qwerty67890 New Zealand. Dec 15 2011 04:32. Posts 14026
So, first thing: Ive been looking to buy a car, because i need something to get me from work to home. Unfortunately around this time of year Jesus decided to be born, so im stuck with some stupid forced holiday which is more expensive than if i were to take an actual holiday at any other time of the year I choose.
Anyway, So I was sort of needing a car since about last week. So i started hunting. If you want to see discussion on Veyrons, GT-Rs and Lambos, look away now.
I started off looking at Subaru Legacys. I had one before and it was rad. Unfortunately, when i moved to Thailand and my dad was in possession of it some kids (Maoris) stole it.
So i lined up a few viewings of 2 Legacys, 1 Impreza hatch-back and 1 Mitsubishi Legnum.
The Impreza was nice, but had a 1500cc engine and the actual car was tiny, and i like the room of a station wagon so i can move my shit or sleep in it. (Which is a topic i want to cover in another blog post, but seriously think about: with todays internet/communication technology and skyrocketing rent living in a vehicle makes a lot of sense)
The 2 Legacys were pretty shit. They were both the same year as my old one, but felt much worse to drive. One was fairly beaten up used by some foreign students to travel around. The girl was smoking hot but the car was beat, and the other one felt pretty crap and the guy was too honest about its condition, which was poor.
The Legnum however, was amazing. It was quiet, comfortable, had a sweet stereo, it was massive inside and it looked pretty sweet. It was the most expensive of the 3, with a nearest offer price of $4500.
So i got a vehicle inspection done on it and it was bad news. According to the report it had major oil leaks around the engine. There is a twist to the tale though. The kid who owns it said that the oil was a result of him spilling it whilst servicing it himself just prior to the inspection.
I got a quote on the potential cost to fix the likely causes of the leaks (rocker covers and filter) in the report at $500.
Given that i have spent alot of time in the last few weeks watching Pawn Stars, I put on my best Rick Harrison impression and set about hammering this guy down to a pawn shop price.
"Look man, its a nice car, but not great... Im gonna have to put probably $500 into this thing to get it working"
"Lemme call up a buddy of mine whos an expert in spilt oil"
Anyway, today this guy holds firm at $4000, He agreed to take it to the mechanic on Monday and get it signed off that there are no oil leaks. I offered him $3300 cash with all potential risk of oil leaks, but he still said no.
He never replied to my last text, but after this weekend my urgent need for a vehicle decreases and i have much more time to shop around. I will see if he actually bothers to text me on Monday or if he just throws in the towel.
So maybe im not as good a negotiator as i thought. Its a shame because I really liked the car. I will probably shop around for another Legnum in the time being.
OTHER SHIT
1: Super Meat Boy: I know im a little late to the party with this game, as i often am now since i dont buy shit until it turns up on Steam in their sale for cheap. This was the best $7.50 i have spent in a long time.
It is platform-genre perfection. Perfect learning curve with enough to keep you going. I struggled through the main story mode then I felt such elation when i beat the final boss - BUT WHAT, omg there is a dark world, holy shit.
I have 99% on Light World with 1 level left on Cotton Alley, all levels have A-rating and Ive completed forest, hospital, salt factory and hell Dark worlds.
Just amazing.
2: Music: So, ive been feeling recently like I would like to spend my free time learning an instrument. Ive always liked Guitar. I had one before but virtually never played it. The bass guitar intrigues me, because Lemmy and Steve Harris are so fucking cool, although the sound of a bass on its own is pretty crap. Might get the cheapest acoustic guitar available for fucking around on.
3: American Restoration: This show is awesome, granted that all they do is break something down, sand blast it, paint it and put it back together. The show is cool.
edit:
Probot was a side project by Dave Grohl, involving loads of rock musicians. Shake Your Blood bass was written/performed by Lemmy, and its fuckin sweet.
I wrote the lyrics in about ten minutes. . . It's rock & roll, you know. It's not one of those complicated things.
also:
Headcat was a rock n roll collaboration with Lemmy and they do loads of covers of old rock n roll like Chuck Berry
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Silver_nz New Zealand. Dec 15 2011 05:32. Posts 5647
Rofl, pawn stars impression.
Living in a car though? I don't think you would want to sleep in a car during a Dunedin winter. also: pee bottles can only take you so far.
Didn't know your old car got stolen. Good thing about living down here its too cold for maoris 8D
Alright, I should stop with the racist jokes. Racisim is a crime. And crime is for maoris.
I'd seen the first 22 eps of American Restoration and your post reminded me to check on it. 12 episodes lined up, sweet. You might also like American Pickers if you don't know about it already. The Pickers, Pawn Stars and Resto 3 way continuation episode was pretty good I thought.
Damn Maoris!
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Stroggoz New Zealand. Dec 15 2011 09:04. Posts 5329
On December 15 2011 04:32 Silver_nz wrote:
Alright, I should stop with the racist jokes. Racisim is a crime. And crime is for maoris.
lol quit paying them out. Maoris get payed enough from welfare already.
One of 3 non decent human beings on a site of 5 people with between 2-3 decent human beings
nowadays im a big fan of cheaping it and realising you really dont have to spend a lot of money to increase your happiness in life, ive been roadtripping around uk visiting various friends and spent the last week happily sleeping on floors in a £16 sleeping bag i picked up on the way. But living in a vehicle sounds a bit too extreme, surely you need daily access to a bathroom/shower and kitchen and somewhere to store your food etc?
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Venrae United States. Dec 15 2011 12:50. Posts 1545
Super Meat Boy is seriously fucking amazing. Anyone who hasn't played it needs to go buy it now. Stop reading LP and go buy that game.
Learn to appreciate the value of the dollar. The rest is easy. (Hurricane @ TL)
qwerty67890 New Zealand. Dec 16 2011 05:29. Posts 14026
Well yeh, a lot of bass doesnt sound crappy, but a noob playing one on its own sounds pretty crappy.
The cheapest acoustic is about half the price of the cheapest electric bass setup. I like the bass sound a lot with songs, and have a huge man-crush on Steve Harris and Lemmy, but i do find the bass on its own to be a little unpleasant on the ears.
On December 15 2011 07:04 Funktion wrote:
I'd seen the first 22 eps of American Restoration and your post reminded me to check on it. 12 episodes lined up, sweet. You might also like American Pickers if you don't know about it already. The Pickers, Pawn Stars and Resto 3 way continuation episode was pretty good I thought.
American Restoration is my favourite, Pawn Stars is pretty close in 2nd, American Pickers i got a couple of episodes of and never quite got into it, maybe because you never get to see the finished product.
Storage Wars is pretty good but again the sloppy valuations of each unit weakens the show imo, since the amount they make on each storage unit is just calculated off bullshit like "theres 2 tables, i can sell those for $500"
On December 15 2011 11:50 Venrae wrote:
Super Meat Boy is seriously fucking amazing. Anyone who hasn't played it needs to go buy it now. Stop reading LP and go buy that game.
+1 my friend told me it was really good, but i never really took it on board, but i became really addictedl.
On December 15 2011 08:17 Ket wrote:
nowadays im a big fan of cheaping it and realising you really dont have to spend a lot of money to increase your happiness in life, ive been roadtripping around uk visiting various friends and spent the last week happily sleeping on floors in a £16 sleeping bag i picked up on the way. But living in a vehicle sounds a bit too extreme, surely you need daily access to a bathroom/shower and kitchen and somewhere to store your food etc?
Yeh they are basically the biggest downsides to living in a vehicle, but you can shower at gyms and cook/eat in an office kitchen if you have a real job, or just eat take-away which would eat a little in to you savings margin, but still less so than rent.
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