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Offline Solstice2006

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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #6640 on: February 18, 2017, 08:45:16 pm »
Nice going! We are probably going to get another snow storm in a few days for that!
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #6641 on: February 18, 2017, 09:15:39 pm »
Washed all the cars  in the driveway today, beautiful weather.
Never done that  before in the middle of February  ;D
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #6642 on: February 18, 2017, 09:31:28 pm »
Quote from: mlin32 on February 18, 2017, 08:27:32 pm
Meanwhile, 1500km to the south.......I declare an end to the winter season. The one that never really happened. I put on the summer wheels/tires today, also took the opportunity to lubricate/inspect the various suspension joints, remove the salt/road crud best I could. Then did a wash. Then took a drive........"Wow that's a lot of road feel"........"Oh more grip than I expected....."  :drv2:

Of course, after I took this pic, the right side parking light (rings) went out. Not really a biggie, but will tackle that another week, which annoyingly involves taking off the wheel. How many times am I going to be jacking up the car this month......sheesh.

Lucky guy! I can't even THINK of taking the winters off until at least May and even then.......... ;D
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #6643 on: February 18, 2017, 11:07:43 pm »
Quote from: Lower Level on February 18, 2017, 09:31:28 pm
Quote from: mlin32 on February 18, 2017, 08:27:32 pm
Meanwhile, 1500km to the south.......I declare an end to the winter season. The one that never really happened. I put on the summer wheels/tires today, also took the opportunity to lubricate/inspect the various suspension joints, remove the salt/road crud best I could. Then did a wash. Then took a drive........"Wow that's a lot of road feel"........"Oh more grip than I expected....."  :drv2:

Of course, after I took this pic, the right side parking light (rings) went out. Not really a biggie, but will tackle that another week, which annoyingly involves taking off the wheel. How many times am I going to be jacking up the car this month......sheesh.

Lucky guy! I can't even THINK of taking the winters off until at least May and even then.......... ;D
It is unusually early for me too, about 3 weeks before I normally switch (begin Nov - begin March). But thanks to global climate change....#réchauffement

https://www.autos.ca/forum/index.php?topic=49320.msg1257886#msg1257886
« Last Edit: February 18, 2017, 11:09:44 pm by mlin32 »
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #6644 on: February 18, 2017, 11:40:29 pm »
Quote from: Lower Level on February 18, 2017, 09:31:28 pm
Quote from: mlin32 on February 18, 2017, 08:27:32 pm
Meanwhile, 1500km to the south.......I declare an end to the winter season. The one that never really happened. I put on the summer wheels/tires today, also took the opportunity to lubricate/inspect the various suspension joints, remove the salt/road crud best I could. Then did a wash. Then took a drive........"Wow that's a lot of road feel"........"Oh more grip than I expected....."  :drv2:

Of course, after I took this pic, the right side parking light (rings) went out. Not really a biggie, but will tackle that another week, which annoyingly involves taking off the wheel. How many times am I going to be jacking up the car this month......sheesh.

Lucky guy! I can't even THINK of taking the winters off until at least May and even then.......... ;D

May?  Your not that north! You see steady double digits in April.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #6645 on: February 19, 2017, 01:45:06 pm »
Here, there is a habit of late April, after everything is melted and most people feel safe enough to take their snows off, we get a 2 or 3 day dumping and everyone goes "What happened?" and of course the answer is same as every other year but they act like it's something new. :rofl2:

Sometimes we get a snow fall as late as May 24th weekend but nothing serious. Just cold drizzily and sometimes wet snow enough for a coat of surface slush. Pretty normal really.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #6646 on: February 19, 2017, 05:24:57 pm »
Your in the Owen Sound area right?
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #6647 on: February 19, 2017, 05:38:34 pm »
Quote from: Solstice2006 on February 19, 2017, 05:24:57 pm
Your in the Owen Sound area right?

About an hour South. I think one thing that affects our weather is that we're the highest point in Ontario. We can literally drive 5 km in any direction and have completely different weather.  :rofl2:

I c hanged my appointments in Toronto back in December telling them that January was just a bad time for me to attempt to get to Toronto. I think they thought I exaggerated and if I had kept the appts, I wouldn't have made it as Toronto was fairly mild and we were without power and freezing rain/ice everywhere with 120 km/h winds. :rofl2:

I also have regular appointments in Newmarket and I'm not sure they get it either. I can leave Newmarket on dry roads and sunny skies and 10 km from home be in white out conditions down to 40 km/h with the 4 ways on.  :rofl2:

Still. It's not a big deal, just something we accept and get used to.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #6648 on: February 19, 2017, 06:13:51 pm »
Spent some time at my grandmother's place. Uncovered the SS and started it up to let it run for a bit, also spent about an hour detailing some of the engine bay (got about 1/4 of the way done). My dad & brother were there tinkering with an E-type project they're working on.

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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #6649 on: February 19, 2017, 06:14:48 pm »
E TYPE!! E TYPE!! E TYPE!!!!
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #6650 on: February 20, 2017, 05:59:43 am »
Changed my winter tires this weekend. Everything else is just perfect ;)
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #6651 on: February 20, 2017, 09:44:10 am »
I was half way through installing the new front disc brake kit on my buggy when I realized I'd bought the wrong brake kit.  :-[

Seems there are two kits available.  One kit comes with caliper brackets and the other doesn't.
I bought the one without the caliper brackets.  :P
Luckily, I can buy the brackets separately, so I don't have to buy another complete kit.  That would have really sucked.
Now my install is on hold until the brackets arrive.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #6652 on: February 20, 2017, 06:40:33 pm »
Changed oil and filters in the Outback and the pickup.  Couple jugs of Castrol Edge.  Now I have to lookup how to reset the sensor in the truck.

Hopefully fixed the loose connection in a engine connector on the Subaru, it was giving check engine light for a O2 sensor heater.  We'll see.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #6653 on: February 22, 2017, 04:15:11 pm »
Woke it up
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #6654 on: February 25, 2017, 12:14:22 pm »
Replaced burnt parking light bulb for the rings. The first gen design is a b*itch to replace: wheel off, remove wheelwell panel, unwedge cap to housing for parking light bulb, remove 2x small screws. Takes an hour- did this couple years ago for the other side.

What a PITA. Bulb from ZKW (Österreich /Austria) is 50$.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #6655 on: February 25, 2017, 11:55:45 pm »
Quote from: mlin32 on February 25, 2017, 12:14:22 pm
Replaced burnt parking light bulb for the rings. The first gen design is a b*itch to replace: wheel off, remove wheelwell panel, unwedge cap to housing for parking light bulb, remove 2x small screws. Takes an hour- did this couple years ago for the other side.

What a PITA. Bulb from ZKW (Österreich /Austria) is 50$.
German "engineering" at it's finest...
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #6656 on: February 26, 2017, 04:35:34 pm »
Put a new set of wiper blades on the wife's car today.  Michelins from Costco.  I find they work equally well winter and summer.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #6657 on: February 26, 2017, 04:45:31 pm »
Quote from: AllRoads on February 20, 2017, 05:59:43 am
Changed my winter tires this weekend. Everything else is just perfect ;)

Are you in Canada?
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #6658 on: February 26, 2017, 06:30:35 pm »
Quote from: rrocket on February 25, 2017, 11:55:45 pm
Quote from: mlin32 on February 25, 2017, 12:14:22 pm
Replaced burnt parking light bulb for the rings. The first gen design is a b*itch to replace: wheel off, remove wheelwell panel, unwedge cap to housing for parking light bulb, remove 2x small screws. Takes an hour- did this couple years ago for the other side.

What a PITA. Bulb from ZKW (Österreich /Austria) is 50$.
German "engineering" at it's finest...
The headlights are Austrian, not the same as German.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #6659 on: February 27, 2017, 08:12:17 am »
Quote from: mlin32 on February 26, 2017, 06:30:35 pm
Quote from: rrocket on February 25, 2017, 11:55:45 pm
German "engineering" at it's finest...
The headlights are Austrian, not the same as German.

What about the process of removing wheel, wheelwell panel, etc to reach the light bulb? I assume that was the result of German engineering?
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