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shodanjr_gr posted:I wish that were the case...to be fair, I've had out-of-state dealers offer me test drives but LI dealers are major jerks about it. This should be your first sign to spend your money elsewhere.
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BlackMK4 posted:This should be your first sign to spend your money elsewhere. Of course. They're not getting my business + I sent a strongly worded email to Chevvy's corporate for good measure (doubt it will do anything but whatever). The car market on Long Island is really depressing...the dealers think they are doing you a favor if they let you touch their vehicles and their prices are freaking absurd (they won't budge from MSRP when you can drive for few hours to Macmulkin or Kerbeck and pick/order something for substantially less). And they automatically dismiss you if you don't seem to be at the age when you require regular colonoscopies and prostate exams.
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shodanjr_gr posted:Of course. They're not getting my business + I sent a strongly worded email to Chevvy's corporate for good measure (doubt it will do anything but whatever). You'd be surprised at how seriously GM corporate can at times take stuff like this. It might go into the circular file but depending on that dealers sales numbers/reputation with GM it could actually accomplish something, not that you'd want to go back there anyway.
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I wanted to test drive an Evo a few years ago and was told the same thing about not wanting mileage. I'm pretty sure he thought I was just there to drive a fast car for fun. I basically begged and they said I could if I signed some intent to buy form, which I did. Then the sales guy insisted on coming with, and told me to shift earlier and stop ruining his car. I left.
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GutBomb posted:I wanted to test drive an Evo a few years ago and was told the same thing about not wanting mileage. I'm pretty sure he thought I was just there to drive a fast car for fun. I basically begged and they said I could if I signed some intent to buy form, which I did. Then the sales guy insisted on coming with, and told me to shift earlier and stop ruining his car. I left. Polar opposite of a test drive I went on when the 06 Evo just came out. Sales guy had us top the thing out on an empty stretch of freeway. Pro tip: 173mph GPS.
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The salesmen that was with me on my SRT-4 test drive told me to pull over after a few miles and basically called me a sissy. It was a very fast drive back to the dealership. I then bought the car. I found this 
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BlackMK4 posted:Polar opposite of a test drive I went on when the 06 Evo just came out. Sales guy had us top the thing out on an empty stretch of freeway. Pro tip: 173mph GPS. Around 2007/2008, I test-drove a '05 (IIRC) WRX STi at a Carmax dealership. The salesman started yelling "No, no!" "I do not want to die today!" and literally GRABBED AND YANKED THE WHEEL within 20 seconds of me leaving the parking lot. Nearly took us into the curb. What a wuss.
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Maker Of Shoes posted:I found this Weren't the yellow C6's with the black stripe special Hertz rental editions? Rent corvette, get the extra insurance, drive into a post office. Only reason I remember that is because at the time someone said they could beat their friend's GT-R in the quarter mile with a $500 car, so they rented the corvette and stuck NOS in it. Edit: if anyone is interested turns out it was a 1/8 mile track and the Corvette lost. Edit: oh hey here's another rental 'vette: 
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davebo posted:Weren't the yellow C6's with the black stripe special Hertz rental editions? Rent corvette, get the extra insurance, drive into a post office. Yeah, but that one has a bunch of stickers on the window and a vanity/custom/wtf Florida has like a hundred different non-standard plates. And I don't see the "ZHZ" emblem behind the front wheel either.
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Apr 14, 2015 22:02
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Didn't get a pic because i was driving, but saw a caviler with one of those LED light bars mounted to the cowl in front of the windshield. at the back of the hood. If that guy lived near me, he'd find that light flipped backwards towards the windshield every loving night.
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Apr 14, 2015 22:08
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My car is a terrible car thing. Decided to overheat in Vegas so now I am waiting for a diagnosis from the mechanic because I am 12 hours away from my tools! 
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Dealing with three u-joints that all decided to die on the same day in the parking lot of an O'Reilly's in Tulsa, Oklahoma taught me about why I should always bring some tools. Maybe not enough tools to pull and replace an engine in the breakdown lane, but definitely enough to handle moderate problems.
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rndmnmbr posted:Dealing with three u-joints that all decided to die on the same day in the parking lot of an O'Reilly's in Tulsa, Oklahoma taught me about why I should always bring some tools. Maybe not enough tools to pull and replace an engine in the breakdown lane, but definitely enough to handle moderate problems. I finally ditched my 60-pound trunk toolbox when I got AAA. Granted, this does nothing if I'm more than 100 miles from home, so... 
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ratbert90 posted:My car is a terrible car thing. Decided to overheat in Vegas so now I am waiting for a diagnosis from the mechanic because I am 12 hours away from my tools! Maybe give this goon a call: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3615661&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=1
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Beach Bum posted:I finally ditched my 60-pound trunk toolbox when I got AAA. Granted, this does nothing if I'm more than 100 miles from home, so... Maybe never travel more than a hundred miles from the nearest Harbor Freight.
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Humphreys posted:Maybe give this goon a call: I've been looking for a shop in Vegas... THANKS.
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ratbert90 posted:My car is a terrible car thing. Decided to overheat in Vegas so now I am waiting for a diagnosis from the mechanic because I am 12 hours away from my tools! I did a radiator swap in my old 300M in the parking lot of an Autozone with an $8 socket set because I was a few hours from home. Be a man.
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Wasabi the J posted:I've been looking for a shop in Vegas... THANKS. Boy are you in for a disappointment.
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StormDrain posted:Boy are you in for a disappointment. Oh no, is it closed up? I'm only halfway through the thread and sent a PM...
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Wasabi the J posted:Oh no, is it closed up? I'm only halfway through the thread and sent a PM... He sold the shop.
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He's a service manager at a shop in town now though. Edit: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3705401&pagenumber=1&perpage=40
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Beach Bum posted:I finally ditched my 60-pound trunk toolbox when I got AAA. Granted, this does nothing if I'm more than 100 miles from home, so... 120lbs of tools in my trunk at all times... and usually the spare parts to fix the problem, too   
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Safety Dance posted:Maybe never travel more than a hundred miles from the nearest Harbor Freight. Is this like the poors version of Tesla's Supercharger network?
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Uthor posted:Is this like the poors version of Tesla's Supercharger network? Excellent.
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It's a blown headgasket, but it was small enough to dump a bunch of stop leak into the coolant tank and drive that fucker back to Boise! 
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The new MCM counts as terrible car stuff. They went back to Japan, and went full retard. No springs, welded shocks, full-on bosu posed as a "drift car". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSc_T5JqUZ0
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Sigma X posted:The new MCM counts as terrible car stuff. They went back to Japan, and went full retard. No springs, welded shocks, full-on bosu posed as a "drift car". I thought that was kind of the point? Don't have time or money to do it right, so lets do it hilariously bad.
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Sigma X posted:The new MCM counts as terrible car stuff. They went back to Japan, and went full retard. No springs, welded shocks, full-on bosu posed as a "drift car". Yeah I'm going to have to disagree with you there. Them playing with their cars and the fireworks and such was just unadulterated joy. That car served its purpose.
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kastein posted:It's probably just leaf springs which means no need for anything to locate it side to side really. Or all the bushings in the spring eyes and hangers are worn out/missing. That's what usually happens.The right side tends to move forward because that's usually the drive wheel in a one-legger. I've seen that much skew in a sedan with IRS before, but it also had the right rear wheel toed in about 10 degrees from a hit. e: f,b Darchangel fucked around with this message at 01:26 on Apr 16, 2015 |
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GutBomb posted:Yeah I'm going to have to disagree with you there. Them playing with their cars and the fireworks and such was just unadulterated joy. That car served its purpose. 100%. Looked like a total blast.
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Bovril Delight posted:He sold the shop. Well, crap! I guess I'm the terrible car stuff...
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BoostCreep posted:I'm currently driving to Vegas and saw this amazing thing on the road. Somehow this truck was driving straight in its lane at 70mph. I was following a van like this last winter and I had to call the cops on them. They were leaving four tire tracks and having an incredibly hard time staying on the road. Then he hit the 401 and accelerated to 120km/h and I could see little bits of tire coming off when he changed lanes. 
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Spotted at the local Target.
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What am I missing aside from the mild bro truck?
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GutBomb posted:What am I missing aside from the mild bro truck? not sure if you noticed, but it seems they have the engine crane up on a 4 post lift
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GutBomb posted:What am I missing aside from the mild bro truck? Strapping an engine hoist to a lift in order to clear the lifted truck. *Edit ^ 
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