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Pompous Rhombus
Mar 11, 2007

quote:

I emailed him to ask him what the hell he meant by "oil change". The response? "Scooters need oil changes just like a car".

For those not familiar with the scooter, Yamaha Zumas are 2 stroke engines.

A guy in his 50s was making conversation last week when I stopped on my Minsk (a two-stroke). He claimed to have a 2-stroke Yamaha dirtbike back home, and wanted to know where I put the oil in my bike. "Mixed in with the fuel, 5%" wasn't enough, and he wasn't talking about the chain or clutch fluid or anything else either. He kept insisting that a two-stroke engine should have a separate source of oil.

I wonder where the hell he's adding his...

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Pompous Rhombus
Mar 11, 2007
Buick Trike


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Pompous Rhombus
Mar 11, 2007
Waffleimages down, using own Flickr to host:

88 caprice donk ride - $6000 (holiday) posted:

sitting on 24in rims all in great condition 3 new tires going to need 1 more some were down the road. has around 7-8in of lift done to the car. car has low miles just right around 74k original miles on the car with full magnaflow exhaust which can make it sound like a sleeper or rumble. it has a pioneer premier cd player in it with full alpine type-S speakers in it. i have 3 wiring kits ran threw the car which i was going to make the stereo system crazy loud which i have the new equipment to put in but not going to if the buyer doesnt want to pay the extra. if n e questions about the car or interested email me at chevyrdnhot@yahoo.com i can get the car painted how ever u want to if u are not feeling my paint job also has a nice viper alarm system and i can get the rest of the car painted to your particular style just havent had n e great ideas for the rest the other side has a differnent style to it too


http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3125/2862234441_504f84c167_o.jpg

Now who wouldn't feel that?

(USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)

Pompous Rhombus
Mar 11, 2007
...but aint got no money for gas :(


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edit: BITCHIN CAMARO


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Pompous Rhombus fucked around with this message at 05:28 on Oct 2, 2008

Pompous Rhombus
Mar 11, 2007

TylerC posted:

Save your money and get this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Cars...45&_trkparms=65%3A7|39%3A1|240%3A1308

eBay ad posted:

I BUILT A SET OF PROPANE INJECTED FLAMETHROWERS, IT WILL
SHOOT ABOUT 6 FEET OF FLAME ABOVE THE CAB.




this is pretty much the coolest car ever.

Pompous Rhombus
Mar 11, 2007

Cop posted:

http://omaha.craigslist.org/cto/885735422.html

This is an Rx-7 with an LS1 engine swap and tons of other mods. I absolutely love it!

This URL was included in the CraigsList post with all of the pictures of the car

I have two friends who each did this swap (working together); one is dead-reliable and the other apparently has a lot of problems.

Pompous Rhombus
Mar 11, 2007

Aeilerto posted:

Well, somebody better tell that to "Classic cars of SC" (the guy selling the Dort), looks like he's in the heap business;


DELUXE!!!
http://www.autotraderclassics.com/details?adId=79268777





Rapid Roy that stock car boy...

http://www.autotraderclassics.com/details?adId=82680296




This Lincoln isn't looking very continental;

http://www.autotraderclassics.com/details?adId=90180385



That could really be just about anybody in Appalachia's front yard.

Pompous Rhombus
Mar 11, 2007
What would Jesus drive?


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Doesn't come with music :(


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craigslist.jpg


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Pompous Rhombus
Mar 11, 2007

ReaperUnreal posted:

http://toronto.en.craigslist.ca/yrk/cto/921053054.html

Yes, I'm sure that Cobalt SS has a vtec engine. Tinted windows too, good deal!


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I can get you a great deal on a mortgage!

P.S. In over my head on a Chevy Cobalt.

Pompous Rhombus
Mar 11, 2007

madattheinternet posted:

I'm having a really hard time figuring out what prize this car could have possibly won.
http://orlando.craigslist.org/cto/953224958.html

There must be the automotive equivalent of a Razzie.

Pompous Rhombus
Mar 11, 2007

-S- posted:

CHEETOS

Cheddar Jalapeno




or just Cheddar


That's even better than the Hennessey Lexus I saw in traffic the other day.

Pompous Rhombus
Mar 11, 2007

ad posted:



This guy was probably a postal worker looking to turn heads on his rural route.

Pompous Rhombus
Mar 11, 2007

Tai-Pan posted:

It is pretty amazing, but I can all but guarantee you will see the prices on cars like that fall 20%-30% in the next 6 months. The market for muscle cars, even rare ones, was hyper-inflated. People will be dumping these left and right to cover their IRA losses.


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http://austin.craigslist.org/cto/990076336.html

I love this guy.

Flagged "Best of", awesome.

Pompous Rhombus
Mar 11, 2007
No pic :smith:

Tampa Craigslist posted:

best deal ever - $800 (clearwater)

i have a 94 grand marquice very good runing car eldlery owed can meet u somwhere fist 8oo takes it clean interer and ac plus radio and electric everything works cant beat this got all papper work 4 oil changes and brake changes my father sign the car away to me when he was in hospital he just died and i cant stand to drive the car but anyways runs excelent tinted windows blue interier peach exsterier please email me ill sent pics fist person wit 8oo obo

Pompous Rhombus
Mar 11, 2007

Throatwarbler posted:

I remember seeing on Jalopnik an ad for a similar conversion using a bike rear end and a GM W-body front, either a Buick or an Olds. The car's FWD drivetrain was retained, which seems to make a lot more sense than this. Makes me want to go to the local JDM halfcut store, buy the front end of a Ver 8 STi and make a trike out of it.

I saw that (or something very similar) on Tampa Craigslist and posted it here a few months ago. Found it again:


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Pompous Rhombus
Mar 11, 2007
Is a coherent sentence really too much to ask? Oh wait, it's Craigslist...


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Edit: here are two more I saved a while ago and forgot to upload (I'll be honest, I cheated and searched terms like "show XXX" and "invested":


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401k's are for suckas, you're better off investing that 30k in tricking out a light truck.


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The color pushes this Civic into a scintillating galaxy of :barf:

Pompous Rhombus fucked around with this message at 07:12 on Mar 8, 2009

Pompous Rhombus
Mar 11, 2007

Bob Sapp Please posted:

This looks like a fun way to spend $30.

http://pensacola.craigslist.org/mcy/1073183252.html

Haha, that's awesome, flagged it Best Of. I'm planning a trip to the panhandle to visit some relatives this month or next, but don't have anything I could carry it back in :(

Pompous Rhombus
Mar 11, 2007

Coffee Jones posted:

Is a rat bike more of a style, or is it just the 2 wheeled equivalent of a beater?

Basically both.

Pompous Rhombus
Mar 11, 2007

slidebite posted:

Is it just me or does that thing look like a miniature? Maybe it's because there is not real frame of reference next to the car?

That and I think the lack of fine detail.

Pompous Rhombus
Mar 11, 2007
Obligatory "Boy, sure wish they sold those here" post from a US user.

Pompous Rhombus
Mar 11, 2007

Bob Sapp Please posted:

THE WIDOWMAKER!!!

(also, bitches ride free)

http://pensacola.craigslist.org/mcy/1106663637.html



I wonder if his baby momma was one of the free rides.

Divorce-maker, more likely.

Pompous Rhombus
Mar 11, 2007

Grimster posted:

Just randomly strolling through our local CL and what did I spy? Yes, pure, unadulterated GOLD.

Ok hide my checkbook NOW:





http://huntsville.craigslist.org/cto/1154760096.html

I don't know what it's WORTH but I'm sorely tempted. Surely it's worth that just for pure awesome alone.

I can just see a Canadian that lives in the area reading this, getting all excited, then scrolling down to read the conditions and frowning.

Pompous Rhombus
Mar 11, 2007

hatfactory posted:

automotive insanity: i always run stock boost, my momz be drivin it a lot(old paki lady)

Pompous Rhombus
Mar 11, 2007

Grimster posted:



Ok how about some true gold.

http://huntsville.craigslist.org/cto/1187694225.html

I am really having a hard time not calling. My driveway looks like a used car lot as it is, I just cannot in any sense of sanity buy another car no matter how loving cool it is.

Well... u never know.

Pompous Rhombus
Mar 11, 2007

VideoTapir posted:

When you turn on the turn signals, the flasher blinks out "kill me" in morse code.



http://tucson.craigslist.org/cto/1221647979.html

I like the squinty, suspicious look of the headlights. It's as if the car is saying "Hey, is that fiberglass? You said you weren't going to do any mor-"

Pompous Rhombus
Mar 11, 2007

kimbo305 posted:

For the best. I wouldn't want that little puppet dude from Saw popping out of it. WTF did he mean?

lmao, "It has the little puppet Dude from saw poppin out..." is the best quote I've seen from these ads yet.

Pompous Rhombus
Mar 11, 2007


edit: tables

Pompous Rhombus
Mar 11, 2007

Elephanthead posted:

At least he is not offering tatoo services or vasectomies.

Is the tatoos for stuff thing that common? There's a running "ink for iron" ad in my local CL motorcycle section, but I'm in FL so normal standards of humanity don't really apply.

Edit: on that, none of these stupid fucks, not a single one, has ever spelled "Predator" right.

Pompous Rhombus
Mar 11, 2007

Grimster posted:

Not craigslist, but ebay, but WHOO BOY get ready for the GOLD.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1988-Rigid-40-Replica_W0QQitemZ190362566985QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUS_Cars_Trucks?hash=item2c527e4149

I've seen so many jokes about someone doing this but no one ever ACTUALLY doing this, until now.

I'm sure there's lots of funny here but this line just caught my eye and held it, and held it, and held it: Exoskelton done with rigid 40 PVC

That's right folks, RIGID PVC used in the "Exoskeleton".

It kinda irks me that stuff like this is street legal, but foreign vehicles under 25 years old aren't. Oh well :patriot:

Pompous Rhombus
Mar 11, 2007

VideoTapir posted:

It's a trade barrier, not a safety thing.

I know it is, but the reason they give being differing safety standards irks me, especially with motorcycles.

Pompous Rhombus
Mar 11, 2007

Rhyno posted:

Okay somebody talk me out of this. I can get it for way below his asking price but before I do should I be aware of any major mechanical faults in these?
http://fortwayne.craigslist.org/cto/1670602293.html

Do it. One of my friends in Japan had the Mitsubishi equivalent probably a couple of years newer, I've had a soft spot for the little guys ever since.

Pompous Rhombus
Mar 11, 2007


:allears:

Pompous Rhombus
Mar 11, 2007

VideoTapir posted:

Maybe the idiot heard r32s were legal and thought that applied to all on them.

Also, that's in California? Of all places to bring an illegal import.

Post a little old but: a year or two ago I saw a late-ish model Africa Twin for sale on ADV Rider in Cali. It was titled as a Goldwing :wtc:

leica posted:

I believe that if you are a true JDM fanboi you should just move to loving Japan or Aus you'd be better off.

Australia got a lot of the Japanese stuff normally, but it's not particularly well-suited for grey market imports AFAIK. They've got a hard cutoff of pre-1989 rather than the 25 year thing, the only way around it aside from very expensive compliancing is to be a citizen/permanent resident and own it for a year overseas, then bring it in under the Personal Vehicle Import Scheme, which you can do once every five years. A mate of mine in Japan did that with an RX7, I'm moving there but not a resident so it wasn't open to me. You also have to kinda prove you were using it; my neighbour was Aussie and I thought about picking up an Africa Twin and putting it in his name, but since he doesn't have a license it wouldn't be hard for a hard-nosed Customs agent to spot something fishy.

Human Grand Prix posted:

It's cool when the unobtanium model needs maintenance and you are right hosed for parts.

I had the inverse of this problem living in Japan. The CDI unit on my '91 XLR Baja gave up the ghost right before my big road trip. The Baja's were really only sold in Japan (maybe a few in Europe/Russia) but were grey or black market exported to Southeast Asia in large numbers, to the point where parts specific to the Baja can be a real bitch to find in Japan nowadays. The mechanic called Honda Japan and I scoured every parts dealer I could find online in the whole country and came up empty (lucky me, the CDI unit was specific to the Baja due to an upgraded light package), Yahoo Auctions had no junkyard pulls up at the time, so I had to give up and rent for three weeks instead. I spent as much on that rental as I did on the bike in the first place ($1000) :suicide:

On the plus side the guy I had lined up to buy it had his own small business fixing electrical problems on bikes, so was still happy to pay my original (admittedly kinda low) asking price. I did have to ship it to him rather than drop it off at the end of my trip, but we split that two ways.

Pompous Rhombus fucked around with this message at 16:25 on Dec 24, 2014

Pompous Rhombus
Mar 11, 2007

365 Nog Hogger posted:

While searching to try and price my 325ix sedan...

http://losangeles.craigslist.org/wst/cto/5068936033.html



:circlefap:

Speaking of imports...





Considering you can now bring in a '90 (which is when the keis got their final displacement bump to 660cc) it's maybe not the best purchase, but I've got a soft spot for kei trucks/vans.

Pompous Rhombus
Mar 11, 2007
https://www.rvtrader.com/listing/2005-Sportsmobile-CUSTOM-DESIGN-120615319



quote:

This is a 2005 Pontiac Vibe that has been converted to a camping car. Register as normal car because this is add on camper shell just like truck camper. Awesome to drive, still low enough not to get blown around. This camper shell is solidly mounted to car, been through plenty of high winds and this top is going No where. Shell is bolted into roof of car and also attached into the hitch. Metal bracing in the back. , so it can be removed but I hope no one ever will.Car gets 24 mph on flat terrain and will climb mountains and still get 20mpg. Car has cruise control, power windows,doors,locks. Cold A/C and Heat work perfectly . Pioneer Stereo and 4 Pioneer speakers with Sub woofer under drivers seat. New Tires. B&M transmission supercooler KC daylighters, smoked LED marker lights, LED Cab and marker lights, and tail lights. This vehicle is superb for parking overnight at rest areas and truck stops. Two adults can sleep up top but it is rather tight. One person feels like a king inside the camper. The camper is a Bed that is mounted to roof 8 feet long. Front area is a awesome storage area for baggage and Water Jugs. Reading lights, Fantastic Fan with thermostat and reversable air and 3 speeds. 1300 watt Power Inverter is wired to both sides of camper shell. on the Galley Side, the other is under the 5.1 surround sound stereo with aux input. Movies are awesome in this car. Toaster Oven and Coffee Pot area, lots of cupboard space and shelf space as well. Rear seats are available but were removed parts to lighten up the car. Has 2 house batteries that keep this car on the road with no charging for about 5 days on average until need a recharge. 2 200 watt heaters.This car was built to travel and save $100 a night at hotels. So far This car has saved thousands. The car has extremely good pick up and stopping ability. Brand new Portapotty in box included. Having a toilet in back of car has some serious advantages. Gross Gas stations? use your own bathroom. Traveling with a toilet in back is a huge bonus. Transmission fluid is nice and clean, Engine Oil is Synthetic since 75,000miles. No odors or bad smells, no leaks.Fun to drive and opens up alot more adventure on roadtrips.A/C cord can plug directly into Camper wiring, unplug power inverter and plug ac in to power off of shore instead of using battery power. Solid State Battery Charger included to charge house batteries. I have all the removed parts if desired. This car is ready for where ever you want to go. So far it has seen Texas, Kansas, Nebraska,Maine,Long Island (small enough to take on Fairy).Fits in a compact car space. More pictures to come of inside car.

Bonus pic of gooncave interior:

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Pompous Rhombus
Mar 11, 2007
Easily hits modified 'busa bingo:





https://tampa.craigslist.org/hdo/cto/5965217360.html

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