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Adiabatic posted:No troll. Shame, I'm betting there was some poo poo in there that would have boned him more than he boned you. Sad to hear this happened after you finally got everything working:( On the plus side, one less red S2000, so mine is worth a tiny bit more 
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Jut posted:Shame, I'm betting there was some poo poo in there that would have boned him more than he boned you. in my country, driving with the lights off and a shady box of stuff in the car means go fast drug import/export, was it a fast car ? http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/979897/posts
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It was an '05 Tiburon. Take that as you will. No pics yet. The cops took it away and I haven't found where they towed it to yet. Going to SF for business next week so I might not be able to get pics until next weekend. The 242 had too much rust in the usual places for me to get it (thanks skylineboy08 your name is still horrible though) Looking for E30s. Maybe put an LQ9 in one down the road a little ways.
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quote:With their underpowered cars, the French and Spanish police admit that they have been unable to halt more than a few vehicles in the night convoys, which stick to the motorway network in France. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUOq6x2vo6U Seat Safety Switch fucked around with this message at 17:40 on Nov 9, 2013 |
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Nov 9, 2013 17:34
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Maker Of Shoes posted:Then he'll just die. And the car has already tried to kill him a few times. Pretty sure he posted in this very thread about getting an SV650 unless I'm crazy and misremembering.
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JP Money posted:Pretty sure he posted in this very thread about getting an SV650 unless I'm crazy and misremembering. Yep. I've had an SV650 since May and lets not talk any more about it in this thread or I may die.
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Nov 9, 2013 20:43
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Seat Safety Switch posted:The French police need to find some taxi drivers. Schlesser's a good sport, though. He did some of the other chase driving in the film, too.
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Nov 9, 2013 20:44
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PM'd you re: E30's
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Adiabatic posted:Yep. I've had an SV650 since May and lets not talk any more about it in this thread or I may die. "Headed to my favorite twisty roads. Totally almost got hit by a car on the way but I swerved away. I'm out of the woods now  "E: All joking aside, please be safe...
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Seat Safety Switch posted:The French police need to find some taxi drivers. This news article is pretty old but that's the only one I could find in english, the phenomenon has expanded and it's pretty common to see convoys using Audi RS6's or 911's. Last year a convoy was caught in my city because the transporting car crashed while outrunning the police in a souped up Maserati Quattroporte that was stolen like 2 days before from the owner of a casino. So yeah the police bought Subarus WRX STI and Renault Megane RS to catch them but it's much not working because they have scout cars and sometimes 500+ HP.
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They need Paul Walker and Tyrese Gibson, clearly. But I'm not posting loving  clips. Have another relevant Taxi one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajB9TEttHIA&t=88s
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Sh4 posted:This news article is pretty old but that's the only one I could find in english, the phenomenon has expanded and it's pretty common to see convoys using Audi RS6's or 911's. That's loving awesome...
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Adiabatic posted:Weirdly enough dude had a box that he set on the side of the road afterwards. Some friend of his came and picked it up before the cops got there. A recent case around here involved a guy crashing his car into a stationary roadworks machine. He wasn't seriously injured, but was taken away in an ambulance anyway. Witnesses wondered why he was very quick to hide something from his trunk in some nearby bushes, and a brief investigation by the police turned up a purse and a cellphone that had been stolen half an hour before from a rape victim. They made a DBA profile on the guy, and he's now being charged for a dozen rapes and attempted rapes. So if something looks suspicious, it might very well be, and it might not be a victimless crime.
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Insurance question: Should I tell them about the "new" engine and transmission? I can see it going either way on perceived value and I'd definitely like some advice from all y'all about which way my adjuster will go. I've been on a business trip the past week so I'm just now finally able to go get my crap out of the car today after work. I'll get some pictures.
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Adiabatic posted:Insurance question: Should I tell them about the "new" engine and transmission? I can see it going either way on perceived value and I'd definitely like some advice from all y'all about which way my adjuster will go. Depending on your carrier, it may not matter. I had to haggle with my claims adjuster who felt my 190k car with full maintenance was worth just as much as a 190k car running on borrowed time. Since you are not at fault this time, I'd work with your insurance over the fact that you had just completed a rebuild, and show them the stacks of receipts. If you don't get what you want, show supporting documentation with similar cars and what they are selling for.. CL/Nada/KBB, etc are all useful in this manner.
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Adiabatic posted:Insurance question: Should I tell them about the "new" engine and transmission? I absolutely would. In fact, I have nightmares about that on my current convertible, the value isn't much but I can document that I spent a lot of hours building the car. If the car gets wrecked less than a year after I spent months building the thing, I am not going to consider any offer fair until I get some sort of compensation for the new parts and labor. I wouldn't expect 1:1 full retail shop hour compensation, but something.
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Nov 18, 2013 20:37
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Adiabatic posted:
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Nov 18, 2013 23:44
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Sorry for your loss. Maybe try a Miata? The NC platform is pretty forgiving...
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Nov 18, 2013 23:57
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Where was that parked? It looks like the curb side got it much harder than the street side...
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Nov 19, 2013 00:00
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Poor S2000.  I hope the drug running rear end in a top hat who wrecked it gets his.
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Adiabatic posted:
You KNOW what you must do....  You owe us a 10 second car. E: And before anyone says it yes I know that it was a Supra. Let me make my lame jokes!
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He lives his life a quarter-mile at a time. That's as far as he gets before something else goes wrong.
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Nov 19, 2013 01:57
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Buy an Exocet and put the engine from this in it.
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You could get a good amount parting that out I think
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Nodoze posted:You could get a good amount parting that out I think I agree. The frame is hosed, but it looks like everything is still intact behind from the radiator back. There's like a whole foot of space behind that frame support before you get to the engine. Have any pics with the hood open? Those seats alone would go for $700-800 if they are in good condition.
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FYI: 1989 BMW 735il Mundane Maintenance thread incoming
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You took the EZPass, right?
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Yup. Just got the call, confirmed totaled. 1 to 2 days for them to get back to me on it. We were going over the car's options and I told the adjustor about the engine and trans. He said it's not 1 to 1 but it'll absolutely add value. That certainly makes me feel good. meatpimp posted:Where was that parked? It looks like the curb side got it much harder than the street side... It wasn't parked. I was nosed out at an intersection with a 4 lane road, trying to turn left, and a guy with his lights off tore my face apart. The guy hit the nose on the driver's side at 50mph at a 90° angle. He basically sheared the front of the car off like a fine razor from driver to passenger side. skylineboy08 posted:FYI: 1989 BMW 735il Mundane Maintenance thread incoming Jesus man don't talk about it in here you'll jinx the poor thing
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It sucks that your car is dead, but you have a garage and if you live in a state that's anything like NC, you can buyback for peanuts and part that poo poo out. I know that it's a fixed number in NC with a few tiers (400/700/1100 or something), but you can make a dent towards a new car with parts from the old one.
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Liking the new thread title. I would've gone with something like "money goes in, no work comes out - a nonadiabatic adiabatic tale" myself.
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Baller Witness Bro posted:Liking the new thread title. I would've gone with something like "money goes in, no work comes out - a nonadiabatic adiabatic tale" myself. Is it too late to change the thread title again?
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Baller Witness Bro posted:Liking the new thread title. I would've gone with something like "money goes in, no work comes out - a nonadiabatic adiabatic tale" myself. Oh god that's good Edit: especially since people would finally quit thinking I have diabetes Adiabatic fucked around with this message at 16:58 on Nov 20, 2013 |
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"Forgetting ground cables: How to be literally the worst mechanic"
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Now I want to see your username become ADIABEETUS.
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meatpimp posted:This whole thread has been a long, sad chronicle of you ruining a formerly nice S2000. It's the anti-project thread. September 5, 2013.  Good luck with insurance. Definitely part it out, if you do well with insurance, it would turn it into a profitable anti-project.
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meatpimp posted:September 5, 2013. Boy you really fuckin called that one meatpimp.
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Personally I wish you would've turned out to be a closet racist. That was the best project thread.
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We're all closet racists in Virginia.
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Moxie Omen posted:We're all closet racists in Virginia. Do you own a yellow Mustang II y/n?
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