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Still getting ready to drive.  I think I decided on Toyota Spruce Green Mica for the respray down the line. http://gtcarlot.com/colors/Toyota/Tundra/2010/Spruce+Green+Mica/
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I'm now doing a thing were I look like characters from TV shows.   Packed up my trunk to go drift racing tomorrow. Yeehaw!!  Sprayed off most of the junk.   See ya tomorrow with an update on how I wrecked my car.
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That actually looks pretty loving great...
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ultimateforce posted:Packed up my trunk to go drift racing tomorrow. Yeehaw!! Fab up a new trunk lid with a bulge that lets you fit a spare pair of wheels in standing upright.
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ultimateforce posted:
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He's taking it drifting...
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ultimateforce posted:
This is sooooooo good.
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I am sunburned. Got to the track at 9:45am with a tech inspection at 10:00am. I saw that the new skid pad area still had Formula D teams on it and I knew I just got ripped off to an extent. This is when I found out next Saturday is the skid pad private beginner day.  If you wanted to make a sweet tire swing I found a bunch of free tires for you.  I reserved my spot on the grass under a tree to escape the heat.  A behind the scenes peek at the facilities at Orlando Speed World. This bathroom is completely devoid of light at night and has an odor.  Tried to do a panorama of the plumbing but it didn't work. It's just a garden hose that runs outside. Shockingly there were no paper towels.  "Be in your car with your helmet on and ready!"  I was the only one who heard this.  So I skidded through my first run in this car the first time back on this track in about five years. S-chassis are stupid easy to drift and I had forgotten how simple it can be. That is when one of the TO REMAIN NAMELESS pro-am drivers started to complain she wasn't getting enough seat time. The staging worked like this: Non-tandem (Class S) cars and tandem cars (Class A) lined up two by two on each side of the entrance ramp on to the track. An S car would go for 90 seconds (two laps), then two A class cars would go and do a lead and follow run (the equivalent of two laps). Because there were less class A cars the whole group cycled twice before the S class finished their group. So naturally here comes the complaints. The S class was told to pit for an hour so the A class could get laps in. Lick by balls. Anyway, I switched some tires around and baked in the sun for an hour before I did my second pass. The car was doing great then I started to feel a misfire and the engine stalled. I couldn't start it back up and I started to smell smoke. I coasted to the entrance and told the track attendant that my car was on fire. We popped the trunk to see my loving PIECE OF poo poo battery box strap let loose and my battery was both arcing the terminals on the trunk and spilling battery acid everywhere. We got the battery tipped the right way around and pulled the car back to the pits. Of course I ripped my aero off and broke my brand new turn signals.    I hooked everything back up and was able to start my car again. I was pretty burnt out at this point (also sunburnt) so I packed up all my gear and split. I'll hopefully fix some things this month and come back with fewer problems. 
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Jun 6, 2016 03:23
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Diet Mt Dew spotted.
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Damage report: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Circuit-Spo...T9Szktq&vxp=mtr Not too bad.
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 Someone said I had skinny arms today.
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I knew things were going too good lately. Apparently another lawyer bought some debt I owned and now I'm on the hook for another $9,000. Wondering if I can sell the WRX and S14 and get another mini truck or something. I knew life was going too well.
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How does that work? If the debt existed already how can you be worse off? And can you buy your own debt for pennies on the dollar?
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Cakefool posted:How does that work? If the debt existed already how can you be worse off? Looks like it got sold to an even more crooked law firm. I'm about to be sued for higher payments, and I've lost every case so far so things aren't looking good. I'm calling my lawyer tomorrow morning. For those wondering, I received $0 from my car accident a year ago where I almost died.
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So wait, you lose every case whether you're culpable or not and whether you are on the defense or prosecution? You need a new lawyer that isn't a god drat idiot. Also is the debt involved out-of-statute and can you gently caress them over hard for this?
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check the BFC thread about debt collection for some help
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kastein posted:So wait, you lose every case whether you're culpable or not and whether you are on the defense or prosecution? You need a new lawyer that isn't a god drat idiot. I am on lawyer number four currently. As far as I know it's all be funneled down to Miami.
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I read up on the debt threat and the OP's situation is very similar to what I am dealing with. Tomorrow I am doubling down and attacking this again both guns blazing.
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kastein posted:... IANAL and it is a different state, but I had one account that a similar thing happened to. After 7 years, a debt is supposed to be written off and removed from record, but if it's sold to another party, that time is reset. At least that's what I found when doing some research.
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GentlemanofLeisure posted:IANAL and it is a different state, but I had one account that a similar thing happened to. After 7 years, a debt is supposed to be written off and removed from record, but if it's sold to another party, that time is reset. At least that's what I found when doing some research. Well, that sounds like bullshit. I'm not saying that what you say isn't true, I'm saying that if it is true, it's bullshit, and defeats the very purpose of the 7-year time-out, and whatever legislature ratified that should be severely beaten, after having a lien put on their property. I mean, I'm aware that there is a whole economy based on buying and selling debt, and there are some very sleazy firms involved, but I thought the one defense we had was time... Almost as bad as copyright law involving Disney.
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I learned all I know about debt by watching this John Oliver vid basically they aren't supposed to sue you if you are past the statute but that won't stop plenty of them from trying to collect anyway
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GentlemanofLeisure posted:IANAL and it is a different state, but I had one account that a similar thing happened to. After 7 years, a debt is supposed to be written off and removed from record, but if it's sold to another party, that time is reset. At least that's what I found when doing some research. I'm almost positive that is not the case. What I do know, however, is if you make a single payment on an old debt, the clock can then be reset, making it "new". I've had the clock reset after just calling to ask about a debt, probably due to confirming that yes, I am that person and yes I live at this address. Debt buyers can also update the debt, which will update the date of last activity, but the date of the original debt still stands. Also, depending on the state, the SOL may be less than 7 years. In Texas, I can't be sued for anything over 4 years old (it can still be reported for 7 years though). The last several rounds of debt collection letters all have a disclaimer in tiny print stating that the debt is too old to be reported (even if I make a payment), and they can't sue me for it due to the age (which just makes me laugh, it's almost like they're telling me they know there's no way to collect on it but would I pretty please pay them anyway?). I've seen that notice on debts less than 7 years old, and I've seen it on a letter from someone trying to collect on an 11 year old debt. IANAL even in my nightmares/dreams, but this has been my experience.
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Looking for two used JDM 17x9 wheels. Way harder than I thought.
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ultimateforce posted:Looking for two used JDM 17x9 wheels. Way harder than I thought. Finding two wheels is drat near impossible, it took me three years to find two 17x8 SA3R's. I think it's due to all the JDM stuff being staggered. Have you checked with any vehicle importers? Sometimes a car will come with wheels that the importer takes off and sells separately or the person buying the car doesn't like.
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The first goon that brings me $600 for my 1UZ S13 with no title can have it. Make it quick.
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ultimateforce posted:The first goon that brings me $600 for my 1UZ S13 with no title can have it. Make it quick. I can't go back and read the entire thread; does it run and where is it?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gunI_vbCivo Got a call back for a job interview making another $30k a year.
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ultimateforce posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gunI_vbCivo So the shop is on hold?
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Lack of money is what has the shop on hold.
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ultimateforce posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gunI_vbCivo Good luck, UF!
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ultimateforce posted:Are Optima batteries really that bad now? Made in lovely parts of the world or something. Interstate makes good poo poo.
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I can't tell how much of Optima's bad reputation is likely Trump voters going  THEY'RE FUCKIN MADE IN MEY-XEE-COE WIT RECAHCLED MAHTERIALLSZZZZZ FUCKIN FURRIN TRASH  and how much is deserved.That being said, I've never bought anything except bottom of the barrel AutoZone Duralast and Walmart store brand batteries and every one of them has survived just fine for my uses, usually dying due to me leaving them unused, connected to a car, and never charged for a year+, or letting them run down a few times by forgetting my headlights on for, oh, yeah, like a week or two.
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kastein posted:I can't tell how much of Optima's bad reputation is likely Trump voters going
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Makes sense. Also, remember, Roadkill runs on "adoptima" batteries they get free because they're perfectly good returned units from idiots who can't diagnose an electrical system blaming their brand new Optima and returning it. A blip after a change in ownership and production methods I can 100% understand, though. Wouldn't be surprised if the real answer is that they changed the production methods, stuff went wrong, and then they made changes as needed but the bad reputation has persisted.
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This is actually from an Amazon review, but it sounds like it's a government contractor:quote:I'll try to get this right, but some of the background info regarding Optima history may be off by a year or two. This was written in 2012. Tl;dr from what I can gather: the changed design is worse, but not that much worse. Also a lot of GM vehicles don't hit the slightly higher voltage AGMs need to fully charge to prevent sulfation, as a fuel efficiency thing? Queen_Combat fucked around with this message at 17:34 on Jul 5, 2016 |
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Geirskogul posted:This is actually from an Amazon review, but it sounds like it's a government contractor: You got that backwards, GM vehicles run a higher voltage on their OEM Delco batteries, so they're more likely to keep an Optima in good shape. I've had an old yellow-top as a general-use battery for almost a decade, it's been amazing. However, that's from an old run, made in CO. Nowadays, I buy whatever is made by Johnson Controls and is cheap. The OE battery in my Fit is 10 years old, and still works just fine.
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I'm switching to a sealed battery after my last mini-accident left my S14 sidelined. I'm looking to run a more heavy-duty mount such as this one to prevent further problems. http://www.artecindustries.com/Group-34-Optima-Battery-Mount_p_77.html
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Artec is good people and very well respected in the jeep/offroad world.
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sharkytm posted:You got that backwards, GM vehicles run a higher voltage on their OEM Delco batteries, so they're more likely to keep an Optima in good shape. I've had an old yellow-top as a general-use battery for almost a decade, it's been amazing. However, that's from an old run, made in CO. Nowadays, I buy whatever is made by Johnson Controls and is cheap. The OE battery in my Fit is 10 years old, and still works just fine. Whoops, was going by my misreading of the review.
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