Whoo, went to look at the 240 with my dad today. It's got a good amount of rot, needs a gas tank, and the hood still won't open. Agreed to buy it for $200. Needs a ton of work and we're pretty skeptical about getting it on the road. Last inspection was in 07, before it turned 25. I do need to get an inspection to register it though. I'm getting the car sometime this week. Expect pictures.
I always thought that chevy should have brought back the bel air name instead of calling it the ss. Ss is supposed to be a sport package, not an actual name.
I believe SS stood for Super Sport at some time during the 60's with some Chevrolet's. It's likely the same these days too.
I think Chevrolet would disagree In all seriousness they probably should have gave it the Malibu name tag as then you could get the ss(HSV GTS), The wagon(sportwagon), the El Camino(SS ute) and El Camino SS(HSV Maloo), and of course a plain jane V6 and slightly sportier v8 packages. Back to what the Malibu was in the 60's and 70's.
Don't think I've mentioned this on this forum yet. Buddy of mine bought a $200 85 C30 crewcab. Over the last few days I've been getting it functioning again. It orginally had a 454, but now its got a 350 of unknown origin. Still has the original SM465, and 4.10 geared Dana 70HD. Its got to be the highest optioned Scottsdale I've ever seen, factory A/C, Cruise control, Cloth front seat, carpeted floors, Tape deck. So far we've un-stuck the clutch, changed out the hydro-boost for a Vacuum one, and made the right fuel tank work. Changed the fuel pump, and put three different junk carburetors on it, until we found one that half-way worked, until we buy a better one. Today we replaced the cab lights, got the mirrors figured out, and found some tires that hold air. Got it running, driving, turning, and stopping on its own now, Not bad for a truck was sitting in a field a week ago.
Oh yeah, my dad said that the Volvo'd need inspection, but after looking at the DMV site, that isn't true. Gonna get the car on Wednesday which means I'll be able to get temp tags on Friday and start driving it. (Needs a VIN verification or whatever before full registration.) Can't wait. Should probably get the hood open and ya know, check the oil and shit first. Apparently Volvo 240DLs with vinyl seats are somewhat rare. Bidding starts at $50,000
Well, time for a story with Uncle Shift. One sentence is not a story, Uncle! I like browsing eBay and Craigslist and some other sites for crazy cars and other things when I have spare time and nothing else to do. Here are some good finds: Old C3 Corvette pace car. '07 Boxster S for only $25,000 (they're about $52,000 for a base model for a '16) Something. Actually, it's a 1968 Dulon LD4B Formula Ford race car. Is this thing road legal? Eh, probably not, hence it being on the site 'Bring a Trailer'. (ba dum tsh!) So yeah, me + spare time + nothing to do = me browsing the interwebs for 2007 Toyota Corolla tail lights. Okay, so does anyone actually put winter tires on during the winter? This winter, since my '15 WRX is AWD, I didn't really need them, but I considered putting them on. I just have summer tires that are meant for, shall we say, dry weather.
Put on snow tires if you will be driving on snow/ice. Awd helps you get going, but it does not help you stop or turn; tires do. For the sake of your own and everyone else's safety, use winter tires. Also all seasons are no better than summer tires on snow/ice, so don't use them as a substitute either. Sorry to harp on you, but I would hate to see a 15' wrx damaged, or someone hurt just because it did not have proper tires.
Agreed. There is no such thing as an all season tire. I drag raced my friends trailblazer ss on some continental all seasons. I had off brand snow tires on only the front wheels of my civic. I was able to accelerate faster than him, but more importantly I was able to stop MUCH sooner and he had abs. Even when I lock the front wheels I was still slowing down faster ThaN him. On hard packed snow and ice all season really aren't good enough. Don't tell me about how good all seasons work for any of you in the snow, as I really could care less. If you won't pony up a few hundred dollars for the added safety, please reconsider.
Exactly, your car is worth much more than the extra few hundred dollars for winter tires that could save it, you or another person's life. My personal favorite of this nutty "cost saving" ideology was a friend's father buying all seasons for his >70k car (at the time) because "winter tires (were) too expensive".
