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Old Jan 28, 2005 | 11:42 PM
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so i suppose you aren't going to be able to sleep tonight because there is some dirt on your car.

it must suck to have such tight spincter muscles.
You know... The accomplished detailer can replace the seatbelts in a car with a well placed trailer ball mounted to the floor board...



Cali, Do you have a preasure washer? Those things are the best for road grime and cleaning 25 years of slime off the underbelly of the beasties!
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Old Jan 29, 2005 | 12:11 AM
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Originally Posted by Cali,68,L-79
Yes I've tried them before but going down the highway is another thing. The rest of your comment you can shove you no where, kiss off!
no hard feelings cali, just felt like jumping on the wagon for a laugh. but i do hate the hummer guys. and if you love your vette so much that it makes you do things like not drive in certain situations, you go for it!
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Old Jan 29, 2005 | 12:12 AM
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Old Jan 29, 2005 | 12:28 AM
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Originally Posted by turtlevette
you can shove you know where,
I'm admin I should have caught that. Good catch.

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Old Jan 29, 2005 | 12:37 AM
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Sell the Vette....You're too ****
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Old Jan 29, 2005 | 12:44 AM
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Wow!!!!.I'm going to buy me a pressure washer tomorrow.I'm not poking fun at anyone except myself.I don't know why I don't have one!!!

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Old Jan 29, 2005 | 12:47 AM
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Sell the Vette....You're too ****
you can talk to me after you've been to 3 wars, until that your a NEWB.

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Old Jan 29, 2005 | 12:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Cali,68,L-79
you can talk to me after you've been to 3 wars, until that your a NEWB.

because that makes sense...
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Old Jan 29, 2005 | 01:02 AM
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Originally Posted by AGVI
because that makes sense...
Nope I've never made sense and your not going to make me start now.
no seriously the 68 gets horrible gas milage and the hinda gets 4 times that so when the weather sucks worse than John Kerry I drive the Civic. The cars clean now I was more stoked that all the adjustments to the wiper system worked. Remember those old wiper systems are not exactly the best systems made back in the days.

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Old Jan 29, 2005 | 01:02 AM
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Originally Posted by AGVI
because that makes sense...
Nope I've never made sense and your not going to make me start now.
no seriously the 68 gets horrible gas milage and the honda gets 4 times that so when the weather sucks worse than John Kerry I drive the Civic. The cars clean now I was more stoked that all the adjustments to the wiper system worked. Remember those old wiper systems are not exactly the best systems made back in the days.

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Old Jan 29, 2005 | 01:53 AM
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Cali, I know how you feel. Let the flamers do their thing and think nothing of it.

The good thing is that you can always spend a few hours with it and get it all good -n- shiney again.
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Old Jan 29, 2005 | 02:01 AM
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Cali,

I know how you feel. Couldn't believe it was raining in Sand Dog. Just spent 10 days working with C3F up on Pt Loma. Man, they have some nice digs. And I had to drive some rental POS.

Now I am home, the car is still in the garage, it is still 10 degrees out and there is about 3 feet of snow I have to shovel tomorrow.
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Old Jan 29, 2005 | 03:11 AM
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My question is simple - how did it handle in the rain? I'll bet it felt good having everything work perfectly including a solid wheel alignment that gave no surprises even in the wet... She'll clean up and now you know she is good to go in the rain...
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Old Jan 29, 2005 | 12:04 PM
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Originally Posted by djcwardog
My question is simple - how did it handle in the rain? I'll bet it felt good having everything work perfectly including a solid wheel alignment that gave no surprises even in the wet... She'll clean up and now you know she is good to go in the rain...
It handled surprisingly well. Downshifted in corners and back end never got squirelly, feel confident driving her any weather.

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Old Jan 29, 2005 | 12:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Cali,68,L-79
Downshifted in corners and back end never got squirelly
Then you need more power
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Old Jan 29, 2005 | 12:17 PM
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Originally Posted by BB wowbagger
Then you need more power
No more wrecks for me thank you.
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Old Jan 29, 2005 | 01:02 PM
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sorry..for a minute i thought i was reading in the C5 section.
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