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Old 09-11-2009, 07:17 AM   #28 (permalink)
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Lope,

Treat the ol' girl well and she'll treat in kind.

Drive in the snow as little as possible, both because of the wide tires (slippery) and the road "salt". Every summer when you drive back to your parents, consider getting the car up on some jack stands and give the undercarriage a thorough cleaning... get rid of any salt deposits, spray all rubber boots with some silicone spray, etc. If possible, remove all movable joints (suspension bolts and the like) and add some never-seize to everything. I spent many thousands of dollars replacing components that had frozen on my S2000 after using it as a daily driver while in Boston.

Do not use automatic car washes... better to leave the ol' girl dirty for a few months than let a wrecking machine tear up the paint job with high-pressure water and stiff brushes.

If you go down town, pay the extra money and park in a garage... parking on the street is a sure way to come back to scraped bumpers (expect double and triple parking).

Expect potholes the size of Atlanta, particularly down town... 19" rims are easily bent at 0.5 mph Do not count on being able to lower it with coilovers and still drive more than five feet (at least if you want to keep your bumpers).

Enjoy!
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