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For Mako... Cheaper the auto replacement glass is, often the lighter it is.... Old racer trick. Wait 'till you have to replace the C5 windshield that has the heads up display . You will be real unhappy. For that matter, the C5 rear glass with the imbedded defogger is hugely painful. Best head up di...

Rick Brown wrote:Safelite. Used them multiple times, professional, good price, on time. Definitely recommend.
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+1 for Safelite. If it's just a rock chip it can be repaired. Once it's a crack you'll need the whole windshield.

If you have any doubt, pre-test. Air filter, fresh plugs, maybe fresh wires. Drive the car for an hour ahead of time to ensure full heat soak of all components. Oil change shouldn't matter unless your valve seals are leaking a lot, as in the car smokes like an Arab at hookah bar*. *Note that Arabs e...

Actually anyone have an OBDI reader. Don't find them very often, and I don't want to spend the $200 for a reader that is OBDI & OBDII, but would like to read/reset some codes on the Corvette. I got an OBD II code reader at Autozone for about $50. The OBD I readers I've found listed online are s...

Jeff Shyu wrote:I think i may luck out. got a local paper that sounded like they are willing to get me a pass as a backup to their photographer.

Good luck!

Jeff Shyu wrote:i think you have to go through quite a few hoops to qualify for that.

Need to take estimate and car to the BAR referee.

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1992 is OBD I, not sure if they plug into the diagnostic port on those. O2 sensor and cat are likely culprits. I'm pretty sure your truck has fuel injection, so none of the carburetor related issues apply.

BUT.... for arguments sake, P/U's are registered as a commercial vehicle in the state of CA, no matter your usage.

Huh?! I've owned two pickups and neither were registered as commercial vehicles.

You could try Mobil 1 0w-40

Arthur Grant wrote:marbles is stolen from Dick Tracy no fair stealing from a comic book.

That's mumbles.

I gotta go with the classics, like Tony "Big Tuna" Acardo.

When you rev the engine while the car is in neutral and the engine shifts, like in one of the first videos, that's an engine mount.

The noise when you turn the car is probably a CV joint.

I think the Speedway's limit is 95db.

If there's an event in San Diego you can always go down there and experience the warm hospitality reserved for those who go over the sound limit.

Steve Ekstrand wrote:The FIT motor is $11,750.

What does a FIT cost?

$5,000 for the engine and $6,750 for the homolagation seals.

Should be interesting. We may want to do something to help novices find us, as Speed Ventures will be running an autocross at Auto Club Speedway (infield) the same Saturday and Sunday we are there. When people unfamiliar with our events enter the gate on Cherry, the guard asks where they're going, ...

Should be interesting. We may want to do something to help novices find us, as Speed Ventures will be running an autocross at Auto Club Speedway (infield) the same Saturday and Sunday we are there. When people unfamiliar with our events enter the gate on Cherry, the guard asks where they're going, ...

PayPal charged me $1.00 sales tax. Have we always paid sales tax? This is from the PURCHASE POINTS CARD PAGE To offer PayPal as a service, So Cal Solo II will charge a service fee of $1 per card. So it's not PayPal charging you but us (CSCC). So, it's not really sales tax, just the PayPal fee. Got ...

Doug Kott wrote:Way to go with the hard-line approach, Giovanni.

Maybe come Jan. 2 you could offer all those unclaimed 2-digit numbers to the highest bidder!

Gio was a South American dictator in a previous life.

PayPal charged me $1.00 sales tax. Have we always paid sales tax?

Is "political gameplaying" an oxymoron? No it's a multi-billion dollar sport. It's both! I don't think the Great Park is going to make much progress. Most of the funding is supposed to come Mello-Roos tax paid by those who buy the yet-to-be-built houses. There's an 8.5 month supply of hou...

Don't know what a "boxer motor" is Boxer = flat configuration, opposed cylinders. In a "normal" engine, the cylinders are above the crank case and the oil goes down into the sump by gravity. I wonder on a boxer engine if all the oil pours and pools up against the undersides of t...

It's a PITA getting to the Legacy Outback oil filter. I change the oil myself in our other cars. They must have moved it because on the '99 it's right up front on the bottom of the engine. I don't even need to put the car on ramps or stands to change the oil. That is the one and only part of workin...

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Bob Beamesderfer wrote:I'd sell it or trade at a non-Subie dealer that can't see all the warranty work done.

Not true, CARFAX has ended the day were you can't see every dealer service.

Only if the dealer reports it.

SM/SSM drivers need to always heed the lessons Mike has taught the class. You don't need 800hp in a tiny sports car. The LSx is exciting because it is a lightweight V8 (relatively speaking) and fairly nicely packaged (again relatively speaking). But its overkill in a miata at the true national leve...

I'd sell it or trade at a non-Subie dealer that can't see all the warranty work done.

Jeff Shyu wrote:the 3k mile / 3 month guideline is, and has always been a terrible gauge for oil change.

i've lived by the "check the engine every time you fill up, when it gets to be dark brown, change it."

That's no better than 3k mile.