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Where the gently caress is that? 36th street north of McKnight?
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BMW, BMW, dropout Porsche.. Yeah that looks like any ditch in the middle of October. Bodyshop Christmas came early. The base model commuter civic and luxury SUVs must have already gotten pulled out by the time you got there. Seat Safety Switch fucked around with this message at 14:07 on Sep 11, 2014 |
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Sep 11, 2014 14:05
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Powershift posted:Not this weekend, but i hope you weren't planning on leaving your house between I work from home, so I'm good. The wife may have a worse time though :P Ah well, AWD and snow tires on the Venza, its really loving good on bad roads. Just need to get snows for my truck for when its really lovely out, then she could take it instead. 4 goddamn degrees, raining, and blowing like a mother-fucker out. gently caress this summer hard. Man.
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Sep 11, 2014 15:39
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Seat Safety Switch posted:BMW, BMW, dropout Porsche.. Yeah that looks like any ditch in the middle of October. Bodyshop Christmas came early. In Ontario its always the loving GMC Jimmy/Envoy. Ditches full of those pieces of poo poo. This is on top of the usual pickup trucks of various sizes that appear to have hit the ditch at mach 2 sideways.
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Sep 11, 2014 22:17
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Sorry to derail lovely Calgary weather/driver chat, but I have a question for all my fellow Alberta dwellers. I'm looking to find a subaru wrx (preferably STI because 6 speed) as a side project/winter beater because apparently I have to have vehicles in 2 different sides of the province. Is there a special place where I can look for a decently priced one of these without having to pay 25,000 for a used one? Auctions? I'm finding that Autotrader and Kijiji have some really high prices for like 8-9 year old cars. I'm not really picky as far as year, I've just had a nerd boner for an STI for as long as I can remember and have finally decided I'm going to try to get one and work on it (ruin it) myself. I "commute" from Calgary to 30 minutes east of Dawson Creek a couple times a month with my newer car, so basically I'd be able to pick it up from anywhere in AB between there, I'm just having trouble on where to find something that the PO doesn't think has magically kept 80% of its value over 10 years of Alberta winters.
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Sep 11, 2014 22:50
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You're looking at the wrong time of the year, but 04-05 STI prices are just now starting to collapse.
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Sep 12, 2014 03:24
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Let's be mad at Shoota_McG for not buying this from his co-worker who was selling it 
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Sep 12, 2014 17:08
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Any of you guys going out to Banff tomorrow for the Gullwing convention and car show?
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Sep 12, 2014 22:42
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Seat Safety Switch posted:You're looking at the wrong time of the year, but 04-05 STI prices are just now starting to collapse. Thanks for the info, I'm really lost when it comes to the used Subaru market. Any advice on the best places to look once the prices start collapsing?
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Sep 12, 2014 23:24
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Holy crap, an Alberta thread! I'm in Edmonton, and drive an '07 Mini... which I have to replace because now I have a kid. I've been looking at a few German (and Swedish) smallish sedans, but this leads me to a couple of questions: 1) The Mini wouldn't start below -25°C, until I got an aftermarket oil pan heater put on it. Bastards told me the unheated oil was good until -50 but I'm betting it doesn't exactly get that cold in Bavaria. I'm a little apprehensive about buying another vehicle without some kind of heater, like most of the Germans - does anyone have stories of functional 3-series, A4s, or S60s in -40 weather? 2) Any recommendations on service/repair shops that work with German (or Swedish) cars? Because man, gently caress dealing with the dealership any more than is necessary.
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Sep 13, 2014 16:57
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Albino Squirrel posted:Holy crap, an Alberta thread! I'm in Edmonton, and drive an '07 Mini... which I have to replace because now I have a kid. I've been looking at a few German (and Swedish) smallish sedans, but this leads me to a couple of questions: 1) My E46 started and ran just fine at -36 last year, parked outside and not plugged in or anything. If your car didn't start, my guess is a weak battery. 2) I'll talk to my indie BMW/Euro car shop here in Calgary to see if they have any recommendations up in Edmonton.
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Sep 13, 2014 17:19
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Albino Squirrel posted:Holy crap, an Alberta thread! I'm in Edmonton, and drive an '07 Mini... which I have to replace because now I have a kid. I've been looking at a few German (and Swedish) smallish sedans, but this leads me to a couple of questions: Mine had a block heater from the factory as far as I can tell, where did you buy your Mini that it didn't have one? When I lived in Victoria I got the occassional weird look when I talked about plugging in a car.
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Sep 15, 2014 04:07
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Hell, even my 540 started up no problem in -40. Although the drivers door would freeze open until you locked it, at which point the lock would freeze shut. Not sure if that's germanys fault or albertas.
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Sep 15, 2014 04:21
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ExecuDork posted:I never had a problem starting my BMW 1996 328is, plugged in or not. 35 degrees below zero (standing air temperature, none of this "windchill" BS) was the coldest I ever drove that car in, it started no problem though it helps to move the gear shift through the full range of gears with the clutch pedal pushed to the floor just after you start it - gear oil gets gooey at those temperatures. Presumably newer 3-series are even better, as long as the battery is in good shape. Any car that has trouble starting in the cold I'd say replace the battery, it makes a huge difference. Speaking of the joys of BMW dealerships... I dropped into Bavaria BMW a couple of weeks ago and asked to take a look at the 328d. I was dressed casually and I look younger than I am, but I'm not exactly a hobo walking in off the street. The sales guy takes me out in a 328 for about 5 minutes, and then we head back to the dealership because 'it's the Saturday of a long weekend and we don't have that many testers.' Fair enough, my fault for not making an appointment. I e-mail the guy the next week and ask to book an appointment for a longer test drive on a Saturday morning. He gets back to me saying he could only take me for a longer drive if I was prepared to make a deal that day. I'm not done testing the competition so that's obviously no; he responds saying 'respectfully, we don't have the time, but we could do this at 11 on Monday!' Oddly enough, zero other dealerships in that category have had a problem with me taking their cars out on a Saturday, for some fairly extended test drives. I can only conclude that the BMW dealership doesn't like money. Pity, it's a beautiful car... but I might have to get the Volvo, which has a) a block heater, and b) a dealership that isn't staffed by morons.
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Sep 15, 2014 06:26
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Albino Squirrel posted:I bought mine at Edmonton BMW - as near as I can tell, ze Germans stopped putting block heaters in anything around 2005-ish. And they say you *can't* put a block heater in, because of a dual-point thermostat something something argle bargle. My battery's already been replaced, but it still seems to have difficulty with charging in the winter sometimes. Nothing like a combination of German cost and English electrical systems! Ze Bavarians... Mein 2013 Golf came with a block heater, there's a little outlet for the cord down by the foglight 
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Sep 16, 2014 04:50
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That's a much better idea than having a cord bouncing around in your engine bay all year round. Why doesn't everyone do that??
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Sep 16, 2014 18:07
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Seat Safety Switch posted:That's a much better idea than having a cord bouncing around in your engine bay all year round. Why doesn't everyone do that?? Lose the cover flap, get gunk in there, done. Cord comes out too easily, etc. I mean, its kind of cool, but with how much salt is used around Ontario that thing would be eaten in a year, tops.
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Sep 16, 2014 18:43
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Trucks have had plugs like that since Christ was a cowboy, except with a regular male 110 plug behind the flap instead of some proprietary BS. It's usually set onto the panel under the driver's door too, so you're less likely to forget to unplug it and drag your extension cord down the road looking like a moron.
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Sep 16, 2014 19:27
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Tommychu posted:Trucks have had plugs like that since Christ was a cowboy, except with a regular male 110 plug behind the flap instead of some proprietary BS. It's usually set onto the panel under the driver's door too, so you're less likely to forget to unplug it and drag your extension cord down the road looking like a moron. But without the proprietary connector, how else are Ze Germans going to sell you their $350 extension cord?
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Sep 16, 2014 20:19
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Heated underground parking.  No personal garage. 
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Sep 16, 2014 21:59
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Tommychu posted:Trucks have had plugs like that since Christ was a cowboy, except with a regular male 110 plug behind the flap instead of some proprietary BS. It's usually set onto the panel under the driver's door too, so you're less likely to forget to unplug it and drag your extension cord down the road looking like a moron. We've got those on the fire trucks, except they have an auto-eject solenoid. You hook up keyed 12v to the thing and it blows the plug out as soon as you turn on the batteries. These. They're like $200 but totally worth it. I squirreled one away off of an old truck that we sold off and will use it if I ever put in a block heater.
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Sep 16, 2014 22:05
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That is cool as hell.  I've got a new 2015 Tacoma coming in the next couple months (company truck) that has these 120V plugs next to the foglight. As a northerner, I find that cool in general but since I have a garage it'll be put inside any night colder than -15C because I'm a suck.
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Sep 17, 2014 03:11
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slidebite posted:That is cool as hell. Company truck = not your truck = it's basically a rental, HTH. Use the available garage space for something better, like (rolls d20) ...a Baja'd Karmann Ghia.
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Sep 17, 2014 04:01
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gently caress that noise. I like a warm truck in the morning and don't want to scrape the windshield. Besides, it will be my truck, at least for a short while. Tacoma = stupid resale. Buy it out at the end of the company lease and flip it for easy 
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Sep 17, 2014 04:18
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scraping windows? what are you talking about? it was 27 degrees today.
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Sep 17, 2014 05:31
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Powershift posted:scraping windows? what are you talking about? it was 27 degrees today. I filled two sets of nitriles with sweat this evening. It was loving gross. Still, nice to have a couple more nice evenings before the ICE BOUND HELLSCAPE sets in.
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Sep 17, 2014 05:38
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Any of you have experience with a hose heater instead of a regular block heater? Or one of those immersion tank circulating deals? I want to up my heating capacity this winter so my car warms up faster. Considered an oil pan heater, but I've heard they carry a fire risk, and I park in a garage at home.
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Sep 17, 2014 09:44
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^^ Circulating heaters are the cats rear end. Not only do they heat the engine better, your heater will put out warm air immediately and will warm up super fast. Get a good one though.Powershift posted:scraping windows? what are you talking about? it was 27 degrees today. Not today, in winter.
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Sep 17, 2014 17:44
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Well played, Alberta. Well played. Skip SK and MB and most of Ontario, then nail us. http://www.northernnews.ca/2014/09/17/say-it-aint-snow-ontario-communities-get-blast-of-winter-in-final-days-of-summer Its snowing outside right now - melting when it hits, but, gently caress. The place above is only a few hours away. I'm not done with summer. I still want to get out in the boat 
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Sep 17, 2014 18:37
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Siochain posted:Well played, Alberta. Well played. Skip SK and MB and most of Ontario, then nail us. We got it last week. Oh hey look at that, Ontario not giving a single poo poo about what happens in the west until it affects them. 
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Sep 17, 2014 21:09
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Slung Blade posted:We got it last week. Oh hey look at that, Ontario not giving a single poo poo about what happens in the west until it affects them. Hah, I cared then. And laughed at my in-laws, and now we're getting it  Also, I'm originally from Manitoba, so I give more shits about the west than this dreary hellhole I live in (but the wifes got a great job here, so, yeah, stuck in Ontario).
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Sep 17, 2014 22:21
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holy shitballs it's hot. SAVE ME, WINTER. edit: Siochain posted:Well played, Alberta. Well played. Skip SK and MB and most of Ontario, then nail us. oh, hey, there, buddy. Didn't see you there.
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Sep 19, 2014 20:44
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Holy poo poo this wind. I love wind but this much is making me worry about the roof of my house !
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Sep 19, 2014 21:46
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whitecourt got that huge windstorm a few years ago, stripped a lot of land bare, took out a lot of houses. A lot of people were over-insured, and ended up building mansions to replace their trailers. Like this guy  Maybe you should unbolt your roof, maybe attach a parachute to it.
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Sep 19, 2014 22:15
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Southern Alberta laughs at northern Alberta's wind problem. Winds over 90 km/h? That's a day that ends in -y in Lethbridge.
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Sep 19, 2014 22:47
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Powershift posted:whitecourt got that huge windstorm a few years ago, stripped a lot of land bare, took out a lot of houses. A lot of people were over-insured, and ended up building mansions to replace their trailers. A house that is 75% garage space. I like the cut of this guy's jib.
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Sep 19, 2014 23:59
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Terrible Robot posted:A house that is 75% garage space. I like the cut of this guy's jib. That looks a bit small to hold a loft that isn't really itchy.
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Oct 2, 2014 22:36
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Alright, which one of you is roaming around Calgary in the wood-paneled Grand Wagoneer?
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Oct 2, 2014 22:46
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Terrible Robot posted:A house that is 75% garage space. I like the cut of this guy's jib. My inlaws are getting well into senior-hood and moving back to Canada. The just bought a beautiful lot in town and doing a custom build home so they're asking for input since, well, we'll probably be inheriting it in the coming decade(s) if we still live here. My input: Cat6+ in each room of the house and an oversize heated triple garage with a mezzanine. They're doing both  I'll be able to park my stuff there in the winter now since they have 1 car
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slidebite posted:My inlaws are getting well into senior-hood and moving back to Canada. The just bought a beautiful lot in town and doing a custom build home so they're asking for input since, well, we'll probably be inheriting it in the coming decade(s) if we still live here. "Hey, we're moving back to your area, and since we're old and probably we'll die soon, might as well get your opinions on some things for this house that we'll never use but you might!" That must have been a slightly odd conversation with your inlaws.
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