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3 hours ago, RobZR said:
who doesn't love a manual E31
https://kansascity.craigslist.org/atq/d/kansas-city-1991-bmw-850i-speed/7307950485.html
This is too well written to not be a trap. The pictures are clear and of decent quality, the description is informative and I couldn't find any mention of knowing what he has or grammatical errors. This has got to be a scam.
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I do love that interior color!
I'd value it $6000 - $8000 private party sale and at trade in you're just gonna get hosed. I'd say $2000-$4000 depending on what the incentive is for the dealer to take your trade. I based this on looking at what other e92 2007 - 2009 RWD 328i's are listed at on Cargurus and Autotrader nationwide. The good news is being RWD it's kind of an oddity in the market here. The bad news is being RWD it'll get passed over by too many people.
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Needs more dump when you pump
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I already drive past your house and stare through your windows without you knowing so it'd be nice to finally be invited on the property. Couple things though...
1) I will stay at your house as long as I damn please. I'm insulted you're limiting my time in your driveway.
2) I demand shit coffee with lots of creamer. Don't you push that high end bullshit on me and stop me from filling half my fake yeti with my starbucks caramel creamer in it. Communism is what this is.
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17 minutes ago, gilber33 said:
I honestly think your better approach would be to go to their office reiterate that you are a taxpayer and you can do whatever you want on your private property. It's something that most public officials rarely hear and easily forget. So if you remind them, that you are a taxpayer and a resident of your community, they'll probably let you do whatever you want.
If you don't believe me, I recommend watching this documentary that follows the lives of a branch of local government employees - it's called Parks and Rec. Idk if you've heard it before, but look it up.
Best advice I've gotten all week. Hold up while I go remind them who pays their salary.
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1 hour ago, gilber33 said:
I've seen MF grant some variances
When I read this as Mother Fuckers it makes the whole thing better.
My dad was on the zoning and planning committee in Mukwonago many years ago and said same as you. A lot of it came down to how the committee was feeling during that request, was the request reasonable and was the person in front of them a dick.
At this point I'm going to keep my head low and figure the situation out.
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2 hours ago, gilber33 said:
To be fair - variances are regulated by the State and for a municipality to legally grant a variance they have to prove that it isn't a result of a self-imposed hardship. Wanting a second shed where the current Code says you can't is a self-imposed hardship.
But you're totally right, the number of people who just build the shed (me included) vastly outnumber those who do it the right way.
Only speaking from experience - most Trustees, Councilperson, etc. doesn't know what's going on in the community unless someone brings it up. We've changed ordinances multiple times since I've been here because people bring up an issue and it gains traction.
The other thing that is funny about ours is that 60% rule only regulates detached accessory structures. So if someone has a 900sf house, and they want to build a 3,000sf garage and attach it to the house via a breezeway, that's allowed. Most Zoning Codes are pretty archaic as well and rarely get updated because it is an extensive process to do.
I appreciate your insight on this. I didn't realize the variance process was such a pain in the ass. I figured it was basically asking for a "variance" to the ordinance and was decided by a local committee of tribal elders that gathered around a cauldron and stared at the smoke until the answer presented itself.
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7 minutes ago, REKIII said:
Most of these rules are unfair. They are formed under the guise of protecting people, and usually with good intentions. Most are usually formed because someone abused the lack of rules and created some sort of eyesore for neighbors. I get all those points.
The evil libertarian in me says people should be able to do whatever they want on their property, but I also understand that a disturbingly large percentage of the population don't have a considerate bone in their body and have to have those rules to keep them from putting a nuclear disposal site in their back yard.
I'm just glad I have 5 acres in a township that pretty much doesn't care about anything, and neighbors that are all very considerate to each other.
Good luck trying to figure out what to do.
I'm the same. I understand the why and the inspector has been great about explaining the history of how the ordinances came about and it exactly was people abusing the rules in the past but for fuck sake if I'm proposing something very reasonable then why not allow me to do it on the little piece of land I pay for. What's bothersome is they won't even consider a variance because "If we did that we'd have to do that for everyone". I want to fight and attempt to change policy but I also feel like that'd be a waste of my time and at this point I'm flying under the radar.
For shits and giggles last night I drove around my subdivision and found many examples of people having more than one accessory building which looked just fine because the people that spent that money did it well. I also found quite a few people who opted for the shed-in-a-box solution with the tarp like walls and it looks like trash. That's acceptable but a very nice building that matches the landscape of the yard and improves the value of my property is fuckery.
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7 minutes ago, YoungCR said:
I'd slap that up right next to your garage or behind it so it's out of sight. This is why I'm gonna buy land out in the country, where rules don't exist (mostly).
Currently looking at pine tree prices. I will give them credit, they'll let me expand my 2nd garage to 1,300 sq ft on my 1.3 acre lot so I've got that going for me if I've ever got $15k-$20k to blow. What's annoying is I could park an enclosed trailer in my backyard and park a lawn mower and garden tools in it but a shed... Oh no. That's not permitted.
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I'm actually impressed you did this in 5 days. I had looked many years ago and all of the build threads talked about how hard it was and how the coding and combination of dme's was a nightmare. Nice job!
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On 3/31/2021 at 10:20 AM, patsbimmer1 said:
In today's episode of WIbuildings... I ordered a shed yesterday! 10x14 lofted barn with 2 4' lofts and about 10' 6" from the floor to ceiling center. It should be delivered in 3-5 weeks. I'm going to drop it on a crushed stone base in a 4x4 pressure treated perimeter. I'm excited to reclaim my back garage and make that more of a useable space instead of storage!
Welp, long story short this may not happen anymore. The short of it is I talked to the inspector to take care of the building permit and everything was going swimmingly until the end when he remembered to ask me if I had another accessory building on the property and I said I have a detached garage. I can't have more than one accessory building on the property and since I have the detached garage I can't have a shed. I didn't see this until he sent me the 109 page ordinance and pointed me to the specific spot where it says that. I can expand my 2nd garage to about 1,300 square feet but can't have a 140sq/ft shed.
I did find a new chicken ordinance that would permit me to build a chicken coop with no size limit that doesn't go against my accessory building count and the inspector confirmed that. After much debate I decided against building a chicken coop since it would give the city permission to come on my property at any time to inspect the animals.
My last option is to plop it in the yard and see what happens but that carries a whole set of risks that I'm not willing to deal with. The building inspector doesn't know my name or address so I'm not concerned about a surprise pop-in but all it takes is one person in a small town to figure it out, get upset and report me.
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I'm one step closer to making my truck useable and added a Rough Country soft roll up tonneau cover. The installation was very easy and it pulls nice and tight when closed. I was really waffling between this and a tri fold hard cover but realistically I don't keep things in the bed of my truck that need that level of protection and the convenience of the roll up soft top was very appealing.
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23 hours ago, B C said:
The Bilstein PSS_ setups look like a great Ron Popeill set it and forget it solution but they have very poor corrosion resistance from what I have seen.
great pic!
I had Bilstein on my 335i and I really liked them. The Bilstein's are very nice it's just a matter of spending almost $2k on coilovers vs B8 struts/shocks with my H&R springs.
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12 hours ago, HipMF said:
Do kids these days even know what emo is?
that baggy-ass Thrasher sweater...
Silverchair, Glassjaw and this were the trifecta of what I learned about after listening to emo and screamo in the early 2000's. I now have to accept that Neon Ballroom is 22 years old and my brain can't handle that.
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I drove the car every day last week and nobody has given me the finger once yet! I have some DCT maintenance stuff on hand to change that fluid out, some bushings on order and some exterior parts on order so far. The oil plug repair is holding strong with no signs of any leaking so I feel safe to say that's fixed.
I need to do new struts/shocks but still deciding on coilovers vs OEM+ Bilstein set up with my H&R springs.
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2 hours ago, P_Roloff said:
Saw a silver z8 on the Stoughton Rd. frontage road the other day at Habanero’s, I nearly snapped my neck on the double take. It was unfortunately already gone by the time I was able to wrap back around to it.
I fucking love habaneros! Some of the best tacos around!
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6 hours ago, gilber33 said:
Nice. I was planning on building one here soon, but we have so many projects to do on the house yet, that I'm leaning towards doing the same thing.
I wanted to buy a pre-cut just for the sake of building it myself to be honest but I'm in a similar boat where I've got so many other things going that building a shed just doesn't fit into my schedule, especially when I've already gotta take a day to build the foundation. Also, the price. It's $4k and for something similar from Home Depot it would cos the same or more.
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5 hours ago, gilber33 said:
We have one on the back of the garage and will do a second one this summer. One for yard stuff and one for kid stuff. So my shed (garage) can be just Dad stuff.
Did you order it as a kit that you will need to assemble or is it one where they deliver and assemble it for you?
I ordered it pre-built from Proven Power and it's built and delivered by Premier Portable Buildings. It was $4k with tax and delivered which was about the same as the pre cut kits I was looking at. I'll build the crushed gravel base which should cost about $500 or less. They're fully customizable but I went fairly basic. This will be garden and pool stuff along with whatever else doesn't need to be in my second garage.
I'm excited to get my own space back and get the chance to make it more of my ideal garage space.
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In today's episode of WIbuildings... I ordered a shed yesterday! 10x14 lofted barn with 2 4' lofts and about 10' 6" from the floor to ceiling center. It should be delivered in 3-5 weeks. I'm going to drop it on a crushed stone base in a 4x4 pressure treated perimeter. I'm excited to reclaim my back garage and make that more of a useable space instead of storage!
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Forum over Facebook. Facebook is useful to create an event. Forums are a great place to share knowledge and builds in a structure that can be easily searched and is readable.
Official-look-what-i-found-thread (craigslist, other-forums, etc)
in Cars For Sale & Wanted
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I just want to know why they did it. Also, what's up with the pedal box? Is this as terrible as it looks?