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Used my R55 to cart 4 mounted loose
tires/wheels, 4 unmounted tires
(all 225/40/18) and a bare wheel
to the local tire shop (plus the compact
spare in the well) to swap to summer tires
for my wife’s car. Pretty tight fit.
Goodbye run flat P7 all-seasons (except
for one I put on the bare wheel as a full
size spare), hello Michelin Pilot Sport 4S!

 

The garage door still opens and I have fans. I really only use all of the lights At one time when buffing, applying coatings and curing the coatings. When the car is curing I am upstairs having a cold beer.

 

Jeff, a very good call. I am a bit (not much) younger and I self-isolated 7 days ago with a cold (better now), no corona virus symtoms, but I managed to pass the cold along to my sweet wife. We are staying home and staying well. With the daily changing government rules and each state reacting as they should, lets all help out and control this before it controls us. I am doing my Dr. appointments a followup via tele-medicine, it seems to be working well. Just cannot get them to draw blood over the phone. Maybe Apple can work on that!

Be safe, well and virus free. Remember wash your hands and maintain social distance. For those members young enough we will congratulate you in 9 months on the new arrivals.

Don

 

I still plan on being at MOTD (pending any drastic developments) however, my time will be spent in the car and on some bike trails. I rented a cabin on Lake Santeetlah and will have it to myself so no threat of catching anything. It'll be an odd MOTD, but MOTD nonetheless.

 

Ask Colin at Greene Performance. That’s who made the coil overs for the Helmet.

 

Did some washing and playing around with stickers.

 

No hp gain from stickers. Just figured what the heck! Kim made me the custom “37” replica from my dad’s 1970’s stock car, which was hand painted by my mother. So she hooked me up with these stickers too! And this one.....

 

I was going to get the snow shoes off of Skooby, but Discount Tire my local tire store will only sell tires & repair flats for the time being. Supposed to be warm Thursday so I'll just do it myself.

 

I also walked the dog. All the neighborhood dogs know that I have a pocket full of treats, I was mobbed by five dogs plus my own dog, they were all patient and got their goodie. Usually, I only see one or two other dogs. All the dog's parents were there too, we kept our distance. The MINI has been parked since March 12, I haven't left the neighborhood in that time.

 

Ha! It will once again be red at some point in the near future. Right now it's got a coat of primer on it so I can see how smooth the front face is and to check my sanding work.

 

Don, sending prayers to you and your family!

Needing some Dragon Therapy myself!

Tomorrow in the 60’s here, time to change some stuff I changed for MOTD. Taking passenger seat out. Putting Mini Sleeping Pod back in, clothing system back in and final prepping for some (safe and social distancing) Dragon Therapy later in the week when the storm front goes thru! Tennessee side open!

 

Getting closer!

 

So this is going on soon after the L19 ARP head studs go in to the block.

That’s a real quality CNC flow tested Big Valve head. RMW quality, no home porting with a Dremel / Thumper style here.

 

How about a world flag. We all live in it.
Every single person does or did or will (so far).
Choose one.
I like the first one.


Regarding WDYDWYMT,
Increased rebound stiffness on front Koni Yellows by 1/4 turn each, and changed
the 25.5mm hollow Comp bar from softest to medium setting for the warmer 2/3 of the year.
I can feel a significant difference.
It’s go-cartier.

 

I used to love my Milltek with its resonator until it got damaged last year as i was driving through deep snow and ice ruts. I took the car to a generic muffler shop to get it fixed, but they didn't have a replacement resonator, so I had them cut it off and piece it back together. It still rumbles [just a little louder], however, and I still love that Milltek.

 

It about killed me to have to cancel MOTD this year, because my Milltek is rattling around again and I wanted Chad to have a look-see. Sumpin ain't right.

I need it fixed before heading back to the Dragon next year, so, when I take it to Best Motorwerks in Columbus to get a crapload of other things done, maybe Anson [the lead mechanic there] can figure out what's going on with that cat.

 

That’s just stupid.

My wife had a screw in a tire on her Lexus RX350 and the tires needed to be replaced. We ordered a new set of Michelin’s last week.
They have a service called ASAP tire care that we used. They pick up the tires and bring them directly to your house with a tech. He jacked yo the car took off all four tires and changed them in his larger MB Sprinter van. The van had full air, real pro tire machine and high end balancing machine. All this was done in our driveway and payment is done on the phone. $77.97 fee with my AAA discount.

I took it out for a test drive and the tires are perfectly balanced and rims were not harmed at all.