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MustardFacial posted:They are all solid people, but yeah none of them are super mechanically inclined. "Sell me on disc brakes"  You have a dumb friend. In other news, I made black beans and rice with andouille for dinner and it's so drat tasty.
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MY TABLES, AGAIN! E: New page. Tables fine. Never mind. 
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literally a fish posted:MY TABLES, AGAIN! something something, goons, something. 
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Apr 8, 2016 02:50
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lmao. sell me on disc brakes, this is the year 1969 right?
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Apr 8, 2016 02:52
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How is $16,000 for a used Sonic rental? I realize you're in the Canadian market but that's what I'd pay for a new one here in the U.S.
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Apr 8, 2016 03:00
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CharlesM posted:How is $16,000 for a used Sonic rental? I realize you're in the Canadian market but that's what I'd pay for a new one here in the U.S. Everything costs 10-20% more in British Columbia. I don't know why, it just does.
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Apr 8, 2016 03:15
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MustardFacial posted:Everything costs 10-20% more in British Columbia. I don't know why, it just does. Yeah, I figured, still, I feel like dealers will be greedy no matter where and probably asking way too much. Anyway the cool thing is Consumer Reports rates it average reliability and it has surprisingly good safety test scores from IIHS including the small-offset test. My experience with one as a rental a few years ago was it was much better than I expected.
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CharlesM posted:Yeah, I figured, still, I feel like dealers will be greedy no matter where and probably asking way too much. The thing is a lovely tin box with a gauge cluster from a motorcycle. Even so, try not to buy a former rental car. Yeah, it's low milage so potential damage is limited, but rental cars take more abuse than just neglect.
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CharlesM posted:How is $16,000 for a used Sonic rental? I realize you're in the Canadian market but that's what I'd pay for a new one here in the U.S. Holy poo poo, yeah. I just looked it up and a 2017 LT Automatic starts at $17,545 or $18,145, depending on whether you're getting a sedan or hatchback. Is this guy not car saavy and bad with money? Doesn't look like the Canadian equivalent is that much more.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2evIg-aYw8
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i don't get the context but i agree
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Enourmo posted:i don't get the context but i agree I'd really like a higher bitrate copy than the 128kb/s version posted on blizzard's website in 2000 . I'd try extracting the game audio but my disc literally broke (they can do that?  )
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Magnus Praeda posted:"Sell me on disc brakes" A chevy sonic does not need rear disc brakes.
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Apr 8, 2016 04:58
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I drive a 13 and 14 Sonic hatchback sometimes for work. My only real complaint is that it's slow to respond to acceleration. Feels like the car can't decide what to do when I hit the gas. I might consider one for a DD if it were a manual (and that cleared up this issue).
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Apr 8, 2016 05:05
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Yeah but I don't feel like I would pay $16,000 for one, US or Canadian.
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Apr 8, 2016 05:07
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Hey we get those here! I don't know what they're like reliability-wise but they're miserably cheap-feeling to drive and on the inside.
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CharlesM posted:Yeah but I don't feel like I would pay $16,000 for one, US or Canadian. Oh, no. Definitely not.
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If you're considering a sonic, consider a mazda 2 instead. They also have no resale value. Good thing I plan to drive mine into the ground.
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nm posted:A chevy sonic does not need rear disc brakes. That was for a different car. I think he was looking at an Elantra, or a civic or something at the time.
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MustardFacial posted:That was for a different car. I think he was looking at an Elantra, or a civic or something at the time. Honestly, they probably don't either, though they have gotten a lot fatter and larger. Somewhere in the 3000lb tange is probably where it starts to matter in anon-performance car. Rear drums are pretty decent unless you're in a situation where you're really worried about fade as they last for loving ever.
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loving hell, today was rough. My good buddy found out that his pregnant girlfriend might not be carrying his child. He's a huge ball of hosed up feelings now.
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Apr 8, 2016 06:38
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Rhyno posted:loving hell, today was rough. My good buddy found out that his pregnant girlfriend might not be carrying his child. He's a huge ball of hosed up feelings now. sorry about that
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Mom's Avalon is coming up on 150k, and the dealer had originally talked her into doing the timing belt at 70k ( ). It's pissing oil pretty bad from the cam seals + front crank seal. Pretty drat sure they didn't change any seals; they definitely didn't replace the spark plugs that they charged her for, and she got it back pouring oil from the valve covers and with a squealing belt (the belt took 3 trips to fix, and they refused to fix the valve cover leaks; gently caress the dealer).I'm assuming oil hitting the timing belt is A Bad Thing, right? Between the oil leaks and the overall (lack of) quality of work that was done by the dealer, I'd rather play it safe and get it done a bit early. Her birthday is coming up (next month), and she wants to drive the S.S. Leaks A Lot until the wheels fall off (and if she decides not to, I'll probably wind up buying it from her, so either way, it's something that'll be taken care of properly). I was thinking of dropping the cash to get the timing belt/water pump/seals done. I just have no idea what that job costs these days, especially on a V6 that requires removing the upper intake manifold. So yeah, if anyone has a ballpark number for what it'll cost to do a timing belt service on a 1MZ-FE..  or at least knows what book labor for the job is. It's going to a shop for this, I don't trust myself to do a timing belt on this thing.
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I think my car has gremlins. First the wipers started acting up, when I try to turn them off they just keep going to 12-15 wipes and then stop randomly. And this morning, the check engine light was on and the throttle response is all to poo poo. I'm gonna go pick up an ODB bluetooth adapter after work and see what's up. Ah, the joys of French car ownership  I think I know what's up with the wipers, apparently the relay they used is known to have bad solder joints that fail after some years of normal vibration from driving around. I can fix that myself quite easily, unfortunately the relay is buried in the dash somewhere. I'm much more worried about the check engine light. E: Apparently it's completely impossible to find a diagram of the engine compartment fusebox on a Peugeot 406. I just want to know what each relay in the box actually does, but nooooooo, that's classified information for whatever loving reason
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InitialDave posted:I know that in the UK, strobe lighting installed in a club etc is limited to a frequency of 4Hz. Whilst you are correct (and I should also add that warning signs need to be posted at the entrances), I can say with certainty that 95% of clubs either do not know this, or don't care! Most professional strobes can run continuously at up to 25Hz on a 50Hz supply, and they often do, for extended periods. I was once told "use the strobes in moderation. No more than 55 seconds of strobe in every m'nute!"
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Biodome posted:I used to work security at a data center in Seattle that was like that. I had access to the whole thing and had to escort the technicians everywhere. It was so loud in those rooms with the servers. and hot. Looked like some matrix poo poo, though. It was cool. I built a data center a few years ago and I go into two giant cable company head end server rooms for my new job.almost every day. poo poo is insane.
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literally a fish posted:Sir, I don't mean to be rude, but it sounds like you need a higher quality of friend Biodome posted:I used to work security at a data center in Seattle that was like that. I had access to the whole thing and had to escort the technicians everywhere. It was so loud in those rooms with the servers. and hot. Looked like some matrix poo poo, though. It was cool.
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Some idiot managed to make it down the highway with his dump bed up this morning until he found that Mr. Overpass wasn't willing to budge for him. How do you gently caress up this badly?
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literally a fish posted:Sir, I don't mean to be rude, but it sounds like you need a higher quality of friend
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InitialDave posted:Given that our sliding scale of "how good are these friends?" has to incorporate half of Rhyno's acquaintances, he's definitely not doing that badly. In this case it's one of the best people I've ever known. I'm very worried he's going to do something terrible if the kid isn't his. Like fall back into his drinking habits from a decade ago. It's entirely on her, her excuses are total bullshit and she gets no sympathy.
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Rhyno posted:In this case it's one of the best people I've ever known. I'm very worried he's going to do something terrible if the kid isn't his. Like fall back into his drinking habits from a decade ago. It's entirely on her, her excuses are total bullshit and she gets no sympathy. I had a friend have this happen to him. Only he found out in the hospital after it was born and clearly a Latin baby. Even though him and his girlfriend were white. Last I talked to him he had sunken deep into the bottle and lives in the sketchiest apartments in town.
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SouthsideSaint posted:I had a friend have this happen to him. Only he found out in the hospital after it was born and clearly a Latin baby. Even though him and his girlfriend were white. Last I talked to him he had sunken deep into the bottle and lives in the sketchiest apartments in town. Although I'd be distraught that my wife had cheated, I probably would still take care of the child. Its not the kids fault, and I'm not going to ruin an innocents life for the crimes of my wife/girlfriend. I like kids too, so that helps.
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Well that's encouraging
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nm posted:If you're considering a sonic, consider a mazda 2 instead. If anybody buys a normal car for potential resale value, they're buying it for all the wrong reasons. I also buy mine to drive into the ground.
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I wasn't planning on selling the Mazda2, but it was a Great Car.
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keykey posted:If anybody buys a normal car for potential resale value, they're buying it for all the wrong reasons. I also buy mine to drive into the ground. This, I've never understood buying for resale value unless its like a collectors car or something.
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CommieGIR posted:This, I've never understood buying for resale value unless its like a collectors car or something. Responsible Automotive ADD? "I'll probably get bored of this in a year or two, but should be able to sell it for a reasonable price..." Probably works better in places where cars don't rust out in 2 years.
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Pham Nuwen posted:Responsible Automotive ADD? "I'll probably get bored of this in a year or two, but should be able to sell it for a reasonable price..." Meh. Half of the times, they still are not worth the value they claim to hold due to maintenance costs.
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Even in rust free States such as CA it still doesn't work. A car will lose value that's all there is to it. Obviously there are certain exceptions such as real collectors vehicles and not that hella sweet Harley Davidson edition Ford your uncle just bought to show he's a rebel. Cars are like computer components, you buy them because they're a good deal at the moment and it's something you really want. However, you know full well the moment you use it, it will decrease in value.
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Rhyno posted:In this case it's one of the best people I've ever known. I'm very worried he's going to do something terrible if the kid isn't his. Like fall back into his drinking habits from a decade ago. It's entirely on her, her excuses are total bullshit and she gets no sympathy. keykey posted:Even in rust free States such as CA it still doesn't work. A car will lose value that's all there is to it. Obviously there are certain exceptions such as real collectors vehicles and not that hella sweet Harley Davidson edition Ford your uncle just bought to show he's a rebel. Cars are like computer components, you buy them because they're a good deal at the moment and it's something you really want. However, you know full well the moment you use it, it will decrease in value. Buying cars for investment is silly. Buying cars you like with half an eye on the fact they might hold their value well is perfectly sensible. And if you're completely and utterly wrong with your prediction, you still own something you like.
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