"chilango" (chilango)
07/26/2017 at 08:08 • Filed to: None
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"chilango" (chilango)
07/26/2017 at 08:08 • Filed to: None | 1
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I bought the car i wanted but just couldn’t quite catch, either sold quickly, were overpriced or i was plain broke.
Last Friday i had a FIAT 2000 Spider i had grown quite wheary of... i had enough and posted it for sale/trade on the local groups. A man from Austin offered me a 93 Ranger for it... liked the truck enough i said sure. I called a friend to help me get some items off the car namely a roll bar, wheels, sound system. Saturday came around and i was fiddling on CL and found a Sentra SE-R (automatic too!) in the DFW area for cheap. I showed it to my friend.
I called the guy and he said he had to sell it bc his apartment complex was insufferable about it... i had a lightbulb moment. Sell that truck and drive upstate to pick up the car. FIAT guy came by and brought the truck... it was alright, it had 2wd, manual trans, 2.3 4 cylinder engine. I let him look around to check out the car... 20 minutes later we swapped titles and i posted the truck on CL and deleted the Spider post.
Bye Spider
The truck was neat! Trans was a bit dodgey but otherwise ran and presented well.
I called the owner of the Nissan to ask him if he could hold the car for me until Monday while i sold the truck on Sunday. He agreed, he had been fielding calls from junk car buyers and wasnt having it. I posted the ol truck for 1700 with L O W B A L L E R S W E L C O M E and PRICE NEGOTIABLE prominently displayed. A friend of mine called almost immediately....i thought he was kidding. He wasn’t. I let the truck go that afternoon for 1000. I called the Sentra seller and told him i was picking it up there and called my job and asked for a day off, it was granted.
Monday Morning...
I called my friend early. Where he works (tree climber) it depends if his boss needs him that day... he didnt. I asked him if he could help me pick the car up. He said yes. No bus ride for me... (backup plan). We packed the daily with spare tires,0 jack, tow straps wrenches and drills and set off. Half way there we stopped for gas and i left the AC on and drained my battery... 30 minutes later we were on the move, later we met with the owner in a Mall.
The car looked more run down in the ad. I fell in love w/ it immediately... like seeing my old first car.
Here, pulling his truck out of a ditch.
I test drove it quickly but gingerly around the mall, i was smitten... I handed him the cash and i was handed a folder with a bunch of papers, turns out the car was in his wifes family since new and those were service records. There were extra parts in the trunk and some bits and bobs... we parted ways with the man and drove off.
We stopped to fill up the gas tanks and another (newer) SE-R pulls up. Nice!
The car at speed drove excessively leisurely... any small incline cripples it to 50 mph and only revs up to 4k (someone told me it could be a bad MAF).
Passing slow Chevys...
I took it easy knowing that... and made a beeline straight back to Houston with no incident otherwise. We got back in town around 9 PM, stopped for a late night taco dinner.
It hit the spot...
10 minutes later we were home safely. I was (am still) elated. Today im swinging by the courthouse in the afternoon to get it titled. Ill care for this one better than the old one for sure.
You’re probably lawn furniture by now.
FerioDreams
> chilango
07/26/2017 at 12:08 |
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Came for the tamales plate, stayed for the awesome story! Sounds like a great few days; glad it all worked out!
This made me miss living in Texas, particularly a drive my fiance and I took from McAllen to Houston for a concert....and then the drive back so I could get to work the next day.
CaptDale - is secretly British
> chilango
07/26/2017 at 12:55 |
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Damn I likes that Fiat, but cool story. I know you were unhappy with it so i am glad you’ll have a car you like now.
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chilango
> FerioDreams
07/26/2017 at 13:29 |
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Hehe, yeah! Or in my case an Austin getaway for SXSW. Its something else, this state.
I had never hustled a car like that lol.... i really didnt want to let it fall in the cracks. A lot of things went right and fell into place for me to get it lol...
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chilango
> CaptDale - is secretly British
07/26/2017 at 13:31 |
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Cap the FIAT, its en route to you.
Can i get my Oppo Gold sticker? Hahaha
Yeah, even homeboy was like “you got some weird sentimental attachment to it...if that car shows up in a trailer im dragging you away from it bro”
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CaptDale - is secretly British
> chilango
07/26/2017 at 13:39 |
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I have to receive it to send you your Oppo Gold Member Card.
Lol, that is funny. Your friend obviously does not have your best interest in mind ;)
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chilango
> CaptDale - is secretly British
07/26/2017 at 13:46 |
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He does if its car audio... hes installing my bluetooth head unit, amp and speakers this weekend. I have a laundry list of crap to gef him lolol
My cousins baby daddy is a nigerian prince... he kindly offered to drive your gift to you.
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CaptDale - is secretly British
> chilango
07/26/2017 at 14:37 |
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I want BT in my factory unit damnit
Awesome. Is the trunk filled with his fortune too? Cause that will get you a Premium Gold Membership
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FerioDreams
> chilango
07/26/2017 at 15:02 |
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Yeah, I would have never thought in the moment to suddenly sell the truck I was just about to buy. Haha, I guess when the right car shows up, the mind just goes into overdrive.
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chilango
> CaptDale - is secretly British
07/26/2017 at 15:24 |
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Yeah. He’s hiding it in Como.
Also no! Lol i love my BT Kenwood, i yanked it out of homeboys rekt tahoe before it was towed.
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chilango
> FerioDreams
07/26/2017 at 15:27 |
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I just wanted to make the effort... if i had failed id still have a Ranger. I had nothing to lose. And mind you, my paycheck comes in this week. I brought and bought the car with the Ranger cash lol
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CaptDale - is secretly British
> chilango
07/26/2017 at 16:14 |
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I like my factory head unit. All I want is a aux cord or BT
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chilango
> CaptDale - is secretly British
07/26/2017 at 16:23 |
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Really a cassette to aux adapter is all i need.. no matter how crappy the car is i cam pop by the Dollar store and get one.
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CaptDale - is secretly British
> chilango
07/26/2017 at 16:24 |
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I have a wired FM modulator and I hate it so much
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chilango
> CaptDale - is secretly British
07/26/2017 at 18:15 |
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I did use to hate it too until i got this one... it worked for me beautifully
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CaptDale - is secretly British
> chilango
07/26/2017 at 18:22 |
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There is a guy that I can send my unit off to and he adds a proper wire to the head unit
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chilango
> CaptDale - is secretly British
07/26/2017 at 23:02 |
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That is way better. I just replaced the stereo tonight.
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CaptDale - is secretly British
> chilango
07/27/2017 at 11:44 |
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Nice, how is it?
Also I think you duke got lost there is no Fiat in my drive.
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chilango
> CaptDale - is secretly British
07/27/2017 at 18:10 |
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He should be there already.
Stereo is good, ive had it since the E30, slapped it on the FIAT, swapped it on the truck and yanked it when i sold it, now it sits in the good ol Nissan. The stereo Red came w/ was so, so busted.
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CaptDale - is secretly British
> chilango
07/27/2017 at 18:14 |
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I think that stereo has more miles on it than a lot of cars lol