Author Topic: What did you do to your car today? (Read 3012253 times)

ktm525 · « **Reply #12760 on:** June 08, 2020, 04:56:01 pm »

Good article from the nineties with some great oldies: Our old Contour SVT was still my wife's favourite car.

https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/comparison-test/a15140782/the-best-handling-car-for-less-than-30000-archived-feature/

ChaosphereIX · « **Reply #12761 on:** June 08, 2020, 05:48:04 pm »

I like the Contour SVT. Indeed it sounds nice. 90s Ford at it's best.

Arthur Dent · « **Reply #12762 on:** June 09, 2020, 06:05:47 pm »

Got new rear tires finally for the Fairlady. Pretty clean underneath for being 17 years old. I wonder if it was never in the rain or something similar. The paint markings from assembly are all still there.

rrocket · « **Reply #12763 on:** June 09, 2020, 06:09:00 pm »

Probably in the rain...but maybe not the winter?

Triple Bob · « **Reply #12764 on:** June 09, 2020, 06:49:46 pm »

Quote from: OliverD on June 08, 2020, 09:34:02 am

Quote from: Brig on June 08, 2020, 09:17:54 am
I think you're supposed to do it 5 more times.

Triple Bob · « **Reply #12765 on:** June 09, 2020, 06:52:17 pm »

Quote from: ChaosphereIX on June 08, 2020, 08:36:31 am

Beauty shots taken for the BAT listing, they are turning out nice.

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Great shots!

me_2 · « **Reply #12766 on:** June 09, 2020, 09:23:46 pm »

Quote from: Arthur Dent on June 09, 2020, 06:05:47 pm

Got new rear tires finally for the Fairlady. Pretty clean underneath for being 17 years old. I wonder if it was never in the rain or something similar. The paint markings from assembly are all still there.

As you said, pretty clean underneath for being 17 years old Fairlady. Keep going

Firm · « **Reply #12767 on:** June 09, 2020, 10:05:56 pm »

Got some backroad 'bonding' time with the T/A.

Great_Big_Abyss · « **Reply #12768 on:** June 10, 2020, 10:36:56 am »

Took the Civic to the mechanic by my work (Claudio's) for an oil/filter change. $40 all in for a conventional oil change, 4L of oil, and a filter. That's cheaper than I can do it myself after i buy the oil and the filter (although I say that, and I notice now that Canadian Tire has half price oil at the moment - $13-$16 for 5L). Not to mention then I have to go through the pain in the ass of actually doing the oil change, transferring the old oil into a container (some always spill on to my yard), and then driving to dispose of the oil.

It's a no-brainer to take the car to Claudio's for oil changes at that price. Once the truck's off warranty, I'll probably bring it to him, too, and just bring in my own oil (I'll be using AMSOIL in the truck).

blur911 · « **Reply #12769 on:** June 10, 2020, 03:51:09 pm »

Took a few laps with the 911.
Got a few things to work on, clutch needs adjustment, throttle rods need adjustment, brake fluid needs to be refreshed, oil leak needs an o-ring.

Also, while braking, downshifting and turning in at 150kph something went "rattle rattle ting", I think I left a tool of some sort in the undercarriage somewhere, now it's on the track.

Arthur Dent · « **Reply #12770 on:** June 10, 2020, 09:37:03 pm »

Sold the Acura

Just was not getting used with the kids buying cars and the whole COVID piece. Sold to a nice young woman who is taking it back to Calgary.

rrocket · « **Reply #12771 on:** June 10, 2020, 10:40:28 pm »

Quote from: Arthur Dent on June 10, 2020, 09:37:03 pm

Sold the Acura

Just was not getting used with the kids buying cars and the whole COVID piece. Sold to a nice young woman who is taking it back to Calgary.

Uh oh...what's next?

Gurgie · « **Reply #12772 on:** June 10, 2020, 11:24:47 pm »

Quote from: rrocket on June 10, 2020, 10:40:28 pm

Quote from: Arthur Dent on June 10, 2020, 09:37:03 pm
Sold the Acura

Just was not getting used with the kids buying cars and the whole COVID piece. Sold to a nice young woman who is taking it back to Calgary.

Uh oh...what's next?

Yeah?

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Arthur Dent · « **Reply #12773 on:** June 10, 2020, 11:57:18 pm »

Well for now the wife is getting a hot tub. We'll see. I think the Fiero has a rear main seal leak which is an engine or transmission out job so that will keep me busy for a bit.

Railton · « **Reply #12774 on:** June 11, 2020, 05:11:24 pm »

I wanted to get a set of cross bar rails for Mrs. Railtons QX60 and I inquired at the dealer as to cost. $450+ tax said the cheerful parts man at Infiniti or $499+tax installed.
I had a look around on Kijiji and found a set for $150 and installed them today. Cosmetically they have a few scuffs where their ski box was mounted but not that anyone would notice unless looking straight down on them.
Railton

Firm · « **Reply #12775 on:** June 11, 2020, 05:24:56 pm »

Awesome. Those look really pretty sleek

Arthur Dent · « **Reply #12776 on:** June 11, 2020, 05:41:00 pm »

Nice find on the used market. I'd love to get set for the wife's van but not willing to pay the dealer's price.

blur911 · « **Reply #12777 on:** June 11, 2020, 06:58:34 pm »

Installed new power steering hose on the pickup. At one point I had to use a pipewrench to get a stub of the compression nut out.

Seems all better now, I only replaced the bottom half as the upper looked fine and involved a lot more wrenching.
Now to charge to AC and see how that works...

Railton · « **Reply #12778 on:** June 11, 2020, 07:41:54 pm »

Quote from: Firm on June 11, 2020, 05:24:56 pm

Awesome. Those look really pretty sleek

Yeah, they're airfoil in shape so there shouldn't be too much wind noise with them.
I got them to mount the Kayaks on - there's another attachment for that yet to do.

Railton

Railton · « **Reply #12779 on:** June 11, 2020, 07:43:38 pm »

Quote from: Arthur Dent on June 11, 2020, 05:41:00 pm

Nice find on the used market. I'd love to get set for the wife's van but not willing to pay the dealer's price.

Luckily, the same part is use don the first gen JX35 as well as Pathfinders and QX60 so there was actually more around used than I thought. Also, aftermarket available for about the same price.
Railton