Car Talk 6: Best of times and Worst of Times

Brothers of brub and brap, this is your safe space.
User avatar
max225
Chief Master Sirloin of the Wasteful Steak
Chief Master Sirloin of the Wasteful Steak
Posts: 46950
Joined: Thu Nov 03, 2016 12:49 am
Drives: Bavarian lemon

As mentioned taking chargers down is :fullretard: but not realizing that someone is severely disadvantaged when they are stuck in a 5k vehicle while paying their monthly rent in gas to get to work. Vs someone “filling up for free” at the tax payers dime at a business somewhere.

The gov should have cancelled the gas tax and given those in need gas rebates. The anger is not misplaced and the gov sucks
User avatar
max225
Chief Master Sirloin of the Wasteful Steak
Chief Master Sirloin of the Wasteful Steak
Posts: 46950
Joined: Thu Nov 03, 2016 12:49 am
Drives: Bavarian lemon

Also PA gets 2x the energy from Nat gas and coal over nukes. Not that nukes are super enviro friendly with their eternity storage, refinement etc.

There is no such thing as clean energy. Almost everything fucks the planet in one way shape or form.
User avatar
D Griff
Trollistrator
Trollistrator
Posts: 31821
Joined: Thu Nov 03, 2016 8:49 am
Drives: Bicycles/Two Feet

max225 wrote: Thu Jul 07, 2022 6:18 pm
D Griff wrote: Thu Jul 07, 2022 3:57 pm

I have the quote in hand... talked to the sales guy and he was super chill, said I can put down a deposit for the order and would receive in October.

And yes, :wap: , you're reading that right, I'm down to pay an extra four bills for a compass.

Image
Took all of 1/2 a day I don't understand the :derp: 's paying MARKUP. Also :jelly: of your tax but that DOC FEE is pure rape. I encountered this outside of cali... we're at $80 mandated by the state for that.
An 86 does seem to require more effort/longer wait/less flexibility to get the spec desired. Allegedly the suspension is actually a slightly noticeable difference but not sure I care that much, I’d likely do suspension mods someday anyway.

The doc fee at $700 is completely standard and unavoidable here, has been for as long as I’ve been in the car market. Lame but whatever.

The tax thing also isn’t that great, 3% up front but then you’re paying the state $500/year for the privilege of owning a $30k car in addition.
User avatar
D Griff
Trollistrator
Trollistrator
Posts: 31821
Joined: Thu Nov 03, 2016 8:49 am
Drives: Bicycles/Two Feet

Detroit wrote: Thu Jul 07, 2022 8:58 pm
wap wrote: Thu Jul 07, 2022 8:28 pm

:rolleyes:
A little dimple from the clip is hardly "destroyed" :lol:
And you don't see it unless the passenger folds their visor down. And who's looking for the little dimple anyway?
:hai:
:dat:

It’s kind of like a rock chip. I’m not going to kill myself over it but I’d prefer it not be there.
User avatar
wap
Chief Master Sirloin of the Wasteful Steak
Chief Master Sirloin of the Wasteful Steak
Posts: 46312
Joined: Wed Nov 02, 2016 11:52 pm
Drives: Blue Meanie
Location: Pepperland

Detroit wrote: Thu Jul 07, 2022 8:58 pm
wap wrote: Thu Jul 07, 2022 8:28 pm

:rolleyes:
A little dimple from the clip is hardly "destroyed" :lol:
And you don't see it unless the passenger folds their visor down. And who's looking for the little dimple anyway?
:hai:
Totaled. I should part it out and then kill myself.
Image
:wap: Where are these mangos?
Detroit wrote: Fri Apr 16, 2021 1:19 pm I don't understand anything anymore.
User avatar
Tar
Chief Master Sirloin
Chief Master Sirloin
Posts: 14404
Joined: Fri Nov 04, 2016 6:06 pm
Drives: '22 Camry
Location: Canada

wap wrote: Fri Jul 08, 2022 10:56 am
Detroit wrote: Thu Jul 07, 2022 8:58 pm
:hai:
Totaled. I should part it out and then kill myself.
Image
:gag:
User avatar
wap
Chief Master Sirloin of the Wasteful Steak
Chief Master Sirloin of the Wasteful Steak
Posts: 46312
Joined: Wed Nov 02, 2016 11:52 pm
Drives: Blue Meanie
Location: Pepperland

Tar wrote: Fri Jul 08, 2022 11:07 am
wap wrote: Fri Jul 08, 2022 10:56 am
Totaled. I should part it out and then kill myself.
Image
:gag:
:dat:
:wap: Where are these mangos?
Detroit wrote: Fri Apr 16, 2021 1:19 pm I don't understand anything anymore.
User avatar
Gberg2119
First Sirloin
First Sirloin
Posts: 5649
Joined: Thu Nov 03, 2016 9:09 pm
Drives: W///
Location: Philly

wap wrote: Fri Jul 08, 2022 10:56 am
Detroit wrote: Thu Jul 07, 2022 8:58 pm
:hai:
Totaled. I should part it out and then kill myself.
Image
You clip it on the hinge side of the visor?? :dafuq:

Totaled for sure.
User avatar
max225
Chief Master Sirloin of the Wasteful Steak
Chief Master Sirloin of the Wasteful Steak
Posts: 46950
Joined: Thu Nov 03, 2016 12:49 am
Drives: Bavarian lemon

wap wrote: Thu Jul 07, 2022 8:28 pm
Detroit wrote: Thu Jul 07, 2022 8:11 pm
Absolutely. They can leave a permanent mark if there long enough. Had it happen in my e30, it sucked.
:rolleyes:
A little dimple from the clip is hardly "destroyed" :lol:
And you don't see it unless the passenger folds their visor down. And who's looking for the little dimple anyway?
:yikes: the "dimple" bothers me a bit also, but there is no way around it with certain cars. Also can we talk about the tint strip :lol:
User avatar
wap
Chief Master Sirloin of the Wasteful Steak
Chief Master Sirloin of the Wasteful Steak
Posts: 46312
Joined: Wed Nov 02, 2016 11:52 pm
Drives: Blue Meanie
Location: Pepperland

Gberg2119 wrote: Fri Jul 08, 2022 2:19 pm
wap wrote: Fri Jul 08, 2022 10:56 am
Totaled. I should part it out and then kill myself.
Image
You clip it on the hinge side of the visor?? :dafuq:

Totaled for sure.
It's a bit more out of the way there.

Yep, mixing my hemlock cocktail as we speak.
:wap: Where are these mangos?
Detroit wrote: Fri Apr 16, 2021 1:19 pm I don't understand anything anymore.
User avatar
wap
Chief Master Sirloin of the Wasteful Steak
Chief Master Sirloin of the Wasteful Steak
Posts: 46312
Joined: Wed Nov 02, 2016 11:52 pm
Drives: Blue Meanie
Location: Pepperland

max225 wrote: Fri Jul 08, 2022 2:21 pm
wap wrote: Thu Jul 07, 2022 8:28 pm

:rolleyes:
A little dimple from the clip is hardly "destroyed" :lol:
And you don't see it unless the passenger folds their visor down. And who's looking for the little dimple anyway?
:yikes: the "dimple" bothers me a bit also, but there is no way around it with certain cars. Also can we talk about the tint strip :lol:
You dimple- :triggered: motherfuckers crack me up.

Re the tint strip, it came that way when I bought it. I am not a fan of it and I'll probably remove it eventually, but it does do a decent job of minimizing sun glare so :iono: .
:wap: Where are these mangos?
Detroit wrote: Fri Apr 16, 2021 1:19 pm I don't understand anything anymore.
User avatar
max225
Chief Master Sirloin of the Wasteful Steak
Chief Master Sirloin of the Wasteful Steak
Posts: 46950
Joined: Thu Nov 03, 2016 12:49 am
Drives: Bavarian lemon

#dimplegayte22
User avatar
wap
Chief Master Sirloin of the Wasteful Steak
Chief Master Sirloin of the Wasteful Steak
Posts: 46312
Joined: Wed Nov 02, 2016 11:52 pm
Drives: Blue Meanie
Location: Pepperland

max225 wrote: Fri Jul 08, 2022 3:01 pm#dimplegayte22
:mahman: :amaze:
:wap: Where are these mangos?
Detroit wrote: Fri Apr 16, 2021 1:19 pm I don't understand anything anymore.
User avatar
Gberg2119
First Sirloin
First Sirloin
Posts: 5649
Joined: Thu Nov 03, 2016 9:09 pm
Drives: W///
Location: Philly

wap wrote: Fri Jul 08, 2022 2:58 pm
Gberg2119 wrote: Fri Jul 08, 2022 2:19 pm

You clip it on the hinge side of the visor?? :dafuq:

Totaled for sure.
It's a bit more out of the way there.

Yep, mixing my hemlock cocktail as we speak.
I had been thinking about doing a homelink mirror as its supposedly just plug and play. But I just keep my opener in the sunglasses holder seeing as how no pair of sunglasses actually fit in it.
User avatar
wap
Chief Master Sirloin of the Wasteful Steak
Chief Master Sirloin of the Wasteful Steak
Posts: 46312
Joined: Wed Nov 02, 2016 11:52 pm
Drives: Blue Meanie
Location: Pepperland

Gberg2119 wrote: Fri Jul 08, 2022 3:08 pm
wap wrote: Fri Jul 08, 2022 2:58 pm
It's a bit more out of the way there.

Yep, mixing my hemlock cocktail as we speak.
I had been thinking about doing a homelink mirror as its supposedly just plug and play. But I just keep my opener in the sunglasses holder seeing as how no pair of sunglasses actually fit in it.
Don't you find that the Mk7 sunglasses holder is bigger than the Mk6? My shades fit in the Blue Meanie just fine. :iono:
:wap: Where are these mangos?
Detroit wrote: Fri Apr 16, 2021 1:19 pm I don't understand anything anymore.
User avatar
Desertbreh
Command Chief Master Sirloin
Command Chief Master Sirloin
Posts: 18468
Joined: Thu Nov 03, 2016 11:31 am
Location: Beyond Thunderdome

wap wrote: Fri Jul 08, 2022 10:56 am
Detroit wrote: Thu Jul 07, 2022 8:58 pm
:hai:
Totaled. I should part it out and then kill myself.
Image
Whoa. Ron buddy that thing is trashed. What's next, an above ground pool?
Detroit wrote:Buy 911s instead of diamonds.
Johnny_P wrote: Thu Feb 09, 2023 3:21 pm Earn it and burn it, Val.
max225 wrote: Mon May 01, 2023 5:35 pm Yes it's a cool car. But prepare the lube/sawdust.
User avatar
wap
Chief Master Sirloin of the Wasteful Steak
Chief Master Sirloin of the Wasteful Steak
Posts: 46312
Joined: Wed Nov 02, 2016 11:52 pm
Drives: Blue Meanie
Location: Pepperland

Desertbreh wrote: Fri Jul 08, 2022 3:38 pm
wap wrote: Fri Jul 08, 2022 10:56 am
Totaled. I should part it out and then kill myself.
Image
Whoa. Ron buddy that thing is trashed. What's next, an above ground pool?
Battered moldy sofa and rusty washing machine on the porch.
:wap: Where are these mangos?
Detroit wrote: Fri Apr 16, 2021 1:19 pm I don't understand anything anymore.
User avatar
CaleDeRoo
Senior Master Sirloin
Senior Master Sirloin
Posts: 9222
Joined: Tue Nov 13, 2018 8:46 pm
Drives: C5
Location: CLT NC

wap wrote: Fri Jul 08, 2022 10:56 am
Detroit wrote: Thu Jul 07, 2022 8:58 pm
:hai:
Totaled. I should part it out and then kill myself.
Image
What's the size of that tint strip sir? License and registration
User avatar
CaleDeRoo
Senior Master Sirloin
Senior Master Sirloin
Posts: 9222
Joined: Tue Nov 13, 2018 8:46 pm
Drives: C5
Location: CLT NC

Image

Image


New OEM Valeo xenons
User avatar
CaleDeRoo
Senior Master Sirloin
Senior Master Sirloin
Posts: 9222
Joined: Tue Nov 13, 2018 8:46 pm
Drives: C5
Location: CLT NC

Desertbreh wrote: Thu Jul 07, 2022 7:57 pm To be fair the homelink in the MBZ does not work and I have not filed a disability claim from the stress caused by my visor clip opener nor its effect upon the visor.
I couldn't get the home link in my Audi programmed either. 21 year old home link + brand new opener = nah fam
User avatar
SAWCE
Command Chief Master Sirloin
Command Chief Master Sirloin
Posts: 23358
Joined: Wed Nov 02, 2016 11:26 pm
Drives: Ebombtra
Location: The mountains

Just got off the phone with Papa Sawce.. the LC500 is the new contender for his attention. Great looking car.

Today was his last day of work. Retired life about to be good for him.
User avatar
wap
Chief Master Sirloin of the Wasteful Steak
Chief Master Sirloin of the Wasteful Steak
Posts: 46312
Joined: Wed Nov 02, 2016 11:52 pm
Drives: Blue Meanie
Location: Pepperland

CaleDeRoo wrote: Fri Jul 08, 2022 6:55 pm
wap wrote: Fri Jul 08, 2022 10:56 am
Totaled. I should part it out and then kill myself.
Image
What's the size of that tint strip sir? License and registration
:lol:
:iono: 5" maybe? Never measured it.
:wap: Where are these mangos?
Detroit wrote: Fri Apr 16, 2021 1:19 pm I don't understand anything anymore.
User avatar
wap
Chief Master Sirloin of the Wasteful Steak
Chief Master Sirloin of the Wasteful Steak
Posts: 46312
Joined: Wed Nov 02, 2016 11:52 pm
Drives: Blue Meanie
Location: Pepperland

CaleDeRoo wrote: Fri Jul 08, 2022 6:55 pm Image

Image


New OEM Valeo xenons
:nice: :like:
:wap: Where are these mangos?
Detroit wrote: Fri Apr 16, 2021 1:19 pm I don't understand anything anymore.
User avatar
wap
Chief Master Sirloin of the Wasteful Steak
Chief Master Sirloin of the Wasteful Steak
Posts: 46312
Joined: Wed Nov 02, 2016 11:52 pm
Drives: Blue Meanie
Location: Pepperland

SAWCE wrote: Fri Jul 08, 2022 11:23 pm Just got off the phone with Papa Sawce.. the LC500 is the new contender for his attention. Great looking car.

Today was his last day of work. Retired life about to be good for him.
:fuckyeah: :jelly:
:wap: Where are these mangos?
Detroit wrote: Fri Apr 16, 2021 1:19 pm I don't understand anything anymore.
User avatar
Desertbreh
Command Chief Master Sirloin
Command Chief Master Sirloin
Posts: 18468
Joined: Thu Nov 03, 2016 11:31 am
Location: Beyond Thunderdome

CaleDeRoo wrote: Fri Jul 08, 2022 6:55 pm Image

Image


New OEM Valeo xenons
That looks great man! Fack I wish I had Bi Xenon's in my MBZ
Detroit wrote:Buy 911s instead of diamonds.
Johnny_P wrote: Thu Feb 09, 2023 3:21 pm Earn it and burn it, Val.
max225 wrote: Mon May 01, 2023 5:35 pm Yes it's a cool car. But prepare the lube/sawdust.
Post Reply