Arlington Fiero Picnic June 5th
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Topic: Arlington Fiero Picnic June 5th
Posted By: Capt Fiero
Subject: Arlington Fiero Picnic June 5th
Date Posted: 26 March 2010 at 5:56am
JUNE 5th 2010 Saturday 6:15am-6:45am We will meet at the Tim Horton's just East of the Corner of HWY 10 and 152nd Street in Surrey at that time we will all check our FRS's Radio's and set all radios to channel 20. If you have spare radio's please bring them as it would be nice to see a radio in every car. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE GOOD BATTERIES. Most people grab coffee and a pop while we look over the cars. VOX IS NOT PERMITTED ON THE DRIVE. If your radio has VOX capability Please do not use it. VOX is the Voice Activated portion of some Radios. It might be great in the forest, but in a car on the highway with cabin noise, and wind and stereos they have a tendency to activate the radio and lock out anyone else from talking. 6:45am we will leave and head for the border Crossing at 176th street.. Make sure to have your Passport with your driver's license with you. 7:30am After we all clear customs we will regroup just across the border at a gas station for those that wish to fill up with the cheaper American fuel. Then I-5 bound. 8:30am We will make one stop at a rest area about 1/2 way down, sorry I don't remember the exact address. Just keep your eyes and ears open. After re-grouping at the rest area, next stop Arlington, Look out Jet City here we come. Once we arrive in Arlington 9:30am Arrive at Arlington Take exit 206 and head east about 3-4 blocks to a Food Mart there will be a grocery store where we can buy picnic supplies. There will also be a car wash close at hand.- Plan is for those that want to give their car a quick scrub to do that first off. Then head for the grocery store and get whatever they plan to bring. Buy anything you want specialty grilled IE steaks and sauces. We will then caravan to the ultra light air field for the actual picnic. The picnic starts at 10am We will depart Arlington at 5pm, with cleanup starting at 4pm. Quick info GMRS Channel 20 Meeting at Tim Horton's HWY 10 and 152nd Street in Surrey. 6:30am Cross Boarder at 7am need passport . My cell is 1-604-807-2623 My email is capt@captfiero.com ------------- Capt Fiero 88 Fiero GT 5spd V6 Eight Fifty Seven GT V8 5spd. |
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Posted By: Romeo
Date Posted: 26 March 2010 at 8:07am
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Mark me down. ------------- Never shift into reverse without a back-up plan. |
Posted By: Patrick
Date Posted: 26 March 2010 at 10:06am
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That's your responsibility, buddy. So, you figure Gretchin is willing to oblige?
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Romeo wrote:Posted By: Romeo
Date Posted: 27 March 2010 at 12:07am
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Pfft, Gretchin's been craving a good dance for a while now. She may be cranky in the morning, but she'll lighten up once she gets to stretch her legs and wake up. And I think I signed up... I don't know, sign up tab showed up, I put my name/description in, and then hit the button for the tab again... I think it worked. I hope it worked. In any case, mark me down for our own club is what I meant Patty. So they know to double up on food. ------------- Never shift into reverse without a back-up plan. |
Posted By: Patrick
Date Posted: 27 March 2010 at 12:47am
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I better get my passport in order so I can go. I'd also like to drive the '84 (much better gas mileage than the GT), so I need to get that paperwork in order as well. So many rules and regulations...
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Posted By: Romeo
Date Posted: 27 March 2010 at 9:08pm
Pfft, gas mileage... Foot to floor, the whole trip.  ------------- Never shift into reverse without a back-up plan. |
Posted By: Patrick
Date Posted: 27 March 2010 at 10:51pm
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Will that be what it takes for Gretchin to reach highway speed?
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Posted By: Romeo
Date Posted: 28 March 2010 at 6:29pm
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lol Please, my poor speedo is useless. Need the GPS to tell me how big of a ticket I'll be getting. ------------- Never shift into reverse without a back-up plan. |
Posted By: Dawg
Date Posted: 04 April 2010 at 11:42am
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Looks like Michelle and I are going also. Dawg ------------- You dream it up....I'll make it |
Posted By: grokan
Date Posted: 04 April 2010 at 10:53pm
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I will be coming and a possible guest ------------- Lets get it sideways |
Posted By: Romeo
Date Posted: 05 April 2010 at 11:41pm
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Gnarley. ------------- Never shift into reverse without a back-up plan. |
Posted By: Patrick
Date Posted: 26 April 2010 at 9:31pm
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I decided to apply for an http://www.icbc.com/driver-licensing/getting-licensed/edl - Enhanced BC Driver's License so that I could cross the border and attend this Fiero function for the first time. Ten days later it arrived in the mail. Woohoo! When I went to the Jet City Fieros website to register, I could see that Dave was the only WCF of BC club member listed. As much as I like Dave, I'm hoping there's a few other club members who are seriously planning to attend. Here's the link... Sign up!!!
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Posted By: Romeo
Date Posted: 26 April 2010 at 9:46pm
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What? No, I've hit sign up like... Three times now! ------------- Never shift into reverse without a back-up plan. |
Posted By: Patrick
Date Posted: 26 April 2010 at 11:34pm
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Well, something's not kosher at their end then. Perhaps they've just neglected to update their webpage for awhile...
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Posted By: Dr.Fiero
Date Posted: 27 April 2010 at 7:06am
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Must be - I hit signup the day it came out. |
Posted By: Romeo
Date Posted: 27 April 2010 at 7:44am
Okie dokie. Because yeah, I've done it multiple times now.  ------------- Never shift into reverse without a back-up plan. |
Posted By: Shakey Dave
Date Posted: 27 April 2010 at 12:44pm
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Sorry, I'm not going to be able to attend Arlington
this year and probably not the Pontiac Performance event either. My Fiero is still bundled up in its winter storage blanket and won't come out until the weather gets warmer ... then I have some work to do on it. Maybe it will be ready for next year.  ------------- "Shakey" Dave Hathaway www3.telus.net/myhistory |
Posted By: redwilley
Date Posted: 27 April 2010 at 6:05pm
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I registered for Arlington end of March along with other I noted on sign in sheet. However today I note something is wrong with registration site, as my name along with others isn't noted nor can I access sight to re-register again. I'M GOING AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THE DAY!!!!!!! redwilley
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Posted By: Patrick
Date Posted: 27 April 2010 at 6:12pm
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I emailed Steve Simpson at Jet City Fieros. He has now fixed the webpage. If you've registered, you are now listed. So far our club has the most members listed as going.
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Posted By: redwilley
Date Posted: 27 April 2010 at 6:23pm
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Still cann't accsess site to register. Not coming up as in the past. Also not able to see if you and other are registered as did last month. redwilley ------------- redwilley |
Posted By: Patrick
Date Posted: 27 April 2010 at 6:44pm
If it's any consolation, you are registered and do show up on the list. But yes, there appears to be something "funky" with the webpage not presenting itself properly with certain browsers/screen resolutions. I can't access the site properly with XP/IE8, but XP/IE6 and Win98/IE6 are fine. I'll have to email Steve again so he can sort this out.
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Posted By: redwilley
Date Posted: 27 April 2010 at 6:52pm
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Thanks for the info Patrick. rdewilley ------------- redwilley |
Posted By: Patrick
Date Posted: 27 April 2010 at 8:33pm
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I discovered that if you're running IE8, you can view the http://www.arlington.westcoastfieros.com/ - Arlington sign-up page properly by clicking on Tools/Compatibility View.
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Posted By: Patrick
Date Posted: 27 April 2010 at 10:36pm
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Things change fast... Steve made the same discovery as I did about Compatibility View being required to see his webpage properly on IE8. He therefore made some changes to the page and now it's fine. Compatibility View is no longer required.
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Posted By: Patrick
Date Posted: 27 April 2010 at 11:53pm
Apparently you have.... twice, under two different names. Better send Steve an email. mailto:stevenmsimpson@hotmail.com - stevenmsimpson@hotmail.com
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Posted By: Capt Fiero
Date Posted: 28 April 2010 at 8:02am
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Patrick Thank You for staying on top of this. I started a new 9-5 style job Yesterday, and am swamped with the initial getting setup. ------------- Capt Fiero 88 Fiero GT 5spd V6 Eight Fifty Seven GT V8 5spd. |
Posted By: Patrick
Date Posted: 28 April 2010 at 12:48pm
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No problem, and congrats on the new job!
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Posted By: beken
Date Posted: 28 April 2010 at 1:53pm
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Congrats on the job, David.
I signed up. But if I don't get tires on this side of the border, I will pop by Discount Tire in Arlington/Marysville to buy new tires for my car before showing up at the airfield. BTW...CDN Tire on Marine Drive has 1 215/60-14 tire they could sell me. The tire was discontinued 4 years ago. They said I could have it for $48. But I need 4 tires. It was a MotorMaster something. -------------  Beken (aka Ken) - bekentech@westcoastfieros.com Original and still the owner of an 85SE 2M6 4spd |
Posted By: Capt Fiero
Date Posted: 28 April 2010 at 8:54pm
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Ken be careful with cross boarder tire shops. This maybe total rumor but I heard they were checking. If you do get new tires I would coat them in a layer or dust or something to make them look older before you come back. Side note, now that I am back to driving the 88GT again full time there is no question that I will be attending in the 88GT and not riding in the Blazer. I am still trying to tempt Lisa to put a day permit on one of her Fiero's and drive it down. I can put all the baby stuff on the trailer that is too big to fit in a Fiero trunk. ------------- Capt Fiero 88 Fiero GT 5spd V6 Eight Fifty Seven GT V8 5spd. |
Posted By: Patrick
Date Posted: 28 April 2010 at 9:09pm
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I'd be pretty careful... Way back in about 1976, I went across the border in my '67 Chevelle SS396 just for an hour or so. All I bought was gas. On the way back, I was accused of buying and installing new tires because the "nubbies" were still on them. Anyway, they asked me a bunch of questions over and over, trying to trip me up. They finally let me through.
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Posted By: beken
Date Posted: 28 April 2010 at 11:27pm
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Not to worry about the tires. I do intend to declare them at the border and pay GST and the 6% duty. However, if I can find a good enough deal in the right size on this side of the border, I may not have to buy them stateside.
------------- Beken (aka Ken) - bekentech@westcoastfieros.com Original and still the owner of an 85SE 2M6 4spd |
Posted By: Romeo
Date Posted: 29 April 2010 at 8:25am
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Yeah, just make sure you pay in cash. NEVER LEAVE A ELECTRONIC TRAIL! ------------- Never shift into reverse without a back-up plan. |
Posted By: Dr.Fiero
Date Posted: 29 April 2010 at 8:45am
Wouldn't do any good... the tire shops are in "cahoots" with the border patrol. As soon as they see a Canadian plate getting work done they call up and let them know. If the border guys then get $$'s out of you, the tire shop gets a kick back for the "hint/rat out". I may or may not have got that from someone in the law enforcement "industry".  |
Posted By: beken
Date Posted: 30 April 2010 at 11:20am
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My friend is a border officer and he says you just have to declare and most of the time, you just pay GST and PST. Sometimes they don't bother with charging duty. However, if you don't declare, a whole set of other rules kick in. As it turns out, I have a scheduling conflict (kid has a piano recital) because the Pontiac show n shine is a week later than usual. I won't be able to make that. So Arlington will be my big event for June. ------------- Beken (aka Ken) - bekentech@westcoastfieros.com Original and still the owner of an 85SE 2M6 4spd |
Posted By: fourpoint9
Date Posted: 01 May 2010 at 12:39am
I'll delete the 2nd entry for the Grey Fiero :) |
Posted By: Patrick
Date Posted: 01 May 2010 at 12:43pm
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Thanks Steve.
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Posted By: Capt Fiero
Date Posted: 01 May 2010 at 12:59pm
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We have a club meeting on the 8th of May, so I would like to have a sign up sheet for Arlington at the meeting. Then I will forward all the names from that list to Steve to add to the site. In the past only about 25% of our members have taken the time to sign up on any of the sites that I or Steve have made. I want to see at least 20 Fiero's from BC this year. 30 would be better but that would be pushing it. ------------- Capt Fiero 88 Fiero GT 5spd V6 Eight Fifty Seven GT V8 5spd. |
Posted By: beken
Date Posted: 09 May 2010 at 11:38am
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I think I'm registered. I did it through the website.
------------- Beken (aka Ken) - bekentech@westcoastfieros.com Original and still the owner of an 85SE 2M6 4spd |
Posted By: 88FieroGT
Date Posted: 19 May 2010 at 6:02pm
| I just registered now on the website, and looking forward to meeting some of you guys and the first time I've been on the big run down to Arlington! |
Posted By: Capt Fiero
Date Posted: 20 May 2010 at 8:00pm
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If anyone see's an error in the below info, please speak
up. Otherwise this is the schedule for Arlington. JUNE 5th 2010 Saturday 6:15am-6:45am We will meet at the Tim Horton's just East of the Corner of HWY 10 and 152nd Street in Surrey at that time we will all check our FRS's Radio's and set all radios to channel 20. If you have spare radio's please bring them as it would be nice to see a radio in every car. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE GOOD BATTERIES. Most people grab coffee and a pop while we look over the cars. VOX IS NOT PERMITTED ON THE DRIVE. If your radio has VOX capability Please do not use it. VOX is the Voice Activated portion of some Radios. It might be great in the forest, but in a car on the highway with cabin noise, and wind and stereos they have a tendency to activate the radio and lock out anyone else from talking. 6:45 we will leave and head for the border Crossing at 176th street.. Make sure to have your Passport with your driver's license with you. After we all clear customs we will regroup just across the border at a gas station for those that wish to fill up with the cheaper American fuel. Then I-5 bound. We will make one stop at a rest area about 1/2 way down, sorry I don't remember the exact address. Just keep your eyes and ears open. After re-grouping at the rest area, next stop Arlington, Look out Jet City here we come. Once we arrive in Arlington 9:30am Arrive at Arlington Take exit 206 and head east about 3-4 blocks to a Food Mart there will be a grocery store where we can buy picnic supplies. There will also be a car wash close at hand.- Plan is for those that want to give their car a quick scrub to do that first off. Then head for the grocery store and get whatever they plan to bring. Buy anything you want specialty grilled IE steaks and sauces. We will then caravan to the ultra light air field for the actual picnic The picnic starts at 10am We will depart Arlington at 5pm, with cleanup starting at 4pm. Quick info GMRS Channel 20 Meeting at Tim Horton's HWY 10 and 152nd Street in Surrey. 6:30am Cross Boarder at 7am need passport . My cell is 1-604-807-2623 My email is capt@captfiero.com ------------- Capt Fiero 88 Fiero GT 5spd V6 Eight Fifty Seven GT V8 5spd. |
Posted By: Patrick
Date Posted: 20 May 2010 at 9:34pm
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Should mention that a Passport is not required if you have an http://www.icbc.com/driver-licensing/getting-licensed/edl - Enhanced Driver's License .
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Posted By: Capt Fiero
Date Posted: 21 May 2010 at 8:28am
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Thank You Patrick, yes for everyone that does not know, if
you have a new enhanced drivers lisc, you don't need a passport. ------------- Capt Fiero 88 Fiero GT 5spd V6 Eight Fifty Seven GT V8 5spd. |
Posted By: Patrick
Date Posted: 29 May 2010 at 7:10pm
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As someone who has never been to the Arlington event before, I need to ask this question... If the weather is as crappy next Saturday as it is/was today, does anyone still go? I honestly don't think I'd be interested. Of course the event is still a week away (as of the date of this post), so I realize a lot can happen with the weather in the meantime (although the forecast is not looking good).
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Posted By: Fire451
Date Posted: 29 May 2010 at 8:11pm
| yes it is rain or shine |
Posted By: Fire451
Date Posted: 29 May 2010 at 8:42pm
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crystal, kiera and I may join you till Arlington in the kia and then
continue to Olympia to p/u my new intake |
Posted By: Patrick
Date Posted: 29 May 2010 at 8:42pm
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Perhaps I need to rephrase my question. I figured the event itself will still be occuring no matter what. How likely is it though that people will drive for hours to attend an event like this if it's a miserable day? I guess I'm just curious what club members here in the Lower Mainland have done in past years for this event if/when the weather has unfortunately sucked.
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Posted By: Fire451
Date Posted: 29 May 2010 at 8:45pm
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well the rain has stopped a few in past years but the majority usually
push on, it is also usually better weather there than here |
Posted By: Capt Fiero
Date Posted: 29 May 2010 at 10:07pm
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This drive is rain or shine, and in many occasions we have
left here in rain and arrived in amazing sunshine. Don't forget we are going to be 160kms south of here and the weather can be drastically different. Also the fact that weather can simply change rapidly. I always tell people to bring an Umbrella either to keep the rain off your head, or the sun out of your eyes. ------------- Capt Fiero 88 Fiero GT 5spd V6 Eight Fifty Seven GT V8 5spd. |
Posted By: danht
Date Posted: 31 May 2010 at 2:25pm
| I got the wife to agree to going to the event, (her ex was the prez of a Tacoma Mustang club) she had a bad vibe about it, But we will be visiting the daughter in Everett in the same trip. Will be looking forward to matching faces with names. |
Posted By: danht
Date Posted: 31 May 2010 at 3:35pm
| I grew up in the 60's in the Skagit valley (sedro-woolley) and would like to meet up with your group as you trek south. Do you have an appoximate time about Burlinton heading south? |
Posted By: Capt Fiero
Date Posted: 31 May 2010 at 3:49pm
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Attempt at Re-Edit of the schedule, I'll try to fix the
first page as well. This is all the time info I have, and its a rough schedule at best. Hopefully you can judge our aprx time from it. We will be on GMRS CH# 20 so if you have a radio find a place near the hwy and keep it tuned in and listen for our radio chatter. JUNE 5th 2010 Saturday 6:15am-6:45am We will meet at the Tim Horton's just East of the Corner of HWY 10 and 152nd Street in Surrey at that time we will all check our FRS's Radio's and set all radios to channel 20. If you have spare radio's please bring them as it would be nice to see a radio in every car. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE GOOD BATTERIES. Most people grab coffee and a pop while we look over the cars. VOX IS NOT PERMITTED ON THE DRIVE. If your radio has VOX capability Please do not use it. VOX is the Voice Activated portion of some Radios. It might be great in the forest, but in a car on the highway with cabin noise, and wind and stereos they have a tendency to activate the radio and lock out anyone else from talking. 6:45am we will leave and head for the border Crossing at 176th street.. Make sure to have your Passport with your driver's license with you. 7:30am After we all clear customs we will regroup just across the border at a gas station for those that wish to fill up with the cheaper American fuel. Then I-5 bound. 8:30am We will make one stop at a rest area about 1/2 way down, sorry I don't remember the exact address. Just keep your eyes and ears open. After re-grouping at the rest area, next stop Arlington, Look out Jet City here we come. Once we arrive in Arlington 9:30am Arrive at Arlington Take exit 206 and head east about 3-4 blocks to a Food Mart there will be a grocery store where we can buy picnic supplies. There will also be a car wash close at hand.- Plan is for those that want to give their car a quick scrub to do that first off. Then head for the grocery store and get whatever they plan to bring. Buy anything you want specialty grilled IE steaks and sauces. We will then caravan to the ultra light air field for the actual picnic. The picnic starts at 10am We will depart Arlington at 5pm, with cleanup starting at 4pm. Quick info GMRS Channel 20 Meeting at Tim Horton's HWY 10 and 152nd Street in Surrey. 6:30am Cross Boarder at 7am need passport . My cell is 1-604-807-2623 My email is capt@captfiero.com ------------- Capt Fiero 88 Fiero GT 5spd V6 Eight Fifty Seven GT V8 5spd. |
Posted By: Dawg
Date Posted: 31 May 2010 at 3:50pm
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Dave would be the guy to ask I think. But additionally, we will have our GRS radios on channel 20. DG ------------- You dream it up....I'll make it |
Posted By: danht
Date Posted: 31 May 2010 at 4:33pm
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I don't think my better half understood that to get ready for a pic-nic required getting up in the A.M. We are at least 45 minutes from I-5 whether olympia or tacoma. I would have to depart home well before she is willing. As of right now I will drive up to mount vernon on the fourth and wait for the Parade. will have a walkie talkie on 20, if we miss connections, will see you at the shindig. |
Posted By: Capt Fiero
Date Posted: 31 May 2010 at 5:23pm
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LOL, Lisa and I will have to be on the road to the meet by
6am. Which means in order to get the up, get the baby loaded, both cars ready to go, we are going to have to be up by 4:30am for a picnic. We have members in the outskirts that are going to have to be up by 3:30am to make the meet time. ------------- Capt Fiero 88 Fiero GT 5spd V6 Eight Fifty Seven GT V8 5spd. |
Posted By: Romeo
Date Posted: 01 June 2010 at 12:19pm
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Brothers, does anyone know what time we'd be getting back at? My whore of a boss decided to allocate me work starting at 7pm. WOOT. ------------- Never shift into reverse without a back-up plan. |
Posted By: Dr.Fiero
Date Posted: 01 June 2010 at 1:38pm
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You're welcome to depart whenever you like! No hard feelings. Most people seem to figure around 2 is a good time though, so you'd still be back in plenty of time. |
Posted By: Dr.Fiero
Date Posted: 02 June 2010 at 2:27pm
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Just found this cool site.... (BC Gov't one at that!) It plots on a graph, the wait times at various borders: http://www.cascadegatewaydata.com/crossing/day?id=12&measures=delay&date=2010-05-29&Update=Update - http://www.cascadegatewaydata.com/crossing/day?id=12&mea sures[]=delay&date=2010-05-29&Update=Update This shows the Pac Hwy crossing, southbound, for last Saturday. If you check the volume@times by clicking on the 'show data table', you can see the HUGE spike (the numbers low, but it's a 50% jump!) at like 7:05. And then it just gets worse (about 800% from low to high) until about 3PM when it starts to level off. So since (in theory) we're all shoving off at 6:30, we SHOULD beat the major pack. But I think we'll have to hard-nose the time this year, even if someone's "almost there". With my f'd up ankle, I'm hesitant to even make the trek - and I really can't get stuck in on again off again traffic! And with my tranny having 'issues' I decided against inflicting it on someone else. |
Posted By: Capt Fiero
Date Posted: 02 June 2010 at 9:10pm
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Yep hence one of the reasons the time frame had been moved up from a few years ago, as the club spent nearly 2hrs in line trying to cross at 8am. However neat find on the site. ------------- Capt Fiero 88 Fiero GT 5spd V6 Eight Fifty Seven GT V8 5spd. |
Posted By: beken
Date Posted: 03 June 2010 at 12:50pm
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I believe we've done at an hour wait at the border on at least one of our trips before.
------------- Beken (aka Ken) - bekentech@westcoastfieros.com Original and still the owner of an 85SE 2M6 4spd |
Posted By: beken
Date Posted: 03 June 2010 at 6:45pm
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Saturday's weather prediction is looking good right now. ------------- Beken (aka Ken) - bekentech@westcoastfieros.com Original and still the owner of an 85SE 2M6 4spd |
Posted By: Capt Fiero
Date Posted: 03 June 2010 at 9:31pm
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I just got off the phone with Steve Simpson and everything is a huge GO GO GO for the Picnic. He will be there early this year with 2 Fiero's. ------------- Capt Fiero 88 Fiero GT 5spd V6 Eight Fifty Seven GT V8 5spd. |
Posted By: Romeo
Date Posted: 03 June 2010 at 11:30pm
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I will be there too, relunctantly... ...Damn it Gretchin! ------------- Never shift into reverse without a back-up plan. |
Posted By: Patrick
Date Posted: 04 June 2010 at 12:25am
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What's that supposed to mean?
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Posted By: Capt Fiero
Date Posted: 04 June 2010 at 7:39am
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I think it is his car that will be reluctant, LOL. I was
on my way home with my new 4 banger on the trailer in tow, fighting New West traffic at 5pm, and I get a semi panicked call from T, he was broke down in Surrey, broke his 4spd slave bracket. He had no tools, no part and to make matters more complicated had his kid brother with him. So I make a quick U-Turn on the truck route and head over the Pattelo bridge. I get T to call Dr.Fiero and the Dr, finds a 4 spd slave bracket, then sorts out the tools that we should need and gets a care package ready for me, I race over to the Dr's pick it all up and head to where T is broke down. I remembered the last time T had posted about trying to change out the slave and the nightmare he had with it, so I decided I would go ahead and change the bracket for him. I get to him, find the bracket was snapped into 2 pieces. It wasn't until I started the job that I realized/remembered that his slave bracket had an odd size bolt in it. Factory is suppose to be a 13mm and a 15mm his had a 15mm and a 17mm. He had to run over to a local repair shop, give them his wallet and they loaned us the 17mm socket we needed. Took me all of 20mins to change it, and probably 10mins for Tristen to wander up and down the road trying to find the pushrod for the slave that blew out of the car while he was driving. I got it all swapped out, and amazingly enough, there was almost zero air introduced into the system so I did not even have to bleed it out. Once we verified it was all working, Roy and I jumped back into my car and headed home. A huge thank you to the good Dr, for having the parts and tools available for me to go and rescue T. I can't remember off the top of my head who I gave a 4spd slave bracket to, however it was in my scrap pile and I practically forced them to take it as I knew eventually every 4 spd car will break the OEM bracket. Its not a matter of IF its a matter of WHEN. If you have an OEM bracket and have a few bucks to blow, head straight to Rodney Dickmans site and buy his steel replacement. Then keep it in your car with the appropriate tools to change it when the time comes. Especially if you are going on a long drive. Or even better, but it install it and hang your OEM one on your garage wall, so when someone else gets stranded, you have a spare to help someone out with. ------------- Capt Fiero 88 Fiero GT 5spd V6 Eight Fifty Seven GT V8 5spd. |
Posted By: Patrick
Date Posted: 04 June 2010 at 10:21am
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Great report Dave, but we want video.
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Posted By: Dr.Fiero
Date Posted: 04 June 2010 at 10:29am
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I'm sure filming what he was doing was TOP priority at that moment... For those not clear on the concept of the replacement part: http://rodneydickman.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=28&products_id=59 - http://rodneydickman.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=28&a mp;products_id=59 |
Posted By: Patrick
Date Posted: 04 June 2010 at 12:06pm
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Perhaps we need to clarify the bit about "FRS" radios. Any radio that makes use of channel 20 is a GMRS radio. I borrowed my girlfriend's two FRS radios for this trip only to discover that FRS radios don't go above channel 14. (I know a lot more about these radios now than I did a few days ago!) Yes, I realize that GMRS radios are preferred as they have a much better range, but for those of us who presently only have FRS radios, will they be worthwhile at all to take on the road trip to Arlington? On the same topic, are there going to be any extra GMRS radios brought along to distribute among those of us who are GMRS challenged?
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Posted By: Dr.Fiero
Date Posted: 04 June 2010 at 12:16pm
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If you are truly GMRS challenged, that means that you're also $20-30+ challenged, since that's all they're worth now! I keed. But really - toss the useless FRS into the same box with your Betamax and Motorola M8000 (all perfectly good in the day!) and go fetch a new unit. You can bring your 14 channel unit - but nobody is going to hear you up on 20. edit: I meant "each" on that price BTW, unless somewhere like XS Cargo has them, or you score a used set. http://www.londondrugs.com/Cultures/en-US/Product+Detail/Electronics.htm?BreadCrumbs=Electronics;Electronics;Two%20Way%20Radio;FRS%20Radio;Cobra%202%20Way%20Radio%20-%20LI72002WXV&Catalog=Electronics&Category=FRS%20Radio&ProductID=3676749&ProductTab=3 - Here's an example at LD: http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/bnc/ele/1773314889.html - Or here's a set on Craigslist: |
Posted By: Patrick
Date Posted: 04 June 2010 at 12:18pm
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So where have you seen GMRS units for $20? [EDIT] Now you mention "each". In other words, it's going to cost a minimum of $40 (since as far as I know they're only sold in pairs).
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Posted By: Capt Fiero
Date Posted: 04 June 2010 at 12:37pm
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Yes I have a spare GMRS Radio however you will need to
supply some batteries for it, they are 4 AAA batteries. ------------- Capt Fiero 88 Fiero GT 5spd V6 Eight Fifty Seven GT V8 5spd. |
Posted By: fiero052
Date Posted: 04 June 2010 at 12:40pm
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wether i go or not has come down to a last minute decision due to events outa my control. If i can make it last minute do you have to be registered? g ------------- Glenn |
Posted By: Capt Fiero
Date Posted: 04 June 2010 at 12:45pm
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Nope, but if you plan to come, or at least think you might,
I would sign up. There is a special reason that everyone that is planning to go should be signed up. ------------- Capt Fiero 88 Fiero GT 5spd V6 Eight Fifty Seven GT V8 5spd. |
Posted By: Patrick
Date Posted: 04 June 2010 at 12:59pm
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Well, if I don't use it I'm sure somebody will need it. Thanks Dave.
OoooooOooooo, suspense and intrigue!
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Posted By: wayneh70
Date Posted: 04 June 2010 at 1:23pm
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I just signed in with my rare special edition 4 door supercharged Fiero GTP
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Posted By: Patrick
Date Posted: 04 June 2010 at 1:42pm
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One or more cars could be equipped with both types of radios so urgent information from GMRS equipped cars could be forwarded to FRS equipped cars and vice versa.
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Posted By: Capt Fiero
Date Posted: 04 June 2010 at 2:14pm
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The first year with GMRS we only had 2 radio's so one
went in the lead car, (me) and one went with the tail
car, and they also had FRS radio's to report to everyone
else. The 2nd year we were about 50/50 so again we had
both radio's and some people had to have both in their
cars so they could re-port back to the FRS guys about
what was going on, the 3rd year, we went totally GMRS.
If some people choose to use FRS thats totally fine, but I can't guarantee there will be someone else running both radio's and have the ability to listen on the GMRS then grab the FRS and hope to reach everyone on the FRS band. The reason we chose to make the move was simply longer range and much greater clarity. My GMRS radios are good for 30km line of sight or about 5kms with serious obstructions to signal. The FRS radio's we were finding had trouble at 1km range on the highway unless you had perfect batteries and the radios were the same brand. Tiny variations to chips or something made some radio's have a hard time hearing other Radio's. With the GMRS that issue is pretty much gone. However this topic is moot, as Patrick I have a spare GMRS radio you can use, I have spoken to a few people that said they will also have spare radio's to loan out to anyone that does not have a GMRS equipped radio. I am charging the batteries in my radio's now, however I would not rely on them as they seem to go dead after only a few hours of use. XS Cargo has 20 packs of AAA batteries on for 9.99 which is one hell of a deal. They also have 48 packs of AA's which are great for you digital camera guys. I can speak from experience their house brand batteries are fairly good. Now I need to get back to work packing and checking, and re-checking. Its truly unbelievable the amount of stuff that I have to pack for these events. I must have 8 folding chairs, 2 tables, the new Club Pop Up Tent, extra radio's 2 coolers filled with picnic supplies, camera's batteries, stroller for Arianna..... P.S. Lisa is bringing her Fiero with Arianna ridding shotgun with her. So lots of things on her car have to be checked after such a long time sitting without being driven. (Nearly a year parked) Ok enough chatter, I got to run. Talk to you all early Saturday Morning. P.S. Here is a partial list of my packing. I made this up for myself to check off as I go. Probably a good idea for other people to look over it in case their is something they missed. (obviously some things are N/A to everyone) Club Banner Coolers GMRS Radio's Batteries Batteries for GMRS Radios Camera's Batteries and Camera's Tools Basic kit for Ignition and Hyd Issues Brake Fluid Passport Canopy Arianna's Stuff. (car seat, stroller) 10mm wrench 13mm wrench 5.5mm socket Electical Tape Spare ignition module and related Trailer and Straps Check air in all tires Check Oil in both Fiero's Isuzu Shift Bracket Car Insurance Papers Trailer Insurance Papers Jumper Box for emergency starting Power Inverter for charging Batteries and Radios Tri-Pod for Camera Spare Tire Jack Chairs Picnic Table |
Posted By: Patrick
Date Posted: 04 June 2010 at 3:18pm
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Okay, thanks Dave. Now that we've covered the FRS/GMRS differences, hopefully next year people like myself won't be caught off guard (I can't be the only one!) when it comes to having a "FRS" radio available to use. It's now been clarified that it's actually a GMRS radio which is required, and we've all got a whole year to get suitably equipped for Arlington 2011.
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Posted By: Patrick
Date Posted: 04 June 2010 at 7:58pm
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Thought I would change my oil and oil filter today and grease the GT for the trip. Good thing I did as I discovered a big effen screw in one of the front tires. I unscrewed the screw and there was a sizeable hole right through to the inside. I've plugged it. Hopefully the tire is still holding air tomorrow morning.
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Posted By: Romeo
Date Posted: 04 June 2010 at 8:34pm
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Three pieces, actually. Still can't find the third piece mind you. LOL
And a special note to the good doctor, I have a Dickman one on order, I'll give you yours back (Cleaned and polished!) soon as it arrives, promise! ------------- Never shift into reverse without a back-up plan. |
Posted By: Fire451
Date Posted: 04 June 2010 at 8:52pm
| Please people pack spare (even old) serp belts in your cars, I always have a spare in my car just in case and the last arlington that I made it to in my car I blew a serp on the way there, thankfully i had a couple of old ones with me to make it to arlington. |
Posted By: Patrick
Date Posted: 04 June 2010 at 9:22pm
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Yep, and an ignition module or spare distributor. And maybe a coil.
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Posted By: fourpoint9
Date Posted: 04 June 2010 at 10:45pm
| 57 Fieros signed up to go. Should be a good one this year. |
Posted By: Capt Fiero
Date Posted: 04 June 2010 at 10:54pm
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So what do you figure, 80 maybe 90 cars this year in total. I'd really like this to be a record year for our little babies. Your idea of the Craigslist add was genius. I'll bet we get 25% more cars just having those 2 adds. ------------- Capt Fiero 88 Fiero GT 5spd V6 Eight Fifty Seven GT V8 5spd. |
Posted By: Patrick
Date Posted: 05 June 2010 at 5:16am
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Rise and shine! Not raining, good sign.
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Posted By: Capt Fiero
Date Posted: 05 June 2010 at 5:40am
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Been up since 4 30, just walking out the door now at 5:30 C-Ya at Timmies. ------------- Capt Fiero 88 Fiero GT 5spd V6 Eight Fifty Seven GT V8 5spd. |
Posted By: Romeo
Date Posted: 05 June 2010 at 5:05pm
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Ah-Maze-Ing. And that cake was... Spectacular beyond words. Great trip though. Totally worth the year and a half I've waited to do that. And the speed... WEEEE. ------------- Never shift into reverse without a back-up plan. |
Posted By: Dr.Fiero
Date Posted: 05 June 2010 at 5:16pm
Ahhh... memories... memories of CAKE!    Thanks to Meagan (the cake and car creator above!), and all the other Jet City Fiero folks for letting us all hang out with you once again, and setting up such a great day! I'm sure we all look forward to doing it again next year - and we'll hope for equally NICE weather! Oh, and next year... someone pack a TPS. |
Posted By: Dr.Fiero
Date Posted: 05 June 2010 at 5:26pm
And I'm sure SOMEONE will complain about the following panorama, but... If you want the 7.2mb file, LMK and I'll email it. |
Posted By: Dr.Fiero
Date Posted: 05 June 2010 at 6:06pm
Pack of bumble bees |
Posted By: Dr.Fiero
Date Posted: 05 June 2010 at 6:19pm
| Short video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vt9BIIUJQ-Y - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vt9BIIUJQ-Y |
Posted By: Patrick
Date Posted: 05 June 2010 at 6:59pm
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Shush! We don't want to give the impression that we might've been going over the speed limit at any time during the trip to Arlington.
That was great fun! Thanks to Dave and Lisa for doing all the usual club event stuff.
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Posted By: Dawg
Date Posted: 05 June 2010 at 7:42pm
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Michelle and I also had a great time at our first Arlington meet. The weather was great the cars were plentiful and the drive there with the gang was fabulous! Thanks to everyone involved, it was a blast. Is it next year yet? DG ------------- You dream it up....I'll make it |
Posted By: Dr.Fiero
Date Posted: 05 June 2010 at 7:42pm
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OK... bizarre.... Running around town in the period leading up to today, spreadsheet says: 17.14mpg (yeah - there's something wrong!!!!) Trip down: 19.32mpg Trip back: 28.61mpg!!!! I'm really hoping I can finally narrow this down to a very intermittent TPS (all the times I scanned it, it was fine - EXCEPT for in the parking lot this morning!). |
Posted By: Capt Fiero
Date Posted: 05 June 2010 at 8:29pm
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As far as mileage, I used 1/2 tank the entire trip, filled up at Chevron on the way down and filled up at the same chevron on the way back up. Used a total of 4.9 US Gallons which boils down to 30.6mpg WooHoo. It almost does not seem possible, but Patrick was there with me when I filled up and I had to restart the pump several times just to get that 4.9 gallons. So even with my rather spirited driving, I still got decent gas mileage.
I'll be posting pics and videos later tonight. ------------- Capt Fiero 88 Fiero GT 5spd V6 Eight Fifty Seven GT V8 5spd. |
Posted By: Capt Fiero
Date Posted: 05 June 2010 at 9:04pm
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Ok teaser Video. http://captfiero.com/videos/mycar/speedtest.wmv - http://captfiero.com/videos/mycar/speedtest.wmv Note this video is from an un-named source, in an un-named country at an unknown time or space or reality. 195 KPH, towing a trailer, the comment that you hear is me saying to myself, "Ok Hitting the Binders" (trucker slang for hitting the brakes) It was rather odd trying to video with one hand, steer with the other and watch traffic at the same time. ------------- Capt Fiero 88 Fiero GT 5spd V6 Eight Fifty Seven GT V8 5spd. |
Posted By: Patrick
Date Posted: 05 June 2010 at 9:06pm
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And Patrick's GT used a total of 6.9 US Gallons while driving exactly the same distance. My engine seems to run just fine. Maybe it's the automatic tranny that totally sucks up the gas?
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And I wasn't pulling a trailer or doing 195 KPH either. Posted By: Capt Fiero
Date Posted: 05 June 2010 at 9:31pm
West Coast Fiero's and Jet City Fiero's Arlington 2010 Picnic
------------- Capt Fiero 88 Fiero GT 5spd V6 Eight Fifty Seven GT V8 5spd. |
Posted By: Capt Fiero
Date Posted: 05 June 2010 at 9:41pm
I told ya one of these days Pat you are going to have to let me take a look over your car and see where things can be tweaked. ------------- Capt Fiero 88 Fiero GT 5spd V6 Eight Fifty Seven GT V8 5spd. |
Posted By: Patrick
Date Posted: 05 June 2010 at 9:58pm
Name a date and a time (in a PM). I'll be there!
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Posted By: Romeo
Date Posted: 05 June 2010 at 10:47pm
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I made my 3/4 of a tank last the entire way back to my house. Right up to my driveway. I was beyond astounded. Thanks for the cake Meegan lady! Patrick, we sped, and my god, it was an amazing feeling. Michelle, I incorrectly informed you it was the Renault R25 that "sings" various songs, it's actually the R27. Youtube it.
Man, we should turn this into an annual affair! ------------- Never shift into reverse without a back-up plan. |