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Date: Mon, 19 May 2025 17:03:42 -0400
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On 5/18/25 14:10, Alan wrote:
> On 2025-05-18 08:57, Tom Elam wrote:
>> On 3/22/2025 1:18 AM, Alan wrote:
>>> On 2025-03-21 14:14, Tom Elam wrote:
>>>> On 2/26/2025 12:39 PM, Marion wrote:
>>>>> On Wed, 26 Feb 2025 00:24:49 -0000 (UTC), badgolferman wrote :
>>>>>
>>>>>
> 
>>>> That is some kind of twisted logic! Alan does own a BMW. His family
>>>> sold it to him at what he admitted was a sweetheart deal price. It's
>>>> 13 years old now and a 1 series. Before that he had a clapped out
>>>> red Miata. It used to be in his Facebook image.
>>>
>>> It was a good deal, no doubt...
>>>
>>> ...but it was also all that my brother was being offered for it in 
>>> trade.
>>>
>>> As for "clapped out", that Miata was modded and rebuilt with a new 
>>> engine and A/C.
>>>
>>> But then you've never even tried to be honest about anything about 
>>> me, have you?
>>
>> A 25 year old Miata that you fixed up. I'm sure the suspension, 
>> interior, body panels, electricals were all like new.
> 
> Yes, actually. Most of that was like new even when I finally sold it.
> 
> Bodywork repaired and completely repainted.
> 
> <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dpKN8cwazXN422j7GPpM2FZN10LPHYgz/view? 
> usp=share_link>
> 
> 
> 
> New larger, better wheels and tires.
> 
> <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dpKN8cwazXN422j7GPpM2FZN10LPHYgz/view? 
> usp=share_link>
> 
> 
> 
> Marker lights replaced with smoked models, along with new fog lights and 
> all the new wiring to make it happen.
> 
> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1feEroECVBIxhJp8VNVQfUuLZH2_MIzfD/view? 
> usp=share_link
> 
> 
> 
> New, low-profile dual more powerful headlights replacing the original 
> single pop-up headlights.
> 
> (Sorry; don't have a link to a pic of those)
> 
> 
> 
> All new suspension and chassis stiffening.
> 
> <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kjaKp1j7D1qgeobn0F4iOO2j97nCa-Ft/view? 
> usp=share_link>
> 
> That's new coilover shocks from FlyinMiata/AFCO and new suspension arms 
> from V8 Roadsters (along with chassis braces for greater stiffness from 
> FlyinMiata.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Engine replaced and entire dash removed and refreshed to install an A/C 
> system.
> 
> <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PdNw58WoOOwe6D2n1x3RN_018baEk9m7/view? 
> usp=share_link>
> 
> 
> 
> New, better, cloth soft top with glass rear window and defrost.
> 
> <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1C0wNNyYz9lINckjRg3Z5RfOrkzX_7yPz/view? 
> usp=share_link>
> 
> (Oh, and painted the windshield bow and side mirrors in black to create 
> a sleeker silhouette).
> 
> 
> 
> Refreshed, removable hard top.
> 
> <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1C0wNNyYz9lINckjRg3Z5RfOrkzX_7yPz/view? 
> usp=share_link>
> 
> Oh, and along the way, I had a Canadian flag added to the trunk lid!
> 
> <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QgchFTSJSBOj4Zz3X7b8ZUaBvekhnMR3/view? 
> usp=share_link>
> 
> 
> Here's how it looked at the end of all that:
> 
> <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZIw1KVUb7FL6066y3sq_qBLTsSc3h-t3/view? 
> usp=share_link>
> 
> Not to shabby for a 34 year old car, huh?
> 
> So basically, you just ASSumed it was "clapped out", right?

Reminds me about how I added a CarPlay radio and Tommy bitched that it 
had such a tiny screen ... despite how its fitment was a single DIN. 
Seems that he believed that I should have sold the car instead to buy 
another one as the only possibility.

In similar car news, two fun pics:

<https://huntzinger.com/photo/2025/63_Futura.JPG>
<https://huntzinger.com/photo/2025/Cayman_Delivery_Day.jpeg>


> Tell me, Liarboy:
> 
> Are you ever not a HUGE asshole?

"Magic 8 Ball says ..."


-hh