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McCheese posted:First number of your VIN is the country code. That's the country the manufacturer is headquartered in, not where the car was built. Look inside the driver's side door jamb, that will have the sticker with the manufacturing location. Ford Focus? Mexico. Chevy Impala? Canada. V6 engine for the 2004-2007 Saturn Vue? made by Honda in Japan. Chevy Aveo? It's a rebadged Daewoo, imported from Korea. Toyota Corolla? Made in California, Since 1984. Honda Accord? They've been making them in Ohio since 1982. Global economy means just that, global. Worrying about where your thingamajig was built is pretty stupid these days, since the modern economy is so decentralized and every company outsources stuff that no matter what you do, filthy dirty for'ners gonna get your money anyways, and there's not really anything you can do about it short of building a car yourself, entirely from reclaimed scrap or something.
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Even after Chrysler being sold to Cerberus, almost all our parts (work at a Dodge dealer) are still made in Germany. Although parts for older cars (2000 and earlier) seem to mostly be made in Mexico and Canada.
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Pitch posted:The Hermosillo plant is full-assembly. My Ford Focus was built there, I think it produces Fusions now. My Ex's Focus was assembled in Detroit, and the engine in Mexico, according to the manufacturer stickers. 
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The King of Swag posted:Even after Chrysler being sold to Cerberus, almost all our parts (work at a Dodge dealer) are still made in Germany. Although parts for older cars (2000 and earlier) seem to mostly be made in Mexico and Canada. Now you're going to get ones made in Italy Fix It Again, Tony
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Propagandalf posted:My Ex's Focus was assembled in Detroit, and the engine in Mexico, according to the manufacturer stickers. Did you find any uzi parts surreptitiously snuck into the motor
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Otto Skorzeny posted:Did you find any uzi parts surreptitiously snuck into the motor No, but I think it was a mule for cosmoline. The engine compartment was loving filthy.
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HotCanadianChick posted:That's the country the manufacturer is headquartered in, not where the car was built. No it's not. That's why you see shitloads of Hondas and Toyotas with a 1/2/5 for the first digit and not J. Edit: And Saturns with a W slidebite fucked around with this message at Mar 23, 2009 around 20:35 |
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Cyrano4747 posted:The way my current employment prospects are looking, I kind of wish I'd taken some machining courses or something after high school. $30k a year would be a king's ransom right about now for me. 
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Cyrano4747 posted:The way my current employment prospects are looking, I kind of wish I'd taken some machining courses or something after high school. $30k a year would be a king's ransom right about now for me. I'm working on a linguistics PhD right now, and I'm considering taking summer welding classes so I don't die hungry, over-educated, and unemployed when I finish this drat dissertation.
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a foolish pianist posted:I'm working on a linguistics PhD right now, and I'm considering taking summer welding classes so I don't die hungry, over-educated, and unemployed when I finish this drat dissertation. Welcome to the humanities. I only got my BA because I already knew how to program computers.
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poo poo I was a sociology major, then I figured I should probably get a marketable skill, so I took a double major in finance.
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I'm marketable as hell, but I lust for the humanities. I even take night classes in dead languages. 
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Groda posted:I'm marketable as hell, but I lust for the humanities. Which dead languages? I started in programming and moved to cuneiform.
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a foolish pianist posted:Which dead languages? Speaking of dead programming languages, I took an honest-to-God 1 credit Fortran course my Freshman year for fun. Years later, after three majors, it turned out to be dominant language in my field (nuclear engineering).
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a foolish pianist posted:Which dead languages? Should have gone with Latin
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Cyrano4747 posted:The way my current employment prospects are looking, I kind of wish I'd taken some machining courses or something after high school. $30k a year would be a king's ransom right about now for me. Learn to be a aerospace grade machinist and move to Cleveland. You can get over 40k a year right out of a machinists program and pretty much set whatever hours you want. They are bringing 70 year old guys who have been retired for 5 years back as high wage contractors because there are so few younger dudes getting into that career right now. They also need CNC programmers. mkultra419 fucked around with this message at Mar 24, 2009 around 02:14 |
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mkultra419 posted:They are bringing 70 year old guys who have been retired for 5 years back as high wage contractors because there are so few younger dudes getting into that career right now. They also need CNC programmers. For the longest time, baby boomers edged out all their post generations from mechanical, medical, and highly technical jobs. That's why if you go into any hospital, machine shop, or electronics repair specialty, the people dealing with you will either be 50-55 or 20-25. The nursing field is really suffering right now, as everyone is retiring, or learning their job.
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Cyrano4747 posted:The way my current employment prospects are looking, I kind of wish I'd taken some machining courses or something after high school. $30k a year would be a king's ransom right about now for me. They may be laying people off out in Seattle here, but there is still plenty of work if you can do anything related to computers. They will surprise sex you, but the staffing agencies around here will get you a 15 dollar an hour job, until you show up drunk enough times they fire you, then they will get you another, and another. If you can post on the forums here you are more qualified then most of the people they get for these jobs. Of course, you might have to play video games all day for your pay, or reset someone's passwords. If you actually have some certifications you too can hate your easy high paying job at Microsoft. 4 hour work days must be nice... Of course, housing is really expensive right around all the jobs. Unless your income is actually low enough that you can get into subsidized housing, which in Bellevue here is in a great location for any kind of commute you might have.
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slidebite posted:No it's not. That's why you see shitloads of Hondas and Toyotas with a 1/2/5 for the first digit and not J. Uh, yeah, you're just plain wrong. There's no requirement to use the country of manufacture as the first three of the vin, even though that's how it's usually done. It's almost always done for cars which are specific to a given market, but less consistently to global cars that are sold in more-or-less identical form worldwide. Sometimes they do, every once in a while you'll get some car made in Mexico with a 1 as the first digit, or a U.S. made car with J as it's first digit. Your best bet is always to check the window sticker and/or inside the door sill. That will also usually list not only country of assembly, but also country of origin for major parts. HotCanadianChick fucked around with this message at Mar 24, 2009 around 17:16 |
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http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vi...?Item=125378976 Maybe he learned English from Afghans? Pretty though, price doesn't look to painful either.
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HotCanadianChick posted:Uh, yeah, you're just plain wrong. quote:There's no requirement to use the country of manufacture as the first three of the vin, even though that's how it's usually done. It's almost always done for cars which are specific to a given market, but less consistently to global cars that are sold in more-or-less identical form worldwide. Wiki (yeah, it's far from the holy grail of citing I know) says this: quote:The first character of the WMI is the region in which the manufacturer is located. In practice, each is assigned to a country of manufacture. I'm not saying I am for certain correct but I haven't found anything to support what you're saying (it's where the mfg is headquartered) and my observations certainly don't back that up. Can you give me an example of a Japanese Company that has a US assembled car with a J prefix? slidebite fucked around with this message at Mar 25, 2009 around 18:56 |
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Every time I look at gunbroker I remember wanting to put together a Garand for myself, but then remember I've never done that kind of work before.
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SpiDeR posted:Every time I look at gunbroker I remember wanting to put together a Garand for myself, but then remember I've never done that kind of work before. Why not just buy one? They're not that expensive for semi-auto rifles, and it's going to end up costing you about 1.5x the cost of a nice CMP gun to piece one together.
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A civilian Dragunov? Non-restricted in Canada? 1 of only 5 imported in? Buy this rare gem now for a bargain price of $2650! http://www.valleyguns.com/listings/...emnum=904442108 Best part is someone actually bought this.
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The Architect posted:A civilian Dragunov? Non-restricted in Canada? 1 of only 5 imported in? Buy this rare gem now for a bargain price of $2650! Has the other civilian version beat. http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vi...?Item=125449594
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What is this gun? It looks like it takes MAS 49 mags, but almost certainly doesn't. COMPLETE RESTORATIVE RIFLE/SHOTGUN FINISHES quote:EDIT: On second look, 
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Groda posted:What is this gun? It looks like it takes MAS 49 mags, but almost certainly doesn't.
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The Architect posted:A civilian Dragunov? Non-restricted in Canada? 1 of only 5 imported in? Buy this rare gem now for a bargain price of $2650! The best part is that those arent actually Dragunovs. Still really cool rifles and I'd want one though.
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Groda posted:What is this gun? It looks like it takes MAS 49 mags, but almost certainly doesn't. No. No. That's not true. That's impossible!
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Groda posted:What is this gun? It looks like it takes MAS 49 mags, but almost certainly doesn't. What we have here is one tactic  as gently caress MAS 49. Seeing that and then recognizing it is kind of like spotting a girl you used to have a crush on in high school in a porno. A REALLY degrading porno.
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Cyrano4747 posted:What we have here is one tactic Really degrading porn. Like harness and ball gag degrading.
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El Jorge posted:Really degrading porn. Like harness and ball gag degrading. With golden showers. And scat.
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HotCanadianChick posted:With golden showers. And scat. Bankrolled by goons. In Brazil.
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Y'all are forgetting the incessant Roman showers too.
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El Jorge posted:Roman showers Pray tell?
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Paramemetic posted:Pray tell? Vomit!
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Gunbroker: for all your Bear Skull needs. Or when you just really need a Bronze Triceratops Skull Apparently you can buy all sorts of random animal bits on Gunbroker. Searching for Skull nets a broad selection of animals, nazi relics, and skulls engraved on pieces for your guns. Even Glocks apparently.
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Now, I know with Obamaramamania crap going on, prices on black rifles and their accessories are going up, but seriously, $40?? 
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JakeB posted:Now, I know with Obamaramamania crap going on, prices on black rifles and their accessories are going up, but seriously, $40?? That's still a bargain compared to HK mags 
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Have you ever used one of those HK mags? My brother-in-law gave me six of them and man are they nice. Way better then anything else I've used.
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