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Old 05-16-2012, 11:54 AM   #5341 (permalink)
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Greetings from ZDAYZ The Tail of the Dragon is so much more than i expected. Its crazy and quite scary. Saw a Z in the woods on the way up the Dragon when we first arrived yesterday. Just saw the crew of guys at the carwash station and thankfully everyone is ok and the Z seemed unharmed.
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Also, its beyond gorgeous here Drivers paradise
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Greetings from ZDAYZ The Tail of the Dragon is so much more than i expected. Its crazy and quite scary. Saw a Z in the woods on the way up the Dragon when we first arrived yesterday. Just saw the crew of guys at the carwash station and thankfully everyone is ok and the Z seemed unharmed.
Awesome! We are all dying for pictures!
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NTB has a great deal for like $200 (I think) you get 5 years worth of alignments - it is even transferable to one other vehicle during that period. They have 1 year and 3 year packages, too, but I have always gone for the 5 year since it's not too much more expensive. No limit on how many times you bring the car in, so if there's one around you, I would definitely recommend it.
Sounds great, thanks for the heads up! Do you know if wheel balance is included when purchasing from Discount Tire? I'm too lazy to call.
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Sounds great, thanks for the heads up! Do you know if wheel balance is included when purchasing from Discount Tire? I'm too lazy to call.
I believe it is, but I never bother to speak to them about it. Whether they do it or not, I always head to NTB immediately after getting new tires
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Congrats alchemy. Glad nobody was hurt and the car not damaged. Stay safe but have a great time. No shop around here like that. Sounds really good if you get coilovers, you can adjust freq. and ensure that your in alignment.
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OK guys off to buff out those marks on the trunk lid. Scary for me as I'm not used to polishers.
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Congrats sort of Gale LOL. Happy hump day. So what are you going to do, both work wise and if you are going to take the job?
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hello, mr.onzedge! is your droidx2 the same as droidx's housing?
If so i have a car cradle laying around from prokit (like new condition).



thanks, mr.gale. actually the last 2wks have been all new gear.. got a new notebook (thinkpad..btw, i am a MBP user), new nuvi, new watch (seiko), new droid4, new shrubs outside, dumb neighbor spraying water at shurbs getting my Z wet. then yelling at the sob reminding him not to do that AGAIN (for the 3rd damn time)...



i was like woohooo! but then ...
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Mr.GaleForce…… sorry to hear that dude… that you can't retired yet…

jk jk… congrats on the offer!!


My Z is ready to be picked up, and it's raining… been sunny for the last 6 day while my Z was sitting in the dealer and they chose to rain today…… WTH…

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Thanks everyone

The job is in my trade and then some, but here's the rub, the pay is a lot less than expected, and the hours are mediocre. The good thing is travel time is next to nothing, and the work, like already mentioned, is in my field of expertise. It's not the end of the world if I decline the offer, I do have something else I can do, it's not in my field, but the pay is , but the commute is 40 min one way ...

This is the problem right now, there is a shortage of qualified skilled trades (especially good ones). Everyone needs one, but aren't willing to pay for the experience. Then they are left scratching their heads when they're losing production because of incompetence, or wondering why they have high turn over.

Bottom line, my experience is worth more than they're paying.
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thanks, mr.gale. actually the last 2wks have been all new gear.. got a new notebook (thinkpad..btw, i am a MBP user), new nuvi, new watch (seiko), new droid4, new shrubs outside, dumb neighbor spraying water at shurbs getting my Z wet. then yelling at the sob reminding him not to do that AGAIN (for the 3rd damn time)...



i was like woohooo! but then ...
I'm a watch whore, I think we would get along well together. We could drink Diet Pepsi in the garage while working on our vehicles and take turns yelling at the neighbour
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So jealous! Be safe and have a great time
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yah, screw the boobs, we want to see cars and guys....

jk, mr. alchemy. glad to hear you made it okay and having a great time in great weather. sounds like a A++ meet.


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OK guys off to buff out those marks on the trunk lid. Scary for me as I'm not used to polishers.
hummm... you did get a random orbital polisher, right? not a direct drive? GL!

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Thanks everyone

The job is in my trade and then some, but here's the rub, the pay is a lot less than expected, and the hours are mediocre. The good thing is travel time is next to nothing, and the work, like already mentioned, is in my field of expertise. It's not the end of the world if I decline the offer, I do have something else I can do, it's not in my field, but the pay is , but the commute is 40 min one way ...

This is the problem right now, there is a shortage of qualified skilled trades (especially good ones). Everyone needs one, but aren't willing to pay for the experience. Then they are left scratching their heads when they're losing production because of incompetence, or wondering why they have high turn over.

Bottom line, my experience is worth more than they're paying.
mr. gale- hello! sorry to hear about the pay. is there a timeline when you can get a raise after 'proving' yourself to the company that you are a valuable asset? hope things work out for you. being close to home and little to no travel is a great plus when you have little kids.

i use to travel a lot for business, but since having kids ive cut down about 99%. lol. when my kids are older i might decide to travel more again. at the moment im too busy with picking up the kids, etc since my wife works too. she really doesnt need to work as i can support the family on my own, but she's a very smart girl and likes working, so why not? she hates house chores anyway... (i get to do that )

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I'm a watch whore, I think we would get along well together. We could drink Diet Pepsi in the garage while working on our vehicles and take turns yelling at the neighbour
hahaha!! im not much of a watch person, but my Orient watch couldn't keep time very well after a fall...so decided to go Seiko this time. so far so good. yah, we can PDR people's cars, install suspension kits, exhaust/intake mods, do dressup aero kits, detailing, etc while we drink dietpepsi, and make some cash... and when we're bored, we can go kick the sob's arse for more yelling. hahaha.
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I'm working on it, patience please.
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hey so i saw this article on cnn where some korean kid posted a vid of his pops's hyundai suddenly accelerating and crashing into a car 2 blocks away in heavy traffic with mom in the passenger seat. noone died apparently, but hyundai must have been copying toyota's design down to the flaws...
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