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Old 02-06-2016, 10:24 PM
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Buying Extra parts I know I will never use....
yup /\ that's me. God I love C1 gauges.
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Originally Posted by 1965fuelie
Impossible to drive past a window or glass building without looking at your cars reflection and how it looks from any angle........
And, increasing those RPM's so the side pipes can be really loud while under a bridge or in a tunnel.
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Severely abusing it. Street racing and beating the crap out of every ricer that asks for a beating.
Driving it long distances in heavy rainstorms without the wipers working.
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Originally Posted by dahogan
And, increasing those RPM's so the side pipes can be really loud while under a bridge or in a tunnel.
Yeah, but I keep turning around and driving back and forth through the tunnel! How come I never seem to get anywhere?
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Did the guys demanding that female riders go shoeless drive wearing clean socks? Or use "car only" slippers?

If not, just another example of 20th century male chauvinist pig behavior.
Socks? Panties!
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I have gotten a few fix it tickets for no front plate, so I put it on to get the ticket signed off and then have a habit of taking them right back off!

Another is when I polish and wax, I tend to work on getting the excess off and out of the body gaps and off of the trim, every other time!

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Originally Posted by dahogan
And, increasing those RPM's so the side pipes can be really loud while under a bridge or in a tunnel.

That sounds familiar. Dropping into 2nd gear and get that grin on your face through the tunnel...
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I really need to move somewhere that has a lot more tunnels!
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Washing it as much as I drive it. Just can't stand the look of dust or any type of dirt on it.
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Saving unusable old parts just because they're "original". Like I'm ever gonna reuse old carpet plugs or disfigured tower clamps.
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Going crazy when a little thing like a nick happens when you take all precautions to avoid it. Power coating all engine parts and screwing it all up on engine start up by installing carb gasket upside down and burning the intake and risk screwing up the works.
Constantly looking and protecting the car all the time on alert
for anything 24 /7
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Originally Posted by dugsgms74
Saving unusable old parts just because they're "original". Like I'm ever gonna reuse old carpet plugs or disfigured tower clamps.
I think that's a smart habit to be in.

I'm going to say, looking for an excuse to spend money on the car because I haven't done so recently.
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After I discovered my side pipes sometimes set off newer cars alarms when I drive down my street… I now try to make that happen every time.
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Originally Posted by Kerouac
After I discovered my side pipes sometimes set off newer cars alarms when I drive down my street… I now try to make that happen every time.
Parking garages are great for this too!
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Placing Porsche parts on the rear body ( car cover and cardboard layer protecting vette ) as I work on my latest Porsche project. So sacrilegious I know. Sorry.
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Doing donuts, definitely donuts...
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Here's one TOO MANY of us (you know who you are ) are guilty of (myself included ), restoring and being **** about stuff that no one will ever see BUUUT, ONLY YOU will know it's done and perfect
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Originally Posted by Pilot Dan
Here's one TOO MANY of us (you know who you are ) are guilty of (myself included ), restoring and being **** about stuff that no one will ever see BUUUT, ONLY YOU will know it's done and perfect
That is true do it all the time ,Waste of money but still have to do it and always hunting for smoothing to fix or make right.



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