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    My Poor Baby!

    in General Forums

    Posted

    I called the insurance company, now I get to start the fun of looking around for a body shop, finding a rental car, etc. etc.

     

    The really sucky part is that I have to drive to NC (I live in VA) this weekend for work. I was also gonna go get a job at Papa Johns this week... guess thats not gonna happen either.

     

     

     

    This is my visual representation of what happened to explain to my girlfriend

    My Poor Baby!

    in General Forums

    Posted

    Coming home from Price club, going down a resedential street in Richmond, some girl was going to make a U-turn (illegally) pulled out in front of me, and BAM! I slammed into her. I honked the whole time, and slammed on my brakes, but to no avail. I wasn't going to fast, but it still sucked. I was driving, with my roommate in the passenger seat, and hit the girls drivers side door.

     

    No one was hurt (my neck and my rommates neck kinda hurt a little, but nothing big) but as I was hitting her, it was like it was in slow mo but over before it started. Its kinda weird. I was looking at the girls face as her window exploded and I hit her, and felt bad. Eventhough it was her fault, I still hit her, and it felt like it was my fault.

     

    My Pathfinder wasn't hurt too bad (at least not that I can see, I know these things are always worse than they seem) but the drivers door on her Mustang is totally destroyed.

     

    And on top of all that, I sill had my groceries in the back and the chicken thawed out

    Hitch rusting

    in 96-2004 R50 Pathfinders

    Posted

    Just touch it up with some rust paint, and make sure the actual receiver has a lot of grease in it. Makes a mess of the towbar when you pull it out, but it will make the hitch last a lifetime.

    I have never heard that you are supposed to grease a Reciver, but now that I think about it, it makes a lot of sense!

     

    I have a bike rack I put on and take off alot, and both the reciever and the rack are showing lots of signs of wear and tear and scraping.

    fuel economy?

    in General Forums

    Posted

    one other thing to take into consideration is the type of gas they are giving us right now. After Katrina, they basically took anything they could get, not neccessarily the best, cleanest gas......... I heard that from an inside source :eek:

    4Runner Comparison?

    in General Forums

    Posted

    when I was shopping, I was looking at everything, 4Runners included. The big deciding factor for me was that I found a used Pathy with a stick, and could not find a used 4Runner with a stick. I also went for it because my dad had a maxima that lasted FOREVER!

    I know city miles are not that great.....

    in General Forums

    Posted

    Other that the battery and starter use, warm starts don't hurt the truck, it's the cold starts that do the most wear. When they sold Pathfinders, they didn't have a sticker on them "for highway use only"... ;) Most of the Pathys around here spend a lot of time in city and traffic; not seen one broken down yet. Just drive mellow. If you have a stick, try driving 1/2 a block, then slipping it into neutral and coasting the rest of the way while idling if there is a stop ahead. Brakes are the cheapest/easiest to replace and it seems to help slightly with the milage. :D

     

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    Things dont break when they are on, things break when they are turned on or off. Thats what I always go on :) Just like the military, thats why they never turn off their Hummers.

     

    That, or I am a total fool :D

     

     

    And yes, I do drive a stick, and thats how I usually drive in the city anyway. I also do a lot of engine braking to slow down toward the end of the block

    I hear all these bad things about AC....

    in 96-2004 R50 Pathfinders

    Posted

    I've read some horror stories on here about AC's service, customer service, etc. Are there any other companies that make a suspention package to lift an R50? If not, can I make my own package?

     

    I'm still planning on Lifting my R50 and getting some bigger tires, but its been put off indefinantly due to money issues. I'm just trying to collect information :)

    HAHAHAHA Another example

    in General Forums

    Posted

    LOL if you want the ultimate lazy; order the bolts from AC, measure them, post the measurement on the web, then send them back and find them for cheeper on the web. Now thats lazy. I think I might do that.....

    Thats really not lazy, its cheap B)

     

    There is a lot of work involved there to be considered "lazy"

    Bass Tubes

    in General Forums

    Posted · Edited by BigBikeMike

    My bass tube works rather well, if you ask me.  138.7 db's on the dash...same sub AND amp as I originally bought three or four years ago.

     

    6 MB Quicktime movie.

    http://temp.damagedreality.com/temp2/bass.mov

    Thanks, that was great for my brand new Powerbook's speakers!

     

    I have a simple 12" setup in a moveable box in the cargo area. I hid the sub in the seemingly pointless compartment under the carpet in the back of my 2000. Works rather well, all that is exposed is speaker cable :cool2:

    CB Range?

    in General Forums

    Posted

    AH HA! There is a use for that stupid little place under the radio. If I try and put anything in there, it just flies out, I've been keeping my cell phone headset in there, thats all its good for.

     

    So how much does a setup like that run ya? And is it easily installable? (It looks it, and I do stereos so....)

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