Geeto67

Hey all, After two close calls this weekend, one with a road raging TSA agent and one with a cell phone zombie, I am thinking I may want to install a dash cam in my car. However, I am starting from knowledge point zero on this, although I do play with car and bike mounted action cams those are temporary. So where do I begin? I want to do this for under $100 per car, is that an unreasonable cost? I want it to turn on with my ignition, but am a little leery about hard wiring it in with cars with the CAN BUS system. I would like it to maybe be transferable to the motorbikes if possible, but I am fine with just riding with the action cams on them if it is not possible. I don't want it to need my phone to operate. Data can be expensive some times and my aging iphone is already running out of memory and starting to act buggy. maybe having it store data on a sim card since I am already setup for that. so thoughts? recommendations?

I thought Marc was only a home lending broker? Does he do auto too?

Whatever car you decide to buy, Lets talk for a minute on how you are going to pay for it. If you need to finance.... Shop for the right credit. Comparison shop using resources like bankrate.com and see what low rate you can get approved for. Keep in mind, low rate used car loans from major lenders will limit the car to under 100K miles and under 5 years old and purchased from a franchise dealer. That being said I got a loan on my audi at 1.99% from BofA back in 2011 that I bought from a BMW dealer. I also got approved for a 2.49% loan from PenFed a couple of years ago for a 10 year old under 100K car that I did not buy. You don't want to open too many credit lines, so choose wisely. Once you have the approval letter you can start to shop. If the dealer that that you are buying from has a finance department you can have them run it as well. Car dealers make money off the credit they sell you, so their incentive is to sell you the highest interest rate they can reasonably justify. If you have been pre-approved for a low interest loan the dealer is required to be able to match it (at least in NY, is that true in Ohio?). Why is that important? well, dealers might give you more off the car if you take their financing as opposed as third party financing which is just like a cash purchase for the car. The dealer makes more profit off the interest so you might come out ahead if you are saavy with the math by taking a lower purchase price with a higher interest rate. When having a finance discussion with the dealer, avoid the "four square" conversation. Read this: https://www.consumerreports.org/consumerist/dealerships-rip-you-off-with-the-four-square-heres-how-to-beat-it/ If it is cash, and a specialty car (VW GTI, Miata, wrx, etc) then have a PPI done on the car by either the dealer or a reputable repair shop. It's cheap insurance plus it gives you a punch list on known issues to fix as you go. good luck.

Yeah well maybe don't buy a piece of shit project truck. Go out and find a decent, clean, used Frontier or Tacoma with a stick and buy that. Hell even those old base model ford Rangers with a stick and a four can be found for cheap clean with a good service history. I keep telling you motorcycles are where it is at anyway, way better than cars as toys. If you have a truck you can haul all manner of toys home.

So you are going to drive the cars then? Did you drive one? Mike...you are going to do this: and a) think it is not "Challenge Accepted"; and b) whine about being disrespected? dude, man up already.

:barf::barf::barf: Look, 3 of the vehicles I currently own I have had for 20 years, so I understand emotional connection with vehicles. However reading someone explain their emotional connection to cars to a bunch of guys who ALREADY understand where he is coming from is like sitting there and listening to your buddy read every valentines day card he gave to his wife. you think we don't understand you but we get it more than you know, we've been you, and we have not only been to this rest stop, we took the piss, bought the t-shirt, overpaid for gas, and sent the postcards. Your experience is not unique. What many of the "older" guys here understand is that you can't say you have made an informed decision on any car until you have actually driven it. We have all been down this road and had cars "surprise" us with how good they worked despite not being our first choice in the looks department or worse, being something we absolutely lust for every time we see it only to have it ride and drive like a buckboard with a broken wheel. Every suggestion here was made with the effort of trying to help you, you owe it to yourself to at the very least to drive the car recommended before just dismissing and saying "meh". Car buying is always somewhat of a compromise, and you can't figure out what things you are willing to compromise on unless you have the whole picture. capishe? that is all.

https://columbus.craigslist.org/cto/d/columbus-make-me-offer/6840486616.html This is the kind of seller you should look for. Or his next of kin. Based on the pic of the roof it's a 70 - 72 Continental coupe.

http://www.saturnfans.com/cars/what-spaceframe from that link: So it's not a "true "space framed" framed car. The S was a unibody car with an exterior roll cage that they hung all the body panels on, and the L was a monocoque with space frame bracing. Those cars came out at a time when the exotic's were also toying with monocoque space frame hybrids and I imagine this is GM's marketing pushing the buzz word "space frame", because raceccar, when it really wasn't a true space frame in the pure sense. They did this with the Fiero also prior to the Saturn and do you know how much of the Fiero uses a "Space Frame"? This much: http://images.fieroforum.com/pffimages/spframeconv.jpg Now do you know what GM built that does have a true space frame and not a hybrid monocoqe/spaceframe? here's a hint:

my god it's glorious: https://www.japaneseclassics.com/vehicle/1990-nissan-pulsar-gti-r-rb/

I think clay was confusing monocoque (which includes uni-body) with "space frame". Saturn was a monocoque that they hung plastic body panels on, as opposed to cars like the camaro which were uni-body and the rear quarter panels and tail panel were the outside finished body. To be fair, most high end road cars like lamborghini are monocoque chassis with bodies laid over them, and then some space frame sub assemblies for added rigidity. See the Ferrari F12 chassis below: http://www.moibbk.com/images/ferrari-f12-berlinetta-engine-2.jpg It looks like a body on frame car, but technically it is a monocoque because the floor pan is part of the frame and is structural. A true space frame car is something like a porsche 917: or the chassis on a tube frame ducati: the problem these days, is that the terms have become somewhat interchangible, because you have some motor-journalists that don't really know the definition of either and use the terms interchangeably. I have no doubt that the new C8 is going to be a monocoque with some small space frame sub assembly structure, because that is how the higher end mid engine cars like the aventador and ferrari 488 are made (see the x-style cross bracing in the engine bay - that is probably what is bending when they are talking about the cars bending "frames"):

In b4 mike goes on another rant as to how he "likes the GTI in theory" but hates the way it looks and the interior.

that you can fix old chevy's with duct tape, bailing wire, and american ingenuity on the side of the road. Or by hitting them with a rock. either works. Oh, also that some of your "requirements" are unrealistic for the type of car you want and the budget you have to work with. 2012 seems pretty arbitrary a number, why that one and not the usual used finance number of 5-10 years (2009) or newer?

Penfed has no age restriction, but it does have mileage restrictions. If you are a "certified member", whatever that means, they will lend you 110% of the NADA value if the vehicle is under 100K miles. If you are not a certified member or the vehicle has between 100k and 125K miles they will lend 80% of the value and the terms longer than 36months are not available. I think to unlock the longer 60 month loan you also need to have a minimum value of $15K. If the vehicle has over 125K miles the loan is not eligible for any of their advertised rates and most likely they don't have a used car product that will work (they can do a mixed used car home equity loan, but so can BofA and it's substantially different terms). they are a little sneaky about supplying this information, I had to look through several small print disclosures on their site to find restrictions like this: https://www.penfed.org/auto And Google had to pull this page up for me because I couldn't find it navigating their site and again you have to read the fine print disclosures: https://www.penfed.org/learn/media-center/shopping-for-a-car-choose-penfed-first/ So yeah, you want to buy a 1998 whatever with less than 125k miles? go ahead, but after that - don't think it's gonna happen. I will say this about them: They were recommended to me by a friend who I watched go through the process. I went through the approval process a few years ago myself for a car I ended up not buying. I recommended them to DJ, and he hasn't told me they have done anything bad to him so....I still think they are a good lender esp for weirdo older cars the banks won't touch.

This was literally the dumbest sentence in the whole article and proof that most of the article is hype and bullshit.

Is that rust at the door and bumper edges? Or just dirt?

So my question is, does this service offer insurance to the Owner? I saw where you asked them about Renter's coverage, but Toro for cars offers Owner's insurance with $1M in liability coverage. If this place has a similar policy, then sure, why not. If they don't then you will need to look at a commercial insurance policy for your bike which can get prohibitively expensive. $1m in liability would cover you if the renter gets hurt on your bike and wants to sue you. But keep in mind they can't just sue you for a traffic accident they caused or were the victim of. It would have to be because of something you did (like modify the bike in a manner inconsistent with DOT laws and that caused the accident). You are still required to keep up on the maintenance, and in some cases I would be extra cautious about documenting that that was done by having the bike serviced by a shop and documenting the tire age and wear. Personally it sounds like fun. I'll be honest, I have had the fortune and great luck to have near strangers let me ride some wonderful and fantastic machines, from Norton model 16's and matchless G50s to brand new bmw S1000RRs and Ducati panagales. Accordingly I am pretty free about lending my bike out - 4 different people took their motorcycle license road test on my 1975 cb750K. I ask a lot of questions of people before they take off with my bike, and sometimes I will ride with them, but if you have a valid motorcycle license, insurance, and a modicum of riding experience - then why not. Bike sharing is part of what makes this hobby fun. I'm a little disappointed in reading this thread and so many people are "nope, god forbid they wreck my precious machine" instead of "I don't want to see someone get hurt." We buy insurance to replace the bike, but people can't be replaced as easy. I don't know that I would sleep at night if someone hurt themselves on my motorcycle because of me, but if they wrecked it and walked away fine...well...it can always be rebuilt...again.... When I get another new reliable motorcycle, I might try this, if the liability ins question checks out.

the only problem I see with a GTO is that it might be too old to get financing for being an 04-06, and finding one with under 100k miles to meet some of the credit union requirements for specialty car financing. otherwise +1 for a GTO. Inb4 mike comes along and makes some obscure millennial vaping joke only he laughs at.

so look at the Focus St then, or try to find an MT Audi A3 which is basically an Audi badged GTI with a longer roof. Hot hatches are great cars. This drives me nuts about car culture. This idea that because you drive a certain car you are a certain type of person. A fun car is a fun car and belief in a shitty stereotype is a dumb reason to keep away from a fun car. You drive an Rx8 now so I can't possibly believe you are this self conscious about personal image. Seriously, these are good cars, at least give them a chance. yeah discovered this by accident - was at toy barn after hours looking at a car on their lot and decided to drive around the fiat lot across the street. Saw they had a ton of 124s so logged on to the website and bam...saw the incentive on 2018 models. Unfortunately since first seeing this back in late feb, most local ones have been snatched up and I think the only one that qualifies is up in mansfield: https://www.fiatusa.com/new-inventory/vehicle-details.html?modelYearCode=IUX201807&vin=JC1NFAEK1J0136818&dealerCode=45310&radius=100&matchType=X&statusCode=KZX&variation=Classica&drive=RWD ok, forget Track PAck then...you can't afford this? https://detroit.craigslist.org/mcb/cto/d/eastpointe-2012-ford-mustang-gt-stick/6815890004.html don't count this out. I drove a co-worker's several years ago and was quite impressed with the car. It felt like a 6th gen civic Si, which to me was a great car. Just a pure fun driving experience. I happen to think they are fantastic bargains: https://cleveland.craigslist.org/ctd/d/akron-2012-kia-forte-koup-sx-financing/6836289453.html https://huntington.craigslist.org/cto/d/ashland-2016-kia-forte-koup-turbo/6799415227.html then again I think the Scion TC is also a good solid hot little hatch: https://columbus.craigslist.org/cto/d/westerville-2014-scion-tc-coupe/6797423310.html

Car spotting is kind of a hobby of mine. this is not a comprehensive list, just what I could remember off the top of my head. I didn't include cars I know I have seen but couldn't remember where like the veyron which I think was at that "other" cars and coffee meet but can't remember (I do remember thinking it looked smaller in real life than I thought it would be). Here in Columbus: in the wild: - two ferrari FF's, one of which was daily driven in the snow. - One diablo, at a friend's house, he let me sit in it. - several modern Lamborghini's of various models (Hurican, merci, aventador) - 2 Cord 810 Winchesters, although one someone had swapped a Ford V8 into - Mclaren P1 - 1 1950's Gull wing Mercedes - 2 SLS AMG Gullwing Mercedes (one silver, on red) - 1 1970's Ferrari Dino - BMW Z8 At Cars and Coffee events: - 2 90's Diablos (1 Purple and one Orange). - 1965 alfa romeo Gulia Sprint Speciale - Alfa Romeo Montreal - that green lamborghini with the black vinyl watch graphics all over it (Gallardo?) - that same red SLS AMG Gullwing Merc I saw on the road - A bunch of ferrari's that I can best describe as 1 red one, 2 yellow ones, and 1 black one (sorry I don't follow ferrari's past the 1990's). - 3 ducati sport classics that aren't mine (1 black, one yellow, and one paulsmart) - A Motus Motorcycle - 1 Pantera (yellow) - 1976 Jagaur XJ6 C coupe (Dark red) - 1 Series 1 1960's Jagaur XKE (yellow) - Several 356 Porsche coupes - 1 1972 BMW 3.0 CS Coupe - 1933 Rolls Royce - Silver Lotus esprit S4 Twin turbo v8 - Doc's Bentleys and WRC Celica (who hasn't seen those?) - Lancia Scorpion in Martini racing colors - 1992 corvette c4 ZR-1 Back in NY: this would be a long list so I am just going to hit the highlights: - 2 Facel Vegas. 1 deep in the bowels of a midtown parking garage, and one on a flatbed trailer on long island being towed to a shop. - 1964 Aston Martin DB5 owned by a neighbor of my parents. - 3 real 427 cobras (2 were continuation cars, 1 was a 1966 Semi- competition which I was allowed to drive very briefly) - 2 porsche 918s - a literal ton of 70's-80's Aston martin v8 vantages in the Hamptons - Stephen Spielberg's 1953 corvette (which I worked on in college without knowing) - 1989 Ferrari F40 - 1971 Ferrari Daytona 365 GTB which I had to ferry from Brooklyn to Kingston NY for the owner of Team Obsolete. I also had to ferry his ferrari 512 boxer. - this exact Cord which Frank Martucci let me drive for a day around Montauk NY as a college graduation present: https://classiccars.com/listings/view/1005039/1937-cord-custom-roadster-for-sale-in-owls-head-maine-04854 - Jt Nesbit's Magnolia Special: http://bienvillestudios.com/index.php/magnolia-special/ (I also helped JT strip down the jaguar 4.0L for the CNG conversion when I was in New Orleans for a wedding) I have pics for about half these things, I'll upload them tonight when I can transfer them from my phone to hosting.

The problem with the big tech companies is that they are big companies, and therefore enjoy all the same tax dodges and loopholes that other big companies, like GE in the past, take advantage of to avoid paying their fair share. I don't think we need to "single out" the tech industry to tax when what really needs to happen is to close some of those exemptions, dodges, and loopholes, and have the entire large corporate sector actually start paying into the system. But I don't know that any politician in any party is going to say or do that since they all accept donations from the very companies that lobbied for those exemptions in the first place. We don't need NEW taxes singling out a specific group, just fix the old tax system that allows Amazon, Priceline, International Paper, General Electric, Ryder, and pretty much the entire energy sector (including AEP) to avoid paying into the tax system. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/09/business/economy/corporate-tax-report.html BTW, we could have a whole conversation about the energy sector alone that is granted an exclusive monopoly by the gov't, allowed to operate as a for profit, and gets a tax exemption on top of it. If they are going to operate as a monopoly, then convert the companies to not for profit entities and then continue to avoid the tax structure while putting the power needs of the customer's first. Public utility and monopolistic for profit company aren't compatible concepts.

yeah I probably should have put in the original post - relatively close to the Columbus Metro area.

Hey all, So here's the situation: I have an old 1974 ironhead that runs a Morris Magneto (converted Fairbanks Morse tractor mag). I let the bike sit for a year (I know) and now it has weak spark to the plugs. I'm kind of jammed up at the moment in my single car garage and can't get the time/space to really dig into it. I am looking for a shop that id familiar with old ironheads and magnetos and can handle this work. Most HD guys I talk to these days aren't super keen on this old junk and their eyes glaze over when I start to talk to them about it. Tom Reiser's shop is out of business (anybody know where he went?) and nobody is picking up the phone at the Big Bike Shop (and also not opening the door, I went there twice during hours - nobody home). I have a feeling it is just the condenser, maybe the coil, but I don't want to just start throwing money at the problem if the magnets are bad. thanks in advance.

Anybody know if historical tags available for motorcycles? I think my entire fleet qualifies except for 1 and that would be a substantial savings.

congratulations. I may want to pick your brain about rental and investment property sometime in the future.

It's paid 0 federal income tax for the last two years, but it payed $1.2 billion and $957 million in state and local taxes for the last 2 years across all the states it operates. so yeah, it paid fuckall in federal taxes. But this was the same complaint with General Electric a decade ago, and has been going on for some time. Although, to be honest, the Trump Corp tax cut didn't help (and actually gave amazon a $129 million rebate in federal tax). http://fortune.com/2019/02/14/amazon-doesnt-pay-federal-taxes-2019/ shut down the USPS? or just the discounted rates? I am with you on discounted rates, but not the USPS as a whole. Although we won't know because it's considered national security, I do believe the relationship was profitable for both.