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Re: A couple of Mustangs [gsemike] by Mr_Shiftright HOST
Mar 01, 2009 (5:53 pm)
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Replying to: gsemike (Mar 01, 2009 5:28 pm)

I know--it's what you're used to I guess. To some people, waking up in the morning and feeding the yaks is just everyday life.
 
If I moved back to Queens, like in a nightmare or something, I'd own a 4X4 Checker Cab with a push bar, tinted glass, NAV, great sound system, automatic door locks, alarm, truck tires and a small motorcycle in the back seat (it'd fit, too).
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Re: A couple of Mustangs [Mr_Shiftright] by explorerx4
Mar 01, 2009 (6:09 pm)
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Mar 01, 2009 5:53 pm)

i remember talking one of my russian buddies at work about when he worked in ny.
one comment was 'blazer(chevy) was very good for MAKING parking spaces'.
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Re: A couple of Mustangs [explorerx4] by fezo
Mar 01, 2009 (6:25 pm)
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Replying to: explorerx4 (Mar 01, 2009 6:09 pm)

Speaking of New York vehicles that's something I neglected to check when I bought my 04 CPO Ody. It spent its first couple of years in Brooklyn. I didn't check over the paint closely largely because that day was like today (it's snowing like mad here in NJ) and sure enough under the job they did on the chips the paint had seen better days but it's been fine and doesn't rattle or anything after I've had it a couple of years. It was enough of an experience at first though that I'll never forget to check where a car came from again.
 
Speaking of the snow, there's nothing like the first real snow of winter to make you prove that there really is just enough room in the garage to put the convertible....
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Re: A couple of Mustangs [fezo] by explorerx4
Mar 01, 2009 (6:52 pm)
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Replying to: fezo (Mar 01, 2009 6:25 pm)

the home i live in now is our second one.
the first one, i said i don't care what it looks like as long as it has a 2 car garage.
this house, my main requirement was a 3 car garage, 1 for the convertible.
 
there are about 30k people in the town i live in.
can there really be 3 90's grey 300zx's in the same town?
my neighbor 3 houses down has one, i see another one that has a 'stillen' banner across the top of the windshield and now another one?
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Re: A couple of Mustangs [explorerx4] by fezo
Mar 01, 2009 (7:06 pm)
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Replying to: explorerx4 (Mar 01, 2009 6:52 pm)

That's pretty amusing.
 
I only have the one car garage. In a couple of years I'll me moving one way or another. If I stay in state to keep a house that's never been out of the family it has a two car garage. If I go elsewhere tow car is minimum.
 
I have a red 99 Celica convertible. I've seen an identical car around town and the other day I found it lives like two blocks from here. Maybe I should find some time when the owner isn't at home and swap some parts. I suppose that's not actually a good idea...
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Re: A couple of Mustangs [fezo] by jlflemmons
Mar 01, 2009 (7:12 pm)
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Replying to: fezo (Mar 01, 2009 7:06 pm)

Well, having something no one else has can be good and bad. I have the only Blazer xTreme in the area, but that means it is pretty easy to figure out who is driving like a maniac. The good part is that I can remind my son of that very same issue whenever I allow him to drive it.
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Re: A couple of Mustangs [jlflemmons] by fintail
Mar 01, 2009 (8:09 pm)
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Replying to: jlflemmons (Mar 01, 2009 7:12 pm)

My E55 is in a rare color, one of 80 sold that year according to a MB forum I read. There's another one in the same color in my town, i have seen it a few times and once I actually drove behind it. What are the odds?
 
In the town where I went to school there was another fintail in the same color as mine, but it was in much worse condition.
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more $$ into the Z by qbrozen
Mar 02, 2009 (10:57 am)
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Well, shifty, I know we said not to bury myself ... but I couldn't take it anymore. I broke down and spent more money on the Z this weekend. $79 for a new CD/MP3/USB stereo! ;b That, in addition to whatever door speakers were left in there and an Infinity Basslink I happened to have sitting around, makes for a pretty nice setup.
 
I really hoped I could get the original to work, but one of the POs just did a number on it. Weird thing is the way they went about putting things out of commission. For instance, stereo fuse removed, harnesses removed, but all wiring beyond the harness left in place. Additionally, the original setup had an amp under the seat. I saw wires hanging out from there, so I pulled the seat and found the removed the amp, but left the wires there. Ugh.
 
Oh, I did get the heat to work at no cost, though. Once again, I found that, in a fit of incompetence, they pulled the relay loose and left it sitting ever so lightly on the receiver (in addition to pulling the fuse). Huh. What in the world would possess someone to do that? Anyway, after a half hour or so of troubleshooting, I discovered this, pushed it back into place, and voila. Heat! Auto climate system seems to work perfectly so far, sans A/C, of course.
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Re: more $$ into the Z [qbrozen] by Mr_Shiftright HOST
Mar 02, 2009 (11:11 am)
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Replying to: qbrozen (Mar 02, 2009 10:57 am)

Well you're staying lucky, that's good. Those old stereos generally suck anyway, so the new one will make driving much more pleasurable. Excellent that you got the HVAC controls to work.
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Re: more $$ into the Z [Mr_Shiftright] by qbrozen
Mar 02, 2009 (11:49 am)
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Mar 02, 2009 11:11 am)

I suppose we could call some of it luck.
We should probably give some credit to Nissan, too, though ... maybe.
 
Just seems like these cars hold up pretty well (mechanically, at least).

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