e30cabrio

iTrader: (6)

That is amazing! Congrats!

CCColtsicehockey

Glad you are having such a good time with it and such a good experience as well. It definitely doesn't hurt that it is one of the best look EVs on the road.

SamDoe1

It's supposed to be 60F outside today so...




https://photos.app.goo.gl/kRNp6QMi5LbviAcU7

SamDoe1

Can't edit but that link is the wrong video. See this one:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/kRNp6QMi5LbviAcU7

00TL-P3.2

Cute doggo

civicdrivr

iTrader: (9)

I am erect.

rockstar143

iTrader: (6)

I stand with Morgan.

thoiboi

fixed for you

thoiboi

need more dog tax NAO!

PhilB81

I saw your twin at a car meet, I posted a pic in the desirable cars thread. Did you go for a drive or just fires it up the other day?
how many miles did you put on it so far?

SamDoe1

Sword fight?

Thank you good sir!

The old one right?

I went for a drive! I got it uncovered and unplugged to get ready to drive the next day. Took it for a quick spin Sunday night and then drove it to work on Monday since it was in the high 50's/low 60's on Monday. I bought it with 26k on the clock late last June and it just ticked over 29k. Half that mileage was just driving it home.

Fun story...it was 60F yesterday and it's now 16F and snowing outside and tomorrow morning will have a -10F windchill...and then up into the mid to high 60's by Saturday lol. Gotta love MN weather!

PhilB81

Wow schizo weather! It’s awesome that you got a break to enjoy it!
as far as your twin, no, I wasn’t the one that posted the old classic. (I mean I posted one months ago, the recent post of the classic mustang wasn’t me.)
It was my post on Monday, I uploaded a few pics from a car meet and one is a gt350.

SamDoe1

Ah sorry, didn't look at that thread! Great pics by the way.

civicdrivr

iTrader: (9)

You're too kind. More like a paring knife fight

SamDoe1

rockstar143

iTrader: (6)

glass half full,
those things are so flexible so you'd be a top choice for a girl with a hankering for reverse cowgirl.

civicdrivr

iTrader: (9)

Hey, you're 1 half of that paring knife fight, and I was being kind

rockstar143

iTrader: (6)

Stab stab stab...nobody is safe!

SamDoe1

Temps are back down into the 30's and 40's so car is parked up again for a while.

Reminder that I should probably go plug it back in.

PhilB81

‘What is this attitude I’m reading here… 30-40 means denser air and more power!

Fewer pedestrians too, which will unfortunately limit your max combo score when crowdplowing


joke aside, if it’s cold but the roads are dry, do you still refrain from taking it out?

SamDoe1

Yeah, I don't take it out when it's that cold regardless. The tires are like driving on hockey pucks so it's sketchy from the get go. Just not worth it.

Not like I'm slumming it in my other car lol.

00TL-P3.2

Sam's slumming it is having to take the Subaru

SamDoe1

Nah, wife doesn't like driving the truck so she's in the Subaru all the time.

SamDoe1

Weather is finally starting to warm up consistently so car is coming back out to play (hopefully for good) starting tomorrow. First car show of the year is this Saturday!
With all this coming up I need to get the oil changed. Reached out to a local shop that specializes in building boosted Mustangs (I'm not going to boost it) and set up a time for Thursday. The cost? $225.

Before everyone comes out with pitchforks over why not DIY this. First of all the labor part of that total is only $30 and second of all I don't want to use my time/resources to fuck around with it for that price. The rest of it is all parts/oil. The car uses 10-11 quarts of some unicorn blood 5w50 oil at $13/qt and a bespoke oil filter not used on any other Ford for $40.

The cost to change the oil for my other car is $0 so I guess it all averages out.

00TL-P3.2

Dry sump on the Voodoo? That's a lot of dead dinos in there.

SamDoe1

Nope, normal pan. It is a lot of synthetic dead dino juice for sure. #america.

00TL-P3.2

Wow, that's a big pan. Would've thought it was a dry sump

e30cabrio

iTrader: (6)

I get time is precious, last time I let someone work on a car, they fucked it up and I had to drive again 40 minutes each way to get it warranted. I also sat in the waiting room for 1:30 waiting for the diag.

So most jobs, I'm doing myself.

SamDoe1

^ Agreed which is why I'm going to a specialized shop with a highly recommended technician and not some random dealership.

e30cabrio

iTrader: (6)

Another example: (turns out it was the freaking service manager that did this, I called back & got his vm) WTF???

Got a text from Toyota, bad picture of some dirt under the passenger side valve cover, message says valve cover leak/from the advisor. I call to ask is that the passenger side & am told she is off. I asked to speak to someone else & am dumped into her VM.

Another reason I hate taking my car for service.

SamDoe1

Yeah I also hate dealerships. They are already run as a "make as much money as possible" route and employ all the idiots and newbies. For many basic run of the mill cars designed to be used and abused, it's fine but for performance and special cars the risk is higher.

Finding a reputable shop is invaluable. I've been texting the tech to get everything set up and can definitely tell he's both knowledgeable and prepared.

e30cabrio

iTrader: (6)

Agreed! This dealership sucks. I "choose" them because the Autonation warranty that was expiring had a 200 deductible at an AN store vs 400 anywhere else. Wishing I had spent the extra 200 now.

lol

e30cabrio

iTrader: (6)

This is crazy!


https://www.facebook.com/reel/156918...ibextid=Ls6BEq

PhilB81

Can’t you just pour hot water on it and it bounces back? This guy ripped him off


/sarcasm

SamDoe1

The bed is not separate from the rest of the body which is why it's so expensive to repair. Replacing the whole thing would amount to replacing the entire body structure which is nuts. I don't know why PDR isn't the first option in general regardless of make/model.

civicdrivr

iTrader: (9)

That's impressive work.

SamDoe1

Car is back and has a clean bill of health. Total cost was just under $200 as the oil wasn't as expensive as they initially quoted.

The guy doing the work was great, super knowledgeable, he builds GT4 race Mustangs as part of his business and daily drives a 2020 GT that is fully built and twin turbo, pushes 1000whp and runs quarter miles in the 8s range.

00TL-P3.2

Now go crowdplow that beast!

RPhilMan1

You getting 70s this weekend, too? Time to take her out!

SamDoe1

Heck yeah we are. First C&C of the year is tomorrow morning too.

All cleaned up and ready to rock.