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Jsdirt Senior Enthusiast

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Typical car dealer ... :lol:

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Took my wife to labor & delivery. Daughter born.

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I drove across town to pick up my degree since im still waiting on parts

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Typical car dealer ... :lol:

 

Well, if they went through the trouble of digging my number up I can expect a call in the future. Then I'll have some fun with them. Start asking about a Porsche 911 GTS. Heck, might even let them run my credit for a test drive, take the test drive, and tell them I'll think about it... AFTER they take my deal on the mazda!

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Jsdirt Senior Enthusiast

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Great idea - gotta play their game.

GPGuy Senior Enthusiast

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Ha, my arms were shot afterward. That's what I get for being out there all afternoon/early evening without stopping for some water.

 

You're off the hook... I washed and waxed my truck today. lol

We have those down here too. Actually an infestation of them a few years back. They don't bite down here though. Our house was infested with them. Would have to vacuum up piles of them around our windows upstairs.

While I was waxing my truck today I swear every time I looked at my truck I saw a new lady bug landing on it. :P

Jsdirt Senior Enthusiast

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Ahh, sounds like that infestation has moved northwest of here.

LongrangeLauber Senior Enthusiast

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Cleaned her up yesterday inside and out... and now it's about to rain. Always happens like that.

 

Need to clay bar, compound, and wax the truck before winter

Chevor Senior Enthusiast

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Pulling a 12,000 pound camper, West Virginia mountains and rain.

Chevor Senior Enthusiast

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Taking I 64 to Richmond, then 95 down to just inside NC. Then lose the camper.

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LongrangeLauber Senior Enthusiast

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Taking I 64 to Richmond, then 95 down to just inside NC. Then lose the camper.

Sounds like a fun job, get to tour the country in your own truck
Chevor Senior Enthusiast

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It has its days.

 

There's a reason truck drivers call passenger vehicles 4 wheelers.

 

Cause they put that car everywhere it shouldn't be around the truck.

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Ryan

Good thing it's not a two post, I've seen those videos of ignorant mechanics who don't set them up correctly and the car falls and gets wedged in there [emoji23]
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Looks like the truck is too far back on the lift. Notice the Jacks in the rear.

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