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Collateral Damage posted:Related, but the wrong thread for this: There is a company in my home town that professionally rebuilt Saabs into flatbeds, mainly for rallycrossers and other amateur level racers. Or at least used to be, I don't know if they're still active. If I'm not mistaken he (it's basically a one man show) just makes rear chassis these days for others to build with.
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Yu-Gi-Ho! posted:Those are some impressively strong trunk struts or springs or whatever. I think it's motorized...
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spog posted:There's a major car parts company (https://www.eurocarparts.com ) that constantly emails me 30% off coupons for online, both delivery and click and reserve. I had a similar experience buying a jack, then I stopped using them when I got the wrong brake shoes 4 times. I had to put the car back together each time and drive back, I was nearly incoherent with rage the 4th time.
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Powershift posted:Horribly unsafe, but still kinda rad.  there was a really clean Integra like this on craigslist recently, looked like a mini Ute
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Colostomy Bag posted:I never really understood that reasoning. Advance Auto and probably Autozone does it too. I was amazed Advance did the 20% offer on a car battery. The company needs to make online sales high so they look competitive versus Amazon, Rockauto etc. The goal is to use the advantage of having inventory local and pump those online sale orders. Yes it’s dumb. Be happy you’re smart enough to save 20%.
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StormDrain posted:The company needs to make online sales high so they look competitive versus Amazon, Rockauto etc. The goal is to use the advantage of having inventory local and pump those online sale orders. Yes it’s dumb. Be happy you’re smart enough to save 20%. Whenever someone comes into my Advance to buy something moderately expensive (like over $100), I ask if they have an extra 10 minutes to spare. If they do, I tell them to order it online for in-store pick-up, since it'll save 15-25%. At the end of the day idgaf about sales or whatever, a happy customer is a returning customer.
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Collateral Damage posted:Related, but the wrong thread for this: There is a company in my home town that professionally rebuilt Saabs into flatbed The SAAB dealer in my hometown had a couple of these, both built from 9000s. Never looked too closely under one but they seemed solid. The terrible car stuff was the brand new 9-5 sitting on it that had broken down. They did deal in used cars too, though. (I'm solidly assuming you too are Swedish, everywhere else this would probably be seen as insanity)
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My mother has a Kia Sorento. Today while airing up her tires, I noticed the door tag, and compared it to that of my own Kia Amanti. Turns out my sedan is rated for 50lb more GVWR than the midsize SUV. And hers was built in Georgia (presumably the American one) and mine says "built in Korea"
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Kurieg posted:Who wants to watch cars self destruct for 20 minutes? There's an awful lot of oil drain plugs being liberated to release a torrent of water in this video. Memento fucked around with this message at 06:39 on Jan 8, 2018 |
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Water is technically a lubricant
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The Door Frame posted:Water is technically a lubricant Yeah but have you ever tried jerking off in the shower without using conditioner? Yikes.
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My girlfriend’s 2016 GLI got hit in traffic (guy in a Corolla with flybynite insurance tried to make a left turn in front of her in a residential area) about eight months ago. Needed a new hood, front fascia, driver side fender, a new wheel, and a new door skin for the drivers door. Work was done by the VW dealer. Fast forward to last week. She was getting in the car, and realized that her Jetta GLI has a GTI badge on the driver side, now. Dealerships are always terrible car stuff, but in this case, so are we. 
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This car is not Terrible Car Stuff, but Doug's review is, as always. Behold the Lamborghini Jarama (which I didn't know existed, and it's beautiful!). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gH65wZfN62k I usually groan a lot when watching Doug's videos but this is just hilarious. "The radio is not in the center console, it's a whole other place." (it's in the center console). What the weird light in the gauge cluster is I don't know but I guess handbrake and indicator and something else?
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MrYenko posted:My girlfriend’s 2016 GLI got hit in traffic (guy in a Corolla with flybynite insurance tried to make a left turn in front of her in a residential area) about eight months ago. Needed a new hood, front fascia, driver side fender, a new wheel, and a new door skin for the drivers door. Work was done by the VW dealer. Only way that story could be made better is if you saw a pic of the car on the internet and thought "another fake badge car" then realizing it was yours.
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Night Danger Moose posted:Whenever someone comes into my Advance to buy something moderately expensive (like over $100), I ask if they have an extra 10 minutes to spare. If they do, I tell them to order it online for in-store pick-up, since it'll save 15-25%. At the end of the day idgaf about sales or whatever, a happy customer is a returning customer.  Advance is p much giving you10%-25% off just to use their lovely site, and they lose ~2% of the transaction price if you pay with PayPal. This is sensible, because buttcrackmenace fucked around with this message at 16:26 on Jan 8, 2018 |
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What % are they losing in transaction fees when you use a credit or debit card in either online or local? The same probably.
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Controversial opinion: Doug is fine.
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GutBomb posted:Controversial opinion: Doug is fine.
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Dave Inc. posted:I love how everything about the Jarama is suddenly perfectly okay as soon as he steps on the gas. Isn't that Italian cars in a nutshell?
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buttcrackmenace posted:Advance is p much giving you10%-25% off just to use their lovely site, and they lose ~2% of the transaction price if you pay with PayPal. Honestly they already make such obscene profits on most of the stuff they sell in-store - the whole business model of parts stores now seems to be "screw the guy who needs it now" - that a 25% discount to remain competitive with online retailers probably means they're just making normal profit levels on online sales.
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GutBomb posted:Controversial opinion: Doug is fine. 
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JazzmasterCurious posted:This car is not Terrible Car Stuff, but Doug's review is, as always. Behold the Lamborghini Jarama (which I didn't know existed, and it's beautiful!). I've seen one of these in person. Here in Seattle there is a semi-private garage that stores one. It's in tip top shape and regularly driven by an old woman; who appearently owns one of the hotel skyscrapers here. From the garage I was at, they said there were only about 5 of these left. Not sure how credible that is but still an interesting oddball.    
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Solar Coaster posted:I've seen one of these in person. Here in Seattle there is a semi-private garage that stores one. It's in tip top shape and regularly driven by an old woman; who appearently owns one of the hotel skyscrapers here. From the garage I was at, they said there were only about 5 of these left. Not sure how credible that is but still an interesting oddball. Exactly how many BTTF-inspired purchases are in this garage?
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Solar Coaster posted:I've seen one of these in person. Here in Seattle there is a semi-private garage that stores one. It's in tip top shape and regularly driven by an old woman; who appearently owns one of the hotel skyscrapers here. From the garage I was at, they said there were only about 5 of these left. Not sure how credible that is but still an interesting oddball. As the owner of an 88 Toyota 4x4, I was like cool, nice, cool, then I saw the Bttf truck...gently caress YEAH
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I think it is cool that Lambo made the LM002 SUV. Then you have to read the story of the Lambo Cheetah. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamborghini_Cheetah Which is how the LM002 was named. Good read. You all need to read the Lambo forum on fchat. I think the best one was stuffing their V12 for hydroplane racing.
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eyebeem posted:Exactly how many BTTF-inspired purchases are in this garage? Only two. But there were tons of great cars. I'll post them in the Awesome AI thread later. 
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Solar Coaster posted:Only two. But there were tons of great cars. I'll post them in the Awesome AI thread later. Oh man... I want that Truck so bad! 
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I didn't even really understand that cars could be cool when that movie came out and I instantly wanted that truck. It's just so drat perfect.
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buttcrackmenace posted:Advance is p much giving you10%-25% off just to use their lovely site, and they lose ~2% of the transaction price if you pay with PayPal. Oh, they take paypal? Awesome, that means my paycheck to paycheck rear end can order parts the day before I get paid, since paypal ACH transactions take 2 days to hit my account if I order after 3pm. (my bank also doesn't hit me with a NSF fee for declined ACH, they just send a bitchy email - I only get hit with NSF fees if the account is overdrawn >24 hours, or if a paper check goes boing).InitialDave posted:I'll wait for STR's opinion on that. No. No. NO. OH gently caress NO.  The framed photo of Demuro I sent to my santee was because I found a post explaining how he couldn't stand Demuro's voice, not because I like Demuro (hence why I tried to find an obnoxious photo).Even if he was decent looking (he's... not disfigured, he's not horribly ugly, but he's not good looking either), that voice... it's not a nope. it's gently caress NOPE. Throw in the serious lack of knowledge of poo poo he's talking about, and it's a... uh, well, I won't say it, Lowtax has had enough visits from law enforcement. GnarlyCharlie4u posted:keep going... DAT YOTA 
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Yu-Gi-Ho! posted:Oh, they take paypal? Yep. And in my case the core charge was refunded to my account the same day.
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StormDrain posted:What % are they losing in transaction fees when you use a credit or debit card in either online or local? The same probably.
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Yu-Gi-Ho! posted:No. No. NO. OH gently caress NO. slidebite posted:That's something a lot of people don't think of. Credit cards, especially premium rewards cards, have surprisingly large merchant fees. Sometimes 3%+
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Does anywhere outside the US take American Express? I remember years ago seeing "We do NOT take American Express!" everywhere. At this point I feel it's just common knowledge it's not a thing.
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I used mine in the UK in 2016 because they didn't screw me on currency rates. However I did have to be picky about where I tried to buy anything.
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A lot of places in Australia will, but you'll also often see notices up saying that they add a surcharge. From what I can tell, it's not because Amex is an overseas card, most places will take cards from anywhere in the world if they have Visa or Mastercard on them, but because of how lovely the company is to deal with.
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