really... my older son plays the YAK.

 

You have a pet Yak, cool.

Mark

 

not sure if it's cool cause there's a START/LOUD button but no STO botton.



going motoring in a little bit.

 

So anyone got plans for this weekend? I'm going to renovate our bathroom. I may be looking for support, as I HATE plumbing.

Mark

 

Yay! Picking up my JCW today AND found out I'm selling my current car! And I'm going to a Red Sox game on Monday!

This is the best day ever!

 

lotsie- good luck with the renovation! i HATE plumbing myself.. doing the toilet
gasket replacement was one of the most funnest projects evar.

tu13es- good luck with the purchase! we expect to see picts.

 

this weekend... got a crap load of crap to do...

first off going to celebrate our 10th wedding annivarsary.

then going to celebrate my son's b-day which i dont have a present for
now cause i bought a cool truck for him and as i was wrapping it last night
wife told me grandma got the same thing already so best to get him
something else. im a busy guy i dont have time to be going to the
stores between meetings every frikken day

then wash the dd's motor my G and probably going to wash out the
brembo's on the G cause it's starting to squeek a tad. wash the
wheels real well too.

still need to vac the house, still need to clean the bathrooms, still
need to vac the garage, etc. etc. etc.

 

hey, i got my $10 gift card from Sears today with an appology for
the crap i had to go through earlier this month with the hex sockets.

 

We are driving to Sioux Falls to take the boy to college. Drive 700 miles up on Saturday and 700 miles back on Sunday and no MINI.
Then when I get home - no boy.
I'm the lone male in my house and the females begin their waterboarding torture techniques - bra on the shower, nail polish bottles on the work bench, HGTV on the TV, quiche, Nora Roberta - oh god, just kill me now!

 

I'm leading the greatest Dragon Run ever... Blimey's Tour of Terror II

 

My wife asked me to tell you that, as the lone female in a house with three guys, she has NO sympathy for you...

I do, however. But don't tell her I said that...

 

Thanks man, that kind of support is why I have willed you all my UJ stuff - even the ones I bought from you.

 

that battery tester griot's has looks mighty similar to the solar ba7's...

 

Here's more details on my run this weekend:
http://www.tarheelminis.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1385

Here's the route we're driving Saturday - zoom in and be in awe of the twisty goodness...
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=e...3,2.208252&z=9

 

^^ pretty cool stuff.



not sure if i want to motor this am. it's sunny but radar is showing scattered
showers here and there and it just started.

i think im going to just QD my MCS and put him back on the charger.
i have much driving to do today anyway.

 

Yay! I can motor now!

Too bad I don't get to give it the initial detailing for a few days.

 

picts tu13es, picts.

so i QD'ed my MCS, cleaned off the wheels, spot wheelshield'ed where
some stains hardened. and plugged him onto the battery tender.

also vac'ed the garage cleaned the filter on the shopvac yuk,
and now taking a quick break. filter shall air dry for a good 48hrs,
then will lightly lysol it and put it back together.

 

Did a half-wash of the dirty parts of Blimey this AM.

I got some of the long-handled Griot's wheel scrubbers... work MUCH easier than the short ones. Threw the short ones away.

I got a monster swab assortment. Haven't used a single one yet.

Got a gallon plus a sprayer of the spray on carwash... will probably try it this weekend. Didn't buy the towels - have tons of Monster Fluffies and Platinums that I'm gonna try.

Got a sprayer of the undercarriage spray... haven't used it yet... love the labeling that basically says "this WILL KILL YOU if you drink it." Nice to have stuff like that around the kids...

I like the $10 Griot's nozzle - easily adjustable and works fine for me.

I can now attest that the CarboTech AX6 pads are DUSTY. Probably in the same league as stock, though the dust seems to clean up easily. But gawd, do they ever stop the car.... I gotta decide which I want more, clean wheels or spleen rupturing stops....

 

blimey-sounds good! but griot's recent selection of towels is actually
pretty damn good. the towel that comes with the sprayon car wash set
is fluffier than the PlatinumMF but not super fluffy like monster fluffy.

imho, monster fluffy is kinda hard to use other than for final buffing.

the only downside of griot's towels is the damn tag... you have to cut
it off and remove the tag completely with tweezers. otherwise it could
swirl your finish.

you cant expect everything from brakes. the reason why they
grab well is probably because they wear faster and could eat up your
discs too. im still all for the stock brakes even though they are dusty.

 

Paul, I seriously recommend against using this goo on any part of the car. It is very much a heaping pile of doggy doo doo. I think it is basically 100% Silicone oil and while it really makes things appear to be clean, using motor oil would give the same effect and be less of a mess.
So again, I recommend against using this stuff. If you do and like it I have a gallon I would give you.

 

i have to completely disagree with this comment. ive used it a few
times on some spattered areas on my MCS. it worked well. cleans
off nicely.

you probably didnt use enough towels.

 

....and apparently i scare everyone away.

hey, got my snap-on tools

 

Didn't scare me away, ken... I'm working in the office today.

Someone tell people to only have accidents on Mon-Fri. Thanks !

 

yah, they tend to have accidents while agents are most busy or
off.

did DP stopped carrying Wizard's Bug Release? was about to link them to
the fit forum but DP doesn't show it in their line up.

anyway, linked Wizard's own site since it's cheaper anyway. man
there were a lot of bugs on the FitS's front end from yesterday's drive...

 

Well, i'm not sure about the relationship to accidents and agents' hours, but I can assure you there is a direct link to accidents and people having their heads up their asses.

Of course, drivers are not the only ones that are stupid. I had a police officer tell me today that he marked our insured as the at-fault party because the other driver was on a larger street than our driver.

But officer... this is a disputed traffic light, both drivers say they have a green light, there are no witnesses. WTF does it have to do with the size of their respective streets of travel ???