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Rhyno posted:I bet. I really love the look you've got going with the car man. Looks amazing. Thank you sir, it's taken a while but she is coming together nicely Belldandy posted:God. drat. More pictures please. Ask and you shall receive! Here are some shots from an Auto-X weekend   
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I have a serious chubby for your evo. That is a absolutely beautiful car.
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That's the best looking bugeye I've ever seen.
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The wife got a new ride last weekend.  Tint installed. I've always liked white Golfs with dark tint.  Nice boots. It was muddy at the marina/lake last weekend. It replaces her old '05 545i. Kill-9 fucked around with this message at 21:27 on Sep 24, 2012 |
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Sep 24, 2012 20:39
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Jay-Zeus posted:09 G8 GT They really aren't race cars. More like big cruisers that happen to be really good. But I am jealous of your sunroof. When I got mine I had to take what they had on the lot.
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Kill-9 posted:The wife got a new ride last weekend. I've seen quite a few of these in Calgary, but only in blue - looks like even more of a sleeper in white.
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Hot Cops posted:I've seen quite a few of these in Calgary, but only in blue - looks like even more of a sleeper in white. She was torn between blue and white and sat on the lot looking at them side-by-side but decided white wasn't quite as flashy. She did get it loaded though. Nav, keyless entry/start, Dynaudio sound, the works. She's looking to get a Stage 1 tune soon, nothing major, should get it around 300hp. She'll move on to more fancy mods later possibly. She's not really into racing, she just likes to go fast on back roads when no one's around. She does think it's funny when teenage boys pull up to gawk at it and realize there's a 40-mumble-mumble year old woman behind the wheel.  I'll try to get some better pics of it this week. Somewhere out of the rain or garage.
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That looks really, really good. I love bugeyes 
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My new (to me) children / dog / junk moving machine. 2009 Ford Mondeo 2.0TDCI Titanium X It's about the nicest car I've ever owned, and we got a decent price on it. It's not quite as quick off the line as the 1.8t A6 Avant it replaces but neither is it constantly breaking or having bits fall off it. It feels larger than the A6, more boot space, more head room and loads of space in the back. I need to take it somewhere nice and take some proper photos. Jekub fucked around with this message at 14:10 on Sep 25, 2012 |
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Sep 25, 2012 14:05
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Kill-9 posted:She was torn between blue and white and sat on the lot looking at them side-by-side but decided white wasn't quite as flashy. She did get it loaded though. Nav, keyless entry/start, Dynaudio sound, the works. She's looking to get a Stage 1 tune soon, nothing major, should get it around 300hp. She'll move on to more fancy mods later possibly. She's not really into racing, she just likes to go fast on back roads when no one's around. You can only get the 4dr loaded. I think the black is good as a sleeper color as well, I don't think the white shows off the lines very well. But it's quite a nice car.
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I'm about to get a 1996 mercury grand marquis ls. What should I look out for. It's a very high mileage vehicle but so far all I can see wrong is the 02 sensor
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Greg63T posted:Thank you sir, it's taken a while but she is coming together nicely The car looks great. Cool color, and the wingless look fits it very well
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11BulletCatcher posted:I'm about to get a 1996 mercury grand marquis ls. What should I look out for. It's a very high mileage vehicle but so far all I can see wrong is the 02 sensor Well, it gets around 15mpg, 20mpg if you're driving it like your grandmother. So be nice to it. Other than that I think it was overall a good car, which is why it was used as a police car for so long.
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This thread might help you with other info: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=2341562
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Jekub posted:My new (to me) children / dog / junk moving machine. I'll say it again. If Ford released the wagon version of the new Fusion in America with the 2.0T I'd have waited for it and gotten it as soon as it was available. Screw America and our pointless SUV's.
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Greg63T posted:Here's my pride and joy, I've had her for over 4 years now. That is loving awesome. Rock on my man!
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From a photoshoot of my car and two friends. IMG_5889 copy by Akira's pictures, on Flickr  IMG_5846 copy by Akira's pictures, on Flickr  IMG_5824 copy by Akira's pictures, on Flickr
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Jekub posted:My new (to me) children / dog / junk moving machine. TBH, I think I like the light treatment better on the Fusion. The wagon is nice; wish we got it here.
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discstickers posted:TBH, I think I like the light treatment better on the Fusion. The wagon is nice; wish we got it here. You mean the headlights? Like this?  Not for us here in the states though. I do like that generation of Mondeo, and the one before it. While we had the Mach 3 Fusion here, the EU Mondeo ST220 was sexy as hell. 
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This is my ride. I'm a bit late, have had it for 11 months already. It's a MY09 Holden VE Commodore 60th Anniversary, which is a variant of the original car the USDM Pontiac G8 was based on. The 60th Anniversary models were sold in 2008 and 2009 as a premium trim package of the Omega base model, and included such luxuries as a chrome grille, body colored external door handles, leather seats (with matching door trims), a leather steering wheel reverse parking sensors, special edition 18" wheels, integrated Bluetooth kit, and brushed aluminium interior door handles. (Click to embiggen the pictures...)     Modifications include: Window tint. Slotted brake rotors, uprated pads, and ATE blue brake fluid. Falken FK452 tyres. HSV R8 Clubsport exhaust with billet tips. Airhammer CAI (with red joiners because red is faster). Stubby antenna. Leather/chrome shift knob. Three LCD upper spec instrument cluster with custom white lettering/red needle illumination. Upper spec LCD head unit conversion along with complete Calais V interior panels and trim, which is soon to be fitted with an internal USB media player. All of the old interior parts that were reused had their LEDs changed from green to white to match the head unit and cluster. Complete upgrade to dual-zone climate control, including the addition of all the extra sensors and wiring, and converting my single zone heater box to dual zone by separating the internal blend doors and fitting the extra blend door actuator - I'm apparently the first G8/VE owner in the world to have done this. iPod integration kit. Flip key. All the programming for these upgrades was done without a GM Tech2, I used an EEPROM programmer and individually reprogrammed the cluster, head unit, and HVAC module's EEPROMs to customize them and write my VIN in. To give you some idea of what's changed in the interior alone, here is a picture of the interior when I bought the car, and here is a picture of the interior now from roughly the same angle. I have no idea how much power it's making, stock is just short of 250HP, but it's definitely making more than that with just the CAI and exhaust... I'm fitting an intake manifold insulator and a set of headers in the next few weeks, along with getting it tuned, and a dyno run so I have some actual numbers. Feel free to ask any questions! 
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Sep 26, 2012 09:33
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Why do you have carpet on your dash?
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_firehawk posted:Why do you have carpet on your dash? Probably because UV light is extremely harsh in Australia (and even worse in New Zealand)
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_firehawk posted:Why do you have carpet on your dash? That's a dash mat. They're used a lot over here to minimize heat damage from the sun. I personally have it because the bare dash reflects a lot of glare on to the windscreen, and it's duller and far more diffuse with the mat in place.
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metaxus posted:That's a dash mat. They're used a lot over here to minimize heat damage from the sun. Nice dashmat there grandpa  Surprised at the amount of work you have done to your boggo Commodore. Would've been easier to buy a Berlina or Calais?
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I see you rocking the mud flaps too. I too have the mudflaps on my G8. It looks a bit weird. But I like my paint clean.
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SouthLAnd posted:You mean the headlights? Like this? I like those fogs better. The US also has amber corners. Breaks up the bling a little: 
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You Am I posted:Nice dashmat there grandpa Back in my day! If it was a base model Omega, then yeah, I probably wouldn't have bothered. It already came with a lot of the stuff I wanted, so I just kept going. As it is, I've already got everything a Berlina has (and then some) except for the fog lamps, and I don't have the ugly rear end treatment the Berlina and Calais got. Besides which, where's the fun in just buying a car... There's no challenge in that!  _firehawk posted:I see you rocking the mud flaps too. I too have the mudflaps on my G8. It looks a bit weird. But I like my paint clean. Yeah, I like the protection, but they scrape on everything already. When I do the suspension upgrades, they'll probably get taken off.
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Out of curiosity, what kind of EEPROMs were they? Serial?
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11BulletCatcher posted:I'm about to get a 1996 mercury grand marquis ls. What should I look out for. It's a very high mileage vehicle but so far all I can see wrong is the 02 sensor Sorry I don't know any panther platform specifics but what makes you think the o2 sensor is bad? A million different problems with fuel/air mixture can cause an o2 sensor code.
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SouthLAnd posted:Not for us here in the states though. I do like that generation of Mondeo, and the one before it. While we had the Mach 3 Fusion here, the EU Mondeo ST220 was sexy as hell. I'm really not sure why, but I find myself incredibly attracted to that Ford...
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GramCracker posted:I'm really not sure why, but I find myself incredibly attracted to that Ford... It's definitely one of the best-looking everyday car designs. It doesn't have any particular oddball design features or gimmicks, it's just cleanly executed. The Mk3 Mondeo was a strong contender when I was looking at used cars this summer, but the interior just didn't do it for me. 
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The gauges say "sporty," the analog clock says "classy" and the bus-like steering wheel says "cheap-rear end poo poo." That is one confused interior.
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meatpimp posted:That is one confused interior. You forgot "The plastic says GM quality."
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Viggen posted:You forgot "The plastic says GM quality." He said "cheap-rear end poo poo."
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Endless Mike posted:He said "cheap-rear end poo poo." Yeah, but he only referenced the steering wheel..
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Viggen posted:You forgot "The plastic says GM quality." Looks like Ford "quality" to me. Newer GM vehicles actually have pretty nice interiors. They weren't always that way of course but they are so much better than just 5 years ago or so.
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Acky posted:From a photoshoot of my car and two friends. Nice rides. I lost my GS400 in an accident a month ago and nothing I've driven since has really been quite the same. 
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KozmoNaut posted:It's definitely one of the best-looking everyday car designs. It doesn't have any particular oddball design features or gimmicks, it's just cleanly executed. I don't think Ford Europe knew how to do a decent wheel at that point, my dads Fiesta ST looks like this  The problem with that model Mondeo is none of the engines it came with were much good - the fours were average and the sixes were thirsty and still not particularly powerful.
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What's wrong with the wheel? I've driven a ton of new-gen Fords as rental cars and I love the ergonomics of the cruise and volume buttons. Ford's interiors are great compared to other domestic cars and I've driven almost every one of them.
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