Couple of mine. Prefer motorcycles for sure. Hard to bet a 12k motorcycle that will smoke almost any car.
Anybody else watching Mecum auction tonight and drinking home brew?
I just bought my dream car…
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Got a carbon fiber wheel / dash / console package on the way, and a dream audiophile sound system. Someday, a Soul performance exhaust. Named her banshee, she wails! Been driving a 16yo Toyota, what a change.
Yes why has this been dormant for so long?worthy thread necro ... congrats on the new wheels!
What, when they got to push them 'cause they're out of power?
^^^Well, bracco, if serious about buying an old prius, look into battery replacement cost first.
I bought two cars on Ebay, both mercedes 123 body style 300Ds. One was infused with the smell of a chain smoker and some big bag of rotting dog kibble or something, left in back, maggot strike & all. The other had a very professional paint job over a well executed expandable foam stuffed rust repair. Problems solved on both cars, but it was not worth it, mostly time wise.
Caution advised.
I'd really like to trade in my GTI for one of these...reachable dream I suppose if I'd just stop buying brewing gear lol
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Congrats! That is awesome!I just bought my dream car…
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Got a carbon fiber wheel / dash / console package on the way, and a dream audiophile sound system. Someday, a Soul performance exhaust. Named her banshee, she wails! Been driving a 16yo Toyota, what a change.
Looking at those fine vehicles, new, fast, comfy, even possibly under warranty, figured I'd share one of my dream trucks, one that I own.
Not sure of the dream is a good or bad, but not the worst. Got these on auction about 10 years ago... traded one, still have the other.
Not the semi, ,,,them junkers on the back. M-1031 "contact maintenance trucks" Notice the bashed out windshield in one truck, both had bent driveshafts from being moved with big forklift.
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These were up for auction up at a base in northern Maine. Below is motor with governor for the generator. View attachment 754770
Powered by the "thrifty" 6.2 diesel which develops a horse power of specified 145 & 3,600 RPM, in the heavier duty J code motor. No worries though, with it's 4.65/1 gearing, well it can move from slow to medium pretty fast..
Detroit Locker differential in rear and a 14 bolt GM corporate, Dana 60 w posi in front...when your stuck, your really stuck...
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The engine power is sent though the ever reliable GM TH 400 transmission into the NP-205 transfer case.View attachment 754772
The PTO drives this 12.5 KW brushless Lima Mac Marathon alternator, on the right is front of a two stage air compressor.View attachment 754773
Alternator powers this board. Is configured for 3 phase, but is a 12 lead generator, so can be set to
make 120/240 residential split phase.
Anyway, hopefully this is amusing to someone. It is supposed to snow tonight, so am counting on not having run crew tomorrow. Probably this should be my last beer this evening, but it is so darn good...
What does one do on your island with one of those?
1969?? love it.
I'll never forget the first time I experienced "Ludicrous Mode", accelerating onto the I-405 at Santa Ana John Wayne airport. The nearest thing I ever felt like that before was catapult launches off an aircraft carrier. Zero to 140 KIAS in 250 feet is faster, but afterburners help.I agree there are probably some people who would not understand what this graphic on the cars display was telling them.
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