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Ad gone! What did I miss?

I missed it. Someone posted it on a community FB page, and a CVT reporter saw it and asked if he could shoot some video of it.

Was it on during the weather forecast?

It is shrinking fast! ...

I rode in an older 6-cyl 911 years ago. I remember the engine was loud and sounded like a garbage truck. But my biggest memory was the BRAKES. Holy carp that thing could stop fast!

Anyone have any experience with 6-cyl Porsche boxer engines?

One U.S. reviewer early on commented that the Mirage triple sounds like half a boxer 6.

The entertaining saga/succession of ItsChad's s#!7box cars continues!

Welcome back.

My grandfather was a frugal and successful farmer who worked his way up the General Motors brand ladder...

Funny.

Good point, too. I'd bet money that synchro wear/failure gets more common with higher latitude.

Nice.

A Ford Model T would also be good, but even harder to make than a Daf.

The good thing about the Bug that makes it appropriate for snow: it's igloo-shaped. :-D

Artist is too strong a word I think. I was just copying (trying to) from some diagrams I found online. More of a technical exercise?

It sure does make people happy though. Lots of picture...

Updated thread title:

"Manual transmissions die too (or are killed)"

White car - it's synchros:

I can understand bad drivers murdering clutches and wearing out synchros.

But I'm thinking they wouldn't advertise a car that needs a clutch as needing a "transmission replacement" like the white...

Nice pics. Stark beauty.

Not the default images that come to mind when you think about beach visits.

Yeah, it'd be helpful to know exactly what failed in them to warrant replacement.

I've bought manual cars with worn out synchros, but you could deal with that by careful (unhurried) shifting or...

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I have an e-mail alert for Mirages for sale under $4k within 500 km (300 mi.) of here.

The above ad is for a base 2015 with a busted manual transmission. (Also it has 200k km / 120k...

Remember that purple scratch 'n' dent special 2015 in Quebec that was last advertised at $2400? (So sad it was so far away):

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It's baa-aaaaaaack!

I'm 100% certain this is the...

Not contributing anything useful here, but ...

If you don't like the Mirage's wiper "bend", you'll really not like what they did on the USDM iMiev!


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Fantastic!

One old-timer who stopped to chat while I was snow-carving said he had a late 50's vintage that had semaphore/wigwags on the B pillars for turn signals.

He said his engine HP was...

Cool! I would do that.

Details?? How long have you had it? Restoration?

You had a SuperBeetle??

Doing this actually made me want a classic Bug (again)... I actually did a search of local ads. :D Looks like you can get a pretty good one for about the price of a new...

Welcome Dweeker!



That is just too funny. I would love to see the reaction if you were to make such an announcement on just about any car blog/review site. You would literally cause heads to...

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Thanks, foama!

Be sure to bump this thread when you post the video.

Not to discourage people with YT accounts from subscribing to your channel!

That looks like a ton of fun.

Agreed: it will remain just a dream.

* ... and all I had to do was dig & scrape snow for a few hours...

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Scale is 1:1.