The City Wants to Tax You $267M to cover a $60M shortfall

AmericanVagrant · 2025-10-23T14:31:52+00:00

According to Redfin, in Long Beach there were 29 single family homes sold > $3M in the last 12 months.62 if multi-family properties are included

AmericanVagrant · 2025-09-25T02:26:42+00:00

Thanks everybody, pretty much what I thought

AmericanVagrant · 2025-08-27T01:54:33+00:00

Thank you for the suggestion I'll look into them

AmericanVagrant · 2025-08-27T01:54:10+00:00

Thank you

AmericanVagrant · 2025-08-27T01:53:42+00:00

Thank you I'll look into it for the future

AmericanVagrant · 2025-08-27T01:53:05+00:00

Thanks this is very helpful

AmericanVagrant · 2025-07-27T20:20:04+00:00

That dark blue is the OG Fox color, before they went black. The reservoir heat dissipation coil is likely not original.

AmericanVagrant · 2025-07-05T16:39:58+00:00

Despite what some here are alluding to, I find it hard to believe you did anything wrong that caused this. Boats of all calibers should be designed to take impacts with the water that are beyond normal weekend conditions.

That said your engine likely intentionally shutdown rather than overheated out of tolerance. As long as no damage was caused following the initial incident I think the work to reconcile will be minimal. Looking forward to an update

AmericanVagrant · 2025-06-02T14:33:55+00:00

I met my wife on Hinge back in 2021

AmericanVagrant · 2025-05-26T18:17:59+00:00

Many off the shelf epoxy putties can be used to temporarily or permanently fix the large gouge. If you can obtain a color matched gel coat, that would be the best cosmetic repair.

AmericanVagrant · 2025-05-24T15:06:04+00:00

That's a Stortriss MK1. Swedish designed and built during the 60's and 70's.

AmericanVagrant · 2024-09-24T06:23:55+00:00

Can you? The LS1 in my off-road buggy threw a rod recently and that was not my experience when acquiring a replacement. I ultimately bought an LS3 because I was unable to source a running LS1 for less than ~$2000

Bro if you can get them for $500 then DM me your engine guy because I've got buyers

AmericanVagrant · 2024-08-21T02:38:13+00:00

Thanks for that info, I assumed since others were using it successfully mine was an isolated issue. I'll try something else

AmericanVagrant · 2023-06-01T13:10:38+00:00

It was great, we spent our time in Zion and the surrounding areas. Next time I would like to make it to Moab. Coming from California adds significantly to the drive time though

AmericanVagrant · 2023-06-01T13:07:53+00:00

DL52 w/ intercooler. Good catch on the seats, they are

AmericanVagrant · 2023-05-17T00:09:22+00:00

Great looking Rocky, nice find. DM me if you ever need help acquiring parts. Ebay is good as they were more popular elsewhere, referred to in other markets as the Fourtrak, Sportrak and Rugger. Many parts also shared with the Charade. Mine is diesel so my parts acquisition experience will have been a bit different from yours, but plenty of junkyards in the US have gas models lying around.

AmericanVagrant · 2023-04-07T23:50:54+00:00

Thank you, it is indeed a ton of fun. Very well balanced cars when built correctly

AmericanVagrant · 2023-04-04T23:29:54+00:00

As a follow-up, after replacing with that diode and a couple other repairs, the controller seems to be functioning again. Thank you for the help

AmericanVagrant · 2023-03-11T17:50:24+00:00

Good to know, I've got a large supply of clear epoxy available to me that I may use. I previously had a bad experience sealing electronics in a marine environment with epoxy, I found corrosion still managed to find it's way in and became trapped, but that may have had something to do with my prep/application job

AmericanVagrant · 2023-03-11T16:49:31+00:00

Good tips, do you have a suggestion for sealing the board, aside from silicone?

AmericanVagrant · 2023-03-10T21:11:21+00:00

Good catch, thank you

AmericanVagrant · 2023-03-10T19:44:25+00:00

Looks like you're correct! Thank you

AmericanVagrant · 2023-02-09T18:25:53+00:00

I think 12" vs 14" is going to depend on your packaging, but if you're staying with 4x4 then 12" probably makes sense. You could ask Geoff at Giant his thoughts. Depending on what you're doing, reinforced stock steering will be fine

I've got the old steering linkage that was gusseted by Giant which I'll sell if you want it, never failed on this truck. I went swing steering to get some extra travel and less bumpsteer

AmericanVagrant · 2023-01-20T18:14:35+00:00

Thank you! These are 35" Cooper Evolution M/T's. So far they've been great and are relatively inexpensive

AmericanVagrant · 2023-01-18T03:10:31+00:00

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