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I know a lot of guys have been able to just plug and play with OBS powerstrokes. The van should still have an ODB II connector under the dash. Also, if your steel is that haggard, the plywood is probably pretty bad too. At this point you might have load bearing carpet.
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MrOnBicycle posted:What's wrong with getting an LS? On par with the Germans in terms of luxury and comfort, but without poo poo breaking all the time. I'd take it over a Jeep every day. I think comfort is very underrated. Nothing beats getting out of a car after hours of driving without feeling tired. Meanwhile in my little Alfa, I get "tired" after driving for 40min on the motorway. In a newer V70 I could drive for 8 hours (with a quick bathroom stop) straight, and arrive without feeling more tired than if I'd flown there. Having just picked up an 18 year old GS300 purely to pilfer the engine I'm having second thoughts. The car is just incredibly comfortable to waft about in compared to my other car... £350 for a luxurious ride with electronic everything. Madness. It needs £80 of upper control arms and some tyres and it'll fly through the MOT.
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Powershift posted:The good ol' "if you can't see it, we ain't paintin it" method of body construction. FORScan Lite application was developed specially for a computer diagnostic of Ford, Mazda, Lincoln and Mercury vehicles. Is there a version of this for a Dodge Durango?
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Xy Hapu posted:Call me spoiled but pre-OBDII were some dark, dark days, lit intermittently only by the morse code of a hundred million haunted check engine lights. Some powerful poetry right here. 
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Hey I'm ultra-excited so Ima crosspost till my eyes bleed      Granted I won't have it in my possession for a couple months at least but hey! I finally got an AZ-1 and for much, much less than I should have.
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Holy gently caress thats awesome! I picked up my new car today:   It is a 2018 i30n in Clean Slate. Loving it so far - only 110km on the clock.
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Apr 24, 2018 11:37
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Great car, and that's the best colour for it! Congrats!
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Apr 24, 2018 11:49
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KakerMix posted:Hey I'm ultra-excited so Ima crosspost till my eyes bleed Holy cow, that's cool, congratulations! I'm actually curious to know what the odds of a goonsize person fitting in one of those is.
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KakerMix posted:Hey I'm ultra-excited so Ima crosspost till my eyes bleed Pretty cool. TE37's are a nice add on, not cheap wheels. It looks like there's rust on the underside on the frame rails, but hard to tell from the always terribly grainy pics from across the pond.  Also is there trim missing from the rear bumper? I realize that's an aftermarket muffler but you can still see way more of it than I would imagine is normal. Suburban Dad fucked around with this message at 13:04 on Apr 24, 2018 |
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Apr 24, 2018 13:02
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KakerMix posted:Hey I'm ultra-excited so Ima crosspost till my eyes bleed Your greatest acquisition yet. Read up on this thing for an hour after seeing the first pics of yours. Perfectly rad auto, grats.
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Larrymer posted:Pretty cool. TE37's are a nice add on, not cheap wheels. It looks like there's rust on the underside on the frame rails, but hard to tell from the always terribly grainy pics from across the pond. There is a plate that has a punched-through 'AUTOZAM' that's supposed to go down on the rear that hides the exhaust. Now it looks like it says 'AZ-1' on the muffler itself. It does look like rust on the frame rails and the inspector mentioned some on the underside as well. I expected this but mechanically it's in great shape. I expect terrible things in the interior style-wise. For goon-size I'm the wrong person to test that as I am a svelte guy that tops out at 5'10" and I expect to fit perfectly. I got this for a hair over 5000 bucks, even with whatever problems it might have it'll be worth it.
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Apr 24, 2018 14:33
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Holy poo poo, that is awesome.
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So cool.
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Can you share how much you paid at auction for the AZ-1 and maybe how much it'll be once you have it shipped and paperwork taken care of? I want one so bad.
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KakerMix posted:For goon-size I'm the wrong person to test that as I am a svelte guy that tops out at 5'10" and I expect to fit perfectly. I didn't watch the RCR guy review it and I don't think he's huge, but he supposedly had to drive barefoot because it's that tiny in the pedal area.
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MetaJew posted:Can you share how much you paid at auction for the AZ-1 and maybe how much it'll be once you have it shipped and paperwork taken care of?  $5120 at auction. I generally put another 3k on top of whatever I buy to have it in my driveway, titled and tagged. Marine insurance and transport is put into that $3k buffer but this time since the AZ-1 is so tiny it's only going to cost me $586 dollars to ship the whole thing from Japan (usually Tokyo) to Jacksonville, Florida. Normally it is at least $800 for a kei van. It's going to need some work also, but that's par for the course in doing this. I assume it will need new tires also. Larrymer posted:I didn't watch the RCR guy review it and I don't think he's huge, but he supposedly had to drive barefoot because it's that tiny in the pedal area. We'll see once it gets here in 2~ months and I'll do a full report. I expect great things though.
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  2006 Dodge Durango SLT 4x4, 4.7L V8. Just replaced the tires today so that wheel gap in the second pic is no longer there with 270's on.  I bought this truck for $1000 from my friend who got a new truck, and left this sitting with a broken fuel pump in his driveway for 6 months. For the price of a new fuel pump, I got this back on the road and it's been surprisingly reliable. The big joke? 230,000k miles! My friend had a new transmission installed at 175k. He was religious about oil changes, staying up with fluids and maintenance, and I guess it paid off. Every single day I'm amazed that this thing has no check engine light, no smoke, and no leaks. I took out the back row seats, and now it's got more space than I could ever use. The thing is huge, and very comfortable inside. I trip out everyday I'm driving a truck with 230k that has no performance issues, and gets the job done with that mileage. I'm hoping with regular maintenance I could get it to 300k, who knows!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIvjzhkhWOE I look forward to explaining to cops that it came from the factory sounding like that.
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tobu posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIvjzhkhWOE Woah that crackle and pop as it drives away sounds pretty great. 
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tobu posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIvjzhkhWOE It makes me super sad we won't be getting that car in the states. Apparently there's a Veloster upgrade package in the works using the same engine/exhaust but ugh, Veloster.
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tobu posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIvjzhkhWOE I wish all my cars sounded like that.
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tobu posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIvjzhkhWOE Boy it sounds so awesome on car shows but somehow seeing it in the context of a quiet residential neighborhood it seems less awesome. Needs one of those Ford Mustang "good neighbor mode" buttons.
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Dennis McClaren posted:
Stories like this are extremely my poo poo. Good find!
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Dennis McClaren posted:
Even more amazing, it's a *Chrysler product* with 230K miles that has no issues. edit: on a tangentially-related note, my friend who bought and then recently blew up my Cherokee has just come into possession of a 2000 Pontiac Sunfire. I assume he bought it. Will know more when I talk to him this weekend. I look forward to J-body misery.
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Darchangel posted:Even more amazing, it's a *Chrysler product* with 230K miles that has no issues. Hey now, My SRT has 180k and still technically running. The seats are thrashed but it starts and goes vroompssssh though.
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Terrible Robot posted:It makes me super sad we won't be getting that car in the states. Apparently there's a Veloster upgrade package in the works using the same engine/exhaust but ugh, Veloster. The Veloster just seems a little too impractical to be a useful hot hatch but the new N version steals its tail lights from a Lambo but has them in reverse. The more I look at my i30 it is clear that Hyundai doesn't care who it steals ideas from as long as its a good idea. davebo posted:Boy it sounds so awesome on car shows but somehow seeing it in the context of a quiet residential neighborhood it seems less awesome. Needs one of those Ford Mustang "good neighbor mode" buttons. It has a good neighbour mode but this is it in N mode which is full noise, dampers, throttle and steering set to maximum attack. That's also a service road at the university I work at which is why we didn't really car about the neighbours... The only people in those buildings at this time of day would be the PHD students who have no place else to go.
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that's... an awesome hyundai in that colour. Sounds amazing, too. Beats out the H200 as second coolest Hyundai (i'm a sucker for the 1st pony) Does it also play exhaust sounds over an in-car speaker? Drove both VW GTIs this afternoon which do and it felt so dorky when I switched driving mode to eco and the engine noise inside was actually really soft all along. The search continues, though both were awesome cars in their own right
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You can unplug the GTI soundaktor in 15 seconds
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Old Binsby posted:that's... an awesome hyundai in that colour. Sounds amazing, too. Beats out the H200 as second coolest Hyundai (i'm a sucker for the 1st pony) Not via the speakers in-car but engine noise is 'enhanced' (faked) by some kind of magic drum under the bonnet/dash. It is also apparently pretty easy to disable.
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BlackMK4 posted:soundaktor I will never not laugh at this. I'm 12.
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It's like a strap-on for car noise.
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Here's my car (2014 Focus ST), and one of my two kayaks. I've had it since August, it replaced an exploded 2005 Prius that I hated (but for $500 I couldn't say no - family special) that in 2016 replaced a 1993 Corolla that I had been driving since I was 16 (I'm 31 now). And while I miss having a beater (the Corolla was a 5-speed, held together with rust and optimism, and was actually fun sometimes), this is wayyyy more fun. This was taken after I came in from a day of kayak fishing. Not pictured: my mild sunburn. Bone stock except for the roof rack. I'll get the windows tinted eventually, I'm not planning on doing anything else to it other than drive it every day and love it forever. Maybe in a couple years I'll put some mods on it, but for now it makes me smile every time I get in.
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This is a new-to-me 991.2 Carrera 4S. Sorry for the dirty car (and crappy garage background) but I've been having a blast driving it around and it seems like a waste to wash it considering how much I plan to use it. Never owned a Porsche but wanted a 911 for like 25 years, posters on my bedroom walls and all that. So my inner kid's pretty happy.
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New:  New and old:  2017 BMW 330d touring. I couldn't conceive of getting anything different after how much I enjoyed the 2011 model it is sat next to. Sir Sidney Poitier fucked around with this message at 14:19 on Apr 29, 2018 |
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brae posted:This is a new-to-me 991.2 Carrera 4S. Sorry for the dirty car (and crappy garage background) but I've been having a blast driving it around and it seems like a waste to wash it considering how much I plan to use it. Never owned a Porsche but wanted a 911 for like 25 years, posters on my bedroom walls and all that. So my inner kid's pretty happy. There are two types of AI Goons. Those that want a Porsche, and those that want another Porsche.
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Well goddamnit I got salesman'd. Saw promos for '18 Ram trucks because the '19s came out and are 'all new'. Went there with my Silverado and said "Here's my silverado. This is my payment. I owe this much. I like my truck. Change my mind". Tested an '18, then for shits and giggles, tested a '19. God damnit they can get me in the '19 with the numbers I'd mentioned. Every little thing about it is better than the '18, and things that matter to me are WAY better than the silverado. Ride is way smoother, turning radius is way better, and having been a decade+ since I've touched a hemi, I forgot how intoxicating the power and sound are. As for looks.. well.. Rams have been ugly as hell since the 90s, but this is the least ugly one they've made since then. Bonus points : Locally all the dealers are owned and managed by one family, which has for the most part bred great contempt for the organization. I've bought from them out of necessity and convenience, but had a real shitter of a time without fail every single time. BUT : the local Mopar lot is the exception, and I'm stoked to give business to someone else. The dude with his name on the building came out to gladhand me and we bullshitted for a few minutes , and he went on continuing his actual work around the dealership. Felt nice to get actual personal attention from a lot that's growing and doing well snatching business from the local conglomerate.  edit : vvvv nah just the regular 5.7 hemi. no etorque. Nerdrock fucked around with this message at 13:20 on Apr 29, 2018 |
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You get the etorque?
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Those wheels are so much nicer than the ones they put on the newer models that look like cheap aftermarket crap.
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opengl128 posted:Those wheels are so much nicer than the ones they put on the newer models that look like cheap aftermarket crap. 
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