martindc1

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.

Bummer, well, good luck smile.gif

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?

Yes its at Cooper. They also have a beginners school in the middle of May, I plan on attending if they have any open slots left.

Auctions currently at $200 so I guess I'm doing good smile.gif

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.

I'd like to get $500

Cool, I would appreciate that. Any luck or updates on the car search?

... 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 ]

Does anybody know where to get some magnetic numbers for auto-x purposes in Columbus? If not does anyone have an online vendor they recommend?

Sweet is it 70 or a 71-73? Did he mention what the powerplant was? Boss 351, Windsor?

Yeah if you are on a laptop you have to look at the screen just right to even see it.

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

Sweet. You'll be hearing from me.

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.

Originally posted by 10xworse:

You know, I felt sorry for you at first but now you're pretty much just a dumbass.

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.

Originally posted by Mowgli:

Not over the security council seat bid, but over the whole whitewashing of history thing.

+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.

I saw one on sawmill yesterday and he gave me a couple of revs but we couldn't run off the light cause of the traffic.

Originally posted by Nitrousbird:

Why didn't you stop?? I definately would have, at least in an area like that, which isn't really a high crime area.

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.