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Octopus Magic: Dec 19, 2003; I HATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU LIKE* AND I NEED TO BE SURE YOU ALL KNOW THAT EVERY TIME I POST

*unless it's a DSM in which case we cool ^_^

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Really belongs in terrible car stuff but god drat.

http://westernmass.craigslist.org/cto/4501837746.html

That is amazing and if I had all the money in the world I would just import Kei cars all day.

There's an original color somewhere on that car...

# ? Jun 5, 2014 00:46

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# ? Apr 19, 2024 09:33

blk: Dec 19, 2009; .

HotCanadianChick posted:

For blk:
http://eugene.craigslist.org/cto/4469145622.html

I do love LS Blue, but with that interior and spoiler it seems a bit over the top. I don't know anything the supercharger so I have some research there.

# ? Jun 5, 2014 00:59

Sir Tonk: Apr 18, 2006; Young Orc

You assholes need to screenshot :argh:

edit

HotCanadianChick posted:

For blk:
http://eugene.craigslist.org/cto/4469145622.html

Soooo, did I miss him saying that it was repainted, or does BMW typically get overspray on the paint tags?

Sir Tonk fucked around with this message at 06:19 on Jun 5, 2014

# ? Jun 5, 2014 01:59

Vim Fuego: Jun 1, 2000; I LITERALLY SLEEP IN A RACING CAR. DO YOU?
p.s. ask me about my subscription mattress; Ultra Carp

http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/cto/4498150907.html
Check out those murals!

# ? Jun 5, 2014 06:52

Militant Lesbian: Oct 3, 2002

Sir Tonk posted:

You assholes need to screenshot

edit

Soooo, did I miss him saying that it was repainted, or does BMW typically get overspray on the paint tags?

I don't see any overspray on that :confused:

Looks like some dust/dirt and part of the label is chipped off.

# ? Jun 5, 2014 09:11

Queen_Combat: Jan 15, 2011

HotCanadianChick posted:

I don't see any overspray on that

Looks like some dust/dirt and part of the label is chipped off.

Are you perhaps looking at this picture with a black-and-white monitor? There's tons of blue overspray on the bottom half of the sticker. Also, the paint is wicked up onto the edge of the sticker, which wouldn't happen if it was applied after the paint had dried.

# ? Jun 5, 2014 09:28

You Am I: May 20, 2001; Me @ your poasting

HotCanadianChick posted:

I don't see any overspray on that

Looks like some dust/dirt and part of the label is chipped off.

I'm most definitely seeing overspray there dude. I have got to agree with Geirskogul

# ? Jun 5, 2014 10:52

Militant Lesbian: Oct 3, 2002

Geirskogul posted:

Are you perhaps looking at this picture with a black-and-white monitor? There's tons of blue overspray on the bottom half of the sticker. Also, the paint is wicked up onto the edge of the sticker, which wouldn't happen if it was applied after the paint had dried.

That looks more like heavily compressed jpeg artifacting causing pixels near the edge of the label to chroma shift + the glossiness of the label picking up a bluish hue from the light bouncing off the blue paint surrounding it. Craigslist recompressing the picture after upload probably doesn't help.
It's possible it might be overspray, but I think it's far more likely it's just a lovely picture (big surprise, crappy pics in a Craigslist ad).

Edit: actually, the upper right corner does look like it's got paint slopped on it, so you may be right.

Militant Lesbian fucked around with this message at 12:45 on Jun 5, 2014

# ? Jun 5, 2014 12:41

MrSaturn: Sep 8, 2004; Go ahead, laugh. They all laugh at first...

HotCanadianChick posted:

That looks more like heavily compressed jpeg artifacting causing pixels near the edge of the label to chroma shift + the glossiness of

The far more likely answer. :rolleye:

I know I already have a '54 Bel Air, but this looks kinda okay, and I sort of want to buy it and clean it up (a lot)

http://charlotte.craigslist.org/cto/4504949162.html

MrSaturn fucked around with this message at 13:56 on Jun 5, 2014

# ? Jun 5, 2014 13:52

Lightbulb Out: Apr 28, 2006; slack jawed yokel

HotCanadianChick posted:

That looks more like heavily compressed jpeg artifacting causing pixels near the edge of the label to chroma shift + the glossiness of the label picking up a bluish hue from the light bouncing off the blue paint surrounding it. Craigslist recompressing the picture after upload probably doesn't help.
It's possible it might be overspray, but I think it's far more likely it's just a lovely picture (big surprise, crappy pics in a Craigslist ad).

Edit: actually, the upper right corner does look like it's got paint slopped on it, so you may be right.

Are you blind? Look closer. There is over spray on the bottom of the tag. There is over spray on the upper right corner of the tag.

Over spray on those tags is concerning.

# ? Jun 5, 2014 17:23

You Am I: May 20, 2001; Me @ your poasting

MrSaturn posted:

The far more likely answer.

I know I already have a '54 Bel Air, but this looks kinda okay, and I sort of want to buy it and clean it up (a lot)

http://charlotte.craigslist.org/cto/4504949162.html

I kinda getting flashbacks of the Mercury cruser/rod episode of Roadkill with that thing

# ? Jun 5, 2014 23:48

extreme_accordion: Apr 9, 2009

Possible gold on RacingJunk - 78 VW Scirocco
http://www.racingjunk.com/Production/182211264/1978-VW-Scirocco.html

# ? Jun 6, 2014 13:47

Suburban Dad: Jan 10, 2007; Well what's attached to a leash that it made itself?
The punchline is the way that you've been fuckin' yourself

All the short busses you could ever want.

http://detroit.craigslist.org/mcb/cto/4481422710.html

# ? Jun 6, 2014 14:29

VideoTapir: Oct 18, 2005; He'll tire eventually.

I don't see no cage. edit: Priced exactly 700 dollars too high.

http://tucson.craigslist.org/cto/4506234882.html

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# ? Jun 6, 2014 15:12

DrPain: Apr 29, 2004; Purrfectly priceless
items here.

Ohey I remember this thread!

http://lasvegas.craigslist.org/cto/4487932433.html

# ? Jun 6, 2014 16:47

Sir Tonk: Apr 18, 2006; Young Orc

Since when is ten thousand miles a year "low?" Isn't the average 10-15k?

# ? Jun 6, 2014 20:56

BrokenKnucklez: Apr 22, 2008; by zen death robot

The acceptable average is 15k a year now. It used to be 12, but that number has been steadily creeping up as cars are lasting longer/longer commutes/etc.

# ? Jun 6, 2014 21:43

blk: Dec 19, 2009; .

Craigslist ~~gold~~ lead

http://eugene.craigslist.org/cto/4508443772.html

# ? Jun 7, 2014 18:50

Joe Mama: May 10, 2008

blk posted:

Craigslist ~~gold~~ lead

http://eugene.craigslist.org/cto/4508443772.html

I would buy it for $1250-1500 and use it as a commuter just for shits.

# ? Jun 7, 2014 19:31

Octopus Magic: Dec 19, 2003; I HATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU LIKE* AND I NEED TO BE SURE YOU ALL KNOW THAT EVERY TIME I POST

*unless it's a DSM in which case we cool ^_^

Joe Mama posted:

I would buy it for $1250-1500 and use it as a commuter just for shits.

Will you be using the included paper bag over your head?

# ? Jun 8, 2014 01:48

atomicthumbs: Dec 26, 2010; We're in the business of extending man's senses.

blk posted:

Craigslist ~~gold~~ lead

http://eugene.craigslist.org/cto/4508443772.html

This is misleading. He calls it a Cadillac Cimarron, but it's actually a Cimarron, by Cadillac.

# ? Jun 8, 2014 07:46

Terrible Robot: Jul 2, 2010; FRIED CHICKEN; Slippery Tilde

Cross-post from ironblock's thread

http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/nva/cto/4497017050.html

# ? Jun 8, 2014 19:15

Joe Mama: May 10, 2008

Octopus Magic posted:

Will you be using the included paper bag over your head?

No way man, if you're gonna be driving something like that ya gotta be out there and free.

atomicthumbs posted:

This is misleading. He calls it a Cadillac Cimarron, but it's actually a Cimarron, by Cadillac.

Exactly, you wouldn't want to confuse anyone. Just like the TC, by Maserati. Confuse as in, "Nooo, this ain't really our poo poo, it's just a money thing. Uhhhh, we were misled, yeah that's it. We were coerced, yeah, yeah."

# ? Jun 8, 2014 20:46

GreaseGunner: Dec 26, 2012; Just chillin'

quote:

No tire kickers please. I don't need to hear about your M3 or whatever other cars you own either. I am selling this car not starting a BMW forum for lonely hearts. If you contact me be serious or I'm gonna not even going to bother with you. If your looking at this you know what it is and what it's worth and what it's going to be worth down the road. Have cash not excuses PLEASE!

This dude is pissed he has to sell his car.

http://kansascity.craigslist.org/cto/4502346583.html

# ? Jun 9, 2014 20:19

shoopeach: Aug 13, 2012

GreaseGunner posted:

This dude is pissed he has to sell his car.

http://kansascity.craigslist.org/cto/4502346583.html

oooooh the ultra desirable auto e36 m3

# ? Jun 9, 2014 22:06

A Melted Tarp: Nov 12, 2013; _{At the date}

GreaseGunner posted:

This dude is pissed he has to sell his car.

http://kansascity.craigslist.org/cto/4502346583.html

Dude is loving TERRIFIED of tree branches.

# ? Jun 9, 2014 22:10

Octopus Magic: Dec 19, 2003; I HATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU LIKE* AND I NEED TO BE SURE YOU ALL KNOW THAT EVERY TIME I POST

*unless it's a DSM in which case we cool ^_^

shoopeach posted:

oooooh the ultra desirable auto e36 m3

There's only 7760 of them in the wild!

# ? Jun 9, 2014 22:33

rscott: Dec 10, 2009

If you could get it for like $3k or so it'd be worth it, when you get tired of the auto throw the engine in an e30

# ? Jun 9, 2014 22:41

shoopeach: Aug 13, 2012

Octopus Magic posted:

There's only 7760 of them in the wild!

probably because no one wanted an automatic 4 door m3...with a mediocre engine no less(compared to the euro offering which had something like 50 more hp and ITB's)

# ? Jun 9, 2014 22:48

blk: Dec 19, 2009; .

This is pretty neat http://boise.craigslist.org/cto/4481042391.html

I'm too lazy to make a screenshot for you lazy bastards.

# ? Jun 10, 2014 00:58

Rhyno: Mar 22, 2003; Can't post for 10 years!

blk posted:

This is pretty neat http://boise.craigslist.org/cto/4481042391.html

I'm too lazy to make a screenshot for you lazy bastards.

There was a s/c one of those around here last year but they wanted $11K for it.

# ? Jun 10, 2014 03:40

Coredump: Dec 1, 2002

blk posted:

This is pretty neat http://boise.craigslist.org/cto/4481042391.html

I'm too lazy to make a screenshot for you lazy bastards.

If I had lotto money Ford Focus dream build:
Get the Kugel performance kit to convert Focus to rwd but keep the 4 cylinder. Then take it to Griggs racing to let them re-work the suspension. Hoon.

# ? Jun 10, 2014 04:41

keykey: Mar 28, 2003; Â Â Â Â Â

atomicthumbs posted:

This is misleading. He calls it a Cadillac Cimarron, but it's actually a Cimarron, by Cadillac.

Even more astounding is that Cadillac would create a car called the enslaved African: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cimarron_people_(Panama)

# ? Jun 10, 2014 15:37

Elephanthead: Sep 11, 2008; Toilet Rascal

They were formerly enslaved, now free, much like the electrons from a Cimmaron's sheet metal.

# ? Jun 10, 2014 16:44

kastein: Aug 31, 2011; Moderator at http://www.ridgelineownersclub.com/forums/and soon to be mod of AI. MAKE AI GREAT AGAIN. Motronic for VP.

keykey posted:

Even more astounding is that Cadillac would create a car called the enslaved African: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cimarron_people_(Panama)

I'm not surprised at all. If you think people are racist pieces of poo poo now, remember that 100 or even 50 years ago, most of those views were fairly mainstream. I can think of a couple other examples of automobiles/aircraft that were named after abused tribes/peoples, hell, the cherokee, comanche, blackhawk helicopter, chevy apache... should I go on?

There's still a lot of bad poo poo going down in the world, but there's less than there was before... unless you go to Africa, central Asia, SE Asia, Russia, etc. All bets are off there.

kastein fucked around with this message at 19:51 on Jun 10, 2014

# ? Jun 10, 2014 19:49