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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #13320 on: October 02, 2020, 11:26:05 am »
Was there not an Audi S4 with a V8, stick combo?
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #13321 on: October 02, 2020, 11:49:51 am »
Quote from: Arthur Dent on October 02, 2020, 11:26:05 am
Was there not an Audi S4 with a V8, stick combo?

Not RWD though.  :)
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #13322 on: October 02, 2020, 11:50:15 am »
Quote from: KD on October 02, 2020, 10:08:56 am
Quattroporte?

No stick in those, unfortunately.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #13323 on: October 02, 2020, 12:04:15 pm »
Quote from: vantage007 on October 01, 2020, 11:44:33 pm
There won't be a Show & Shine till the spring, but Mrs. Vantage now has a V8, RWD, naturally aspirated manual transmission European car as a summer toy. It's been passed down from a relative, the original owner.  8)

Time to get wrenchin' over the winter! We plan to autocross/track it next summer.
You'll have to get a bigger garage like Firm!
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #13324 on: October 02, 2020, 12:32:45 pm »
Quote from: Arthur Dent on October 02, 2020, 11:26:05 am
Was there not an Audi S4 with a V8, stick combo?
not a RWD one...no
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #13325 on: October 02, 2020, 01:32:47 pm »
Quote from: vantage007 on October 01, 2020, 11:44:33 pm
There won't be a Show & Shine till the spring, but Mrs. Vantage now has a V8, RWD, naturally aspirated manual transmission European car as a summer toy. It's been passed down from a relative, the original owner.  8)

Time to get wrenchin' over the winter! We plan to autocross/track it next summer.

My turn to keep a secret  ;D  Mrs Vantage autocrosses? Impressed!
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #13326 on: October 02, 2020, 01:51:16 pm »
Quote from: Blueprint on October 02, 2020, 01:32:47 pm
Quote from: vantage007 on October 01, 2020, 11:44:33 pm
There won't be a Show & Shine till the spring, but Mrs. Vantage now has a V8, RWD, naturally aspirated manual transmission European car as a summer toy. It's been passed down from a relative, the original owner.  8)

Time to get wrenchin' over the winter! We plan to autocross/track it next summer.

My turn to keep a secret  ;D  Mrs Vantage autocrosses? Impressed!

So she's a better driver than her husband then...  :stick:  :rofl:  :run:
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #13327 on: October 03, 2020, 03:20:25 am »
Haha. She does not autoX but I’m planning to get her into that as well as going on the big boy track. One of you got it, by the way...
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #13328 on: October 03, 2020, 09:32:11 am »
Winter's coming...so I priced out the driveshaft I need for the Fusion to make it AWD again...sheesh.  Over $1000 at the dealer, but my buddy at the parts store says he can get me one for about $650 + tax. I asked, is that the friends and family price?  ;D (are we still friends?  :'() and he's like - yup, list price is $950...!!!  So his price is $300 LESS than if I bought it straight up. 

There was that place on Ebay "out of" Ontario (Taiwan or Philippines or somewhere else in reality) under $400...but dammit if I couldn't get them to ship it to anywhere. Not my home address, not my work address...so I gave up on that.  Maybe I should try again, or maybe I should suck it up and buy local.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #13329 on: October 03, 2020, 11:19:07 am »
Quote from: vantage007 on October 03, 2020, 03:20:25 am
Haha. She does not autoX but I’m planning to get her into that as well as going on the big boy track. One of you got it, by the way...

I'm thinking Esprit, then....
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #13330 on: October 03, 2020, 04:12:24 pm »
Quote from: BWII on October 03, 2020, 09:32:11 am
Winter's coming...so I priced out the driveshaft I need for the Fusion to make it AWD again...sheesh.  Over $1000 at the dealer, but my buddy at the parts store says he can get me one for about $650 + tax. I asked, is that the friends and family price?  ;D (are we still friends?  :'() and he's like - yup, list price is $950...!!!  So his price is $300 LESS than if I bought it straight up. 

There was that place on Ebay "out of" Ontario (Taiwan or Philippines or somewhere else in reality) under $400...but dammit if I couldn't get them to ship it to anywhere. Not my home address, not my work address...so I gave up on that.  Maybe I should try again, or maybe I should suck it up and buy local.
Have you tried the wreckers?  I'm sure a used one would be cheaper.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #13331 on: October 03, 2020, 05:02:55 pm »
Quote from: JohnnyMac on October 03, 2020, 04:12:24 pm
Quote from: BWII on October 03, 2020, 09:32:11 am
Winter's coming...so I priced out the driveshaft I need for the Fusion to make it AWD again...sheesh.  Over $1000 at the dealer, but my buddy at the parts store says he can get me one for about $650 + tax. I asked, is that the friends and family price?  ;D (are we still friends?  :'() and he's like - yup, list price is $950...!!!  So his price is $300 LESS than if I bought it straight up. 

There was that place on Ebay "out of" Ontario (Taiwan or Philippines or somewhere else in reality) under $400...but dammit if I couldn't get them to ship it to anywhere. Not my home address, not my work address...so I gave up on that.  Maybe I should try again, or maybe I should suck it up and buy local.
Have you tried the wreckers?  I'm sure a used one would be cheaper.

No shortage of wreckers in Winnipeg to search.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #13332 on: October 03, 2020, 05:20:35 pm »
Watched it dirve away with the new owner....
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #13333 on: October 03, 2020, 05:23:40 pm »
Quote from: BWII on October 03, 2020, 09:32:11 am
Winter's coming...so I priced out the driveshaft I need for the Fusion to make it AWD again...sheesh.  Over $1000 at the dealer, but my buddy at the parts store says he can get me one for about $650 + tax. I asked, is that the friends and family price?  ;D (are we still friends?  :'() and he's like - yup, list price is $950...!!!  So his price is $300 LESS than if I bought it straight up. 

There was that place on Ebay "out of" Ontario (Taiwan or Philippines or somewhere else in reality) under $400...but dammit if I couldn't get them to ship it to anywhere. Not my home address, not my work address...so I gave up on that.  Maybe I should try again, or maybe I should suck it up and buy local.

Ours came from eBay out of California but shipping was quick and cheap to our door
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #13334 on: October 03, 2020, 05:45:30 pm »
Put new rotors on Bella's 323i, old ones were rusted to hell... probably due to not being coated & lack of use since COVID hit. Pads were fine, they were only a couple years old, just sanded them down a bit & back in business.



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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #13335 on: October 03, 2020, 08:57:52 pm »
Curious what brand rotors did you put on? They look like Centric or...
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #13336 on: October 03, 2020, 09:40:30 pm »
Quote from: Firm on October 03, 2020, 08:57:52 pm
Curious what brand rotors did you put on? They look like Centric or...
Bingo, Centric coated ones... from Autopartsway.

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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #13337 on: October 03, 2020, 10:31:51 pm »
Quote from: Great_Big_Abyss on October 03, 2020, 11:19:07 am
Quote from: vantage007 on October 03, 2020, 03:20:25 am
Haha. She does not autoX but I’m planning to get her into that as well as going on the big boy track. One of you got it, by the way...

I'm thinking Esprit, then....

OliverD was on the money
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #13338 on: October 03, 2020, 11:24:24 pm »
Quote from: rrocket on October 03, 2020, 05:20:35 pm
Watched it dirve away with the new owner....

The SC?
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #13339 on: October 03, 2020, 11:40:53 pm »
Quote from: JohnnyMac on October 03, 2020, 04:12:24 pm
Quote from: BWII on October 03, 2020, 09:32:11 am
Winter's coming...so I priced out the driveshaft I need for the Fusion to make it AWD again...sheesh.  Over $1000 at the dealer, but my buddy at the parts store says he can get me one for about $650 + tax. I asked, is that the friends and family price?  ;D (are we still friends?  :'() and he's like - yup, list price is $950...!!!  So his price is $300 LESS than if I bought it straight up. 

There was that place on Ebay "out of" Ontario (Taiwan or Philippines or somewhere else in reality) under $400...but dammit if I couldn't get them to ship it to anywhere. Not my home address, not my work address...so I gave up on that.  Maybe I should try again, or maybe I should suck it up and buy local.
Have you tried the wreckers?  I'm sure a used one would be cheaper.

Good luck finding the driveshaft for a Fusion Sport though.  If it's the same as the reg Fusion, sure, probably a few of those, but Sport? Unlikely.  Probably cost more in time and driving around, and also, I'm still getting a used part with who knows how much life left...and last time I wanted something from a wrecker they wanted half of new, eff that.  I'll buy new then.  Fusion Sports are cheap.  Could probably buy a whole working safetied driving parts car for less than a wrecker would want for pieces of one.  :P
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