Vents for sols
Junior Member
Joined: Apr 2003
Posts: 1,608
Likes: 0
From: Portland, Vancouver
Originally posted by OSX2000
Couldn't afford the Supra so he goes for the Rodeo...haha, what a downgrade.
Couldn't afford the Supra so he goes for the Rodeo...haha, what a downgrade.
Le Grand Illusion
Joined: Oct 2002
Posts: 1,180
Likes: 0
From: Damascus, MD
I might add that in his desperation he even considered an early 80s Maserati Bi-Turbo that some elderly guy was about to junk - car was TOTALLY messed up, had every bad mark against the title you could imagine - stolen, flood damage, totaled TWICE, fire damage, etc. The stories the old dude regaled my friend's brother were unbelievable.
Essentially, the old guy had bought the car new after selling his business when he retired in the 80s, up in New Jersey. He moved to Maryland, and within a week of his moving the car was stolen and driven backwards into a creek. The thief had tried to reverse at a dead end, misjudged the distance, and rolled right in. The rear end was smashed and flooded, but the car was still pretty new so it was all replaced. Hence flood damage and theft. About four years later the old dude was going through an intersection when a dump truck ran a redlight and crushed him. Car was considered totaled, even for a Maserati, but the guy loved it. He bought it back from the insurance and spent the next three years restoring it, straightening the frame, etc. He somehow retitled it and got it back on the road. However, he had screwed up the main fusebox and a fire started while he was idling outside a mini-mall. Put it out, but melted a lot of plastic and fuxored the wiring. Maserati dealer fixed that. There's the fire damage. Finally, JUST before my friend's brother saw the ad, the old dude totaled it once more, this time his fault, when he took a turn too fast and sideswiped a tree stump. Since the car was already totaled once, his insurance didn't hesitate to do so a second time. However, he paid a Maserati dealer to fix it anyway.. the value had plummeted enough that it wasn't too bad to just repair the damned thing.
All this was contained in an affadavit he signed for my friend's brother, on his lawyer's advice, to provide the new insurance company. Maybe he had to by law, I don't know. The car would have been $5,000 after all that. It was barely driveable, had ALL sorts of problems - bad brakes, one of the turbos was failing, weird noises and smells, all kinds of things. If his friends hadn't stepped in (and his mom), he might have actually bought it...
Afterward, he used to show that affadavit around when he was drunk for laughs... it was insane. The poor car took so much abuse in the 15+ years it was alive...
Essentially, the old guy had bought the car new after selling his business when he retired in the 80s, up in New Jersey. He moved to Maryland, and within a week of his moving the car was stolen and driven backwards into a creek. The thief had tried to reverse at a dead end, misjudged the distance, and rolled right in. The rear end was smashed and flooded, but the car was still pretty new so it was all replaced. Hence flood damage and theft. About four years later the old dude was going through an intersection when a dump truck ran a redlight and crushed him. Car was considered totaled, even for a Maserati, but the guy loved it. He bought it back from the insurance and spent the next three years restoring it, straightening the frame, etc. He somehow retitled it and got it back on the road. However, he had screwed up the main fusebox and a fire started while he was idling outside a mini-mall. Put it out, but melted a lot of plastic and fuxored the wiring. Maserati dealer fixed that. There's the fire damage. Finally, JUST before my friend's brother saw the ad, the old dude totaled it once more, this time his fault, when he took a turn too fast and sideswiped a tree stump. Since the car was already totaled once, his insurance didn't hesitate to do so a second time. However, he paid a Maserati dealer to fix it anyway.. the value had plummeted enough that it wasn't too bad to just repair the damned thing.
All this was contained in an affadavit he signed for my friend's brother, on his lawyer's advice, to provide the new insurance company. Maybe he had to by law, I don't know. The car would have been $5,000 after all that. It was barely driveable, had ALL sorts of problems - bad brakes, one of the turbos was failing, weird noises and smells, all kinds of things. If his friends hadn't stepped in (and his mom), he might have actually bought it...
Afterward, he used to show that affadavit around when he was drunk for laughs... it was insane. The poor car took so much abuse in the 15+ years it was alive...
lets get funk-a-fied
Joined: Nov 2003
Posts: 663
Likes: 0
From: San Antonio
500 a month for insurance is crazy. my dad is an insurace district manager so i think i get some discout but he still pays 700 a half year for me and that is just some up-graded liabilty. i would think if your in the insurace business you wouldn't have to pay much for it! :eekjerk:
Why is Canada so cool?
Joined: Sep 2003
Posts: 192
Likes: 0
From: Seattle, WA, USA
Originally posted by DelSolSIinMD
I remember back when I first got into tuning/building cars in a serious way, was with my '88 Volvo 744 turbo. One of my best friends had a little brother with a Chevy Malibu he'd inherited from his grandfather... and was busy trying to make it fast. Intake, exhaust, lowered it, etc.
But the thing I remember most was the huge "WHOA!!" that rippled through the male teen crowd when the rumor came out that he was getting a "Samurai-style body kit!!" ... it was the hottest news of the year.
Luckily, though, he never got it.
I remember back when I first got into tuning/building cars in a serious way, was with my '88 Volvo 744 turbo. One of my best friends had a little brother with a Chevy Malibu he'd inherited from his grandfather... and was busy trying to make it fast. Intake, exhaust, lowered it, etc.
But the thing I remember most was the huge "WHOA!!" that rippled through the male teen crowd when the rumor came out that he was getting a "Samurai-style body kit!!" ... it was the hottest news of the year.
Luckily, though, he never got it.
Le Grand Illusion
Joined: Oct 2002
Posts: 1,180
Likes: 0
From: Damascus, MD
Yeah!!! My first car was a $600 1982 Volvo 240 DL, the sedan, not the wagon. It was a pretty sweet ride - like a good friend. Had so many "quirks"... things I probably wouldn't have put up with in a Buick or Ford or whatnot, but just chaulked up to "Hey, it's a Swede, what can you do?"
I remember once getting all curious and completely tearing out the dash, center console, all of it. When I saw how Volvo did their stock wiring in 1982... whoever was their electrical engineer should be forced to shovel dung for the rest of his or her natural life. Worst electrical design since the Lucas electrics in British cars. Poor insulation, wires maybe an inch from crossing or shorting, grounds that were in areas were water from snow or rain tracked into the car by feet would easily rust then, just AWFUL. And they came through the firewall in the most illogical places...
Criminey...
I remember once getting all curious and completely tearing out the dash, center console, all of it. When I saw how Volvo did their stock wiring in 1982... whoever was their electrical engineer should be forced to shovel dung for the rest of his or her natural life. Worst electrical design since the Lucas electrics in British cars. Poor insulation, wires maybe an inch from crossing or shorting, grounds that were in areas were water from snow or rain tracked into the car by feet would easily rust then, just AWFUL. And they came through the firewall in the most illogical places...
Criminey...
Why is Canada so cool?
Joined: Sep 2003
Posts: 192
Likes: 0
From: Seattle, WA, USA
Originally posted by DelSolSIinMD
Yeah!!! My first car was a $600 1982 Volvo 240 DL, the sedan, not the wagon. It was a pretty sweet ride - like a good friend. Had so many "quirks"... things I probably wouldn't have put up with in a Buick or Ford or whatnot, but just chaulked up to "Hey, it's a Swede, what can you do?"
I remember once getting all curious and completely tearing out the dash, center console, all of it. When I saw how Volvo did their stock wiring in 1982... whoever was their electrical engineer should be forced to shovel dung for the rest of his or her natural life. Worst electrical design since the Lucas electrics in British cars. Poor insulation, wires maybe an inch from crossing or shorting, grounds that were in areas were water from snow or rain tracked into the car by feet would easily rust then, just AWFUL. And they came through the firewall in the most illogical places...
Criminey...
Yeah!!! My first car was a $600 1982 Volvo 240 DL, the sedan, not the wagon. It was a pretty sweet ride - like a good friend. Had so many "quirks"... things I probably wouldn't have put up with in a Buick or Ford or whatnot, but just chaulked up to "Hey, it's a Swede, what can you do?"
I remember once getting all curious and completely tearing out the dash, center console, all of it. When I saw how Volvo did their stock wiring in 1982... whoever was their electrical engineer should be forced to shovel dung for the rest of his or her natural life. Worst electrical design since the Lucas electrics in British cars. Poor insulation, wires maybe an inch from crossing or shorting, grounds that were in areas were water from snow or rain tracked into the car by feet would easily rust then, just AWFUL. And they came through the firewall in the most illogical places...
Criminey...
Wow, it looks like it's still in really good shape.