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Old May 9, 2015 | 05:55 AM
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My driver's seat motor is on the fritz.

May take a look at it today and see if it just needs cleaning.

Ryan or Scott, I need to borrow your orbital today. I'd like to wash and wax the van.
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Old May 9, 2015 | 10:54 AM
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Originally Posted by SmoothZ
I think DB is booked until June. I think they do UpRev tunes.
they are i dropped my car off on may 7th and wont get it done and tuned till June 10th, only reason i was able to get in was Jason doesn't work there anymore and forgot to put me on the books when i called like 2 months ago. I did see Joe on the dyno when i was there talked to him for a bit too. I can't wait till after mt A.T. so i can finally really drive it.
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Old May 10, 2015 | 05:00 AM
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Wishing your wives/moms/GFs and their moms a happy Mother's Day.

I got the boys up early and they helped me cook breakfast and brought it to momma in bed.
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Old May 11, 2015 | 09:10 AM
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Originally Posted by SmoothZ
Jotham, they made me park there because the lot was full. However, there were some crappy wannabe drift cars surrounded by some Asian teens who were total posers. SMH
I lol'ed when I got my car and driver magazine. They wrote about this same exact ish on page #30 on the June 2015 issue.
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Old May 12, 2015 | 01:13 PM
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I have a question for you folks. What internet provider is the most reliable at 25-30 mbps? I am trying to set up my internet for the home I will be living in for a few years but have zero clue on what is good up there.

Thanks!
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Old May 12, 2015 | 06:30 PM
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I use Frontier, but I'm not really happy with them. I think that's about the speed I get in my house. There's something wrong with the setup when they hooked me in, and they admit it. Just can't seem to get any faster.
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Old May 13, 2015 | 05:00 PM
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Comcast is rock solid, you will pay for it though.

This is on my laptop downstairs in my family room with the router upstairs in the office.

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Old May 16, 2015 | 08:05 PM
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It's pretty much either Comcast or Century Link up here.. I wouldn't recommend Century Link though. DSL tech is fairly annoying, and they seem to have frequent issues delivering bandwidth.

also.. data caps.
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Old May 17, 2015 | 11:24 AM
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Kinda hate to say it. But Comcast is actually pretty dang good for internet.

Also, what's up people, just got back from a little weekend down in Texas. Just happened to see a Z cruise of about 12 cars the first night down there. Multiple GTR's and boat loads of moded mustangs and camaros everywhere.

And SmoothZ, what's your wheel setup if you don't mind me asking. Saw your car at cars and coffee and it was looking damn good
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Old May 17, 2015 | 11:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Scuba13

And SmoothZ, what's your wheel setup if you don't mind me asking. Saw your car at cars and coffee and it was looking damn good
SSW D5R 18x9 and 18x10 and it think he said they are +25F +24R
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Old May 18, 2015 | 08:20 AM
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Thanks, Ryan. That's about right. You haz good memory.

After being at Zdayz, my car is boring and hella-stock.
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Old May 18, 2015 | 11:27 AM
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Old May 18, 2015 | 02:13 PM
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Originally Posted by SmoothZ
Thanks, Ryan. That's about right. You haz good memory.

After being at Zdayz, my car is boring and hella-stock.


Not boring at all, clean and classic. Welcome back, now get that Z all cleaned up, I know she's dirty from the trip. lol
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Old May 18, 2015 | 02:29 PM
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Dude, all those 350's and 370's with tons of mods looked so damn good. I felt old and boring....

I'm not touching my Z for a while. WTF did I come back to with this weather? I'll probably jack the Z up and take the wheels off to do some serious cleaning. Also, found out that the bracket with the end links for the sway bars has a design flaw and will snap after a while. Happened to one of the Z guys from the ZROC crew. He fixed it there at his cabin and showed me the part.
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Old May 18, 2015 | 03:25 PM
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http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/an...030022899.html

I feel like I'll be getting something soon. Brandon really should learn to drive the car he'll be using for school and work.
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Old May 18, 2015 | 03:45 PM
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looks like a good buy.. but those ecopia tires.. ugh.
my dad put a set on his venza. Took it out in the snow a few times and man was it bad.
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Old May 18, 2015 | 03:46 PM
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Figured if I bought a used AWD beater, I won't feel so bad when the kids dent or scratch it up.
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Old May 18, 2015 | 03:52 PM
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No, it's a perfect car for a kid to learn on. Not very fast, good utility, decent mileage.
Throw a set of snows on it and it becomes full on unstoppable in the winter time.

And the structure of these cars is insane. Super safe vehicles with all the airbags and rigid crash structure. Rescue guys just break out the jaws of life if they need to free someone from a subaru, because they know they'll be there all day with the saw.
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Old May 18, 2015 | 04:00 PM
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Good to know. Thanks, Shane.
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Old May 18, 2015 | 04:04 PM
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Originally Posted by SmoothZ
Good to know. Thanks, Shane.
Do we get to tinker with it and mod it a little

Gotta teach him right from wrong some kinda way.
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