clee109

I knew you'd ask about them still like them to much lol

bluecarbonfiber

hey chris i was gonna ask ya.. could you measure your car height the ground to the fender.. im thinking of adjusting my height.. was curious where yours is at with springs

minkl81

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might as well post some pics too since i'll be doing tein h-tech springs if i get the tsx. and is the ride on the soft side or little harder than oem?

minkl81

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oh damn..

http://portland.craigslist.org/clc/cto/2929222079.html

if someone doesn't snatch up by saturday. this is mine. hope no one jumps on this one

minkl81

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texted the seller but didn't get a reply, so just called. says its clean title and its his daughter's car but selling it because she decided to go back to school for master's. asked him to send me the vin and more pictures, but honestly he sounded like a hispanic fixing salvage cars acquired from auctions as a side job.

clee109

On oem shocks the ride is pretty much like stock. With the tokico blues the ride is a lot firmer but nothing jarring.

I'll measure the various clearances when I have it on flat pavement next week when I go back to work. Spring break vacation ftw!

minkl81

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This thing is a mint, but not sure what's that black wire hanging down on the driver's footwell. Doesn't seem like a breathalyzer related. Wonder what that is..

panma_jack

got any pics of your 06 stockies ????

bluecarbonfiber

that car is clean.. too clean haha.. the speaker for the navi is on that side it could be a cord for the ipod or something similar.. i think breathalyzer cords are thicker and would be more towards the ECU so that would be on the bottom portion not the top of the control panel

minkl81

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at first i couldnt believe father's words because when i asked for vin, he said he doesnt have it at the time being and will be sending it later. about hour later, daughter called to confirm my email and sent me the vin and extra pics. found out she's still driving it to work and after checking the vin out, it came out to be one owner clean title without any accident reported.

will be taking a look tomorrow morning and bring it home if its all good. hopefully the father dont call me tonight saying the car is sold.

minkl81

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free Autocheck service for dealers. doesn't show detailed report, but at least you can find out if it was in a accident or not. use & eventcheck section shows yellow warning instead of green check stating its safe because she still owes bank money for the car and lien isn't cleared yet.

was going to pay $35 for carfax report, but think i'll trust this one and use that $35 to buy extra mega million tickets for tonight's drawing.

bluecarbonfiber

damn, this sounds like a super buy for you.. are you licking your chops yet?

minkl81

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oh yea. just hoping nobody jumps on this after 5pm tonight because even the dealer can snatch this one up. from searching tsx on craigs for weeks, i found one tsx from private seller listed for $17,500 gone in couple days and relisted on craigs for $19,628 by rontonkin.

http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/ctd/2930328112.html

think this is happening because 1g tsx in dealer auction is very scarce right now. only about a dozen listed for auction nationwide and from them, maybe 2 or 3 are in good condition. in good condition, it will cost dealer high $14k~$16k after shipping. so for like this one especially an '08 model with under 60k miles, its very attractive buy even for dealer to resell for $2k~$3k profit.

minkl81

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do you scrape any on steep incline/decline driveways? or bottom out on tall speed bumps?

i'm going to lower it without telling my wife and she'll never find out if the car doesn't scrape or bottom out.

clee109

The tls wheels will rub a bit on crazy road variations like the coast highway because they are so flush and I won't roll my fenders. No speed bump issues, and what scrapes is the aspec lip which is a half inch below stock bumper height. If I didn't have the aspec front I wouldn't scrape on anything accept serious driveways.

clee109

I don't they are in my parents crawl space. But they are mint. Only on the car for the first 36k of its life. Needs tires though.

bluecarbonfiber

do they look like the ones Min just posted on the silver car??

MattB07TL

So I've been planing out what I'm going to do with all my money I'm going to have when I win the mega millions tonight

minkl81

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good. i'll do the h-techs first, since it'll be a while to get the euroR front lip


yup. '06~'08 stockies


spare me a million out of 640. i'll do the same

bluecarbonfiber

i dont even need a million.. just pay off my mortgage and im a happy clam.. 360mil is alot of cheddar.. you figure your 5 most closest family members get a taste, million each, invest 200 mil rest of it could be used for splurging which is still a good chunk of change... i dont get how these lotto winners go broke so fast..

clee109

Yep.

Because they give money to their family who keep asking for more when they should be giving to their friends who would like new cars... I'd sell you my TLS wheels for a spot 2 mil if you win! lol

bluecarbonfiber

haha, 2mil for wheels.. what a friend! =)


im not gonna even bother playing.. most people that win are on the east coast.. when was the last person in oregon that won more then 300 mil?

better off playin the oregon lottery

minkl81

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that you never know. every time oregon gets singled out on big jackpot, so its our turn tonight so hurry up and go buy at least one ticket. no ticket no chance at all.

$640mil jackpot... $320mil lump sum cash payout... even after taking out 40% as a tax, your left with $192mil. invest that money and for a conservative 5% annual return, you have a $9.6mil income each year.

Mr Marco

She's a bute Clark!!! Looks nice, clean and unmolested.

clee109

A good friend with 300 mil wouldn't bat an eye at that price lol

Mr Marco

Who needs a million. I'd be happy just to win $5,000. That would pay-off the Visa/Amex and have some left over to tint the front windows on the RDX. Bought a Megabucks instead.

minkl81

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front tint is only about $50~80!

btw that tsx is mine as of 12pm today. sealed the deal without any discount for $16k. very mint and all the service up to date. plus pirelli p6 that is less than a year old.

bluecarbonfiber

congrats Min welcome back to the Acura world!! so what was the cord in the picture?

Rapture

I actually intended to get an RSX-S when I went to Ron Tonkin and got my CL-S. I remember sitting in the RSX and it was too cramped for me. As a matter of fact, I remember the salesman said to me "Yeah... you don't want an RSX" Pretty audacious for a car salesman.

As a matter of fact, I was thinking of getting a Mazda RX-7 or RX-8. Maybe a white on black interior or something.... until I got cut off on I-205 by a douche driving a white on black RX Kinda funny how that really soured me.

Meh, I think for the time being I'll put some money into my CL.

Mr Marco

So the only reason I haven't tinted the front windows yet is lazyness? Sounds about right.

CL is a great ride. Keep it/
I get sick of driving the same car everyday. But I do like the idea of keeping them each for 10 years. If the price of gas keeps going up, I may change my mind. But for now it looks like I'm stuck with these cars and the house too.

minkl81

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back to honda world! haha. never thought i'd be back with tsx, especially the car i owned previously. but i love the 1g tsx and this one is to keep until it doesnt run anymore.

forgot to ask what that wire was but it doesnt hang anymore. also being silver and pouring rain, i couldnt really tell the dings and dents, but nothing major. probably i can buff it out with scratch remover.


yea, keep the cl. my friend has a '03 cl too and its such a great car as long as tranny holds up.

Rapture

The one and only hangup I have with the CL is just that it's an auto, and I wanna get back on the manual. I love the aesthetics and all. It'd be too hard finding a car that suits all my tastes + has a manual. Not saying it couldn't be done, just would be very difficult.

Anyways, anyone ever been to CDgameexchange? I hear they have stores all over. I went in there recently and I swear almost every person that walked in needed a shower It's almost like a Wal-Mart of bargain bin stores.

Mr Marco

^Been thinking about hitting them up for some trade plus cash on Batman. But I could make more selling them on eBay.

clee109

welcome back to the fold Min! I take it you'll be at the next meet now.

bluecarbonfiber

^ as many peeps that are suppose to show up this should be almost historical hahaha

minkl81

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i'll show up if i dont forget i missed last one because i totally forgot about it...

Mr Marco

Lets hope we don't have drop-by trolling from the VW guys again...

bluecarbonfiber

ya.. we shouldnt.. we wont be at sonic this time..

minkl81

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damn... my wife did a finger gap measurement on the tsx yesterday... bummer... wonder what excuse i'll have to make up to get tein h-tech done...

bluecarbonfiber

say the springs must of settled alittle bit more since its still a new car..