The 250,000 mile Alfa thread

Started by Rupert, June 11, 2013, 11:09:38 PM

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FlatBlackCaddy

#60
June 14, 2013, 07:58:26 AM
Quote from: CALL_911 on June 12, 2013, 11:44:25 PM
No, that honor goes to Nomis. He bought a fucking Elise, dude.

So if i were to possibly be thinking of purchasing a exige.....don't get to attached to the trophy nomis.

MrH

#61
June 14, 2013, 08:12:18 AM
Quote from: FlatBlackCaddy on June 14, 2013, 07:58:26 AM
So if i were to possibly be thinking of purchasing a exige.....don't get to attached to the trophy nomis.

:lol:  You'd have a much better supporting cast too (Evo, Z, and miata).
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Raza

#62
June 14, 2013, 09:03:33 AM
Quote from: Rupert on June 14, 2013, 12:03:10 AM
I dunno... Looking at the SHO engine again, and I'm obviously biased, but I like mine better.

I like the Alfa engine better too. 
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Raza

#63
June 14, 2013, 09:10:10 AM
Quote from: FlatBlackCaddy on June 14, 2013, 07:58:26 AM
So if i were to possibly be thinking of purchasing a exige.....don't get to attached to the trophy nomis.

I'd rather have an Elise than an Exige, personally. 
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Soup DeVille

#64
June 14, 2013, 09:22:40 AM
Quote from: mzziaz on June 14, 2013, 05:13:08 AM
One up him with the C3 Pluriel!

I dont know if I'll be able to convince my boss to let me buy it
Maybe we need to start off small. I mean, they don't let you fuck the glumpers at Glumpees without a level 4 FuckPass, do they?

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Raza

#65
June 14, 2013, 10:56:41 AM
Quote from: Soup DeVille on June 14, 2013, 09:22:40 AM
I dont know if I'll be able to convince my boss to let me buy it

Just steal it and show up to work with it the next day and be like "Oh, no, I got this somewhere else.  What a coincidence."
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cawimmer430

#66
June 14, 2013, 11:52:21 AM
Quote from: Madman on June 12, 2013, 06:49:18 PM


Most epic CarSpin purchase EVER!!!  We salute you, sir!


What about that weirdo who bought a badged engineered Opel Omega? :lol:
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cawimmer430

#67
June 14, 2013, 01:04:09 PM
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Rupert

#68
June 14, 2013, 08:12:42 PM


Two car garage is just barely big enough for two cars! But they look so good in there.
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hotrodalex

#69
June 14, 2013, 08:14:19 PM
Quote from: Rupert on June 14, 2013, 08:12:42 PM


Two car garage is just barely big enough for two cars! But they look so good in there.

Our "two car" garage can only fit two cars if they are both Mini Coopers.

Madman

#70
June 14, 2013, 09:08:22 PM
That garage contains so much awesomeness!  :wub:
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Rupert

#71
June 14, 2013, 09:18:25 PM
:lol:

If I park them both pointing the same direction, you can't get in or out of either car.
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Raza

#72
June 14, 2013, 11:31:18 PM
Your garage opens up to your lawn?
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Rupert

#73
June 15, 2013, 12:14:51 AM
Nope, alleyway.
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Raza

#74
June 15, 2013, 06:28:02 AM
Quote from: Rupert on June 15, 2013, 12:14:51 AM
Nope, alleyway.

There's grass in your alleyway?
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MX793

#75
June 15, 2013, 07:11:40 AM
Quote from: Raza  on June 14, 2013, 11:31:18 PM
Your garage opens up to your lawn?

Looks like a gravel driveway that has some grass/weeds poking up through it.
Needs more Jiggawatts

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Rupert

#76
June 15, 2013, 12:59:18 PM
Quote from: Raza  on June 15, 2013, 06:28:02 AM
There's grass in your alleyway?

There's grass in my gravel driveway. The alley is dirt.
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SVT_Power

#77
June 15, 2013, 01:02:29 PM
That's a pretty ballin' garage

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Rupert

#78
June 15, 2013, 01:32:38 PM
:lol:

Yeah, but just think how much more I would have had to spend in 1992 to get that.
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TBR

#79
June 15, 2013, 04:46:46 PM
Congrats..awesome car.

So is this your DD now or how does that work?

MrH

#80
June 15, 2013, 04:54:39 PM
:golfclap: nice car. You've definitely got the most eclectic garage here.
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Rupert

#81
June 15, 2013, 05:17:34 PM
Quote from: TBR on June 15, 2013, 04:46:46 PM
Congrats..awesome car.

So is this your DD now or how does that work?

Eh, I'll just drive whatever I feel like.
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280Z Turbo

#82
June 15, 2013, 07:04:11 PM
Quote from: Rupert on June 15, 2013, 05:17:34 PM
Eh, I'll just drive whatever I feel like.

He goes to work whenever he feels like, so it works out well.

Laconian

#83
June 15, 2013, 07:05:31 PM
Jalopnik commenters would JITP if you shared this with them. And then they'd be like "but whurrs the diesel shooting brake? U conformist"
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MrH

#84
June 15, 2013, 07:08:07 PM
Quote from: Laconian on June 15, 2013, 07:05:31 PM
Jalopnik commenters would JITP if you shared this with them. And then they'd be like "but whurrs the diesel shooting brake? U conformist"

:lol: +1
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cawimmer430

#85
June 15, 2013, 08:14:00 PM
OMG! So much unreliability in that garage!  :lol: j/k


Nice garage! I wish I had a garage that big!  :rockon:
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MrH

#86
June 15, 2013, 08:15:49 PM
He was saying how small it was :lol:

This is 'murica! Land of the garages
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Laconian

#87
June 15, 2013, 08:39:19 PM
Making up for unreliability by buying another unreliable car.

If the probability of either car being dead at any given time is 50%, then he'll have a working car 75% of the time!
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hotrodalex

#88
June 15, 2013, 08:45:27 PM
Quote from: Laconian on June 15, 2013, 08:39:19 PM
Making up for unreliability by buying another unreliable car.

If the probability of either car being dead at any given time is 50%, then he'll have a working car 75% of the time!

He has an Exploder for the other 25% of the time.

Rupert

#89
June 16, 2013, 12:16:53 AM
Who's afraid of a little unreliability? Pshh...
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