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Yes indeed, they even flagged it as damaged but accident free! I particularly like the listed interior features and the emissions ratings.
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If that is accident free I would ask them why they set it on fire intentionally 
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Jan 19, 2014 00:41
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I followed this into the parking lot.
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Jan 19, 2014 00:56
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I posted this in the terrible car stuff thread originally but I think it belongs here now that I think about it.
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Colonel Sanders posted:I followed this into the parking lot. It seems like thats been driven that way for a while....
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Jan 19, 2014 03:22
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Yeah, unless it's the lighting or something it looks like that tire has actually worn down a bit on the part making contact with the road
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Jan 19, 2014 04:00
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Colonel Sanders posted:I followed this into the parking lot. Um.. It's a new trend that's going to be sweeping the nation. "Hella Not Flush" tater_salad fucked around with this message at 05:23 on Jan 19, 2014 |
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Jan 19, 2014 05:15
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Angel camber
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Measly Twerp posted:Yes indeed, they even flagged it as damaged but accident free! I particularly like the listed interior features and the emissions ratings. tater_salad posted:Um.. It's a new trend that's going to be sweeping the nation. "Hella Not Flush"
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tater_salad posted:Um.. It's a new trend that's going to be sweeping the nation. "Hella Not Flush" I think that's just "lifted". On the subject of burned out hulks of cars for sale. Copart sells all sorts mostly broken cars. http://www.copart.com/c2/homeSearch.html?_eventId=getLot&execution=e1s2&lotId=27301323&returnPage=SEARCH_RESULTS Edit sorry, just found this... "Primary Damage: ALL OVER" http://www.copart.com/c2/individualLot.html?lotId=31733083&searchType=onSaleNow Aurune fucked around with this message at 08:57 on Jan 19, 2014 |
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Jan 19, 2014 08:53
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Look through the semi rigs and boats on Copart. Mega carnage.
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Jan 19, 2014 09:03
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Aurune posted:I think that's just "lifted". Is ringing a thing in the US? Buying a wrecked car to transfer the clean identity to the a stolen one?
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stump posted:Is ringing a thing in the US? Buying a wrecked car to transfer the clean identity to the a stolen one? Yeah, but any modification of the VIN usually results in the car being crushed. In the case of that honda, they'll probably pull the wheels, tail lights and air bags, then sell the rest for scrap. When i want to make myself hurt, i browse salvage auctions. http://www.impactauto.ca/runList?ac...onType=high-end 
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Yeah a lot of cars on copart are insurance totals and will be picked up by people or junkyards needing a certain parts donor. Most of the really bad ones don't have a clean VIN/title I am sure.
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Jan 19, 2014 15:54
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Powershift posted:When i want to make myself hurt, i browse salvage auctions. I love that damage estimate - $80026.18 - down to the penny. I'm kinda surprised 80 large in damage totaled a Alpina, though. Even in Loonies.
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ausgezeichnet posted:I love that damage estimate - $80026.18 - down to the penny.
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stump posted:Is ringing a thing in the US? Buying a wrecked car to transfer the clean identity to the a stolen one? Yes, but keep in mind that a car with a salvage title has to be inspected before it's allowed back on the road, with receipts and such to show that everything wrong with the car was repaired with legal parts. I don't know about other states, but in MA the inspections are done with the state police, and they'll make the whole process a bitch and a half if they feel like it.
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I took this on an interstate off-ramp. The driver did not pull over, he just waited for the light to change and drove off.
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I was at the hippie grocery store today and a Protege pulled in with the entire air dam dragging and hanging on for dear life with one giant clip. Was waiting to see if they'd run over it and pull the whole bumper cover off but didn't want to stay out in the cold long enough to see it.
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Root Bear posted:Meanwhile in America... I took an Infiniti QX56 on a short test drive to listen for noises and shaking after "hitting a pot-hole" Kid brought in his little hot rod the other day he put together himself, couldn't figure out what a knocking noise was around 45 mph. So I test drove it, heard an alarming knock, brought it back immediately and this happened in front of the garage door.  Ball joint popped out of the control arm because it wasn't bolted down properly or have a pin in it. While im at it, got some other ones from around the shop. "F350 in for an alignment, it fits dont worry."  The guy from Memento brought his car in.  So we just put a new crate engine into an xterra, the guy comes back after driving it for 40 miles. "It just stopped working while on the highway and now the engine sounds like there are marbles in it when I try to start it" After figuring out that turning the crank didnt move the cams, we pulled the engine, then the crank pully...  New guy didnt hook up the exhaust vent properly when sea foaming the Dodge 2500 thats behind the van in this picture. 
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Jan 19, 2014 23:10
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 I think this sign may have been white before. But it's definitely yello now. 
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Preoptopus posted:So we just put a new crate engine into an xterra, the guy comes back after driving it for 40 miles.
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Seat Safety Switch posted:Oh man, was that a new pulley? Yep, everything was new besides the accessories, wiring, lines etc.. The stupid part was, they are refusing to warranty it until we take it all apart again and prove its their components that failed by themselves.
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Jan 19, 2014 23:45
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InitialDave posted:
I got it
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Jan 19, 2014 23:56
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I've had problems before with my tires not having the proper pressure, once due to them being improperly seated on the rims, and a couple of times just due to the cold compressing the air. There was a recent cold snap, and on driving back to college, I got a low pressure warning. I planned to just pull off the highway as soon as possible to get air, but ended up pulling over on the shoulder because I felt like something was wrong. whoops
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Good instincts. How old were those tires?
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Seat Safety Switch posted:Good instincts. How old were those tires? When I carried the tire into the shop, there was a guy waiting around who had driven over a nail. He thought I was an employee and it was his tire, and he was horrified and confused at how bad it was. I thought he was an employee and simply being surprised at the damage, and it made for a confusing conversation. Elysiume fucked around with this message at 00:57 on Jan 20, 2014 |
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InitialDave posted:Any time you estimate anything, slap a little bit on or off the end. $80k is a guess. $80,026.18 is clearly an expert assessment which can be relied on, and is no doubt backed up by itemised lists which simply aren't available right this minute. Actually that's most likely a real estimate. The car isn't an obvious total so you'd have to write the estimate to find out.
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Preoptopus posted:"F350 in for an alignment, it fits dont worry." What's going on here?
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A heavy-duty truck being jacked up off a drive-on lift, by a jack that is woefully insufficient to the task. At Sears my coworkers had to do alignments on duallies on a semi-regular basis like that. Only difference was our jacks were a bit beefier, and slid all the way to the end of the lift so we could use the axle, instead of the leaf spring mount point like they're doing. Ours also had supports that folded out and up, so you're not extending it to max height just to reach the vehicle. Still sketchy as hell, I can't imagine doing it with that setup. Double edit: gently caress managers who pull that poo poo. 'Oh yes sir, we'll do tires on your handicap van that barely clears the ground/mobile dog wash van that barely fits into the shop! Our techs will be happy to do it for minimum wage in the standard 60 minutes or less!' Fender Anarchist fucked around with this message at 02:41 on Jan 20, 2014 |
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Fucknag posted:A heavy-duty truck being jacked up off a drive-on lift, by a jack that is woefully insufficient to the task. That isn't how your supposed to lift the solid end anyways, you are supposed to put them under the axle, that isn't even being lifted properly.
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Elysiume posted:They were two years old, but they've only been on the car for 15 months. I'd say it's been driven at most 10-15 thousand miles with those tires. The rims were fine, which is good. Two years old by how long ago you bought them, or two years old by the stamp on what's left of the sidewall?
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CommieGIR posted:That isn't how your supposed to lift the solid end anyways, you are supposed to put them under the axle, that isn't even being lifted properly. Oh absolutely. I mean, the spring mount probably isn't going to have trouble supporting 1/4 the truck's weight (that's what it's designed to do, after all) but it's still sketchy as hell. All I can think is that lift must have stops in it to prevent the jack going all the way to the end.
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Das Volk posted:I posted this in the terrible car stuff thread originally but I think it belongs here now that I think about it. Too cheap/poor/time-strapped to spring for a Strutmasters conversion?
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Aurune posted:On the subject of burned out hulks of cars for sale. Copart sells all sorts mostly broken cars. Ha, the guy renting my house works for Copart. Weird. http://www.copart.com/c2/individualLot.html?lotId=29704383
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You Am I posted:I got it It really needs to be posted. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJFdBtQt-_U
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Don't you hate it when something gets stuck in your teeth?   
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Friend of mine: "I think I found the knocking noise in the Nova's old engine!!"   Apparently the rod broke far enough down that it didn't window the block, but everything's junk regardless. Fortunately he already assumed the shortblock was crap and bought an LS1 and a T56 to throw in it, which is why this motor is coming out.
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InitialDave posted:Don't you hate it when something gets stuck in your teeth? There is no  big enough.
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Humbug Scoolbus posted:There is no Seems like there was a toothpick big enough, though.
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