Thanks waaaasabi I'd say that the dealer would rather not take shipment on a car that isn't sold and the dealers only have a limited number that they get this year. This way they should get an order avail to use and the customer can order the car they want. I haven't gotten this far on just my good looks.

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Good morning guys!

I'm actually off today. :happydance:

Going to have a car day. First thing is checking out some new rides for the wife - CR-V, Fit, CX 5, and Juke. Looks like it will be a CR-V. It's what she really wants, and probably makes the most sense for her, especially since she's driving an MDX right now.

I'll use the MDX for my daily driver for a few years, and then will probably trade it in on a Fit, CR-Z, Fiesta, or whatever the newest thing out is at the time. The MDX only has 70k miles on it and has enough parking dings that I can comfortably park it in lots without going crazy. If I put 8k miles a year on it, I'll be surprised. My weekly commute is a total of 75 miles.

After the test drives, I'm heading out in the Z to get my TMPS swapped and the front end alignment checked. I've also got to get the body shop to take a look at the front bumper clip damage.

I've already gotten a lot of flak about turning the Z into a "garage queen", but it will be the last sports car I ever buy. I want to be one of the old guys with a cool old car one day. :icon17:

Have a great weekend guys.

Have you checked out an RDX at all? I test drove one once and I was pleasantly surprised by it. really sporty drive but will give you some nice room if you're cross shopping it against a Fit, Juke and CR-V.

Hey Gurney have fun shopping today and good luck getting your repairs. There are allot of resto mods out there. Old body styles with modern running gear. Best of both worlds. Reliable and classy.:tiphat:

No luck on the ZL1 front. They would loose the allocation if my order was filled with thier order. Still waiting LOL.

Hang in there.

Good morning, all. :hello:

Saturday = Juke Day at the house of onzedge.

I thought about an RDX Nick, but they are way above my $30k price ceiling. I've got a quote on a fully-loaded 2012 CR-V with leather and nav for $26,300. That's going to be tough to beat.

WE WANT PICTURES! :pics:

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Killer, make sure to post pictures!

I plan on shooting some pics tomorrow after we get it home. :tiphat:

Good morning everyone.

Congrats, onzedge. :tup:

Happy Juke day onze. Just got off the phone with my extended warranty company for my Titan. It needs a wheel bearing and they didn't want to honor the warranty cause I'm a vol. fire chief and my truck has emergency lights on it. They decided to continue to warranty my truck. :stirthepot:

They have balls to use that as a reason lol

Yup they said that in the policy that they don't warranty "emergancy vehicles". It isn't owned by the fire dept. and has no ambulance or firefighting capablities.

Sigh, a lot of my family is involved with EMS, vol. fire and that would not be stood for lol

Be safe with your skeet so they don't have to visit you professionally LOL We had one of our firemen get injured when a carbon arrow broke as he was target shooting in his yard :shakes head:

Gurney, don't listen to those guys giving you a hard time about your "garage queen"! They'll be eating crow 10 yrs down the line when your ride is pristine and there's is gooooone! :rofl2:

So glad to hear that your purchase is going through! You probably mentioned this already, so please forgive this feeble mind, but what color did you get?

Gun Metallic - Black/Red interior -- SL -- 6MT

My wife refuses to drive an automatic -- just another of the many reasons I love her as much as I do. Number one reason, of course, is that she is with a guy like me in the first place.

Amen to that. Anyone who shows any sort of unsafe tendencies on the field gets a stern talking to and eventually would be taken off the range. It's all about safe, responsible fun. None of us want to be injured!

Safety comes first.

I can see the range master waggling his finger during this "stern talking to"!
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I'd say there would be a lot more yelling than fingers being wagged lol

Being in front of someone sweeping a barrel all over the place is not a happy experience in the morning...

LOL if his finger extends to 12" and turnes into a blade run :bowrofl:

Good Morning EveryOne!!!!!!

Have a Great Friday!!! :tiphat: :tiphat:

Mr.onzedge, what time are you planning to pick up Mrs' new toy??

She didn't follow the rules

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Hey happy, bought the tires yet???? :hello:

It is said that at the Marine Corps boot camp rifle range that in the towers are snipers that will shoot anybody standing up when not told to or making threatening gestures. I don't want to find out if it is true.:ugh2:

Sounds like a nice warm welcoming lol

Hey Mr. Alcheng!

Nick, how are you doing??

Hey bud, will you post some pics of the new shift-knob???
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Oh no we are getting back into the knobs posts :nutswinger: :icon23:

Take care guys I'm outs :hello:

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I'll try to get some shots of it this weekend. The problem that I have is since my car is in a tight garage, and then 3 more cars in the drive, there's really no lighting to get good shots in the garage and it's a hassle to move all the cars out of the way to get it out just to put it back in. If you don't mind the lighting being so so, I'll see about getting in the car just to take some quick shots with my DSLR and external flash. Can't promise the quality will be super great though

Push the ISO to a higher value and bounce the flash onto the ceiling, it should give you a good result. :tup: :tup:

Haha, yea I know that. But when I take photos I like to get super high quality low noise shots. Like I said in the past.. I'm super OCD.. LOL

I'll try to get you some today or tomorrow.

Took my front bumper off for the first time, and only broke one clip before I figured how to do it correctly.....wiring LED string to parking light. Having trouble getting them powered up. Put positive from strip to positive (green wire) of parking light then attached negative to a screw underneath headlamp housing (as others said they had done. What could I have screwed up?

Safelite installed my new Nissan OEM windshield with OEM Nissan foam airdam at the base at 607 miles.

It cost me $500 (comp. deductible, no glass coverage in my state).

I am picky as hell. Super picky. Absurdly.

They let me watch the entire job, and the guy doing the work did a flawless one.

-NOTHING was torn, cracked, broken, scratched, or lost.
-The pinch-weld was primed very well.
-The bead was a "V" bead as is OEM, and was "tied" where it was joined. It was very healthy looking and I find the concept of it leaking improbable.
-There is no squeaking or wind-noise at all.
-Everything went back together with no way of anyone being able to tell it was ever apart.

Aside from the receipt in my glove box, it never happened.

I cannot endorse Safelite, however. I CAN endorse the tech's who did my work (the manager, who has experience doing Ferrari circuit cars did 95% of it). To endorse an entire chain is ridiculous. However, if you are in the Shreveport/Bossier LA area, I CAN! endorse Joe Goodwin and HIS Safelite location as competent, polite, and understanding of OCD.


Oh...I also installed my Cosworth drop-ins. Just blowing through them with my mouth, they flowed a bit freer than my OEM filters. They also have less pleats...hrmmm...

Either way, just cranking, the car has a bit of "hiss" to it now.

Next up...re-tint down to the AS1 on the new windshield.

excellent. :tup:

:tup: glad to hear everything went smooth