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Offline craigq

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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #2720 on: June 13, 2014, 05:08:05 pm »
Nothing, but I received the recall notice for the driver side airbag spiral cable  :D
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #2721 on: June 13, 2014, 08:58:22 pm »
Quote from: quadzilla on June 13, 2014, 01:33:52 pm
Washed it and found out that it is actually white.

 :rofl2: I thought it was grey
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #2722 on: June 13, 2014, 08:59:35 pm »
Drove the TT-RS for the first time in a week. I put more km's on my road bike in a month  :P
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #2723 on: June 14, 2014, 04:32:32 pm »
Drove it in grandma's funeral procession.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #2724 on: June 15, 2014, 11:53:37 am »
condolences.

put the car seat in the wrangler. wife needed to go out with her car without our munchkin, so I get to take him out in it to see his grandpa... not sure if i'll try roof down with him there... might be too noisy and all that...
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #2725 on: June 15, 2014, 01:12:24 pm »
Quote from: Snowman on June 13, 2014, 08:59:35 pm
Drove the TT-RS for the first time in a week. I put more km's on my road bike in a month  :P
Maybe time to trade in TT for a new road bike and a euro vacation
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #2726 on: June 15, 2014, 02:14:15 pm »
Moved one of my PCs to the garage, and the car in ( so the PC screen was not in blinding sunlight).
Used VCDS ( Vag Com) and set the interior ambient lighting on...only took 3 changes via the computer and 3 more on the infotainment "secret menu"   I liked the ambient lighting on the M-B when it gets dark I'll see how it looks on the Q5.

Also set the 'D' symbol to display the actual gear.

Chickened out from enabling the TPMS...looks as if the car has it and it is an option to enable it ( $350) but VCDS can do it for free..
Also chickened out from stuff like flashing the brake lights when doing a full rate stop and other stuff the car has but not enabled for NA.

So FWIW I have the uptodate VCDS cable for reasonably modern, post 1995,  VAG group cars ( including Bentleys!) but I do not have have a laptop so my willingness to have others use the cable ( which is the expensive licensed bit of VCDS) is limited  by that. Moving a desktop to and from the garage is a pain.

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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #2727 on: June 15, 2014, 02:32:07 pm »
Cleaned the pedals off, lots of sand was hanging out there!
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #2728 on: June 15, 2014, 03:09:58 pm »
Quote from: airbalancer on June 15, 2014, 01:12:24 pm
Quote from: Snowman on June 13, 2014, 08:59:35 pm
Drove the TT-RS for the first time in a week. I put more km's on my road bike in a month  :P
Maybe time to trade in TT for a black 911 C2S, and have fun before you get hit by a bus

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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #2729 on: June 15, 2014, 04:05:55 pm »
Quote from: Turbo Bob on June 15, 2014, 03:09:58 pm
Quote from: airbalancer on June 15, 2014, 01:12:24 pm
Quote from: Snowman on June 13, 2014, 08:59:35 pm
Drove the TT-RS for the first time in a week. I put more km's on my road bike in a month  :P
Maybe time to trade in TT for a black 911 C2S, and have fun before you get hit by a bus

EFA

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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #2730 on: June 15, 2014, 04:08:10 pm »
Did a bunch of stuff to my car yesterday.  Fixed my headrest that was catching on my HANS, cleaned my undertray of debris and oil, emptied my overflow / catch can filled it with gas then did a string alignment.  All good to go!
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #2731 on: June 15, 2014, 07:33:34 pm »
Washed the cars and touch up painted the chips on the parts of the hood where the 3M film didn't cover.


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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #2732 on: June 16, 2014, 02:52:14 pm »
On the weekend, washed the Speed (finally looks yellow again, lol) and cleaned the interior except the floors. Then wetsanded the carbon fibre hood and put on a coat of clear.  I still need to put on a couple more coats of clear, then more wetsanding, polish, then wax.  Hopefully, the finish will last longer this time  :-\
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #2733 on: June 16, 2014, 07:37:18 pm »
Quote from: Turbo Bob on June 11, 2014, 01:52:21 pm
Quote from: Scarecrow on June 08, 2014, 09:03:37 am
Quote from: Scarecrow on June 07, 2014, 06:59:36 pm
A friend of mine, who is a professional photographer, did a photoshoot of me and my Cobra.  Can't wait to see the pics...

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Post them up when you get em.... :)

Here's the first one John has shared so far.  Should be more to come.

The HDR treatment kinda emphasizes the 3M stone chip film on the nose, though...


Great car, not so keen on the photo though, but that's just me.

How do you like this photo, just posted by John today?

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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #2734 on: June 17, 2014, 01:25:51 pm »
control arm, tune-up and oil change on the patriot...

love when i drive that car for a day... i get to notice all the things my wife would never pick up on... and by love, i mean not like.. at all.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #2735 on: June 17, 2014, 01:54:20 pm »
Washed the bird poop off of it.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #2736 on: June 17, 2014, 02:31:19 pm »
Quote from: huota on June 17, 2014, 01:54:20 pm
Washed the bird poop off of it.
We are expecting thundershowers this pm to do that on my car!
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #2737 on: June 17, 2014, 05:43:25 pm »
Quote from: tpl on June 17, 2014, 02:31:19 pm
Quote from: huota on June 17, 2014, 01:54:20 pm
Washed the bird poop off of it.
We are expecting thundershowers this pm to do that on my car!

Same here, waiting for the rain to start.  Damned birds made a low pass bombing run while I was on the highway.  They hit the bumper, hood and windshield.   I can't use the water hose today due to local outdoor water use by-laws but ok tomorrow.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #2738 on: June 17, 2014, 06:14:42 pm »
um..  took front wheel off to have it checked.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #2739 on: June 17, 2014, 06:22:02 pm »
Got an estimate to repair the damage to my Miata's front bumper, caused by some woman crashing into it while trying to get out of her parking spot.  Our cars were parallel parked on the street and she backed into mine.

At least she was kind enough to leave me a note, taking responsibility for the damage.  Not like the pr!ck who sideswiped my car more than a year ago and just took off.
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