Thread: Cars Cars Cars

Originally Posted by rey_1178

for your tenants? hey man, you got room there for 2 more

No thankfully! My 2 houses and 4 apartments have been full for the last 3 years. I guess I'm not such an A hole after all.
Never had much trouble with rent either. Sometimes a couple are late but never more then like 10 days. So I don't complain at all. Times are tough if they needed to skip a month ,I would let everyone of them. I just won't tell them that . Not just Yet!

Originally Posted by Hemi 6.1

No thankfully! My 2 houses and 4 apartments have been full for the last 3 years. I guess I'm not such an A hole after all.

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I dunno, you do drive a Hemi. <bg>

I kinda like my 2002 Z28 with the LS1:-)

Speaking of rentals, I know this is completely off topic. I have a little 1 bedroom rental just on the city limits of Charlotte NC. I live exactly 150 miles door to door. The old girl renting my little house sent me a bad check in Nov., she took care of it the 1st week of Dec., not counting bad check fee. I asked her how she was going to pay for Dec. She told me she would not have it until the Friday after Christmas, I said OK that was fine. Well that date came and went, tried calling and leaving voice mails the 1st week of Jan, no returned calls after a week. I was left no choice but to file papers with courthouse. She finally called me back after she was served papers to appear in court. Now at this point she owes me a bad check fee for Nov, & rent for Dec, Jan & court fees. Being the type of person I am, I proposed to lower her rent $40.00 if she paid me bad check fee, Dec & Jan rent, & court fee before we were to appear in court, I stated that I would drop everything if she complied. Well she did comply and I collected everything she owed me. Well I'm lying she was $6.00 short, but we called it even. I inspected my little house and everything looked pretty good, not nasty or grimy. I even proposed helping her get set up on some type of housing assistance, which drew a very positive response. I am new to being a landlord and am learning as I go. I did not charge her for everything I could have, no sense in being a complete ass about it. I had family members telling me to do this and that, but until your put into that kind of situation it is hard making decisions that affect someone else life.

Originally Posted by Hemi 6.1

I guess you like 325 HP better then 425 hp.

Sometimes it isn't about how much power you have, but how you put it down.

From Car and Driver a BMW 135 with just 300 hp can do 0-60 in 4.7 and 13.3 @ 106 mph quarter mile vs 4.8 0-60 and 13.3 @ 108 mph quarter mile for a Dodge Challenger SRT 8 and the 135 will run circles around the Dodge on a road course track. For example in Car and Driver's Lighting Lap the 135 did the lap in 3:13/78.3 mph versus 3:16.3/77 mph for the Dodge.

Hey where is my car war zone?

Originally Posted by uncrules

Sometimes it isn't about how much power you have, but how you put it down.

From Car and Driver a BMW 135 with just 300 hp can do 0-60 in 4.7 and 13.3 @ 106 mph quarter mile vs 4.8 0-60 and 13.3 @ 108 mph quarter mile for a Dodge Challenger SRT 8 and the 135 will run circles around the Dodge on a road course track. For example in Car and Driver's Lighting Lap the 135 did the lap in 3:13/78.3 mph versus 3:16.3/77 mph for the Dodge.

Hey where is my car war zone?

You know that is a GREAT idea for another subforum along the lines of whats cooking!!! I would be in it for sure

Yeah, it is how it is put down, weight, tires, gearing, ect... much more goes into a fast car and the numbers it can put out than simple horsepower ratings

Recently I had to buy a newer car since California added more smog tests that my old car could not pass. i just could not justify spending $500 on a car I paid $1500 for 5 years ago. So I have to cut expenses to cover some of the car payment. I dropped my XM radio sub on my work truck saving me $13 a month and I am considering dropping D in August when my contract is out . This will save me $83. I am thinking of getting an HD Tivo with lifetime service and a Netflix account for Blu-ray and streaming at a cost of $10 a month. With the XM and D going I would save $86 dollars a month and maybe I would get back to reading more instead of being a TV addict. The increases are pushing me closer to doing this.

Originally Posted by uncrules

Sometimes it isn't about how much power you have, but how you put it down.

From Car and Driver a BMW 135 with just 300 hp can do 0-60 in 4.7 and 13.3 @ 106 mph quarter mile vs 4.8 0-60 and 13.3 @ 108 mph quarter mile for a Dodge Challenger SRT 8 and the 135 will run circles around the Dodge on a road course track. For example in Car and Driver's Lighting Lap the 135 did the lap in 3:13/78.3 mph versus 3:16.3/77 mph for the Dodge.

Hey where is my car war zone?

I got one Question . Whats the price tag on that beemer???

Originally Posted by Hemi 6.1

I got one Question . Whats the price tag on that beemer???

Starts at $35,000 the dodge starts at around $42,000 Personally, I would choose the Challenger in a heartbeat.

Edit: I had the 08 price for the SRT8 oops

Originally Posted by Hemi 6.1

I got one Question . Whats the price tag on that beemer???

Base price of the 135 is $35,850 which brings all of that performance. Options are for none powertrain stuff.

Base price of the Dodge Challenger SRT 8 is $42,245

And the 135 gets 3 mpg better gas mileage

Hmmm... better performance, better handling, better millage and cheaper price....