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Old May 17, 2012 | 01:07 PM
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Old May 17, 2012 | 01:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Gryphen
Check redline's site. I believe they have a dealer locator on their site.


Good idea. I'll do that.



Originally Posted by ACCURATEin
Let me go check my garage. I feel like there might be some sitting around.
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I've got 3 quarts of amsoil ATF. It's red in color.
Nice to offer. Thanks Eric. But I'm going to do a 3x3 and mix the Racing Type-F with D4, so I wanna stick with one brand.

If you have some Amsoil DOT4 brake fluid or Amsoil PS Fluid, we should talk; I might be willing to make an offer on that.
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Old May 17, 2012 | 02:37 PM
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You're welcome Jim. At first i was thinking it was redline because of the red fluid, but after staring at it for 20 seconds, i realized it was a completely different brand. I don't have any other amsoils.
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Old May 17, 2012 | 02:42 PM
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Here you can see the red pieces on the yakima rack are now black. Makes it a little moar chic.




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Old May 17, 2012 | 02:44 PM
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Car looks great

The little LEGO man reminds me of my car, all black and white
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Old May 17, 2012 | 02:50 PM
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Originally Posted by CLtotheTL32
Car looks great

The little LEGO man reminds me of my car, all black and white
Thanks Tyler.

You should go get you a storm trooper haha. Took him on my trip to the botanical gardens yesterday.
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Old May 17, 2012 | 02:50 PM
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Old May 17, 2012 | 02:57 PM
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I work in the same building as Amelie's...good stuff.
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Old May 17, 2012 | 03:28 PM
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Originally Posted by ACCURATEin
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Old May 17, 2012 | 03:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Bearcat94


Good idea. I'll do that.
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Anybody know this place?


Cycle Gear

11328 'B' East Independence Blvd
Matthews (Ch), NC 28105
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Old May 17, 2012 | 05:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Bearcat94
Anybody know this place?


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11328 'B' East Independence Blvd
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Yea thats where I go to buy oil and filter for my bike . Good prices . Its a motorcycle shop by the way
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Old May 17, 2012 | 07:11 PM
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Originally Posted by BlitzBlackGSXR
Yea thats where I go to buy oil and filter for my bike . Good prices . Its a motorcycle shop by the way
Knew that. Only RedLine dealer within 25 miles or something like that. I figure they can order what I want though.

I'll give 'em a call. Thanks for the info.
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Old May 17, 2012 | 08:25 PM
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Not sure how far you want to drive , but their is a Place that sells redline fluids in Indian Trail , off monroe rd heading towards sun valley high school . Its exactly across the street from the entrance to brandon oaks sub division . I used to buy redline from their for my old eclipse gsx .
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Old May 17, 2012 | 08:37 PM
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Originally Posted by BlitzBlackGSXR
Not sure how far you want to drive , but their is a Place that sells redline fluids in Indian Trail , off monroe rd heading towards sun valley high school . Its exactly across the street from the entrance to brandon oaks sub division . I used to buy redline from their for my old eclipse gsx .
Just as good, or even better. Thanks man.

Do you recall the name of the place?
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Old May 17, 2012 | 09:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Bearcat94
Just as good, or even better. Thanks man.

Do you recall the name of the place?
No prob man ! Yea , its called Bradley Auto Parts . Bunch of good guys in their .

5601 Old Monroe rd. Indian Trail, NC 28079
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Old May 17, 2012 | 11:26 PM
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Awesome. That's pretty close by.
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Old May 18, 2012 | 05:59 AM
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Yea i used to go their for everything i needed for my cars . They usually have a lot of stuf in stock and if they dont they can get it quick , within a day or 2 .
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Old May 18, 2012 | 08:08 AM
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Originally Posted by chill_dog
I work in the same building as Amelie's...good stuff.
great place! nice layout....plenty of hotties!....o.....good coffee too lol
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Old May 18, 2012 | 01:11 PM
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Hendrick Acura posted a link yesterday on their facebook fanpage to an article on CNN Money talking about the top ten fastest growing cities in the US.

Charlotte was the fastest, and Raleigh a close 2nd. It said the population is now 1,200,000. Last time i checked it was 750,000.
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Old May 18, 2012 | 07:29 PM
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I did some cost of living, crime, growth research before we decided to move (back ~'97). At that time Cincinnati (where we were living) had a compound annual growth rate of 5%. Charlotte had a CAGR of 20%.

Also on the list:

Charlotte
Raleigh
Greenville
Knoxville

We're obviously in the middle of population growth center.

http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2012/...ies/index.html

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Old May 18, 2012 | 09:20 PM
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Old May 18, 2012 | 09:32 PM
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Old May 19, 2012 | 12:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Bearcat94
I did some cost of living, crime, growth research before we decided to move (back ~'97). At that time Cincinnati (where we were living) had a compound annual growth rate of 5%. Charlotte had a CAGR of 20%.

Also on the list:

Charlotte
Raleigh
Greenville
Knoxville

We're obviously in the middle of population growth center.

http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2012/...ies/index.html
You can tell Greenville is growing just by driving down 85. There is a corridor of brand new buildings right along the interstate. Those buildings look very neat.


I also just looked up the ballantyne road expansions outlook and Bissell Development is going to spend 11M of their own money to help fund the projects. They're going to build a flyover bridge for the northbound traffic on 521 to connect to the inner belt 485. (which will be amazing) There will be a 4 lane bridge connecting community house drive to Johnston Rd, with bike lanes and 6 foot sidewalks.

485's master plan has 4 lanes each way from 77 to 74. One of the lanes will probably be a toll lane for motorists that want to 'get shit done'. (people like me) lol.

These projects are going to start very soon, and i am more than excited about all three of them.
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Old May 19, 2012 | 01:20 PM
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I think the growth thing goes for most of the Southeast honestly. I know Columbia is steadily growing. They are building a new 90 acre Amazon warehouse here right off of I-77 exit 2.

Also, Raleigh was just named one of the 10 best cities for college graduates to get jobs immediately after school.
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Old May 19, 2012 | 01:20 PM
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Originally Posted by bluedc2
Anyone going?

I'm considering it.

Anyone else want to go?
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Old May 19, 2012 | 01:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Gryphen
I think the growth thing goes for most of the Southeast honestly. I know Columbia is steadily growing. They are building a new 90 acre Amazon warehouse here right off of I-77 exit 2.

Also, Raleigh was just named one of the 10 best cities for college graduates to get jobs immediately after school.
That's a really big warehouse. Go take pics of your TL in front of it when they're done.

Yeah Raleigh has been growing. I've been watching it for a while now.
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Old May 19, 2012 | 02:13 PM
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Originally Posted by ACCURATEin
You can tell Greenville is growing just by driving down 85. There is a corridor of brand new buildings right along the interstate. Those buildings look very neat.


I also just looked up the ballantyne road expansions outlook and Bissell Development is going to spend 11M of their own money to help fund the projects. They're going to build a flyover bridge for the northbound traffic on 521 to connect to the inner belt 485. (which will be amazing) There will be a 4 lane bridge connecting community house drive to Johnston Rd, with bike lanes and 6 foot sidewalks.


485's master plan has 4 lanes each way from 77 to 74. One of the lanes will probably be a toll lane for motorists that want to 'get shit done'. (people like me) lol.

These projects are going to start very soon, and i am more than excited about all three of them.


You got a link for this stuff?
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Old May 19, 2012 | 02:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Bearcat94
You got a link for this stuff?
Dorthy did all the searching. We were eating at Skillets earlier and were wondering what the plans for the roads will be.

She said she searched for 'I-485 widening to start next summer'.

She said the article is on Charlotte Observer from April 24, 2012.
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Old May 19, 2012 | 04:23 PM
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I'm considering it.

Anyone else want to go?
Hmm..if Eric and Jason would go, I'm down! Only 1hr 20min not bad at all!
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Old May 19, 2012 | 04:48 PM
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Hmm..if Eric and Jason would go, I'm down! Only 1hr 20min not bad at all!
I'm down, if y'all want to caravan up there.

Quick pic I snapped today of the CL after wash and wax.

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Old May 19, 2012 | 04:57 PM
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I'm down, if y'all want to caravan up there.

Quick pic I snapped today of the CL after wash and wax.

Whoa! Thats clean as hell. How come we never see you in Charlotte?
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Old May 19, 2012 | 05:07 PM
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I'm gonna go to VA earlier in the day and then drive down to that meet. Or atleast that's what my plan is right now.


Let's make a list of people going.


1. ACCURATEin
2. kprsx
3. CCColtsicehockey
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Old May 19, 2012 | 05:08 PM
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CL looks good.
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Old May 19, 2012 | 05:16 PM
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If it werent a nearly 5 hr drive Id go
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Old May 19, 2012 | 05:23 PM
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Whoa! Thats clean as hell. How come we never see you in Charlotte?
Thanks. You drive a NSX? I've never seen you around town to. I live in north charlotte Northlake mall area.
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Old May 19, 2012 | 05:26 PM
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Originally Posted by ACCURATEin
CL looks good.
Thanks! And yeah I'll be that meet in Wilksboro. See you guys there.
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Old May 19, 2012 | 07:36 PM
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Eric, do you realize that I own your buddies old CL. His use name on here was CLStypeslow haha


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Old May 19, 2012 | 08:18 PM
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Damn wish I would have checked this earlier , i would have been down to go , even tho my TL is completely stock ! Still have my 30 day tag on it lol but its clean as hell tho !
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Thanks. You drive a NSX? I've never seen you around town to. I live in north charlotte Northlake mall area.
Gotcha. We hang out on south side of Charlotte. You should also come out to C&C meet on June 2nd. Eric and I always meet up together and cruise to there.
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Old May 20, 2012 | 12:08 AM
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Oh damn that is crazy! I didn't even know that. He will be happy to hear it's still in good condition.
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