Random Thoughts... [Automotive Edition]

Bad Bowtie said:
Ok, pending a few small details...looks I'll be a Corvette owner this time next week. :mrgreen:
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Congrats! Don't forget to replace those terrible seats!
 
Der Stig said:
Congrats! Don't forget to replace those terrible seats!
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Nothing is a done deal. Still waiting to see the carfax and many more detailed pics. Also have to make sure I want that large of a payment.

Seats would be the least of my worries. It would need headers, x-pipe, catback, intake, cam, and some nice black 18" C6 wheels before I address anything like seats.
 
Bad Bowtie said:
Nothing is a done deal. Still waiting to see the carfax and many more detailed pics. Also have to make sure I want that large of a payment.

Seats would be the least of my worries. It would need headers, x-pipe, catback, intake, cam, and some nice black 18" C6 wheels before I address anything like seats.
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Regardless, good luck.

And from my ass's limited experience, this would be an upgrade :p

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You can even put a Sparco sticker on it! :D
 

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I drove a C5 Corvette convertible recently and didn't have any issue with the seats. Really liked that car, just a shame that the interior was so generic 90's.
 
Bad Bowtie said:
Nothing is a done deal. Still waiting to see the carfax and many more detailed pics. Also have to make sure I want that large of a payment.

Seats would be the least of my worries. It would need headers, x-pipe, catback, intake, cam, and some nice black 18" C6 wheels before I address anything like seats.
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Make sure you get a compression and leakdown check on the thing before you take possession... More than one C5 has had piston ring issues.
 
Spectre said:
Make sure you get a compression and leakdown check on the thing before you take possession... More than one C5 has had piston ring issues.
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An LS1 is an LS1 is an LS1...

Ring issues are a very minor concern. Besides, those are usually easy to spot. Like I said though, nothing is certain. I'm really trying to talk myself out of it, just playing devil's advocate to make sure it's what I want. I might have other large expenses to attend to at the end of this year (a circular object ;)), if things stay as they are, so that wouldn't be a bad thing to save for. I don't know, I change my mind daily on what I want. I just need to finish school so I can get my C6 already.
 
Photos of the tire:

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Strange that it did that...but it was a very cheap tire....
 
Bad Bowtie said:
The only issue I can see right now (haven't called yet but I'm about to), is that it is 1,191 miles away. :lol: So $336 plane ticket to Boston plus ~4 tanks of gas. We'll see how this goes...
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That's not a bad drive though, as far as roads and locations go. Though it will probably be too damned hot to leave the top off.

Labcoatguy said:
<<looks at location :shifty:
I kid; good luck with the purchase
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:lol: It would be the MR2's loud, hard-drinking brother.

EyeMWing said:
Got that $%&!# a piston ring.
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@#$%&es love piston rings.

:mrgreen:
 
What's the date of manufacture on the DOT code? A tire should never behave like that, even when installed on a Saturn
 
That car should not be on the road. It should have been turned into recycled plastic bottles a year ago.
 
rickhamilton620 said:
Photos of the tire:

Strange that it did that...but it was a very cheap tire....
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Retread?

Tires are IN NO WAY supposed to fail like that. The other 3 are likely similarly terrible. Scrap the car. Do not sell it. It's either going to kill the next owner or blow up on them.

Drive it to J&K Salvage in York, Pennsylvania. Bring the title and your driver's license. Walk away with cash and enjoy watching the loader operator skewer the car on his forks.
 
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EyeMWing said:
Retread?

Tires are IN NO WAY supposed to fail like that. The other 3 are likely similarly terrible. Scrap the car. Do not sell it. It's either going to kill the next owner or blow up on them.

Drive it to J&K Salvage in York, Pennsylvania. Bring the title and your driver's license. Walk away with cash and enjoy watching the loader operator skewer the car on his forks.
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Agreed. I would feel like a contemptible asshole if I tried to sell that thing to somebody.
 
Lastsoul said:
What's the date of manufacture on the DOT code? A tire should never behave like that, even when installed on a Saturn
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Dunno if this will help:
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http://img35.imageshack.**/img35/1073/img20110721194239.jpg
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argatoga said:
That car should not be on the road. It should have been turned into recycled plastic bottles a year ago.
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Noted. :p

EyeMWing said:
Retread?

Tires are IN NO WAY supposed to fail like that. The other 3 are likely similarly terrible. Scrap the car. Do not sell it. It's either going to kill the next owner or blow up on them.

Drive it to J&K Salvage in York, Pennsylvania. Bring the title and your driver's license. Walk away with cash and enjoy watching the loader operator skewer the car on his forks.
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The salvage yard is very tempting....:lol:

The two front tires are newer. I know that for a fact when I paid a (who turned out to be shady...lesson learned) mechanic my dad trusted to fix something else that was wrong with the car...he said the tires wouldn't pass inspection.

I don't believe these to be retreads.

tigger said:
It's probably just a really old tire.
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I suspect that the back tires are the same ones that came on the car when I bought it. Quite frankly I can't remember...

Aston Martin said:
Sidewall looks old.
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See above ^ :)

BerserkerCatSplat said:
Agreed. I would feel like a contemptible asshole if I tried to sell that thing to somebody.
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Which was part of my trepidation and unwillingness to sell it in the first place. Nevermind all this, selling someone a polished turd like this car (I got the feeling that the engine wasn't long for this world this winter....ditto the transmission...) would make me feel like shit.
 
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rickhamilton620 said:
Dunno if this will help:
http://img687.imageshack.**/img687/6874/img20110721194244.jpg
http://img35.imageshack.**/img35/1073/img20110721194239.jpg
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DOT code for that is U9EP TU7 1206
U9 = Cooper Tire, Tupelo MS
EP = P175/70R14
TU7 = brand/model it was sold under, no index. Should be four digits.
1206 = date of production - 12th week of 2006.

However - the nonstandard brand/model section makes me wonder if this is even valid. If it isn't, then the tire is *really* old.

The salvage yard is very tempting....:lol:
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It shouldn't be tempting. It should be on the way there NOW.

The two front tires are newer. I know that for a fact when I paid a (who turned out to be shady...lesson learned) mechanic my dad trusted to fix something else that was wrong with the car...he said the tires wouldn't pass inspection.
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And he was probably right. You didn't think this might be a problem???

Which was part of my trepidation and unwillingness to sell it in the first place. Nevermind all this, selling someone a polished turd like this car (I got the feeling that the engine wasn't long for this world this winter....ditto the transmission...) would make me feel like shit.
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And yet you kept it instead of scrapping it.

One ethical way to sell it would be as a parts car with full disclosure.
 
Do not buy new tires. Find a bus or pay someone to drive you if you don't buy another car before your next day of work.
 
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