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I hope not.. I’m to afraid to look it up. I did once and didn’t find anything on the forums or even through google..
I hope not.. I’m to afraid to look it up. I did once and didn’t find anything on the forums or even through google..
I had my 2000 Camaro From january 2002 to May 2013 and the day I sold it was surreal but the most difficult thing I’ve ever had to do. I got it with 17k on the clock and for around $22k. was a GM Buyback and it had a Borla adjustable exhaust. I went into the USAF (AD) a month later but I left the car at my parent’s when I was stationed in Germany for two years. I drove it from CT to NM when I PCS’d there from Germany. It had 68k on it when I sold it. I had a lot of firsts with that car and I was a mess for the next couple days afterword. Yeah it was my baby and I cried like a little girl with a skinned knee after word. Sitting next to a pile of cash wasn’t helping that pain. I had a ton of money just in mods into it. It was easily a $60k car. My first V8, my first 6 speed. My first T Top car. My first newer car that I paid off, the most expensive car that I ever paid off.. My first cross country road trip. It was just such a sense of freedom and when I went out on my own and had my own high HP muscle car. It was such a dream.
I had a lot of firsts with that car and it really meant a lot to me. but it was rotting away sitting outside when I accepted this job. (I was discharged in 2008 and had to move back home till I got back on my feet) Anyway.. i no longer had a garage (or house) All those mods were wearing out and needed to be replaced.. Dual gold valve springs, needed the truck coil conversion, new tires (again) the wheels were going to s**t and needed to be replaced… The fuel lines had a two year shelf life… And I sunk another $1100 into the springs and shocks just before I sold it. (Koni and BMR) There wasn’t much on that car that was stock and little did I know, but I had built a race car and that stuff costs money to maintain. $1200 clutch, $3800 transmission, $1600 intake setup, $2500 to replace the exhaust (again.) Yeah that stuff wasn’t cheap… Was all deployment money and I was young. I don’t regret it. I stripped the entire interior out three times and re-did the sound deadening.
So now I’m pretty gun shy about sinking that much money into a car again, but I plan on getting a C5 ZO6 to replace my love once I get a house here in the next two years.. I’m back on my feet and going to slowly rebuild what I lost… but I have, in a way, come back stronger.. I just miss that car.. 🙁 Was the best car to have in the desert where you have nothing but room to use every one of the 508hp under the hood.
437/421 at the wheels.. yeah it was pretty sick.. 🙁 I don’t know where it is now or even if it’s still on the road. Some rich kid from Maine bought it sight unseen, cash in hand.
I had my 2000 Camaro From january 2002 to May 2013 and the day I sold it was surreal but the most difficult thing I’ve ever had to do. I got it with 17k on the clock and for around $22k. was a GM Buyback and it had a Borla adjustable exhaust. I went into the USAF (AD) a month later but I left the car at my parent’s when I was stationed in Germany for two years. I drove it from CT to NM when I PCS’d there from Germany. It had 68k on it when I sold it. I had a lot of firsts with that car and I was a mess for the next couple days afterword. Yeah it was my baby and I cried like a little girl with a skinned knee after word. Sitting next to a pile of cash wasn’t helping that pain. I had a ton of money just in mods into it. It was easily a $60k car. My first V8, my first 6 speed. My first T Top car. My first newer car that I paid off, the most expensive car that I ever paid off.. My first cross country road trip. It was just such a sense of freedom and when I went out on my own and had my own high HP muscle car. It was such a dream.
I had a lot of firsts with that car and it really meant a lot to me. but it was rotting away sitting outside when I accepted this job. (I was discharged in 2008 and had to move back home till I got back on my feet) Anyway.. i no longer had a garage (or house) All those mods were wearing out and needed to be replaced.. Dual gold valve springs, needed the truck coil conversion, new tires (again) the wheels were going to s**t and needed to be replaced… The fuel lines had a two year shelf life… And I sunk another $1100 into the springs and shocks just before I sold it. (Koni and BMR) There wasn’t much on that car that was stock and little did I know, but I had built a race car and that stuff costs money to maintain. $1200 clutch, $3800 transmission, $1600 intake setup, $2500 to replace the exhaust (again.) Yeah that stuff wasn’t cheap… Was all deployment money and I was young. I don’t regret it. I stripped the entire interior out three times and re-did the sound deadening.
So now I’m pretty gun shy about sinking that much money into a car again, but I plan on getting a C5 ZO6 to replace my love once I get a house here in the next two years.. I’m back on my feet and going to slowly rebuild what I lost… but I have, in a way, come back stronger.. I just miss that car.. 🙁 Was the best car to have in the desert where you have nothing but room to use every one of the 508hp under the hood.
437/421 at the wheels.. yeah it was pretty sick.. 🙁 I don’t know where it is now or even if it’s still on the road. Some rich kid from Maine bought it sight unseen, cash in hand.
I was a Mobil1 fan for a long time, but for the Camaro I stopped using M1 and went with Amsoil Signature blend with an Amsoil filter. (That car only got the best.) I changed it once a year so it didn’t matter. Lately I get factory oil filters for the VW. VW dealer filters because they have more pleats than the MANN filters. But when I get the WJ I’ll probably use a M1 filter again. I heard years ago that they were really good but I heard M1 went downhill a lot.
I was a Mobil1 fan for a long time, but for the Camaro I stopped using M1 and went with Amsoil Signature blend with an Amsoil filter. (That car only got the best.) I changed it once a year so it didn’t matter. Lately I get factory oil filters for the VW. VW dealer filters because they have more pleats than the MANN filters. But when I get the WJ I’ll probably use a M1 filter again. I heard years ago that they were really good but I heard M1 went downhill a lot.
I went to auto tech school from 1999 to 2000 and started in the field right after that at a Chevy dealer that is long since closed. I was coming into things right when OBDII was still a “newer” thing to be understood and we were still dealing with OBD1 vehicles quite frequently. I ended up going into heavy equipment after that and I don’t regret it but I sometimes wonder what would have happened if I stayed with the dealerships.. Oh well.. Sometimes I really don’t miss dealing with that BS tho. I have a coworker now who’s daughter is looking to go the dealership route and we’re both preparing her and saying “You have to be really sure you want THIS and not diesel which can be a lot easier to deal with. There’s a lot more of the physical repair end of things in the heavy diesel field.” Not as much diagnostic unless we have a breakdown on a newer piece of equipment, then we use our grey matter more than the brawn.
We’re also suspecting a labor shortage in this field in the future since the kids that are coming up now don’t seem to want to get their hands dirty or don’t want to do anything for themselves. (Speaking generally here.. not singling anyone out.)
I went to auto tech school from 1999 to 2000 and started in the field right after that at a Chevy dealer that is long since closed. I was coming into things right when OBDII was still a “newer” thing to be understood and we were still dealing with OBD1 vehicles quite frequently. I ended up going into heavy equipment after that and I don’t regret it but I sometimes wonder what would have happened if I stayed with the dealerships.. Oh well.. Sometimes I really don’t miss dealing with that BS tho. I have a coworker now who’s daughter is looking to go the dealership route and we’re both preparing her and saying “You have to be really sure you want THIS and not diesel which can be a lot easier to deal with. There’s a lot more of the physical repair end of things in the heavy diesel field.” Not as much diagnostic unless we have a breakdown on a newer piece of equipment, then we use our grey matter more than the brawn.
We’re also suspecting a labor shortage in this field in the future since the kids that are coming up now don’t seem to want to get their hands dirty or don’t want to do anything for themselves. (Speaking generally here.. not singling anyone out.)
I really want a reliable POS again.. I got into this field because I’m (still) super fascinated with all this. I had a pretty clear cut path from day one and knew I wanted to do this since high school. So I’ve been doing it since 2000 with a small 6 year side track as an operator in the USAF. But I’m back behind the wrench again and I still love it.
I drive a 2008 R32 and while I REALLY love the car, I’m just frustrated that it’s going to be very expensive for me to thinker with. (I can’t leave well enough alone.) So $6000 worth of mods in an R32 will get you a nice car, but $2000 into a 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee is more along the lines of what I’m looking for right now. I just really need something I can tinker with so I can get my fix… (Because I love this S**t that bad where I do it all day and it still isn’t enough to feed the monkey… :D)
Anyway.. I plan on getting the WJ Jeep in the near future. A nice reliable POS that I can get dirty and not care about. My opinion may change in a year from now, but I just want to take a step back.
Oh yeah, I work on this stuff all day… 😀 (also add in sanders, dump trucks, JD Tracktors, a fleet of generators up to 200kw and other heavy equipment.. but this is the fun stuff.. XD )
I really want a reliable POS again.. I got into this field because I’m (still) super fascinated with all this. I had a pretty clear cut path from day one and knew I wanted to do this since high school. So I’ve been doing it since 2000 with a small 6 year side track as an operator in the USAF. But I’m back behind the wrench again and I still love it.
I drive a 2008 R32 and while I REALLY love the car, I’m just frustrated that it’s going to be very expensive for me to thinker with. (I can’t leave well enough alone.) So $6000 worth of mods in an R32 will get you a nice car, but $2000 into a 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee is more along the lines of what I’m looking for right now. I just really need something I can tinker with so I can get my fix… (Because I love this S**t that bad where I do it all day and it still isn’t enough to feed the monkey… :D)
Anyway.. I plan on getting the WJ Jeep in the near future. A nice reliable POS that I can get dirty and not care about. My opinion may change in a year from now, but I just want to take a step back.
Oh yeah, I work on this stuff all day… 😀 (also add in sanders, dump trucks, JD Tracktors, a fleet of generators up to 200kw and other heavy equipment.. but this is the fun stuff.. XD )
I “may” be one of these people but my girlfriend tells me I’m paranoid and I think too much.. But anyway.. I’ve gotten into arguments with people about things that I’ve done a great deal of research about and my arguments/views are based on facts and Logic… Am I wrong for arguing like that or do I just have that strong personality?
The one thing that is sure to anger me is when people don’t think logically, though.
I “may” be one of these people but my girlfriend tells me I’m paranoid and I think too much.. But anyway.. I’ve gotten into arguments with people about things that I’ve done a great deal of research about and my arguments/views are based on facts and Logic… Am I wrong for arguing like that or do I just have that strong personality?
The one thing that is sure to anger me is when people don’t think logically, though.
I get some frustrating days when I feel like leaving my current employer, but I seldom regret getting into this field… almost never..
We can’t fix John Deere stuff at work because they require ALL of their crap to be taken back to the dealer because we don’t have the Canbus protocol to find out what sensor is seeing what…. So there’s most of my headaches is not having the right damn supplies and it gets seriously frustrating to where I grab our shop Kawasaki Mule and just go drive around for a while. I’m Salary so what do they expect me to do if I don’t have the tools, parts or supplies to do my job?? I go screw off for an hour to let off some steam and go drive around the woods.. Or I’ll find a reason to use the Mule to go check supply to see if any parts trickled their way in. (I work on a military installation so supply is clear across base.)
I get some frustrating days when I feel like leaving my current employer, but I seldom regret getting into this field… almost never..
We can’t fix John Deere stuff at work because they require ALL of their crap to be taken back to the dealer because we don’t have the Canbus protocol to find out what sensor is seeing what…. So there’s most of my headaches is not having the right damn supplies and it gets seriously frustrating to where I grab our shop Kawasaki Mule and just go drive around for a while. I’m Salary so what do they expect me to do if I don’t have the tools, parts or supplies to do my job?? I go screw off for an hour to let off some steam and go drive around the woods.. Or I’ll find a reason to use the Mule to go check supply to see if any parts trickled their way in. (I work on a military installation so supply is clear across base.)
I’m gonna have to say Tires as well. Over the years I’ve really learned that you get what you pay for with tires.. Wet traction especially!! But think too a dedicated season set of tires is the best way to go. “All Season” = No season… If you have a car, a dedicated set of winter wheels and tires are invaluable! You may sacrifice some handling because the sidewall is softer, but the traction is phenomenal. I had a set of aggressive snows for the winter on my R32 and holy crap was it worth it!