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Found a Denso reman alternator on Rock Auto for $105 :tup:

I remember living in northern NJ back in the day, so many toll roads, had a ziplock bag full of change in the truck, that little bag was like a tiny money pit.

At least our roads down here are pretty decent and well maintained, up north, I have no idea where the toll road $$ goes, but it’s definitely not back into road maintenance and repair.

Weren’t you looking into Phunk’s plan to retrofit a zf 8sp into a z? Paddle shifters might eventually have to be in your future. :driving:

Hope not tho, take care of that knee bud. :tiphat:

I’m glad I’m not the only one that does this. :icon17:

I go check on my “babies” every night and stare lovingly at them for a few minutes appreciating them and being thankful for what we have. (And planning out a mod list for them).

Jar, it seems like you have 10 cars and all of them are in some state of disrepair man. :p

He drags them all out of the weeds from behind some barn

It explains the bullet holes at least....

I will use a freaking stick. I am not giving up my third pedal.

Hey Lein,

Are you officially dunzo with trying to buy that house now or are you still thinking about it?

I was pondering your situation and I came to the conclusion that IF you still plan to press forward with this house, it might actually be better to take the 15k vs having the homeowner “fix” the foundation just so that you know it gets done properly. I would anticipate an extra 5-10k just in case bc no renovations ever go to plan and foundation repairs are no joke.

On the plus side, when it’s done you’ll have the most kickass dry safe and secure basement/foundation on the block.

PS— if the inspector found an active aka wet spot in the ceiling, I would get a roof inspection done as well if the og inspection didn’t include it, I bet at a minimum they’ll come back with a partial or full roof replacement recommendation. You can use that to drive down the asking price as well. Figure 5-15k for a partial to full roof replacement.

You can fix anything with enough skill and $$. You can’t fix location tho. If the renovated comps in your area are high enough $$, and you’ll be in the house long enough to build back up some equity it COULD make sense

Just don’t fall into the trap of overcorrecting the house and then you’ll never be right side up money wise. Your realtor should be able to run a bunch of the comps for you if they haven’t already, you can also use Zillow to get an idea for yourself. Don’t forget to snoop around on the property tax website to see what houses have recently been selling for in your area.

I admire your determination. :tup: :driving:

I was like that once. :icon17:

Still miss rowing gears once in a while. :(

We are in the process of backing out of the contract. The sellers came back with a concession of 10k in reduction price. I'm telling them to get lost. They bought the house in 2013 for 50k and have sunk zero money into it and are now trying to sell for 95k.

The retail value on the surrounding houses range from 130k to 160k. Nothing crazy.

I got a quote back from 2 masonry contractors. One for 13.5k and another for 15k to fix the foundation. That alone will make me walk away without a second thought.

The wet spot on the ceiling is most likely due to some flashing on the roof where no center caps were put in place. So i'd be looking at 1k to add caps since it's an architectural shingled roof.

The house would need gutters because again, the sellers are lazy arseholes. So factor in $900-$1,200 for a good seamless system.

The pavement and surrounding areas of the garden should have new soil dumped in because the morons decided to dig out a hole near the front wall for some unknown reason.

I'm over it. We are just going to keep looking. The redeeming quality is that I now know what to look for in detail when we look at other places. We checked out another house a few days ago and I was able to tell that the roof was wicked old due to flashing of the shingles, the basement had water issues due to the amount of cop webs and staining, the kitchen still had asbestos flooring from how old it looked, and where the current owner cut corners when trying to knock down a wall to extend the dining area.

I understand 100k-150k doesn't buy a lot in todays age, but I also don't expect to be seeing the asinine issues cropping up as well. 100k to me means the kitchen needs new cabinets and fresh paint. Not cracked foundation and complete remodel of 3 different rooms.

..........and the chicken chit and straw inside of them. :rofl2:

I don’t blame you, I wouldn’t offer a penny over 70k for that place. You’re smart to move on, but it was worth it in the long run bc now you are a more educated homebuyer and that is worth it. If it’s meant to be it’ll work out in the end.

Hey, money’s money, and that goes double when it’s your money. Every area is different, sounds like your budget is right on for your area to find a decent place. Don’t get discouraged, try and embrace and enjoy the excitement and experience of it all. It’s the biggest purchase most of us will ever make, (zoren’s dildo collection notwithstanding).

Good luck. :tup:

Thank you a lot! I'll keep ya updated on the next adventure.

Pop a couple viagra before you go for a drive and you can use your third leg. That's what I had to do. :tup:

If I didn't know this had been modified, I'd swear it manufactured like this. Thanks Rusty, it came out great. :tiphat:

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Oh.....how did you like the way it was wrapped? :rofl2:

That’s kind of like the worse blowjob I ever had was still pretty damn good.

I was cussing you out! Azzhole ;) By the way, did you spray it with an undercoating? It's got a stickiness to it

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Meatgasm!!!

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And tonight’s featured special “Red Mountain” :tup:

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These PS4's look nice, but Michelin Man is racist AF.

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How can tires be racist, you ask?

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that is a brand new Fujimura bumper for 950 in the states somewhere :tiphat:

Getting ready to head South for the House :driving:

ssup duudes?

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wow, what a week.. thank the good lord above its friday.

First time being at a public event since March when we went into lockdown. Silent movie night at our local Theatre outside. 6 ft distance. Large bag of popcorn and smuggled in some coke and bourbon.

attaboy :tup:

I sprayed it with Plastic-Dip. It dried for 2 days before I wrapped it. :icon14: wonder if something happened during shipping? Last I checked on it this morning. Said it was delayed because of weather.


Received a big tile cutter that was a special order today from FedX at work. Looked like the box was covered in red wine. opened the box up and everything inside was soaked. :rofl2: Taped it back up and called the customer. They took it.

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im tell'n duude.

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Plastidip makes sense now. That's exactly what it feels like. I remember when I did a set of wheels on my eclipse.

What I miss?




Oh.......wait, I'll go back and read what I missed. :tup:

I use Plastic-Dip because it doesn't chip.