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Offline Gurgie

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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #6180 on: October 30, 2016, 09:56:47 pm »
Drive the Porsche for the 1st time in almost 2 weeks! Used it to get out to the golf course, it sure loves the cold dense air this time of year :D

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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #6181 on: October 31, 2016, 11:12:14 am »
Swapped the winter tires on the Mazda. Maybe a little early but its done.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #6182 on: November 01, 2016, 07:29:26 pm »
Quote from: Arthur Dent on October 31, 2016, 11:12:14 am
Swapped the winter tires on the Mazda. Maybe a little early but its done.

I've had my winters on for a week.  Now, the Winnipeg forecast is calling for double-digit temps until Monday.   ::)
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #6183 on: November 06, 2016, 04:49:03 pm »
Let the T/A stretch it's legs after sitting for a couple of weeks. Noticed that the rear hatch was rattling a bit, so when I got home I took a look and found that the rubber bump stops were sorta worn down. Extended them out a bit and problem solved :)
While tinkering I finally tracked down a dash rattle that'd be bugging me for awhile too....Bolt for one of the main dashboard mounts was missing. Found a new one and solved another issue :) Not bad for about 45 minutes worth of work.

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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #6184 on: November 06, 2016, 04:54:25 pm »
I can't believe you have such a nice old T/A in the salt brine belt

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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #6185 on: November 06, 2016, 04:59:28 pm »
No salt down yet....haven't had a flake of snow yet either :)

Notice that it's still on summer tires.....I don't have the heart to drive it through another winter. Last year I *needed* it because I had nothing else to drive. Now we've got the 'Slade and the other Firebird, so we should be fine without this one. I will keep it insured/plated and ready to go should :censor: hit the fan with one of the other two....
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #6186 on: November 06, 2016, 06:31:32 pm »
Quote from: Fobroader on November 06, 2016, 04:54:25 pm
I can't believe you have such a nice old T/A in the salt brine belt

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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #6187 on: November 06, 2016, 10:19:34 pm »
Every time I see that stupid T/A...I want to go look for a stupid T/A... :P  But, the car hunting season is coming to a close. Probably a good thing, I'd have nowhere to park a toy.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #6188 on: November 07, 2016, 12:02:17 am »
Quote from: BWII on November 06, 2016, 10:19:34 pm
Every time I see that stupid T/A...I want to go look for a stupid T/A... :P  But, the car hunting season is coming to a close. Probably a good thing, I'd have nowhere to park a toy.

that's when the best deals are!
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #6189 on: November 07, 2016, 10:35:42 am »
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #6190 on: November 07, 2016, 10:57:55 am »
washed and "quick detailer'ed" my bimmer over the weekend.


yesterday, on my brother's 06 civic,
changed rear discs, pads, bled the fluid, changed oil/filter, spark plug and air filter.   he's not big on maintenance, which is why he's sticking with the old civic, but man...   never seen blacker brake fluid coming out of caliper. rear passenger caliper was almost seized, but impact driver did its thing and loosened it up, but if it were me, i would change the caliper...  hopefully the caliper works for next little while.

ordered all parts(except engine oil and filter) on rock auto, but they sent me  front pads instead rear so had to get some rear pads from local Part Source.   $45 for rear pads.  fack.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #6191 on: November 07, 2016, 03:32:13 pm »
It is a nice day around here so I put my winter wheels on. With a shop-style jack, electric impact wrench, torque wrench, wheels in all 4 corners and and assortments of other useful things my driveway looked like a pit stop for half an hour  8)
Everything went smooth. I cannot overestimate the convenience of having a dedicated set of winter alloys and tires. With X-ICE3 the car goes quieter over asphalt joints than with all-seasons, feels kind of more luxurious. 
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #6192 on: November 07, 2016, 03:37:46 pm »
Triumph TR8 - V8 engine sounds at idle

Did some work on the TR8 over the weekend. So far I've got the wipers, headlights (mostly - one still doesn't pop up), and heater fan working. Just cleaning grounds and switches so far. I think the horn relay might need replacing as the horn itself works but not via the button. I need to get the signal lights working plus bleed the brakes.

Having a trunk mounted battery is quite convenient for testing the rear lights - less so for a horn.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #6193 on: November 08, 2016, 01:26:08 pm »
good luck with it!

just switched over my roof on the jeep... with this string of warm weather, i could have been going top down more (had it down friday and saturday!) but i needed to start getting the garage set up for some other things going in...
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #6194 on: November 08, 2016, 02:07:21 pm »
Another final "final" drive of year - pic is actually from 2 weeks ago when I went for what I thought would be the last drive of the year, but couldn't resist another sunny 17degC day so a nice jaunt around the country lanes was callled for...

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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #6195 on: November 08, 2016, 05:44:41 pm »
Winter oil change on the Wrangler. Fumoto makes an easy oil change a really easy clean oil change  :)
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #6196 on: November 08, 2016, 06:17:32 pm »
Quote from: SeaBlueS4 on November 08, 2016, 02:07:21 pm
Another final "final" drive of year - pic is actually from 2 weeks ago when I went for what I thought would be the last drive of the year, but couldn't resist another sunny 17degC day so a nice jaunt around the country lanes was callled for...

I love the TR6 - for me it beats MGB's, Midgets, and Spifires in the looks department.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #6197 on: November 08, 2016, 06:21:34 pm »
The TR6 is a masterful styling update on the TR4/5 - looks like a new car the but centre section is shared. The TR6 has a great engine noise too - beefy straight six. I test drove one before getting my TR8. Lovely car (wife hated it but oddly thinks the TR8 is ok).
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #6198 on: November 08, 2016, 07:10:53 pm »
Rolled past 200k in Robeson County, on the A74. Snapped pic as I was stuck behind a MDX camping in the overtaking lane......
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #6199 on: November 08, 2016, 07:21:05 pm »
Quote from: mlin32 on November 08, 2016, 07:10:53 pm
Rolled past 200k in Robeson County, on the A74. Snapped pic as I was stuck behind a MDX camping in the overtaking lane......

Pretty average, 20k per year. 

Just hit 30k on the Mazda6 today, 2 years old this week. 
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