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Applebees Appetizer posted:Nobody is going to pay anywhere near what they want for it because for one it's not OEM and clearly a DIY, and second it's a RHD Corolla with a manual. Which is why I assumed it was an impossibly high price. The 'importing something in hopes novelty will sell it' is a not viable way to operate an import dealership IMHO but it's so, so common. They always lose, besides the one time someone who is no longer allowed to post here sold a gimmick bucket lift kei truck and then struck out over and over again afterwards.
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KakerMix posted:Which is why I assumed it was an impossibly high price. I would like to know more also is the jdm imports place in three rivers michigan legit or in your opinion are they just taking the piss in pricing? https://jdmsportclassics.com/jdm-inventory/
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While we're talking about JDM imports look at this rad little thing: 1994 Suzuki Alto RS-X. I have no idea if $5,900 dollars is a fair price but it looks very fun and cool and about as practical as a car that size can be. I might be interested but I bet parts are really hard to come by (that plus the Edit: it reminds me of the car the mom in Ponyo drove but of course there's a wiki article on the car and it's not that car (she drove a Mitsubishi Minica Toppo apparently) ADINSX fucked around with this message at 01:53 on May 7, 2024 |
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It’s right-hand drive. Buy it!
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TehRedWheelbarrow posted:I would like to know more Someone who used to post here (since barred on account of their behavior) imported a kei truck (I think?) with a lifting bucket attachment. Neat, but this poster famously did nothing by the books and was generally a bad example of how to 'car'. They listed it for sale on Cars and Bids and made a tidy sum. Thereafter they attempted to do it over again and striking out with weirdo construction trucks like that until they stopped posting here. Personally I would just import a Hilux or Land Cruiser and sell those for the margin they made on a kei truck but alas, I am not them. As for Three Rivers Michigan importer people: Sort of. Prados and Land Cruisers are hot money and probably will sell for those sorts of amounts, maybe a bit high especially since the ones they have are not stock. The first gen Prados are 70 series Cruisers with coil sprung suspensions, lower displacement turbo diesel 4cyl engines, and lots more comfort touches in regards to the interiors. They are my absolute favorite vehicle Toyota has ever made, but I prefer the two door short wheelbase ones, like the one my best boy Sperogi here rides in, though ours is a manual transmission because of course:  They also might have a nice client base that recommends them out like we had. They are probably selling nationally like us as well, meaning the things they sell are things people are looking for specifically. When you sell nationwide it becomes easier to sell at those prices for interesting, neat, things. It also probably helps that cars are expensive as poo poo generally making these prices not too outlandish in comparison, depending on who you are and how much money you have. Our whole business plan for our dealership was literally that. We tried to stay stock and manual transmission though. ADINSX posted:While we're talking about JDM imports look at this rad little thing: We had one of those, but ours was AWD because of course  . There is a ton of them, parts are "easy" to find in the sense that you just...order those parts from Japan and wait a bit to get them. They are righteously fun, like a hot hatch sportbike. Tinny, tiny, and you are dead about 6 times over if you get hit. Just like on a bike!That one has been repainted, not *too* uncommon but a little suspect. The bigger thing, and this says more about the dealership/importer, is that they don't show you the driver's side seat probably on account of it being crushed at the bolster (common) and a bit of cigarette burns since I can see one on the base, also common. *edit I no longer have anything to do with Limerence but they still use my pictures and text I typed for the cars we did sell before they took ownership. KakerMix fucked around with this message at 02:51 on May 7, 2024 |
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thanks kaker, much appreciated. its fairly close to me so figured id check em out
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You think that price is crazy, this thing has been for sale for like 5 years from the same dealership in Perth (Aus) and it's dropped in price by about 15k in that time https://carsforsale.com.au/for-sale/honda/s660/2016/wa/dianella/3WNaKfBsE5AONJ3EL13VfQ This was an insanely bad buy by this dealer. They have other non liberty walk s660s going for closer to 20k, for comparison.
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Your cat is very weird looking but the car is hot.
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When this baby hits 88 miles per hour, we'll be dead shortly because we're falling out of an airplane.
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The perfect car doesn't exist. MST, "Hold my Cosworth." https://carbuzz.com/mst-ford-escort-evolution-mk1-nears-production/
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While I detest the the word "restomod", it's also entirely not even applicable to this car - it's a *new* heritage bodyshell, there's nothing old about the Mk1 Escorts them and a bunch of other companies are doing. Wonder how much longer till new shells for EVOWRX are available because like the Escorts, no suitable modern cars are availible for events?
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:While I detest the the word "restomod", it's also entirely not even applicable to this car - it's a *new* heritage bodyshell, there's nothing old about the Mk1 Escorts them and a bunch of other companies are doing. There are already repops for RX-3s, so I'm good to go. https://www.panchkits.com/product-page/mazda-rx3-carbon-fiber-shell
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Puddin posted:The perfect car doesn't exist. 
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Puddin posted:The perfect car doesn't exist. There is (was?!) two mk1 projects doing the same thing and my friend worked on one before she parted ways with the company. I can't recall which nor can I really be arsed to bother her about it because apparently it was a loving nightmare of moneyed bellends demanding everything be as lux as possible despite the original car being as far from that as it could be. The one bit I do remember is it either had a Quaife diff or gearbox specced but instead of just getting Quaife to spec the entire drive line for ease the execs complicated everything by having a jumble of bits from half a dozen companies. So I guess the answer to which one depends on what this has underneath. *edit: something actually interesting https://twitter.com/midnightdorifto/status/1788418543190454473?t=czGAEJml9DtEzarkI1rZSA&s=19
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Not cars but I saw this posted on Twitter and it seemed AI enough (and was fully mental when I saw it live 14 years ago.) We were like 20 rows up from the field but every single fan in the stadium ducked, I assume everyone who was outside in Iowa City ducked. It must have been incredible to see from the top of the press box. https://twitter.com/edsbs/status/1782584546019754129 And this is at least 150% cooler than the CYBERTRVKKK https://twitter.com/Lriga_/status/1787217458081804634
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Ether Frenzy posted:Not cars but I saw this posted on Twitter and it seemed AI enough (and was fully mental when I saw it live 14 years ago.) We were like 20 rows up from the field but every single fan in the stadium ducked, I assume everyone who was outside in Iowa City ducked. It must have been incredible to see from the top of the press box. they got in trouble for doing this and ever since they’ve been super sensitive about the flyovers. it’s fun when they practice though they end up orbiting near my house before heading back south to kinnick
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Ether Frenzy posted:Not cars but I saw this posted on Twitter and it seemed AI enough (and was fully mental when I saw it live 14 years ago.) We were like 20 rows up from the field but every single fan in the stadium ducked, I assume everyone who was outside in Iowa City ducked. It must have been incredible to see from the top of the press box. People are now liking Pontiac rear end-teks. What a world we live in.
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wesleywillis posted:People are now liking Pontiac rear end-teks. Aztek was never bad, just ugly. Now, every car is ugly and the Aztek is just 'a' car. The baggage it has is for old people like you and I, to younger people they see it and go 'neat, it's red! What's Pontiac?' I also never thought the Subaru Tribeca was so ugly to deserve the hate it got, but alas.
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If BMW released the Aztec now and put a 36" x 24" hideous plastic pig snout on it it would be the most popular Suburban Vehicle for Families Who Sometimes Haul As Many As Two Kids Around. It would of course have 700hp. e: They apparently already did that. (please do not mistake this for being "Awesome" because it is decidedly not, it just fit the conversation)  https://twitter.com/SpeedSportLife/status/1786185277213385076 Ether Frenzy fucked around with this message at 14:12 on May 9, 2024 |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUq8JtlrJbM Never forget how the Aztek started
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Ether Frenzy posted:Not cars but I saw this posted on Twitter and it seemed AI enough (and was fully mental when I saw it live 14 years ago.) We were like 20 rows up from the field but every single fan in the stadium ducked, I assume everyone who was outside in Iowa City ducked. It must have been incredible to see from the top of the press box. I was at a NASCAR race in Atlanta and a B-1 did a low flyover at what seemed like full speed wings swept back an all, scared the poo poo out of everyone there and probably for miles before and after. I was in pit lane standing next to Jim Cantore for some reason and I just remember watching his reaction of flinch - crouching down and covering his head 
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KakerMix posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUq8JtlrJbM Unfortunately GM could never be that based
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Lightbulb Out posted:it’s fun when they practice though they end up orbiting near my house before heading back south to kinnick
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In about 1984 or so my family stayed at a highrise Day's Inn (who knew they had Days Inns that were taller than 2 stories?) that was somehow in a premium location on Lakeshore Drive in Chicago and the morning after we checked in, unbeknownst to us the Chicago Air & Water Show started, and was going on over the lake right outside our window. We opened the curtains to a B-2 stealth bomber flying by at what looked like a walking pace, and that was a heckuva sweet surprise for a 10 year old me (and also my dad, who must have been about 40 then - he was an electrical engineer who worked on parts for the navigation systems of the original set of Space Shuttles.) I don't even remember what other planes we saw (or hell, what the end goal of that vacation even was) because the B-2 took over the entire trip for me. Somewhere I've got a very blurry picture of it taken on a the 2nd worst camera of all time. Unsurprisingly the Days Inn is now a luxury boutique Marriott property. https://statispro1978replay.wordpress.com/2013/08/17/chicago-1993-enjoy-it-while-you-can-part-4/chicago-1993-days-inn/ Is there an air show thread anywhere?
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Ether Frenzy posted:In about 1984 or so my family stayed at a highrise Day's Inn (who knew they had Days Inns that were taller than 2 stories?) that was somehow in a premium location on Lakeshore Drive in Chicago and the morning after we checked in, unbeknownst to us the Chicago Air & Water Show started, and was going on over the lake right outside our window. We opened the curtains to a B-2 stealth bomber flying by at what looked like a walking pace, and that was a heckuva sweet surprise for a 10 year old me (and also my dad, who must have been about 40 then - he was an electrical engineer who worked on parts for the navigation systems of the original set of Space Shuttles.) You sure about those dates and/or aircraft? Not that I'm casting doubts beyond the timeframe, the OG F-117 wasn't even publicly revealed till 1989, and the B2 didn't even fly till then. As for awesome, have a 40 series Land Cruiser camper that looks like it's driven all over Europe. Spotted in Germany on the Autobahn. 
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Ether Frenzy posted:And this is at least 150% cooler than the CYBERTRVKKK Big chunky tires do a lot to ease the awkward body. The Aztek's biggest styling issue, to me, was that they put tiny wheel openings and wheels/tires on it compared to the concept car, presumably a result of stretching it over an existing minivan platform. The lack of grey Tupperware on that later model does help as well.   https://www.motortrend.com/news/thread-of-the-day-what-if-the-pontiac-aztek-concept-had-gone-to-production-unchanged-192105/ wesleywillis posted:People are now liking Pontiac rear end-teks. It was just ahead of it's time. Look at how many of the compact CUVs look very similar to that, at least in basic shape/form factor. Also, nostalgia KakerMix posted:Aztek was never bad, just ugly. Now, every car is ugly and the Aztek is just 'a' car. The baggage it has is for old people like you and I, to younger people they see it and go 'neat, it's red! What's Pontiac?' Appearance aside, it had a great interior, and nifty options like the tent that actually was functional <side-eyes Cyber-Tent>. quote:I also never thought the Subaru Tribeca was so ugly to deserve the hate it got, but alas. The grill was weird, and the rest of it was boring as hell. It was also a gigantic car for a Subaru. Or seemed like it, at least. Not a bad car, per se, though. Ether Frenzy posted:If BMW released the Aztec now and put a 36" x 24" hideous plastic pig snout on it it would be the most popular Suburban Vehicle for Families Who Sometimes Haul As Many As Two Kids Around. Somehow a more restrained grille than the 4-series.
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KakerMix posted:You sure about those dates and/or aircraft? Not that I'm casting doubts beyond the timeframe, the OG F-117 wasn't even publicly revealed till 1989, and the B2 didn't even fly till then. I'm sure I didn't see it before it was revealed, lol. I just guessed about how old I felt like I was but maybe it was 1989 and that show was part of the reveal or shortly afterwards. Still blew my mind. I didn't really go on many fambly road trip vacations after about then but I do remember taking that awful Kodak Disc Camera to NYC in the spring of 1990 when I went with some school friends so that would make sense on the timing. I'll ask my mom to look in the photo albums.
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KakerMix posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUq8JtlrJbM Lmao at a carbon fiber body but a lovely 4cyl and 3spd slushbox. Also I was not born yet.
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:Thats outright suicidal crazy Correct thread. And for content this is bikes but it's engine work and a combo of Frankensteinery and machining which rules. Dude is Vietnamese and basically just makes engines. This one is a 2 cylinder U format but it has adjustable firing order because I guess he was bored? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FTDIFKAwJE Olympic Mathlete fucked around with this message at 19:16 on May 9, 2024 |
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At first look those wheels are way too big for a Mk1 Escort, but on second look, shut up grandad, looks sick. Only 17's haha.Olympic Mathlete posted:https://twitter.com/midnightdorifto/status/1788418543190454473?t=czGAEJml9DtEzarkI1rZSA&s=19 Sick build aside, I don't think I've ever seen a 1300, neat looking wee thing. Love to bolt that front end on an MX5 Rocket Bunny 240 style, or imagine a retro EV based on it, Honda E style.
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Olympic Mathlete posted:Correct thread. Have you seen "Lets Learn Something" on YT? Philipino dud who does something similar. He's made working ICE engines out of just about anything with pistons, including a swash-plate AC compressor. He's been slowly upgrading his equipment as YT has made him money. In the beginning, everything was stick welded. Now he's TIG welding and has procured some decent machine tools. And now look what he's done for his 100th video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX6FnYgXdHM The fabricated crankshaft is impressive.
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