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IOwnCalculus posted:I think you have a new goal. I'll take a dozen of them along with the matching carry case
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IOwnCalculus posted:I think you have a new goal. Oh. My. God. It all makes sense now. I have achieved enlightenment. Im so sorry for not seeing it before.
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Why in the name of all that is holy did any car built after 1950 come with 12" wheels?
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Nov 13, 2013 20:24
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Because they're adorable that's why. Had a smart car park behind me yesterday, it takes some effort to make a smart car look gigantic.
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Nov 13, 2013 20:28
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veedubfreak posted:Why in the name of all that is holy did any car built after 1950 come with 12" wheels? Actually wheel size went smaller on most cars post war. They only started getting bigger again around the late 70s/early 80s
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Nov 14, 2013 02:05
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13 INCH DICK posted:Because they're adorable that's why. Had a smart car park behind me yesterday, it takes some effort to make a smart car look gigantic. I have an irrational hatred for Smart cars. Having valet parked a number of them, I would have to rank the Smart car as the worst driving experience, not including shitbuckets with broken/greasy/smelly everything. The seat is hard and flat, the gear selector is so low and far away it feels like it is mounted on the ground, the transmission lurches and shakes like a 16 year-old that just learned to drive a stick shift, the engine rattles and vibrates like a paint shaker, and it is NA diesel Benz-level slow. After all that compromise, you would think that great gas mileage would be part of the payoff, but it gets mid-to-high 30s on average. I'd take a 20 year-old Civic or Corolla over a Smart car every day and twice on Sunday. It has zero redeeming qualities outside of being easy to park. I can't imagine the level of self-loathing it would take to own one. Sorry about the rant. Like I said, irrational hatred.
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Nov 14, 2013 02:52
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bandman posted:I have an irrational hatred for Smart cars. Having valet parked a number of them, I would have to rank the Smart car as the worst driving experience, not including shitbuckets with broken/greasy/smelly everything. The seat is hard and flat, the gear selector is so low and far away it feels like it is mounted on the ground, the transmission lurches and shakes like a 16 year-old that just learned to drive a stick shift, the engine rattles and vibrates like a paint shaker, and it is NA diesel Benz-level slow. No, that sounds pretty rational.
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Nov 14, 2013 03:14
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I always had a simple philosophy on smart cars: If i wanted a car, and lived in the middle of a walled city designed for horses and buggies at best, i would consider one.
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Nov 14, 2013 06:43
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MattD1zzl3 posted:I always had a simple philosophy on smart cars: If i wanted a car, and lived in the middle of a walled city designed for horses and buggies at best, i would consider one. I would opt for the horse, honestly. The ride would be smoother and your rear end would hurt less.
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Nov 14, 2013 07:24
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I'd get a Toyota iQ instead, it's ever so slightly larger and an infinitely better car for it.
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Nov 14, 2013 08:59
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There's a point where both practicality and self-dignity say to just ride a scooter.
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Nov 14, 2013 13:34
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Or to preserve more of your dignity, save the $14k you would spend on a Smart and spend it on a nice bike.
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Nov 14, 2013 17:19
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That is not a car, that is a lunchbox. (With apologies to achmed the dead terrorist...)
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My step father bought a smart car to commute from southern utah for his construction jobs. Despite my best efforts, I could not convince him what a terrible idea that was. "CITY DRIVING!! CARGO ROOM FOR YOUR GODDAMN MASONRY TOOLS!! SAFETY!! REPAIR COST!!" But alas, he's an "apple person" and an end of the world "prepper" and my sound advice fell upon deaf ears. He totaled it while parking on a job site when a rock took out his oil filter, which hangs down about 5 inches lower than the rest of the car. Now he drives a Subaru. DrPain fucked around with this message at 17:39 on Nov 14, 2013 |
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Nov 14, 2013 17:35
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MattD1zzl3 posted:I always had a simple philosophy on smart cars: If i wanted a car, and lived in the middle of a walled city designed for horses and buggies at best, i would consider one. No, you wouldn't. If you lived in a city you would prefer car sharing, scooters, public transport and walking 10 miles in icy rain as they are all infinitely better options. I have driven a Smart on a cross-country tour because my ex-girlfriend had one. It is difficult to describe just how terrible that car was. Jamming a rusty spoon down your urethra would likely be more pleasant than that.
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Nov 14, 2013 18:35
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I drove an electric smart car as a rental from car2go and thought it was pretty cool, though it had a limiter set at 65mph.
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Nov 14, 2013 18:47
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Well, that's the second generation model which is comparatively better to drive than the first generation one I drove (though still terrible) and the electric version doesn't have the infuriating gearbox the diesel and petrol versions have. That right there is a huge plus.
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Nov 14, 2013 19:07
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As a MK1 Accord owner, I can only say good luck in terms of finding 4x120 rims of any description (sorry you can't have mine, need them to drive it). If it's any consolation, aftermarket ones turn up Yahoo Auctions Japan frequently, often very cheap due to the limited market and the offsets and what-not are more-or-less guaranteed as they'll have been designed to go on old Hondas. You'd need to go through a broker though (there's a few services will do it nowadays) and even the cheapest ground shipping will near-definitely run to more than the rims themselves. If you look at the price all-in, it can still be worth it sometimes. You could be a hero: http://page12.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/p359973958 Ultimately though most people seem to go for the 4x100 conversion route and I can't really blame them.
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Nov 14, 2013 21:32
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There's an '82 civic at the pick n pull with a 5 speed, brand new CV axles, the front hubs, rims, everything I would need for a 5 speed/4x100 swap in one place and I'm broooooooke
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13 INCH DICK posted:There's an '82 civic at the pick n pull with a 5 speed, brand new CV axles, the front hubs, rims, everything I would need for a 5 speed/4x100 swap in one place and I'm broooooooke Get it as soon as you get some money, it's not like anyone else is going to need that poo poo, that's the nice thing about old econoboxes. When a Miata shows up at the local pnp it's stripped in 2.2 seconds 
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13 INCH DICK posted:I'm broooooooke Time to smoke some P'n'P nug for  ?
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Nov 15, 2013 00:08
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If we can kickstarter some hick's non-existant hot dog stand, we should be able to fund a goon's self-destructive car hobby.
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leica posted:Get it as soon as you get some money, it's not like anyone else is going to need that poo poo, that's the nice thing about old econoboxes. Honda anything is stripped to the bone before the forklift puts it on the ground here. Once I saw two auction-car-flipper looking guys fight over who was going to be first to get inside a rusty EF. Toyotas and Nissans seem to hit the crusher almost completely intact.
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Nov 15, 2013 00:23
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Yeah maybe for EF Civics, but I don't ever see the older Civics like 13"s around, I think he's safe for awhile.
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Nov 15, 2013 00:29
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Ran into something neat while getting lunch, this guy looked at my car on Craigslist before I swooped it up.
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I always think of bruce willis running over ving rahmes when you post pictures of your car.
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SouthsideSaint posted:I always think of bruce willis running over ving rahmes when you post pictures of your car. Man I never even put two and two together, good call. All I can think of is Bruce riding that clutch like a mofo.
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13 INCH DICK posted:If I want to upgrade to 13s I have the choice of '76-79 Accord rims or converting my front knuckles to 2nd gen civic and also making a hybrid 1st gen inner/2nd gen outer CV axle and redrilling my rear drums. The accord rims should be easy to find right? Basset or Diamond Racing might have or be able to build wheels for you. Yep. SC series steelies with round holes. 13x5.5 is as small as they go, and you just fill in the bolt pattern. $70/ea., though. http://www.diamondracingwheels.com/index.php/street-wheels/sc-series Mini-stock wheels are the same price, and definitely have 4x120 available, according to the description. http://www.diamondracingwheels.com/index.php/racing-wheels/mini-stock-series Or, for the low, low price of $995 = $120 shipping, you could have these: http://www.ebay.com/itm/HAYASHI-RAC...4095b40&vxp=mtr There are also wheel adapters, depending on how much you fear/loathe those. This is almost as much fun as finding 4x110mm BC wheels for first-gen RX-7s.
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13 INCH DICK posted:There's an '82 civic at the pick n pull with a 5 speed, brand new CV axles, the front hubs, rims, everything I would need for a 5 speed/4x100 swap in one place and I'm broooooooke Pull everything and stuff it in the back of the shittiest vehicle you can find that won't get crushed for a while, pile filthy carpet, floor mats, and old seat cushions on top of your pile. Write WARNING: INFESTED WITH HORNETS on the side in grease pencil. Disable all external door handles, lock the doors, close them. Come back in 3 weeks, pop a window, and buy the parts.
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kastein posted:Pull everything and stuff it in the back of the shittiest vehicle you can find that won't get crushed for a while, pile filthy carpet, floor mats, and old seat cushions on top of your pile. Write WARNING: INFESTED WITH HORNETS on the side in grease pencil. Disable all external door handles, lock the doors, close them. How many times have you done this? Because it's genius.
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It's a combination of methods I've used (hide poo poo under poo poo in lovely cars) and methods I've come up with or had suggested, but not had the opportunity to use yet.
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Nov 15, 2013 14:53
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Ken has thrown car parts in the forest surrounding a junkyard in order to keep them away from the undeserving. I just put parts for one car in a freshly-arrived different brand of car if I'm not sure or can't take it with me that day. There's always lots of Cavaliers rotating in.
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Ghost Farts posted:If we can kickstarter some hick's non-existant hot dog stand, we should be able to fund a goon's self-destructive car hobby. KozmoNaut posted:A 13" dickstarter? Like I said I'm game. I mean this man smoked a loving owl pellet for us. I think that shows he's committed.
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At the very least, it shows that he should have been committed a long time ago  I'm in for
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This can only end well.
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kastein posted:Pull everything and stuff it in the back of the shittiest vehicle you can find that won't get crushed for a while, pile filthy carpet, floor mats, and old seat cushions on top of your pile. Write WARNING: INFESTED WITH HORNETS on the side in grease pencil. Disable all external door handles, lock the doors, close them. Haha projunkyardtechniques.txt
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13 INCH DICK posted:If I want to upgrade to 13s I have the choice of '76-79 Accord rims or converting my front knuckles to 2nd gen civic and also making a hybrid 1st gen inner/2nd gen outer CV axle and redrilling my rear drums. The accord rims should be easy to find right? You're in California, aren't you? Because if so, you're in luck. That's about the only place you'd find them. Those cars caught on there a lot harder than anyone else.
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Washington for the past 3 years now, and oddly enough there's still a (relative) ton of mk1 and 2 Hondas around here.
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There is a good Honda yard up in Snohomish. I go there with my friend to get parts for his 81 Accord. They have around 10 1g Civics over there, not sure how many are 1200s though. Here's a map link to get there. http://goo.gl/maps/DSGqn
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13 INCH DICK posted:Washington for the past 3 years now, and oddly enough there's still a (relative) ton of mk1 and 2 Hondas around here. poo poo has it been that long? I remember when moving north in your Corolla or whatever it was was new and exciting territory.
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