Update on this...I bought $100 worth of gas this week (and each week since I bought it) for that there thirsty V8. V8 loves its petrol!TSI wrote:
A new winter beater.
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Yup. I found out today that apparently summer high-performance tires don't work too well in the snow. Who knew...
Just over 180k (110k miles). Feels brand new, upgrades are already starting.
Just over 180k (110k miles). Feels brand new, upgrades are already starting.
Picked up a 2002 540i. Nice machine, and me likey V8.
A new winter beater.
Flew to Venice for work. Had three days off, so rented a van with the crew and drove to Croatia. Best drive of my life. In a van. Not sure if that's a fwp or a good thing.
Yeah, I had a spare roof, so I may as well make some dough on it...
Sold a hardtop I bought for $85. The buyer paid me $1400. Including my shipping costs, I made $1050. I am pleased.
These? They're actually really not bad. A whole engine replacement cost me $1000, a full brake job on all four corners (with calipers) was $550. Don't know many cars that are cheaper to fix--even my MkIV Jetta was at least twice as expensive for the same parts.pirana6 wrote:
Nice rides but not cheap to fix
2 E30s, his and hers. Pictured with the gf, hers is the droptop. My buddy got another, which lives here too. It's black and has ugly wheels, so no pics.
That's the CRA for you--or better yet, the Canadian government as a whole.Pochsy wrote:
I got a letter in the mail today telling me I am being audited. The list of crap I have to send them is longer than the tax papers I filed.
They were a bit scuffed up, so I passed. No more space in my car anyways...maybe I'll go back and grab some more stuff.baggs wrote:
That is awesome, I've been looking for Mk3 Golf VR6's to grab the leather interiors out of.TSI wrote:
Popped into a junkyard at the opposite end of town as I was passing by. They had a mint 1989 3series convertible with a hardtop. I paid $200 for the top, seats, steering wheel, radio, lights and some trim.
All that is now posted for sale, should be making around $2300 in the next couple of weeks. 1000% profit ftw.
Did you get the door cards/panels as well? You can usually get really good money for them, especially as you said it was in such good condition.
Popped into a junkyard at the opposite end of town as I was passing by. They had a mint 1989 3series convertible with a hardtop. I paid $200 for the top, seats, steering wheel, radio, lights and some trim.
All that is now posted for sale, should be making around $2300 in the next couple of weeks. 1000% profit ftw.
All that is now posted for sale, should be making around $2300 in the next couple of weeks. 1000% profit ftw.
Nice!
I set foot in Jamaica yesterday. Literally set one foot, for about two seconds. Then I thought 'fuck this' and went home.
Rob Ford is still in office.
Been better:
The last one is about two kms from my apartment, and the road I was supposed to take tonight. It's prepped for the Indy race this weekend.
Needless to say, there may be a small problem...
The last one is about two kms from my apartment, and the road I was supposed to take tonight. It's prepped for the Indy race this weekend.
Needless to say, there may be a small problem...
Just drove from downtown to etobicoke. Absolutely unreal. 50cm of water on some roads!Winston_Churchill wrote:
big storm right now and everyone is losing power. feeling like we're next
You can always try. If it fails, you have to wait five years. No harm done.pirana6 wrote:
So I missed something when I originally looked at it and it turns out something IS in collections and has been for a while.pirana6 wrote:
just a quick update for those who care (everyone obv)pirana6 wrote:
got my credit score back
290
whatchuknowaboutthat
turns out i had a whopping $91 (60 quid, 70 euroquid, 95 canadaquid, 99aussiquid) in collections since 2010. I know which company it is but I never knew i owed them and the neither them nor the collections agency has contacted me...
so thats fuckin awesome.
When I closed my cable account at one of my apartments in Pullman, evidently I still owed them money but they billed the old apartment where I no longer lived. Collections letters also went there (I assume). Anyway, it's now today and all this is over $91.
I've read it may be better to wait it off the 7-year limit (which means no loans or anything for the next half-decade). Or if I pay it it, I need to go through this huge process of getting everything in writing that it was paid then send that to the credit agencies to hopefully get it removed form the report. And even then it might not get removed, it'll just show it has been paid, and not only that, it will become a "recent" item and will start the 7-year wait over again as a PAID bill that was ONCE in collections.
I think it was you that told me I attempt to pay the actual company it was owed to, then go to the collections agency, tell them to review it, they'll obviously find it missing, then go to the credit agencies and they'll have nothing to report as it was removed from the collections agencies list of stuff I owe. This would remove it from my credit report entirely instead of having it on there as paid.
Is that the best solution? Do I need to get it in absolute writing that if I pay the original company (the cable company), they will drop the collections? Wouldn't they anyway?
So just an update. I called the cable company (it's time warner cable) and the guy I talked to sees my old account, but he sees that it's all paid in full. What I think happened is this: I paid off the last bill but kept the modem accidentally and never gave it back so they re-added the $91 for that modem. Since this was a month or two after I left that apt I never heard about any of this so the bills and ultimately collections went there. The guy at TWC thinks they didn't want to get into anything over $91 so they stopped worrying about it and wrote it off as a loss. The collections agency still has it in their system as owed.
My logic tells me that if I contact the collections agency and "lie" and say there's no bill there and never was, they'll (hopefully) look it up and see that I'm right then have to remove it and ultimately call it an accident (even though it wasn't). Then Ill have to tell the credit agencies that it was an "accident" they put it on there and it will get removed.
Does that sound likely? Or am I being to optimistic?
A set of Rial RS5 wheels and two Contis for my E30.
Apply, apply, apply, apply. None of these jobs have anything to do with my degree.Pochsy wrote:
Most graduates can't get 1 job, let alone 3. Teach me your black magic.
Job starts Tuesday afternoon.
Wednesday: Evaluation for possible other job (70km away) 0800-1200, training for first job (20 km away in other direction) 1400-2230.
Thursday: Interview for third possible job 0900-1300, training for first job 1400-2230.
Friday: Work current job 0800-1300, new job training 1400-2230.
Yeah, goodbye sleep. Hello commuting.
Wednesday: Evaluation for possible other job (70km away) 0800-1200, training for first job (20 km away in other direction) 1400-2230.
Thursday: Interview for third possible job 0900-1300, training for first job 1400-2230.
Friday: Work current job 0800-1300, new job training 1400-2230.
Yeah, goodbye sleep. Hello commuting.
Some gas, and a breaker bar.
Russia (gf is from there, always wanted to see more of eastern europe)
Laos (I love east asia)
Lebanon (I want to see the natural beauty and a fascinating culture)
NZ (landscapes and mountains)
Azerbaijan (or the Caucasus in general--see no.1 and 3 above)
Turkey and Hong Kong were on my list, did them both last year.
Laos (I love east asia)
Lebanon (I want to see the natural beauty and a fascinating culture)
NZ (landscapes and mountains)
Azerbaijan (or the Caucasus in general--see no.1 and 3 above)
Turkey and Hong Kong were on my list, did them both last year.
One of the best feelings ever, imo.unnamednewbie13 wrote:
Came home. Amazon box on my porch.
I do both!RTHKI wrote:
id rather drive the car than fix it
But seriously, find me a BMW convertible that looks good, runs and drives no problem for less than $3000 (our cost so far). I will buy it on the spot.
She can and does, just not now as she's in Europe. It's a hobby for me; I'd much rather spend two weeks and two grand fixing up the car than get her a brand-new one.Adams_BJ wrote:
cant she buy her own parts? She has you so whipped and you havent even put a ring on it yet.
Well, I do PCs too...13urnzz wrote:
he hotrods cars, the way we do PC's.
leave him be, i like hearing about it.
Seriously though, it's beyond rationalisation. I buy old beaters and fix them up. I enjoy it tremendously, my girlfriend enjoys it, and we end up with awesome rides as a result.
Honestly, I'd much rather buy a crapcan for $5000 and sink 10 grand into it to fix it and make it as I like it than spend 15 grand on a new car with zero issues. Besides, I've yet to find anything that's as fun to drive as the E30s.
$1300 of car parts. Yay. Rear suspension and front steering overhaul, brake lines replacement, rust cutout and repair and rear brake job on my gf's car.
Central driveshaft bearing, front brakes and valve job on mine.
Central driveshaft bearing, front brakes and valve job on mine.
Nice! I'll have to finally come see you over the summer...bugz wrote:
In one of the west suburbs of Ottawa. I find out tonight or tomorrow whether I quality for the mortgage. I'm putting 20% down and I've got the highest credit rating my financial adviser has seen for someone my age so I've got my fingers crossed.
Gf's car needs new motor mounts, rear springs and brakes. There goes my savings account.
TIL construction time is 8-10 am everyday, then quiet.
Nice. Fly me around plz? I pay in karmaz.Eagle wrote:
Got my commercial pilot's license today bitchesssss
Three atm, but my brother drives the Jetta in Ottawa, which I haven't used in a year. So in practice, now 2.Macbeth wrote:
How many cars do you have?
Another car: 1988 BMW 325i convertible, with hardtop. Same colour as the one I already have, for my gf!
Absolutely agree.Uzique The Lesser wrote:
worst excuse ever.
I can, but no soundcloud. No public persona at all, in fact. I don't advertise my stuff; if I did, I would spend far too much time DJing and not enough working.Uzique The Lesser wrote:
you can mix? got a soundcloud?
Yup. Just a standard setup, but had to rent it as mine is in Ottawa. Wanted the DAC for extra outputs.Winston_Churchill wrote:
trin quad party?
The cheapest DAC I could find, to play a 5-hour set in -3 weather last night. Shit rocked.
Pick me! Pick me!
I'm a student bitch for two more days.
Got laid too much in the past few days, too tired to go to school...
I have a two-page paper to write for Tuesday on Israeli intelligence debacles. I've been at it since this morning, and cannot produce anything.
I think I have encountered a paper that is too easy. First time ever.
I think I have encountered a paper that is too easy. First time ever.
Mine usually stays on 3-4 sec after I turn on.Dilbert_X wrote:
When I started my car, the oil light flickered maybe once before it went out.
First day of spring, it would seem. What a beautiful day!
Nope. Blue Mosque is behind me.DesertFox- wrote:
That is a good guess. Southeast face of the Blue Mosque.
Bonus internet brownies if you can guess which way/what I'm facing.
I don't know...I drive in pretty heavy traffic in what has been called the most gridlocked city in North America, but I wouldn't give up my manny tranny for the world. It's worth it even just for the three seconds I spend merging on the ramps.CapnNismo wrote:
The double-clutch transmission that the VW Group developed is faster than any manual transmission, hands down. When the 997 was introduced, only the Tiptronic and the manual transmission were available at launch and I recall an interview with a Porsche engineer in Motor Trend (maybe Car and Driver?) that said the Tiptronic was already faster than the manual transmission with little power loss and the double-clutch system was going to be even better.13urnzz wrote:
why would you ever consider buying a car with an automatic transmission? are you an american?
I would also always buy a car with an automatic transmission unless I was specifically buying a sports car. If I'm just using the car as a mode of transportation, I don't want to row through the gears in traffic, especially considering I live in a city. It's pointless and puts unnecessary wear on the mechanics and the driver.
Then again, I have an E30, which is known as the ultimate smiling machine; that may have something to do with it
I can think of two, at least:Dauntless wrote:
i'm not normally into porsches but there's not one thing i don't like about this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECATvlRf3ls
also i love hearing german guys like him talk about cars
1. It doesn't have a manual gearbox. A stick is the hallmark of the GT3.
2. It's buit on the fattest, largest platform the 911 has yet seen. Anathema to the GT3 again.
Well put.pirana6 wrote:
well with the net + of only $3k I would say it would WAY more worth it to take the closer job. that much time spent traveling every single damn day isn't worth the more amount of monies you'll make.
Yup. Insurance, gas, wear and tear, parking. It sucks, but it also includes part of my next car.pirana6 wrote:
travel alone would be $12k/year?