Daggerty Posted January 15, 2017 Report Share Posted January 15, 2017 Picked up this old thing today for $4200, clean title and a folder full of maintenance history, 137,000 miles. Just has a little damage in the front and tiny crack and scuff on rear bumper, core support is fine I pulled the hood tabs that go around the grille out the passenger headlight is wedged in there pretty good. i will keep my eye out for a hood, but ordered a new grille for now. Looking to hit some winter events with this it has brand new winter tires and came with a set of cuntinentals 295 rears and 265 fronts brand new also. In case you didn't know it is just shy of 500 ponies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B C Posted January 15, 2017 Report Share Posted January 15, 2017 AMG=All Money Gone For that price, you cant go wrong. In my mind this car is nearly the epitome of an expensive maintenance pig but I hope you can post some updates as time goes on. Im genuinely interested to know how something like this holds up You are a brave soul Bassboy3313 and The Full Banana 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoungCR Posted January 15, 2017 Report Share Posted January 15, 2017 Also curious on the ownership of one of these. Not a bad deal though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patsbimmer1 Posted January 15, 2017 Report Share Posted January 15, 2017 Those air struts alone are $800ish each... I've maintained a few of these for customers. Awesome car but man oh man, expensive to fix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daggerty Posted January 15, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2017 8 hours ago, Snap said: AMG=All Money Gone For that price, you cant go wrong. In my mind this car is nearly the epitome of an expensive maintenance pig but I hope you can post some updates as time goes on. Im genuinely interested to know how something like this holds up You are a brave soul Did an oil change and that was 50 dollars, I was standing in the Walmart oil isle thinking does it really need synthetic oil. The heat didn't work so that helped beat the price down and figured out it was the heater duo pump valve quantum driver, used one ordered for 40 dollars. Also the shift knob wobbles side to side so the keyless go doesn't work but I will report back on the cost of that. I have a ritual of going through every part on pelican parts before I buy a car, and prices were surprisingly low. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daggerty Posted January 15, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2017 6 hours ago, patsbimmer1 said: Those air struts alone are $800ish each... I've maintained a few of these for customers. Awesome car but man oh man, expensive to fix. This has abc so even more expensive to fix luckily the owner before me replaced the front two struts and pump with warranty. SunshineTrent and patsbimmer1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B C Posted January 16, 2017 Report Share Posted January 16, 2017 We're thinking about you, buddy. https://www.gofundme.com/help-daggerty-avoid-ch-7 Jdesign, KaiserRolls, andyhundley and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhundley Posted January 16, 2017 Report Share Posted January 16, 2017 Thats hilarious Snap!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
straight6pwr Posted January 16, 2017 Report Share Posted January 16, 2017 3 hours ago, andyhundley said: Thats hilarious Snap!! haha +1 "German Secondhandious Luxobargious" is that contagious, or just contracted through contact with a luxobargious specimen? if someone has already contracted GSL, is it like a vaccine where their immune system builds up a defense, thereby thwarting future contraction of the disease? or does it weaken the immune system, making them susceptible to relapse? is chapter 7 the vaccine? will brad and angelina ever get back together? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daggerty Posted January 17, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2017 12 hours ago, Snap said: We're thinking about you, buddy. https://www.gofundme.com/help-daggerty-avoid-ch-7 That's just for the first month right? If everything goes well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daggerty Posted January 17, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2017 9 hours ago, straight6pwr said: haha +1 "German Secondhandious Luxobargious" is that contagious, or just contracted through contact with a luxobargious specimen? if someone has already contracted GSL, is it like a vaccine where their immune system builds up a defense, thereby thwarting future contraction of the disease? or does it weaken the immune system, making them susceptible to relapse? is chapter 7 the vaccine? will brad and angelina ever get back together? It won't stop. Don't you hear the radio adds bad credit, no job, no license, no problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
straight6pwr Posted January 17, 2017 Report Share Posted January 17, 2017 oh, i hear the ads alright Daggerty 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daggerty Posted January 19, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2017 Put a new grill on the pictures don't show much difference, also de lodged the pass headlight the housing is messed up and some metal brackets but it looks presentable. the 50 dollar grill is junk the plastic tabs that hold the black insert in to the chrome front broke when letting the hood drop, but fittment was spot on. threw in some money shots too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B C Posted January 19, 2017 Report Share Posted January 19, 2017 That engine is neat. i like it because its neat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m42b32 Posted January 19, 2017 Report Share Posted January 19, 2017 1 hour ago, Snap said: That engine is neat. i like it because its neat. Bassboy3313 and B C 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daggerty Posted January 27, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2017 Fixed every issue with the car, the keyless go button in the shift knob had the pins that go into the shift lever broken off. So I just took some welding wire and soldered it in as pins and it works now, and wrapped some tape around the lever so the shift knob doesn't wobble. The parking sensors did wierd things because one was unplugged. Heater valve pump thingy installed heat works. There was a loud screeching noise coming from a front wheel turned out to be a broken brake clip dragging on the rotor, 20 dollars for hardware kit. And now for fuel consumption.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daggerty Posted January 27, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2017 Also picking up a parts car tomorrow in Chicagoland for the hood and bumpers for 450 dollars if anybody wants to ride with I wouldn't mind the company. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patsbimmer1 Posted January 27, 2017 Report Share Posted January 27, 2017 There was a recall on these dash's too for the pixels dying. Keep that in mind if you have a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daggerty Posted March 22, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2017 Well never ended up getting the parts car guy flaked out. Put 3000 miles on it needed a new thermostat, 95 dollars 15 min job Alarm siren batteries are bad so if you lock the car the alarm will go off randomly throughout the night. I just unplugged it problem solved. To cheap to buy the 100 dollar siren. Now for the cool stuff motor mounts and trans mount that I filled with polyurethane 100 dollars smaller sc pulley ecu tune belt wrap kit High flow pump for the sc heat exchanger, and seperated it from the car's cooling system. I opted out of the 1000 dollar pump from the tuning companies for a better one that was 170 dollars, its for a live well.... car is stupid fast now i have a tuned tcu but have to replace a transmission connector seal 15 dollar part before I put it in because my tcu was filled with trans fluid do to itworking its way through the harness. No shifting issues though. Below is a pic of how much oil was in the tcu That whole package cost me 1250 dollars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B C Posted March 22, 2017 Report Share Posted March 22, 2017 I need a ride [emoji1303] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
straight6pwr Posted March 24, 2017 Report Share Posted March 24, 2017 even faster? geez. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daggerty Posted April 5, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2017 Went ahead and put the summer tires on yesterday. Went to a couple different places to get some prices for taking winter tires off and summers put on. discount tire $150 tires plus $90 firestone $55 So I went to firestone where zippy the pin head put my tires on, quite impressive watching this considering his pants were falling off. I told the manager make sure they put the tires on right because the rims are staggered, the 295s go on the 9 inch rim. "But these are 18 inch rims?" "don't worry we're professionals I'll make sure we get it right." well they get my wheels on and I notice one of the rear tires has some pretty excessive bulge so I say, you put the wrong tire on this rim. "no we put the wider tires in the rear" then I say, yeah but the rim width is different for this wheel "manufacturers make all the rims the same size" words exchanged "well they are already on there" Long story short, I had them take the wheels off and show them how you read the rim size. They fixed the issue at end of the day rant over.... Front 265 40 18 rear 295 35 18 cuntinentals dws pictures don't do it justice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m42b32 Posted April 5, 2017 Report Share Posted April 5, 2017 I was wondering why snow was suddenly in the forecast again! 4 minutes ago, Daggerty said: I told the manager make sure they put the tires on right because the rims are staggered, the 295s go on the 9 inch rim. "But these are 18 inch rims?" Hahaha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patsbimmer1 Posted April 5, 2017 Report Share Posted April 5, 2017 You should have contacted me. My pin heads at least have the fear of me to motivate them from screwing up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassboy3313 Posted April 5, 2017 Report Share Posted April 5, 2017 16 minutes ago, patsbimmer1 said: You should have contacted me. My pin heads at least have the fear of me to motivate them from screwing up. What does your shop charge to mount tires if I bring the wheels/tires to you? Don't forget the WB discount. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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