Author Topic: What did you do to your car today? (Read 3012262 times)

Exhaust looks great. Any comments on sound? Any difference in the seat of your pants?

Weather was nice today (sunny and +10) so I washed and waxed (first of the season!) the Escalade, got rid of those rail dust stains. Also drove the (red) Firebird and raked up my lawn. That's a proper day

Arthur Dent · « **Reply #8448 on:** March 18, 2018, 05:03:20 pm »

Did most of the new brakes lines - roughed in as they still need to be supported.
Power booster and master cylinder in but still needs bleed.

They helped a couple friends install a windshield in a 1966 Dodge Panel truck like the one above only in less fancy condition. Nerve-racking as the glass is over $800 for a replacement.

Solstice2006 · « **Reply #8449 on:** March 18, 2018, 05:04:03 pm »

Quote from: Firm on March 18, 2018, 04:48:29 pm

Exhaust looks great. Any comments on sound? Any difference in the seat of your pants?

Weather was nice today (sunny and +10) so I washed and waxed (first of the season!) the Escalade, got rid of those rail dust stains. Also drove the (red) Firebird and raked up my lawn. That's a proper day

Was thinking about the lawn. But I figured it's not my lawn anymore! :-)

Bubba · « **Reply #8450 on:** March 18, 2018, 07:23:10 pm »

Quote from: Arthur Dent on March 18, 2018, 05:03:20 pm

Did most of the new brakes lines - roughed in as they still need to be supported.
Power booster and master cylinder in but still needs bleed.

Then helped a couple friends install a windshield in a 1966 Dodge Panel truck like the one above only in less fancy condition. Nerve-racking as the glass is over $800 for a replacement.

Does the Pontiac have seatbelts? If so, make sure you have them on the first time you hit the brakes.

Blueprint · « **Reply #8451 on:** March 18, 2018, 08:36:50 pm »

Quote from: Firm on March 18, 2018, 04:48:29 pm

Weather was nice today (sunny and +10) so I washed and waxed (first of the season!) the Escalade, got rid of those rail dust stains. Also drove the (red) Firebird and raked up my lawn. That's a proper day

-16°C in Montreal and my lawn is still under a few feet of snow

Firm · « **Reply #8452 on:** March 18, 2018, 08:41:25 pm »

Quote from: Blueprint on March 18, 2018, 08:36:50 pm

Quote from: Firm on March 18, 2018, 04:48:29 pm
Weather was nice today (sunny and +10) so I washed and waxed (first of the season!) the Escalade, got rid of those rail dust stains. Also drove the (red) Firebird and raked up my lawn. That's a proper day

-16°C in Montreal and my lawn is still under a few feet of snow

Yeah, GTA bubble. Talking to a friend in Barrie and they still have snow cover too. Don't fool yourself though, the slightly better weather in the GTA doesn't make it any more tolerable as a place to live.

Solstice2006 · « **Reply #8453 on:** March 18, 2018, 09:17:26 pm »

Quote from: Firm on March 18, 2018, 08:41:25 pm

Quote from: Blueprint on March 18, 2018, 08:36:50 pm
Quote from: Firm on March 18, 2018, 04:48:29 pm
Weather was nice today (sunny and +10) so I washed and waxed (first of the season!) the Escalade, got rid of those rail dust stains. Also drove the (red) Firebird and raked up my lawn. That's a proper day

-16°C in Montreal and my lawn is still under a few feet of snow

Yeah, GTA bubble. Talking to a friend in Barrie and they still have snow cover too. Don't fool yourself though, the slightly better weather in the GTA doesn't make it any more tolerable as a place to live.

it does for people who work outside!

OliverD · « **Reply #8454 on:** March 18, 2018, 09:34:43 pm »

Quote from: Blueprint on March 18, 2018, 08:36:50 pm

Quote from: Firm on March 18, 2018, 04:48:29 pm
Weather was nice today (sunny and +10) so I washed and waxed (first of the season!) the Escalade, got rid of those rail dust stains. Also drove the (red) Firebird and raked up my lawn. That's a proper day

-16°C in Montreal and my lawn is still under a few feet of snow

A lot warmer in Fredericton but there's a good 2-4 feet of snow throughout my yard.

Arthur Dent · « **Reply #8455 on:** March 18, 2018, 09:56:12 pm »

Quote from: Bubba on March 18, 2018, 07:23:10 pm

Quote from: Arthur Dent on March 18, 2018, 05:03:20 pm

Did most of the new brakes lines - roughed in as they still need to be supported.
Power booster and master cylinder in but still needs bleed.

Then helped a couple friends install a windshield in a 1966 Dodge Panel truck like the one above only in less fancy condition. Nerve-racking as the glass is over $800 for a replacement.

Does the Pontiac have seatbelts? If so, make sure you have them on the first time you hit the brakes.

No seat belts ... yet

jamie1 · « **Reply #8456 on:** March 18, 2018, 10:42:54 pm »

Quote from: Firm on March 18, 2018, 04:48:29 pm

Exhaust looks great. Any comments on sound? Any difference in the seat of your pants?

Weather was nice today (sunny and +10) so I washed and waxed (first of the season!) the Escalade, got rid of those rail dust stains. Also drove the (red) Firebird and raked up my lawn. That's a proper day

It has a nice tone to it now. Nicer rasp on accel. As for seat in the pants difference, hard to tell. It went from my shop right back to my garage as it started to snow,yet again. Also had 90lbs of raw dog food in the trunk that I picked up before stopping at the shop.

Bubba · « **Reply #8457 on:** March 19, 2018, 08:36:31 pm »

I replaced the air and cabin filters in the Sonata tonight. Replacing the engine air filter was easy, as was the cabin air filter. The cabin filter was behind the glove box, right where it belongs, not like the Mazda that had it buried near the floor in the center console. You had to be a contortionist to get the damn thing out and replaced.

Cell phone pic, using the trouble light for illumination.

BWII · « **Reply #8458 on:** March 20, 2018, 08:07:54 am »

Hit 175k on the Fusion. FGC...facking good car.

draghon · « **Reply #8459 on:** March 20, 2018, 10:05:58 am »

^Nice

I'm about to roll-over 180k.