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Cheers Pat.
The reason for my outburst? yesterday we were shopping at a stripmall here, one of the tenants is Mc Donalds along with other resturants what better place for seagulls hundreds of cars for target practice, eat and bomb. they bombed mine and I did not catch it until today a lovely purple blob on the hood.
Normally I get this stuff off right away but I missed this one had a massive headache and all I wanted to do was get home
It stained the clearcoat bad enough that even mild rubbing compound would not shift it, I finished having to wet sand with 1500 wet and dry paper and then buffing to get rid of it, I felt like getting a twelve gauge shotgun and heading to the shopping centre and start blasting.
My second gripe, the city of Ottawa must have used it's entire winter supply of salt in the last week, everywhere you drive now in the city there is clouds of calciun dust drive half a block and the car is covered.
Alright now I have vented I feel better.
Cheers Pat.
sorry to hear about titan.
-c
Craig
Len
Len
-juice
lol
Well, it's a the flick first 12 times or so. I my daughter asks to see it one more time, I think I'll check in to the Looney Bin.
Is Brother Bear any good? I may take her to see that, for a change. I thought Cat in the Hat pretty much went over her head (she's 4).
-juice
If you still to want risk it, rub very gently with 1500 paper use lots of water you will dull the clear coat, to bring back the shine I use brasso and buff, again don't go mad brasso is an abrasive and you can cut right through the clearcoat, you can also try a clearcoat safe rubbing compound.
If you do not feel confident take it to one of the professional detail shops, if the discolouration is not right through the clearcoat they can usually get the stain out.
Cheers Pat.
short update...Susan is doing better most days, though those sharp pains bring her mentally down very quickly and causing some second-guessing on her part regarding her choice of surgeon; she started occupational therapy to improve movement of her arm; seems to be working. All the stitches and staples are out, but she doesn't feel up to the strains of chemo yet, so she put it off until Jan 2nd.
My certfication paperwork is finally showing as complete on Florida's Dept of Education website, but it will take a few more weeks until I hear from them officially as they are still reviewing and processing September's applications.
Talk to all soon and a big thanks to Graham...I haven't been on line much. so take this as a quick response till I am able to sit at the computer for an extended period.
Serge
Tough as this year was for your family, look at the bright side - 2004 should be a much better year for you. :-)
-juice
I have had more than my share of major surgery and believe me I know of which I speak.
Good luck for her continued progress.
Cheers Pat.
We've had a recent bout of serious illness in my wife's family. Fortunately, all's well again.
-brianV
There's a company (MicroScale IIRC) that sells a package of sanding cloths in 3200, 3600, 4000, 6000, 8000, and 12000 grits. (The latter two grits are finer than most toilet paper I've seen!) I've used these on automotive clearcoat finishes on my Studebaker as well as previous cars with success. I haven't tried them on my Forester, however. I used them wet, dried with the same cloth I'd use to apply or remove wax, checked for smoothness and repeated until satisfied. Then I would follow with a coat of wax of my choice.
Ed
PS: Serge: congrats. I hope patience pays off for you careerwise and with Susan's recovery.
-juice
The trip was superb. 2800 miles round trip Eureka, CA to Penrose, CO. Only glitch was the heater core incident which was handled so wonderfully by Heuberger Subaru in CO Springs, SOA and of course Patti. It took the tech a total of 8 hours to replace the core and at 46k miles the whole thing was covered by the dealer and SOA. And even with a complete dash removal there are no signs that anything was done. No, squeeks, scratches or rattles.
Again we took US 50 from CA to CO. I can't say enough about this stretch of highway. 2 lane with no traffic, beautiful scenery and some great small mining towns. In Nevada alone US50 takes you through ten 7,000 ft passes. You travel on long open road stretches in the high desert and then up nice twisties through the passes. Perfect for enjoying the great ride of my GT. Some snow and some ice covered pavement but all handled wonderfully.
Of note on US50 are the Shoe Tree which is a huge old Oak covered in shoes. Seems that at this point on The Loneliest Highway folks feel compelled to add their shoes to the monument. Everything from army boots to high heels. Then there is Ely Nevada. One of the very old mining towns now depending on gambling for income. We stayed at the Nevada Hotel again. $25 a night in this historic 100 year old hotel and casino. Very nice (almost B&B like) rooms and they take dogs. At one point we had to stop for a huge cattle drive crossing the highway. Just like out of the movies there were hundreds of cows, a handfull of cowboys on horses and a dog. All making their way across the open plain with absolutely nothing else in sight.
If you ever have the opportunity don't miss out on US50!
bit
Nice save by Patti, once again.
-juice
Bob
Bit: Every time I see a post from you, I'm reminded of Humboldt Redwoods SP. Thanks.
Pat: Somebody has a permit for a goose hunt right behind my station. Seems they're eating the winter wheat. Send them birds of yours down here & maybe they'll get blasted for you!
Cheers!
Paul
Things are certainly looking up for you and family
Oh, have you thought about accupuncture therapy for Susan?
-Dave
Entertaining, eh?
TWRX
Cheers Pat.
If they repair, I won't get it back till mid-January. Aaarrgh!
There, that felt better
-Dan-
Regardless, good luck!
PS- Have you had the desire of running over cars in that truck yet?
Dan: let them total it. $11k of damage likely means it'll never be the same car it was before the damage.
Question is, what to get now? Join our On The Fence Club, scooch over folks!
-juice
-juice
If they do insist on repairing it the best advice I could give you would be to dump it as soon as you can.
Cheers Pat.
-Dan-
-Dan-
They usually take the cost of repairs plus what they get for salvage, if there is much of a difference between totalling and what they they get for salvage plus repair cost then they will total.
Example say repairs and salvage added together =$23000, and cost of total write off =$22000, this represents a net saving to the insurer of $1000 so the car will be totalled.
(These figures are examples only.)
The cost of repairs does not have to come near the value of the car for the insurance CO. to write it off.
Cheers Pat.
Worked out great. Got $3 grand for a car I probably could only have sold for about $2k, didn't have to bother with selling it. Took the money and ran.
-juice
After moving back to Seattle I was living in an apartment complex with car ports. My parking spot was under the end with the nearest support just inside my spot on the passengers side. Back in 1996 around Christmas it snowed like 3 or 4 feet and then promptly rained. You can imagine what 3 feet of waterlogged snow would weigh. I was visiting my Aunt and family in Victoria BC (where we were stuck because the city of Victoria didn't have any snow plows) so I couldn't move my car. Car ports and roofs were collapsing all over the Puget Sound area. Sure enough, all the carports in our complex came down, but because I was in the end spot the port support beams which ran lengthwise only put a small dent in front left quarter panel just in front of the drivers door. Of course the car was a beater, so the insurance company totalled it and sent me a check for $750. I drove it another 5 or 6 months before selling it for $350 cash. I was pretty happy with how that worked out. ;-)
Of course I won't go into how I got fleeced for leasing a used car at the new car price for my next Honda...
-Ian
Ian I have a similar story, when I lived in Ireland and was much younger I had an old 49 Austin Dorset which I had bought for 25 pounds sterling, I had been driving it for about a year and half when I got cut off by a woman who had run a stop sign.
Anyway her insurance wrote it off and gave me 30Pounds and the salvage, I repaired it for a fiver drove it another year and sold it for 25 Pounds, about the only car I ever made money on.
Wish I had it now because it is a classic and worth about 4500 Pounds.
Cheers Pat.
Cheers Pat.
-Frank P.
Still 25pounds was a lot of smack when wages were about 7 pounds a week and a new car could be had for around 400 to 500 pounds.
And speaking of that A40 you here a lot about blown headgaskets on the phase1 2.5 Sube engine, well they had nothing on the A40, after about 40000miles you carried a spare headgasket and a tool kit as they blew often.
The saving grace was they were a simple overhead valve engine you could do a head gasket on the side of the road in about one and half hours.
Cheers Pat.
-juice
When I think of what my poor parents put up with, it wasn't the first motor that I had apart all over their kitchen floor, we would rig up some sort of a lift, haul it out at the sidewalk, strip it down then have it rebored and the cranshaft ground.
We would pull it apart Friday night, have the machine work done on a Saturday,then rebuild it on Sunday and drive it to work Monday, boy them was the days.
Cheers Pat.
Greg
I hope to be back on top of Edmunds this week. Vendor meetings are complete! Yippeee!
Patti
-juice
Bob