Originally Posted by Marcellus:
I am having a very hard time caring about this. :-)
345HP in that little car is impressive but man, its still a hatch back. A $38,000 hatchback.
I used to be the same way. Then my ex bought a '08 Mazda 3. It was a blast to throw around but it needed another 100 hp to be fun. I bought the Speed3 and that shit is fun as fuck to drive. It handles great. It's got a peppy little motor.
Now, I'm hooked on small, light, agile, high horsepower cars. They're so fun as a daily driver. [Reply]
Originally Posted by lewdog:
Scraped a rim?! What are you, a fucking woman driver?!?!?!
No idea. Didn't know it was scraped until a week or so ago. Need to call the insurance company and get it taken care of.
Originally Posted by lewdog:
So how did you detail the engine bay? I've always wanted to do that. But it makes me nervous given some things in there that you don't really want to get wet.
I just sprayed Garry Deans detail juice on the microfiber towel and wiped the surfaces off, Wasn't a lot there. The car is approaching 5000 miles but still pretty clean under the hood. [Reply]
On my 03 Jeep Wrangler I keep getting water in my passenger floorboard..when I run my air and after it rains..my door has no leaks as far as I can tell..but this has me confused as hell..any ideas or suggestions [Reply]
Originally Posted by mac459:
So maybe one of you guys can help me out
On my 03 Jeep Wrangler I keep getting water in my passenger floorboard..when I run my air and after it rains..my door has no leaks as far as I can tell..but this has me confused as hell..any ideas or suggestions
Seal between windshield frame and tub maybe?
If you don't drop the windshield that's probably something that never gets checked. [Reply]
Originally Posted by mac459:
So maybe one of you guys can help me out
On my 03 Jeep Wrangler I keep getting water in my passenger floorboard..when I run my air and after it rains..my door has no leaks as far as I can tell..but this has me confused as hell..any ideas or suggestions
Originally Posted by Detoxing:
Heh. Pretty clever actually.
Part of the "deal" of getting my VW was the included oil changes up to 30k miles.
Now? I bring it on to the shop and my 44+ MPG on the highway gets dinged the moment I drive it off the lot. That was my sole reason for getting a VW over a GM or other import: the advantage diesel gets in efficiency. [Reply]
Originally Posted by BigRedChief:
First time entering a professional juried car show. Was just going out to see the cars. The guy talked me into entering the juried show.
I ended up winning the best in class award. Best car there from 2008 to present. They announced it was their biggest show ever. Looked to be at least 200 cars in the show. The SPS beat out the 5.0/Roush Pony's, Corvettes, Cameros etc.
I just missed the best in show award because I scraped a rim sometime and I need to get it fixed. These car show guys love the Scat Pack Shaker.
The judges told me that they like originality and stock. Don't focus on custom add-ons. Judges army swayed. True or not?
Yes, lewdog, I cleaned it up myself. Vacuumed, wiped it down, wash, detailed the engine and trunk.
So basically you buy this new green car, leave it stock, wash it, enter it in a show, win your class and come in 2nd for best of show??? Small show? :-)
No way that happens in any show I've ever been involved with... Congrats! [Reply]
Originally Posted by TEX:
So basically you buy this new green car, leave it stock, wash it, enter it in a show, win your class and come in 2nd for best of show??? Small show? :-)
No way that happens in any show I've ever been involved with... Congrats!
Dude, I've seen that happen too many times. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Detoxing:
Yup, it happens. I've seen some cars when SEMA awards and im like, "You're ****ing joking, right?"
I don’t mind cleaning and polishing Mrs. Radar’s ’57 and sitting in the sun all day to not win anything but it is a bit annoying when I do and a brand fucking new Camaro, straight off the showroom floor with nothing special at all done to it does win an award. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Radar Chief:
I don’t mind cleaning and polishing Mrs. Radar’s ’57 and sitting in the sun all day to not win anything but it is a bit annoying when I do and a brand ****ing new Camaro, straight off the showroom floor with nothing special at all done to it does win an award.
I've seen it happen. Or when a new Roush Mustang beats out a $100K Restomod..... (San Diego Mustangs by the Bay, I'm looking at YOU. And i voted for the restomod FYI....) [Reply]