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Oh CR, now Lamborghini Gallardos are considered "not terribly fast". Tough crowd.

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In that price range why not a C7Z06? Or even a C7Z06 vert?

Love it....Sean "Toybaru Killer" Jones.

I cannot hide my envy.... Awesome pick up!

Love the wheels but think they would look better with a gloss finish.

I think we have a winner!

Invisible glass is my favorite

Yup.

I could not agree more. It is a great balance between handling and ride. Like I said before, it makes me smile everyday. I am researching cutting the stock springs...it sounds bush league but apparently many have great results. The thing is pretty low stock - just a little more would be perfect. I loved the stance of my T/A...just a hint of a drop: http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/04/12/a2a2upah.jpg

Me likey

Appreciate that JP but they are all you if you want them. I have read they can drop the car up to 2". I don't have Farkas' patience - it would make me want to punch babies.

No grooming needed with ours either.

Leatherique will remove the wrinkles?

Just a note - many try to use the term "modular" on a doublewide manufactured home. They are NOT the same thing. That home definitely appears to be a true modular. Modulars can be financed the same as a stick built home - doublewides cannot.

It did not make the noise at start up - it had to warm up for you to hear it. I am guessing the bearings were going bad in the pulley and as it heated up the noise became noticable. I do not blame the mechanic in any way - it was all me in this case.

If I had only told the mechanic "I think it is the air conditioning compressor but check it out - it is making a terrible grinding noise" all would have been good. I was cocky and said "replace the A/C compressor - it is bad".

I am not a fan of small dogs, but my wife has a 1/2 Shitzu 1/2 Yorkie (Shorkie). She is only 9 pounds but has a ton of attitude. She thinks she is a 100 pound dog and takes no crap from my 2 80-90 pound lab / retriever mixes. She is very funny and loves to cuddle. They are considered "velcro" dogs...they will cling to you and are rarely out of your reach.

I have taken great pride in being able to figure out what is wrong with my cars on my own and, in the past have almost always been 100% correct on the diagnosis. While I often fix them myself, at times, I decide the fix is either over my head or just not something I want to tackle. Recently, I "self diagnosed" an issue on my 2002 Suburban that ended up being way off - and cost me some $. I share only to laugh at myself and, perhaps, prevent a similar mistake. In about October I started hearing a grinding noise coming from the front of the motor. I suspected it was the air conditioning compressor as the noise was in that area and it is a known issue on Chevy trucks so I removed the serpentine belt and started the motor - note that there are 2 belts on the Suburban - one that is A/C only. With only the A/C belt on the noise was still there, so I was pretty certain that was the problem. Here is where I made my mistake - I put the serpentine belt back on but I cut a corner and just cut the belt on the A/C - noise went away. Conclusion - needs a new A/C compressor. I drove it through the winter this way with no issues Fast forward to a couople of weeks ago. I take the Suburban to a shop and tell them it needs a new A/C compressor. They replace the compressor as instructed and on my way home the sounds comes back. I am like WTF? I climb under the truck while it is running - there is a freakin tensioner pulley on the bottom that I did not even know was there. If I had taken the belt off the right way I would have known that of course. The pulley is screeching. I go to Napa buy the 25.00 part and by the time I get home the belt is shredded. It took me < 30 mins to replace the pulley. I suppose I just chalk it up to a learning experience and remember all the money I have saved over the years doing it myself. tl:dr version - I screwed up diagnosing a problem on my car and it cost me money - don't do that

I think that is the point - at that price point you should not have to worry about the "proper precautions" being taken.

A Tesla tuner...what could possibly go wrong with that?

That is a cool story, thank you for sharing!

Welcome!

I am not an engineer - I am an auditor - but have been in meetings exactly like that.

One other option - when I had Ips powdercoat my wheels they repaired some similar damage in my wheels...you cannot tell where the damage was..