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Bought that 1 owner 80k mile Lexus SC300 with the 5 speed manual today for 6200 bucks.
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I like my steak medium rare with just some salt and pepper on it before it's grilled. If someone wants to puck it up then that's there choice. Ketchup? Sure man whatever you like. Heck you can even be weird and not put beans in your chili it's all good in the hood baby. Now, if you start putting some Rockstar wheels on your car....
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Mar 2, 2017 10:33
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Olympic Mathlete posted:I never actually put 2 and 2 together when hearing 'cool ranch' until a while back. Which came first, ranch or cool ranch?
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Mar 2, 2017 16:51
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A vast majority of people that aren't me have terrible taste in absolutely everything
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Mar 2, 2017 23:06
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Biodome posted:Don't you usually have to put a down payment on a house to buy a house? $15K, $20k? If you were renting you wouldn't have to pay that money and instead could invest it in some interest bearing account and at the end of 15 years you would have made some money. Truly depends on when you buy a house too. As was mentioned already in Florida prices dropped the hardest and then shot up the highest when the market swung back around. We bought our house at the bottom in 2012. Had we done nothing at all our home gained 100k in value. Because, however, we did a full remodel our home has now doubled in price that we originally got it for. We also live in Tourist Town, FL (Sarasota) which locks in prices for everything way higher than they'd be elsewhere. I also really like yardwork and maintaining land so home ownership owns for me.
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Mar 5, 2017 20:14
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Looking at things as raw dollar amounts in asset/liability terms always weirds me out. Living is a depreciating asset, food is a waste and sleep loses me money. A house isn't an 'asset' and you don't get as much money back when you seek it but what about the actual living that's done in the meantime? What is the dollar amount when you derive satisfaction and enjoyment out of painting a wall whatever color you want whenever you want? Planting a tree just because? Those sort of freedoms have a very real worth that can't be put on a spreadsheet much like your favorite shoes aren't actually worth anything outside of this nebulous human aspect of worth. Truly the easiest way to save money is to go to sleep and never wake up.
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Mar 5, 2017 23:25
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Going to sell my car to Carvana tomorrow, everything has been super smooth so far so we'll see what the actual sale is like. There isn't many options available if you have a newer car and you want to sell it outright without trading it in to a new car and there is no way in hell I'm going to go down the road of private party selling for something in the mid 20k range. Since I own it outright it works out to me have been making around 250 bucks a month payment since we got in in June 2013. Not bad at all I think, and I've enjoyed the car very much while we've had it. But like I was told earlier, now that I have a ~~**LEXUS**~~ the VW just feels worse in every respect. Even though it's a 95 vs. a 2013 my wife and I can feel the purpose-built difference between the SC300 and the Golf R. You drive them both back to back and you just know that the Lexus was meant to be what it is while the Golf R gives away that it's a cheap car with bits stuck on. This stupid Lexus ruined the Golf R for me and my wife.
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Mar 6, 2017 18:08
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NitroSpazzz posted:I'm think Carmax will do the same thing, buy it not requiring you to buy one of theirs. Might be worth looking at to see how the offers compare if you haven't already. They do but Carvana comes to me where as I have to go to Carmax. Carvana is also only in the south eastern US so it's much more focused in that regard.
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Mar 6, 2017 18:51
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fridge corn posted:im buying a house that has no garage or even a drive lol According to this chart here *points to crotch* This is a bad idea. You should instead buy and live in a Miata.
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Mar 6, 2017 23:33
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I have a memory if watching Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, the original Disney one, in a theater when I was very young. Turns out I remembered right, even the theater I saw it in (Paramount Theater in Kankakee Illinois, the town where I was born). Disney theater-re-released it lots of times. Based on Wikipedia it would have had been in 1987. I was born in 1984, meaning I was three years old. Rad.
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Mar 7, 2017 05:41
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Lexus sc300 lower control arms + ball joints are $$$$ as hell, goddamn. There are no aftermarket ones either, but you can use supra ones which are about a third of the price for some reason. Supposedly it messes with the ride a little bit.
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Mar 7, 2017 07:12
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I'd get the Raptor too because it will hold it's value more than a non-Raptor would. Plus it's fast and that's cool right? I think they are super obnoxious but I'm sure people look at me driving around and think I'm super obnoxious so. Also  My body is ready
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Mar 7, 2017 20:33
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Lots of contractor types drive Raptors around here (flat, no hills at all and none of them ever see mud) so I figured they held their value for the badge rather than the actual truck itself. That Raptor logo is pretty big. ~Also~ sold my car to Carvana today. Was extremely easy, less than 24 hours from deciding to sell it to them to them showing up with a truck, looking the car over for like 2 minutes and cutting a check. I'm sure Carmax is cool too but like I said earlier Carvana came to me and I didn't have to leave the house, like a true goon.
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Mar 7, 2017 22:19
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You know that Doug DeMuro guy right? He does those really low production value sort-of reviews on YouTube? He gets interesting cars but says the same sort of things every time? I don't like the guy because he seems like a huge insecure douche and that prevents me from enjoying the content he puts out. Someone like Jay Leno though, seems like a real and genuine guy even if his humor is just as bad and dumb and groan worthy. Turns out that on the /cars reddit on a topic talking about why Jay Leno's channel isn't as popular had someone talk about this Doug dude. Someone else posted 'meh dude is a weird chode' and then that fuckin' Doug guy gets all butthurt and starts whining to this fukkin' reddit comment. The point I'm trying to make is that Doug DeMuro is exactly the sort of guy you assume he is, full stop.
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Mar 8, 2017 18:44
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Somewhat Heroic posted:
I don't like them but more people seem to like hot garbage in all facets of life so whatever, subjective. Him getting all weirdly defensive about some idiot posting throw away garbage on reddit is such a tiny insecure bitch move though. Doug also posted a comment then straight up deleted it. That right there says everything you need to know.
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Mar 8, 2017 20:23
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Demographics are only moving one way and I wonder what these people are going to do then. GM talking about wanting the EPA regulations relaxed seems extremely short sighted of them, do they think they are going to be relaxed forever? They are driving themselves right into a neo-malaise era, again. Oh look everything's suddenly changed and we didn't innovate at all oh nooooooooo *declares bankruptcy again*
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Mar 8, 2017 21:42
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Metal Geir Skogul posted:E:also looking at a 93 LS400 160k miles to.orrow for $1300. Low price because no AC. While the no AC bit sounds especially awful considering Pheonix I will totally support an LS400 buy. As a new old man myself I do recommend a Lexus.
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Mar 9, 2017 01:17
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InitialDave posted:
Curious what this means because if it's by numbers or consumer demand or any measurable metric then an 'SUV' is a commuter car for the suburbs that never sees off-road use. Like hey I think Toyota Landcruisers are rad as hell but I'd certainly get the Lexus GX over a Landcruiser if given the choice .
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Mar 9, 2017 01:46
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Metal Geir Skogul posted:That's why I was thinking the CR-V. Plus, I already know how to do valves and the timing belt (and I have the special tool) because the woman in that relationship I just ended had a 97 CR-V that I did all the maintenance on. So it's familiar, has plenty enough space for car seats and junk, and is fairly fuel efficient for what it is. Yeah but how many million mile CRVs are there 
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Mar 9, 2017 02:05
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Metal Geir Skogul posted:Really torn between the 2008 crown Vic and either of the Lexuses. Should start a poll Chances are the Lexuses are going to drive and ride better than the Vic. You'll see tomorrow~
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Mar 9, 2017 03:16
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nm posted:The Lexus GX is a landcruiser prado with nicer seats. Exactly. And where I am that weirdly makes them less expensive than a Landcruiser.
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Mar 9, 2017 04:16
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Metal Geir Skogul posted:But the price was right. Makes it the best choice, grats.
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Mar 9, 2017 19:47
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I'm got a kinda dumb question, what's the procedure for getting parts from a junkyard typically? There is a junked sc300 up in Tampa that has three parts that I need, maybe more. Window trim, the center arm rest bit and the pair of rear exhaust brackets that hold up the exhaust. I've never actually bought anything from a yard before so I'm completely ignorant in generally how it works.
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Mar 10, 2017 00:27
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Thanks guys, I figured it was something along these lines but it's nice to have confirmation.
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Wistful of Dollars posted:Hell of an endorsement to Lexus. We took the son of one of our friends out in the R to teach him how to drive stick and when we went home my wife (who drove back) said "I don't like the R anymore" and that was that. It's messed up a lot of things in that vein too, that big NA straight 6 delivers it's power in such a satisfying way. Now I get why people want GT coupes, why people want NA engines. We currently have a NX 200t as a loaner though and this thing loving sucks. I always bop my head on the center light cluster that sits above the rear view mirror because everything is so closed in and just close to you. I'll go to back up and smack my forehead on it when I wrench around to look out the back window but all I find is a bunch of headrests and a tiny gunner slit where I can't see a drat. Turn back around and use my mirrors and the rearview camera instead. It's quick but it feels dead, the fit and finish is amazing but I'm sitting above the ground high for no reason and have no space in the thing because of it. It is an F-sport model though so you can turn it on to SPORT MODE and change gears with the paddles and while that is a bit more fun it still feels dead. My wife hates it hard because it's a CUV and she's judging the poo poo out of herself for being in it. Modus Man posted:As someone who lives in southeast michigan, I feel your pain. The roads here are 99% straight and flat and boring as hell. I'm going to Mendecino, California this summer for a wedding and we will be staying out there for 3 or 4 days and I want to drive on some roads worth driving on. I will be looking for suggestions but it looks like ANY road up in northern California fits the bill. You don't know flat and straight till you stop on down to Florida. Our roads tend to be in excellent shape though what with the weather and all.
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Mar 12, 2017 20:50
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cakesmith handyman posted:I'm bored, recommend me a car film I'm unlikely to have watched before. Ever watch the original Gone in 60 seconds? EDIT hey the whole thing is on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6eSJs06eCc
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Mar 12, 2017 20:52
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This is hilarious but it bugs me bad when leech channels like the one you linked steal content. The original one is here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EShUeudtaFg
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Mar 16, 2017 09:05
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Fresh off the heels of getting that Lexus and still looking for a Samurai for my wife I found a 1991 Geo Tracker (aka Suzuki  graphics on the side even. Heading out to look at it tomorrow, they are asking 5k for it. From what I've looked at for these it seems that people run them ragged and they have some sort of computer fault past 200k, they rust like crazy up north and people complain about the lack of power. Otherwise like the Samurai they are die-hard little trucks. Do I have that right?
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Adiabatic posted:As a 7 year resident of Grand Rapids and Flint, I'm never living in the midwest ever again. As a Muskegon native, same. People give Florida poo poo but every time it rains while New York gets hammered with a winter storm I smile and do some light yardwork usually involving citrus. Then I look at my rust free car and smile. Thanks for the Tracker words, seems like it is very much on the other end in terms of reliability to the sc300 we just got. Impossible to kill out of spite vs precision engineering.
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funny Star Wars parody posted:no, the farther north you go the less lovely people are The further south you go, the further North you are  Edit    Soon. KakerMix fucked around with this message at 15:21 on Mar 17, 2017 |
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Mar 17, 2017 15:15
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Olympic Mathlete posted:Y'all not get the Suzuki Vitara then? Yeah we got them in that body style but they more often than not say "Chevy" on them and there is a hard line lack of yellow and stripes Re: cost of living Yeah where we are in Sarasota is more expensive than lots of places unless you are buying stone crab and Grouper. However, it is very worth it to me and it does hurt at all that I look like every white persons' son/grandson and have had nothing but positive experiences with police. KakerMix fucked around with this message at 17:47 on Mar 17, 2017 |
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Lost the tire battle with the Tracker. They are from 2004 and we thought we'd tried driving up 41 but pretty quickly the tread started separating from the tire, at a Goodyear getting all four tires replaced. The thing is rad otherwise, super small, direct and just a solid great little vehicle. Reminds me a lot of my Acty. I get that people have a hard time with the power these things have but it's double what my van has so it feels quite peppy.
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Mar 17, 2017 21:46
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scrubs season six posted:36000 miles is insane. Do you know what the story is? The story is some old lady retiree bought it new, then in 1995 sold it to Marie, who had it since then. Them being the high-end snowbirds, the kind that live in Florida and then go somewhere else in the summer, meant that they had it parked underneath a closed-in carport and it served as a second car for driving around town. There is this weird inverse of rust where the underside and body is spotless, including the fuel lines, bolts, all that stuff. The inside of the car though has rust hazing on things like the seat rails, the stick shift stalk and the rear view mirror bar. the interior is mint, door cards are perfect and the only age related anything is the top layer of the climate control labels is peeling and coming up from the labels beneath and the stick shift knob is all chewed up from exposure. In line with that the tires separated from their treads in short order once we hit the highway and as we got into town and on the final streets to home it started having intermittent issues with running, the exact same way that a clogged fuel filter makes a car behave. Considering this is probably the first time it's been at the speeds and for as long as we had it going at I wouldn't be surprised at all if it's clogged, or if the fuel screen on the pump is all gunked up too. Going to dig into it tomorrow and I'll post some pictures in the post your ride thread as well.
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Mar 18, 2017 02:57
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Cop Porn Popper posted:An LED headlight in a standard halogen housing will throw jack poo poo for light downroad. Just get decent bulbs. You'd think so but https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ck2Lsfn9fw
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Mar 18, 2017 05:27
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long-rear end nips Diane posted:So, uh, how hard is it to learn stick? If I bought a Focus RS or Civic R with no manual experience would I just gently caress up the car and cost myself a ton of money? Dive directly in, if a bunch of shithead bozos that are lame and also stupid as gently caress (use your imagination here about people you dislike) can drive around with a stick then you too will have no problem. Once you get the concept you get it and that's all there is to it. I'm guessing if you bought an RS or Civic R you'd learn how to drive stick in less than 10 minutes. The rest of your time is spent learning the car and then later when you hop into another manual transmission car for the first time you will buck and maybe stall it or rev the piss out of it as you feel for the clutch engagement and then learn that car in 30 seconds or so. I taught a neighbor of ours how to drive stick on my Golf R and he got the concept right away, the rest of the time was spent learning the car because they all have different ways they feel and driving a manual transmission vehicle is nothing but feel.
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Mar 19, 2017 04:19
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Got the fuel filter changed on my wife's Tracker and wow the problem is solved Also found out that it was bought in Naples, Florida originally. Considering the mileage and it's age I honestly feel that this vehicle has never left Naples and us driving it home is the furthest it's driven.
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Mar 19, 2017 20:06
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  Costco has some season plants in stock at the moment and they have 12~ ft fishtail palms for 60 bucks. Normally they go for $160. We shoved it in the tiny van and it was flawlessly handled.
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Mar 24, 2017 02:16
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The Royal Nonesuch posted:Is that like, a... a Setter-Dachshundhuahua? That's Sprocket and he's a dachshund-chihuahua mix. Applebees Appetizer posted:Nice, I've got three fishtails in my back yard and one of them is a gigantic specimen that I saved from the dumpster over a decade ago. Glorious palms but they make a loving mess once they are mature. Our property has 7 fully-grown live oaks, nothing is as bad as those pollen strings which are currently raining down at the moment. Our neighbors have live oaks too so everyone is in on the dusty party!
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Mar 25, 2017 01:18
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I've got a hole blown in my exhaust right at one of the catalytic converters because I guess the sc300 has two? Anyway because of this it sounds bad at idle but under load goddamn does the 2JZ-GE sound amazing. I'll stay in second or third gear just to hear it work under high revs then embarrasingly try to hide the fact that it's just an exhaust hole when I have to stop 
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Rhyno posted:Watching MightyCarMods and I want a Kei car again! Get. One. 
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