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You know about this car I told you about with bad bearings after spending 3 months fixing clutch issues ? It got stolen. Police found it parked on a fire road in the alps without engine/wheels and with an actual hobo couple inside that's been using my 400$ pioneer subwoofer as an ashtray. It was not insured so I had to pay for a loving flat bed to go pick it up and then go there myself to install wheels on it so it could go on the truck and get it to the junkyard. The flatbed trip cost more than I paid for the car. I think if you get the bad clutch/bad wheel bearings combo you're better off setting the car on fire and roasting sausages on it.
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I'm pretty sure if you buy a Biturbo the world will turn on its head and it will work absolutely perfectly for you. That is some amazingly bad luck.
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 I... uh... that blows.meatpimp posted:I blame IOC for bringing this one on. Don't you put this on me!
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Goondolences. Did you buy this car from the ghost of James Dean?
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kastein posted:I'm pretty sure if you buy a Biturbo the world will turn on its head and it will work absolutely perfectly for you. That is some amazingly bad luck. This was my idea.
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IOwnCalculus posted:
Thread needs to be goldmined just for the IOC gypsy curse.
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2013 is a bad year to work on cars. See: Adiabatic, Octopus Magic, 13 to 14 inch, me, etc.
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Nov 8, 2013 05:25
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Well that took care of that whole AP1 vs. AP2 valve retainer problem nicely I think.
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A happy ending is a car with no lights. *edit* goldmine
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If ever an AI thread deserved the goldmine, this is it.
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Just. drat. Been following this thread from the beginning. Sad to see an S2000 go. But given this thread and your luck, there couldn't be a more fitting ending.
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Nov 8, 2013 07:40
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Phone posted:2013 is a bad year to 
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I saw ~30 new posts and was excited to see some progress... Just terrible 
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Granite Octopus posted:I saw ~30 new posts and was excited to see some progress... ~50 posts for me. "How does a post about a car that's running fine have so many new po... oh  "
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kastein posted:I'm pretty sure if you buy a Biturbo the world will turn on its head and it will work absolutely perfectly for you. I think it's time to use the insurance money to buy an FD. Since the engine only has three moving parts, what could go wrong?
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Please buy a non-working Toyota 2000GT, update the thread title, and get to work. (sorry about your car man)
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This thread should be renamed: Super Sad S2000 Totaled Time Go!
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HolyDukeNukem posted:This thread should be renamed: Super Sad S2000 Totaled Time Go! I was thinking more Descent into Madness: a Reliable Honda Thread
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Nov 8, 2013 19:01
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"Garbage in, Salvage Out: The Adiabatic Build Thread"
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"You guys, I think I'm out of the woods" - The Adiabatic Story
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West SAAB Story posted:"Garbage in, Salvage Out: The Adiabatic Build Thread" Garbage in, Garbage out: A West SAAB Story post
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Savington posted:"You guys, I think I'm out of the woods" - The Adiabatic Story Cruel but accurate. Never, ever say something like "it'll be fine!" or "I think that's the last thing I need to buy" or "it should run great" or "this will be easy", it's tempting fate.
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Man that loving blows. I hope you can negotiate a fair replacement value with the dude's insurance considering you spent mad money on rebuilding the engine lately.
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chrisgt posted:Garbage in, Garbage out: A West SAAB Story post Its OK man, I'm not here to judge your lifestyle or anything. I am amused to find that it still bothers you guys, though. E: This derail brought to you from IRC. Like, a year ago, and stuff. Viggen fucked around with this message at 19:52 on Nov 8, 2013 |
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West SAAB Story posted:"Garbage in, Salvage Out: The Adiabatic Build Thread" I actually like this one.
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Also looking around for a cheap beater to get me around. I'd love an E30 again. I also found this: http://richmond.craigslist.org/cto/4173326823.html 
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The rule is that you have to put the S2000 engine in whatever you buy.
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When you put it that way I think the name of the game here is "bargain as much as possible on the vehicle worth, buy it back for as little as possible" then... build a locost out of it.
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Adiabatic posted:Also looking around for a cheap beater to get me around. I'd love an E30 again. Buy this and then buy mine so you can continue the life long commitment to making 1 Volvo out of two. My wagon needs a new home and used, even if it's for parts and 40 runs.
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InitialDave posted:The rule is that you have to put the S2000 engine in whatever you buy. Buy a motorcycle.
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trouser chili posted:Buy a motorcycle. Then he'll just die. And the car has already tried to kill him a few times.
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Are you going to buy it back?
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Nodoze posted:Are you going to buy it back? Don't you think he's gone through enough already? I totally want to see if Adiabatic has the same luck with bodywork as he did with motors 
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Savington posted:"You guys, I think I'm out of the woods" - The Adiabatic Story This is the most appropriate thread title in the history of AI.
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This is the saddest thing ever. I was hoping to see that he was going to turbo it or something from the influx of posts...Adiabatic posted:Also looking around for a cheap beater to get me around. I'd love an E30 again. DO IT!!! It runs k-jet, so 1st thing is to put EFI on it. 2nd thing is to drop a turbo F22C into it with the 6 speed. OK GO!
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mafoose posted:This is the saddest thing ever. I was hoping to see that he was going to turbo it or something from the influx of posts... It has EFI I promise 
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Wait, this isn't right at all. Its not a Mazda.
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Fucknag was the last to be struck by the MazdaCurse <tm>, if memory serves correctly.
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