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Rhyno posted:2016 just claimed one more.  2017 will be off to a good start. I have a pork shoulder smoking on the grill, I've finally got enough pennies in my piggy bank to buy the E90 M3 I've been  about for the last couple years. I'm sorely tempted to even go full dumb and buy that red one that Enthusiast Auto Group has because it is exactly what I want in a car.
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Ether Frenzy posted:Just buy the one you want, the couple grand difference you might save in 'being frugal' or whatever isn't going to be worth the time you don't have an E9x M3, and having The One You Wanted counts for quite a bit. Like the artist formerly known as meatpimp said, $40k is probably around what you should be expecting to pay. This one specifically gets my heart racing and is everything I was wanting. We do have sales tax to the tune of 6.85%. That would be about three grand, plus there will be insurance and EAG only ships in covered trailers (awesome) and is about $2200. If the car had less than 50k miles maybe it would be a no brainer. I think that if I play the long game another can pop up and I'll be ready to buy it and spend less than $47k acquiring it.
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BraveUlysses posted:that car is sweet but is there a reason you want the DCT instead of a 6speed? Ether Frenzy posted:Better performance, better sound thanks to aggressive downshift rev matching every time - if you want - completely docile if you don't, better mated to the S65's ability to rev through three gears in 4 seconds and back down through five in 3, easier to live with in stop and go commuter traffic, easier to keep both hands on the wheel while doing keerazy M3 poo poo in MDM, gains launch control, and because the manual transmission on these is dull and nondescript and doesn't add as much to this car as it does in other cars with less suited alternatives. That's my guesses, but I may be biased. Driving a manual is considerably more fun in many other case, but just didn't impress me as matching the rest of this car as well as the DCT did when I was buying mine.
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Jan 1, 2017 21:11
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NitroSpazzz posted:drat that's a nice car and that price is pretty inline with what I've seen them going for, only a little high. I can't remember where you are but I'd do a fly-n-drive for that thing over having it shipped Shipping is likely the best option. I'm in Salt Lake and driving from Cincinnati through the Midwest on pilot super sports sounds like a poor life choice. Keeps the miles off and saves plane ticket/gas/lodging expense. After sleeping on it a few days after talking with him I really do want that car, but still am not ready for his price. I'm going to throw a final offer type thing in an email and leave it at that. Maybe time will pass and he will submit to it. If not it wasn't meant to be.
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Ether Frenzy posted:The world's straightest, flattest, & most boring piece of a highway (I-80) through ice and slush and snow and bullshit is a Really Dumb Way to use a E90 M3. My blanket answer is basically just that it's not Mulholland Drive between Ohio and Salt Lake. If it was then it'd be a different story.
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Jan 2, 2017 18:48
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I got my wisdom teeth out at 19. I'm 25% evolved wherein I had just three. Two bottom came out easy, one on top had actually poked through which made it easier to extract. Didn't even have puffy cheeks and healed super easy. My brother on the other hand? 100% evolved. No wisdom teeth at all. What a douche! 
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Jan 6, 2017 02:23
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Three-Phase posted:I need to start buying groceries through Amazon or something. Grocery stores being out of normal things is super irritating. Target is out of stock on the diapers we get for my kid all the time. It is like "WTF people? How are you out of this?" Looking for options to ship a vehicle. What is the Goon Suggested TM service? This place seems pretty straightforward from a cursory Google search: https://www.autotransportdirect.com/
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Jan 6, 2017 22:11
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Tide posted:Is it impossible to have one loving thread on this used to be funny comedy forum as whole not end up being a goddamned political shitfest? No one is going to change anyones mind and all that ends up happening is someone getting the sandiest vagina EVER. Somewhat Heroic posted:Looking for options to ship a vehicle. What is the Goon Suggested TM service? This place seems pretty straightforward from a cursory Google search: https://www.autotransportdirect.com/ Quoting myself again because this got lost in politichat. The car I'm looking at came in with a nice PPI which I'm going t to call on and see if I can come to a price agreement. Given the stormy conditions and shot front tires driving home is probably not the best option in a week or two....
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Jan 7, 2017 20:33
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Found out yesterday that baby #3 is going to be a boy. That makes for girl, boy, boy. Really had no preference either way. My inkling thought it would be a girl which was wrong obviously. Pretty stoked and looking forward to my wife not being sick anymore.
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Thanks for the kind words  Boaz MacPhereson posted:
I saw your post in the RC thread. I'll reply with some good info tomorrow on a real computer. Since I've been painting on the inside for over 20 years I have a hard time thinking the other way around. Just make sure you get polycarbonate compatible spray. Tamiya spray is the best stuff. You are in for a whole world of an obsession that you don't need. Like a meth habit.
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Jan 9, 2017 01:48
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Jan 9, 2017 20:29
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Seminal Flu posted:Great color, great wheels, fun car. Nicely done. 2011, competition package. Black novillo leather (not extended). Individual sound, EDC, DCT, a tick over 40K miles. Dealer serviced its whole life in the Bay Area. PPI, CarFax and Blackstone reports are squeaky clean. Paying a premium, but it ticks off all the boxes of my wants and has been lovingly cared for by the PO. Much better piece of mind over something like this, which I was also considering: http://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-sale/vehicledetails.xhtml?listingId=440794324&hideBackLink=true&Log=0 (no EDC, no idea of history, relatively higher miles) or the one at EAG that was overpriced by probably 5 grand and also had higher miles (58K)
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Jan 9, 2017 21:58
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slurry_curry posted:So I was posting earlier about the shady Mercedes dealer I had been working with. They are still "fixing" the car, so something tells me the damage was more extensive than they originally said, or they are just loving with me. Haven't officially told them to gently caress off, but I think I found an alternative. Cars without a car payment run better. Or at least I like to think so. After almost four years of never having a car payment I will never go back. I am not too versed in Mercedes but I will say that if you are going to be piling miles on a car then get one with the lowest mileage you can afford. If you can get one with slightly higher miles at a low price, but will not be putting too many miles on then you won't find yourself upside down in the next few years if you decide to sell. Miles destroy cars values long after initial options installed on a car will. If a higher mileage car then spend the $200 and get a good PPI done. It can give you a good bargaining point too. I was able to negotiate a little bit on this M3 because of the PPI bringing two small things to surface while not a deal breaker for either of us it was good to be completely transparent since I am two states away and buying a car I haven't seen in person. Ether Frenzy posted:Congrats man! Looks like a good pick, that color is great, there's a coupe near me in that color and he's got the comp pack wheels painted black which looks fantastic imho. Too bad you won't be coming by LA in that green one, though Thanks! The goon meet in LA would have been sweet  but this one is the better car and I plan on keeping it...forever. I have never had a car this nice before so it is very exciting!The Locator posted:That is one drat pretty car. Very nice. Thanks! The next ~3 weeks are going to be the longest of my life.
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funny Star Wars parody posted:I paid my student loans off recently thanks to my mum. She always felt awful that I had a massive student loan and she wasn't able to help, and one of our last conversations was about how she was at least glad that she'd be able to take care of that when she passed and she was glad that I wouldn't be paying $3000/month for 2 years to pay them off on my own Genuinely good thing by your mum and good for you on being responsible. That is a huge kick start on making the life of your family into a prosperous one. That is truly a great way to honor your mum.
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Jan 10, 2017 20:04
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funny Star Wars parody posted:i think it can be undisputed fact that the dumbest people itt are either me or fridgecorn If you were dumb you'd never learn from your mistakes. You've definitely grown. I'm all for paying off the debt. Our plan is to have the house paid off by the time I'm 40 (8 years time) and it's definitely so-able. I know people will always say 'but if rates are low you can invest' blah blah but then I think "paid off house at 40. My oldest kid will barely be 13.  "tl;dr - pay off the mortgage because it'll feel bitchin.
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Jan 11, 2017 22:36
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Just saw that video of president Obama giving Joe Biden that medal and that was pretty touching. I disagree on a lot of points of Obama's presidency but Joe Biden is a very likable dude and has been a bright light during these two terms. He is just a genuine person who really wants to make the world a better place.
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:GG, 10pm and it's 39.8C I remember when I was living in Melbourne and when the butter was out on the counter it melted into a puddle. Australia is slightly closer to the sun than any other country. funny Star Wars parody posted:Jesus what even is your life
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funny Star Wars parody posted:for some reason i thought that you lived in Utah I do, and I did! I was in Australia from August 2004 to August 2006 (Tassie and Melbourne; specifically the CBD/western suburbs in VIC) as an LDS (Mormon) missionary. I am the resident Mormon goon in here.
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funny Star Wars parody posted:oh that's pretty cool that they didnt send you to somewhere in the midwest You are telling me! Australia is such an amazing country. I love the people. You really don't have any say on where you will be sent, you simply just say you will go wherever. I have friends that went to pretty much any place you can imagine; Western/Eastern Europe; Africa, Polynesia, Asia, Central/South America and learning to speak whatever the native language(s) is(are). I would have liked to have learn a language, did a little time within the Tongan community so I picked up a bit of that. Basically Australia is better than the US in more ways than I care to count. 
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funny Star Wars parody posted:now to just convince the wife to move half a world away That is very easily solved with a 250g bar of Dairy Milk. I was up 50 pounds at one point during my two years in Oz. 
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funny Star Wars parody posted:i considered filing when i gave her a timtam and she didnt like it, i have little hope that a dairy milk would help  I'm now able to buy Tim Tams that are 'product of australia' at my local grocery store for $3.50 a package. They have Bundaberg's ginger beer, peachee, lemon lime & bitters and all the other flavors too. The only thing I have a hard time sourcing in the US is real Milo. Fortunately my friend travels to Australia often enough that he picks it up for me whenever he goes 
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I'm using my AISS gift and smoking 12 pounds of pork shoulder with my apple wood pellets that he got for me. I'm about 2 degrees off from where I need to pull it off the grill to wrap and let it rest. It's going to be awesome.
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Rhyno posted:Dragonball Z is weird as poo poo. Like, you become a great fighter and suddenly you can loving fly? How does that work? Whoa. That's a tough break. The time leading up to and following having your first kid is hard. No way around it. Your social life is gone. Find a good support group of peers that can be a sounding board. Keep communication open with your wife. Be present when you're home and spend quality time with the little guy. I've generally made a habit of putting my phone in another room when I get home and leaving it for a few hours. My wife does the same. It's been good for everyone. Seminal Flu posted:drat, that's some tough poo poo. That timing after the kid, though, could be still pointing at postpartum instead of a true, reasoned intent. Have you tried, or considered, counseling? Either separate or together, it could be a big help. These are good words too.
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Wife called me to say that the Flex just displayed "Low Oil Pressure" warning light. A cursory google search says most people experience a sensor failure, or it could be something stuck in the oil screen and or/oil pump failing. I told her to drive it home and park it. She is all pissed off at me because she said she wasn't done going to some stores she needed to. 
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Seminal Flu posted:How could she justify being pissed of at you? You have no control over the inner workings of the motor... and I'm sure the fine items she NEEDED to purchase at the store will still be there and she won't die before she gets to those stores to buy those fine items... Even though I could get stuff on the way home from work... cursedshitbox posted:gently caress it. let her go continue her errands and ask if she'd like to go car shopping afterwards.  She would not be happy about that given the large chunk of money being sent today for the E90 M3 I am buying. We will have four cars until I can whittle down the E36 M3. I told her to go and drive the Mazda 6 but she didn't want to do that idea because transferring car seats between cars is a pain in the rear end (I don't blame her)
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Went to the credit union to get the cashiers check to send to my intermediary for the M3 and forgot it's a bank holiday 
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the spyder posted:Random question of the day: What keeps you motivated? Good question. I have had a wildly productive and successful ~5 years or so which are pin pointed by relatively bigger goals and steps that my wife and I have corroborated together which includes:
Regarding the financial aspects of these goals my wife and I have made the decision to never finance a thing outside of our primary home mortgage which is moderate compared to our income so these have been saved for prior to purchase. My motivating factor has really been to be a good provider for my family and be able to give them the kind of life I want. That trickles down into all other aspects of my life. It makes me more motivated at work to do well and to innovate. I also have not been too reserved in pointing it out but I am religiously involved and active and that does give me a greater sense of purpose for me and my family. That might not be popular to say or be but it is part of my core beliefs and values and I sincerely believe the doctrines and principles and do my best to live them out and that over arches everything. "No success in life can compensate for failure in the home."
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Cage posted:Most people only post good things: marriage/kid stuff, pictures with friends, good news and it can make you feel like you aren't doing anything worthwhile. A million times yes. The sum of your life's experiences will never equal the combined experiences of your friends.
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Oh cool! Mac/Windows chat! Hey what do you all think of HOA's? I live in one and it's actually not bad. $200 a year gets me irrigation water for my yard and the organization is all volunteer from neighbors and pretty chill. Also in 10+ years since the inception of the hood the annual fee has not increased one dime. Fermented Tinal posted:
Looks like Christmas in January!  CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:I'd rather live in the asscrack of Lucifer than Melbourne anyday.
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:Nah it's fukkin poo poo there mate, the people there are proper cunts. I get that you can't find a proper Turkish kebab that way easily (well not when I was there) but the houses were amazing. Best kebab I had was on main road west in St Albans
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The last pair of jeans I bought were some APC raw denim and it has been hell to get them broken in. Everyone says two sizes down. I can't help but think my life would be better if I had only gone down one size. They are just now starting to get some nice fades and honeycomb behind the knee. I got them two years ago and make it a point to wear them as often as possible. They have loosened up more in the last five months but now I fear that it's only going to be a few more months before the crotch gets blown out. I might try one of those denim repair places just because I have committed a long time of my life being uncomfortable in them for them to start looking good. This will probably be my last pair of raw selvedge denim.
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Mod is dead. Long live the Mod. Darchangel posted:And probably paid $100 for them. I don't think dirty jeans with weird fade patterns look good, so didn't even get that part (though I doubt I'm the one they're trying to impress.) I'll stick with my $20 Target Wranglers, thanks. A little more but not the most expensive pair of jeans I have bought  The goons of YLLS all sing praises of the APC and the idea behind raw denim is that you get the sick fadezzz/coloring with wear that is genuine compared to the 'distressed' look off the shelf. funny Star Wars parody posted:what if AI becomes a libertarian paradise and has no mods But seriously if any subforum has a hope of surviving such a circumstance it would be this one.
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fridge corn posted:Holy poo poo which one of you is this lol http://facebook.com/profile.php?=73322363 This is one of those magic links that automatically links to your profile isn't it? I interrupt Modless chat to announce that I have a title! And keys! And a car that is two states away  Now to arrange for shipping. If anyone has any suggestions on companies to use that would be welcomed.
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KozmoNaut posted:Greatest purchase ever, if you like baking: Do they not sell the Bosch mixers in your area? That's a shame.
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Ether Frenzy posted:When's your new car getting there? Enclosed transport should be picking up tomorrow and delivered to me probably Friday! I got the title, one key, and all the service paper work in the mail from my friend letting me stash the car at his house until I could arrange the shipping. It's seriously been the longest couple of weeks of my life! It also snowed about 12 inches at my house just this weekend so it will likely stay garaged for a while. First things are register/inspection then alignment. Then wait until it gets warmer and turn the tires to smoke (for AI glory) and then get some Pilot Super Sports.
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My dudes - I know we are all freaking out a bit over the current political circumstances but can we keep it on the minimum? I come here to escape from Facebook and everywhere I turn I am being blasted with more crap about how everyone sucks and blah blah blah. 
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Seminal Flu posted:Report the post that concerns you and the moderator will quickly address your concerns. CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:We probably will for a bit longer at least - but eh just in case we get some idiot dropping in. Really about the only need for a mod. Ether Frenzy posted:The first question you're going to have is "Why does the car lurch when accelerating somewhat briskly???" and I'm going to point you to the article on pilot induced oscillation. Acceleration in this car requires dedication and commitment, keep your foot in it. I thought commandments one through ten of the V8 is never lift
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Adiabatic posted:What's everybody's favorite thing they're in the middle of right now? I am almost done building my new RC rock crawler. I am just finishing masking the body and getting ready for paint and will be doing somewhat of a take on dazzle camo. I am also trying to figure out what billet bead lock wheels I am going to use. I think I have narrowed it down to the Method 105's in gunmetal grey  I have a set of Method 101 wheels on my rock racer that are pretty neat  I am also getting my work station set up a little better. I got a new 27 inch iMac that is pretty excellent. It will be nice to have for making videos for work.
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It's 11:30 at night and I'm just here watching shows on my iPad waiting for a couple of dudes in a semi truck to come drop off a car that was in Sacramento this morning. It's like waiting for Christmas.
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