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too larry

too larry

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doublejj said:
U ever hear of solar? Free fuel. Tesla owners wake up every morning to a full tank.....California is officially the first state to require newly built homes to come with solar panels to offset their electricity use. The state Building Standards Commission voted unanimously to add the requirement to the state building code last week, the San Jose Mercury News reported....https://nextcity.org/daily/entry/california-will-require-solar-panels-on-all-new-homes
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The raw material for the fuel is free. There are some extraction costs though.
 
Lucky Luke

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thumper60 said:
thing about them Toyota's if u live somewhere a lot of salt is used in the winter JUNK in 7-8 yrs
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But why would you live in a place that it snows for any length of time for?
You can use your car and move. That's the beauty of a car. You can pack any personal items in and just move.
 
Lucky Luke

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doublejj said:
U ever hear of solar? Free fuel. Tesla owners wake up every morning to a full tank.....California is officially the first state to require newly built homes to come with solar panels to offset their electricity use. The state Building Standards Commission voted unanimously to add the requirement to the state building code last week, the San Jose Mercury News reported....https://nextcity.org/daily/entry/california-will-require-solar-panels-on-all-new-homes
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That's a great idea. Ive been saying for awhile that all new homes should at least have enough solar to run the HW and have a water tank of some decent size.
 
rkymtnman

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Lucky Luke said:
again it depends where you live.
Toyota parts are not cheap and either are Subaru parts here.
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where are you? UK?

there's a site here called rockauto.com has parts way cheaper than any parts store even when you pay shipping. i buy everything from them and do it all my self.
 
too larry

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rkymtnman said:
i bought a 91 camry at auction for 200 bucks. needed a clutch which i did myself. it had 135k when i bought it and when it finally fell apart it had 274k. best 200 bucks i ever spent.
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I bought mine used too. But it was just two months old with 2K on it. I paid $17.5K plus $850 to get it shipped here from the midwest. It was a lease car that got rear-ended. It had been repaired, but I had a buddy of mine redo it, so that was another grand. In essence a new car for less than 20K
 
Lucky Luke

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rkymtnman said:
where are you? UK?

there's a site here called rockauto.com has parts way cheaper than any parts store even when you pay shipping. i buy everything from them and do it all my self.
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Australia.
Yea I get stuff online and do 98% of everything myself, Including engine rebuilds. (My front yard growing up was a car yard- Literally). And Dad raced and worked on his own speed way cars (Super Sedans). Spent majority of my working life selling and managing car yards and bike dealerships.

Wife has a brand new Nissan with around 4000k's (KLM) on it. I think I popped the bonnet once. Dealer looks after that one whilst it has capped priced servicing.
 
rkymtnman

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Lucky Luke said:
Australia.
Yea I get stuff online and do 98% of everything myself, Including engine rebuilds. (My front yard growing up was a car yard- Literally). And Dad raced and worked on his own speed way cars (Super Sedans). Spent majority of my working life selling and managing car yards and bike dealerships.

Wife has a brand new Nissan with around 4000k's on it. I think I popped the bonnet once. Dealer looks after that one whilst it has capped priced servicing.
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cool, man. nice to see another gearhead that works on their own stuff. getting harder and harder though with all the computer stuff.

whereabouts in Oz ?
 
Lucky Luke

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rkymtnman said:
cool, man. nice to see another gearhead that works on their own stuff. getting harder and harder though with all the computer stuff.

whereabouts in Oz ?
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Im currently doing up a Holden WB ute (last of them at a 1984 model) and currently doing the body work. It was a shambles at the rear corners. Was hopping to paint it this summer but will probably be next at the rate im not progressing. They look a little like the El Camino yuo get in the states.
Down south in Tasmania.

The side in the pic is all done now and the firewall and rad support are painted black.
 

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Fogdog

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rkymtnman said:
not sure how old you are but do you remember when the XR4Ti hit the states in the 80's??
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My learning lesson car was a 1966 Ford Cortina that I traded a $100 camera for while I was in college. The thing was a Frankenstein monster. Somebody mounted a Capri engine in it and mostly got it right while making the car terribly unreliable due to what he got wrong. At the time I had this idea that I was good at working on cars and that Cortina taught me I had little inclination or ability.

I rebuilt that transmission, though. After fixing what broke when I put it together wrong, eventually dropping the transmission seven times, it was a dream to drive until the next weakest link broke. Parts were hard to come by and expensive. Not only that but electrical system by Lucas.

I was a broke college student who poured all I had into my studies. I decided I wasn't a car guy, traded the Cortina in for 600 bucks and bought a used VW bug.

I'm just not a car guy. My car that I'm driving today is a 1990 Toyota Corolla. It's more reliable than my wife's Honda Element. We also own a very nice Toyota Tundra that I bought new a few years ago and use it to haul my rafting gear and to haul stuff but it doesn't get many miles other than trips to the river.

To me, cars are tools, not toys and I have enough self esteem to not care what people think when the see me driving my beater.


Still, I had a lot of fun in my old Cortina. Though it never looked as nice as this one.
 
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Lucky Luke

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Fogdog said:
My learning lesson car was a 1966 Ford Cortina that I traded a $100 camera for while I was in college. The thing was a Frankenstein monster. Somebody mounted a Capri engine in it and mostly got it right while making the car terribly unreliable due to what he got wrong. At the time I had this idea that I was good at working on cars and that Cortina taught me I had little inclination or ability.

I rebuilt that transmission, though. After fixing what broke when I put it together wrong, eventually dropping the transmission seven times, it was a dream to drive until the next weakest link broke. Parts were hard to come by and expensive. Not only that but electrical system by Lucas.

I was a broke college student who poured all I had into my studies. I decided I wasn't a car guy, traded the Cortina in for 600 bucks and bought a used VW bug.

I'm just not a car guy. My car that I'm driving today is a 1990 Toyota Camry. It's more reliable than my wife's Honda Element. We also own a very nice Toyota Tundra that I bought new a few years ago and use it to haul my rafting gear and to haul stuff but it doesn't get many miles other than trips to the river.

To me, cars are tools, not toys and I have enough self esteem to not care what people think when the see me driving my beater.


Still, I had a lot of fun in my old Cortina. Though it never looked as nice as this one.
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They did a GT Cortina that is bloody fast. Worth a few bob these days.
The early Cortina's are a nice car. I'm chasing a rim off one ATM (my boat trailer rims are early Cortina and I need a spare)
 
Fogdog

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Lucky Luke said:
They did a GT Cortina that is bloody fast. Worth a few bob these days.
The early Cortina's are a nice car. I'm chasing a rim off one ATM (my boat trailer rims are early Cortina and I need a spare)
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It had a lot Lotus engineering in it. It looked like the Muppet mobile but it's appearance was deceiving. It was really nice to take on long drives along windy country roads. The trunk had plenty of room for camping and dive gear too. I lived in Northern California at the time and took it to the beach plenty.

The GT Cortina was another thing altogether though one would have to be a serious car guy to even remember them. Kudos.
 
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