blimey- nice! how do you like the new SUV? ive seen them around in my neighborhood and they look pretty good.

 

We LOVE it. Really incredibly good for the price. Not quite the get-up-and-go of the newer Lexus / Acura / Infiniti / Audi... but very similar features and comfort and appearance... and WAAAAAAY less expensive. Ours was about $31K loaded except for nav. That's a buttload of bucks we didn't spend on the car that we can spend on, say, Carribean cruises.

Only downside - relatively crappy mileage compared to other similar vehicles with higher tech engines.

 

blimey- sounds good. the engine might show better mpg after break-in. might even encourage running aftermarket drop-ins to lean it a tad.

 

Yep - I've thought about swapping out the air filter.

 

yah, that should help quite a bit.

so deciding which snow tires to get for my FitS... WS60 is wat im using on the 09 FitS, but no snow tires yet for my 08...

tire size is 195/55/15 and planning to get steelies. can this size be used on a clubman? much too small?

 

gotz my WS60's from Alex over at tirerack.

this is for my FitS.

 

next rainy saturday im taking my FitS in to get an estimate for the fender and corner of bumper repair from that fender bender like 1.5yrs ago.

 

motored my G, speedshined afterwards.

doing laundry right now.

 

motored the Z, QD'ed afterwards. was a good drive.

then washed the 09 FitS (white one) and clayed, waxed. looks brand new again. those rust dots and tar really stands out on white paint so the panels look like a fresh slate again.

also washed my 08 FitS as well.

then tossed the MF into the washing machine with detergent, then added 4oz of Griot's MF Cleaner and ran the cycle. then ran one more cycle this time without soap. i think my older Prima MF towels are now soft again. i could kinda tell when i was hanging them.

going to do this on all my MF towels as some of the Prima towels were getting kinda stiff and didnt want to absorb QD. i tried the vinegar trick but wasnt as effective as the Griot's MF Cleaner trick.

 

So Ken... you don't use the MF cleaner every time? And now you're using in combo with regular detergent?

I just got my gallon - have never used it... but my towels need it badly...

 

Yah, usually I only use unscented ALL but today I followed instructions and it says to mix detergent + MF cleaner.

Hope it works!

 

The cleaner seemed to have worked as my waffle feels like soft foam.
The platinum still needs drying. wth

 

I drove 500 miles on wet roads today. Yuck.

 

that's a lot of miles.

 

It was 38 degrees this morning. I vote winter!

 

NO...not Winter??!! I just got back from AZ, in the 100s there, in the Mid-80s here, I think we are about 30 days behind in Seasons!!

 

until i can see my breath consistently in the mornings it's not winter yet.

yah, wife woke me up, then my kid woke me up, now i can't sleep.

 

I drove another 500 miles today. Dry roads, this time.

 

so you're back to square one, blimey? + dirty car.

 

Exactly

 

should've stayed home, blimey.

 

motored the Z this am and went to a local shop afterwards to get my 20mm spacers. the one i ordered last week the order got botched so bad i could not trust this new shop im dealing with to send me the replacment.

after kid was done with school took him to grandma's. wife's busy today...

 

My eye won't stop twitching. Been that way since this morning.

Why is it that most jobs require to you have the sort of experience you can only get from the very job you are applying for? There is no getting ahead, it is loose - loose. All entry-level positions have hundreds of applicants for one job.

All I need is another $5,000 so that I can go back to Japan and get a job teaching English.

 

nabeshin- i hate when that happens. not sure why it does that. i get it sometimes when im really stressed out. you sound stressed out..thus the twitching eyeball. <= 360 degree twitch.

teaching english in japan pays well?

 

It doesn't pay well, but that is not the point. It is merely a step on my International Business career path.