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The Pits :: RE: Looking for advice on a beater car.

OnyxJay — Thu, 17 May 2012 01:11:04 GMT

Author: OnyxJay
Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 6:11 pm (GMT -7)

Yeah, I was talking with a buddy of mine who is a mechanic at the Port of Oakland and he was telling me he can hook me up with stuff at pretty much their prices (example: Those Goodyear Eagles are about $280/each off the shelf, they get 'em for about $130 or so) so it might be a win. If this guy ever texted or called back it would be nice!
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The Pits :: RE: Looking for advice on a beater car.

fwdGTP — Wed, 16 May 2012 21:06:15 GMT

Author: fwdGTP
Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 2:06 pm (GMT -7)

Anything with a 2V modular motor, any Volvo with a 4 or 5 cylinder, Grand Prix as long as trans is ok. Any Lexus with 1UZ.
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The Pits :: RE: Looking for advice on a beater car.

4.6 STANG — Wed, 16 May 2012 18:37:42 GMT

Author: 4.6 STANG
Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 11:37 am (GMT -7)

OnyxJay @ Sat May 12, 2012 11:15 pm wrote:

So as was mentioned I had considered Crown Vic's in the past but the mileage thing kind of gets to me. I know they are built like tanks, comfortable, and run forever as long as you keep up on maintenance (and as my father said "You want comfort, your gonna have to make a sacrifice, in this case "mileage", son." So what's the thoughts on this? I notice it's got DLR (dealer?) plates on the rear so that might be a red flag. I don't know.

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/cto/3011934966.html

Should be fine, he probably works at a dealership. Those P71's will last forever!
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G2G's Or Events :: RE: 2nd Annual Cars and Burgers Meet, Sunday May 27th

MAXX — Wed, 16 May 2012 05:01:45 GMT

Author: MAXX
Posted: Tue May 15, 2012 10:01 pm (GMT -7)

BREAKING NEWS:

CBS 13 News station will be at the Cars and Burgers Event in Modesto May 27th to cover the event!!!!
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G2G's Or Events :: RE: Canibeat Weekly Summer Night Gatherings

dmostz — Wed, 16 May 2012 04:41:12 GMT

Author: dmostz
Subject: Re: Canibeat Weekly Summer Night Gatherings
Posted: Tue May 15, 2012 9:41 pm (GMT -7)

most "dope" cars on this site dont fit into the style of canibeat pics ive seen.
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G2G's Or Events :: RE: Canibeat Weekly Summer Night Gatherings

Fittest224 — Tue, 15 May 2012 23:43:40 GMT

Author: Fittest224
Subject: Re: Canibeat Weekly Summer Night Gatherings
Posted: Tue May 15, 2012 4:43 pm (GMT -7)

Hey man. Can you pm me

The Pits :: RE: R1 or Gsxr 1000

DartorDemon — Tue, 15 May 2012 21:11:42 GMT

Author: DartorDemon
Subject: Re: R1 or Gsxr 1000
Posted: Tue May 15, 2012 2:11 pm (GMT -7)

72SBC @ Mon May 14, 2012 7:40 pm wrote:

DartorDemon @ Mon May 14, 2012 6:34 pm wrote:

If Harley would actually produce a bike that people would like, they would not have to worry about people choosing the much nicer looking foreign sport bikes and better build Japanese cruisers.

You don't stay in business for 100+ years building bikes no one wants. Harley>Your logic.

Times change, people want better bikes. I'm sure their killing of Buell(coming off of an AMA championship win) is a testament to how well the business is doing. As well as the many closed dealerships i come across.

Harley's might have been great in their early days when everyone else was making those kinds of bikes, but they refused to change with the times and they won't last if they keep it up. Their customers are an older generation and they won't live forever.

The Pits :: RE: R1 or Gsxr 1000

samach1 — Tue, 15 May 2012 03:39:26 GMT

Author: samach1
Posted: Mon May 14, 2012 8:39 pm (GMT -7)

ROADGLIDE. end thread.
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The Pits :: RE: R1 or Gsxr 1000

72SBC — Tue, 15 May 2012 02:40:57 GMT

Author: 72SBC
Subject: Re: R1 or Gsxr 1000
Posted: Mon May 14, 2012 7:40 pm (GMT -7)

DartorDemon @ Mon May 14, 2012 6:34 pm wrote:

If Harley would actually produce a bike that people would like, they would not have to worry about people choosing the much nicer looking foreign sport bikes and better build Japanese cruisers.

You don't stay in business for 100+ years building bikes no one wants. Harley>Your logic.

The Pits :: RE: R1 or Gsxr 1000

DartorDemon — Tue, 15 May 2012 02:34:56 GMT

Author: DartorDemon
Subject: Re: R1 or Gsxr 1000
Posted: Mon May 14, 2012 7:34 pm (GMT -7)

NASTYC6 @ Sun Apr 01, 2012 6:23 pm wrote:

72SBC @ Sun Apr 01, 2012 5:52 pm wrote:

Cool thing about Harley's is.. you can make it into anything you want... Here's a Dyna cafe/hyper style..

Ya i will call you and that pic looks sick i would for sure have to look into doing that

Sure after you sink an assload of money into the already overpriced bike.

If Harley would actually produce a bike that people would like, they would not have to worry about people choosing the much nicer looking foreign sport bikes and better build Japanese cruisers.

The Pits :: RE: Stolen From Tuttle....

PICNIC_GEORGE — Tue, 15 May 2012 00:34:27 GMT

Author: PICNIC_GEORGE
Posted: Mon May 14, 2012 5:34 pm (GMT -7)

This one is golden. I wonder who here posted that?
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85FourEyedGT — Mon, 14 May 2012 23:26:09 GMT

Author: 85FourEyedGT
Posted: Mon May 14, 2012 4:26 pm (GMT -7)

shits mainey
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DoggyB22 — Mon, 14 May 2012 06:40:39 GMT

The Pits :: RE: Stolen From Tuttle....

exotisus — Mon, 14 May 2012 03:54:43 GMT

Author: exotisus
Posted: Sun May 13, 2012 8:54 pm (GMT -7)

lookin to sell or straight trade for built WRX STI, H2 hummer, LS2 corvette, mazda rx7 fd no fc3s bullshit. ill throw a rack on top of my car for a clean 2JZ toyota supra turbo 1992 thru 98 or even a fully built 3000gt VR4

:D!
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Mr. Clark — Sun, 13 May 2012 20:09:40 GMT

Author: Mr. Clark
Posted: Sun May 13, 2012 1:09 pm (GMT -7)

He doesnt even need tires.... he makes power at the RIMS!!!
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Vehicle Codes and Laws :: RE: Red Light Camera's (Hayward Specifially, but most of the B.A in general)

OnyxJay — Sun, 13 May 2012 08:24:56 GMT

Author: OnyxJay
Subject: Re: Red Light Camera's (Hayward Specifially, but most of the B.A in general)
Posted: Sun May 13, 2012 1:24 am (GMT -7)

Totally sleazy. If I remember right Union City and Santa Clara County actually banned them (if someone can confirm it would be great) but Fremont has I think 16 different intersections wired up. Want to talk about REALLY Sleazy? San Francisco has FAKE red light cameras. They'll flash on you but nothing happens. Or what they do is they just have a handful and keep them in rotation. Like one intersection you get flashed on and nothing happens, but a week or a day later you get to that intersection, get flashed again (man if that happens you have bad luck!) and this time you get a legit ticket (so long as they can identify you!)

SHADY AS HELL! I think if you can't afford the cop to monitor the intersection then you can't afford to shell out the $6,000 PER CAMERA PER MONTH (so a typical intersection is $12,000 a month to monitor if it only uses 2 cameras, and that's the minimum) that it costs the cities to run these things! Of course if they were all like Fremont and each ticket was like $500+ then it's no big deal. But still! This is the biggest scam I have ever seen! And they hide behind a police badge... damn shame.
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Vehicle Codes and Laws :: RE: Red Light Camera's (Hayward Specifially, but most of the B.A in general)

mistafosta — Sun, 13 May 2012 08:15:25 GMT

Author: mistafosta
Posted: Sun May 13, 2012 1:15 am (GMT -7)

Nice info. I got one of those snitch tickets once, and I ignored it cause it seemed dubious to me, and I didn't own the car anyways. Sleazy ass stuff, those red light cameras.

Vehicle Codes and Laws :: Red Light Camera's (Hayward Specifially, but most of the B.A in general)

OnyxJay — Sun, 13 May 2012 07:53:36 GMT

Author: OnyxJay
Subject: Red Light Camera's (Hayward Specifially, but most of the B.A in general)
Posted: Sun May 13, 2012 12:53 am (GMT -7)

OK, this happened a while ago but I wanted to share what I learned. This might be a repeat for some folks but I didn't see a thread with this information so I wanted to post it.

A while back my wife was hopping on the freeway (880N) on A St. in Hayward and got nailed with a red light violation. Being as the car is in MY name and clearly it was a gender mismatch they sent us a snitch ticket. Some of you might know what these are, but some might not. So let's clarify what it is.

*A "snitch" ticket is a FAKE TICKET (aka "Snitch ticket" aka "Nomination".) It normally comes in the mail within 15 days of the incident (By agreement with RedFlex, the company that sends these things, they MUST send it by the 15th day or it gets thrown out.)

*Normally these come from Arizona and the return address is from "Traffic Enforcement Department" not the actual local PD.

*They will use deceptive wording, like "DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS, DO NOT CONTACT THE COURT REGARDING THIS NOTICE."

*They are almost always (or from Redflex, Always) BLACK AND WHITE! If you get something in the mail and it's black and white with NO COURT DATE, NO FINE AMOUNT, NO COURTHOUSE ADDRESS it's BOGUS!

*here is an example!

If you get one of these, put it in a drawer and forget about it. It hasn't been filed with the courts because they can't identify you, and CA is a "Driver Responsibility" state. If you get one and it looks like this:

or

Your screwed. Also even snitch tickets are recorded on video and most of the time you can access them from the web. Viewing them doesn't = admission of guilt since they clearly can't identify the driver. Just wanted to share my findings with the group.

The Pits :: RE: Looking for advice on a beater car.

OnyxJay — Sun, 13 May 2012 07:15:47 GMT

Author: OnyxJay
Posted: Sun May 13, 2012 12:15 am (GMT -7)

So as was mentioned I had considered Crown Vic's in the past but the mileage thing kind of gets to me. I know they are built like tanks, comfortable, and run forever as long as you keep up on maintenance (and as my father said "You want comfort, your gonna have to make a sacrifice, in this case "mileage", son." So what's the thoughts on this? I notice it's got DLR (dealer?) plates on the rear so that might be a red flag. I don't know.

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/cto/3011934966.html
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The Pits :: RE: Stolen From Tuttle....

OnyxJay — Sun, 13 May 2012 07:12:52 GMT

Author: OnyxJay
Posted: Sun May 13, 2012 12:12 am (GMT -7)

That made me throw up a little.
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exotisus — Sun, 13 May 2012 05:05:38 GMT

Author: exotisus
Subject: Re: Stolen From Tuttle....
Posted: Sat May 12, 2012 10:05 pm (GMT -7)

Mr. Clark @ Fri May 11, 2012 6:47 pm wrote:

at the rear rims. idk if this car is even street legal with all the performance. i got a dyno sheet to back it up too, dyno dude talkin bout "that shit stupid nutty".

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I didnt know GEO STORMS were RWD...sure they were FWD...whats " stupid nutty " mean anyways? and LOL at street LEGAL
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highway21 — Sat, 12 May 2012 14:58:28 GMT

Author: highway21
Posted: Sat May 12, 2012 7:58 am (GMT -7)

hes going to be pissed when someone shows up in a 92 supra for him to trade lol.. im pretty sure he wants the nice body style
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Mr. Clark — Sat, 12 May 2012 02:49:05 GMT

Author: Mr. Clark
Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 7:49 pm (GMT -7)

Also voted this for "Best of Craigslist"
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Mr. Clark — Sat, 12 May 2012 02:47:51 GMT

Author: Mr. Clark
Subject: Stolen From Tuttle....
Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 7:47 pm (GMT -7)

THIS WAS JUST TO GREAT TO PASS UP ON....

http://stockton.craigslist.org/cto/2988962650.html

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whut good c-list i got my 92 geo storm AKA the COUPE MAKER blowin doors off all over the 209. fully built isuzu impulse 1.6 dohc turbo with a "comp turbo" triple ball bearing turbo runnin at a conservative 22 lbs boost. stage II QUISE CAMS cranked to the MAXX. it aint tooned yet so i'm only puttin down 260 at the rear rims. idk if this car is even street legal with all the performance. i got a dyno sheet to back it up too, dyno dude talkin bout "that shit stupid nutty". right now im doin a custom invader body kit one of a kind with rear hatch lambo hinge kit and when i sell it i will seal the kit in rattle can glossed out. my shit straight be snatchin off the line like "crunch" when i brake boost. 0-60 in 3 second flat with the spectre blow off valve. need more info call me at 209-912-8846 ask for E. lookin to sell or straight trade for built WRX STI, H2 hummer, LS2 corvette, mazda rx7 fd no fc3s bullshit. ill throw a rack on top of my car for a clean 2JZ toyota supra turbo 1992 thru 98 or even a fully built 3000gt VR4

Shit man... the car plus a grand is worth a 2JZ Supra!!!

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Non Automotive Stuff :: WTS: Custom Gaming Computer

OnyxJay — Sat, 12 May 2012 02:36:58 GMT

Author: OnyxJay
Subject: WTS: Custom Gaming Computer
Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 7:36 pm (GMT -7)

Hey Guys,
So I want to sell off my spare computer. I built it because, well, that's what I do. I build computers and work in IT. Below are the specs (I am not charging for the build just for the parts I used minus a percentage since they are now considered used, even though I didn't use this PC for long.)

Processor: AMD Phenom II X6 1055T (6 Core CPU) @ 3.5 Ghz (Ok, I overclocked it a little)
Motherboard: ASUS TUF Series: Sabertooth 990FX (Pretty solid board, has a 5 year warranty)
Memory: Patriot DDR3 1333 MHz (4x1GB sticks). They have a lifetime warranty)
Video Card: (Spare I've had for a while) NVidia GTX 260 216 Core OC MAX edition (Good card, can play most games pretty well.)
Case: Antec 302 Series Case
Power Supply: Antec Basiq 500 Watt PSU
Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar Green 1 TB Sata III
CPU Cooler: Scythe Raesetsu Cooler

At the moment I have Ubuntu 12.04 LTS installed and I have been happy with it. It scores well on Windows 7 (CPU scores 7.4, Video scores 7.2 for Aero and Gaming, the Hard drive scores at 5.9 as most mechanical drives do.)

I won't include Windows since I don't have a legal copy for this computer, but if you google around you can find where to get it pretty cheap. I'm asking $600 just to cover the parts. I'll post pics as soon as I have the time.

For now here is a youtube link (in this video I had 2 older and slower ATI video cards, the Nvidia is better, and this board can support up to 3 way SLI/CrossfireX, just upgrade the power supply if you want to build anything beastly)

http://youtu.be/7H4dCYUPqpQ
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