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Detroit, 8:50 PM
Sun Nov 22
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    Eddie Griffin Enzo Bumper Lives On As LeMons BMW Wing, Could Be Yours!

    Crazy Japanese Tuners Combine 3-Series With S2000, Rocks Our World

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    Image of mechimike mechimike
    03/01/09

    In reply to Eddie Griffin Enzo Bumper Lives On As LeMons BMW Wing, Could Be Yours!
    After a LOOOONG day of wrenching on the LeMon for Kershaw in ~1 month, we headed inside for some good German grub and a few hours of perusing this w/e's leMons activity. When we stumbled across this E36, teammate Rob (who drives a 525 wagon) exclaimed "That thing's in better shape than my wagon was when I bought it!" Newer, too.


    I did find it refreshing, however, to find that the race was otherwise bereft of modern Sporters of the Roundel. The only other Bimmer to be seen (at least in M. Martin's pictures) was a decrepit-looking 1600/2002, which i thoroughly *heart*.

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    Image of mikedrawcar mikedrawcar
    03/01/09

    In reply to Eddie Griffin Enzo Bumper Lives On As LeMons BMW Wing, Could Be Yours!
    That's awesome. Bet that bumper could actually fetch some dough on the interwebs.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    03/01/09

    In reply to Eddie Griffin Enzo Bumper Lives On As LeMons BMW Wing, Could Be Yours!
    Well, I guess the whole is more than the sum of its parts because abandoned that way, the bumper looks like it could have fallen off an early Firebird.
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    03/01/09

    In reply to Eddie Griffin Enzo Bumper Lives On As LeMons BMW Wing, Could Be Yours!
    Someone should try to cobble together a LeMons car from pieces they pick up on-site when celebrities inevitably crash their cars. I'd call it the "McLamborrera Enzonda."
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    Image of Schweppes - Now with more school work Schweppes - Now with more school work
    03/01/09

    In reply to Eddie Griffin Enzo Bumper Lives On As LeMons BMW Wing, Could Be Yours!
    Buy it, break into Eddie Griffin's house and leave the bumper tucked in under his bed sheets?
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    03/01/09

    @Schweppes - Now with more school work:
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    03/01/09

    @discontinuuity: I hadn't seen that commercial since the Super Bowl last year. Great!
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    Image of Mad_Science Mad_Science
    03/01/09

    In reply to Eddie Griffin Enzo Bumper Lives On As LeMons BMW Wing, Could Be Yours!
    Too bad that bumper isn't better to look at. As it is, it really just looks like something you'd find on the side of the 5 freeway.
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    03/01/09

    In reply to Eddie Griffin Enzo Bumper Lives On As LeMons BMW Wing, Could Be Yours!
    My roommate just came up to me and asked, "What can we put on our front porch to get another notice of violation?" (There's an old letter from the city taped to our wall telling the previous tenants to remove an arcade videogame from the porch. We keep it up for laughs.)


    All I had to do was point to the Enzo wing.


    PS: I think we've decided on an old organ, kinda like this one:[denver.craigslist.org]

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    Image of TurboRefrigerator TurboRefrigerator
    03/01/09

    @discontinuuity: a used toilet always works wonders around my neighborhood.
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    Image of PatFromGundo PatFromGundo
    03/01/09

    @TurboRefrigerator: Dead hooker.
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    03/01/09

    @discontinuuity: If you want another notice ASAP, a flaming couch is a sure fire way to get the job done. ;D


    @TurboRefrigerator: Yes that one works in my neighborhood as well, they seem to like it even less when you fill it with potting soil and plant a sunflower in the bowl (the resulting fine indicated as much to me anyway).

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    03/01/09

    @discontinuuity: LeMons Racecar...
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    Image of DoctorNine DoctorNine
    03/01/09

    @discontinuuity: I'm pretty sure there must be an ordinance where you live against leaving your organ exposed on the porch. Unless you reside at The Mustang Ranch of course. Where it's required...
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    03/01/09

    @bpapa9013: I hope you informed 'em that their actions were tantamount to fascism and refused to remove the loo from your yard?
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    03/01/09

    @TurboRefrigerator: He said he wants something "classy." I'm not sure what's classy about an arcade game or an organ, but I suppose any of those things are more classy than a dead hooker or a toilet.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    03/01/09

    In reply to Eddie Griffin Enzo Bumper Lives On As LeMons BMW Wing, Could Be Yours!
    Wait, it's that bumper?


    Glad to see it got a BS penalty, 'cause I've never seen a running E36 go for under a grand, regardless of title.


    I take it the grille came from another car he restored?

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    03/01/09

    @Foozy Ploosh Room: The Auction listing makes no mention of a salvage title, instead it says that it left active duty due to an inability to pass emissions... which is a far more likely scenario to get it down into LeMons territory in "running" condition.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    03/01/09

    @something_unique_and_descripti...: Yeah, I noticed that too. Fishy-scented, very much so.


    Even if it wouldn't pass emissions, it's worth an easy grand in parts.

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    Image of something_unique_and_descriptive something_unique_and_descriptive
    03/01/09

    @Foozy Ploosh Room: Not necessarily to the person selling it. For us, yeah, there's an easy grand to be made there, probably more... for a lot of people it's "in the way" and they want it gone so they sell 'em cheap... that's why there are so many <$500 race cars in the bay area, where I live (where there are no emissions) those cars would be going for $1,200+ easy. Where I live you're lucky to find anything running for <$800, and a lot of the legit LeMons are in better shape than what I share the road with.


    But yeah, the different stories... I smell carp.

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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    03/01/09

    @something_unique_and_descripti...: Yeah, that's true - smog testing effectively drives up the price of decent used cars, which is bad for the lower class, but good for LeMons...


    Still, though, something's up.

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    Image of something_unique_and_descriptive something_unique_and_descriptive
    01/02/09

    In reply to Crazy Japanese Tuners Combine 3-Series With S2000, Rocks Our World
    They also race all sorts of tuned cars on that track, yes, that's actually a closed track in Japan.


    There used to be an international version of the series with english sub-titles but the company that was doing it flaked out on it... I'm still pissed. They say it was because of too much piracy, which is BS, the reason people pirated it was because their distribution sucked balls and there was no place to buy the DVDs. They're still releasing them every now and then and for the past few years they've done an event at Willows but the whole kooky Japanese-y feel is lacking.


    I taught myself to drive stick and heel-toe by watching those videos.

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    Image of Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face. Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face.
    01/02/09

    In reply to Crazy Japanese Tuners Combine 3-Series With S2000, Rocks Our World
    Grat video. You should have put an "asian upskirt" tag on it, though. [Just for clicks]
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    Image of Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face. Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face.
    01/02/09

    @Mike the Dog: Grat = great. One day I'll learn this proofreading thing.
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    Image of DoctorNine DoctorNine
    01/02/09

    In reply to Crazy Japanese Tuners Combine 3-Series With S2000, Rocks Our World
    I agree, the aural tones alone make this a righteous swap. And the drifting with all four wheels smoking also arouses my interest. Nice.
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    Image of TX Law TX Law
    01/02/09

    In reply to Crazy Japanese Tuners Combine 3-Series With S2000, Rocks Our World
    That's no cowboy hat. That accessorizing in lieu of personality.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    01/03/09

    @TX Law: She also needs to wear her seat belt properly.


    Japan: you'll never figure it out.

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    01/02/09

    In reply to Crazy Japanese Tuners Combine 3-Series With S2000, Rocks Our World
    The White BMW that showed somewhere up did that had a Nissan engine?
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    Image of SuperCarnitas SuperCarnitas
    01/02/09

    @BЯдΖǐL-ЯЄРΘЯΤЄЯ - Why drive when you can ride?: It's a Toyota 1JZ-GT, apparently. Their site says 400ps, squealing sidekick sold separately.
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    Image of BЯдΖǐL-ЯЄРΘЯΤЄЯ BЯдΖǐL-ЯЄРΘЯΤЄЯ
    01/02/09

    @SuperCarnitas: Thanks..My Japanese is very lousy.
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    01/02/09

    In reply to Crazy Japanese Tuners Combine 3-Series With S2000, Rocks Our World
    Very good they put some written text in their video, other wise I could not understand a fuck of that.


    HONDA*?//§§@$##&%%)*%¨_)(

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    Image of imdstig imdstig
    01/02/09

    In reply to Crazy Japanese Tuners Combine 3-Series With S2000, Rocks Our World
    So we have now found where the guy who put the corvette motor into his S2000 sold his engine to. Now we need to find out who this guy sold his BMW motor to.
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    Image of Jo Schmo Jo Schmo
    01/02/09

    @imdstig: HA HA thats what I was just thinking. I am thinkin Miata
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    Image of seaninc seaninc
    01/02/09

    @imdstig: The original was the 318 mill, no one wants that.
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    01/03/09

    @imdstig: I always planned on throwing a 318 mill into a 1st gen Toyota Starlet, for a nice but somewhat potent everyday driver.
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    Image of scroggzilla raids again scroggzilla raids again
    01/05/09

    @seaninc: Oh, I don't know...I'm sure I could find a good place to put it
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