Auto doe

Ya he showed me that this morning.
Auto and not a real JCW… not that I need another manual car or another car for that matter.

:seriously:

im holding myself accountable, i said somewhere no new cars until 2026.
besides, i need to watch my spending... apparently i got ring pop to buy and a wedding to plan :troll:

Good excuse. :fuckyea:

marriage will be way more expensive than owning several cars :troll: Kappa

nobody likes a quitter

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could put a motor in over weekend - tempting. these are so cool

I was just about to post that, wonder how much a engine is, but I heard minis are a bitch to work on cuz no space, but I guess it doesn't matter cuz you have to take it apart anyways

prob 2-3k? maybe less. spend another 2k on tune up parts/fresh clutch. the more you get w the motor the less needs to be moved over.

the packaging is tight, and TBH i haven't worked on these (my R56 was under warranty for my whole ownership). It's still just big kid lego though. Drop the motor out the bottom, dress up the wrecker block and zip it back in. In theory there's no wiring to do at all.

You should do it!!!
So I’m not tempted to…I mean it doesn’t count as a new car if it doesn’t run.
Also let’s see if he’s willing to play ball.

Is the 2-3k+ another 2k assumption based on DIY? How much labour would I be looking at?

Free, RS engine swap meat at either hobz China sweat shop, you can pull troll face in or donks boomer garage with lift. :pokerface::lawl:

for sure that's DIY numbers. this guying is probably selling because the numbers just don't work at a shop.

what's a shop rate these days? 180/hr? more? i really don't know.

Since I don’t know wtf I’m doing, I’m gonna pass.
Dodged a bullet there.

Treat it like Lego. :troll:

Did any of the M156 AMG cars drive better than the others?
My exp is the E63 drove worse than the later LX/LD Charger/Challenger.

Correct - it's getting expensive again to be a car enthusiast. There was a short amount of time where I stopped wrenching because it was cheap enough to not wrench.. but at $180/hr.. back to DIY-ing.

Do you guys actually pay by the hour? Isn't it by job, coughcashdeal price. I've never had any mechanic quote me by hour. :suspicious:

you've never been to a mechanic that's quoted you book time? :rukidding: the dealer is doing cash deals for you?

every legit mechanic on the planet has an hourly rate posted behind the desk.

i just don't know what it is right now.


honestly sometimes i don't think you even have a car.

He sucks dick for busfare but walks all the way home.

i try to outsource that as much a possible.

How do you think they calculated the job price you’re being told numbnuts?

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Another one, warranty must be up or something, why all of a sudden everyone dumping them

^Warranty on these finished almost 10 years ago :lol