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Oh gently caress http://www.thelaughshopcalgary.com/event/norm-macdonald-exclusive-concert-presentation/
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slidebite posted:A co-workers's sister has an Elantra and bizarrely it keeps dumping fuel into the crankcase. It's a year old at this point, been in the shop for, no exaggeration, 6 months and they still can't fix it. Anecdotal I know, but between that and my old co-workers brand new Santa Fe needing a new long block within 30 days of delivery, I don't get the warm fuzzies with Hyundai. What about a Fiesta or Focus? They've seemed to be improving over the last 5 years, and from what I've seen their pricing isn't ridiculous.
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Yeah, they ruled out Ford for ~reasons~ Like I said, pretty sure they (more "she" to be fair) was just hoping to have me confirm which she wants. She wants a Fit, period. I did tell her at this stage just to wait until the 17s are out which is imminently. A 2016 right now is still full pop and it's a year old so no benefit at all for that.
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Yeah, gently caress that. Or buy a 16 when the 17's are on the lot and save decent $$ instead of paying MSRP (for the love of god never pay MSRP)
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CHILD TRICK OR TREAT CENSUS: I had 13 show up at my door. Seems down from last year. Best costume: A stay puff'd marshmallow man suit. Also I got a good cup and a half of seeds from my tiny pumpkin, they were nice and easily detached from the pulp, baked em up with a little olive oil, salt, and beef seasoning that I got from the Mexican grocer in Forrest lawn, awesome.
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CHILD TRICK OR TREAT CENSUS: 78, up from 35 last year. Actually ran out of Candy and had to resort to "expired" crispy kernels airplane snacks. Best costume: Don Hertzfeld's Rejected "My spoon is to big" Banana. Worn by an ~8 year old. Edit: The dad was carrying a giant spoon and the kid did not say "trick or treat", he stayed in character.
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slidebite posted:Yeah, they ruled out Ford for ~reasons~ What about the Mazda 3? Aside from it being slowish (for me) and FWD it's a fantastic car.
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McTinkerson posted:Best costume: Don Hertzfeld's Rejected "My spoon is to big" Banana. Worn by an ~8 year old. Dear god that's amazing
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Also, we closed the deal on the Tucson yesterday. I think we did well on pricing and got exactly what the wife wanted. I drove it to work yesterday and it isn't quite as nice as the Lincoln was but it's on warranty and it's a good size, with better fuel economy.
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^^ Congrats man. Hopefully you didn't lose your shirt on the Lincoln? Posted in the chat thread but yeah, 247 kids and I'm pretty sure I under-counted a few. Easy to miss some when you have 15+ kids at your door at once and you're just handing it out. Several fantastic costumes this year. Most memorable was a poop emoji, a little duffer dressed very well as Darth Vader with parents as Stormtroopers, and for questionable reasons a couple probably around 16ish year old girls were very memorable. Doorbell rings, open the door, and there stands a couple of 5'9"+ girls. One as Catwoman in an extremely tight form-fitting black plastic outfit that left nothing to the imagination and the other as Harley Quinn, with the same for fit of costume. These costumes could have come from a sex shop.  I'm sure all the moms answering the doors were impressed when dads walking by sprained their necks. Wrar posted:What about the Mazda 3? Aside from it being slowish (for me) and FWD it's a fantastic car. They thought it was larger than they wanted (compared to a Fit I suspect it is) and not as good visibility. The saleslady at Mazda was weird and touchy which was a turn off. If I was in the market though, I'd definitely want to take one out. A buddy of mine just bought one a couple months ago and loves it, although his got sideswiped in a hit & run in front of his house the day he bought it.
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16 kids last night. I hand out full bags of chips and crush soda. 2 per kid. They were battling frozen rain though. I have a pretty long driveway so I want to try doing some sort of Halloween gimmick next year. Problem is I want it to be scary. Like domestic abuse room, fetus collection in jars room, verbal assault behind locked prison door room etc. GP has a lot of fundy's around and I'd probably get protests.
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jonathan posted:They were battling frozen rain though. I have a pretty long driveway so I want to try doing some sort of Halloween gimmick next year. I bought a ton of the fake bloody hands and I drilled holes into them and stuck a flickering LED tea light inside. I place mine around the driveway, pointing towards the door. They're always enjoyed, and don't cost too much.
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No, you need legit scary things like student loans and positive pregnancy tests and oil pressure lights.
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Powershift posted:No, you need legit scary things like student loans and positive pregnancy tests and oil pressure lights. Bitch, I own SAABs. 
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slidebite posted:^^ Congrats man. Hopefully you didn't lose your shirt on the Lincoln? Nah, we did pretty well with it. Sold it for $23k. Bought it over a year ago for $24.5k. I'm pretty satisfied. Now the seed has been planted in the wife (no, not ~that~ seed) and I begin my countdown until Sports Car Time comes up.
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DrakeriderCa posted:
Remember your promise to the Pemberton towing company. 
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DrakeriderCa posted:Now the seed has been planted in the wife (no, not ~that~ seed) and I begin my countdown until Sports Car Time comes up. So what vintage of Porsche 924 are you getting?
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I can get you a FD RX-7 for cheap....(just saying). Edit: You should test drive the wife's RX-8, they're dirty cheap right now.
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Buy a nice bike man
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slidebite posted:Buy a nice bike man This is a good idea, buy this before I do: http://www.kijiji.ca/v-street-cruisers-choppers/st-albert/2007-aprilia-sxv550/1196828471?enableSearchNavigationFlag=true
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McTinkerson posted:I can get you a FD RX-7 for cheap....(just saying). How cheap. What condition. Would my rear end fit in it.
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Nov 1, 2016 23:08
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 It would appear Slung Blade has the disease too now, it's spreading.
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I sat in an FD once, and my legs were above the steering wheel. If i had one, i would probably have to remove the seat and sit on the floor.
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^^gently caress. You're not that much taller than I am, that doesn't fill me with hope.1500quidporsche posted:
What can I say man, FDs are sexy, sexy cars.
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Slung Blade posted:How cheap. I know of two series six JDM FD's that I could buy for under $5k since they're not running. Toss under $1000 of parts into them and flip for about $8-10k. Condition would be auction grade 3.5, chassis all have 100k+ km on them and the plastics would be getting a little brittle now. Both are original paint though so could be brought back to life pretty easily. For some odd reason, the Japanese love laquer resprays ( I'm told it's because due to the population density in the cities/entire country door dings and scratches are so common and a way of life that they just respray them cheaply all the time). One of them is a non-sunroof model, so you would fit after some low rise seat rails ($150) and a deep dish wheel. Edit: To expand on the non-running part. The FD's from Japan all need new engine wiring harnesses and vac lines. Rywire makes a direct replacement harness and a full vac line kit is under $200. I have done half a dozen of these now.
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Slung Blade posted:What can I say man, FDs are sexy, sexy cars. Don't do this
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Slung Blade posted:Remember your promise to the Pemberton towing company. Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha  slidebite posted:Buy a nice bike man Eh, I gave bikes a try and I don't trust my fellow drivers enough. Plus the future fun vehicle will be bought with joint account money, so I think the wife will want some seat time in it. And she really doesn't like bikes. Seat Safety Switch posted:Don't do this Don't listen to this guy Definitely do this
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Well, poo poo. I can't trust my left hand enough to drive a stick, it's too independent minded.
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Slung Blade posted:Well, poo poo. Yeah, LHD FD's start at 10k in Canada and that's for total basket cases. Edit: I can get DoritoPower to post a summary of his $11k LHD CDN FD (it's now a $20k FD after fixing everything). McTinkerson fucked around with this message at 16:29 on Nov 2, 2016 |
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DrakeriderCa posted:Eh, I gave bikes a try and I don't trust my fellow drivers enough. Plus the future fun vehicle will be bought with joint account money, so I think the wife will want some seat time in it. And she really doesn't like bikes. Enjoy! 
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Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh http://www.kijiji.ca/v-cars-trucks/edmonton/1980-triumph-tr7-convertible/1181270081
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I really appreciate the depth of misdirection when he says "leak". what leaks?. You ask. yes he replies.
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1500quidporsche posted:Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh  I know it's not fantastically rare or snowflake-special or anything, but at that price for that car I'd be on the phone right now if I was in AB. What I'm saying is: You know you want it. Buy it! Ignore the leak. Leaks are normal. Doesn't matter what's leaking. Just buy it. EDIT: And get winter tires for it, and a long scarf, and drive it all winter long with the top down.
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https://ca.news.yahoo.com/edmonton-driver-gets-seven-days-in-jail-for-travelling-122-kmh-in-school-zone-212237426.html Stupid gently caress quote:An Edmonton driver with a need for speed got an important lesson in patience after being caught travelling through a school zone at over four times the legal speed limit.
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For once, there WAS a cop around when needed. 120 in the oncoming lane through a school zone at mid-day, and he was caught. People are going to complain about the punishment - a week in jail plus a suspended driver's license for one year - but I'm OK with it. EDIT: I wonder if he's related to that Edmonton woman on the current season of Canada's Worst Driver who was called "A horrible person" by the host in the first episode?
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Euthanize, redistribute assets.
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1500quidporsche posted:Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Haha, if that's the one I'm thinking of, I drive past it on my way to the store regularly. If it is, it's in pretty good shape and at a nice house with some other enthusiast-y cars (WRX STI, etc).
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slidebite posted:I'll put a bug in her ear that you only want a 70s something British convertible and you'll only deny it because you're embarrassed. I'm not going to lie, there's a SBC-swapped MGB GT on Hemmings that I'd buy in a minute if i had $20k to blow on stupid poo poo
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DrakeriderCa posted:I'm not going to lie, there's a SBC-swapped MGB GT on Hemmings that I'd buy in a minute if i had $20k to blow on stupid poo poo The following is not stupid poo poo, especially since RX8's are $1500 with dead engines and JDM 13B-REW's are $1500. http://www.ebay.com/itm/CX-13B-Engi...=item2100eaac15
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