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stickguy

fezo

driver100 said:

90% of convertible buyers don't buy another one. I enjoyed the 328 vert, but, I prefer the solidness and comfort of the E400.

I dunno. I'm on my 4th.



Not counting you the average goes up to 94%


My brother puts me to shame. Probably has had a dozen of them.

stickguy

Something for Craig. Watching an episode of "house hunters renovation", and the people on the show just bought (and are now tearing apart) a circa 1960 spanish style rancher on a hillside in San Pedro CA.

would be curious if he recognizes it!

snakeweasel

qbrozen said:

speaking of buying and selling homes, I met with a realtor yesterday at our old house to put that back on the market. The renters aren't interested in staying past their current least. I hope it sells this time because I am really not cut out to be a landlord. Too much stress taking care of 2 houses.

Tell me about it, when the daughter and her family moved to VA they couldn't get rid of their house so they rented it. Well since they are now 750 miles away from their house and were 4.5 miles away guess who gets to go there to take care of things at the house.

snakeweasel

andres3 said:

snakeweasel said:

andres3 said:

The TTS is too fast for sport-bikes to get in my way in the twisties, I didn't flash them today, but I will in the future to signal they shouldn't try to stay in front of me. Mesa Grande and Palomar mountain have great roads.

Sports bikes should leave you far behind in the twisties. They have a much higher power to weight ratio, low center of gravity and a high degree of lean. If you kept up with them they either wern't trying or were not skilled enough.

Hmmm... well, it seems even the most aggressive sport-bike drivers/riders don't want to push 2 wheels as fast and confidently as 4 wheels on the ground. I realize with the weight on mostly 2 wheels the inside wheels don't do much, but this is a real-world road, not a track. Very tight turns, turn after turn.

It would depend very much on the bike. First question was it a sport bike or did it look like one, second what sport bike is it. There are some "sport bikes" with small engines (125 cc's) which you would watch in your rear view mirror and there are liter bikes (1000 cc's or more) that post some very impressive performance figures. The problem is they sacrifice some handling characteristics to be able to handle the raw power. This means that the TTS would have the advantage going into the curve but coming out of the curve and on straight aways the liter bikes would smoke most cars.

A smaller bike with a smaller engine (say 600 to 800 cc's) won't take off out of the curve as fast but could handle the turn a lot better.

Also remember it is a lot more difficult in operating a bike over a car so it takes more skill to be able to push the bike to it's limits.

roadburner

oldfarmer50 said:

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There's a guy at work who has his own backyard repair business and claims to have modified his 3.0L BMW 3 series to get 390hp at the wheels so I guess it can be done.

If it's a 335i it's not that hard to get 390 hp at the wheels- although engine longevity will likely be affected.

roadburner

Another story from this past weekend: two younger guys dropped by to see what a track event is like; both had previous generation Mustang GTs with the Track Pack. One of the other instructors and I took them out for rides. That instructor has a seriously modded E30 M3 with a M52 swap; he's a little more aggressive than me, as he usually hits over 130 on the main straight and doesn't brake until the last marker(I only reach a tick over 120 and brake at the second marker). In any event, both guys are now hooked and we'll probably see them at the next event.

oldfarmer50

stickguy said:

I thing calling it abuse is what gets people upset. a more appropriate name ("out of bounds?") would go down better!

How about calling it "off topic"?

cdnpinhead

Is there such a thing on this board?

graphicguy

So, I think I've solved my covertible want. Buy one in January, to see if I really want one.

Then again, I really like the color (both in and out) and options of the one I posted.

driver100

snakeweasel said:

qbrozen said:

speaking of buying and selling homes, I met with a realtor yesterday at our old house to put that back on the market. The renters aren't interested in staying past their current least. I hope it sells this time because I am really not cut out to be a landlord. Too much stress taking care of 2 houses.

Tell me about it, when the daughter and her family moved to VA they couldn't get rid of their house so they rented it. Well since they are now 750 miles away from their house and were 4.5 miles away guess who gets to go there to take care of things at the house.

nyccarguy

My friend has locked into this Camaro:

http://www.volocars.com/vehicles/11290/1991-chevrolet-camaro-z-28

1991 Z28 Drop Top - 5 speed - 30K miles - Red - $19K

Can you run the VIN for me @Mr_Shiftright?

houdini1

oldfarmer50 said:

stickguy said:

I thing calling it abuse is what gets people upset. a more appropriate name ("out of bounds?") would go down better!

How about calling it "off topic"?

What if we all just started flagging every post? Might get some changes made.

ab348

nyccarguy said:

My friend has locked into this Camaro:

http://www.volocars.com/vehicles/11290/1991-chevrolet-camaro-z-28

1991 Z28 Drop Top - 5 speed - 30K miles - Red - $19K

Can you run the VIN for me @Mr_Shiftright?

Ah, a relic from the GM "Sea of Grey" interior era.

Seems to be in nice condition. I am always wary of cars from the Volo "museum" though as they often imply museum quality for stuff that is far from that. This one, though, sounds legit.

nyccarguy

@ab348 - my friend spoke to a salesman there. The guy spent a lot of time on the phone with him, asking a lot of questions. Very professional. No pressure. My friend even called Haggerty to get an insurance quote from them. The guy from Haggerty said cars from Volo are always top notch.

snakeweasel

ab348 said:

My friend has locked into this Camaro: http://www.volocars.com/vehicles/11290/1991-chevrolet-camaro-z-28 1991 Z28 Drop Top - 5 speed - 30K miles - Red - $19K Can you run the VIN for me @Mr_Shiftright?

Ah, a relic from the GM "Sea of Grey" interior era. Seems to be in nice condition. I am always wary of cars from the Volo "museum" though as they often imply museum quality for stuff that is far from that. This one, though, sounds legit.

The Volo museum isn't all to bad. The term "museum quality" is simply a buzz word that basically means that it looks the same as its original condition.  This does not mean that it is in excellent condition or that it even runs. All it really means is its good for display and/or research. 

snakeweasel

nyccarguy said:

@ab348 - my friend spoke to a salesman there. The guy spent a lot of time on the phone with him, asking a lot of questions. Very professional. No pressure. My friend even called Haggerty to get an insurance quote from them. The guy from Haggerty said cars from Volo are always top notch.

I'm not to far from Volo, maybe I'll make the trip and check it out. It will be an excuse to go there, like I would need an excuse to look at cars. 

stickguy

Nice looking Camaro. And I really should not have just gone through their inventory!

stickguy

Snake, while you are there,mlooking at the lime green duster for me. And the AMX!

PF_Flyer

Maybe it's just me, but I'd expect a sunshade on a vehicle like the Tesla Model X to look less clunky than this:



Ran across that in the long term test of the 2016 Model X

PF_Flyer

Mr_Shiftright said:

Here's one for PF:

Indy 500 History

That's pretty cool. The wife and daughter made sure we were going to renew our tickets for next year. Not sure how many of us are going that went this year but I'm guessing we're going to have 2-4 tix to share/unload.

nyccarguy

snakeweasel said:

nyccarguy said:

@ab348 - my friend spoke to a salesman there. The guy spent a lot of time on the phone with him, asking a lot of questions. Very professional. No pressure. My friend even called Haggerty to get an insurance quote from them. The guy from Haggerty said cars from Volo are always top notch.

I'm not to far from Volo, maybe I'll make the trip and check it out. It will be an excuse to go there, like I would need an excuse to look at cars. 

Thank-you @snakeweasel. I might take you up on that offer!

jmonroe

I just finished waxing Mrs. j's Subie. Now both the Genny and Subie are ready for the Summer. I was going to use this stuff

http://www.chemicalguys.com/Innovate_Paste_Wax_and_Paint_Coating_8_oz_p/wac314.htm

but I didn't have the heart to throw this stuff away since I still had half a bottle left.

https://www.amazon.com/Collinite-Liquid-Insulator-Wax-845/dp/B000JK2D06/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1465918920&sr=8-1&keywords=collinite+845+insulator+wax

Maybe next time.

jmonroe

stever

Collinite has been on my list for a long time. Guess it's kind of seen its day though.

jmonroe

stever said:

Collinite has been on my list for a long time. Guess it's kind of seen its day though.

You're probably right. I've been using Collinite 845 for years and have been very satisfied with it. Can you imagine what the new stuff could do for one of 'farmers' hoopties? He might never get rid of it.

Maybe you might want to go halfzees with me on the new stuff.

jmonroe

roadburner

Here's a shot from the past weekend...

nyccarguy

@roadburner - lookin good my friend. I love the stealthy looks of the ///M235i Coupe. It definitely doesn't look like it will hit 60 in the 4s & will rip around a racetrack. I saw a black one last night. I dig it!

Mr_Shiftright

nyccarguy said:

My friend has locked into this Camaro:

http://www.volocars.com/vehicles/11290/1991-chevrolet-camaro-z-28

1991 Z28 Drop Top - 5 speed - 30K miles - Red - $19K

Can you run the VIN for me @Mr_Shiftright?

I didn't see a VIN posted. Did I miss it? Post it here if you have it.

ab348

PF_Flyer said:

Maybe it's just me, but I'd expect a sunshade on a vehicle like the Tesla Model X to look less clunky than this:



Ran across that in the long term test of the 2016 Model X

Well, they seemed to have trouble with ball joints, something that has only been in use for over 50 years, so something new-fangled like a pull-down sunshade might well give them problems.

Mr_Shiftright

That windshield must be brutal at certain times of day.

sda

The windshield on the Pilot was replaced this morning. It only took an hour and they did a fine job. Looks strange without the glass.

roadburner

nyccarguy said:

@roadburner - lookin good my friend. I love the stealthy looks of the ///M235i Coupe. It definitely doesn't look like it will hit 60 in the 4s & will rip around a racetrack. I saw a black one last night. I dig it!

@nyccarguy - Thanks! And yes, I couldn't be more pleased with it. It punches all the right buttons for me- even though it is missing a pedal.

stever

sda said:

The windshield on the Pilot was replaced this morning. It only took an hour and they did a fine job. Looks strange without the glass

The hanging mirror I understand but what's this stuff?

stickguy

That's the gizmo they attach the glass to, to swing it into place.

stever

Thanks - looks like something to stick your oar in while rowing down a river. Or a gun mount for shooting muskrats down by the swamp.

Had one done a few years ago on the Quest and the tech just used suction cups to manhandle the glass around.

PF_Flyer

Mr_Shiftright said:

That windshield must be brutal at certain times of day.

The windshields on our Versa and Note are fairly large and angled back flatter than a lot of vehicles from the short hood to the roof line. Not quite a skylight, but getting there

andres3

roadburner said:

Here's a shot from the past weekend...

I do like how BMW makes sure the M235i coupes are track ready right out of the box and shoot! Proper quality correctly sized light 18" wheels with proper Michelin Pilot Super Sports; that's the way to do it!

The 20" wheels on the TTS; I suspect more for looks than for the advantages of a slightly wider rubber band tire.

driver100

sda said:

The windshield on the Pilot was replaced this morning. It only took an hour and they did a fine job. Looks strange without the glass.

Looks like they forgot to put the new windshield in though

ab348

driver100 said:

Looks like they forgot to put the new windshield in though

No, they just cleaned it with "Invisible Glass".

snakeweasel

nyccarguy said:

snakeweasel said:

nyccarguy said:

@ab348 - my friend spoke to a salesman there. The guy spent a lot of time on the phone with him, asking a lot of questions. Very professional. No pressure. My friend even called Haggerty to get an insurance quote from them. The guy from Haggerty said cars from Volo are always top notch.

I'm not to far from Volo, maybe I'll make the trip and check it out. It will be an excuse to go there, like I would need an excuse to look at cars. 

Thank-you @snakeweasel. I might take you up on that offer!

Great, just send me the money for the car and I'll go pick it up for you. Then when I remember my address I'll give it to you and you can come pick up the car.

explorerx4

Since a convertible is ok, although not a 91 or 92, but a lot closer.
hartford.craigslist.org/cto/5612579660.html

nyccarguy

oldfarmer50

jmonroe said:

stever said:

Collinite has been on my list for a long time. Guess it's kind of seen its day though.

You're probably right. I've been using Collinite 845 for years and have been very satisfied with it. Can you imagine what the new stuff could do for one of 'farmers' hoopties? He might never get rid of it.

Maybe you might want to go halfzees with me on the new stuff.

jmonroe

I almost bought into the snob appeal of that first product until they went on about how the case it came it was craft by hand from a virgin aluminum billet. My hoopties would die of shame

The only car I regularly wash is the Ford and I just use Turtle Wash & Wax. Probably doesn't last long but it shines like the best wax I ever used.


Oh the system is glitching again. Forcing emotorcon into the text. Can't get rid of them.

explorerx4

@nyccarguy,
That door looks good and is going to block a lot of noise.

nyccarguy

@explorerx4 - thank-you. Not much noise comes from that side of the house. Next to my driveway is woods, followed by my neighbor's pond, then their house. I do hear their bull frogs at night when we sleep with the windows open.

stickguy

I use maguires wax (normal cleaner wax or tech wax depending on what I have). Easy to use, and looks nice. I'm too lazy for some high tech 8 product system!

stickguy

next generation, if you want something newer, with more HP. though it is "no sale" blue, but at least it is a good looking blue.

http://www.usedcarsmagnolia.com/1999-Chevrolet-Camaro/Used-Convertible/Magnolia-NJ,SouthJersey,PA,DE/3316452/Details.aspx

thebean

Zaino All-in-One.  Easy and good shine.  Thumbs up from me.

ab348

explorerx4 said:

Since a convertible is ok, although not a 91 or 92, but a lot closer.
hartford.craigslist.org/cto/5612579660.html

I like that one a lot. Has the wheels I associate with those cars.

Sandman6472

Due to my spinal issues, have a detailer come to the house and for $40, does an outstanding job. Have all four done twice a year as South Florida sun is brutal on painted finishes. Only the A3 and Golf are garaged every night but the Versa has a covered parking spot which is a nice thing, my kid rents a condo right now. When I was able, I used to go to the Harley store and buy motorcycle wax which could also be used on cars. Wasn't that expensive and left a brilliant shine with outstanding protection. Senior moment as I've forgotten the name of the wax.

The Sandman