Ridiculous coronavirus purchases?

In reply to eastsideTim :

I know the feeling. I bought this.....weird that it's in an oil can...

I bought a camshaft for a car that I haven't driven or worked on in almost two full years.

(Foreshadowing? )

I renewed my SCCA membership. Seems pretty ridiculous given their new event guidelines and the number of people I expect to follow them. :(

Not ridiculous but we got our LeMons car for $100, $0 net after we sell the interior stuff:

Powar (Forum Supporter) said:

I got a very good deal on a set of 9000 Aero wheels for my '91 900SE convertible. The problem is that the SE already has a set of very nice wheels and tires on it, and these won't fit my other 900 because it is older and has a different bolt pattern. Guess I'll have to pick up another one

Absolutely love that the original Saab wheels are still valuable and too damn cool, while the craptacular aftermarket version is, was, and always has been an unmitigated abomination.

I almost bought this...and might still if the seller gives in to my low offer.

Oh, good lord what have I done?

$116 big valve 1.6 Tipo head for the 128 straight from China.

My girlfriend, who is much too small to ride it, bought a 2015 KTM Super Adventure so she is more comfortable when we go on rides than my BMW K1200S

She giggles so much when we go fast, it is pretty awesome.

I bought a giant octapus kite to fly with my kids

Two face masks.

The FD on 19s. Not the Corgi. He's been here for years.

(the wheels leave soon)

Kylini said:

I renewed my SCCA membership. Seems pretty ridiculous given their new event guidelines and the number of people I expect to follow them. :(

I did too, after about a 20 year absence.  They still had my old membership number on file. It was a wee bit of a challenge as my email address is no longer at Earthlink 

Ethnic Food-Wrap Aficionado said:

Oh, good lord what have I done?

 

 

$116 big valve 1.6 Tipo head for the 128 straight from China.

When's the build thread? Makes sense when we have "Build a PC off alibaba" to have similar builds for turbo cars.

Might be buying at a CNC plasma table this afternoon.

GIRTHQUAKE said:

Ethnic Food-Wrap Aficionado said:

Oh, good lord what have I done?

 

 

$116 big valve 1.6 Tipo head for the 128 straight from China.

When's the build thread? Makes sense when we have "Build a PC off alibaba" to have similar builds for turbo cars.

About 5 years ago?  B.o.B. Fiat 128

When does it restart?  Absolutely no idea.  

m4ff3w said:

My girlfriend, who is much too small to ride it, bought a 2015 KTM Super Adventure so she is more comfortable when we go on rides than my BMW K1200S

 

She giggles so much when we go fast, it is pretty awesome.

We got our top case and panniers on this weekend!

Antihero (Forum Supporter) said:

In reply to eastsideTim :

I know the feeling. I bought this.....weird that it's in an oil can...

Got the same brand, thought it smelled like everclear.

This situation is desperate, I must pay for simple food purchases much more expensive due to shipping, but hopefully this whole situation will end soon.

Enough chlorinated rubber paint, pvc pipe, hose, fittings, chemicals, pumps, filters, and supplies to turn a neglected old concrete pool into a hopefully usable pool.  The credit union has put us on some sort of fraud watch with all the stuff we're buying online from all over.

Some days are good, some days are bad, some days you buy 3 Nintendos 

Challenge car parts.

MadScientistMatt said:

My own update - the raft my parents had was theoretically large enough for me to take the kids around a small lake with, but just barely. It also had a pinhole leak (or, quite possibly, developed one after being put in the water). As it was several decades old, I wasn't sure it was worth patching. So I ordered this:

Something prompted me to check on what these are selling for now. IIRC I paid something like $167 shipped for the raft. Now most retailers are listing them as out of stock, and a few sellers on Amazon are asking $400 for new ones! Guess I wasn't the only one who had that idea.