Sup guys! Everyone here who is a gamer and has this game probably already bought the expansion pass, but I have the digital codes for The Dark Below and House of Wolves from a special edition of Destiny I bought on Ebay. I don't need these as I bought them a while back but I figured I would offer them up here for anyone who would want them. You do still need the full version of Destiny to play these.

PS4 codes only, will also include a code for early access to the Vanguard Armory. $35 online, MM price $25. Thanks!

Selling a set of four all front 7.5" DS2 wheels from a BMW E36 M3. I bought two sets of DS2's and made a square 7.5" set and a square 8.5" set. The wider wheels are on my track car, and I don't have a need for the skinny set anymore.

The wheels have nearly-new all-season tires on them that have been driven on for ~7k miles. I used the tires that I already had, so two tires are wider than the others (because they initially came on staggered-width wheels). No TPMS.

Front tires are Yokohama Avid Envigor (225 width) and rears are Pirelli P Zero Nero (245 width). Two of the wheels have some very light rash near the edge (pix 1 and 2 may show it, not sure how well but it is light). I apologize they are dirty, all of the brake dust and crud will come off between a wash and a round of Sonax. I don't have any more Sonax but can clean the wheels up otherwise. Given how cold it's been lately, I haven't been able to drag the hose out.

I'm looking for another E36 for DD duty, and since they seem to come and go around here, I thought this would be a good place to start. I would prefer a coupe, but a sedan would work. I don't really care about what exterior/interior color. Must be a 5-speed and in good mechanical shape. 325/328 only. If they want to trade for a Miata, even better....... Please let me know if you find one pop up. Finders fee.......

The ATS has had some scuffs on the rims since the day I got it. I was debating on making these current rims "winter rims" and buying a new set for normal use. I have decided to at least check into reconditioning these rims. Has anyone had this done? How does it turn out? Can anyone make a recommendation on where to get it done? I think all 4 of mine have at least some minor scrub on them - the person that had the car before me for 11k miles must've been a real asshat parker.

21:9 TVs anyone? Seems like they'd be cool, more useful for games or movies rather than this 4K nonsense that nothing can even drive yet. I'm just waiting for a reasonably priced 42-47" model to come out, but I wonder if the format will catch on. I just bought a 25" one for my computer 'cause it was cheap.

Can anyone tell me why TVs don't auto power on/off with signal (or have the option to do so) like a computer monitor does? At least, the ones I've seen don't. Tell me if yours does so I can buy it from you. Pressing a "power" button is kind of silly when driving one with a computer.

This is hardly a "project" thread, but I like to have them for the sake of record-keeping and general banter.

I decided a month or two back that 2015 was going to be The Year That Jake Buys A Tow Vehicle, because I'm getting faster in the M3, the risk of breaking/crashing is real, and it really sucks to spend 2 or 3 days in a race seat and get back in that same seat to drive your tired ass home. Plus, shoving all sorts of car parts into the 128i with the seats down got tiring real fast. That car is very much not a hauler.

Soooo the original plan was to wait until February or March and then make some moves. But, I got bored over my winter break (I took 2.5 weeks off of work, thank you "use or lose" PTO) and went test-driving. That was not the best idea.

I had decided a while back that I wanted an SUV, instead of a pickup, as the SUV provides the whole "big locked box" aspect for security at the track and elsewhere. You can sleep in the back of an SUV, which will be great if I go to an event not run by NASA-MA. And you can have three rows of seats in the SUV, so road trips with all of your friends (I only have five friends) are possible.

My initial spreadsheet had twelve SUVs on it. TWELVE. I was considering everything from a first-gen X5 (because I hate myself) to a Touareg (because I hate myself) to a GMT800 Yukon Denali (because that's what I should just buy, dammit).

Went and drove some stuff and realized that the smaller SUVs weren't going to tow as well as I thought they might, they didn't drive appreciably better than the GMT800, and most would end up costing $10-20k more than the GMT800. I drove a Touareg and hated it - interior was falling apart at 60k miles - and a WK2 Grand Cherokee that I loved but couldn't justify $30k on.

My other options at the $10-15k price point were the GMT360 SUVs (Saab 9-7x and Envoy Denali) or early X5s (again, bad idea) or like, an Expedition (in which I'd have a legit project thread because LOL spark plugs on the 5.4L). So, I set my sights on a GMT800 Yukon Denali, made between 2003 and 2006 - they got a lot of updates in '03 that make them feel a lot newer and drive a bit better.

I wanted the "regular" Yukon, not the XL, as the XL is about 19" longer overall and I will need to park this bitch in Arlington and DC.

Then, because I'm picky, I decided I wanted the most rare color GM painted them in, which is some neat blue-green-teal color-shifting pearl. This is why I figured I'd buy in February... good luck finding a shorty in blue, right? Well, I found two of them on the same day, 10 miles apart. My buddy Chris went to look at them with me - he just bought one and I figured a second set of eyes would be useful.

The first one was a truly tragic example... it only had 91k miles and no photos online because "we just got it in" - okay, we'll drive up to Rockville anyway, it's not far. Well, it looked like it had 291k in person. Aftermarket "smoked" headlights with a crappy HID kit, broken front bumper, "Torque Thrust esque" rimzz, all three rows of leather seats were disgusting, speedometer broken, aftermarket alarm system, leaky transfer case, just overall beat to shit. And they wanted $14k for it. Nope nope nope.

So we leave that dealer (small time dealer, sketchy as fuuuuu) and Chris hops on Craigslist in the car, types in "Denali" and goes "oh hey, this one looks blue and it's 10 miles away, get on the Beltway." We get to that dealership (also small time, not sketchy) and the thing looks brand new. And they were asking a LOT less money for it. Like, what I wanted to pay in the first place.

Gave it a test drive, asked that they fix the rear airbags (it has airbags for load-leveling in the back) because the message center was whining about it, and negotiated a price that we were all happy with. Picked it up on Friday, so technically I bought it in 2015. Go me.

Details, then. It's a 2005, short wheelbase, with 125k miles. Notable options it has include (shitty, DVD-based) navigation, rear-seat DVD player, rear-seat entertainment (rear seats can listen to radio while I'm on CD, for example), heated second-row captain's chairs, and the #BlingBlingMofo chromed 20" wheels with 275/55/20 Bridgestone Dueler M&S tires ( hock: at tire prices, thankfully they look new).

It gets awful mileage, it rides like a Barcalounger, and I really, really like it.





I'll post a few pix of the interior once I take them. It's in really, really good shape given how often these are used as kid-haulers.

The left rear tire has a slow air leak, so I'm going to run it over to a tire shop over lunch today and have it checked out.

Current average MPG is 15. It's surprisingly nimble and easy to park, given the size. I parallel'd it in DC yesterday with no hassles - both mirrors tip down in reverse which helps a lot. I want to upgrade the navigation to a modern unit with Bluetooth and iPhone support and SD-card-based mapping, but I'm looking at ~$700 to do that with a good unit, and I need to sell the 128i before I do anything of that nature.

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In case anyone wants to stretch their legs.

I love, love, love this car. But, racecar needs take priority, and I need to buy a truck to tow my M3 with and it makes no sense to keep three cars around.

6-speed manual. Jet Black on Coral Red. About to kiss 60,500 miles but will increase as I commute 40 miles a day for work. It's been around VIR and Summit Point (once each, yay pedigree!) and has similar power-to-weight as the E36 M3 of yore.

Things it has per the ETK spec sheet:

• Sport Package (sport seats, suspension, blacked out trim)
  
• Premium Package (some of the below is likely part of it, don't want to leave anything out though)
  
• Xenon/HID headlights, automatic and self-leveling/swiveling
  
• Comfort Access keyless entry and start
  
• Heated seats (were available without Cold Weather package, so you lose out on the useless headlight washers)
  
• iDrive (CIC) with Navigation - maps have been updated to 2014
  
• Logic7 sound system with USB/Aux inputs (highest audio option in '09)

My reformed Mac user sale:

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Leather reinforced knees and ass, they're a fairly relaxed fit 36/34 and just too big for me. They're in nice shape.