:doh: Rookie mistake of the day...AKA Life and times at the dealer auctions
11-08-2009, 09:47 PM
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The Porsche's that I posted aren't going to run through the auction block, rather it's listed on the site in an "ebay style" auction where there is a starting bid price and a "buy it now" price. Those cars usually tend to be in far better condition than the cars that run in the regular auctions, but at the same time they usually tend to go for more than the auction prices too...
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11-08-2009, 10:08 PM
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Oh man.
for the typo
11-08-2009, 10:23 PM
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Fahrvergnügen'd
Not to rain on a parade but I drove a 2006 Cooper S with 33k miles and just hated that car. It was a rattlebox 
I thought the Mazdaspeed3 I used to have was better built. Just not as cool. Much faster though.
I thought the Mazdaspeed3 I used to have was better built. Just not as cool. Much faster though.
11-08-2009, 10:27 PM
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^ I'm not looking for comfort 
Im looking for something to slam on stiff coilovers and head to autocross events once in a while.
Been looking for some time now. I found one minus the aero kit and headliner but it's the color I'm not sure about. I might jump on it since I haven't found anything else come nearly as close to having all those options.
PM me if you find anything
Im looking for something to slam on stiff coilovers and head to autocross events once in a while.Been looking for some time now. I found one minus the aero kit and headliner but it's the color I'm not sure about. I might jump on it since I haven't found anything else come nearly as close to having all those options.
PM me if you find anything
11-08-2009, 10:31 PM
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^ I'm not looking for comfort Im looking for something to slam on stiff coilovers and head to autocross events once in a while.
Been looking for some time now. I found one minus the aero kit and headliner but it's the color I'm not sure about. I might jump on it since I haven't found anything else come nearly as close to having all those options.
PM me if you find anything
Im looking for something to slam on stiff coilovers and head to autocross events once in a while.Been looking for some time now. I found one minus the aero kit and headliner but it's the color I'm not sure about. I might jump on it since I haven't found anything else come nearly as close to having all those options.
PM me if you find anything
11-08-2009, 10:33 PM
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^ I'm not looking for comfort Im looking for something to slam on stiff coilovers and head to autocross events once in a while.
Been looking for some time now. I found one minus the aero kit and headliner but it's the color I'm not sure about. I might jump on it since I haven't found anything else come nearly as close to having all those options.
PM me if you find anything
Im looking for something to slam on stiff coilovers and head to autocross events once in a while.Been looking for some time now. I found one minus the aero kit and headliner but it's the color I'm not sure about. I might jump on it since I haven't found anything else come nearly as close to having all those options.
PM me if you find anything
Same exact thing, except hers is silver w/ black stripes.
11-08-2009, 10:52 PM
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Roof? No roof? 
29k miles - Specs suggest no roof...I think I can see this car at the auction I go to on Wednesdays (I'll be there this week again)
29k miles - Specs suggest no roof...I think I can see this car at the auction I go to on Wednesdays (I'll be there this week again)
11-08-2009, 11:09 PM
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I know it's really none of my biz, but what's the advantage of not having a roof on a Mini? Better rigidity?
He's planning to AutoX it, so he wants the most rigidity possible...
11-08-2009, 11:48 PM
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-less chances for mechanical/electrical problems
-less chances of rattles
-lower center of gravity (the sunroof weighs over 40lbs)
-the sunroof is a dual glass setup that takes up a large part of the roof, it can be VERY annoying since the sun glares through it all day without a way to provide yourself with shade if you need/want it
-and as Shoofin said... added rigidity
that's a big part of it.
11-09-2009, 12:23 AM
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First I get a phone call at 8pm that my brother's sister in law just got off the highway (2 blocks form my house) to a car smoking, she's hysterical crying (kids these days
) and doesn't know what to do. Eddie to the rescue. I do everything I can to cool down the car (blast heater to draw the heat away from the engine), then realize the coolant reservoir is almost empty, add coolant and drop off the car by my friend's shop in the area for him to look at tomorrow. Her grandfather thinks he knows everything and insisted we bring it to his house so he can fix it (this is the third time it happened this month and he "fixed" it every time 
).Now as I was ready to jump in the shower about an hour ago my sister calls me and says she's a block away from my parents house and was driving on a main road, someone in the lane next to her started inching into her lane and she inched away form them, closer and closer to the curb (she was in the right lane) until a gutter drain that was protruding from the curb sliced the two passenger's side tires, and she's stuck down the block from the house. She called my father (You do NOT want to wake up my father after midnight), he yelled at her for being an idiot (she's young
)and told her to sleep in the car and hung up on her. Once again, Eddie to the rescue. I very slowly and carefully drove the car to the front of my parents house, changed one wheel/tire and I can't do much about the other one, so I put it in the driveway with one flat. My neighbor has the same car my parents have (02 RX300) and i'll go to them tomorrow morning to see if I can borrow their spare so we can get the car to my friend's shop to replace the two tires. So now it's almost 1:30am, I need to be up at 6am, and I'm quite tired and dirty. I'm out. G'nite. 
11-09-2009, 01:15 PM
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Now as I was ready to jump in the shower about an hour ago my sister calls me and says she's a block away from my parents house and was driving on a main road, someone in the lane next to her started inching into her lane and she inched away form them, closer and closer to the curb (she was in the right lane) until a gutter drain that was protruding from the curb sliced the two passenger's side tires, and she's stuck down the block from the house. She called my father (You do NOT want to wake up my father after midnight), he yelled at her for being an idiot (she's young
)and told her to sleep in the car and hung up on her. Once again, Eddie to the rescue. I very slowly and carefully drove the car to the front of my parents house, changed one wheel/tire and I can't do much about the other one, so I put it in the driveway with one flat. My neighbor has the same car my parents have (02 RX300) and i'll go to them tomorrow morning to see if I can borrow their spare so we can get the car to my friend's shop to replace the two tires. So now it's almost 1:30am, I need to be up at 6am, and I'm quite tired and dirty. I'm out. G'nite. 
11-09-2009, 01:20 PM
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^It's just one thing after another today huh?
That's a nasty ass gash in that tire.
That's a nasty ass gash in that tire.
11-09-2009, 02:05 PM
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Man-what kind of drain is that!
On another note, what am I looking at for a 2008-2009 Ram 2500 SLT, 4x4, with auto and diesel? Could I lease a new one for cheap or am I better of buying used?
On another note, what am I looking at for a 2008-2009 Ram 2500 SLT, 4x4, with auto and diesel? Could I lease a new one for cheap or am I better of buying used?
