BLINGMW Wrote:so by later today.... you mean next week?
:thumbup:
I Am Mike
4 wheels: '01 RAV4 (Formerly '93 Civic CX, '01 S2000, '10 GTI, '09 A4 Avant)
2 wheels: '12 Surly Cross-Check Custom | '14 Trek Madone 2.1 105 | '17 Norco Threshold SL Force 1 | '17 Norco Revolver 9.2 FS | '18 BMC Roadmachine 02 Two | '19 Norco Search XR Steel (Formerly '97 Honda VFR750F, '05 Giant TCR 2, '15 WeThePeople Atlas 24, '10 Scott Scale 29er XT, '11 Cervelo R3 Rival, '12 Ridley X-Fire Red)
No longer onyachin.
BLINGMW Wrote:so by later today.... you mean next week?
I didn't think anyone was actually paying attention and I spent most of last week deathly ill. 
It was a failing alternator. There was enough charge not to trip the warning light, but not enough to power the fuel pump under load. I ended up in a bit of a battle with the shop I took it to because they tacked on a few part upgrades in the quote without telling me what they were doing. They basically said "yeah, it'll be X to replace it" when in reality they weren't doing like for like. In the end, I got the upgraded part (internal regulator) for 30% off their originally quoted price. It was still too high though.
'76 911S | '14 328xi | '17 GTI | In memoriam: '08 848, '85 944
"Here, at last, is the cure for texting while driving. The millions of deaths which occur every year due to the iPhone’s ability to stream the Kim K/Ray-J video in 4G could all be avoided, every last one of them, if the government issued everyone a Seventies 911 and made sure they always left the house five minutes later than they’d wanted to. It would help if it could be made to rain as well. Full attention on the road. Guaranteed." -Jack Baruth
welcome to porsche?
I Am Mike
4 wheels: '01 RAV4 (Formerly '93 Civic CX, '01 S2000, '10 GTI, '09 A4 Avant)
2 wheels: '12 Surly Cross-Check Custom | '14 Trek Madone 2.1 105 | '17 Norco Threshold SL Force 1 | '17 Norco Revolver 9.2 FS | '18 BMC Roadmachine 02 Two | '19 Norco Search XR Steel (Formerly '97 Honda VFR750F, '05 Giant TCR 2, '15 WeThePeople Atlas 24, '10 Scott Scale 29er XT, '11 Cervelo R3 Rival, '12 Ridley X-Fire Red)
No longer onyachin.
Mike Wrote:welcome to porsche?
Part Porsche, part that shop is blingy. There's a guy a bit farther up north that could have done it 40% cheaper than what I paid. I couldn't get a hold of him when I was having the car towed, so I took it to the place by my house. Knowing what I know now, I should have towed it to my house and then re-towed to his shop when he could look at it. Of course, that probably meant we would be living as a true one-car family for a week or two.... which isn't a huge problem, just not terribly convenient.
'76 911S | '14 328xi | '17 GTI | In memoriam: '08 848, '85 944
"Here, at last, is the cure for texting while driving. The millions of deaths which occur every year due to the iPhone’s ability to stream the Kim K/Ray-J video in 4G could all be avoided, every last one of them, if the government issued everyone a Seventies 911 and made sure they always left the house five minutes later than they’d wanted to. It would help if it could be made to rain as well. Full attention on the road. Guaranteed." -Jack Baruth
I decided to remove the quick release hub in favor of reinstalling the horn. I commute in the car 1-2x/week and it's a bit uncomfortable being such a small car with no way to make people aware of my presence. I liked the security of the QR, but I only ever took the wheel off when I was going out of town. On the bright side, I can probably get close to what I paid ($280) for it.
'76 911S | '14 328xi | '17 GTI | In memoriam: '08 848, '85 944
"Here, at last, is the cure for texting while driving. The millions of deaths which occur every year due to the iPhone’s ability to stream the Kim K/Ray-J video in 4G could all be avoided, every last one of them, if the government issued everyone a Seventies 911 and made sure they always left the house five minutes later than they’d wanted to. It would help if it could be made to rain as well. Full attention on the road. Guaranteed." -Jack Baruth
Good move. I hated not having a horn in the Civic. It's just a car. If you had built it yourself, different story, but it's replaceable. Might as well fully enjoy it and not count on someone stealing it.
I Am Mike
4 wheels: '01 RAV4 (Formerly '93 Civic CX, '01 S2000, '10 GTI, '09 A4 Avant)
2 wheels: '12 Surly Cross-Check Custom | '14 Trek Madone 2.1 105 | '17 Norco Threshold SL Force 1 | '17 Norco Revolver 9.2 FS | '18 BMC Roadmachine 02 Two | '19 Norco Search XR Steel (Formerly '97 Honda VFR750F, '05 Giant TCR 2, '15 WeThePeople Atlas 24, '10 Scott Scale 29er XT, '11 Cervelo R3 Rival, '12 Ridley X-Fire Red)
No longer onyachin.
I've taken to putting the car on a Batter Tender. The current battery is the one that got hosed when the alternator went bad. It needs to be replaced, but I'm waiting on Optima certs from my dad for a freebie.  It almost stranded me a few weeks ago, but I managed to get it started and home. It's pretty strong on a charge, so I plug it in when I'm not going to drive the car for a few days.
Also, It was a nice day... so I took a couple photos.
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'76 911S | '14 328xi | '17 GTI | In memoriam: '08 848, '85 944
"Here, at last, is the cure for texting while driving. The millions of deaths which occur every year due to the iPhone’s ability to stream the Kim K/Ray-J video in 4G could all be avoided, every last one of them, if the government issued everyone a Seventies 911 and made sure they always left the house five minutes later than they’d wanted to. It would help if it could be made to rain as well. Full attention on the road. Guaranteed." -Jack Baruth
Yum, looks great!
2020 Ford Raptor
2009 Z06
1986.5 Porsche 928S
Goodness, I love that green.
Now:
'16 Ram 1500 | '97 BMW M3 | Some Press Loan
Then:
87 BMW 325e | 91 BMW 535i | 96 BMW 328i | 95 BMW 325i | 95 Mazda Miata | 13 Focus ST | 09 BMW 128i | 00 Pontiac Firebird | 05 Yukon Denali | 96 BMW 328iC | 11 Ford F-150 | 06 BMW M3 | 10 Range Rover SC | '03 Ford Ranger | '18 Ford F-150 | '01 BMW X5 | '98 Volvo S70 T5M
I'm embarrassed to admit that I put gas in this thing for the first time since February 2015 and in that time I drove 127 miles. There was a long time that my back was so jacked that I couldn't even get in/out of the car. At some point in there the front right caliper got stuck and then the wife got pregnant and had a kid. It eventually got to a point that the tires dropped down around 16 psi and I had to get air in the tires. I ordered one of those portable air compressors back in February, but never got motivated to take it to my preferred shop. Because logistics. There's a shop with some pretty nice vintage race cars a few doors down from my gym, so I finally pulled the trigger on having them do a once over. That appointment is next week, so hopefully it'll be good to go for the summer.
So, yeah. 127 miles in 26 months. At least I started it every week?
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'76 911S | '14 328xi | '17 GTI | In memoriam: '08 848, '85 944
"Here, at last, is the cure for texting while driving. The millions of deaths which occur every year due to the iPhone’s ability to stream the Kim K/Ray-J video in 4G could all be avoided, every last one of them, if the government issued everyone a Seventies 911 and made sure they always left the house five minutes later than they’d wanted to. It would help if it could be made to rain as well. Full attention on the road. Guaranteed." -Jack Baruth
I'm sure one of us would take it off your hands and give the drive it deserves.
2019 Accord Sport 2.0 A/T
2012 Civic Si - Sold
And people say I don't drive mine.
Glad to see her getting some attention, I wonder if you'll need to have the carbs rebuilt after running it on old gas.
Now: 07 Porsche Cayman S | 18 VW Tiguan
Then: 18 VW GTI Autobahn | 95 BMW M3 | 15 VW GTI SE | 12 Kia Optima SX | 2009 VW GTI | 00 BMW 540i Sport | 90 Mazda Miata | 94 Yamaha FZR600R | 1993 Suzuki GS500E | 2003 BMW 325i | 95 Saab 900S
All 911s have been fuel injected since 1972. 8)
'76 911S | '14 328xi | '17 GTI | In memoriam: '08 848, '85 944
"Here, at last, is the cure for texting while driving. The millions of deaths which occur every year due to the iPhone’s ability to stream the Kim K/Ray-J video in 4G could all be avoided, every last one of them, if the government issued everyone a Seventies 911 and made sure they always left the house five minutes later than they’d wanted to. It would help if it could be made to rain as well. Full attention on the road. Guaranteed." -Jack Baruth
I thought I was crazy for not driving the M3 I just bought for 3 weeks.
2020 Ford Raptor
2009 Z06
1986.5 Porsche 928S
Apoc Wrote:So, yeah. 127 miles in 26 months. At least I started it every week? I've seent it! Glorious sound it has :thumbup:
Posting in the banalist of threads since 2004
2017 Mazda CX-5 GT AWD Premium
Past: 2016 GMC Canyon All Terrain Crew Cab / 2010 Jaguar XFR / 2012 Acura RDX AWD Tech / 2008 Cadillac CTS / 2007 Acura TL-S / 1966 5.0 HO Mustang Coupe
2001 Lexus IS300 / 2004 2.8L big turbo WRX STI / 2004 Subaru WRX / A couple of old trucks
That stinks to hear your back was getting in the way of really enjoying it, hopefully it'll stay healthy for ya so you can get out and enjoy it. At least it seems it's been "printing money" while it sat!
Current: 1985 LS1 Corvette | 2014 328i Wagon F31
Former: 2010 Ford Edge | 1999 Integra GS
I have a little bit of a rub near lock but if you are turned to lock on a track there are other problems already...
Got the car back today. The front brakes has one seized piston and one that was well on its way to being seized, so both were replaced. There were a few other minor things that needed to be addressed, but nothing worth talking about. The car actually feels quicker now that the brakes are dragging. :lol:
'76 911S | '14 328xi | '17 GTI | In memoriam: '08 848, '85 944
"Here, at last, is the cure for texting while driving. The millions of deaths which occur every year due to the iPhone’s ability to stream the Kim K/Ray-J video in 4G could all be avoided, every last one of them, if the government issued everyone a Seventies 911 and made sure they always left the house five minutes later than they’d wanted to. It would help if it could be made to rain as well. Full attention on the road. Guaranteed." -Jack Baruth
I drove it somewhere that wasn't a mechanic.
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'76 911S | '14 328xi | '17 GTI | In memoriam: '08 848, '85 944
"Here, at last, is the cure for texting while driving. The millions of deaths which occur every year due to the iPhone’s ability to stream the Kim K/Ray-J video in 4G could all be avoided, every last one of them, if the government issued everyone a Seventies 911 and made sure they always left the house five minutes later than they’d wanted to. It would help if it could be made to rain as well. Full attention on the road. Guaranteed." -Jack Baruth
Matching grocery bags... You fancy sum bitch
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