Topic: What did you do to your car today?

[Gurgie]

 

It'll be full of spots after I drive down to Caledon later this afternoon, but at least the inside is clean & my brats better keep it that way!! 

[Ex-airbalancer]

It'll be full of spots after I drive down to Caledon later this afternoon, but at least the inside is clean & my brats better keep it that way!! 

But it sure looks pretty , almost the same colour as the RX

[Gurgie]

It'll be full of spots after I drive down to Caledon later this afternoon, but at least the inside is clean & my brats better keep it that way!! 

But it sure looks pretty , almost the same colour as the RX

Thx, your RX might be a bit darker, but it is similar.

[Ex-airbalancer]

It'll be full of spots after I drive down to Caledon later this afternoon, but at least the inside is clean & my brats better keep it that way!! 

But it sure looks pretty , almost the same colour as the RX

Thx, your RX might be a bit darker, but it is similar.

Atleast ours are not  white, black, grey or beige 

[Bubba]

Got it detailed inside & out.

[BWII]

Washed and waxed the kids car (with his help of course) and washed and waxed my car.  No help...of course.  Just the way I like it.  Would post pics...but photophucket stuck it to the people.     Haven't felt like signing up with a new provider yet.

[johngenx]

Coming out of the round-a-bout I left a Tesla in the dust without having to use full boost and with my engine light on.  I thought they were faster than that.

He actually passed you several times, going so fast you didn't see him.  Then he ended up behind you, but had been around the circle at least a half dozen times to your <1.

If there is an asteroid about to hit earth, that Tesla driver will drive backwards around the planet and keep time suspended until we can solve the problem.

[ChaosphereIX]

Teslas are stupid quick, you sure the driver was even aware a race was on?

Only car that gave me the sickening shove that I felt in a Tesla was the modded R34 Skyline. Everything else just felt slow.

[tenpenny]

On Friday, I noticed my wife’s Forester was dripping fluid, I thought it was oil, and since it was due, we decided to take it for a Sat morning visit to the Mr Lube place.  I got over the thrill of dealing with jugs of waste oil many years ago, so I don’t bother with that.
The guys there said it was actually a transmission leak, so we were thinking about large sums of money.
In the afternoon, I crawled under it, and thought, that filter looks old and dirty, did they even change it?  I also felt a big dent and crease in it.  Then the light came on (literally, I used a flashlight).  It’s the transmission filter, stupid.  A spin-on filter, just like a small oil filter.  And it has a dent and crease in it so it probably doesn’t seal any longer.
This morning, she took it to the dealer, who confirmed the filter was leaking, replaced it and the fluid, quick fix, and off she goes.  We’re both convinced that the only way that filter could have gotten dented was two weeks ago when the (same) dealer replaced the fuel lines; since then, nobody has been under the car in any way.  Still, it’s fixed.
We did confirm something, though.  Comparing the 2008 Forester with 140,000 km to the 2008 Corolla with 275,000 km that my daughter has:  the Corolla is light years above the Forester when it comes to build quality, road feel, reliability, and aging.

[tortoise]

The truck was running rough and then a check engine light came on.  I assumed it was a misfire and sure enough fault code P0304 was triggered. Misfire on cylinder 4.

Cylinder 4 is at the back of the motor and royal pain in the ass.  After two days of chipping away it I finally get the rear driver's side coil replaced.  It seriously sucked but I was pretty proud of myself for getting it done.

Clear the code, take it for a drive and the same symptoms and CEL code appear.  Fack, into the shop since I am going on holidays next week and don't have time to deal with it.

Shop calls me and says they figured out the problem:

[tenpenny]

The truck was running rough and then a check engine light came on.  I assumed it was a misfire and sure enough fault code P0304 was triggered. Misfire on cylinder 4.

Cylinder 4 is at the back of the motor and royal pain in the ass.  After two days of chipping away it I finally get the rear driver's side coil replaced.  It seriously sucked but I was pretty proud of myself for getting it done.

Clear the code, take it for a drive and the same symptoms and CEL code appear.  Fack, into the shop since I am going on holidays next week and don't have time to deal with it.

Shop calls me and says they figured out the problem:

A friend of mine told me about buying a used diesel Jetta years ago.  It had a bad glow plug, and the guy he bought it from said they'd replaced it several times and couldn't fix it.  After much diigging, friend discovered that the cylinders were ordered in one sequence, but in typical German fashion, the glow plugs were numbered in a different sequence.  Easy fix.


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[Firm]

I took this week off to get caught up on car stuff, and spend a bit of time with Mrs.Firm. So far the car stuff is coming along nicely  Took the 84 Camaro out of long-ish term storage on Friday, bought the E-type on Saturday, and spent the last 3 days doing body work on the Camaro. 34 years and 320,000kms, plus a 10 year stint relegated to an unheated garage meant it had a few spots that needed tending....Nothing serious, just superficial stuff, but a LOT of hours to fix it to my standards. Making progress though, another couple days and I can wrap it up...

I have to say....I've become quite proficient with a rattle can.....

[Arthur Dent]

White is probably the best colour to match. Still a rattle can artist!

[Firm]

Anything without metallic is easier to blend provided that you can get a decent match....this was just Duplicator from CTC, but it gets trickier with the older or import stuff.
I actually don't like working with white thou because it's very easy to sand/polish through so that you get a shadow of the underlying primer. I find red the easiest because of the strong pigments

[carcrazed]

Got the front sway bar links and rear sway bar bushing replaced. Wow, the whole car felt so different right out of the dealership's driveway.
The car feels so much more planted in corners and felt just as sold as a brand new car. Also I didn't hear any more clunking noise from the rear end over bumps.

I had a 2017 RDX Elite as a loaner for the day. It was nice, but it felt dated and the ventilated seat didn't work as well as I would have liked. The adaptive cruise was a bit weird for me; it accelerated and braked too aggressively.
Overall, I wouldn't pay for the RDX until a major remodel happens.

Before I drove away from the dealership, I tried sitting in a 2013 TL Tech so get a feel for what Vmango's TL would be like size-wise. I could not get comfortable in a TLX due to its low roofline, but TL had enough headroom for me.
However, the storage up front was not enough for a pack-rat that I am. And the fact the rear seats don't fold down is a bummer for me.

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[Fobroader]

Attempting to clean the corrosion and paint the wheels black on the Mitsu

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[rrocket]

I didn't even bother. Just a quick scuff, a couple coats of primer and paint!

BTW...did you see the cue card trick to prevent over spray I used?

[Fobroader]

Yup...forgot cue cards

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[rrocket]

Yup...forgot cue cards

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Dollar store

[Fobroader]

Yup...forgot cue cards

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Dollar store

Father in law was sent on a mission lol

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