RE: Well it's been, but it's time for it to go

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10-29-2007, 08:23 AM
firefighterjake

RE: Well it's been, but it's time for it to go

After over 100,000 miles and several good years it's time for me to part with my beloved Toyota Celica beater car . . . we've shared some fond memories . . . like having to do four brake jobs on it . . . or having the alternator die leaving me stranded in the "Bermuda-Benton Triangle" before Hiram rescued me . . . or . . . well you get the picture.

In any case, here's the ad in case anyone knows any fool . . . I mean any mechanically gifted optimist who thinks they really want to buy this car. Be forewarned . . . I'm no used car salesman.

FOR SALE. 1990 Toyota Celica Beater/Junker/Clunker. 179,900 miles. Own your very own Maine beater car. Problems? You betcha. Engine burns oil. Interior dash lights no longer functional. Radio doesn't work. Needs front brakes/calipers and possibly rotors. Some rips and missing chunks of foam in driver's seat. Driver's side fender is rusting through. Driver's side and passenger side floor pans need to be replaced to get inspection sticker. Rear trunk key latch no longer works -- but it does open with the inside trunk release. Paint is fading, multiple scratches. About the only good things I can say is that it gets 35 mpg . . . and has new tires as of this past summer and a new alternator as of three months ago. $500 or best offer . . . key emphasis on the words "best offer" . . . would make an excellent boat anchor or gag gift for geocache . . . or better yet hide it in the woods and make this a geocache container. For more info (although what more you would need to know is beyond me) feel free to PM me . . . or just follow the blue cloud of smoke coming from the exhaust.

Oh yeah . . . I'm being serious here . . . I'm really getting rid of this car -- with some luck. :D
10-29-2007, 09:43 AM
Maine-iac_Mom

Good luck! My van just ticked over 100K. We've had it for, um, almost 6 years and it was used then. I'm hoping it'll make 200K.
10-29-2007, 01:50 PM
Hiram357

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Originally Posted by firefighterjake

After over 100,000 miles and several good years it's time for me to part with my beloved Toyota Celica beater car . . . we've shared some fond memories . . . like having to do four brake jobs on it . . . or having the alternator die leaving me stranded in the "Bermuda-Benton Triangle" before Hiram rescued me . . . or . . . well you get the picture.

In any case, here's the ad in case anyone knows any fool . . . I mean any mechanically gifted optimist who thinks they really want to buy this car. Be forewarned . . . I'm no used car salesman.

FOR SALE. 1990 Toyota Celica Beater/Junker/Clunker. 179,900 miles. Own your very own Maine beater car. Problems? You betcha. Engine burns oil. Interior dash lights no longer functional. Radio doesn't work. Needs front brakes/calipers and possibly rotors. Some rips and missing chunks of foam in driver's seat. Driver's side fender is rusting through. Driver's side and passenger side floor pans need to be replaced to get inspection sticker. Rear trunk key latch no longer works -- but it does open with the inside trunk release. Paint is fading, multiple scratches. About the only good things I can say is that it gets 35 mpg . . . and has new tires as of this past summer and a new alternator as of three months ago. $500 or best offer . . . key emphasis on the words "best offer" . . . would make an excellent boat anchor or gag gift for geocache . . . or better yet hide it in the woods and make this a geocache container. For more info (although what more you would need to know is beyond me) feel free to PM me . . . or just follow the blue cloud of smoke coming from the exhaust.

Oh yeah . . . I'm being serious here . . . I'm really getting rid of this car -- with some luck. :D

If you don't sell it can we take it on a final voyage 4wheelin through the woods??? (I'll give ya $20 if ya let me drive) :D
10-29-2007, 01:55 PM
firefighterjake

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Originally Posted by Hiram357

If you don't sell it can we take it on a final voyage 4wheelin through the woods??? (I'll give ya $20 if ya let me drive) :D

Hmmm . . . that might be an idea . . . it's a bit low-slung though so we probably won't get very far before bottoming out.:D
10-29-2007, 02:42 PM
Hiram357

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Originally Posted by firefighterjake

Hmmm . . . that might be an idea . . . it's a bit low-slung though so we probably won't get very far before bottoming out.:D

it's all about the momentum... :D have you ever seen a ford festiva off road? yeah, they don't look like much, but they get airborne pretty good, (ya gotta get em goin fast enough to skip over all the little things) it all goes great until they get wedged inbetween a couple of trees.... :rolleyes:
10-29-2007, 08:01 PM
WhereRWe?

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Originally Posted by firefighterjake

Hmmm . . . that might be an idea . . . it's a bit low-slung though so we probably won't get very far before bottoming out.:D

Sheesh! For a minute there I thought you were describing RULOST2?! :o :o
10-29-2007, 08:02 PM
WhereRWe?

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Originally Posted by firefighterjake

Radio doesn't work.

Sheesh! I can deal with the other problems, but this is a deal killer...
10-29-2007, 08:05 PM
d’76

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Originally Posted by WhereRWe?

Sheesh! For a minute there I thought you were describing RULOST2?! :o :o

Uht OHHHH!!! I hope your little woman doesnt frequently the site. Those sound like fighting words. HEHEHE LOL
10-29-2007, 08:14 PM
WhereRWe?

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Originally Posted by dave1976

Uht OHHHH!!! I hope your little woman doesnt frequently the site. Those sound like fighting words. HEHEHE LOL

Sheesh! You should be so lucky as to have as good a relationship as RULOST2? and I have! :D :D :D

(Otherwise I'd never be able to say things like that! LOL!)
10-29-2007, 08:15 PM
d’76

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Originally Posted by WhereRWe?

Sheesh! You should be so lucky as to have as good a relationship as RULOST2? and I have! :D :D :D

(Otherwise I'd never be able to say things like that! LOL!)

Cherish it, they dont come around often.:D
10-30-2007, 07:57 AM
WhereRWe?

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Originally Posted by firefighterjake

Oh yeah . . . I'm being serious here . . . I'm really getting rid of this car -- with some luck. :D

Jake, you could make this a geocaching event...

Bring the car and a sledge hammer, and charge $1 pet shot! (Profits going to the "Fund for the Rescue of Abandoned Geocaches - FRAG". :D :D )
10-30-2007, 11:07 AM
firefighterjake

Hmmm . . . no takers . . . I wonder why. :D :rolleyes:

Your FRAG idea Bruce doesn't sound so bad . . . but maybe after Hiram and I get done painting it up with Ol' Dixie on the roof, jumping in through the open window and attempting to launch it over Sandy Stream in Unity with Dixieland blaring from the horn while the local Sheriffs attempt to catch us.;) :D
10-30-2007, 02:10 PM
Hiram357

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Originally Posted by firefighterjake

Hmmm . . . no takers . . . I wonder why. :D :rolleyes:

Your FRAG idea Bruce doesn't sound so bad . . . but maybe after Hiram and I get done painting it up with Ol' Dixie on the roof, jumping in through the open window and attempting to launch it over Sandy Stream in Unity with Dixieland blaring from the horn while the local Sheriffs attempt to catch us.;) :D

"The mountain might get us, but the law never will...." :cool: :D
10-30-2007, 03:57 PM
firefighterjake

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Originally Posted by Hiram357

"The mountain might get us, but the law never will...." :cool: :D

Yeeeee-hawwwwww!
10-30-2007, 04:12 PM
Mainiac1957

Inquiring minds want to know?

Is Messafoofoo playing the part of Daisy in your little play.:rolleyes: ;) :p :cool:
10-30-2007, 04:43 PM
Hiram357

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Originally Posted by Mainiac1957

Is Messafoofoo playing the part of Daisy in your little play.:rolleyes: ;) :p :cool:

naw, she's Boss Hogg... :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
10-30-2007, 05:29 PM
WhereRWe?

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Originally Posted by firefighterjake

Hmmm . . . no takers . . . I wonder why. :D :rolleyes:

Your FRAG idea Bruce doesn't sound so bad . . . but maybe after Hiram and I get done painting it up with Ol' Dixie on the roof, jumping in through the open window and attempting to launch it over Sandy Stream in Unity with Dixieland blaring from the horn while the local Sheriffs attempt to catch us.;) :D

Sheesh! Who gets to be "Daisy Duke"? I'll bet Beach Comber would volunteer... :D :D

(OK - read the next message and see that someone has already been suggested. But I still think Beachie would be good!"
10-31-2007, 08:21 AM
firefighterjake

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Originally Posted by Mainiac1957

Is Messafoofoo playing the part of Daisy in your little play.:rolleyes: ;) :p :cool:

Actually I was going to slip into a pair of those Daisy Duke shorts and tie up a polka dotted shirt to my mid-riff . . . ;) :D
10-31-2007, 02:40 PM
d’76

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Originally Posted by firefighterjake

Actually I was going to slip into a pair of those Daisy Duke shorts and tie up a polka dotted shirt to my mid-riff . . . ;) :D

AHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Stabbing myself repeatly in the eyes with a sharp pencil to get that image out of my head.

Thanks Jake now the nightmares start all over.:p
10-31-2007, 02:43 PM
Sudonim

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Originally Posted by dave1976

AHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Stabbing myself repeatly in the eyes with a sharp pencil to get that image out of my head.

Thanks Jake now the nightmares start all over.:p

It IS Halloween, you know...
10-31-2007, 03:26 PM
firefighterjake

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Originally Posted by dave1976

AHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Stabbing myself repeatly in the eyes with a sharp pencil to get that image out of my head.

Thanks Jake now the nightmares start all over.:p

I thought some of you might "appreciate" that image! ;) :D
10-31-2007, 03:28 PM
firefighterjake

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Originally Posted by Sudonim

It IS Halloween, you know...

True, true . . . From 5-7 tonight I'm dressing up as a Bangor Firefighter and giving out candy to kids at the Mall. ;) :D No, really . . . that's where I'll be . . . no Daisy Duke shorts though.
10-31-2007, 03:28 PM
firefighterjake

Well it's official . . . here's my ad on Craigslist . . . funny thing, still no offers. ;) :D :rolleyes:

http://maine.craigslist.org/car/464853048.html
10-31-2007, 03:48 PM
Hiram357

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Originally Posted by Sudonim

It IS Halloween, you know...

So does this mean there's a halloween party in Ogunquit??? :eek: :eek: :eek:
10-31-2007, 06:54 PM
WhereRWe?

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Originally Posted by firefighterjake

Well it's official . . . here's my ad on Craigslist . . . funny thing, still no offers. ;) :D :rolleyes:

http://maine.craigslist.org/car/464853048.html

LOL! My brother-in-law is selling a car on eBay. I'll bet he gets more for his car than you get for yours. :p :p

(His hobby is entering contests. His license plate is "I WIN". This is the second car he's won! LOL!)

(Sheesh! I'd bid on his car but I know I couldn't afford the gas for a 6.1 liter engine!)
10-31-2007, 07:51 PM
Cache Maine

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Originally Posted by WhereRWe?

LOL! My brother-in-law is selling a car on eBay. I'll bet he gets more for his car than you get for yours. :p :p

I want that car!
10-31-2007, 08:47 PM
hollora

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Originally Posted by WhereRWe?

(His hobby is entering contests. His license plate is "I WIN". This is the second car he's won! LOL!)

Wow - that's quite the car! My aunt was a contestholic too. When she died, I found a list of contests she had won dating back to the 20s. Everything from Diamond Rings, Furs and the like to blow up rafts, coupons and samples. No cars though.

Some folks are just darn lucky.
11-01-2007, 08:10 AM
firefighterjake

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Originally Posted by WhereRWe?

LOL! My brother-in-law is selling a car on eBay. I'll bet he gets more for his car than you get for yours. :p :p

(His hobby is entering contests. His license plate is "I WIN". This is the second car he's won! LOL!)

(Sheesh! I'd bid on his car but I know I couldn't afford the gas for a 6.1 liter engine!)

Well so far I've only been offered $100 (but it is the best reasonable or unreasonable offer I've received so far), so it's fair to say the Shaver car with the 6.1 Hemi might go for a tad more. ;) :D
11-01-2007, 08:21 AM
brdad

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Originally Posted by firefighterjake

Well so far I've only been offered $100 (but it is the best reasonable or unreasonable offer I've received so far), so it's fair to say the Shaver car with the 6.1 Hemi might go for a tad more. ;) :D

Maybe we should team up and you can give the garage door I'd like to give away as a package deal!
Car for sale - garage door included!
11-01-2007, 08:32 AM
firefighterjake

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Originally Posted by brdad

Maybe we should team up and you can give the garage door I'd like to give away as a package deal!
Car for sale - garage door included!

That's not a bad idea . . . throw in my free Celica oil filter and I'm betting my phone will be ringing off the hook.

True story . . . a number of years ago I foolishly thought that I wanted a dog. I have since come to the realization that I am not a "dog person" -- other people's dogs are great (i.e. Sweetie and Jock), but I am more of a "cat person." In any case to make a long story short I ended up with a dog that was half dalmatian and half hound dog . . . which meant that he would howl all night long and when he was off his run would run and run and run and never come to me on command.

Eventually I had enough and decided to see if someone else would like Flash as a pet. In the Uncle Henrys ad I mentioned Flash and offered a free doghouse . . . it was nothing special, just something I had cobbled together with spare wood. One guy called me right up and after making sure I was serious about the dog house came by . . . last I saw of Flash was him sitting in the front of the pick-up with the old guy driving away with Flash's house in the back of the truck.

The moral of the story: Well, I'm not sure there is a moral, except that I should never own a dog . . . or my friend Joe for that matter . . . but that's just because he's had three dogs and accidentally run over two and the other ended up having cancer and dying after being with them for about three weeks.
11-01-2007, 09:11 AM
WhereRWe?

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Originally Posted by firefighterjake

That's not a bad idea . . . throw in my free Celica oil filter and I'm betting my phone will be ringing off the hook.

I've got an old lug wrench I'll throw into the deal... ;) ;)
11-01-2007, 01:21 PM
Hiram357

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Originally Posted by brdad

Maybe we should team up and you can give the garage door I'd like to give away as a package deal!
Car for sale - garage door included!

LOL! It might sound like a better deal if you sell the garage door for $100 and throw the car in for free. :D
11-02-2007, 08:19 AM
firefighterjake

I've got my second offer, but it didn't top the first offer.

"$50 and a copy of Uncle Henrys"
11-02-2007, 11:36 AM
Hiram357

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Originally Posted by firefighterjake

I've got my second offer, but it didn't top the first offer.

"$50 and a copy of Uncle Henrys"

Did you tell them it comes with a free garage door and a rusty wrench??
11-02-2007, 03:55 PM
firefighterjake

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Originally Posted by Hiram357

Did you tell them it comes with a free garage door and a rusty wrench??

Well no . . . maybe if I did the offer would be upped to $50 and two Uncle Henrys.;) :D
11-02-2007, 03:59 PM
Cache Maine

Maybe you can donate it to geocachingmaine.org and we'll have an official vehicle!
11-02-2007, 04:15 PM
Hiram357

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Originally Posted by Cache Maine

Maybe you can donate it to geocachingmaine.org and we'll have an official vehicle!

I like dave's idea, Have a cache event and everyone takes a swing at it with a hammer... :D
11-02-2007, 04:33 PM
Sudonim

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Originally Posted by Cache Maine

Maybe you can donate it to geocachingmaine.org and we'll have an official vehicle!

Yeah, but then we'd have to sell coins for $14.95 each to fund the official vehicle:rolleyes: :p
11-02-2007, 05:15 PM
Hiram357

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Originally Posted by Sudonim

Yeah, but then we'd have to sell coins for $14.95 each to fund the official vehicle:rolleyes: :p

Nah, sell 4 coins and you can buy two of em!

(and then we can turn the car into coins...)
11-02-2007, 06:00 PM
Hiram357

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Originally Posted by firefighterjake

Actually I was going to slip into a pair of those Daisy Duke shorts and tie up a polka dotted shirt to my mid-riff . . . ;) :D

It was perfect timing... I got in my truck this morning and took off to go to the gun sho... uhh work, and the first song to play on the radio... Waylon Jennings... lol, I think we should make it the ORCA theme song. :D :D :D