Proj217

Yep, I was a screwie as well. Attempted for a little while to try and get the parts owed, but in the end just swallowed my pride on the money lost and went to vendors like Jack at Kinetic out in Oregon. Ya know, someone who makes a great product and follows it up with fantastic customer service. Novel concept :cheers:

Screwed people out of parts after taking their money. Stopped answering emails. Stopped returning phone calls. Horrible QC on the parts they did sell. Has been MIA except for some eBay sales for the last 4 years... Slightly more info here: http://www.locostusa.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2640

Sold. Mods feel free to close up the thread. Thanks all. PS - I will still be donating 5% of the final sale, though we will be doing it to the San Francisco SPCA once we get out west. Gotta show love for our furry friends.

Ebay ends tomorrow (again)...get bidding you cheap bastards C'mon, who doesn't want to help out the ASPCA a bit too?

Hey bud, That has crossed our mind and I might just end up doing that if we don't have any luck. Though there is the bigger issue of not having a place to store the car out there, place to work on it, etc. We'll just be renting an apartment in SF for at least the first couple of years until we see where we land with jobs and what neighborhoods we like. Thanks though for the suggestion! -Ryan

Up on Ebay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270782422852&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT#ht_981wt_1167 5% of the final sale will be donated to the ASPCA -on ebay or off I'll gladly still make the donation. So get bidding and help puppies will ya. In all seriousness, make an offer because I really don't want to trailer across the country considering we want to take a bit of a winding route (family and friends in DC, Texas, Colorado, Utah, etc that we plan to visit) and getting 10MPG across 4,500 miles would really not be fun. -Ryan

Flying by armco at 145 puts hair on your chest

Hawks Nest in Port Jervis, NY and 7 Lakes Drive near Bear Mountain are good spots, but there's a lot of traffic around as well. Old Mine Road used to be a great hidden gem near Dingmans Ferry on the PA/NJ border but the road is in dire need of a repave. I would not go there with a bike or 7. South East of Dingmans Ferry is River Road which is quite nice, secluded and has lots of interesting little side roads. Highly recommended. Swamp road if you make it out to the Hamptons.

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Ok folks, update and PRICE DROP! My wife might be getting a job offer, so we there is a chance we'll be heading to San Fran a bit earlier so it has really lit the fire under my ass to get this sold. I'm looking to sell this car for $10,500 bucks. Trailer is still available, and now for an extra $2,000. I'm even willing to deliver up to about a 10 hour drive. Pass it on to your buds!

I know we only had 2 weeks of vacation to work with! I would have loved to explore more, it was such a great experience. Talking to you guys about this is not good, I want to start looking at flight deals to the middle of no where now...:banghead: Ironically, after all the travel we did to Indiana Jones type places, I've never really been to Europe. Well, Turkey but that doesn't really count.

3 more hours to go or so on ebay. Hoping she hits my mark so I can get my ass to the West coast

Thank you Mike! It's funny, a few times during the trip I was really clamoring to be back home, now that we are here, boy do I miss travel. The last 2 weeks we realized it would be ending soon and ugh, definitely had some doubts as to cancelling flights or not. Nepal was actually my "number 1" spot to hit on my list and we went 3 years ago. We spent 2 weeks in the country and did a 5 day hike/camp through the Annapurna range. Still one of my favorite countries ever. The people were absolutely fantastic, the culture shock was second to none. I thought for a second you were joking about the Petronas BASE jump, according to google this is a yearly event?! Get outta town. Do you have any pics/vids from your jump? How was it? I've only ever been skydiving (dying to go again though) and I asked the skydiving instructors if they had ever done any BASE jumps, their reply? "No, we don't have a death wish." :cheers: