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Show and Shine / Re: GBA's 2017 PriusPrime (and...
Last post by GreatBigAbyss - Today at 10:07 AMAbout 30lbs. It's full carbon, but those tires aren't light.
Why wouldn't the car handle it? Bikes are light.
Why wouldn't the car handle it? Bikes are light.
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Show and Shine / Re: GBA's 2017 PriusPrime (and...
Last post by RRocket - Today at 07:59 AMQuote from: GreatBigAbyss on Feb 25, 2026, 07:17 PMFatbike matches the Prius quite nicely.
The car handles the tongue weight fine?
What's the bike weigh?
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Show and Shine / Re: GBA's 2017 PriusPrime (and...
Last post by RRocket - Today at 07:58 AMQuote from: dkazzed on Feb 26, 2026, 06:23 PMI've always wanted to try fat biking. I just take my regular bikes out and hope for the best.
You'd totally dig the motorcycle equivalent: Yamaha TW200.
Hysterical. Too much fun.
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Show and Shine / Re: GBA's 2017 PriusPrime (and...
Last post by Bubba - Today at 03:38 AMGreat write-up, GBA.
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Welcome Mat / Re: So anyway...
Last post by blur911 - Today at 12:20 AMWelcome back. I was wondering if you'd find this forum.
I had a 2017 Touareg for a short while, kinda wish I had kept it in some ways. They're good vehicles.
Nice to hear you are back in NB, I might see you there...
I had a 2017 Touareg for a short while, kinda wish I had kept it in some ways. They're good vehicles.
Nice to hear you are back in NB, I might see you there...
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Off-Topic / Re: Things that make you sad, ...
Last post by blur911 - Today at 12:12 AMQuote from: Blueprint on Dec 30, 2025, 11:36 AMPrices have gone up. Our install in 2017 was $1.6+tx, the neighbour's 3 years ago was $2.2k and now it's $2.8k, always for the same 50 gal natural gas unit.
So I'm sad, angry and upset, but looking forward to a long hot shower this afternoon.
I'm sorry you had such crappy luck with it. We recently got lucky, I noticed a slow drip from the drain valve of our 20ish year old natural gas fired 40 gallon water heater. I warned my wife hot water would be down soon, thought we'd have a few days and I could put a pan under the drip...nope, within a few hours it was a fine spray.
I had to find a narrow unit, got a made-in-Canada Giant brand, $1500 plus tax.
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Off-Topic / Re: We bought a beach...and a ...
Last post by blur911 - Feb 27, 2026, 09:46 PMSo, design us a cottage.
We have a bit of a change of sequence of the development. We now want a small cottage first, as near the beach as possible, which is about 300 feet past where we want the 'bigger'cottage and garage.
We think 16'x28', maybe 30', with a loft over half of it, is a good size. I've seen a lot of floorplans, none of which work overall, but we can take parts of them and piece something together.
This is about closest so far; https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/1537728379/16x28-modern-cabin-house-plans-tiny
...but with a bit more roof pitch and less windows, etc.
We have a bit of a change of sequence of the development. We now want a small cottage first, as near the beach as possible, which is about 300 feet past where we want the 'bigger'cottage and garage.
We think 16'x28', maybe 30', with a loft over half of it, is a good size. I've seen a lot of floorplans, none of which work overall, but we can take parts of them and piece something together.
This is about closest so far; https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/1537728379/16x28-modern-cabin-house-plans-tiny
...but with a bit more roof pitch and less windows, etc.
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Show and Shine / Re: The Not So 'Cherry' 81 380...
Last post by RRocket - Feb 27, 2026, 05:16 PMQuote from: Firm on Feb 27, 2026, 10:09 AM. Just a lot of heavy work to pull the complete engine out of a car in the yard and then swap it into my car.
Engine pulls in the front yard?
That's full hillbilly! You're assimilating nicely! LOL 😆
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Show and Shine / Re: The Not So 'Cherry' 81 380...
Last post by Johnnymac - Feb 27, 2026, 12:06 PMQuote from: Firm on Feb 27, 2026, 10:09 AMYeah, I am not into LS swapping it, if you need an LS there are plenty of Corvettes, Camaros & Firebirds available cheap that were designed and engineered for the LS.Yeah it would be a lot of work for sure, but it would also keep such a great example on the road and from your previous comments I feel like that is something you value to a degree. Of course you wouldn't do this for charity and lose a bunch of money, but I think it would end up being a decent investment of your time and energy.
Oddly, my local U-Pull has a 380SL, I stopped in yesterday and it does have a complete motor in it. No telling whether it's good or not, but I could pull the valve covers on it and inspect it as well. $500 for the engine, so that's another option as well. Just a lot of heavy work to pull the complete engine out of a car in the yard and then swap it into my car.
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Show and Shine / Re: The Not So 'Cherry' 81 380...
Last post by Blueprint - Feb 27, 2026, 11:35 AMQuote from: Firm on Feb 27, 2026, 11:06 AMlol, yeah, I didn't even think to check those. I also forgot to check the exhaust on the parts car, mine is junk from the cat-back, would be nice if the parts car had a good exhaust system I could grab, doubtful though.
You never know! Tricky extracting conditions though...
Found this period review: https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/a63374185/1985-mercedes-benz-380sl-archive-test/