What did you do to your "other" car (aka musclecar) today

[RyanbabZ71]

I can’t the car is gone




Ryan B.

[RyanbabZ71]

What am I looking for? Basically because people are clueless




Ryan B.

[SnakeEyeSS]

18 hours ago, RyanbabZ71 said:

What am I looking for? Basically because people are clueless




Ryan B.

Right in the middle the first sentence after finish care.

 

Basically don't wax/seal your car.

 

And I already need a piece of Xpel replaced. Someone moron decided they needed to squeeze into a small area and slammed their car door into my mirror(I parked way out too). They actually would have had plenty of room if they could park worth a crap. It was at a busy zoo and it was just park anywhere day. I parked near a power pole and with the anchor around my car I figured no one else with sense would try to fit in there(well I guess I was right in the wrong way)

...had to peel the xpel back, wet sand and put down some touch up clear and compound and polish a dime size spot+. It's almost perfectly smooth but "I know" it's there. It's on the end point of the mirror. So you can't tell unless you look right at it, and once the xpel is on I think it will be invisible. But I KNOW. 

 

The xpel wasn't penetrated, but they hit it with enough force it scuffed the clear through the marred the film. Imagine getting a rock, sitting it on the film, then attempting to key with it. Without the film it probably would have gone down to the housing. 

Edited March 22, 2018 by SnakeEyeSS

[RyanbabZ71]

They want your car to wear out so you buy a new one


Ryan B.

[SnakeEyeSS]

I can only get 91 in Oklahoma. So I found this review, it was referenced on another site. The numbers don't make sense.

 

http://web.archive.org/web/20100214083430/http://volvospeed.com:80/Reviews/octane_boosters_lucas.html

 

Reviewer says;

100:1 ratio takes 93 octane to 96.6

 

Then says one bottle(which is 15oz) is enough to take 10 gallons of 93 to 96.6. 

 

I guess he meant to say "at least"? Because 15 oz in 1280 oz is not 100:1. I was just trying to figure how much I needed to get 19 gallons from 91 to 93.)

 

 

Anyway, to take 19 gallons from 91 to 93 it sounds like a 15 oz bottle will about do it. 1.28 ounces per gallon to raise 3.6 octane according to the test, so 24.32 oz to make 19 gallons 94.6~, if I use half that it will be 92.8 gallons from 12.16 oz., a whole bottle is 15. So I should be good with a bottle. Only need 13.3 oz to raise 19 gallons two numbers. I think 

Edited March 23, 2018 by SnakeEyeSS

[SnakeEyeSS]

When I picked the car up from inspection they told me the mirror film replacement was on the house. 

 

Nice(although it did come with a fingerprint under it . I'm sure my other cars have them but yellow it's so easy to see )

I'm NOT complaining though, they did good and seemed a lot more honest than another shop so I'll be using them in the future.

[RyanbabZ71]

Tint and clearbra done










Ryan B.

[SnakeEyeSS]

Looks good.

How is your top bumper corner seam? That's the xpel cut, so I guess it's better than custom fit(you can find reports that the custom ones, once removed, generally have clear coat cut lines, even from really high end shops,  some guys say NO one is good enough to avoid cutting the paint with every cut, the film just hides it), but I wish xpel had put the seam somewhere else.

 

 

Was at a car show-ish thing a few days ago. Parked near it and ended up being in it. Car had a few fans:

 

Then went to the mall so my kids could visit build a bear. I saw someone drive by very slowly when I was walking in, got paranoid, so I walked back out a few minutes later, and there were some kids around it taking pictures.

 

Put the Lucas booster in so it can have it's recommended drink of choice.

 

Like the Diode sidemarkers. Reverse lights are pretty bright. 

 

Thinking about getting SS blackout overlays. Or the 50th SS emblem, but I think they are the grey color. 

 

 

 

Edited March 23, 2018 by SnakeEyeSS

[MikeFoxLima]

Sold my "other car" last week.  It was a 2008 BMW 328 with a 6 speed manual. I miss it, but at almost 110K miles on it (and all the things that go bad after 100K miles) it was time to let it go.

 

I don't think I'll get another "other car" and will commit more time to riding the motorcycles this year.

 

[Jsdirt]

I'm contemplating selling mine. I don't ride much these days - so many idiots on the roads in MA, especially in and around the cities. Thinking of buying a paramotor this year, if funds allow. Aviation has been luring me away from the street lately, thanks  to Youtube.

 

I'll probably hold on to the RD, though.  Thing is a blast to ride, I love it's political incorrectness. 

 

 

Edited March 27, 2018 by Jsdirt

[KARNUT]

Took the wife’s other ride out today


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[CadillacLuke24]

Cadillac moves under her own power  Just have to get her up here to start getting rid of bad parts, that and get a parts car. Nice to hear her turn over with no issues. 

 

Considering buying my dad's DTS, but I can't afford 2 project cars and go back to school. Even if that means one of my doofus siblings tears it up. 

[SnakeEyeSS]

I go to the store I haven't been to in a while looking for those Camaros. I end up finding a Hot Wheels red 67 "custom Firebird" with the 69 Trans Am wing, roll cage, modern seats. I saw it and started thinking that looks familiar.

Edited March 28, 2018 by SnakeEyeSS

[Yonah_Mtn]

I changed the engine oil and the A&A blower oil, new plugs and air filter..

[Daly]

 

It's on the road...