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Doctor Zero posted:At the expense of derailing too much, while Harleys are certainly overpriced compared to a Japanese bike, they feel more like a motorcycle. I mean I love the poo poo out of my Valkyrie, but it feels like I'm riding a hoverbike compared to the loud, rumbling, imperfectness of riding a Harley. Well your post just gave me an epiphany that further explains the reasoning behind Harleys.
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I have often described myself in the exact same verbiage. Click here for the full 517x942 image.
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Jack the Smack posted:Well your post just gave me an epiphany that further explains the reasoning behind Harleys. If your going to look at motorcyclings soul I would look at Italian bikes, Harleys just feel slow and out of touch. I would argue in the opposite way that American muscle cars feel like a car should, in a very boat like way. But Harleys just dont do it for me, they scream, look at me I wasted 20 grand on a hunk of chrome made by people cashing in on an american tradition...again and again and again. All the while crushing attempts at innovation in the company.
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Oct 23, 2009 06:46
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 If I wasn't in school and had the room, this would be money well spent.
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Oct 23, 2009 06:50
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McTinkerson posted:
One third share? I've never heard of that outside of vacation homes and, sometimes, yachts.
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Oct 23, 2009 06:52
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Noni posted:One third share? I've never heard of that outside of vacation homes and, sometimes, yachts. Do you really want to share a car with people who 1) Cant get $3,000 together 2) Want that car
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Oct 23, 2009 07:01
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Tai-Pan posted:Do you really want to share a car with people who I could almost understand 3 people getting together to go buy a car to share, but this is even worse because, at one point, the owner of the car got so broke that he hatched a lovely car-sharing scheme.
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Oct 23, 2009 07:21
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So he's basically selling a Bill of Sale for $1000. nice.
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Oct 23, 2009 15:28
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Doctor Zero posted:So he's basically selling a Bill of Sale for $1000. nice. A "Bill of sale for one third share" whatever the hell that means. Imagine taking that into the DMV for a 3rd of a plate. Presuming this guy is serious, how would they work the insurance?
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slidebite posted:A "Bill of sale for one third share" whatever the hell that means. Imagine taking that into the DMV for a 3rd of a plate. They'd probably go thirds.
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Noni posted:One third share? I've never heard of that outside of vacation homes and, sometimes, yachts. The guy seems to think it's a race car (racing parts, FAHR HUNNERT HORSEPOWER!, 'still time to race it', etc.) I don't know why you'd want to sell a $3000 racing car in three shares, either 
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Oct 24, 2009 04:03
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sacre posted:They'd probably go thirds. Thirds on the shittiest driver out of the 3? Yes please. But yeah, that's probably their grand scheme. How can it fail?
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Oct 24, 2009 04:59
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quote:95 CIVIC HATCH SHELL - $900 (SOUTH)
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Oct 25, 2009 21:42
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Not exactly craigslist: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1984...=item4149dd1dc3 
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Oct 25, 2009 23:15
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Jack the Smack posted:Not exactly craigslist: Holy gently caress, that's awesome. $2900 for a vehicle that I can't afford to drive (3mpg, he says) and have nowhere to park but goddamn. An entire extended family could live in that thing. The engine alone might be worth it: 800 ft-lbs of torque, and how many people can say "yeah my dragster is running the engine from an ARTICULATED CITY BUS"? Also, what is this? "Engine: Flat Inline horizontal 6 cyl."
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Oct 25, 2009 23:31
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orange lime posted:
I'm guessing it's a straight 6 lying on its side, so that it can fit underneath the floor of the bus. And yes, that is incredible.
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VideoTapir posted:I'm guessing it's a straight 6 lying on its side, so that it can fit underneath the floor of the bus. he also calls is an MAN pancake, so it could be a flat six, too.
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Oct 26, 2009 15:29
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Bolkovr posted:More like "Go Gaytors". Scooters covered in flower print in the colors of your favorite college team, really gay. Or driven by a girl which would be ok. The ad did say it was cute.
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http://annarbor.craigslist.org/cto/1435183708.htmlquote:1989 Chevy michigan logos  You know, he's put a lot of work into it, and it seems like it's a really nice car. But I just couldn't imagine anybody actually driving this car. Even if you're a superfan.
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Speleothing posted:it seems like it's a really nice car. hence quote:I just couldn't imagine anybody actually driving this car. Even if you're a superfan. neither can I
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One of you will probably crap yourselves with envy. http://gainesville.craigslist.org/cto/1437842715.html quote:1990 Saab 900 Turbo Convertible - $1200 (Gainesville)  
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Jack the Smack posted:Not exactly craigslist: Oohhhhhhhh my god it's a bendy bus. I grew up in san francisco, and since my mom doesn't drive (eyesight problem) I grew up taking the bus. These old 80s busses all have a highly-distinctive exhaust note that is permanently ingrained into my brain - I can hear an 80s MUNI bus coming from blocks away. Pretty much the whole fleet has been replaced by now, mostly with hybrids and poo poo that don't sound right, so it's been years since I actually heard a real MUNI bus. And better yet it's a bendy bus. There's seats in the bendy-part, which is a big round section of floor that the two halves of the bus articulate around. My favorite place to sit as a kid. These busses also have pneumatic "kneeling" capability, to put the stairs right down at the curb the whole front of the bus raises and lowers. They also have folding stairs with a wheelchair lift up front. San Francisco is a maze of small twisty streets and the drivers who manage these busses around the city are incredible. Mind you. These busses put on like 100,000+ miles a year. I wouldn't be at all surprised to hear this old bus has 2+ million miles on it. Very much doubt it's the first engine, either. They serviced them constantly and professionally of course, but even so, a bus that old, even in great shape, saw constant daily abuse for at least 15 years. I want it so bad. I'm sure I'd need like a class B or A license to drive it, and it'd be ruinous in gas, and where in the gently caress would I park a 60 foot bus, but stiiiiilll I wannnnnnt it. Jack the Smack you made my day.
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Leperflesh posted:Oohhhhhhhh my god it's a bendy bus. Yeah my garage can probably fit my Z, impreza, and festiva end to end in it, but I bet there'd be 10 feet of bus sticking out. I can't believe someone bought that
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ab0z posted:Yeah my garage can probably fit my Z, impreza, and festiva end to end in it, but I bet there'd be 10 feet of bus sticking out. You could fit your Z, Impreza, and Festiva end to end in the bus.
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Jack the Smack posted:Not exactly craigslist: Who knows what an internal progressive 2 switch "retarder" is?
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When will people stop doing this to perectly good cars? http://madison.craigslist.org/cto/1438706490.html  Probably should have spent the money on getting the hood to fit right instead
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I just want it so I can shout "ALL ABOARD THE MAN BUS!"Pipkin posted:Who knows what an internal progressive 2 switch "retarder" is? I think that would be what is colloquially known as a "jake brake". Either that or it shoots out smaller, shorter bendy busses.
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trouser chili posted:I just want it so I can shout "ALL ABOARD THE MAN BUS!" Ah yes, that would make sense. I always think of retards for (spark) ignition timing.
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http://nashville.craigslist.org/cto/1438574061.htmlquote:1973 Mercedes 280 CE. Will run but needs work. Can drive it home. 123C. $1000 or best offer.
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Forum Hussy posted:http://nashville.craigslist.org/cto/1438574061.html A smoking deal or a financial sinkhole from which light nor pennies shall escape.
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http://edmonton.kijiji.ca/c-cars-vehicles-classic-cars-Mad-Max-Interceptor-W0QQAdIdZ139445566
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Oh hell yeah. That is loving awesome.
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Looks like there's quite a few of them. But something tells me this guy might be involved in some way. http://www.lastinterceptor.com/build/ Could be the builder who couldn't sell it, or buyer's remorse. Marux fucked around with this message at 05:49 on Oct 27, 2009 |
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McTinkerson posted:http://edmonton.kijiji.ca/c-cars-vehicles-classic-cars-Mad-Max-Interceptor-W0QQAdIdZ139445566 This is the only time the use of the word "invested" is appropriate. I wonder how much he wants for it.
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More important...does the supercharger work, and does the on-off switch work?
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VideoTapir posted:More important...does the supercharger work, and does the on-off switch work? Probably not... I'd guess. I looked those up a couple years ago and most of them have fake superchargers... I think there WERE a couple that did have functional blowers, but the majority of them are just for looks... That movie instilled in me as a young child, the subconscious need to have a car with a large motor and a blower that works at the flick of a switch... Sadly, I still haven't lived that dream yet...
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Ya, that site the says the blowers are for looks. Why you would go to all the trouble of rebuilding the car and reconditioning a 351c and NOT putting on at least an inexpensive blower is strange.
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bladernr posted:Probably not... I'd guess. I looked those up a couple years ago and most of them have fake superchargers... I think there WERE a couple that did have functional blowers, but the majority of them are just for looks... Why don't more cars have blowers that work like that? Air conditioners are clutched, so it shouldn't be at all difficult to add one to your supercharger, but the only company I've seen that does that is Mercedes. I also have the juvenile dream of owning a car with a go-fast toggle switch. I'd go all out and have two separate sets of intake and exhaust piping, switched with butterfly valves: one N/A with all the mufflers and emissions stuff, and one blown with an open pipe right after the exhaust manifold. Mmm..,go-fast-get-loud switch.
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orange lime posted:Why don't more cars have blowers that work like that? Air conditioners are clutched, so it shouldn't be at all difficult to add one to your supercharger, but the only company I've seen that does that is Mercedes. The supercharged MR2 and Previa are that way, its not that uncommon.
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The twin-charged 1.4L VW engine they have in Europe also has a clutch on the blower. The ZR-1 and the new Audi V6 don't. I think it comes down to how the engine designers want to tune the power band. I want to say it has something to do with twin screw vs. Roots type blowers, but the twin screw deal in the Ford GT doesn't have a clutch, and the Roots deal in the MR2/Previa does, so I don't know what the gently caress. Throatwarbler fucked around with this message at 22:17 on Oct 27, 2009 |
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