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11 minutes ago, patsbimmer1 said:

So I let my sister in law borrow my wagon for a week then it sat on jack stands for 2 weeks or so as I worked on replacing the AOC filter.  I noticed my steering wheel was crooked and it was darty afterwards which was odd since i never touched the suspension so I took it in for an alignment.  Toe was absolutely fucked front and rear and we ended up finding the rear control arm wwas bent severely.  Nothing a come-a-long can't fix...

 

So... guessing she hit a curb?

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I'm thinking that is a GREAT deal for the price.

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19 hours ago, HipMF said:

Just wanted to get shots of these while they're still there. Somebody's doing work up in Sun Prairie.

Of all the places I'd expect to spot Cheech Marin, Sun Prairie is probably the last place I'd look...

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2 hours ago, jc43089 said:

OH!!  That's is the game with the small white ball right?  I am a sports idiot.  I don't have a TV, partly Amish.  Ignore me.

No, you're thinking of golf.

Baseball is the one with touchdowns and field goals.

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On 9/25/2018 at 8:56 AM, straight6pwr said:

drink the coolaid

 

Somehow reminds me of the old Scirocco 

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2 hours ago, SteelBlue said:

Remember when you could touch the quarterback? Pepperidge Farms remembers 

Not allowed in the NFFL (National Flag Football League).

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And Trash-DOS is exactly what we called it. I don't think they thought it through when they named it...

But then again, maybe they did mmmm?

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Gotta love the old 8" floppies. 80 Kilobytes!

I was never much into the Ataris. My dad wrote a DOS for the TRS-80s back in the day. TRS-DOS - bought by Tandy Corporation (aka Radio Shack). And of course we know the giants that emerged from the primitive ashes.

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A true classic that the Smithsonian would probably snap up in a moment.

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So could that one in NJ be worth $3,295? Seems to be super clean, I'd be concerned about the reliability though.

How much does the stock 4-cyl crank out?

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So like this one...

https://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-sale/vehicledetails.xhtml?listingId=490388544&zip=54115&referrer=%2Fcars-for-sale%2Fsearchresults.xhtml%3Fzip%3D54115%26startYear%3D1997%26sortBy%3DderivedpriceDESC%26incremental%3Dall%26firstRecord%3D0%26endYear%3D1997%26modelCodeList%3D318TI%26makeCodeList%3DBMW%26searchRadius%3D0&startYear=1997&numRecords=25&firstRecord=0&endYear=1997&modelCodeList=318TI&makeCodeList=BMW&searchRadius=0&makeCode1=BMW&modelCode1=318TI

But how reliable after 172,490 miles is the engine? $3,295 seems like a bargain, but it's in NJ

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23 hours ago, rampelsauce said:

Hey, I came back with a 318ti.  Is that okay to do?  Also I saw that I was "spotted" not long ago.  Man I look fat from behind on a tiny motorcycle.

What year?

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14 minutes ago, patsbimmer1 said:

We did after Cars and Coffee in Madison!  I took Matt and you took Chris!  That was when the 335i was running just a fresh e85 mix and a PROcede tune lol.

Speaking of PROcede tunes, I have a Vishnu PROcede V3 for sale. If anyone is interested...

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That's pretty cool! Is there storage for a "spare" tire under the floor?

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43 minutes ago, jc43089 said:

...As a side note my dad picked up a '98 Biarritz Blue E39 wagon. ...

It has a weird slide out floor in the back, I hadn't seen one like that before.  Not exactly sure of the purpose?

Pics?

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8 minutes ago, SteelBlue said:

Anyone else having this storm roll through right now?

Yup. Lasted strong for about 20 minutes and now just a calm rain with rumbling thunder all around. Pretty cool! And much needed rain...

 

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1 hour ago, patsbimmer1 said:

I took my wife and son for a ride in the wagon today on a quest to prove it's practicallity...

 

...and she didn't have to wear a paper bag over her head so no one saw her in the car? Then you're making progress.

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For $3600, you can't go wrong! Sometimes if it annoys the wife, that's just an added "feature". My wife hates my 335's because "they're too fast!!"  LOL. Maybe that's what drove me to own two of them! Haha. 

 

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3 hours ago, patsbimmer1 said:

New winter car!  2003 Volvo xc70 with 128k miles and it's very clean!

From what I've read and seen, these are excellent cars! Hope you got a good price.

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On 8/15/2018 at 2:35 PM, Ryan... said:

In a moment of weakness I listed the E30 for sale after receiving some news from my 2nd employer that made me consider quitting. I went downstairs, spent about 15 seconds looking at it, then pulled the ad off Craigslist.

 

Probably going to push back my modifications plan, but I can't bear to part with it.

Aw man! I was going to put a bid in!

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I wish I had that kind of equipment and capability. I've thought of replacing my N55 with a "new" one with a few less miles (it has 193,700 today). But I'd need an engine crane and a lot more know-how! But I'd definitely try to fit a bigger engine in rather than the same.

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What years range the 3rd Gen? Looks like they have evolved quite a bit over the years. Autotrader has TONS of them listed. But $ anywhere from a couple grand up.

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4 hours ago, HipMF said:

Took zero pictures this weekend.

"Fixed" the rad fan on the e21. (kept blowing fuses. took it off, tested it, worked fine. put it back on, works fine...)

Other than that, just dug up some stuff out of storage that I need to get rid of. Looking forward to getting my new apartment. Not looking forward to moving.

Moving sucks. I hate it. Amazing how much $h!t you accumulate over the years.

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Someone kindly translate the overpass ones? I can make out some of the letters, but not really making sense to me.

SLICK ROSE? Maybe...

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On 7/16/2018 at 11:53 PM, jc43089 said:

I had an exciting day, Friday night one leg of my service shorted out and blew a fuse, it was shorted to ground.  I didn't want to pay the after hours charge for the utility guys to come out so I made do without one leg and planned for today.  I dug a 70' trench and made a Menard's run.  I got a Type 3R breaker box to hang on the pole under the meter socket and other goodies.  The co-op guys came this morning and replaced the janky old wiring with a 200A service to the new box on the pole, I just finished getting everything hooked up in the house, I replaced the breaker box in the house too because some genius didn't use duct seal and it was corroded on the neutral bus.

Had the similar thing happen to me about 10 years ago - neutral went to ground. We not at home when it happened. It fried a whole bunch of components in the entertainment center, including the TV, and the lights would go super bright and then real low, and kept cycling like that. The garage door opener was acting real funky too. It was like the house was possessed! Walked in to the smell of ozone because it had baked one of my surge protectors. Fortunately no fire resulted. The WPS told me the neutral went to ground near the terminal box behind my house. Someone had nicked it with a shovel (outside of my property so I know it wasn't me) and it eventually corroded. Fun stuff.