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Canada / Re: Some asshat stole my Oldsmobile

« on: May 11 2017, 05:41:51 PM »

Picked her up this morning from the cops. Covered in finger print dust, but no prints lifted. Came with two packs of smokes (with finger print dust) and $7.35 in change on the floor.

The passenger side door lock was punched and twisted and the steering column is fucked.

Shes in my drive way and I have disabled her. Have to get some parts to get her back on the road.

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Canada / Re: Some asshat stole my Oldsmobile

« on: May 11 2017, 08:18:56 AM »

The "street sweeper" in Toronto found my car in north Scarborough.  The street sweeper is a car with cameras on the roof that reads plates on parked cars and checks if they are stolen.  It is run by Parking Enforcement in the City.


The Police Officer I spoke with said the car had no damaged, we shall see.


They are finger printing it and once they have finished I get my car back.




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Canada / Re: Some asshat stole my Oldsmobile

« on: May 01 2017, 09:12:48 PM »

I figure it was a scrap metal guy.  They are always in the neighbourhood, $350 in scrap is what it is.  The car really has little to no value to the insurance company.  I am installing cameras tomorrow and my front yard is as bright as a baseball diamond at night now.  Drove around to some body shops and auto repair shops in the area to no avail. Standard auto is still closed re the fire.  Will try some places in Ajax tomorrow.  Fairly certain she has been crushed by now.

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Canada / Re: Some asshat stole my Oldsmobile

« on: May 01 2017, 04:16:31 PM »

Spent 2 hrs at the mto trying to cancel my plates this am. What a gong show. It is reported to the police.  Can't get hagerty on an 89 Olds 98. Too many produced according to them. Drove around auto shops and wreckers today. No luck. I am guessing the took it for $350 in scrap. Figures just got her they way I wanted and blamo.  Spent the afternoon installing motion sensing flood light.  Researching wireless camera systems.

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Canada / Some asshat stole my Oldsmobile

« on: April 30 2017, 10:45:02 PM »

I had a lovely winter beater 89 'Olds 98 Regency.  Solid car (for salty Ontario) and it was extremely reliable.  That 3800 was a pillar of reliability, never let me down.  Only had 150 000 kms.  I just rebuilt the front end suspension and some asshat stole her out of my driveway last night.  She was locked and I had my Caddy blocking the end of the driveway.  Well on the bright side they didn't tear up the lawn. 


Since you cannot get agreed value on a 4 door Olds in Ontario (damn gov't) I may owe the insurance company.... sarcasm!!!

That car was a great car


sooo pissed off

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General Buick Tech / Re: 1987 GN Pricing

« on: February 09 2017, 12:31:30 PM »

That's cool! Canadian style Monroney sticker!

Actually it is a carbon copy of the bill of sale from the dealer.  Monroney stickers from Canadian cars of the era seem to be hard to come by.  Most of the cars sold here were dealer preped and the window stickers are long gone.

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General Buick Tech / Re: 1987 GN Pricing

« on: February 09 2017, 12:27:17 PM »

This is Merica! Speak Merican!

Looks like I have been Trumped!!!! 

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General Buick Tech / Re: 1987 GN Pricing

« on: February 09 2017, 11:10:17 AM »

The dealer gave the original owner a $2467.38 discount.  I do not have the window sticker.  The price of the options on the dealer sheet are the Canadian $ list price of the the options on the car.

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General Buick Tech / Re: 1987 GN Pricing

« on: February 09 2017, 10:04:59 AM »

Although not an 87 GN


The Limited was $23 467.38 in 1987

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IHADAV8 Playground / Re: Canadian Border Crossing

« on: November 16 2016, 10:49:48 AM »

Funny how none of them movie star types want to head to Mexico......

We have far too many pinkos here as it is.

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IHADAV8 Playground / Re: The Official IHADAV8 Joke Thread!

« on: April 20 2016, 08:37:45 AM »

Nine important facts to remember as we grow older:
#9 Death is the number 1 killer in the world.
#8 Life is sexually transmitted.
[/size]#7 Good health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die.
[/size]#6 Men have 2 motivations: hunger and sex, and they can't tell them apart. If you see a gleam in his eyes, make him a sandwich.
[/size]#5 Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day. Teach a person to use the Internet and they won't bother you for weeks, months, maybe years.
[/size]#4 Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in the hospital, dying of nothing.
[/size]#3 All of us could take a lesson from the weather. It pays no attention to criticism.
[/size]#2 In the 60's, people took acid to make the world weird. Now the world is weird, and people take Prozac to make it normal.
[/size]#1 Life is like a jar of jalapeno peppers. What you do today may burn your ass tomorrow.

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IHADAV8 Playground / Re: Things Mechanics see..

« on: February 10 2016, 09:42:43 AM »

Makes noise, no oil pressure....

That's one way to undercoat your vehicle.... wont rust but I doubt she'll run long 

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IHADAV8 Playground / Re: Low milage GN?

« on: December 13 2015, 10:30:06 AM »

I've never understood buying a TR...and not driving it. I get people at the track saying how nice it is watching my car do down the track...and how sad it is that there's so few in existence. I tell them there's shitloads sitting in garages all over Ontario that never see the light of day. They ask why they don't drive them. The answer I give them is that I have no clue...which is the truth.

I've posted on TBS more than once for the GTA guys to hook up at 8am at Tim Hortons in Scarberia on an Armdrop race day. Glen Conroy...who runs Armdrop is a friend of mine...and he also has a Show N Shine as well on race day. I talked to Glen about a separate trophy for the TR guys...and he was all for it. It's a scenic drive on the Apple route and the Wine route to the race. Why the guys don't hop in their cars and come out...baffles me. It's a fun day and they can have their own Show N Shine and watch the racing. Heck...Glen even had truck/tractor pulls at one of the Armdrops last year. God willing I'll be out beating on my POS on April 15th at the first practice.

I would love to drive my Buick all the time.  But the reality is I have responsibiliti es that come first.  I take great care of my Buick and drive it every chance I get.  With a son in Baseball and Hockey as well as a job that has long hours and working weekends I can't just at the drop of a hat jump in the car and log 1000kms.  I drove it down to Ohio this summer for BPG and would love to make it down to Bowling Green.  Everyone who owns one enjoys them.  Because one guy races it every weekend and another has it sit in his garage has no bearing on the passion or the enjoyment the owner gets out of their Turbo Buick.  I love having a quirky Buick that no one knows what it is.  Because I do not drive it often and don't race it does not mean I am not worth of owning it.

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IHADAV8 Playground / Re: Your Father's Oldsmobile if you're my age (Shy of 40)

« on: June 30 2015, 09:11:04 PM »

...I know there is a ton on there now... guess Motorweek uploaded a bunch before all the tapes turned to dust.  The K-Car wagon one was funny. 

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IHADAV8 Playground / Your Father's Oldsmobile if you're my age (Shy of 40)

« on: June 28 2015, 10:54:08 PM »

...although being Canadian my old man had an '84 Parisienne Wagon


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEqse_Vg_Js