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kimbo305 posted:Got the excise slips for cars today. 348 holding strong at $1200. Charger breaking my back at $2850. Jesus Christ, tell me that's a joke. Isn't that getting close to what the Charger is actually worth?
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Ola posted:That autism awareness wrap is probably severely disturbing to all automotive autists. Well, I'm now aware of my autism, so... (Or, as my wife and I have agreed to call it: "OCDiligent".)
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Feb 24, 2016 09:06
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some texas redneck posted:Jesus Christ, tell me that's a joke. Isn't that getting close to what the Charger is actually worth? $2850 valuation, the actual excise tax is somewhere ~$75
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Feb 24, 2016 14:18
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kimbo305 posted:Drove it back from the shop this morning. Completely dry, though a bit of salt dust remaining on the road.
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Feb 24, 2016 19:36
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Found a front right wheel wheel on eBay for $300, which is how much the shop would charge me to refinish the rash I did from running into the curb. Ordered it. Also saw this really nice 15k mi example with major service done: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ferrari-348-TS-Targa-/182020965274 Spot the error, though. front wheels are flipped side to side.
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Feb 24, 2016 22:36
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Muffinpox posted:$2850 valuation, the actual excise tax is somewhere ~$75  I read gudSo wait.. the real car is valued at $1200? That's kind of a shock.
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Feb 25, 2016 02:24
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Mass excise tax is wacky.
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Feb 25, 2016 02:26
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I have to say, after reading all of this, I've been checking prices of used Ferraris. It just seems so close to perfect in a lot of ways. (prices of used Ferraris then have me checking prices of used Miatas, but so it goes)
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Feb 25, 2016 15:09
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:Mass excise tax is wacky. It's an age-based system...
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Feb 25, 2016 16:46
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sharkytm posted:It's an age-based system... Yeah, I know, I pay it. The valuation is hosed up, though. For me, it fails to account for the fact that my car started life as a Focus ST not a regular Focus hatchback. I'm not complaining, though, it saves me money.
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Feb 25, 2016 19:43
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:Yeah, I know, I pay it. The valuation is hosed up, though. For me, it fails to account for the fact that my car started life as a Focus ST not a regular Focus hatchback. I'm not complaining, though, it saves me money. Same here. All our vehicle are old enough to get the minimum valuation, except for my truck. It's not a bad idea, as it keeps people from complaining that their old car isn't worth some KBB/NADA book price. It's amusing if you have a very expensive old car, as Kimbo does.
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Feb 25, 2016 20:55
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They go by base msrp for a model, I think they count ST as a trim so it's not factored in whereas an S4 is a different model than an A4.some texas redneck posted:
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Feb 25, 2016 21:32
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Muffinpox posted:$2850 valuation, the actual excise tax is somewhere ~$75 Mine was like 85 bucks last year 
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Feb 26, 2016 00:23
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Muffinpox posted:They go by base msrp for a model, I think they count ST as a trim so it's not factored in whereas an S4 is a different model than an A4. I choose to believe that at the time the MSRP was entered that the system only accepted five digits.
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Feb 26, 2016 01:20
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:I choose to believe that at the time the MSRP was entered that the system only accepted five digits. Seems like an RMV employee move to me. "Oh it only goes to 12000? I'm not going to backspace that and put in 99999." The city usually sends out yearly parking passes in the mail, but somehow I didn't get mine somehow. When I went to the parking department to get one, the clerk checked the registration info, where the make is truncated to 4 letters -- FERR. She was like, "Ferr... Ford."
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Feb 26, 2016 05:08
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Even in death Henry is sticking it to Enzo.
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Feb 26, 2016 05:31
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Or maybe the guy who was deciding the tax rates at the time drove one.
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Feb 26, 2016 05:32
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So...what would a Maserati Biturbo be charged?
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Feb 26, 2016 05:33
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CharlesM posted:So...what would a Maserati Biturbo be charged? They give you money in sympathy.
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Feb 26, 2016 06:02
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CharlesM posted:So...what would a Maserati Biturbo be charged? I'm not sure, but probably a felony.
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Got back from NC and took the 348 out on a maintenance drive. Gotta say, it's really cold to leave the windows down, but worth it to hear the exhaust roaring and crackling. A moving truck tried to turn onto a one-way street exit, and I went to go around him. Didn't entirely leave my lane, but got beeped by a Lexus RX. I think this is the first time I've significantly stood out as a Ferrari driver in traffic. Random fan encounter: some guy in a Spectra rolls up beside me at a stop and says either "That car is nice" or "That Ferrari is nice." He was mumbling so much that I barely had time to nod and say thanks in response. Filled up, as the fuel gauge was reading anywhere from 1/4 to 7/16. Got 120mi over 11.8gal, so just over 10mpg. That said, I'm not sure if I really topped it off last time (or this time), cuz the gas pump keeps stopping early. Haven't figured out the magic way to angle the nozzle to get it to flow best. It's also been so long since my last fillup that I forgot you have to leave the key in to use the gas release button. When I first started the car, I got lit ABS and BRAKE lights. I confused the BRAKE light with the separate PARK light that indicates you have the parking brake on, so I just set and unset the parking brake, which made both lights go away. The parking brake light itself is also hard to unset; maybe all 3 are linked somehow? Didn't happen when I started it after I filled up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mRv0jPrnAM To the upper right are the red SLOW light, if the computer thinks there's a non-critical engine condition, then the yellow ABS light. The BRAKE light didn't come on at all. At the bottom are the two engine banks' CELs, and the BATTERY light. On a normal startup, the last two things to go off are the cyl 1-4 CEL and 5-8 CEL. The left seatbelt light stayed on because my clicking in wasn't perfect. A couple of retries and it went off. I'm very much dreading the day when one of those CELs doesn't come off. All the buyer's guides said that you need to see those CELs come on during startup and then turn off. Otherwise, an unscrupulous owner might have pulled the bulbs.
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After reading Centripetal Horse's homeless struggles thread, where he's not sure if he wants to spent $20 to get his oil changed, I remembered that it'd been a few drives since I checked my oil. Wasn't much of a joyride with all the traffic out there, though a Harley rider did complement me on the car after a typical "I bet I could take you" greeting. Oil was down to 1/3 between MIN and MAX, though I sat in the car for a bit longer than usual before checking. I gave it 750mL and will check again next time. I think it was a bit darker than last time. There was also some oil sheen under the cap. Not sure what to make of that:  Horrible washout, but the white specks under the cap are the sheen. The reason I sat in the car was to get video of the very brassy horn sound. Had to use the horn today after some out of state driver didn't know to go on blinking yellow. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEJY7FJpSWE
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kimbo305 posted:After reading Centripetal Horse's homeless struggles thread, where he's not sure if he wants to spent $20 to get his oil changed, I Link, please.
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Part the first Part the second
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A 328 in excellent condition sells for 100k: http://bringatrailer.com/listing/1988-ferrari-328gts/ 20k mi, NOS interior put in in 2012, but still a 328. Feels like cost is no object to buyers who're looking for exactly what they want in the best condition. Seems like no one was put off by the quick exposure to winter.
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Since this is 75% of the way there to an e/n thread, I'll post this development here. I've been getting increasingly noticeable symptoms: - numb hands and skin - weakness in the arms and hands - pins and needles tingling when I wake up Tues morning, when I woke up, I felt the weakest I ever have, so went to the ER. The blood tests and CT scan didn't reveal anything immediate, which is good. But the symptoms persist and are getting worse by day. I brought this up with my GP a while back when I first noticed, but now things are so obvious that I'm trying asap to see a neurologist. That last weekend drive, I misshifted into 3rd -- not dipping the clutch all the way in before landing the shift, resulting in some huge grinding. Thinking back to that incident, I'm now very worried that whatever I have, it'll increasingly affect my ability to drive. I've been avoiding trying to self-diagnose this, but either way, it's really really scary.
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drat, that's not the update I was hoping to see. Have you been biking lately? Does that make it worse?
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meatpimp posted:Have you been biking lately? Does that make it worse? It seems like any kind of exercise helps me resynch to my nerves better, but it's very fuzzy trying to draw that correlation. So far, riding a bike isn't hard, since my sense of balance isn't affected, even if my ability to stand and balance on my legs is slightly degraded. Since you use your whole body to steer the bike, it's easier that way. Right now, 50% of my waking hours are symptom free, but it seems to be creeping up.
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Been reading this thread for a while. Hope you get whatever is going on with you fixed.
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Doesn't sound good, hope it's something simple and treatable.
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LloydDobler posted:Doesn't sound good, hope it's something simple and treatable. This. But our bodies are weird. My wife went through something last month where she had a normal cold. Then, all of a sudden, she was dizzy like she was drunk. 5 hours later, after we went to bed, she couldn't move because the room was spinning around him so much. Ended up with a 911 call because she couldn't move. Turned out to be an inner-ear problem, probably from the virus of her sickness. hosed her all kinds of ways. Oddly, there is physical therapy for this type of vestibular thing and she's doing well now. Bottom line -- get it sorted, kimbo305, hopefully it's something that's diagnose-able and easy to find. 
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Mar 24, 2016 23:57
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How many people had a heart attack when this got bumped on rennlist? I missed the boat so loving hard on so many cars that I wanted. If I'd only started my job a few years earlier.  also, get better man!
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kimbo305 posted:There was a period a while back where I had a huge bruise or something that made it painful to sit on the saddle, but I have no idea now if that had anything to do with my current condition. I had something very similar a long time ago that turned out to be basically stress and a lovely job. Turns out you can get actual physical symptoms from poo poo like that, not completely imaginary ones. Listen to your doctors and don't assume that you have a medical condition until they tell you so.
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Saga posted:I had something very similar a long time ago that turned out to be basically stress and a lovely job. Turns out you can get actual physical symptoms from poo poo like that, not completely imaginary ones. They managed to get me MRIs scheduled on Sat and Sun, which I went to. On Monday, I heard back that the scans preliminarily showed no signs of injury or lesions that might be the signs of MS. The specialist reviewing specifically said the scariest stuff had been ruled out, which was certainly a relief. Still have to digest how to think about my ever-looming mortality. I still have some weakness and numbness waking up, and I notice it's very easy for me to make an arm fall asleep just by lying on it. I gotta schedule a followup to chase down whatever this is. Still not sure if this'll clear up on its own or if I need some treatment. I think it very well could be psychosomatic, but I honestly haven't been experiencing many life changes or stress throughout this period, so it wasn't what I first suspected when I started feeling things. I'd been avoiding driving the 348, but since the weather's going to be nasty this weekend, I decided to go on a quick night drive (that and I left my phone at the office).  Still really awesome to see this car. The car did its usual balky warmup over the first 25min, and then I redlined it where I could. Took care to shift slowly into 3rd. It definitely resists more than 2nd or 4th gear. Downshifted it in a tunnel next to a cruiser watching construction -- couldn't help myself. The BRAKE and ABS lights were on again on first startup, and went off when I turned on the headlights. So that mystery is deepening.
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Not to make a joke of your physical condition, but it does sound like the car is trying to mimic your body's symptoms... or vice versa.
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kimbo305 posted:The BRAKE and ABS lights were on again on first startup, and went off when I turned on the headlights. So that mystery is deepening.
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meatpimp posted:Not to make a joke of your physical condition, but it does sound like the car is trying to mimic your body's symptoms... or vice versa. Yeah, the same analogy occured to me -- that something is up with my wiring. In the case of MS, it's that the insulation is wearing out and loving with the voltages.
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Keep on it with the neurologist. I had chronic facial pain that escalated to unbearable for 2-3 days a week over the course of 5 years and effectively ruined half of my 20s. Everyone thought I was crazy and I spent a lot of time at a research hospital where I was frequently interesting but not fully diagnosable. MRI and CT got nothing. It turns out I had inflammation near my salivary glands and nerves got pinched every time I ate or smelled food. We didn't find this out until I demanded an anti-inflammatory steroid to see if it'd stick. Good luck, mystery ailments are the worst and often require obnoxiously persistent self advocacy on the side of the patient.
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blk posted:Keep on it with the neurologist. I had chronic facial pain that escalated to unbearable for 2-3 days a week over the course of 5 years and effectively ruined half of my 20s. Everyone thought I was crazy and I spent a lot of time at a research hospital where I was frequently interesting but not fully diagnosable. MRI and CT got nothing. It turns out I had inflammation near my salivary glands and nerves got pinched every time I ate or smelled food. We didn't find this out until I demanded an anti-inflammatory steroid to see if it'd stick. Good luck, mystery ailments are the worst and often require obnoxiously persistent self advocacy on the side of the patient. I'll quote this. I'm still trying to deal with some physical issues years after an over-prescription of antibiotics left my guts completely wrecked. I'm slowly getting better, but nobody knows what the issue is. Take care of yourself man.
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