Cocoa

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I posted the link the page before. No responses on it

imj0257

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D & B meet, Sat Nov 15 3PM, Walnut & 75

So we doing this? Looks like we got 7 so far...

1. FADE
2. badazzTL
3. imj
4. trance
5. Silver
6. Funkee
7. Cocoa (Chris)

TiggaMan909

D & B meet, Sat Nov 15 3PM, Walnut & 75

Make that 8.. I should be able join you guys for a bit.

1. FADE
2. badazzTL
3. imj
4. trance
5. Silver
6. Funkee
7. Cocoa (Chris)
8. Tiggman (Tom)

FADE

Yeah, looking forward to it. I got to wash the car tomorrow morning

TiggaMan909

on that note.. where do you guys get your car washed?? yeah yeah, i know some of you are gonna get on me about doing it on my own, which i agree with, but living in an apt complex, i dont have the luxury of doing so.

That being said, where do you guys recoomend?? I found a nice place in Southlake near my work.. "Elite Detail" or something like that.. Anyways, pretty pricey, but they do a pretty thorough job.

Curious to see if there are any other local spots i should try.

imj0257

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There is one of those DIY wash/vaccum places right across the street from my apartment complex but I just go to my parents' house and wash it there . I don't really wax/polish it but once or twice a year. As far as in your area, I know some DIY places but haven't personally been to a real detail place...

imj0257

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I'm guessing not everyone is going to get there at exactly 3pm; some before, some after, so where do we meet?

badazzTL

good point.

This is the new D&B near PF Chang's in Arlington, right?

pmptx

Looks like it is in Dallas

RUF87

-1. Ruf . . . dang, got plans and can't get out of them . . . at least not right now.

Ruf

FADE

Central 8021 Walnut Hill Lane Dallas , TX 75231 214-361-5553

It is off 75/central ......

I usaly back my car in aganst the far left wall. I will be in the sports bar when you first walk in . Look for a big fat guy with long hair, with an Acura hat and a TapOut shirt on.

I wash my car myself most the time, so I got nothing for you on that one.

RUF87

Well Crud Puppies !!!

. . .tranny number 2 is starting to sing Turn Out the Lights, the Party's Over.

What stinks is I only have 68k miles on the car, less than 49k on the 2nd tranny, but I bought the car on 3/29/2001 . . . yepper . . . 7 months past 7 years.

I called the dealership where I bought and just laid it out for them, so waiting to hear back on what if anything they will do.

Ruf

imj0257

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The one in Arlington isn't open yet. It opens Nov 24th.


Far left wall, well I have no clue lol. Should we all just look for Acuras parked next to each other?

trancemission

what the hell??? we're doing this at 3??

theres no way Ill be there at 3. Im getting my haircut at 330. I thought we were doing this tonight...

Ill get there as soon as I can......tonight wouldve been much better



Mark you better be ready to go to the londoner.

FADE

Ok for you that have not been there.....

FADE

You can get your hairs cut a dif time man!

trancemission

3 is retarded......especially for D&B.....but Ill get there as soon as I get done....

Cocoa

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I'm still going, but I'm going to run a little late. I just woke up from a hang over.

Chris 951-264-5430....can someone shoot me a text that way I have a number to call when I get there. I'll be there with one of my friends.

Cocoa

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k, I'm leaving right now

FADE

Nice to see you all today. We need to do that again soon.

imj0257

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ya def cool to meet u all.


hey trance, i hear you have some acurazine stickers. can i have one?!

TiggaMan909

Definitely a good time fellas... Pleasure meeting you all. Trance, your a great host dude, we def gotta do that again!

-T-

trancemission

lol

trancemission

Anytime my friend. Im always looking for a reason to get together.....

badazzTL

Nice meeting you all! Thanks for the hospitality Ethan. We should all get together again soon!

pmptx

Still a few behind me. Here's to hoping you don't catch up

disgruntlednut

Guess thats a haha

I'll catch up with ya'll at the next one.

Silver Bullet

^^^ It was nice meeting some of the newbies. I had fun, Carson said he had a blast. He got a lot of tickets and scored big.

RUF87

Well . . . I got me a 2008 White TL . . . . . . . . as a loaner . .

Yes . . mine's in the shop for a tranny replace. And even better, as I mentioned that I'm past the 7yr mark by 7 months. However, there's some sort of formula for figuring out the warranty. It's not a straight 7yr/100k. What ever it is mine was 7yr 9mos/109k. And . . . I'm 7yr 7mos . . . so I made it by 1 month . . . .

While it was in I asked about getting a quote on replacing the rear mount for$374 and for replacing all the belts for $1047 . . . well looks like I may be tackling the belts some day in the future and the motor mount real soon.

Then it's back on the prowl for a Mustang GT . . . to run . . not buy.

Ruf

02 WDP TLS Black Interior w/ Black Grill Inserts
**1/4mile 14.46 @96.07MPH
(**pre headers, CAT, IMMs & BBTBs)
17x7 Konig Appeals SMF -
P225/45ZR-17 Bridgestone RE960 AS
(used Ziex 512s track only)
CT Icebox, RamAir, Sways & Springs
3nd Gen Innovative Motor Mounts
BBTBs, Mugen Cooling Mods & Thermoblok
Ceramic Coated XS Headers & Random-Tech CAT
NEO Anti Freeze & 5w-20 oil
3rd Tranny 11.17.2008

RUF87

A few surprises . . . some maybe good . . others not so sure.

While driving the08 TL it felt real peppy and even felt like it had more torque than mine. So I did a couple of 45-70 test run on a little section of road I use to test mine out. I was really surprised at the results as they were not what I expected.

The 08 TL posted 5.3 and 5.4 seconds and for mine . . 3.7 and 3.5 seconds! I had someone with a stop watch (so yes a rider and more weight ) and did 2runs for some consistency.

I'm really surprised as I would not have guessed there was about 2 secs difference. I can't wait to get to the track if that's the case. I can say the new tranny shifts like shit. Does anyone know what the 08 does in the quarter?

Ruf

Silver Bullet

The 04-07's were projected at 14.25 in the quarter. Mine ran 14.6's all night long when we went down that one time. I was able to pull a 2.0 60ft on a couple runs.

pmptx

Well,
Let's set up a meet at your house or mine. Maybe in Jan after the holiday season is over and done.

Ricepuddin

If you all do another one before i PCS ill come down, i had a blast at the last one i went to.

RUF87

Dang, the 60' times could explain why it feels stronger. But once you're moving mine, for whatever reason is running like a scalded cat once off the line. It may be the new tranny that's making mine feel slushy. I'm got to call Bob tomorrow and see if I can have a talk with the tech that did the work. He's supposedly one of their top tech. I don't know if I can live with the way it feels.

I did run in to a 5.0 liter Mustang that sounded strong, but he didn't seem to know how to drive as I pulled him from a light and then from a 50MPH punch. Dang, I was really wanting to see how I matched up.

Ruf

horsepowercrzy18

out goes the 03 cls supercharged, in comes the 04 nbp tl 6speed. we should have another get together so i can show off my new 04 tl 6speed

RUF87

WELL

I'm going to have to take my car back in to DMD and recheck the tranny. It's not shifting right and feels somewhat like it did when I took it in. I'm going to get the car out and check underneath and see if they even changed it. And to top it off . . . it smells like antifreeze cooking after I drive it.

Ruf

Hockeyman

Once you get her all fixed up I'd love to run you Ruf!

trancemission

Sooooo........after a short drive with my buddy Ralph today I am convinced that an M3 is the way Im gonna go.

Around a 98 model......man we had so much fun driving that car just now. They're cheap and I can mod the shit out of it....

disgruntlednut

Got a kick out of this today: Saw a black e39 M5... License plate read "LOL AMG"

aaaannyways, back to your regular programming...

RUF87

I'll check in the spring and see what weeks the track is open. I'm really wanting to see how it does. Hopefully I'll be surprised like I was with the 2nd tranny as I wasn't initially happy with it.

As for the 3rd tranny, I ended up taking it back in to recheck it and fix a coolant leak. I ended up taking Bob for a quick spin to show him what it was doing. Well . . they fix the leak - one of the hoses wasn't connect fully. Anyway, they could get any codes to come up and the tech said it was within factory operating specs/tolerances.

In the meantime I got a 2009 TL for as my loaner. Aside from the front grill that looks to much like Silver said "Power Ranger Looking". Other than that, I liked it better than the 3rd gen (08) I had last week. The seats (ajustments and feel) were better. The handling, performance were slightly better than the 3rd gen. It did have a smaller trunk and a bigger blind spot, but overall nice. I hope they change the front end for 2010.

Well . . it's Tuesday and I go to pick up my car and Bob's tied up so I leave. I get about 4 miles and at a light I notice some white smoke coming out from under the hood. I figure it's some coolant that was spilt and it was burning off. I decide to stop at a nearby car wash and . . .
the radiator cap is missing and it's spewing coolant everywhere.
So I take it right back to DMD and they are at a lose for words. The tech said he followed he normal process and couldn't figure out how it happened. Maybe thinking I did something. They add some coolant and the temp is back down, so they wash it off . . . and I'm off again. This time I make it less than 2 miles and the temp is rising fast. Well what the heck . . . go right back and check the coolant level and took another 1/2 gal or so and the temp stabilized. Apparently if it's below a certain point it won't flow properly and overheat. While I'm watching the fluid level and adding more as it cycled threw the Director of the dealership/service comes by and asked my if I needed some help so I told him the story. He finds out who the tech was and tells them to bleed the system so there are no more air pockets. After a short wait it comes back out . . the Director is driving it and comments on the power it had. He could feel it just in the short drive. Anyway, he opens the hood and shows me . . get this . . they found my Mugen radiator cap. So all should be good now. I BS a bit longer with him, turns out he's in the offroading. So he had an appreciation for my concerns over the tranny performance. He said even though it's going to be out of warranty next month, if something happened in a reasonably short time - 1 yr or so - they would work with me.
He also mentioned that the ECU changed was done at the shift points - in effect it would retard the timing before each shift. He didn't think this was the case when you gate shift . . let's hope note. I also tell him the next time the tranny goes out - some years down the road, if I have a choice between a 'detuned' set up that will last longer verses the other that may not last as long . . . I'll want the performance over longivity.

In summary, shifting in auto mode stinks, but gate shifting seems to be okay, so hopefully this is it.

Ruf