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meatpimp posted:Even pedestrian cars. It took them 3 tries to get a close-enough mix of BMW Alpine White. That said, at least they did keep trying. Now imagine how bad it sucks painting at a bodyshop.
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Dumb question - why hasn't anyone made a flatplane kit for something like the LS motor. I know people spend money on crazy poo poo so a crank, cam, and firing order change in an ECU isn't out of the realm of possibility.
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kimbo305 posted:Read the manual looking for a possible fuse issue to explain the off head-unit. Fuse #4 in the passenger footwell fusebox is supposed to handle the radio and door locking. But my door locking works? Italy loves that poo poo, my Aprilia stuff is the same. Blows my mind sometimes.
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I don't know about a stock 911, but the turbo spool is pretty evident even in something as new as a 997.
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Seems like an Italian thing -- Ducatis are the same way. Aprilia, too.
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kimbo305 posted:Lotus 7 clones:
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It would be easier to run a stock ECU out of a car that runs that motor and has the ECU open so you can force OBD sensors as ready. In the BMW world this is how catless cars pass OBD only tests. Forced readyness.
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Pomp and Circumcized posted:Ah, ok. I'm pretty sure we don't have that in the UK, at least I've never heard of it. In Arizona we have two lines at the emissions stations. One for pre-96 cars - These go on the rollers, have the gas cap checked for leakage, and are generally inspected for emissions components such as the charcoal canister. One for 96+ cars - These have an OBD reader plugged in and are automatically passed if all of the emissions devices come back ready (I think there is a grace for a some that are not ready) and they test the gas cap. Cars with collectors car plates and motorcycles are exempt.
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kimbo305 posted:Saw a cheap salvage Elise for sale, and the dealer was being typically sleazy/evasive about what had happened to it (repaint from keying!). The pictures in that thread make me reevaluate buying one of those. Seems like they don't take impacts well at all.
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fknlo posted:One huge reason why I pretty much immediately ruled out an Exige/Elise when I was shopping is because of the clamshells. Car gets totaled if someone as much as looks at it wrong. Guinness posted:Not only that, but those clamshells are $$$$$$. I don't give a poo poo about totalled, I give a poo poo about being dead since it was one of the reasons I switched to cars from motorcycles.
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Bibendum posted:Yeah, I've seen some that have taken serious hits but never one with bad intrusion into the occupant tub itself. Salvage prices have actually been going up for them since aftermarket clamshells became available. When you could only get one by paying Lotus 11k even entirely superficial wrecks were selling for under 15k. Click the thread above and scroll a little bit 
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Arizona peaks out at 75mph, but 85+ anywhere is criminal speeding. I got two when I was younger and was putting 2-3k miles on motorcycles a month. I think they ended up costing me around $750 a pop.
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everdave posted:That is b/c Lexus. Toyota came out swinging and literally made the best quality car in the world with the LS (really don't argue). I worked for a Lexus dealer in the 90's getting in a 400k mile traveling salesman's LS you didn't know it til the sweep gauges went off and the ODO showed. Instead of marketing or gimmicks they made the highest quality poo poo. And the domestics were left scratching their asses. I wish Toyota from the 90's to about 05 still made cars.
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Fermented Tinal posted:For me, Toyota stopped selling great vehicles in North America in 1995, but I'm crazy. While I tend to agree with you, I have a couple cars that existed after 95 that were typical Toyota tank great: FZJ80 Land Cruiser / LX450 FZJ100 Land Cruiser / LX470 IS300 GS300 / GS400 LS430
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NSX prices are already going to the moon  I think older BMW prices are about to take another jump, also.
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Imported Euro E36 M3s with the proper motor, on the other hand...
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What is his username?
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YEAHHH, that dude is living the loving dream.
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That's pretty hosed up.
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