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Darchangel posted:The Wikipedia article basically covers it: the TRX tires were the first viable low-profile tires, when they came out in in the late '70s. By the mid '80s, standard tires had caught up. Ford just bought into the hype for the Mustang and its derivatives. Ah back when 45 series was considered ultra low profile not something that a run of the mill Japanese hatchback like my Mazda3 might be wearing.
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I feel like a childhood friend's dad had one of those in yellow as a commuter that my mother nicknamed the bannanamobile because it reminded her of the banana-shaped car from the Richard Scarry books.
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Did your friend's dad wear multiple wristwatches?
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Sep 16, 2020 22:35
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I assume that's a reference I'm not getting.
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more like wristwatch, elbow watch, and bicep watch
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dissss posted:Ah back when 45 series was considered ultra low profile not something that a run of the mill Japanese hatchback like my Mazda3 might be wearing. Exactly. The TRX tires were 55 series! Wow, so thin! The C4 Corvette when it came out was amazing with it's 50-series Goodyear Gatorbacks ans 16 inch wheels. canyoneer posted:
Wait, hold up - you need to link that or copy in the rest of the description. I am suddenly intrigued by "The car was originally electric, but..." edit: hoping for a bike engine.
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   Why buy new when for the same price you can get a 15 year old one with 150k on the clock?
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Mind sharing the link? I want to offer them 3,200. Edit: ad posted:Car has never been rebuilt Hmmm yes this is definitely a distinguishing feature of this car and not something I wouldn’t expect on any 15 year old Subaru selling for more than 10,000 dollars 
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i own every Bionicle posted:Mind sharing the link? I want to offer them 3,200. Sadly, it was a screenshot shared with me
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Sep 18, 2020 20:43
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 They know what they've got.
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the epitome of "worked when parked"
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just found my new flight sim rig
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canyoneer posted:
A number of people regard that model as the high water mark of Subaru and finding an example that hasn’t been trashed or modded to hell is unusual. Asking what a new 2020 one goes for is a little optimistic.
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I think I found my old 98 240sx on FB marketplace. For a refresher here it is just before I sold it:  [timg]https://i.imgur.com/XwIGc7Z.jpg[/img][/timg] [timg]https://i.imgur.com/ernUGI9.jpg[/img][/timg]And if this is my car then here it is now:     I sold it $5400 ($100 off for no punching). Its listed at $10k for 17 weeks now. Yeeeaaahhhh bbboooiiiii https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/533780330630454 Coredump fucked around with this message at 05:25 on Sep 19, 2020 |
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Sep 19, 2020 05:16
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If that’s rolling fender to lip static I’m seriously impressed Jesus the camber
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Still has the sticker on the tire since it doesn't touch the pavement. 
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I'll allow some punching in this case Sold my '92 240SX to some kid upstate NY. Car was clean and fully prepped for SCCA solo racing. Weeks later, he started sending me photos and description of all the sick mods he was doing to it. I blocked him after the second email, just couldn't handle the stupidity. Nitrox fucked around with this message at 13:41 on Sep 19, 2020 |
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^^^ I would have just sent one email back saying "thanks for the money, but I wish you'd stop ruining my old car".
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https://www.kijiji.ca/v-classic-cars/calgary/1969-toyota-crown-v8-chevy/1524812614 wrap is a little cheeky but a V8 crown is pretty rad in my book.
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That's pretty cool. I don't like his odds of getting $12K for it, but to be fair it's pretty hard to valuate something like that.
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Coredump posted:I think I found my old 98 240sx on FB marketplace. That's sad as poo poo. That car was stupidly clean.
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Coredump posted:I think I found my old 98 240sx on FB marketplace. I sold my MS3 which was very clean to a guy who did some poo poo like this. It made me feel bad for the car.
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The car has 63,000 km and does admittedly look flawless 
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Nebakenezzer posted:The car has 63,000 km and does admittedly look flawless Looks nice and all but there's no way that car is over 2000 years old
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We all like to tell ourselves that if you showed a caveman a lineup of cars he'd pick something like a Hummer or a Camaro but the truth is that the PT Cruiser is the most beautiful thing a caveman has ever seen.
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i own every Bionicle posted:Hmmm yes this is definitely a distinguishing feature of this car and not something I wouldn’t expect on any 15 year old Subaru selling for more than 10,000 dollars I already don't trust it.
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So in darkest New Brunswick, this is for sale:   250,000 km, inspected, $2800 cdn. Seller speaks French, may not be bilingual.
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https://indianapolis.craigslist.org/cto/d/indianapolis-1947-lincoln-continental/7201503104.html
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Found this 2005 Hona Fit with 120k miles for $350. It's... a bit rough but seems like a perfect candidate for mongol-style lovely car rally since the back should be big enough to sleep in. I think I'll go check it out tomorrow if it has valid inspection.    The other gem is this custom two-tone yaris with 90k miles for a bit more: 
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Nebakenezzer posted:So in darkest New Brunswick, this is for sale: Is that a Geo Metro Turbo convertible (or Suzuki Swift, I guess?) Elephanthead posted:https://indianapolis.craigslist.org/cto/d/indianapolis-1947-lincoln-continental/7201503104.html My dad had a '47 or '48 Lincoln Zephyr briefly that he got in a lot of cars bought from an estate. That would basically be the fast-back version of that - a much better look in my personal opinion. The flathead V12 was massive, and there were two spares. It also had hydraulic power windows! I wish I'd have been older and been able to convince him to keep it and either restore of hot rod it. mobby_6kl posted:Found this 2005 Hona Fit with 120k miles for $350. You're right, a Fit might be a good Gambler candidate. I'll add that to my list of potentials...
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Called after I got off work and apparently someone's already coming to check it out tomorrow. But he confirmed it has valid inspection until July which makes things much easier, so I'll try to offer him another $50-100 in the morning to sweeten the deal because it's less than half the price of other shitboxes like this.
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V12 or not, the front end of that Lincoln is awful. I'm sorry, but it just is. It looks like a cartoon caricature of a car.
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Vanagoon posted:V12 or not, the front end of that Lincoln is awful. I'm sorry, but it just is. It looks like a cartoon caricature of a car. It's not as awful as your title has become
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Lowtax ain't getting any more money from me, what do you want.
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Vanagoon posted:Lowtax ain't getting any more money from me, what do you want. If you want it gone there’s a qcs thread where you can donate to charity and an admin will give you the upgrade.
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Midjack posted:A number of people regard that model as the high water mark of Subaru and finding an example that hasn’t been trashed or modded to hell is unusual. Asking what a new 2020 one goes for is a little optimistic. This thread has been stuck on this post for like a week for me so posting to see if it fixes it
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