Bobby's used car lot and Free Carfax

[I Skied Bandini Mountain]

Ah, that makes sense in a unique BMW way.

[gravitylover]

C'mon Aldo, here's another perfect shop car that's in your town https://www.facebook.com/marketplace...ibextid=dXMIcH

[riser4]

Isn't a shop car supposed to actually run when you need it to? And not need to have the smoke replaced frequently?

[Vt-Freeheel]

This actually got me thinking. Audi puts a hide-away spare in their cars and no pump (at least that I’ve found yet - haven’t even opened up the spare well), which I find annoying. I had a flat in my old allroad which I just crawled on to the tire shop 1000 yards away because of the same issue.

I bet that Chevy’s got a real nice full size spare like God intended.

My Q5 has a flat spare and if I remember correctly the pump is under the drivers side panel.
A winter flat change strikes me as painful to the point of just walking away...

[gravitylover]

Isn't a shop car supposed to actually run when you need it to? And not need to have the smoke replaced frequently?

Meh. Your expectations are too high. Ok, this one's a hatch and comes with it's own mailbox. All good work cars have a mailbox https://www.facebook.com/marketplace...ibextid=dXMIcH

[Aldo]

Good god man - are you mad??
The triumph , WhT a colossal piece of shit. Among the fleet I’m working on is one crown Vic I’m making out of 3 parts cars - now that’s a shop car . Turn the key , hammer the throttle , repeat.

[jm2e]

Good god man - are you mad??
The triumph , WhT a colossal piece of shit. Among the fleet I’m working on is one crown Vic I’m making out of 3 parts cars - now that’s a shop car . Turn the key , hammer the throttle , repeat.

So you’re building a cop car? Is there a real shortage of old cop cars?


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[gravitylover]

I might be but I'm ok with it

[Aldo]

So you’re building a cop car? Is there a real shortage of old cop cars?


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Nope - dime a dozen they’re everywhere

[johnnyg82]

All of a sudden I’m looking at a bunch of cars with run flat tires and no spare.
I do a lot of miles away from home on the weekends, and imagine a run flat flat really fucking things up.
Who’s got experience with this?


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BMW’s?

There are online shops that do sell spare kits, otherwise, I just carry a Viair pump in my trunk. For the one time I’ve absolutely shredded a tire, a spare would have been nice and time saving versus waiting for a tow.

[jm2e]

BMW’s?.

Yup. As soon as I looked up the cost for a new set of run-flats I went back to Volvo. Fuck that $2500-$3000 every few years. And they can’t be patched? Increasing the chance you’re replacing 4 tires prematurely when you do get a flat at 50% wear.
My wife’s 2022 x3 has a spare, but since this purchase was unplanned, the budget is 2020.
Local dealer told me they’re switching back to regular tires now. Turns out tons of people who bought Beemers over the last few years finally need tires and are letting BMW know where they can stick it.


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[Vt-Freeheel]

Cop car you say?

Who loves ya baby?

[gravitylover]

I've been seeing lots of the AWD Taurus Interceptors for sale recently. I guess they're reaching that end of service-life time. Some have surprisingly low mileage and nice interiors that were probably detective cars.

[riser4]

I've been seeing lots of the AWD Taurus Interceptors for sale recently. I guess they're reaching that end of service-life time. Some have surprisingly low mileage and nice interiors that were probably detective cars.

Oh good lord. I can just imagine some of these ending up in the hands of HS kids. I know if I was in HS right now and that's what I was offered, I'd be out there flogging the thing up and down the roads until I either stacked it or lost my license.

[Cruiser]

Low mileage doesn't mean they didn't sit idling for 6 hours a day 5 days a week

[basinbeater]

^^^

[BmillsSkier]

My Q5 has a flat spare and if I remember correctly the pump is under the drivers side panel.
A winter flat change strikes me as painful to the point of just walking away...

Would you look at that, there is a pump.

[Touring_Sedan]

Low mileage doesn't mean they didn't sit idling for 6 hours a day 5 days a week

It's not like idling continues to wear parts like water pumps.

It's not like that's basically an engine out job on a Taurus.

That sounds like the exact type of vehicle gravity would be interested in

[gravitylover]

Haha. Under the timing cover? Fkn awesome.

[Aldo]

" hey, lets drive the water pump with the timing chain, what could go wrong??"

[El Chupacabra]

^^ That's some Audi level engineering right there.

[Ted Striker]

The domestics should've stuck to what they do best, simple + displacement.

In other news, I was searching for something using the who posted link, and Bobby's name is whited out. Did he delete his account?

[J. Barron DeJong]

The domestics should've stuck to what they do best, simple + displacement.

In other news, I was searching for something using the who posted link, and Bobby's name is whited out. Did he delete his account?

Maybe he listened to mcphee?

In response to Bobby’s last post mcphee told him to “log off and seek help”.

[gravitylover]

If anyone is near that dealer he works at it might be nice to stop and do a welfare check

[Timberridge]

Maybe he listened to mcphee?

In response to Bobby’s last post mcphee told him to “log off and seek help”.

The pot calling the kettle...