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They just lean them back because the motors are usually tall. I've always found that two, six inch extensions with a swivel in the middle gets those rear bank plugs pretty easy.
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Owen Wilsons Nose posted:They just lean them back because the motors are usually tall. I've always found that two, six inch extensions with a swivel in the middle gets those rear bank plugs pretty easy. Try that on a Ford 3.8 (ie, 90s Taurus).
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Apr 15, 2012 23:11
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opengl128 posted:I looked up the procedure for changing the plugs on the girlfriend's 1MZ and stopped reading at removing the intake manifold. gently caress that, it only has 120k on it. Same thing needs to be done when the timing belt is replaced on the 1MZ. It's an interference engine, and she's about 30k overdue if it hasn't been done yet. 
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Apr 16, 2012 00:33
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Owen Wilsons Nose posted:They just lean them back because the motors are usually tall. I've always found that two, six inch extensions with a swivel in the middle gets those rear bank plugs pretty easy. Which way is your hood hinged?
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Apr 16, 2012 10:39
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Not looking forward to doing the plugs on my van. Anyone familiar with the Dustbusters knows what I'm talking about.
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Apr 17, 2012 02:13
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This thing has been sitting close to my work for a couple of weeks now. I'm kinda wondering if it just landed in that spot, cause I have a hard time seeing it limp there on its own. You're probably gonna need an alignment, buddy.  The fun part is the Swedish plates (I'm in Denmark). Cars are much, much cheaper in Sweden, so some people will illegally drive a Swedish plated car in Denmark. This is a biiiig nono. If you get caught driving a foreign car as a danish national, without the foreign owner being physically in the car, your fine is twice the tax and registration you'd theoretically owe. For the car pictured, we're probably talking somewhere between 50k and 100k USD. Needless to say, only people with little to lose do this. (Or fuckoff rich people who don't give a poo poo.) So in conclusion, that car was probably crashed with someone driving it who very much shouldn't have, and that's why it's just sitting.
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Apr 17, 2012 07:02
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Sideways into a concrete divider/median/barrier.
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Apr 17, 2012 07:18
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looks more like someone ran into it while it was parked there. I would see that on busy streets with parking all the time in long beach. Most were probably hit and runs too.
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Apr 17, 2012 07:27
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jamal posted:looks more like someone ran into it while it was parked there. I would see that on busy streets with parking all the time in long beach. Most were probably hit and runs too.
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Apr 17, 2012 07:43
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At least it didn't get pushed into the tree. 
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What am I missing here? Could you please step me through why that fine is real-estate grade scary?
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General_Failure posted:What am I missing here? Could you please step me through why that fine is real-estate grade scary? Owning/driving cars in Denmark is outrageously expensive. Most of their cost is in taxes. Similar reason why their gas is $10/gallon right now.
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^^^not entirely true. Gas is by and large the same price across most of Europe. Makes sense, otherwise people would buy it across the border in massive quantities. This price, however, is around double of the US, and Australia/NZ. Gas prices, especially given our purchasing power, isn't the killer. Cars, however, are *very* heavily taxed. I think only Norway can sorta compete. The popular saying is "buy one, pay for three", although the scale is quite progressive. Smaller cars, like the Fiat 500, VW Up, Toyota Aygo and siblings etc. enjoy only about 30% tax, while full sized cars quickly pass the 100% mark. I've stolen this figure from a recent op-ed piece on this subject. These are the prices in five different countries for a car, which is priced at DKK 200000 out the factory door. (all prices in DKK, 1 USD is roughly 5.50 DKK): pre:Country Pre-tax price VAT Registration Total Denmark 200000 50000 392700 642700 Finland 200000 44000 48800 292800 Sweden 200000 50000 0 250000 Germany 200000 38000 0 238000 Great Britain 200000 35000 0 235000 Note, that we also have a quite large yearly road tax (similar to the Brits, I gather) which is calculated based on fuel economy, and range from very little (my 118i at a nominal 16.9 km/l is only about USD 300 a year) to well over USD 2000 for the thirsty segment. If there's interest, I can start a thread about these crazy shenanigans, how it all got here, and what effects it has... it's actually all quite fascinating, if it wasn't so loving depressing. Edit: to actually answer the question of the poster above: the reason why these fines are so high is due to the amount of money "at stake". Trying to cheat this system is very much tax evasion, which I guess should be dealt with harshly (otherwise we're Greece or Italy all of the sudden.) You can disagree with the rules, but everybody has to follow them, otherwise the poo poo hits the fan.
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I am confused by "registration", in the US that's something you need to pay for yearly (well, every 1, 2, or 3 years now, depending on the state). I can't imagine paying double the price of the vehicle every year. Do the VAT and registration prices appropriately follow the depreciation value of the vehicle, ie if the first owner buys it at 20,000 and sells it at 4,000, years later, how are the VAT and registration updated? By using the actual sale price? That's a fraud area in the US, as the "official" price that changed hands is what's written on the title, so a handshake deal could be for considerably more, but tax is paid on the "official" price.
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Yeah, the semantics could probably use a bit of improvement: "Registration" = single time fee you pay to get your car registered when you first import it. Cars that for some reason don't need to go on the road (full time race car for instance) don't need this. This tax/fee is obviously "written off" over the life of the vehicle, but the next guy who buys the car used obviously also pays a ton more than he would in other countries. Eventually, like in all places, the car is worth zero and taken to the wreckers. "Road Tax" = yearly tax that is paid at all times when the car is plated and on the road. In the old days this was based on vehicle weight, and was a tax for the wear the vehicle put on the road. These days it's based on fuel economy, and goes from almost nothing on 20-ish km/l to about USD 3000 when you hit 5 km/l. Numbers for diesels are a bit higher as they usually have higher MPG numbers. TLDR; We gently caress you over and then we gently caress you over again.
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So... I could skip that "registration" entirely if I got a Landie and just drove beside the roads everywhere I went, yeah?  With that in mind, tell me about your trespass laws.
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Splizwarf posted:I am confused by "registration", in the US that's something you need to pay for yearly (well, every 1, 2, or 3 years now, depending on the state). I can't imagine paying double the price of the vehicle every year. Do the VAT and registration prices appropriately follow the depreciation value of the vehicle, ie if the first owner buys it at 20,000 and sells it at 4,000, years later, how are the VAT and registration updated? By using the actual sale price? That massive "registration fee" is a 1-time tax for registering a new vehicle. We've got a yearly registration fee too ..ohh, yeah and "Green"-taxes too. You can add to the equation that most people being able to afford nice cars pay a 55-60% income tax. On the plus side: If you get a seizure or a stroke when receiving your tax bill, we've got totally free health care. /Beaten by Hr. Bolind.
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bolind posted:This thing has been sitting close to my work for a couple of weeks now. I'm kinda wondering if it just landed in that spot, cause I have a hard time seeing it limp there on its own. Can you just go ahead and pull the S85 from this? (Along with the ECU and associated wiring harness..) I'll pay shipping.
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bolind posted:Yeah, the semantics could probably use a bit of improvement: That's helpful, thanks. In the US, we refer to your "registration" as "tax and title" or "license" fees, and your yearly "road tax" is what we refer to as "registration". Hence the pants-wetting when you said that registration fees were 2x+ the original cost of the car. 
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bolind posted:
I would be kind of interested to read a thread like that. I also understand the depressing part. It's gotten to the point here where whenever police set up their roadblocks they are the government will offer a discount on part of the registration fees under certain circumstances but like any government subsidy for lower income earners it's small and pointless. On the other hand they love giving tax rebates for larger schemes (household solar, gas hot water, LPG conversion for cars (Yes I know that trap has already been set and triggered by them now) which are usually $1000+ and totally refunded so they aren't incentivising any of those filthy poors to get gifts only available for their favourite, more profitable people. Cynical, maybe. But they are as crooked as they come too. That reminds me, did the soulless ginger bitch actually get her pay rise through? If so, then she is pulling in more than Obama. I guess if I were a puppet positioned to be at the focal point of a nation worth of hatred I'd want a good pay packet too.
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bolind posted:and goes from almost nothing on 20-ish km/l to about USD 3000 when you hit 5 km/l. Suddenly my yearly registration sounds loving cheap. And I was bitching about it going up $10 this year (moved to a new county).  edit: VVVV yearly inspection if you live in an emissions county (which is pretty much every county around a metro area) is $39.75. $14.50 in non-emissions counties. randomidiot fucked around with this message at 00:57 on Apr 18, 2012 |
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PA's is $36/yr. Of course, the entirely separate inspection runs $70.
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thelightguy posted:PA's is $36/yr. Inspections are priced by individual shops. I can usually get it done for $40 or less.
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thelightguy posted:PA's is $36/yr. Pffft, move to one of our 6 non-emissions counties. Or have someone who lives in one own your vehicle. Is nice.
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I keep the Fairlane registered over the border because it is cheaper. that still costs me... um... I think it's just shy of $600 p/a. I can't get away with doing that for the VW. When I go to re-register it in total it'll probably cost me about $1100  That's for a 37 year old 1.8L vehicle.
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some texas redneck posted:Suddenly my yearly registration sounds loving cheap. And I was bitching about it going up $10 this year (moved to a new county). That's it?! I pay $85 a year in Maine for my stupid base model 89.
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General_Failure posted:Cynical, maybe. But they are as crooked as they come too. That reminds me, did the soulless ginger bitch actually get her pay rise through? If so, then she is pulling in more than Obama. I guess if I were a puppet positioned to be at the focal point of a nation worth of hatred I'd want a good pay packet too. Trap sprung, LNP supporter spotted.
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2ndclasscitizen posted:Trap sprung, LNP supporter spotted. They are just as evil. It's like having to choose between a turd sandwich and a giant douche.
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Amusingly my 3 tonne landcruiser is the same rego as a commodore station wagon- 6cyl station wagon. It's still ~$800 a year tho, that's rego and compulsory 3rd party bodily injury insurance combined. My old red hilux was ~$1000 a year last renewal because it's considered a "commercial vehicle" because of the tray on it. It's never carried a commercial load in its life, but you cant not pay the extra even if you remove the tray!
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Ferremit posted:Amusingly my 3 tonne landcruiser is the same rego as a commodore station wagon- 6cyl station wagon. It's still ~$800 a year tho, that's rego and compulsory 3rd party bodily injury insurance combined. Tray?
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Sponge! posted:Tray? Load bed. Basically a flat bed instead of a normal truck bed, I think. Or it may just be a bed, since it's a Hilux.
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Ferremit posted:Amusingly my 3 tonne landcruiser is the same rego as a commodore station wagon- 6cyl station wagon. It's still ~$800 a year tho, that's rego and compulsory 3rd party bodily injury insurance combined. Right on the nose there. My VW is considered to be a light goods vehicle and is classed as such. For whatever reason it falls in the absolute highest bracket for cost. Yeah, nobody misremembered. It's a camper. The authorities see it as a panelvan and therefore a non passenger commercial vehicle.
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some texas redneck posted:Suddenly my yearly registration sounds loving cheap. And I was bitching about it going up $10 this year (moved to a new county). You can do 3 years now which is awesome.
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Me: "Yay! 20 new posts of mechanical carnage" *clicks thread* "...." 
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Sorry, you got financial carnage instead.
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Yeah, that turned into a bit of a derail. I'll start a separate thread when I get a free moment. Now back to your regular scheduled mechanical carnage!ACEofsnett posted:Can you just go ahead and pull the S85 from this? (Along with the ECU and associated wiring harness..) Sadly, it was gone this morning, otherwise I'd totally be there for you with the engine hoist and whatnot. (I doubt you'll find that engine in there, though, it's probably just a wannabe M5.) bolind fucked around with this message at 06:42 on Apr 18, 2012 |
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