So I already made a thread saying that I was buying MrSteve's car and I just picked it up this morning. I didn't realize he lived so close to D.C. so since I'd never been my dad and I went in and visited a few of the sights. Here are some pics for now, I'll have pics with the new rims on tomorrow or monday



Pajama pants for 10 hour drives ftw!


Dad wanted to pose with it haha


the only shot that my dad didn't tell me to get in. lol



me with some of the monuments.

sorry bout the poor quality, coming from my LG Dare I didn't think it was too bad though

 

Nice pickup, my fav. color!! How many miles are on it?

 

im sooooo jealous of that blue.......my favorite color on the CL

 

haha, Im actually not flaming you or kidding... but dude; that looks exactly like my grandma's car :P

 

Your grandma has a sick ride!

 

Nice pickup man, you'll be happy with it. MrSteve took good care of that thing.

 

^+1

looks good.


your dad is jerry springer?

 

Nice...

Jerry Springer?

 

Nice, my car is gonna look just like that once the spoiler comes in.

 

mrsteve really knows how to take care of his rides. you'll be more than happy

 

109,xxx well.. actually it might be over 110 after the 650 mile drive home. haha

Ya I'm loving it, great color

Dang I agree with slushhyy!

Ya he took it to the Acura dealership for me to have an inspection done and they told me the same thing.

hahah no he's just old and needs a haircut.

abp brothers... haha

I AM more than happy

 

if i could rebuy my CL it would be from someone off the board for sure...

 

Dude nice pickup! Specially for that price.


My CL is on it's way out this weekend

 

cool cool so now the F in JakerfTL stands for.....F THE TL!

 

That car looks to be in really great condition!!! I love my CLS-6 and you will too, and good luck with it. Ohh yeah nice pants

 

He does kinda look like him

 

whats mrsteve driving now, i forgot?

 

Ya I'm glad I did it, better than being ripped off be a dealership or buying from somebody who can't take care of their car.

Ya it was a deal I couldn't miss! and too bad you're selling. What're you looking at now?

haha if there was a 6MT 2nd gen I would have bought that to have 4 doors, but I'm psyched about the CL

haha I was very comfortable on the way home to TN

I don't know actually, didn't actually ask

 

nice pickup. I been looking at CLS and Boxter's as my next project car. Don't know which one to choose

 

Dude go for the CL. Costs less and the parts/maintenance won't cost a fortune.

 

Looks like you got your name changed!

 

MrSteve used to live right down the road from me when I lived in Broadlands, VA! We never got a chance to get together before I moved back to Florida though! Enjoy the CL bro....congrats

 

Ya it should be Jake still can't quite drive 6MT. lol

Yesterday I was getting nervous or something when I had some friends with me and stalled at 2 red lights in a row. 3 times at one of them

 

nice

 

the only time i stall is when i have friends in the car. for some reason i get real nervous...

 

One of my favorite shades of blue.

 

You'll be fine...it is when you get nervous that stuff happens.

Keep it cool, calm and collected my friend.

The only time I would get weirded out is when I was in traffic on hills.

All of San Francisco is pretty much built on hills...so this was a Manual Transmission Nightmare.

Don't try to jump off the line...easily apply gas vs. clutch to ease away from a stop.

Without proper practice with the clutch's friction point you will be stalling all the time.

Don't want to do any transmission or clutch damage too...

 

Glad I'm not the only one! haha this morning I went across town with like 3 stop signs and 8 lights and never stalled. I'll have to always pretend like I'm alone. lol

Ya one of my friends was just like dang just breathe jacob! Then I turned off the radio and stayed chill = I stopped stalling. lol

Ya I'm trying to drive pretty slow for now so that I can get the friction point right. One of my friends has a Celica GT and was trying to help me get my shifts smooth by working the clutch

Mine too!

 

congrats, I remember picking up my first CL back in 2000, felt great to drive such a nice car, class leader in it's segment. Get a drop, some wheels and possibly a blower and you'll love the car forever.

 

Ya its an amazing car for sure.

Its already dropped on comptech springs/koni yellows and I'm putting my rims on tomorrow. I would go lower but I don't want to deal with rubbing.

 

Glad you're enjoying it.

 

Nothing special at the moment. I've had a Rodeo as a beater/dog hauler since the summer.

I also have an '08 Frontier work pays for that's my daily driver. I rarely drove the CL-S at all last year. I think the car had 103k miles on it when I put it up for sale in the Spring/Summer and when I sold it it had 109k.

Really don't know what I want to get in to next. Maybe a 911. Maybe a C5ZO6. Maybe get a sedan... S4? RS6? I browse what's for sale nearly every day but I can never decide on something. Probably won't get in something fun until this fall.

I'm in no rush. Totally up in the air.

 

Jake,

I found an old Helms repair manual. I'll be sending it your way this week.

PM me your home address.

 

Based on the title of this thread, I was totally hoping to see a CL-amino.

 

Nice...my Helms Manual saves me all the time!

 

Yea I visited friends in San Fran and the hills were a BITCH!!!

 

Clemson... Go Tigers!! I'm an alumni....

Congrats on the car

 

nice pickup man !

 

Me too!

 

- road trip with your dad
- picking up your new car
- getting a really great deal on it

sounds like a great time. congrats!