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Offline tooscoops

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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #5860 on: July 23, 2016, 12:47:12 pm »
oddest gift ever.... and the fact that you not only kept it but found a use for it!

so i was putting on my grill insert and thought, what the hell.. easier to remove plasti-dip than to take off the insert and apply it later. just did the one section (my can of dip was getting low!) to see what it looks like... i don't hate it... definitely makes me know it's mine in a parking lot... still thinking i'll remove it though.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #5861 on: July 23, 2016, 01:24:34 pm »
De-badged the Outlander.  All the dealer ads and corporate nameplates are gone.  All that remains is the Mitsubishi triple diamond logo front and rear.  Sure cleans it up.   
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #5862 on: July 25, 2016, 10:50:21 am »
I am kinda digging the one red insert Scoops.

I had last week off, so I got a lot of cars stuff done (I also wasn't on here much!).

Lots of work done on the Healey, it's now up and running, needs a bit of tuning and still need to repair the accelerator pedal linkage. Hood, trunk and top need to go back on, plus a long list of little details.



I also got to enjoy some of the cars finally, took the SLK out for a nice drive, and hit up a local cruise night with the T/A.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #5863 on: July 25, 2016, 11:48:11 am »
That Healey is a chick magnet.....................in reverse :stick: kidding ;D  get yer  two toned package out there and go FISH :-* ....FIRM     ???  enuf...............
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #5864 on: July 25, 2016, 04:47:23 pm »
Got the oil changed at the dealer. $119 including a $16 oil filter and what I can only assume to be $9.73/L mink oil. ;D

They did a complementary wheel alignment check, washed the car, and did the interior including the windows, so I'm ok with the cost, I guess.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #5865 on: July 25, 2016, 07:13:27 pm »
 ???  What TIME is it................ ;D
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #5866 on: July 25, 2016, 09:09:16 pm »
Firm, the Healey is one of the best looking roadsters ever made IMO.  :drool:

Love to see more photos of that!
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #5867 on: July 25, 2016, 09:11:25 pm »
Quote from: Sir Osis of Liver on July 25, 2016, 04:47:23 pm
Got the oil changed at the dealer. $119 including a $16 oil filter and what I can only assume to be $9.73/L mink oil. ;D

They did a complementary wheel alignment check, washed the car, and did the interior including the windows, so I'm ok with the cost, I guess.

I'm guessing the anal lube was free?   :rofl2:
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #5868 on: July 25, 2016, 10:27:47 pm »
Quote from: KDS2K on July 25, 2016, 09:09:16 pm
Firm, the Healey is one of the best looking roadsters ever made IMO.  :drool:

Love to see more photos of that!

Thanks, and I agree! Way ahead of it's time when you realize that it was penned in the late 1940's! Will definitely get some more pics (I still owe a proper S&S) when I get it back together. It's current at my grandmother's place, and when I am there I try to maximize my time working rather than shooting pics. Once I get it back together I'll do a proper shoot and share.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #5869 on: July 26, 2016, 08:40:47 am »
Quote from: Sir Osis of Liver on July 25, 2016, 04:47:23 pm
Got the oil changed at the dealer. $119 including a $16 oil filter and what I can only assume to be $9.73/L mink oil. ;D

They did a complementary wheel alignment check, washed the car, and did the interior including the windows, so I'm ok with the cost, I guess.

Is that the 15k service?
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #5870 on: July 26, 2016, 10:54:07 am »
Quote from: OliverD on July 26, 2016, 08:40:47 am
Quote from: Sir Osis of Liver on July 25, 2016, 04:47:23 pm
Got the oil changed at the dealer. $119 including a $16 oil filter and what I can only assume to be $9.73/L mink oil. ;D

They did a complementary wheel alignment check, washed the car, and did the interior including the windows, so I'm ok with the cost, I guess.

Is that the 15k service?

Just an annual oil change. I've only got 48xx kms on it right now. The oil life monitor said I had another 10k left on it, but the 12 months had expired.

I'll be heading East with my daughter for a few weeks, so I wanted it done before we left.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #5871 on: July 26, 2016, 10:55:44 am »
Quote from: rrocket on July 25, 2016, 09:11:25 pm
Quote from: Sir Osis of Liver on July 25, 2016, 04:47:23 pm
Got the oil changed at the dealer. $119 including a $16 oil filter and what I can only assume to be $9.73/L mink oil. ;D

They did a complementary wheel alignment check, washed the car, and did the interior including the windows, so I'm ok with the cost, I guess.

I'm guessing the anal lube was free?   :rofl2:

Its german....what do you think all those charges for "shop supplies" is  ;D
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #5872 on: July 26, 2016, 10:58:54 am »
Didn't even have the common courtesy of giving me a reach around.  :P ;D
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #5873 on: July 26, 2016, 11:08:15 am »
Under 5k in a year? Wow.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #5874 on: July 26, 2016, 11:49:29 am »
Seriously <5k? I have 6100km on my motorbike I bought in April !

10$/litre isn't so bad for synthetic motor oil. I pay 14$/litre for what I use in the BMW 3er, and even off-the-shelf Castrol syntec (which I used to use) is 12$/litre. Granted, the flexible oil service means I run it 25-30k before an oil change so the cost is offset there.

When I change the oil myself on the BMW, it costs about 115$.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #5875 on: July 26, 2016, 11:50:25 am »
Quote from: OliverD on July 26, 2016, 11:08:15 am
Under 5k in a year? Wow.

Wow is right.  At that rate, you're only gassing up like once per month!
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #5876 on: July 26, 2016, 12:49:46 pm »
and I thought my Mazda6 (from Nov 2014) had low mileage with 25,XXX.  Gimme a call when your ready to sell it, maybe it will have 30k in 5 years!
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #5877 on: July 26, 2016, 12:58:47 pm »
Quote from: valuator on July 26, 2016, 11:50:25 am
Quote from: OliverD on July 26, 2016, 11:08:15 am
Under 5k in a year? Wow.

Wow is right.  At that rate, you're only gassing up like once per month!

Yup, somewhere between every 4-5 weeks.  ;D

The trip home and back will put about 8500kms on it though.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #5878 on: July 26, 2016, 01:01:53 pm »
Quote from: Sir Osis of Liver on July 26, 2016, 12:58:47 pm
Quote from: valuator on July 26, 2016, 11:50:25 am
Quote from: OliverD on July 26, 2016, 11:08:15 am
Under 5k in a year? Wow.

Wow is right.  At that rate, you're only gassing up like once per month!

Yup, somewhere between every 4-5 weeks.  ;D

The trip home and back will put about 8500kms on it though.


better start looking for new tires!
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #5879 on: July 26, 2016, 01:06:57 pm »
^ ;D

When I was travelling for work, there were a few years where I clocked over 70K. Typically I was close to average ~20-25k/year.

These have been an exceptional couple of years.  :P
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