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i've been looking at random cars. have you seen the wheels on the base camaro ls? holy ugly! if one were shopping for the new mustang, i think it would be more fun to buy a base one for the low 20s and take advantage of the aftermarket....slap a supercharger and other things on and it would be respectable.......well as respectable as a mustang can be.
i am now trying to talk my wife out of a mazda cx-7 or toyota venza and into a used 3 series bmw. i keep seeing black (she wants black....she better learn to wash a car then too) 2007 3 series beemers with like 20k miles for like $23k. that really isn't a bad deal at all especially if you could negotiate a little off the price.
i am now trying to talk my wife out of a mazda cx-7 or toyota venza and into a used 3 series bmw. i keep seeing black (she wants black....she better learn to wash a car then too) 2007 3 series beemers with like 20k miles for like $23k. that really isn't a bad deal at all especially if you could negotiate a little off the price.
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I'm just lazy. it will be there.
watch yo back son!
The GV Autosports meet thread got deleted, so this will serve as a reminder to everyone that the meet/bbq is this Sunday, 10am-4pm. I'm skeptical to even make this post since I may be warned for advertising of non-vendors. In any case, you could google the name and find out where the shop is, or call me!
i've been looking at random cars. have you seen the wheels on the base camaro ls? holy ugly! if one were shopping for the new mustang, i think it would be more fun to buy a base one for the low 20s and take advantage of the aftermarket....slap a supercharger and other things on and it would be respectable.......well as respectable as a mustang can be.
i am now trying to talk my wife out of a mazda cx-7 or toyota venza and into a used 3 series bmw. i keep seeing black (she wants black....she better learn to wash a car then too) 2007 3 series beemers with like 20k miles for like $23k. that really isn't a bad deal at all especially if you could negotiate a little off the price.
i am now trying to talk my wife out of a mazda cx-7 or toyota venza and into a used 3 series bmw. i keep seeing black (she wants black....she better learn to wash a car then too) 2007 3 series beemers with like 20k miles for like $23k. that really isn't a bad deal at all especially if you could negotiate a little off the price.
this has all the info you need:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWnAdB-vkXo
I used to have an e46 3er and the only thing that was outlandishly overpriced were parts. Even then, they werent THAT outlandish. My local dealership charges 89.00 per hour labor (west german) which is about 20 bucks higher than most japanese import service centers. My father has had a total of 3 5ers and 2 7ers and all were great vehicles. I am a HUGE fan of bmw.
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yeah i know service is expensive. she won't be buying parts for it. just driving it and maintaning it.
i love that video. you know we all kind of want to turn practical car discussions in that. i know i do. i don't want to talk about your wife buying a volvo. "how about a mazdaspeed3...you can get it tuned and it should make nice power."
I used to have an e46 3er and the only thing that was outlandishly overpriced were parts. Even then, they werent THAT outlandish. My local dealership charges 89.00 per hour labor (west german) which is about 20 bucks higher than most japanese import service centers. My father has had a total of 3 5ers and 2 7ers and all were great vehicles. I am a HUGE fan of bmw.
Scott Honda charges more than that for labor... you sure those numbers are right?
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The GV Autosports meet thread got deleted, so this will serve as a reminder to everyone that the meet/bbq is this Sunday, 10am-4pm. I'm skeptical to even make this post since I may be warned for advertising of non-vendors. In any case, you could google the name and find out where the shop is, or call me!
Timing belt is all done. Mishap on the clutch job because Chau recieved the wrong parts. There's an early model and late model 86', and we got the worng one. Chau goes through the BMW dealership he worked at for discounts, and they had to order it from Jermany, so it's gonna be a few weeks until it comes in. Soon though....
Fellow....I picked up a used ralliart uicp but it didnt come with couplers. the id is 60mm so i plan to get a straight 60mm coupler and a 45 degree 60mm elbow coupler to mate to the actual ic. My question is the couple from pipe to tb. Is your ic to tb coupler the same width throught out? Or did you need an expander?
hahah i saw one of those & it was so stupid. No aggressive body work or anything. Just the badges & stripes. Such a let down.
I've been debating picking one of those up for a while but never pulled the trigger the limited amount of times i've seen used ones pop up. It's (to my knowledge) the only off the shelf uicp available in the USA that can be used on my car because of the SAS system. If i needed a UICP i'm sure i could come up with something, but my plans been to have a custom one built in the future.
Just throwing it out there, if you decide to sell it let me know cause i may just pick it up anyway.
Fellow....I picked up a used ralliart uicp but it didnt come with couplers. the id is 60mm so i plan to get a straight 60mm coupler and a 45 degree 60mm elbow coupler to mate to the actual ic. My question is the couple from pipe to tb. Is your ic to tb coupler the same width throught out? Or did you need an expander?
Just throwing it out there, if you decide to sell it let me know cause i may just pick it up anyway.