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Preoptopus posted:Dealer drama I have a sneaking suspicion that stories like that are directly attributable to why, for example, Carmax's national search looks like this:   I for one love that one of the 2 12 cylinder cars is a Hyundai.
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I hope it痴 an Elantra with some sort of frankenbike V12
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Apr 11, 2019 22:47
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:I hope it痴 an Elantra with some sort of frankenbike V12 Second v6 in the back.
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Apr 12, 2019 11:35
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NoSpoon posted:Second v6 in the back. One I4 up front, one I4 in back, one I4 in the middle W12 baby
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Apr 12, 2019 20:49
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:One I4 up front, one I4 in back, one I4 in the middle WTF12. All engine, all the time!
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Apr 13, 2019 16:07
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Took a lady friend out to dinner the other day who doesnt care about money or possessions. Showed her the massaging seats and the little gadgets and soon she was begging me to let her drive it home on the way back from dinner. It was snowing and the tires on it suck in slick conditions and shes never had a rwd. Told her id let her drive it all the way up to her sisters Rental condo in the mountains if she got us a free weekend up there. Best segway ever. The car is growing on me at a rapid rate. I never before would cared if I had automatic boot lids, or soft close features, or heated steering wheels, or AC/ massaging seats, or radar cruise control. But like with smart phones you wonder how you lived with out them. Its a weird thought tho because most new luxury cars have all this poo poo but to think in 2007 having all this would have been insane. Having to fill it up nearly every two days is a tad tiring. I cant see business men putting up with it. Then again, they probably just had the lot attendant in their office building do it. Preoptopus fucked around with this message at 23:26 on Apr 13, 2019 |
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Apr 13, 2019 23:20
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Automatic headlights and android auto are similar things for me. Never knew I wanted them, but now any car I drive without them just feels like it's lacking an integral feature.
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Apr 14, 2019 00:23
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The automatic boot lid on our LS460 is awesome. It sounds pointless but once you use it a few times you love it. Also the carved wooden steering wheel is the best most comfortable steering wheel i have ever felt in my hands before I love that also...And, and... Applebees Appetizer fucked around with this message at 03:41 on Apr 14, 2019 |
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Apr 14, 2019 03:39
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Rain sensing windshield wipers and autodimming mirrors are the two things I didn't realize I needed until I got a modern car
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Apr 14, 2019 03:48
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For me, it's adaptive cruise. So happy it's a thing on most new cars, so long as people use it, it could cut traffic in half.
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Apr 15, 2019 13:12
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Applebees Appetizer posted:Also the carved wooden steering wheel is the best most comfortable steering wheel i have ever felt in my hands before I love that also...And, and... I detest wood on steering wheels. Our Land Cruiser is wood from ~10 to 2 and again from ~4:30 to 7:30... And the only heated elements are in the leather on the sides. I would take entirely leather-wrapped (and heated throughout) or Alcantara 100/100 times over wood. /very first-world problems
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Apr 15, 2019 16:35
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wood steering wheels rule
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Apr 15, 2019 17:00
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sharkytm posted:For me, it's adaptive cruise. So happy it's a thing on most new cars, so long as people use it, it could cut traffic in half. All of the ones I've tried are so conservative with following distance that it slows me down way before I'd do a normal lane change to pass. Truer words have never been spoken about people using the stuff. Hell, I just wish they'd come around to using basic cruise control around here. Tremek posted:I would take entirely leather-wrapped (and heated throughout) or Alcantara 100/100 times over wood. 
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Suburban Dad posted:All of the ones I've tried are so conservative with following distance that it slows me down way before I'd do a normal lane change to pass. The Mazda system in my wife's CX5 is adjustable. 4 bars is long long distances for uncrowded highways, and yes, I had to adjust to it, because just as I was hitting the indicator to pass, it'd slow me down. 3 bars for normal New England non-peak hour highways, and 2 bars for rush-hour Rt 24 or Rt 3. 1 bar for Boston.
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Apr 16, 2019 01:35
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Having driven Subaru's version of it in Chicago traffic, you pretty much have to set it to "Audi" following distance and it works great. I can see the other settings being better on less congested highways but if you give too much it'll start freaking out as other cars fill the gap in front of you.
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Apr 16, 2019 02:40
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Tremek posted:I detest wood on steering wheels. Our Land Cruiser is wood from ~10 to 2 and again from ~4:30 to 7:30... And the only heated elements are in the leather on the sides. I used to feel the same way, and I scoffed at it when I saw it until I wrapped my hands around it and Foreigner played "It Feels Like the First Time" in my head on repeat.
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Apr 16, 2019 02:46
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sharkytm posted:For me, it's adaptive cruise. So happy it's a thing on most new cars, so long as people use it, it could cut traffic in half. I realized half the stress of being stuck in traffic is the stop and go. For the car to just do it is like a breath of fresh air. I have no reference point since this is the first and only one I have ever used, but it works extremely well. Ive noticed as the days get warmer the noise from the ABC system having a bad dampner is almost gone. It seams 68 degrees ambient temp is the magic number. Roomates back in jail so im being conservative with money in case I have to cover the whole of rent so still havent yet had a chance for a shop with STAR access to hook up to it. The car is slowly developing a character with me and there is this weird fuzzy feeling I get as I feel like i know when I can push her or when I should just chill and let her do her thing. The oddest thing, a relationship is starting to form where before its like OH gently caress 6000 dollars to fix it?! To now its ill do whatever it takes to gather 6 grand to fix her.
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Apr 17, 2019 02:33
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Random un-car-related question, whereabouts is this spot?
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My Rhythmic Crotch posted:Random un-car-related question, whereabouts is this spot? Lake Dillon summit county
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Apr 19, 2019 04:15
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Preoptopus posted:Lake Dillon summit county Beautiful place.
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Apr 19, 2019 12:35
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Todays new problem is that the rear passenger side sun guard screen thing stopped going up all the way on the forward side. ??? Dont even know how to feel about this.
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Apr 20, 2019 03:33
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I have made it 1100 miles so far. If this was top gear James would have to shave his head.
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Ok so finally had the windshield changed here is the story. As said before It was arranged I was to be at Mercedes of Denver the 26th of april at 1030. The week before a safelite guy came out to my work to make sure they had the right windshield. That morning I get a call from another safelite guy. "Hey so I have a lot of glass to put in today Ill be at the dealer from 2 to 5. Im like holdon. The whole point was so they can calibrate the camera. My appointment is at 10 please be there. He realized I was right and altered his schedule. I show up at the dealer who has no idea whats going on. The sales person clearly saw I wasnt rich and immediatly asked how I will be paying for the windshield. Im like im not, the dealership I bought this from is. Hes like well I need proof cause its a very expensive windshield. (i know it is) Your not putting it in i tell him, safelite is. So then why are you here he asks me. Cause you have to calibrate the camera i tell him and the other service writer laughs cause clearly im dealing with the idiot of the lot. He gets all mad because his 2800 dollar ticket just turned into 200 and he looses all interest in helping me. Well I dont know anything about this and your gonna have to pay for the callibration he tells me and the dealer you bought it from will have to reimburse you. Ill call them i told him and then asked for my loaner car I was assured I would get. Yea they are all booked out the guy tells me and Im like ugh i dont think so. He does some digging and in a relenting tone tells me that indeed I had one reserved. 2019 C300. I dont complain. I leave and start calling the OG dealer. Getting nowhere. I finally get to the manager who keeps telling me how many customers he has in front of him and i give him the number and name of the service advisor at Mercedes. 3 hours later I get a text that the car is ready however I am responsible for the callibration as the service advisor could not get in touch with the other dealer. It gets to the point where I was on the phone litterally telling the receptionist to pull this dude out of his office and talk to dude. Mercedes advisor gets the phone, takes down an email and says im free to go. He takes me out to an S class witha big dent in it and my heart sinks. Then I notice the 550 on the back and relax as i realize how big of a dumb rear end the dude is. This isnt my car I tell him and he starts back peddling after treeting me like poo poo. While waiting for my car I watched the advisors loose 3 different customer cars. gently caress that place. Anyway the silver lining was that the only thing the tech found was my ball joints had some play which i knew about. Said nothing of the ABC wine. Either they dont wanna gently caress with it, or knew I wouldnt bite. Oh well.
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May 9, 2019 00:15
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JFC, dealerships are the worst. Currently dealing with trying to get my car fixed after taking it to the local Toyota dealership for a transmission service, and it somehow magically gets a crack in the radiator after they touch it and now they don't want to be responsible for it. Going to talk to the service manager in person tomorrow should be exactly like the experience you had, dealing with a bunch of idiots I can't wait.
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Applebees Appetizer posted:JFC, dealerships are the worst. Currently dealing with trying to get my car fixed after taking it to the local Toyota dealership for a transmission service, and it somehow magically gets a crack in the radiator after they touch it and now they don't want to be responsible for it. Going to talk to the service manager in person tomorrow should be exactly like the experience you had, dealing with a bunch of idiots I can't wait. Pro tip in case they dont budge, call Toyota North America and make a complaint.
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May 9, 2019 01:22
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I believe he is in Florida which means call Southeast Toyota not Toyota North America (different distributor)
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Yeah I'm in Florida. Thanks for the info, if the service manager doesn't want to help I'll try the GM next and then Toyota directly if he doesn't want to help either. They quoted me over $1k to replace the loving radiator lol not gonna happen.
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Not that it helps you now, but of the local MB dealers, I am of the opinion that MB Littleton and MB Loveland are the easiest to deal with. I bought a car from Loveland, and I had said car serviced at Littleton, and both generally had their poo poo together. Littleton is also a Renntech & Weistec dealer so there's that.
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Dealership visit went surprisingly well. Must be he thought about our conversation over the phone because as soon as I walked in he said don稚 worry I値l take care of it. Either that or he talked to the tech that worked on my car and he admitted he hosed up. Either way pretty happy they owned it.
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Applebees Appetizer posted:Dealership visit went surprisingly well. Must be he thought about our conversation over the phone because as soon as I walked in he said don稚 worry I値l take care of it. Either that or he talked to the tech that worked on my car and he admitted he hosed up. Either way pretty happy they owned it. I just hate dealerships in general. they are all the same. no matter where you go. Dudes in suits with poo poo eating grins wondering around. Not one of them has a passion for what they are selling.
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Applebees Appetizer posted:Dealership visit went surprisingly well. Must be he thought about our conversation over the phone because as soon as I walked in he said don稚 worry I値l take care of it. Either that or he talked to the tech that worked on my car and he admitted he hosed up. Either way pretty happy they owned it. Good to hear
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Thinking of selling the BMW. It would go to a co worker who needs a car. 3000 is fair for 83k hed be the 3rd owner. only catch its a salavge title. Got written off when i wrapped a tree. totally fixed it with original parts. just a front end rebuild no frame damage. Two thoughts on this. Sell it to him as is. OR, take out a 100 day loan pimp it out, (coilover slam and some gaudy gold deep dishes or something) and sell to some kid for 8 and not im looking at 2jz s gently caress Preoptopus fucked around with this message at 08:07 on May 12, 2019 |
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May 12, 2019 05:50
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Don稚 take out a loan to bet on being able to rip off an idiot, that痴 a risk not worth taking. Especially since it relies on them being able to come up with 8k without a loan, unless scummy companies charging 30% on a salvage title car is a thing.
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22 Eargesplitten posted:Don稚 take out a loan to bet on being able to rip off an idiot, that痴 a risk not worth taking. Especially since it relies on them being able to come up with 8k without a loan, unless scummy companies charging 30% on a salvage title car is a thing. So If i sell off the engine, trans, wiring, accesories, wheels and tires, exhaust. Will i have enough to purchase a beat up 2jzvvti THeres always this option. lol https://jfautopartsupply.blogspot.com/2019/05/nissan-skyline-r32-half-cut-for-sale.html Preoptopus fucked around with this message at 00:09 on May 13, 2019 |
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22 Eargesplitten posted:unless scummy companies charging 30% on a salvage title car is a thing. There's a "dealer" on Facebook Marketplace locally that does almost that. The good thing is every car they list includes the VIN, and Google so far has always turned up salvage auction photos when I got bored and looked (and they've always been relatively mild wrecks, just written off because the cars are usually 8-12 years old and not worth a whole lot), but they want 10 references, a year's worth of bank statements, no self employment, etc etc etc. And they want 25% APR to finance you in-house.  I'd actually consider buying a car from them for cash, more because it's so easy to find the auction photos, they're up front about them buying salvage cars and fixing them, and they're pretty reasonably priced for what they are (and claim repair photos are available).  But you know they're bending people over on financing, and probably repoing half of the cars they finance.
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This just popped up on CL hes asking 1500 its got some electrical issues and he has no keys.  almost temped to see if he will do a trade on the e46 with some cash on top and then I could just 1jz that bitch.
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Preoptopus posted:OR, take out a 100 day loan pimp it out, (coilover slam and some gaudy gold deep dishes or something) and sell to some kid for 8 If you do this, this thread will be cross-posted to the Bad With Money thread when that payday loan inevitably destroys your life.
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BloodBag posted:If you do this, this thread will be cross-posted to the Bad With Money thread when that payday loan inevitably destroys your life. I slept on the whole thing. I called a bunch of places today and my car isnt worth a goddamn thing apparently. gonna sell it to a buddy who needs a car for 2500 and use the money to replace my control arms on the 600 which are starting to get louder than Im ok with and at least have someone throw a star diag on it and see what the gently caress is up with the ABC. ALso occasioanlly i get a oil level high warning although i made sure to put the exact 9.5 quarts in that thing. Am I just right on the edge of the sensor and when the oil heats up it knudges it? Other than that, 1300 miles so far daily driven and still chugging along. Never had a car that has gotten so many compliments from strangers. SIde note I regret getting one in black holy gently caress does it get hot. Almost tempted to cut more scoops in the hood.
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That's odd, IIRC the capacity is 9.5L so if you meant quarts it should actually be slightly underfilled by about half a quart. What does it say when you do the oil level on the dash? And yeah, mine is black/black and it gets hot. Just wait until you see how worthless the rear defrost is if you ever have it frosted over. It does get compliments. My favorite one was at a gas station. A lady who was in a Escalade walks over and looks at the badge and says "Wow, a S600. My husband owns a 760i. We need more V12s on the road." Or you get the random "does that really have a V12 under the hood?" and blow their mind by replying "yep, and two turbos."
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Colostomy Bag posted:That's odd, IIRC the capacity is 9.5L so if you meant quarts it should actually be slightly underfilled by about half a quart. What does it say when you do the oil level on the dash? Lol yea when you drop the two turbos part peoples heads roll. I use it all the time to give customers rides home while their car is in my shop. Turn on the massage seats and people forget where their turns are. "im sorry i was falling asleap, you should have made a right there" . I was giving an elderly gentleman a ride to the bank the other day as he only had checks and he looks down and says v12 huh? Im like yup, he goes why dont you drive it like it has one then. *engage sports mode VROooooooooooooooooooom. guy was grinning like a lunatic. Made my day and his. If I do an oil check the electric way it says its fine. I think it just expands slightly when driven in warm weather. I should just spend the 60 bucks on a fuckin dip stick. Talked myself out of selling the e46. its just sitting there not doing anything or costing me anything. 3000 i might get for it isnt worth me not having it if that makes sense. Just gotta get a battery for it and it will be good. Preoptopus fucked around with this message at 02:33 on May 19, 2019 |
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