Done! I got some magnetic vent covers from lowes and taped on some printouts of numbers and letters and then cut them out. Total cost of materials: $6.05 including a pack of razor-blades.
Edit: I had to print on 8.5x14 BTW because the SCCA mandates a minimum number height of 8 inches and the font I used did not utilize all of its alotted area so a big enough number could not have been printed on 8.5x11. My numbers ended up being around 9.5 inches and my letters were a hair over the minimum 4 inches.
[ 21. April 2005, 10:31 AM: Message edited by: martindc1 ]
Yeah but we can help each other out to figure out the cheap days and expensive days a little better.
BTW Speedway in hilliard (corner Main/Hilliard Rome and Sciota Darby) had gas at 1.99 this morning and 7-11 had it at 2.25. I also noticed speedway had the separation between regular, premium, and super at around .07 instead of the ubiquitous .10 - Super was at 2.15
Gas in Hilliard was up to 2.24 by 10:00 AM. I drove by Speedway and it was 2.24 and then 7-11 had it for 1.94 so I whipped it in there and filled up. When I went back by w/in 15 minutes later the guy had just finished changing the sign to 2.24. I knew something was definitely up when one of the employees came out and filled her car up when I was filling mine up.
How did you hear about it going up anyways? Up until recently you could get it at a low price through early thursday morning.
Yeah I am about to make my own because I can't see spending $60+ dollars on something like that. So I will check out some of the places you all mentioned and see what I can come up with.
Awesome. I emailed the guy but I have yet to hear a response so I might have to email again or contact someone else. Are you going to the event this weekend?
Yeah may be wishful thinking but if somebody came to me with the cash I would end the auction. On the other hand if someone wanted to wait out the auction they would get a good computer for a decent price and not have to pay shipping.
I found several places online but I would like to just go to a store here in Columbus so I can see what I am buying and possibly have them in time for this weekend. A yahoo search for "autocross magnetic numbers" yields many results though.
... on ebay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6761156508&rd=1
Can arrange local pickup if anyone is interested.
[ 25. April 2005, 09:21 AM: Message edited by: martindc1 ]
Looks really good. I don't know about f-bodies but mustang OE shocks don't like higher rate springs (for handling puposes that it), so I am waiting till I have the money to buy Bilsteins and springs at the same time.
I can almost guarantee that it was some youngsters throwing clods of dirt at cars not thinking it would break any windows.
Rolla I will call you after lunch smile.gif
I didn't mean to make it sound like I was drunk driving, basically I had less than one drink per hour but I just wanted to get home because I am not sure how that would translate into the legal limit. It would have made a bad situation if I would have stopped and been slightly over and assaulted some minors. I was in a little bit of a panic state as well because it was so loud and sudden that I thought I got shot at so I got the hell out of there and called the cops because I didn't want it to happen to any other cars.
Anyways, does anyone have any advice for me? Or am I just going to have to bite the bullet and drop the dough on this? I have already made an insurance claim but since I have a $1000 deductable its not going to help.
I wasn't drunk or anything but I was close enough to the legal limit that I didn't want to get myself in trouble. I had 3 drinks in a little over 3 hours which is roughly legal but I didn't want to risk it.
I really should have stopped but I kind of paniced. Shit happens though.
+1. I have had an idea for quite sometime that there has been some whitewashing of history particularly of WWII. I can't quite put my finger on it though.
True. I really didn't know WTF happened at first. I didn't stop for two reasons though: 1. My breath was a little high in alcohol content 2. It was so loud I thought for a second I got shot at. If I knew then what I know now I would have stopped.
It just sucks because this is going to be at least a full days work down the toilet. Having a $1000 deductable won't really help me out that much. It just seems like some people have no respect for what others work hard for.
I was driving west bound on Sciota-Darby right around Walcut and Leap when my rear passenger side window in the F150 got smashed out. When I got home I looked and it appears someone threw a big clod of mud/rocks at my truck as I was driving by. It just sucks. If anyone has any info let me know. Looks like more hard-earned cash wasted on something stupid.
I haven't called the insurance company yet because I had to work early this morning so maybe when I get home I can get the ball rolling on that shit.