06-27-2015, 01:21 PM
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If you do it correctly, surely it should be the rear wheel cover ?
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06-27-2015, 02:24 PM
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I try to get out, but they keep dragging me back in! This sold for scrap, so it's now my new yard car to get around at the big auction here. The place is 110 acres, so it'll come in handy. Original paint, rust free '94 Metro 1.0L 5 speed. Nearly new 12 inch radials (where do you even buy those anymore?), even a fresh oil change. 310k kms (192k miles), and the stereo works haha. I'll take it!
The boss saw it and just shook his head, "Purrs like a rabid cat" was all he said when I started it and drove away haha. |
The size of that right front wheel weight indicates there is something bent or a tire that is seriously out of round or balance, all irrelevant on a yard car.
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06-28-2015, 09:08 PM
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electric vehicles galore! (and other new FE cars)
EVs are kinda common out here (and so is the Mitsu Mirage).
Spotted a Kia EV today (no time for a picture). Daily, I see Chevy Sparks and Volts, Phev Prii, Leafs, the Fiat 500 EV, that ugly BMW EV, Fit EVs, and others all the time.
Tesla charging stations
At a local mall where there is a Tesla "store" ... these are new cars in the mall parking garage, charging (a 70D , a 85D, and two or three P85D trims):
Other random EVs
Spark EVs are suddenly quite common this spring:
A BMW (also common, unfortunately):
Two Mitsubishi Mirages
This car is suddenly common, but the similar
Nissan Micra I do not see.
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06-29-2015, 01:30 AM
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So please don't hold back, how do you really feel about the i3? haha. I don't like them either, but I have to say I dig the wheels. Super tall and skinny, they need to be on my Insight. 
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06-29-2015, 08:33 AM
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I3 is kind of a statement car as much as anything else. Blah.
No pic, but of all things I saw a Plymouth Horizon this morning...
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06-29-2015, 11:22 AM
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I'm cool with the i3. That carbon body is sweet.
Haven't actually seen one in real life, but I did get passed by an i7 near Santa Fe.
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06-29-2015, 02:12 PM
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The size of that right front wheel weight indicates there is something bent or a tire that is seriously out of round or balance, all irrelevant on a yard car.
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Swap for the spare ?
I like the i3 myself because of the looks rather than despite them...
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06-30-2015, 01:05 PM
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I'm cool with the i3. That carbon body is sweet.
Haven't actually seen one in real life, but I did get passed by an i7 near Santa Fe.
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The i3 looks better in real life; like most cars.
I think you mean the i8? I have not seen one of these, though I probably could by going to the local BMW dealer. |
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06-30-2015, 02:00 PM
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One of the things I liked best about this scene was that the two econoboxes, a Civic and a Mirage, were only using the gas station's convenience store, while an SUV sits at the pump filling up.
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The i3 looks better in real life; like most cars.
I think you mean the i8? I have not seen one of these, though I probably could by going to the local BMW dealer.
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I haven't seen the i3 yet, but there is an i8 exposed at the local dealer. I actually liked the i8, it doesn't look boring like many "eco" cars.
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