http://www.kijiji.ca/v-cars-trucks/edmonton/rare-1993-lada-niva-1600-cabrio-for-sale/1144844920 DrakeriderCa fucked around with this message at 18:19 on Mar 9, 2016 |
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Mar 9, 2016 18:14
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DrakeriderCa posted:
Holy poo poo, that things amazing.
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Mar 9, 2016 21:03
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I saw that thing pop up in my initial searches, but with only one picture it's hard to figure out. I went looking with a GIS and besides some silly vehicles I worked out that the Lada Niva 1600 Cabrio is essentially the Russian answer to Jeep YJ / TJ - a small, tall 4x4 with a removable cloth top over the back half of the passenger area. That's not the kind of convertible I want, but it is very interesting. It also led me to The Budapest-Bamako Rally, which I'd never heard of before. New Life Goal added.
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Mar 9, 2016 22:25
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ExecuDork posted:EDIT: http://www.kijiji.ca/v-cars-trucks/strathcona-county/1990-bmw-525i-standard-trans-clean/1145436578?enableSearchNavigationFlag=true A bit ominous that the pics are of it on a lift but YES go look at that one. 5 speed, sport seats, looks like it has the snow package rear LSD (headlight sprayers). The M20 engine is going to be a slug but drat are they ever a classy ride.
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Mar 9, 2016 22:35
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I won't be in Alberta until end-April, but if it's still around (and yeah, pics-on-lift could be bad, neutral, or good) I'll certainly check it out.
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Cadillac sold, Teryx sold New race vehicle bought. http://imgur.com/a8hRYGS (Sorry, on the app can't do timg) Competing in Alberta triple crown and studs on ice winter series this year ! Normally I don't buy toys like this brand new but I got it cheaper out of the crate than they're selling for used on kijiji
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ExecuDork posted:I won't be in Alberta until end-April, but if it's still around (and yeah, pics-on-lift could be bad, neutral, or good) I'll certainly check it out. You need a V8 more than you need a 'vert: http://www.kijiji.ca/v-cars-trucks/edmonton/1994-bmw-540i/1145686094?enableSearchNavigationFlag=true
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Christ on His cross, great thread. 5'd the poo poo out of it. Brought me back to high school and first vehicles and Car Craft and 45 cents a litre gas at the Co-op. Here have a Nuclear Banana. Or Armored Dildo  Sorry for the potato quality pic. We couldn't convince the hoe driver to make the next logical step and put it in the bin. It would make sense considering how many times the thing has cratered. The owner is in a perpetual state of denial.
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Mar 11, 2016 06:22
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AB:AI - Where else can I look for 185/70R13 tires? I've checked every tire shop I can think of including Walmart. Cheapest ones I can find are $68/tire. Which isn't bad but still not great.
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Mar 11, 2016 23:37
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$68 is probably about as cheap as you're going to get without lucking out at wreckers or something. Oh hey look, it's time to get hosed up the rear end again! Time for the refineries to have  Maintenance all at the same time so prices can be up literally 50% in the past month.
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Mar 12, 2016 00:16
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yeah $68 is probably going to be the best you can get for 13s. There just simply isn't enough interest in that size. Maybe try finding tires and rims on kijiji that bolt up? If you find some OEM generic crap for $200 that gets it down to $50/tire.
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McTinkerson posted:AB:AI - Where else can I look for 185/70R13 tires? I've checked every tire shop I can think of including Walmart. Cheapest ones I can find are $68/tire. Which isn't bad but still not great. http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Kumho&tireModel=Solus+TA11&partnum=87TR3TA11&vehicleSearch=false&fromCompare1=yes $50USD each, so currency conversion and shipping will probably make them more expensive than those $68 you found.
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Thanks guys! I might try finding a set of used tires and wheels - but all of the date codes on anything in that size might put it in the same category as what's on the car already. In other news! Those that picked up their shiny and chrome toques might remember me mentioning where I got my work bench ends from. Well, my dad has six more for me. I have been instructed to not take less than a case of Sleeman's Honey Brown for each. Excpet for one since it has a broken caster. Back story: My father works for an air line. These have been end-of-lifed as of today and are to be sent off to be "destroyed".  Who wants one?
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Mar 12, 2016 03:51
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Dibs - all the dibs. I wonder if they'll fit in the Impreza.
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I'd like one please! I'll take two if there's a spare left over but I don't want to be greedy. So what do you need 13" tires for? A power wheels jeep?
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Alrighty, I have two more spoken for (outside of the thread). So that means that officially there's two left. One good one and one with the dead caster. Slung Blade, the 13" tires are for Cool Ranch and Sweet Chili Heat.
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Even though I would like one I literally have no idea what I would do with it. I might be able to score a caster for the one that is bad, but you'd need to get me some measurements and there is a good chance it would cost way more than what the whole thing is worth.
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I noticed some dude was selling a '64 Econoline for $1000 so I was like, I better click on that ad. Not disappointed. Seat Safety Switch fucked around with this message at 05:48 on Mar 13, 2016 |
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Mar 13, 2016 05:45
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slidebite posted:Even though I would like one I literally have no idea what I would do with it. You can have the one with the busted caster. It's yours. We'll figure out a way to get it down to you. I also unloaded the last one to someone else.
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Oh please no, I literally do not have room for one. Thanks though but I seriously don't. 
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McTinkerson posted:the 13" tires are for Cool Ranch and Sweet Chili Heat. Both cars have that awful 4x110 right? If you can find some 15" wheels I have a set of 195/45s I can sell you (but they're on 4x100 wheels right now) for a good bit cheaper than the 13" prices you're seeing.
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We got your absolutely-not-stolen-from-his-employer tires without getting shot McTinkerson. Dude was telling us, in great detail, about how he was just getting over a bout of lead poisoning from cutting up some pallets. We figure it's probably arsenic in the wood preservative or maybe formaldehyde poisoning, but we were too polite to argue the point to the end. Man that was undoubtedly the oldest trailer park I have ever been in, also one of the smallest; those homes looked like they were straight out of the fifties. It was actually pretty cool. The Celica makes a pretty sweet parts runner, we went all over the city today between your tires and trying to find bits we needed for SSSwitch's honda.
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Tommychu posted:Both cars have that awful 4x110 right? If you can find some 15" wheels I have a set of 195/45s I can sell you (but they're on 4x100 wheels right now) for a good bit cheaper than the 13" prices you're seeing. 4x100 wheels you say? In 15"?
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Seat Safety Switch posted:4x100 wheels you say? In 15"? Escort GT wheels, 54.1 hub bore so they'll fit your Miata but not your Civic (without some machining anyway)
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Slung Blade posted:The Celica makes a pretty sweet parts runner Liftback supremacy  
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Tommychu posted:Escort GT wheels, 54.1 hub bore so they'll fit your Miata but not your Civic (without some machining anyway) Hmm. I have a set of Acura 15s waiting for me in Edmonton but all I have for tires is my decade old pile of RT615 non-Ks. On my old Miata I had Escort winter wheels. At one point I think the rear brake freaked out and machined a perfect clearance ring on the inner spokes.
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Seat Safety Switch posted:Hmm. I have a set of Acura 15s waiting for me in Edmonton but all I have for tires is my decade old pile of RT615 non-Ks. Long story short, I got a set of used 185/65/15 tires for $40 from Acura civic. They seemed to be decent condition, if you're coming to Edm anyways I can take and post a closer look.
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That'd be nice if you don't want them. I'm also looking for 13s and 14s since I have two sets of wheels not yet beshod.
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Just how lovely are the cheapo "certified" Crappy Tire brake pads? Have to do the front pads on the father-in-laws Accord that they're getting rid of this sumer but I'd rather not something that's going to disintegrate first time they do an emergency stop
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Three and a half stars. Looks legit 
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Slung Blade posted:Three and a half stars. Looks legit "Stops the car 3.5 out of 5 times! That's over 70%!"
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1/2 price of the next-cheapest suggests a possibility to me: that the others are sold as pairs (i.e. both front brakes) but the cheapest are for one wheel only. Or, they could be legitimately 1/2 the price for the same overall thing. Crappy Tire is a big enough and long-lived enough company to avoid selling total garbage. They can't run away from a lawsuit if somebody installs brake pads with their brand name all over them and ends up crashing because the pads catastrophically failed. They probably last less than 1/2 as long as the next step up, but they'll probably stop the car as effectively until they wear out.
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Yeah I can't see any issue getting some cheese grade brake pads to summer unless your father in law plans on entering his accord into "Six Hours of Claresholm" or something.
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1500quidporsche posted:"Six Hours of Claresholm" Is that a thing? If not, can we make it a thing? That sounds like fun.
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Speaking of endurance racing, Chump Car is back at Castrol this year. However, enough racers in this province are babies so it's now two 12 hour races instead of one 24.
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Six hours of Claresholm would be what, 350 laps?
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If anyone's going to race and needs some crew, I'd love to help if I'm around. I've got a ton of tools.
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Seat Safety Switch posted:Six hours of Claresholm would be what, 350 laps? Last pre rally challenge for the TM2TW?
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