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I live in a condo building, where there's a parking garage and adjacent to that there's a small storage unit for each condo, like 3 square meters or so. These are notoriously always filled with crap because, you know, crap. So my genius neighbor sent an email to me (I'm in the HOA) frantically asking if we knew the whereabouts of his set of brand spanking new summer wheels, because he'd put them in the hallway next to his storage unit. This is a) illegal due to the fire code and b) against the HOA rules and c) monumentally stupid as there's been a bunch of thefts from the storage unit area, and in every case it's been evident that someone had gotten hold of a key. Turned out the super had taken them into custody, so he'll be able to get his wheels back, but goddamn...
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Throatwarbler posted:Yes, but the N62 is a terrible pot metal engine and you should just buy an M3. Don't tempt me with the idea of a cheap E9X M3... SFH1989 posted:Just buy the Challenger and drive the poo poo out of it. I plan on doing this. Hmm, lime green with a shaker hood... 
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Mar 31, 2015 17:06
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CornHolio posted:Don't tempt me with the idea of a cheap E9X M3... Here's one for $15k in Houston that someone posted in the BMW thread: http://www.bmwwest.com/used/BMW/2008-BMW-M3-3f8a2d700a0a00de38e21581f6d549a0.htm
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Mar 31, 2015 17:34
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CornHolio posted:I plan on doing this. Hmm, lime green with a shaker hood... Spend another three grand and get a Scat Pack 
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Mar 31, 2015 17:43
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meatpimp posted:Here's one for $15k in Houston that someone posted in the BMW thread: http://www.bmwwest.com/used/BMW/2008-BMW-M3-3f8a2d700a0a00de38e21581f6d549a0.htm Now that is a LOT of miles, although that car may be the most reliable thing BMW has produced in the last 20 years.
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Mar 31, 2015 17:49
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Das Volk posted:Now that is a LOT of miles, although that car may be the most reliable thing BMW has produced in the last 20 years. If it had a sunroof, I would be considering taking a chance... that's just so stupid cheap for a 1-owner car, and to rack up that many miles, it MUST have been largely freeway driving.
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Mar 31, 2015 17:55
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meatpimp posted:If it had a sunroof, I would be considering taking a chance... that's just so stupid cheap for a 1-owner car, and to rack up that many miles, it MUST have been largely freeway driving.
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Mar 31, 2015 18:40
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Super Aggro Crag posted:The F&F franchise got good when Justin Lin started directing. Agreed. I LOVE Tokyo Drift. I think I wrote a long review of it on here at one point.
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Mar 31, 2015 18:56
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Throatwarbler posted:SO when checking wikipedia to make sure I got the engine codes right on the above post I came across this: Yup i process these a bunch at work. The techs dont really like tearing them apart if they need the timing chain replaced cause its a pain in the dick
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Mar 31, 2015 19:16
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some texas redneck posted:With expired tags? You're a brave, brave man. I've been pulled over for an expired inspection in a rental, of all things, and on my way home from picking up the rental (and once I looked closer at the inspection sticker, it had been pulled off of another car... thanks Enterprise!). Ah, but I had a long a friend who is a sperg on vehicle paperwork, among other things. turns out Texas has an online form for a Permit for Transit, good for 5 days, to get your new car home or to the DMV with expired stuff. So I did the long drive perfectly legal - and didn't see a single cop. Glad I had that friend along. Made the paperwork easy, including send a release of lien to the guy my cousin bought the thing from, because he hadn't filed the official form with TX yet. some texas redneck posted:It's like watching Cops. You hum the song through the entire episode, know that some gently caress is going to get popped for something stupid as poo poo, and you're yelling at the TV going "HOW THE gently caress DID YOU GET POPPED FOR THAT YOU loving IDIOT?!?". Except the song isn't as catchy, and there's usually a moose involved. My wife watches a show with Game Wardens in Maine, I think. Such dumbasses out there. (Welcome back, Reducing Dick.)
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Mar 31, 2015 19:32
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Super Aggro Crag posted:The F&F franchise got good when Justin Lin started directing. The ONLY F&F is is any way shape or form not an insult to the intelligence is the first one and that's still a terrible movie. The rest are just plain loving awful with no redeeming features
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Mar 31, 2015 21:24
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I'm sorry you can't enjoy a RB powered Mustang.
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Mar 31, 2015 21:27
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PAGING DR. KILLJOY
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Mar 31, 2015 21:32
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CornHolio posted:Yeah but one of them would be to me. 
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Mar 31, 2015 21:35
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I've scored a pedestal drill from work, they were scrapping it because our rules changed & we can't have a 240v, belt driven drill anymore. loving Ejits, but I'm not complaining. Now I just have to get it home, then store it somewhere until I've got a garage  The drill they replaced it with cost £6k and is more complex than the 400t press next to it.
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Mar 31, 2015 21:54
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I'm not a bitter person but I smiled a little bit when I found out the guy who does gently caress all at work and spent all of last week bragging to me about the steal of a deal he got on a 10 year old Nissan Sentra just wrecked it in a car accident this morning.
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Mar 31, 2015 21:59
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Tusen Takk posted:PAGING DR. KILLJOY Hi, what was your question?
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Mar 31, 2015 22:05
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I got laid off today and I'm pretty zen about it, seven years with the same company through a couple buy outs. I knew it was coming and hated the company but I think I got spoiled working 4 ten hour shifts from home. I've never been unemployed before, so it should be interesting, time to finally get off my rear end and get some certs.
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Mar 31, 2015 22:14
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MCM just put the first episode of the new series! 
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Mar 31, 2015 22:18
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InitialDave posted:MCM just put the first episode of the new series! Just saw it uploaded, watching it right now 
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Mar 31, 2015 22:23
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TooLShack posted:I got laid off today and I'm pretty zen about it, seven years with the same company through a couple buy outs. I knew it was coming and hated the company but I think I got spoiled working 4 ten hour shifts from home. I've never been unemployed before, so it should be interesting, time to finally get off my rear end and get some certs. Sup first time recently laid off buddy  I couldn't be happier honestly, now I have the time to do all the things that I've wanted to.
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Mar 31, 2015 22:49
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Quite A Tool posted:I'm sorry you can't enjoy a RB powered Mustang. Put it in a movie worth watching and I'll enjoy the poo poo out of it.
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Apr 1, 2015 00:46
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Cat Terrist posted:Put it in a movie worth watching and I'll enjoy the poo poo out of it. They did, it was called Tokyo Drift. Honestly if you go to a F&F movie expecting something like Black Swan, Birdman, Shawshank, or anything in that league you aren't doing F&F movies right.
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Apr 1, 2015 01:41
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My fiance just casually mentioned to me that she wants a Scion FRS as her daily driver. She has never shown the slightest interest in anything car related and has happily driven her beige Accord since I have known her.
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Apr 1, 2015 01:45
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Some miserable oval office put a big rear end ding in my rear passenger door. Right near the ege, not sure if I can even PDR it. Just lovely.
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Apr 1, 2015 02:46
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Throatwarbler posted:I ma astonished that this thing is turning out to be problematic!  Number 5 had issues too. bolind posted:I live in a condo building, where there's a parking garage and adjacent to that there's a small storage unit for each condo, like 3 square meters or so. These are notoriously always filled with crap because, you know, crap. Wait, why are there not individual keys to each storage unit? Darchangel posted:Ah, but I had a long a friend who is a sperg on vehicle paperwork, among other things. turns out Texas has an online form for a Permit for Transit, good for 5 days, to get your new car home or to the DMV with expired stuff. So I did the long drive perfectly legal - and didn't see a single cop. They've had that for at least a few years now. You can also do a 30 day permit, but the car can never have been ticketed for expired tags. I've never used the 30 day permit before though, only the 5 day.
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Apr 1, 2015 03:07
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some texas redneck posted:Wait, why are there not individual keys to each storage unit? They busted some guy here just this week who'd been out of jail for about a month. He went around ripping off storage units and had accumulated $350,000 worth of stuff from said thefts already by the time the cops rolled up to ask him why he was punching his girlfriend in the middle of the street.
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Apr 1, 2015 03:25
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some texas redneck posted:
Wait, so am I the only one who just drives whatever I happen to buy home without doing anything? I feel like if we had to get some permit or some poo poo, the second I purchased one the dickhead from craigslist that I had planned to buy the car from would flake out or something. Never have registered anything until after it's gotten home.
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Apr 1, 2015 03:31
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KKKLIP ART posted:They did, it was called Tokyo Drift. No, I expect something that is at least watchable and not an insult to what small intelligence I may or may not have - there is over and above that, no amount of alcohol or petrol sniffing that can make Tokyo Drift in any way not loving terrible. It's not even worth hate watching.
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Apr 1, 2015 03:39
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BrokenKnucklez posted:GBS is invading... then we take the fight to them ----------------
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T-Square posted:Wait, so am I the only one who just drives whatever I happen to buy home without doing anything? I feel like if we had to get some permit or some poo poo, the second I purchased one the dickhead from craigslist that I had planned to buy the car from would flake out or something. You really only need it if the seller keeps the plates, or the tags are expired. Texas started allowing the sellers to keep the plates in private party transactions several years ago. And in Darchangel's case, the inspection and registration are both expired.
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Apr 1, 2015 03:49
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T-Square posted:Wait, so am I the only one who just drives whatever I happen to buy home without doing anything? I feel like if we had to get some permit or some poo poo, the second I purchased one the dickhead from craigslist that I had planned to buy the car from would flake out or something. Same here. No tags, no registration, no insurance. Cops here are pretty cool about it though if you can show them you just bought it and are taking it straight home. Cat Terrist posted:No, I expect something that is at least watchable and not an insult to what small intelligence I may or may not have - there is over and above that, no amount of alcohol or petrol sniffing that can make Tokyo Drift in any way not loving terrible. It's not even worth hate watching. If you're thinking or using what intelligence you may have during a TFATF movie, you're doing it very wrong. They're big dumb action flicks that are all about ridiculous stunts and crazy cars. gently caress's sake, the fifth one has a scene where they're towing a bank vault around like a giant flail and smashing everything in sight. They're not meant to be thought about or analyzed, they're basically the CoD of the movie world.
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So I saw one of these today in the wild:  My first thought was that it was a really well done conversion, but I looked it up and according to C&D, it's factory and there were 1602 sold in the US between 2005 - 2008. I guess I learned something today.e: Yeah, the X-type wasn't the most awesome car, but I have a bit of a soft spot for oddities v  v
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T1g4h posted:If you're thinking or using what intelligence you may have during a TFATF movie, you're doing it very wrong. They're big dumb action flicks that are all about ridiculous stunts and crazy cars. gently caress's sake, the fifth one has a scene where they're towing a bank vault around like a giant flail and smashing everything in sight. They're not meant to be thought about or analyzed, they're basically the CoD of the movie world. This. Not everything has to be deep or thought provoking. I'm pretty excited for this one for some reason.
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Apr 1, 2015 04:07
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Cat Terrist posted:No, I expect something that is at least watchable and not an insult to what small intelligence I may or may not have - there is over and above that, no amount of alcohol or petrol sniffing that can make Tokyo Drift in any way not loving terrible. It's not even worth hate watching. TFATF is an insult to car culture, the way CoD is an insult to gaming. I hated every single one.
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Its about ethics in movies about car culture, really.
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Apr 1, 2015 04:09
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1.4 INCH DICK posted:Its about ethics in movies about car culture, really. Its about not spewing lovely bro culture all over racing movies.
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Black88GTA posted:So I saw one of these today in the wild: Thats weird, I saw an x wagon walking home from grocery store today. Only 1602 of them, that's a rare bird. AI: I helped neighbor with Jeep Grand Cherokee by dremel cut-off wheeling the bolt on one of his battery terminals. He needed a new battery at least, haven't caught up to ask what the final diagnosis was. 2002 w 195k miles, had transmission replaced at 180K , 5.7 V8. This was first car thing I have done in forever, felt very fun to have th right answer for a problem. I live vicariously through all you serious car folks exploits, so this was fun to have a little hands on.
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Huh. So a few pages back I bitched about the 110 punchdown tool I bought. I left a 1 star review for it on Amazon that day as well. The seller just emailed me saying they're sending me a replacement for free. I didn't contact them at all, since it was past the 30 day return period when it broke, and it was only  anyway, so no great loss. Bonus points for customer service and paying attention to reviews, at least, though I doubt the new one will make it past a few jacks.
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