Completed the deal and took delivery about a month ago on my new truck, just before certain events took place in the USDM... Made about $4k on the trade in of my 19 Canyon SLE for a brand new 25 Sierra Elevation with the 5.3 V8. It may not have the most options but, it's got heated seats (desperately missed) and the proper column shifter like all trucks should have. --- 2019 Canyon SLE 4x4 v6 2025 Sierra 1500 Elevation 4x4 5.3 V8 --- bonus pic, my mom's 1951 Chevy 3100 pickup that hasn't been 350 or LS swapped (yet)
Thank you!! It has been an amazing restoration project for my father and I... Funnily enough, I've driven it significantly more than my mom as she has yet to learn/ master a clutch.
I've just bought myself a 2015 Jaguar XJL (X351 chassis code) and I'm absolutely in love with it. Has tons of power from its supercharged 5 liter V8, seats 4 people very comfortably, car is designed beautifully and it was a trade in at work by the original owners who only covered 29k miles in a time span of 10 years. The color is called Italian Racing Red Metallic and I've been hard pressed to find another supercharged V8 powered XJ in the same color for sale anywhere online. After owning it for less than a week and putting ~500 miles on it, It's made me wonder why it never was a sales success and why did the XJ nameplate go out of production. Poor marketing? Poor conception of reliability due to older models? or downright lack of public knowledge that Jaguar still offered a full size luxury sedan? Whatever the reason is it's a damn shame, but I'm glad I've at least got mine
That sounds really nice! Jaguars are cool, both old and new. Sadly I think the images are broken, and it's a shame, as I can't seem to imagine a Jag in a color which is not white, silver or metallic brown
2014 Kia Rio LX 1.6 6MT @ 150,000 miles I got one of the last good cheap manual cars in the USA. She's seen better days, she used to be really nice for what it is. I remember when the clearcoat was still on the car. Peppy little car, curb weight of just a little over 2400lbs. Can't really go wrong with a simple cheap car that just werks:tm: She's down for body repairs and plenty of new parts, after the hood release cable failed and I had to cut the hood open to sort that out (much fun). All-over paint job too, of course. No stickers of any kind, even the ones on the doors (just the tire and the refrigerant labels). Those sections of the doors will be scuffed and sprayed with our shop's satin trim black. The main paint is still going to be Brilliant Silver Metallic. The hood, the upper section of the front bumper, and the mirror covers are going to be painted gloss black for anti-glare reasons. The roof is going to be gloss white just like a school bus. Since I'm doing all this work I might as well do the hatchback model facia that I've thought about on numerous occasions; the only difference between the body styles is the front bumpers, the headlights, and the bumper absorber. It's a direct swap, which is nice. Along with no unnecessary stickers, there will be no badges. I already filled the deck lid with kitty hair, a layer of bondo and a putty wipe. It's straight and flat with the surface, you won't even tell there was a place to put a badge! For the new front bumper, no holes where the front plate goes (don't need one where I live) and I'll section out the plastic from the old bumper and splice it onto the new one. I refuse to put untreated, unpainted plastic back on the car so those will get some special treatment. New windshield too since I'm having the old cracked one removed to paint the roof and a new cowl panel, the old one was pretty worn. No mud guards either. They're ugly and don't really do much other than trap mud. I'm going with a set of factory Enkeis from the NB Mazda Miata and back to the factory spec 185/65r15 tires. The wheels will get a very deep polishing, I've already stripped the old paint off of them. I grinded the Mazda logo off of the center caps and those will be sprayed in chrome for a close match. After it's out of the paint booth it's all new rubbers and seals and belt moldings all-around the car I've been doing this in-between other repair jobs, it's been a slow few months but still been turning over 35-40 hour weeks so that's good. It may not seem special to anyone, which I understand it's just a Kia Rio, but it will be special to me when it's finished. A frugal, almost perfect factory condition little econobox. As far as I'm aware, I'm the only one with a UB Rio to do a facia swap. My guess is they punch in their VIN number and the website tells them it doesn't fit so they don't bother. Thank you for reading my blogpost. If I get around to it after this is complete I'll post interior pictures when it's not torn down and covered in bondo dust. ̶I̶t̶'̶s̶ ̶a̶ ̶p̶r̶e̶t̶t̶y̶ ̶b̶a̶s̶i̶c̶ ̶i̶n̶t̶e̶r̶i̶o̶r̶,̶ ̶n̶o̶t̶ ̶a̶l̶l̶ ̶t̶h̶a̶t̶ ̶f̶a̶s̶c̶i̶n̶a̶t̶i̶n̶g̶.
power brakes are when the brakes have a system that takes vacuum from the engine to make it easier to apply the brakes
A riced out mazda 6(old pic) cars been through a lot went from stock to lowering springs, then i added wheel spacers which meant i had to roll my rear fenders, i then went full stance and slammed it on cheap coilovers with some white tr37 wheels i bought, i went back to stock from cheap coilovers cause i hurt my back at work and after that every time id drive it itd kill my lower back to the point id have to just pull over and lay down for a minuet in the back seat to recover sometimes so i needed it to ride nice again. Removed my hot air intake and modified my stock intake by removing the intake resonator and using duct tape to turn it into a cold air intake that still makes induction noise and i can just swap out the filter again and not have to clean it which was a pain. Had to replace the high pressure fuel pump recently cause it died on me when i was in a drive through. Cars not clean or nice anymore its my beater now. A still W.I.P chrysler 300 should be done but life stuff has stopped my progress but i should be able to pick it up again next weekend
Meet my Volvo 240, Lulu. Bought her at the end of February last year, my first car. It's a 1993. Poured a lot of work and heart into it over the past summer to get it past the inspection, but she passed it first try in five months ago. I had no actual wrenching experience before this so I feel like I learnt a lot from it. Obviously she still needs work here and there, but she never died on me for no reason. Oddly rust free for Southern Ontario standards too. This dash pull took me 3 and a half hours straight (wiper linkages seized). When talking to a friend who works in a shop and apparently that's not bad for a one person job.
Every car I've ever owned to date. Some were good, some were not. 2001 Rover 25 1.4 (was my first car. very rusty) 2004 MG ZT 1.8 (slow, but cool car for a 18 year old at the time) 1995 VW Golf MK3 2.8 VR6 (fast in a straight line, handled badly and was thirsty) 2008 Cadillac BLS 2.8 V6 (OK-ish, but couldn't justify the yearly road tax) 2003 Vauxhall Vectra 3.0 diesel (was OK until the engine nuked itself) 1994 Volvo 480 2.0 (the project car that's never got finished) 2001 Mercedes E430 4.3 V8 (went like sh*t off a shovel. needed lots of welding so had to let it go unfortunately) 2006 Chrysler 300C 3.0 V6 diesel (wish I never sold this one) 1999 Audi A6 Avant 1.9 TDI diesel (bought on a whim but turned out to be an excellent car) 2016 Mercedes A160 1.6 (hate it and looking to sell) 1994 Land Rover Discovery 2.5 diesel (torture to own but weirdly charming) 1989 Volvo 760 Estate 2.8 V6 (tank, albeit a thirsty one) 2003 Range Rover HSE 4.4 V8 (owned this car for literally 2 weeks. came out to work one morning and the front suspension had collapsed. sold it that weekend.) I still own the Volvo 480, Merc A160 and the Discovery, though the Merc will be going soon hopefully.
i dont have a car to but i ride in an 2016 something VOLKSWAGEN tiguan --- Post updated --- yooooooooooooooooo where! --- Post updated --- be careful with the nova because its easy the steal --- Post updated --- be car yo there coollll man
Well, I remembered to actually post more WIP and the final results. Ta-da! ( ̷S̷o̷r̷r̷y̷ ̷y̷o̷u̷ ̷h̷a̷d̷ ̷t̷o̷ ̷s̷e̷e̷ ̷m̷y̷ ̷a̷u̷n̷t̷'̷s̷ ̷S̷u̷b̷a̷r̷u̷ ̷C̷r̷o̷s̷s̷t̷r̷e̷k̷ ̷i̷n̷ ̷t̷h̷e̷ ̷6̷t̷h̷ ̷p̷i̷c̷t̷u̷r̷e̷) A few things I've noted after a few months of dailying: 1: The white roof, black hood and mirrors, combined with the new windshield w/ sunstrip and suede dash mat reduces the amount of glare and heat in the cabin. It is much cooler than it was previously, typically I would have to open the doors and air it out. And the glare from the sun is non-existent. 2: The NB Miata Enkeis clear the rear calipers. The front calipers... the clearance is tight. Like sticking a $1 bill between the wheel and caliper tight. 3. With the roof being white and the rest of the car being metallic silver, when looked at at certain angles you cannot tell that the roof is white.
Mind you, many of these considerations weren't on my mind when the project started. I started thinking about how to make the R10 more suited for the climate in south Mississippi; it's usually hot for most of the year and usually mostly sunny too. Eventually all of the ideas came to me as I spent more time working on the R10 when I had the free time. I guess you could call it "function over form" but in this case the function compliments the form and vise-versa. The form comes from the quality and it facilitates the function. Wish I'd see more of that color combination tbh EDIT: I meant to say thank you.
