Vince Goodrum's "Fuck That Shit, I Got A Better Idea" Threads

[Palumboism]

Car Auctions are for profit..that's where used car dealers go to get their stuff.  There's always a fight for a vehicle that can make money.  So yes, I did have to fight for this

That wasn't a dealers auction.  If it was, you would need a dealers license to get in.  You might want to consider getting a whole sale dealers license.  They're easy to get and it would allow you to go to the better auctions.  Most states allow anyone to sell four cars a year.


One owner car guy at a dealers auction in San Diego.  He specializes in late model mint condition Mercedes S Class.  

[Vince G, CSN MFT]

That wasn't a dealers auction.  If it was, you would need a dealers license to get in.  You might want to consider getting a whole sale dealers license.  They're easy to get and it would allow you to go to the better auctions.  Most states allow anyone to sell four cars a year.


One owner car guy at a dealers auction in San Diego.  He specializes in late model mint condition Mercedes S Class.  

Individuals can bid at Whitey's...you just have to put down a deposit of 500 dollars.  This should help you out a bit....

http://whiteysautoauction.net/6143.html

[Dave D]

Car Auctions are for profit..that's where used car dealers go to get their stuff.  There's always a fight for a vehicle that can make money.  So yes, I did have to fight for this

That wasn't a dealers auction.  If it was, you would need a dealers license to get in.  You might want to consider getting a whole sale dealers license.  They're easy to get and it would allow you to go to the better auctions.  Most states allow anyone to sell four cars a year.


One owner car guy at a dealers auction in San Diego.  He specializes in late model mint condition Mercedes S Class.  

I'm assuming it was a public auction if it was at 6 at night.  Any ddealers auction I've visited were during the day, but the states could vary.

I didn't say others weren't interested I meant it wasnt that dramatic of a bid if you got away that easily, new engine and transmission should have been advertised, which is scary/warning  to many dealers.  You got a great deal.

[Palumboism]

Individuals can bid at Whitey's...you just have to put down a deposit of 500 dollars.  This should help you out a bit....

http://whiteysautoauction.net/6143.html

Whitey's isn't in the same league as Manheim. 



Real dealers auctions have row upon row of three year old luxury cars just off lease.

[Vince G, CSN MFT]

I had a Warn 9000 on my Wrangler.  Thing was so much fun to mess around with and got me out of some sticky situations.  That 4.0 can easily be made into a beast.  

http://www.fourwheeler.com/how-to/engine/154-1107-20hp-20lbft-for-your-jeep-4l-engine/

Christian Hazel
Editor, Petersen’s 4-Wheel & Off-Road

The ubiquitous Chrysler 4.0L inline-six was (and is) perhaps one of the best engines ever offered in a 4x4.



This will get you started and all are not expensive at all.  First thing though, get a K&N Air Filter.  That 4.0 breathes well and with the K&N it breathes really well and is a huge difference right off the bat.  

Yea, you know I hate to say this but it seems as though people in America are becoming more and more sheeple every day.  Leasing a car is the dumbest things ever.  You make a down payment for 2000 bucks, pay 220 a month for 36 months, assume responsibility for any damage, add extra money for collision insurance have a limit on how many miles you can drive per year on it.......only to turn it back in for nothing in return other than chucking down another 2000 bucks....and this is for a fucking Prius, a crappy car that will fold up in an accident only driven because "you care about the enviroment" when in fact you're the actual cause of more vehicles to be built thus more waste.  

Prius consumes more energy in lifetime than Cherokee
http://grist.org/article/the-prius-snob-strikes-back/

This is exactly one of the reasons why I created this threads....to show Getbiggers that they don't have to "fall in line" and be a slave  OlympiaGym thinks he's right but if he actually had any real thought he might be able to better his life.  Here's the deal:  I bought a Jeep Cherokee at auction for 1000 dollars, with title, paperwork, and taxes it was 1125.  I pay an extra 5 bucks a month on my insurance, I don't need collision because its paid off and its 1125.00....who the hell cares.  Its got an airbag but more importantly, its made from American Steel, not cheap fiberglass.  I'm not a "registered driver", I am the OWNER.  I can drive as far as I want and go where I want.  I can also do what I want with my Jeep...I can paint it, customize it, add options whereas the only thing you can do is RETURN IT.  

Geez.

[Primemuscle]

They probably just hide their utter contempt for you better than I do...

It's interesting that you expend so much time expressing your feelings about me. It boarders on an obsession. Just so you know, you are nothing more than a speck in my universe.

[Simple Simon]

Another reason why build quality and quality control will continue to degrade and suck.  They know people will line up for leases, so why bother making quality anymore?  Just design it cheap to be replaced with cheap parts so the temporary driver can chuck the keys whenever something goes wrong (you are expecting it anyways).

Same thing happening with housing and everything else.  Standards are dropping, people don't have pride in ownership of anything anymore so why bother to build anything of quality?  Society will get what it deserves.

a new car every two years.

[Simple Simon]

I read that the UK is in bad shape as their society is changing.  You guys should be outraged actually.  Read this just the other day:

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/aug/02/home-ownership-in-england-at-lowest-level-in-30-years-as-housing-crisis-grows

 Home ownership in England at lowest level in 30 years as housing crisis grows

Calls for government to build more homes as growing gap between earnings and house prices sees ownership fall across the country and people forced to rent

Monday 1 August 2016 19.01 EDT
Last modified on Tuesday 2 August 2016 12.50 EDT

   

Home ownership in England has fallen to its lowest level in 30 years as the growing gap between earnings and property prices has created a housing crisis that extends beyond London to cities including Manchester.

The struggle to get on the housing ladder is not just a feature of the London property market, according to a new report by the Resolution Foundation thinktank, with Greater Manchester seeing as big a slump in ownership since its peak in the early 2000s as parts of the capital, and cities in Yorkshire and the West Midlands also seeing sharp drops.
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Home ownership across England reached a peak in April 2003, when 71% of households owned their home, either outright or with a mortgage, but by February this year the figure had fallen to 64%, the Resolution Foundation said.

The figure is the lowest since 1986, when home ownership levels were on the way up, with a housing market boom fuelled by the deregulation of the mortgage industry and the introduction of the right-to-buy policy for council homes by Margaret Thatcher’s Conservative government.

The Resolution Foundation’s analysis highlights the scale of the job faced by the prime minister, Theresa May, who has pledged to tackle the housing deficit. May warned last month that unless the issue was dealt with “young people will find it even harder to afford their own home. The divide between those who inherit wealth and those who don’t will become more pronounced. And more and more of the country’s money will go into expensive housing.”

The report, based on analysis of the latest Labour Force Survey, showed that in early 2016 only 58% of households in Greater Manchester were homeowners, compared with a peak of 72% in 2003. In outer London, the peak in ownership came earlier, in 2000, but the fall was also from 72% then to 58% in February. The West Midlands and Yorkshire have also seen double-digit drops, driven by declines in Sheffield and Leeds.

Stephen Clarke, policy analyst at the Resolution Foundation, said: “London has a well-known and fully blown housing crisis but the struggle to buy a home is just as big a problem in cities across the north of England.”
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In the early years of the millennium, homeownership levels rose as buyers able to take out mortgages with no deposit scrambled to get on the ladder before prices became unaffordable. At that point the average cost of a UK property was £122,748 and growing at a rate of 20% a year, according to Nationwide Building Society, and banks and building societies were keen to lend.

But numbers started to drop as properties became less affordable and the downward trend continued as the housing market crashed after the credit crunch in 2008. The return of mortgages for borrowers with small deposits has brought first-time buyers back to the market, but the analysis underlines how great the struggle is to meet today’s new high house prices. According to Nationwide, the UK average had risen to £196,930 in February – a 60% increase in 13 years.

Lindsay Judge, an expert on housing at the thinktank, said the problem was one of affordability. “House prices began to outpace earnings in the early 2000s,” Judge said. “When the market fell so did earnings – house prices began to come down but so did people’s pay, or it was stagnating at best, so few people were able to make the most of falling prices.”

The analysis showed that across England levels of private renting almost doubled from 11% in 2003 to 19% in 2015, while in Greater Manchester the figure more than trebled, from 6% to 20%.

The Resolution Foundation said this shift in tenure could mean problems in the future, as individuals would need to find a way of funding their housing in retirement, or may need to turn to the benefits system for help. Clarke said: “The shift to renting privately can reduce current living standards and future wealth, with implications for individuals and the state. We cannot allow other cities to edge towards the kind of housing crisis that London has been saddled with.”

Anne Baxendale, head of policy and public affairs at the housing charity Shelter, said house prices were now “completely out of step with average wages”.

She added: “Sky-high rents are leaving many families struggling to make ends meet each month, let alone save up enough for the deposit on a home. Far from being the stepping stone it once was, many young people and families are now facing a lifetime stuck in expensive and unstable private renting.

“The new government has a real chance to give hope back to these families by tackling the root cause of the housing crisis and building genuinely affordable homes that people on ordinary incomes can actually afford to rent or buy.”

Dan Wilson-Craw, policy manager at the campaign group Generation Rent, said saving up for a deposit was becoming harder for would-be homeowners, especially those in insecure work. “Renting in the private sector is the only option for many, and 12-month contracts mean their homes are insecure too,” he said. “Everyone needs a stable home, whether or not they can afford to buy, so the government must look at reforming tenancy law.”

Grahame Morris, Labour’s shadow secretary of state for communities, said the research showed the government had failed to deliver on its promise to build homes. “Building more homes is part of the solution that involves increasing the housing mix we need to deal with the chronic housing crisis we face today,” he said. “The report highlights that we have the lowest level of new builds for generations. At the same time more and more people are being forced into the private rented sector, paying higher rents with little protection from unscrupulous landlords.”

The Department for Communities and Local Government said more than 300,000 people had been helped into homeownership through government-backed schemes since 2010.

“On top of this, latest figures show that for the first time in 20 years, first-time buyers have borrowed more than home movers,” a spokesman said. “However, we know there is more to do, which is why we’ve set out the most ambitious vision for housing in a generation, including delivering hundreds of thousands of homes exclusively for first-time buyers.”

Doesnt effect me, I have a good job, house and money.
Like you, well, apart from the job bit.

[Tapeworm]

Whitey's isn't in the same league as Manheim.  



Real dealers auctions have row upon row of three year old luxury cars just off lease.

Didn't know they were global.  That's where I got my backhoe and screw compressor, which I'm happy with.

They're the only auctioneer I know that haggles with the winner every time tho.  Every single time.  I've offered $50 for stuff that has gone unsold over several auctions and would be decent for projects/ workshop stock, no other bids, zero interest, and they've come back saying the vendor wants $800 but might take $600, etc.    I'm not your fish.  I'll give you the $50 which is more than anyone else has offered in the last 3 months.  "We'll get back to you, ok?"  No.  I'm here now.  It's either going on the truck or it's not.  It's crap that no one cares about.  I don't care enough to give you more than $50.  I'm not making another trip for it.  U want it out of your yard or not?

[denarii]

http://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-sale/vehicledetails.xhtml?zip=30303&endYear=2017&vehicleStyleCodes=AWD4WD&showcaseOwnerId=670995&startYear=1981&firstRecord=0&searchRadius=25&maxPrice=2000&listingId=423578631&Log=0

$2000 for a Mercedes SUV. If you offered $1750 and then spent $2k fixing up wear and tear you would have a great car for a few K.

[Palumboism]

Didn't know they were global.  That's where I got my backhoe and screw compressor, which I'm happy with.

They're the only auctioneer I know that haggles with the winner every time tho.  Every single time.  I've offered $50 for stuff that has gone unsold over several auctions and would be decent for projects/ workshop stock, no other bids, zero interest, and they've come back saying the vendor wants $800 but might take $600, etc.    I'm not your fish.  I'll give you the $50 which is more than anyone else has offered in the last 3 months.  "We'll get back to you, ok?"  No.  I'm here now.  It's either going on the truck or it's not.  It's crap that no one cares about.  I don't care enough to give you more than $50.  I'm not making another trip for it.  U want it out of your yard or not?

They sold 7 million cars last year at 122 locations. 

What do you use the equipment you bought for?  I'm assuming you have a construction business.

[Irongrip400]

They sold 7 million cars last year at 122 locations. 

What do you use the equipment you bought for?  I'm assuming you have a construction business.

X2?

[Walter Sobchak]

It's interesting that you expend so much time expressing your feelings about me. It boarders on an obsession. Just so you know, you are nothing more than a speck in my universe.

You have no universe, you senile old spermburper. You have a shitty shut-in life, a queerbait Mazda teenage girls car, and ruining threads on Getbig....that is your life.

In that miserable existence you should be fucking grateful for the absolute hate and contempt I have for you and your lame trolling for cock/attention in every thread.

[Tapeworm]

They sold 7 million cars last year at 122 locations. 

What do you use the equipment you bought for?  I'm assuming you have a construction business.

Yeah, construction guy.  Would like to find time to set up for shotcreting and spraying stucco with the compressor.  Haven't found the time to do much contracting with the backhoe either but it's easy to come by in my area.  It was the right machine (295 hours on the clock) for the right money on the day, and I'd be lucky to get site prep works done by a contractor for what I bought it for, never mind septics, footings, services trenching, landscaping, etc.  I'm rural with very dry summers so will probably dig in and cast a 100,000 gallon concrete rainwater tank as well.

[Vince G, CSN MFT]

I'll be picking up the Jeep tomorrow from the shop.  Had to have the entire ignition assembly replaced along with getting refilling the air conditioner with freon.  Next, I'll be working on the interior by replacing the armrest console leather, putting in a new headliner, and getting it nice and clean.

[Grape Ape]

Real dealers auctions have row upon row of three year old luxury cars just off lease.

That's how I got my car - bought one right off lease with high mileage and perfect body / interior.   3 years of low mileage driving has now had it "caught" up and it's low mileage for the years.

Saved 25 grand off the new price.

[BIG ACH]

There was a time I owned a Jeep, was lots of fun until 95,000 miles when it became a money pit!

[Vince G, CSN MFT]

Door panels are in, the windows were modified to be electric so I cleaned that up.  Gorilla tape is on the armrest console until I get a cover for it.  Vehicle is cleaned, put on Armor-All and cleaned the dashboard.  Have to wait on the headliner but the vehicle looks a hell of a lot better.  Got to do some rewiring as I'm putting in some electronics I have lying around from another project

[JackScribber]

Door panels are in, the windows were modified to be electric so I cleaned that up.  Gorilla tape is on the armrest console until I get a cover for it.  Vehicle is cleaned, put on Armor-All and cleaned the dashboard.  Have to wait on the headliner but the vehicle looks a hell of a lot better.  Got to do some rewiring as I'm putting in some electronics I have lying around from another project

Thanks for the update Vince. Been wondering the whole day what's been going on in your life. Be sure to update all your 'social media' accounts to let everyone know 

[NaturalWonder83]

I'll be picking up the Jeep tomorrow from the shop.  Had to have the entire ignition assembly replaced along with getting refilling the air conditioner with freon.  Next, I'll be working on the interior by replacing the armrest console leather, putting in a new headliner, and getting it nice and clean.

i hope a mouse builds a nest in your engine and destroys you piece of shit new car
No one is happy for u

[Vince G, CSN MFT]

Interior is almost done.  Took a few hours to clean all that grime from the seats and floor

[NaturalWonder83]

Looks like a fucking pile of shit and looks like they ripped you off
I hope you have nothing but horrible luck with your new car

[Dave D]

Vince when you had the windows wired did you have switches on each door or just a single toggle in the center console?

[Vince G, CSN MFT]

Vince when you had the windows wired did you have switches on each door or just a single toggle in the center console?

Its a single toggle on the center console.  I wish the previous owner just left the windows hand cranks on the front.  No reason whatsoever for the modification.  I am going to install a bluetooth diagnostic box that will be monitored by my android tablet.  I have an aftermarket stereo system in it with a USB port but I need to check it for bluetooth today or find a solution for it so I can play Pandora while I'm driving.   

[Dave D]

Its a single toggle on the center console.  I wish the previous owner just left the windows hand cranks on the front.  No reason whatsoever for the modification.  I am going to install a bluetooth diagnostic box that will be monitored by my android tablet.  I have an aftermarket stereo system in it with a USB port but I need to check it for bluetooth today or find a solution for it so I can play Pandora while I'm driving.   

Idk what that is,  if you have a USB port wouldn't you also have an auxiliary jack?For music that's better than Bluetooth.