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I'm an edmontonian car-haver! came here from BC, which has luxuries like roads with corners!
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Jul 17, 2014 03:40
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So, how does one get involved with the leduc 1000?
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Jul 28, 2014 03:44
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Studded tires are only really good on ice anyway, and they suck on the highway, IMO.
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Jul 29, 2014 01:47
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Any of you have experience with a hose heater instead of a regular block heater? Or one of those immersion tank circulating deals? I want to up my heating capacity this winter so my car warms up faster. Considered an oil pan heater, but I've heard they carry a fire risk, and I park in a garage at home.
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Sep 17, 2014 09:44
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Nidhg00670000 posted:Almost all newer car engines lack frost plugs because of how casting techniques have improved, which means they have contact heaters instead, and those are quite poo poo. If you want about equivalent performance with an old block heater, get a hose heater. So....hose heater, coolant gets toasty, but oil stays cool, and with the contact heater the oil gets toasty but the coolant stays frosty. Am I right to thing that having your coolant warm will get the oil warmer faster than the oil having to warm the block and coolant? Also, lately I've been checking out webasto and espar fuel fired heaters, those look like the cats rear end. I can pick one up on German ebay for about 300€ for one from a scrapped late model car. Sweetest thing is the units can be set up to turn on your heater fan once the coolant is warm, which gets your interior nice and comfy. Way, way more complicated and expensive than an electric setup though, with a side of potential to set something on fire.
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Nov 1, 2014 19:49
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http://www.kijiji.ca/v-classic-cars/edmonton/running-driving-stopping-old-70-galaxie-ragtop/1054354908?enableSearchNavigationFlag=true it would be a pretty bad idea to buy this solely for the purpose of driving it to BC for an extended camping/road trip, right? right? edit: nnnnnggghhhh and there's like three Lincoln Continentals near me for less than two grand. always wanted a huge V8 car, just for kicks. my sidewalk parking spot was looking kind of empty anyway. Frank Dillinger fucked around with this message at 07:04 on Mar 4, 2015 |
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Mar 4, 2015 06:58
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ExecuDork posted:Top down in the snow for photos, engine running so you can see the smoke - I like this seller's style! I don't think that's smoke, looks like condensation to me? anyway, emailed him, gonna look at it tomorrow if he every gets back to me with his address. summer beater ahoy!
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Mar 5, 2015 02:41
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I'm currently balancing pros and cons of a plastidip or Maaco paint job. Probably about the same longevity, hahaha
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Mar 5, 2015 22:29
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So, looked at the car. Top works, engine runs great, tranny seems to operate fine. Of course, the body is full of filler, and there's rust in most of the nooks and crannies I looked in. Also all of the weatherstripping is dry rotted out and the dash is cracked. Pretty sure it sat in a field for a long while before some guy pulled it out, filled the obvious holes, and primered it before putting it up for sale. Gonna throw out a lowball, see what happens. EDIT: nope, not even a little bit 
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Mar 7, 2015 00:27
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I had to get an insurance inspection on and old truck I had. The truck had 500 000 km on it, three shocks that were connected to the chassis, and the tires were utterly worn out. Passed with flying colours.
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Mar 8, 2015 18:21
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Powershift posted:I buy everything at auctions because i have a gambling problem. i know a guy who just lost 20k on a car he bought at auction. it was stolen, VIN swapped. somehow whoever did the out of province and whoever was supposed to check for bad VINS at the auction both missed the Dymo labler vin tags.
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Mar 24, 2015 04:44
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iv46vi posted:Sounds hosed up, hopefully works out for you. Definitely curious about the 850, I need to know what the current value of one is these days. Even more curious to see what's happened with powershift's mafia-mobile.
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Sep 27, 2015 17:56
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At least you're not the guy who bought a stolen/vin swapped benz at auction and then found out it was stolen when he bought a new key at the dealer, powershift.
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Sep 29, 2015 03:55
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Seat Safety Switch posted:When I was last in Banff they had some kind of French knockoff of a Unimog tooling around. I kept trying to get closer but it was always a few blocks away. I can't tell you about auction sites, but mobile.de is a huuuuge car sales site, and there's bound to be several pandas for sale on n there. Once you have it shipped here, isn't it basically the same process as getting a jdm car?
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Oct 12, 2015 15:33
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Almost all of the stereotypes. Didn't see any cousin-wives, so only four stars.
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Nov 7, 2015 21:25
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Hahahaha, ooooh boy I'll bet that made a noise. How bad was the damage?
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Jan 9, 2016 17:16
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slidebite posted:Holy poo poo the entire population of retard island is starting to drive around Lethbridge showing off everything from genuinely awesome cars to laughably bad "show" cars and some which must be genuine troll cars. The Northside crappy tire parking lot is literally full of hillbillies polishing their pickups. Alberta AI: Hillbillies polishing their pickups
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Jul 9, 2016 03:36
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Not cool, bro.
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Aug 28, 2016 04:17
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slidebite posted:It's a rolling probable cause truck man. Naw man, I like you guys! I just don't like seeing nazi poo poo pasted on stuff. It's a German cultural shame thing, really.
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Aug 28, 2016 15:35
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Would these make decent tool carts for a mechanic?
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Sep 3, 2016 01:55
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I don't know about legit, that sounds like asking to get fired, IMO. But hey, that's not your problem 
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Dec 20, 2016 03:12
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glad it all worked out, that's a good score dude!
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Dec 21, 2016 07:44
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Shrugs Not Drugs posted:Yup. I have done this, more or less. I've written out o bill of sale on a diner napkin to prove it could be done.
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Mar 24, 2017 04:54
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McTinkerson posted:So why shouldn't I buy this? Because it's been parked in a field for 15 years and the "drivers floor" is actually refers to everything lower than the doors?
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Jul 16, 2017 01:43
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The AMVIC inspection dealers have to do is pretty much bullshit and only fails vehicles with huge issues.
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May 22, 2018 01:47
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Instead of electric solar, would solar heating be worth it instead? Would that even work in our frigid winters? I helped someone install a thermal setup when I was living in Europe, and it was pretty neat. The heated coolant went into a heat exchanger/thermal sink (replacing the water heater) and the excess thermal capacity went into the swimming pool. The thermal sink had its own heating element, so if you took a long shower at night or whatever you still had hot water.
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May 24, 2018 03:21
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Yeah, geothermal heating/cooling sounds pretty sweet and is relatively well known. but I’m talking solar heating via panels you put in your roof which heat a coolant that is then run into a heat exchanger to heat a households hot water.
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May 24, 2018 05:11
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Best pasta place? Corso 32. Downtown on jasper, they do two feedings a day. Make sure you have a reservation. Get the fried cheese and leek appetizer.
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Jul 18, 2018 19:46
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I mean, I guess if you have the fresh oil measured out and ready to go, and a pan with a full level marked out, you could theoretically do a running oil change. Filter on a running engine would get reaaaaaal messy though.
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Nov 12, 2018 00:17
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Don‘t they have dye packs in the cassettes?
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Jan 17, 2019 00:11
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Albino Squirrel posted:C class. Nice as far as cars built in third world countries* go. They say they'll try to get me into a GLC which is the same size as my car, but I'm not holding my breath. On the upside, you’re putting miles on a car that isn’t yours for a while, right? Weird that the ETA for the pump is so far off, should be like 3-4 weeks max unless there aren’t any available world wide for some reason.
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Jun 21, 2019 05:35
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Seems pretty shady that the RB listing doesn’t mention it’s an ex-police vehicle.
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Jun 21, 2019 14:30
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Powershift posted:ooooooooh, that gives me dirty ideas. Building a ghetto V12?
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Jun 30, 2019 06:14
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What what kind of crazy machine is this going into?
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Jun 30, 2019 16:58
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Y’know, American cars like that should cylinders in denominations of 8. LS1 blocks are 23” each, plus a few more for the balancer.
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Jun 30, 2019 17:16
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Yo squirrel, Your GLC has an engine known to consume oil when the engine ventilation system freezes up, which happens at cold temps like we’re experiencing now. When this happens, it will suck all of the oil out of the crankcase and blow it out the exhaust. Watch out for oil smell or smoke, check engine light may or may not come on. If it gets bad enough, there will be oil dripping out the tail pipes. The engine does not have a low oil warning, so if it’s not caught it will lead to catastrophic engine failure. I’m not saying your engine IS about to ‘splode, but it’s still an option.
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Jan 13, 2020 05:32
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Albino Squirrel posted:I am generally an idiot when it comes to cars. Normally I go to Fountain Tire to get my seasonal tires flipped - they're stored on rims in my garage. Very doable, just please get some jack stands and a torque wrench, do it properly. The jack that comes with any car really is meant for emergency use only, but a basic hydraulic one doesn’t cost all that much.
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Apr 4, 2020 16:35
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Hey, just a heads up for Alberta AI goons, the NASCC winter ice racing school is on January 20th (with a classroom session on the 19th) in the Edmonton area. I’ve done it before and it’s well worth the 235$ entry fee just to hoon around on an ice track with an instructor for a day. I don’t currently have an eligible car for it so I won’t be making it
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Jan 9, 2024 19:39
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Yeah, parking your car indoors, heated or not is a huge improvement over outdoors. Goes a long way g way to making Alberta winters more bearable.
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Jan 13, 2024 07:51
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It’s always a little unsettling when you get in a car that’s -37 inside and the seat foam feels like a brick.
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Jan 13, 2024 15:17
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