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POS VETT

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  1. Now $40k is inexpensive, especially if the buyer could get the $7500 energy credit. The Roadster and the S are/were a whole lot more. At any rate, I still think it's not for me.
  2. Those are not welds; those are gangrene at an advanced stage.
  3. I used Pilot Transport and this company is used by Honda to transport prototypes and production cars. They transported my new Z06 in an enclosed stacker from New Hampshire. The car was delivered unscathed.
  4. I wanted to open something like Sleadhead36 has several years ago. It wasn't going to be as high end but it would be safe and enjoyable. It would actually serve as a way to satisfy my hobby and I get to have loved cars (albeit not my own) stored in one place. Back to the topic. Miller, I have an off-site garage where I keep one of mine. In the past I have rented a garage or two at an apartment complex. Sometimes there are parking spaces for rent at a large building and I have found some at CL.
  5. One notch of aspect ratio too low. Would have been perfect in 255/40/19.
  6. Painting or powdercoating a chrome-plated surface may prove to be challenging. I'm unsure whether you can electroplate copper onto chrome without some kind of corrosive effect in the long run. I've entertained the idea of copper-plating a set of polished CCW. Now, are you sure the wheel is chrome-plated instead of polished?
  7. Not bad of a purchase. Find Julius Poa for paint protection film; he comes to you and his price is competitive plus he folds most of the edges.
  8. I have done this before for some of my cars. It's quite a production since it needs a minimum of two cars and three people. Then there is the coordinating, speed regulation, and a slew of other things requiring perfect timing and communication. At one time several years ago, the in-motion photography was performed on 3 cars (all carriage forms of teknoviolett 1998 E36 M3), so there were 4 cars and 5 people on radios. It took a couple laps of I-270 in order to take a perfect shot of multiple poses.
  9. 550hp on an E36 M3 and you want more? Might want to watch for the front mounting bolt of the differential housing. It's nearly famous for snapping with stock or near stock power/torque. Car looks spiffy. The wing can be justified with the kind of power it has.
  10. A float charger will bring back a battery that's usually deemed "dead" or weak; I have done this a few times before using one of my float chargers. In the state of your battery, you can charge it any of the two ways you mentioned, but the float charger is a plug-in-and-forget type of device; disconnect it when you're ready to start the car. I trust my float chargers enough to leave them connected to my cars during a winter hibernation period which may last up to 7 months at a time. Trickle charger is an older technology, I believe. Float chargers are usually touted as "microprocessor controlled". I have no idea if float charging can be performed automatically without some kind of an electronic logic controller. When a battery voltage is deemed too weak, my float chargers will recondition the battery by charging it to 16V but they don't linger there; once the target has been reached, the battery voltage is then allowed to settle down to 13.2V when the floating mode begins. Whenever the voltage falls below 13.2V, the charger will bump it to 13.3V then stop and repeat. One of my float chargers has a charging protocol or programming for an AGM battery. I'm unsure how that compared to my others, but they have been used on a few AGM batteries without any degrading effect.
  11. A trickle charger will overcharge a battery. It needs to be a float charger.
  12. I'd try to revive it with a good float charger. If you decided to buy one, keep the battery hooked up to it.
  13. Nothing new. This kind of "dress up" is at least a decade old.
  14. The magic trick ... dog treat.
  15. Nice pictures. Those must need a lot of patience to capture the right moments.
  16. I like the step side bed.
  17. Did you mean the clutch-starter interlock switch ?
  18. THREE CHEERS FOR THREE PEDALS !!!
  19. Actually, they may need help this season. I'd hate to see such a great club to dwindle. I've volunteered to manage their grid but turned down. I wish they would accept it.
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