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Motronic
Nov 6, 2009

chrisgt posted:

but I know pretty much nothing about these cars.

Nobody that actually buys one does.

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CAT INTERCEPTOR
Nov 9, 2004

Basically a male Margaret Thatcher

chrisgt posted:

I've put about 500 miles on the toyota since doing the plugs. About 100 of those miles were towing, it runs, drives, and tows like a dream.



You are insane.

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This ought to be a fun adventure

In ways that you just dont know yet but will be a great deal of amusment for of us watching :D

Galler
Jan 28, 2008


chrisgt posted:

iforge has similar handles he's sending me, so I think I'll be able to just bolt them on. I'm not looking for fort knox, just looking to keep the casual thief from walking in and taking poo poo.

Any knuckle dragger with a makeshift rake and tension wrench can usually get a wafer lock open in a few seconds. You might be able to mount a hinged hasp on the side of the door and the door frame and secure it with a quality padlock to gain a lot of security for not much money.

Something like these
https://www.abus.com/us/Commercial-Security/Padlocks/Ueberfallen/140/(variant)/05315
https://www.abus.com/us/Home-Security/Padlocks/Diskus-R/Diskus-R-20/(variant)/08798


OTOH someone might break in, try and steal the biturbo, and fail to make it out alive.

Galler fucked around with this message at 05:46 on Apr 14, 2019

Bass Ackwards
Nov 14, 2003

Anything can be used as a hammer if you try hard enough.

Elephanthead posted:

The hood scoops are the only reliable thing about that car.

Fixed.*

*Unlike the Biturbo. :rimshot:

Bass Ackwards fucked around with this message at 05:19 on Apr 14, 2019

SlimManFat
Nov 12, 2010

RUST RUST RUST RUST RUST RUST RUST RUST RUST RUST RUST RUST RUST RUST RUST
holy loving poo poo :stare:

Deteriorata
Feb 6, 2005

Motronic posted:

Nobody that actually buys one does.

He's going to know a whole lot about almost every part of it, very soon.

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chrisgt
Sep 6, 2011

:getin:
I feel like this thread is getting long and scattered, I started a new thread. It will continue on in the spirit of this one.
New thread can be found here:
https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3887107

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