11-19-2020, 01:02 PM
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#941
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Calgary
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Your best bet is to comb the Audi forums for builds to copy. Otherwise it's a bunch of trial and error while you prove out the combinations of parts and permanent modifications.
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11-19-2020, 01:20 PM
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#942
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My face is a bum!
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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
I'm actually not joking.
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Part of me respects you. Part of me wants to fight you.
IMO, everyone who keeps a B6/7 S4 Avant on the road is doing a service to humanity. I'm just not sure this will count anymore haha.
I think doing it on a car that isn't going to be rare and sought after one day is the right call. I know the S4 will never be as rare and cool as the B7 RS4 which is surely going to be a classic for decades to come, but a manual avant S4 in North America is only a small step down.
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11-19-2020, 01:28 PM
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#943
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by Bill Bumface
I know the S4 will never be as rare and cool as the B7 RS4 which is surely going to be a classic for decades to come, but a manual avant S4 in North America is only a small step down.
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There's also the point that in 2 years, we'll have reached the 15 year limit on importing non-Canadian market vehicles and I can just have a B7 RS4 avant shipped to me. Which I fully intend on doing.
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11-19-2020, 03:39 PM
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#944
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My face is a bum!
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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
There's also the point that in 2 years, we'll have reached the 15 year limit on importing non-Canadian market vehicles and I can just have a B7 RS4 avant shipped to me. Which I fully intend on doing.
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If you're taking away essentially half of an S4 avant from the system only to replace it with one full RS4 avant, the continent is better off for it. I say go wild, you crazy man!
Also, in for the group buy on RS4 avants.
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11-19-2020, 03:53 PM
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#945
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I've been keeping a close eye on the german equivalents of autotrader and the like for 3 years now, just seeing what prices do, so if you actually do want to get one they can ship ours over together.
My preference is for the White Edition, followed by a sprint blue one, after which I'm pretty agnostic. It has to have the bucket seats. Everything else is negotiable.
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11-19-2020, 05:35 PM
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#946
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My face is a bum!
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I'm definitely at least half serious. Am I interpreting this right though?!
59.999 €
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11-20-2020, 12:13 AM
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#947
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Yes, that one's by far the most expensive one I've seen. I assume they've priced it that way because of the low mileage. Nice examples with under 100,000km are priced at half of that generally.
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11-20-2020, 01:09 AM
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#948
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First Line Centre
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If you are exporting would you be exempt from the VAT? it's usually included in the price and it's a healthy 19%.
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11-20-2020, 09:30 AM
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#949
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by Nufy
Not at all... I am just curious as to the Dealership vs private garage costs.
I accept its gonna cost money and time...
As noted, I would normally do it myself but its not in the cards right now.
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Water Pump, T-stat and Coolant flush replace etc...
$ 709.00 tx incl
A little more that I was expecting but its done now.
Hopefully I get another 100K out of this one.
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11-20-2020, 11:05 AM
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#950
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Originally Posted by speede5
If you are exporting would you be exempt from the VAT? it's usually included in the price and it's a healthy 19%.
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Yup, but in my head I'm leaving it in and assuming transportation and other fees to get it into my garage will ultimately end up costing that much anyway.
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11-21-2020, 01:22 PM
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#951
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by Nufy
Water Pump, T-stat and Coolant flush replace etc...
$ 709.00 tx incl
A little more that I was expecting but its done now.
Hopefully I get another 100K out of this one.
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I wonder if this is the start of my truck dying on me...
All the coolant being sprayed around by the leaking bearing on the water pump has apparently contaminated the bearings on my alternator which is screaming like a banshee now while running...
Any recommendations of getting this resolved ?
I can remove the alternator myself if I need to drop it somewhere...
Thanks.
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11-21-2020, 02:30 PM
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#952
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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
Yup, but in my head I'm leaving it in and assuming transportation and other fees to get it into my garage will ultimately end up costing that much anyway.
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I've been watching them on AutoScout for a few years. They haven't been decreasing in price much. I think a decent edition to your garage, could be had for ~$30CAD.
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11-21-2020, 03:55 PM
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#953
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Coquitlam, BC
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I've been wanting to do some suspension upgrades for my '99 Miata which was 100% stock when I bought it. My current wheels are OEM 14" with 185/60/R14 BFG Sport-S all-season radials.
These are up for sale on Craigslist: https://vancouver.craigslist.org/bnc...228255617.html
The wheels would look awesome with the twilight blue paint and the tires are highly regarded. Is this a good price? Do I need to worry about the slight circumference increase? Would I be stupid not to jump on this?
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11-25-2020, 08:17 AM
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#955
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Franchise Player
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Alternator re-build in Calgary.
Suggestions ?
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11-25-2020, 08:19 AM
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#956
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by Nufy
Alternator re-build in Calgary.
Suggestions ?
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Is that worth doing, vs just buying a rebuilt one, and getting a refund on yours? I think you can just take it to NAPA and do that. I think it would be in the $100-$200 range.
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11-25-2020, 09:12 AM
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#958
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#1 Goaltender
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Originally Posted by Nufy
Alternator re-build in Calgary.
Suggestions ?
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http://www.probuiltalt.ca/
Guys shop is on Ogden rd across from the ADM building.
You’ll get a superior end product from him than a reman, and you support a local independent business vs a Chinese ‘rebuild’. Even if you buy new, even top shelf products are now made overseas. You might save some money from RockAuto, but it’s worth having your OEM product serviced locally.
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11-25-2020, 09:18 AM
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#959
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First Line Centre
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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
Alright guys...
Any ideas on who to talk to to get this done? I'm going to e-mail one guy later today who I think might have some good info.
Not that it'd be quite this extreme, but...
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I have just the guy! And he is a CP'er:
https://forum.calgarypuck.com/showpo...61&postcount=1
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11-25-2020, 09:22 AM
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#960
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Franchise Player
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Hah, honestly, that was a pretty fun project. Maybe I should get him to weigh in. The people I've talked to so far aren't confident that it would work, there's just nothing anyone offers for the car that would do the job, suspension-wise.
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