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Humphreys posted:To be honest I've never even heard of that problem, and my old lady is at 28x xxx km, But thanks, I will at least look into it as preventative maintenance. If it's free and helps - its worth thousands. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QLPU1Qh2oo just going by that guys advice and the fact that i know more than a few people who have had there rattletecs ruined and found oil sludging to be at least a contributing factor (tbf one of them moneyshifted), Nidhg00670000 posted:The 2.8 (the only one we got in Sweden in any numbers, in Opels and SAABs) seem to eat timing chains even worse than Audis. from what i can tell, shithouse pcv design ruins the vct solenoids and ruins the chains. Good luck with your wagon, i nearly got one but my primary directives (v8, manual and under 10k) made me get a sedan. also let me know how it compares with the vt-vz wagons in terms of space e: its honestly a shame that the good old 3.8 was discontinued, i've seen some with stupid high abuse and a staggeringly poo poo maintenance schedule big dong wanter fucked around with this message at 16:42 on Aug 19, 2020 |
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Hey chat thread im a long time lurker who spent some time away from the forums. I'm trying to find the blog of a user who wrote crazy stories about poo poo boxes mostly lifted on mud tires and other ai subject matter. I have ALOT of time on my hands these days and need reading material any help would be appreciated.
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Buying a RWD sports sedan as my only car in a state with rough winters is a stupid idea right?
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Rhyno posted:Buying a RWD sports sedan as my only car in a state with rough winters is a stupid idea right? Sounds like a great idea to me, I mean mfs survived winter with 50s seppomobiles
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Torn Quad Jones posted:Hey chat thread im a long time lurker who spent some time away from the forums. I'm trying to find the blog of a user who wrote crazy stories about poo poo boxes mostly lifted on mud tires and other ai subject matter. I have ALOT of time on my hands these days and need reading material any help would be appreciated. Seatsafetyswitch.com
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Rhyno posted:Buying a RWD sports sedan as my only car in a state with rough winters is a stupid idea right? Nah, buy some decent tires. If it gets real thick, stay home a bit.
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Rhyno posted:Buying a RWD sports sedan as my only car in a state with rough winters is a stupid idea right? Fort Wayne is flat enough and doesn’t really get stupid amounts of snow where the front bumper would become a plow. You will be fine with a good set of snow tires.
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Aug 19, 2020 19:23
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You guys are supposed to discourage me.
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you live in indiana the winter is not that bad just buy snows
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Rhyno posted:You guys are supposed to discourage me. BUY THE CAR RHYNO
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Aug 19, 2020 19:35
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I drove a scat pack in New England winter on all seasons. Do it.
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Rhyno posted:Buying a RWD sports sedan as my only car in a state with rough winters is a stupid idea right? I daily a RX-8 and a RWD turbo truck in Alberta winters. Do it.
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Rhyno posted:You guys are supposed to discourage me. You're a bad person and don't deserve nice things or praise or love.... And now you have a reason to be antisocial in the snow with your RWD dream.
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Rhyno posted:Buying a RWD sports sedan as my only car in a state with rough winters is a stupid idea right? if you make sure it has some manner of lsd/locking rear, keep a set of snows on hand & some weight over the rear tires then you might find the only redeemable part of winter are the driving bits
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Finally freed 3 vehicles from the hell hole that is the wrong port these were sent to, Baltimore  4 more coming in this weekend to the correct port, Savannah
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What is it about Ed Bolian that I find so insufferable? Is it the inflection in his voice? Is it because he says in 20 words what could be said in 10? What is it?
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Residency Evil posted:What is it about Ed Bolian that I find so insufferable? Is it the inflection in his voice? Is it because he says in 20 words what could be said in 10? What is it? Ed is  incarnate
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Rhyno posted:You guys are supposed to discourage me. I drove a supercharged Mustang on snow tires in Upstate NY, including up mountains. Don't be a wuss.
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My first 2 cars were a 66 Galaxie and an 83 Z28 for 4 years of driving in New England and I was young and poor so no snows. Doooo it
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Rhyno posted:Buying a RWD sports sedan as my only car in a state with rough winters is a stupid idea right? I drove a 2 door sports car through a Wisconsin winter with heavy snow (albeit with snow tires). Do it.
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Aug 19, 2020 22:17
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Buy an XJ instead The answer is always buy an XJ
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Aug 19, 2020 22:32
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"my XJ is broken" "Buy another XJ" "That one's broken too?" "......Buy another XJ"
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With those 3, you might have one functional vehicle
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 three, he says.To quote one of the founders of NAXJA, "From personal experience, "owning" an XJ/MJ, or two, or four, is no guarantee of "having regular use of..." anymore than a non-owner gets."
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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Automotive Insanity > 40 years of Rhyno talking himself out of buying a car while buying 5 consecutive houses with hidden problems (aka "houses")
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If you want a perfect house buy a new buil..... hahahahaha I couldn’t keep a straight face.
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Another vote for Rhyno to doooo eeeet. I got my kids new chairs since they're going to be schooling from home for a while. My son did a good job getting his together until the last bolt. It would go in a couple turns, then bind. I tried it, same result. It had a 10mm head on it, so I used my M12 impact... stopped that thing cold, and I have used that M12 impact for the entire construction job in my kitchen and basement... it's been a beast. So, since it wasn't cooperating and I wasn't going to send it back, I got the M18 impact out of the garage. 1400ft-lbs said "I'm not asking" and that damned bolt went right in with that kind of rear end behind it. 
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My wrists/hands/elbows are absolutely thrashed and I can't imagine doing... pretty much anything without the M12 ratchet and impacts. I just can't do that 'jam the hand in there and get 2 degrees of turn on the bolt and then blindly fumble with the wrench to get it back on' thing anymore.
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Rhyno posted:You guys are supposed to discourage me. Winter drive an Elise. jesus.
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BigPaddy posted:If you want a perfect house buy a new buil..... hahahahaha I couldn’t keep a straight face. Just get Ken to come inspect it. He is the dry rot whisperer.
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Unless the seller is cool with the inspection involving a 4 foot wrecking bar, that is a poor choice on your part
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kastein posted:Unless the seller is cool with the inspection involving a 4 foot wrecking bar, that is a poor choice on your part I've never had a seller complain about bringing a four foot wrecking bar along The Door Frame posted:With those 3, you might have one functional vehicle What you do is have 3 XJs and one Eagle wagon.
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everdave posted:Finally freed 3 vehicles from the hell hole that is the wrong port these were sent to, Baltimore  How does that even happen?
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Hypnolobster posted:My wrists/hands/elbows are absolutely thrashed and I can't imagine doing... pretty much anything without the M12 ratchet and impacts. I just can't do that 'jam the hand in there and get 2 degrees of turn on the bolt and then blindly fumble with the wrench to get it back on' thing anymore. I put together an Ikea bookcase today. Just a basic 4 shelf bookcase. My hands and wrists were in agony. Assembly took roughly half an hour, it wasn't exactly difficult. Then hanging THIS loving CEILING FAN and getting the blades on it put me in a whole new level of agony that has me hating ceiling fans and wishing they didn't exist. Having one of the screw holes in the ceiling box (fan rated, btw) just shatter didn't help either. Never hanging a loving fan again, gently caress that poo poo, I'll gladly pay someone $150 to hang my $50 builder grade fan next time. It doesn't help that I spend 40 hours a week on my hands and knees.  Pretty drat sure there's a bit of arthritis going on, on top of the carpal tunnel.  KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:Didn't you all only get the LP9 turbo monstrosity? That engine was hosed. The LY7 NA 3.6 is pretty reliable, though. How does it compare to the LGX 3.6 in terms of reliability, if you know? It seems like it's considered as the same basic engine family, by GM anyway. cakesmith handyman posted:"my XJ is broken" I see you've been watching a lot of Matt's Off Road Recovery. ... his videos honestly kinda makes me want a fleet of 4.0 XJs. He tortures those fuckers and uses them in place of a proper wrecker (which likely couldn't reach most of where he goes in his videos anyway), and they just rattle out of whatever hellhole he puts them in without too much drama.
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big dong wanter posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QLPU1Qh2oo Cheers for that. This is my second VE wagon. My last one was an ex-unmarked cop car so had an interesting history. I've owned a VY wagon and those were land barges. The VE wagons are same wheelbase as sedan so not as much storage room. You can fit real size adults in the back seats though! Edit, today I found the first speedbump I cannot get over, and it's the fastest way to my favourite kebab shop 
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I had a whole effort post typed up but I hit back and it went away. Basically we can now afford nice stuff but I can't get my head past the days of living paycheck to paycheck and even though the wife is onboard with a new car purchase I keep backing down and looking at $10K shitboxes. I think my brain is broken.
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yeah it definitely is, you should be looking at $1k shitboxes instead
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kastein posted:yeah it definitely is, you should be looking at $1k shitboxes instead Thousand dollar roadmaster wagon.
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