Btw, had a great drive. :tup: and QD'd afterwards.

steering lock cb pull and 0-60 pull acomplishment
 

Here is what I did... it turned out to be yet another magic Z moment!

I finally pulled my steering lock circuit breaker (09 sport). The steering wheel doesn't do its pre-start dance anymore and the car starts with no delay.

I must say getting the fuse box out was more challenging than I had envisioned reading all your posts, but was definitely do-able.

Also I broke one of my little plastic trim rivets. :( and dropped a pocket knife down into my engine bay which came to rest on my lower plastic engine cover. getting that out was harder than the cb pull as I was at a buddies house. (no jack stands to get under there) I had to drive around a crappy part of town looking for a high enough curb to prop up a wheel so I could wiggle under the car to unscrew my cover.

A couple very helpful prostitutes came up to ask if I was okay and one offered to join me under the car. I don't think she was too good with tools (not the kind I was trying to employ anyhow) so I politely refused, finished my business and did my best ever 0-60 time departing the area!!!!

Woo Hoooo! Personal best 0-60 pull and a successful engine control mod all in one night.

Definitely, I think The Z Store is an EVO-R vendor so I'll check that out next payday.

Haha I agree, but I'm shipping my car overseas next month, so I've decided to hold off on the HU and lowering since the shipping company the DoD uses has a bit of a reputation for having sticky fingers and not being able to drive the cars. Once I get settled in Europe, HU, springs, and wheels are first on my to-do list!

:tup: :driving:

Hahahaha best story ever! Helpful prostitutes! I lol'ed :rofl2::roflpuke2::bowrofl:

Here's how my day went. I woke up early to head down the highway to meet up with a detailing buddy who had a job at a friends garage. He called me the night before to prepare me for the ultimate man's garage. Sounded good, but really I was just interested in taking the Z for a drive and having some adult interaction.

On my way to the ultimate garage I stopped to pick up coffee for everyone. As I step out of the coffee shop I see this parked front and centre.

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IMG_1784 by J M Gale, on Flickr

He started to pull out as I was leaving, I gave him a thumbs up and he reciprocated. He was behind me as we were getting on the highway, but not for long. The owner mashed that little pedal on the right and I was in awe of hearing such a beautiful symphony and watching the McLaren fly past me.

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IMG_1785 by J M Gale, on Flickr

Shortly after that treat I made it to my destination and was in awe. The ultimate man garage,

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IMG_1787 by J M Gale, on Flickr

Under the cover on the left side, up on the lift was a replica Cobra. I didn't get a chance to see it with the cover off today because the box for the old Mercury was under it.

I don't know why, but I had this feeling Mr.onzedge was watching over us,

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IMG_1788 by J M Gale, on Flickr

Soon, some of the garage owners friends showed up,

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IMG_1786 by J M Gale, on Flickr

The Mustang was owned by a 70 year old dude. He still has a need for speed,

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IMG_5910 by J M Gale, on Flickr

Met some great people, saw some cool vehicles, got to talk cars all day... Awesome!

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IMG_5912 by J M Gale, on Flickr

Hey guys... back from my day at the beach. I have two broken cars now.

Right after I paid the toll for the Bay Bridge I went to put the driver window back up... SNAP. The cable that lifts the glass snapped in half... so the glass just falls right down into the door now. :mad:

I'm waiting on parts for the 5.0 (working on it next Saturday) and now I have to check to see if my Honda Care extended warranty covers the window cable or if I need to do it myself. Left it in my parent's garage and borrowed one of their cars temporarily. :mad: :mad: :mad:

I might buy that 5 series after all. Gotta have three cars in case two are broken. :facepalm:

Wow! That would have some crazy driveshaft angles!

Cool, so to sum things up...

Recording farts and heavy breathing inside the cabin = real Sony

Recording exhaust noise = Audiotechnica

:bowrofl:

Sell them all and get a bus pass :stirthepot:

Oh, the window broke on the way to the beach. It was 7am so the only place open was Walmart... stopped there to get a small tool kit. Took the driver door panel off to see if I could do any on the fly repair. Nope! Picked up a cheap car cover just so I could keep crap out of the car while I left it parked all day. :mad:

That sucks! Hope the rest of the day was a good one for you though.

So my MIL's car got messed up a couple of weeks ago (long story) and I've been driving her around while it's in the shop getting fixed. I quickly found out that she does NOT like going fast. The first time I took the clover leaf exit off the highway at 70 mph I had to slow down because she screamed so loud I thought she was going to pee my car seat. She's gotten a bit more used to it, so this video doesn't do her justice, but it's still entertaining :)

It was a good day overall. Just need to find out how much it's going to cost me. :icon17:

Also, aloe vera is the best **** ever. I am so burnt right now.

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You're the son in law from hell. :p