97CL_NC1102

Wish this rain would stop and the humidity to disappear, I wanna get started on all my projects...wish I had a garage

heybeni

hey guys, i just found this regions thing, im in Jacksonville, NC, just wondering if you guys have anything coming up/ if there is anyone around here.

tommyg55

heard that... wash and waxed my tl yesterday and then it started pouring

I want to be able to go on the lake sometime this year

ACCURATEin

Joey threw some of my photos up on his website...

http://stickydiljoe.com/

The_GPW_AP2

Dude that's what's up.

Eric are there any shows left this season that are much closer to town? I'd like to get out for at least something else this year

ACCURATEin

The closest will be the ISO event on the 17th of august at the speedway.

The_GPW_AP2

Ooo. I'll have to check my schedule. That might be day of my sister's wedding reception.

We'll see.

ACCURATEin

Jason you might want to consider joining the darkside. Failure to do so might result in some consequences. The consequences, naturally, will hurt your feelings.

Beat-Freak...

I washed and waxed the TL couple weeks ago, and the car stayed in the garage ever since. I just drive my beater around.

I would love to hear that speaker you have in your avatar picture. I myself is really into music beats and audio stuff.

ACCURATEin

whats everybody doing this weekend?

tommyg55

Definitely can make that happen soon man.. I actually had to get it taken out temporarily because my amp had to be sent for repair but it should be in sometime next week

Going to myrtle for a week with my moms side of the family for my grandparents 55th anniversary gunna be a giant shitshow

CLtotheTL32

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FUCK this rain. I'm sick of it

The_GPW_AP2

Straight chillin.

J is working the big show @ Diamonds Direct, so I've got a lot of free time

tommyg55

The one nice day we have all week and the girlfriend drags me to the mall for last minute shopping before the beach

97CL_NC1102

Swd tomorrow maybe

chill_dog

I like that wood tray...with a wood truck floor, it'll flow nicely and be unique! And the rain is beyond old.

chill_dog

Got the TL back yesterday. I miss the truck.

CLtotheTL32

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What kind of truck did you have Jack?

chill_dog

Ram 1500 quad cab.

Bearcat94

Photo thread posted here: https://acurazine.com/forums/cameras-photography-44/road-trip-2013-a-891868/

CLtotheTL32

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I really want a Sierra Denali for my next vehicle. I'm just not sure if I'll be using the truck features enough to justify the fuel economy

So either that or an Audi Avant of some sort

chill_dog

I used the truck features twice in three weeks, although one was related to fixing the TL (taking my stock exhaust to the body shop). On a regular basis, I'd rarely use the bed, but the visibility was great. The mileage hit wasn't bad...20 in my TL, 17.5 in the Ram...and the Ram takes regular (until you tune it ). The only thing I didn't like was that you can't take corners or curves fast, but that's such a small percentage of my daily driving.

chill_dog

Awesome pics! It looks so wonderful out there.

ACCURATEin

We must have all had a low key weekend.

ACCURATEin

Nice photos Jim!

What was your favorite part of the trip?

Bearcat94

Arches National Park. That place is spectacular. You could spend days inspecting the different formations, arches, etc. That was an unplanned side-trip. The night before we noticed it was basically on the way and decided to go. It was all good - Yellowstone is awesome; needed more days to really experience it - but in the time we had, Arches is what I enjoyed most.

I thought the grind of driving that many hours, day-after-day, would be a drag after 3 or 4 days. It wasn't. It all worked out better than I expected and our pre-planning was very useful (and remarkably accurate; after taking out unplanned side-trips, our planned mileage and actual mileage were 30 miles different over 5127 miles, about 99.4% accurate).

I'd do it again. We're talking about the Grand Canyon in a couple of years.

ACCURATEin

I think one of my friends on facebook said it was a very beautiful place and one of her favorites as well. The Grand Tetons in Yellowstone were pretty awesome I remember.

Your route was similar to ours. We stayed on 40 all the way and it looks like you guys took a turn in Nashville. I remember when we were heading to the Grand Canyon we weren't really excited but once we saw the first glimpse of it through the trees we were like...'STOP THE VAN STOP THE VAN HOLY SHIT'!! lol It makes you feel really insignificant when you're standing there looking out. It's VAST and monumental. There isn't a photo I could take that would make you feel what it feels to stand there in person.

Bearcat94

That's what I liked about Arches .... the scale is so massive. In the last picture in post #11238, you can see people almost at the base of the arch.

We went to Yosemite about 10 years ago (flew) and it was the same way. It wasn't as vast/spread-out as Yellowstone, but everything was MASSIVE.

You'd look at something and think it was fairly close .... then you'd see this little matchbook-sized car and realize what you were looking at was farther away, but WAY bigger, than it first seemed.


Speaking of massive, bison are HUGE. Up to 11-feet long, 6-feet tall and 2200 pounds. Hitting one would be like running into a brick wall.

CCColtsicehockey

That is fine Eric. If you don't want to respect my wishes not to join that is up to you. Whatever these consequences are I am sure they are ridiculous.

godfather2

off to vegas for the weekend to climb at my fav spot on earth ... red rock national canyon!

97CL_NC1102

So got the styrofoam template cut out and screwed in. I may go over it with a hardening agent and the sand down to a smooth finish and then get a lowel to give it the wood grain finish.

97CL_NC1102

Meet tonight...same place same time

ACCURATEin

About to roll up to the lego store and eat at that place called PDQ. Something like that. I might..just might roll through the meet and see what's good.

t0psec12etpanda

Eric if u like chick fil a then u probably like PDQ . They have them home cut fries that are good. But everything is chicken related like chick fil a.

Dunno if I wanna roll out tonight, car is dirty and don't feel like cleaning it. Hopefully have my new wheel on, just bought some 245/40/19 hopefully fit it a bit bigger than the tire I'm running now. If not got some 235/35/19 if I win this eBay auction lol.

ACCURATEin

PDQ was IMPRESSIVE! Walked up to the front door and they had some mist coming out of the awnings haha. Digital menus, two new style coke machines, clean restaurant. Food was fast, hot, and delicious. Had a strawberry milkshake. Will return.

Went to the lego store and bought some tiles.

Then went to uncc and was impressed with the amount of stuff that has been built on campus, and was also impressed with the car meet. Bryan I saw your car but never found you!

Right before I was about to leave, I saw that 07 blue GD wagon wrx sitting over in the corner. It was SICK! Favorite car there. I walked up and was like...wait..what the...are those project mus!? haha

97CL_NC1102

That wagon needs bigger valves cause it took forever to air down. I saw you pull in but never saw you get out of the car. There were otoh a lot of ppl there. I've never seen so many bmws, vws, and audis at this meet. I too was very impressed

ACCURATEin

Yeah lots of nice cars there for sure. And a good assortment of different makes and models.

CLtotheTL32

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y no pictures?

ACCURATEin

Because I was dumb and left my camera in the TL.

Beat-Freak...

UPS should be delivering something for the car today, ordered and shipped from New York.