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Alec Michaels intro - Alec Michaels - 09-11-2018
Hey what’s up everyone my name is Alec Michaels and I am from Bel Air, Maryland. I am a sophomore and am majoring in business management. The car I drive is a white 2017 Honda Accord sport. It’s nothing special and all I have done is a few exterior mods for looks. I am looking into doing some things to it in the future just not sure what. I have always had a love for cars, but never learned any of the mechanics or how to work on them so I am definitely looking into learning some things and upgrading my car. My dad has a 2011 Bama tuned mustang gt right now with a bunch of upgrades like flow master exhaust, K&N air filter, strut bars and many more. My grandfather is also a car guy and buys salvaged corvettes and classics and fixes them up (pictures attached). But yea I am really excited for this club and look forward to meeting you all more and learning a bunch about cars!
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RE: Alec Michaels intro - Eco_Boi_Stephen - 09-11-2018
Welcome Alec! Is the accord a manual?
Alec Michaels intro - Alec Michaels - 09-11-2018
No it is not unfortunately. It does have a paddle shifter option which can be fun though
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Alec Michaels intro - JPolen01 - 09-11-2018
Welcome to a fellow Marylander! I thought all Accord sports were manual womp womp.
RE: Alec Michaels intro - davej - 09-12-2018
Hey Alec, welcome! There's usually plenty of opportunities to get your knuckles busted if you want to dig into any of that.
Is your grandfathers shop up in MD also? Looks like some neat projects.
I'm looking at your Accord and having dirty, dirty thoughts about the reliability!
RE: Alec Michaels intro - rherold9 - 09-12-2018
(09-12-2018, 08:32 AM)davej Wrote: I'm looking at your Accord and having dirty, dirty thoughts about the reliability!
I would too with your car purchases
Welcome Alec! You'll learn Polen had an old Accord is probably super excited to see what you are going to do with your new one!
RE: Alec Michaels intro - ScottyB - 09-12-2018
welcome from one old school accord owner to another!
circa 2004
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love the vette resurrections too, we'll need to hear more stories about that.
RE: Alec Michaels intro - Jake - 09-12-2018
Welcome! There have been a few Accords pass through MM but please don't pull a Polen and slam yours on its nuts. It makes it very hard for me to make beer runs in it mid-party without scraping driveway aprons. Or so I've heard.
Would love to see more pics of the Corvettes and shop, that looks great!
Alec Michaels intro - Alec Michaels - 09-12-2018
Thank you for all the welcomes. I don’t plan on doing anything too crazy to my car so don’t have to worry about that lol. Maybe just an air intake, exhaust and other little things. If anyone has any suggestions I would love to hear them. But yes my grandfather has multiple garages all in Hagerstown, Maryland. He owns probably about 12 or 13 corvettes at the moment (only about 5 or 6 drivable) and about 25 cars total. His current baby he is working on is a 56 with a 265 V8. Very cool cars. Maybe I can convince him to bring one for the car show.
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RE: Alec Michaels intro - Sijray21 - 09-12-2018
Very cool and welcome! Take care of those wheels on the Accord; i hear they're hot commodities on the black market (hopefully that subsides).
<-- Old alumni with a horrible history of theft and vandalism from prior vehicles
RE: Alec Michaels intro - davej - 09-12-2018
(09-12-2018, 10:15 AM)Sijray21 Wrote: <-- Old alumni with a horrible history of theft and vandalism from prior vehicles
As in you were the perpetrator?
RE: Alec Michaels intro - Sijray21 - 09-12-2018
(09-12-2018, 12:13 PM)davej Wrote:lol, no(09-12-2018, 10:15 AM)Sijray21 Wrote: <-- Old alumni with a horrible history of theft and vandalism from prior vehicles
As in you were the perpetrator?
I think I've had 13 instances where I was the victim of vandalism. I am/was the running gag of MM for theft/vandalism.
Alec Michaels intro - Senor_Taylor - 09-12-2018
Welcome! That's super neat that you've got three generations of car dudes!
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RE: Alec Michaels intro - JPolen01 - 09-12-2018
(09-12-2018, 09:41 AM)Jake Wrote: Welcome! There have been a few Accords pass through MM but please don't pull a Polen and slam yours on its nuts. It makes it very hard for me to make beer runs in it mid-party without scraping driveway aprons. Or so I've heard.
You secretly loved it. I know it. I miss this car even though I turned it to a trash heap.
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RE: Alec Michaels intro - Kaan - 09-12-2018
welcome to the club! does your grandfather do his own paint on those restorations?
Alec Michaels intro - Alec Michaels - 09-12-2018
He used to! He used to do it all. As he is getting older and fought leukemia the doctors said it is not a good idea anymore to be around the chemicals. But he definitely used to
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RE: Alec Michaels intro - JustinG - 09-12-2018
Welcome to the club. I really dig the new Accords.
Alec Michaels intro - *insertusernamehere* - 09-14-2018
Welcome welcome! Get in here with that Accord brother!! That's the second best gen of the Accord imo, very good build quality all around with a great interior, make sure you post up a project thread about it! Looking forward to meet you soon!
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RE: Alec Michaels intro - Eco_Boi_Stephen - 09-16-2018
Sorry to hear that. One of my uncles used to do some killer paint jobs but he had an accident and had to give it up.
Alec Michaels intro - GTBrandon - 09-23-2018
Welcome man, it was great seeing you on the cruise the other day! Those Accords have gotten pretty sporty over the years, you can definitely have some fun at autocrosses and track days with it.
Super cool about your grandfather’s shop, maybe he’ll trade one of those Corvettes to me as I’ve been having some bad ideas lately...