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Some more carbon fiber showed up today :)
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this was last weekend so sue me. chewed up the grass at road america after a downpour, parked by the cheese bridge
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Got up and washed it. Therapy for me. Nothing like getting up and wahing the car in peace and quiet.
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Then decided it was time to install the jacking rails and do the oil change rhat was supposed to happen the last two weekends. And that's where it all went down hill.

Grabbed the ratchet, found the bolts underneath and got them all broke loose. Took the first one all the way out and the damn bolt got stuck in the socket. Got the BFH and an old screwdriver and beat the bolt out of the socket. Spent the next 7 or 8 minutes digging out a 15 mm. Now I'm ready rock. Wrong. Grab the jacking rail, roll under the car, and set the first bolt. Slide to the back, and it doesn't fit. Son of b!#ch mother trucker damn it! Remove the rail, grab the other rail. Now I'm at the back of the car. Put one bolt in, slide to the front. WTF?! How does this not fit.? I've got the longer rail. It has to fit. Please note, the following expletive rant has been censored for the with sensitive constitutions. Come to find out, there's not one set, BUT two sets of holes on the rear on the driver's side. Well how about that. Isn't that special. Now that I have the proper bolt locations, I get three of the four bolts in. One just won't thread right. It feels like it's cross threading every time I try it. After several attempts, I give up and move to the passenger side. Remove all the bolts and the caulk / sealer whatever. Grab the second rail. Wait, where is the second rail? Spend the next ten minutes looking for the damn thing and bam! There it is. If I had just looled to my right while I was lying on the floor, I would have realized I had already brought that one over. Ugh.

I muat say, the hammertone looks perfect on the magnetic.

The oil change starts out just fine. Although, question. Is it just the 18s and up that have the funky oil drain plug? I've got a typical drail plug bolt. Hmm. Now, where's the damn filter at? For the life of me, I could not locate the oil filter on the car. I'm crawling all around under there and finally spot the tiny ass little bolt that holds the flapper shut. Spend 10 minutes looking at every conceivable size under 5/16" for a 9/32"?! Come on Ford. A phillips head would work just as well. Oil change no. 1 done. Swap out the stang for the F150. Piece of cake. Slide right under. Grab the ratchet. And ugh. Uggghhh. Get the breaker bar. Uuuggghhhh! The damn drain plug must have put in with an air tool. Quick check, and sure enough, I had taken it to Ford for the last oil change. Screw it. It's the company truck. I'm not risking stripping or breaking something. Ford can change the oil.

Clean up the garage. Head up to take care the three Ss. No sooner does my ass hit the toilet "There's a leak in the basement!" Back to the explitive filled rant. Go down and spend the hour and half fixing the leak.

Off to mom's to hook up water line for fridge and install dryer.

Like sands through the hour glass, so are the days of our lives. At least mine anyway.
 

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Got up and washed it. Therapy for me. Nothing like getting up and wahing the car in peace and quiet.
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20200808_094029.jpg


Then decided it was time to install the jacking rails and do the oil change rhat was supposed to happen the last two weekends. And that's where it all went down hill.

Grabbed the ratchet, found the bolts underneath and got them all broke loose. Took the first one all the way out and the damn bolt got stuck in the socket. Got the BFH and an old screwdriver and beat the bolt out of the socket. Spent the next 7 or 8 minutes digging out a 15 mm. Now I'm ready rock. Wrong. Grab the jacking rail, roll under the car, and set the first bolt. Slide to the back, and it doesn't fit. Son of b!#ch mother trucker damn it! Remove the rail, grab the other rail. Now I'm at the back of the car. Put one bolt in, slide to the front. WTF?! How does this not fit.? I've got the longer rail. It has to fit. Please note, the following expletive rant has been censored for the with sensitive constitutions. Come to find out, there's not one set, BUT two sets of holes on the rear on the driver's side. Well how about that. Isn't that special. Now that I have the proper bolt locations, I get three of the four bolts in. One just won't thread right. It feels like it's cross threading every time I try it. After several attempts, I give up and move to the passenger side. Remove all the bolts and the caulk / sealer whatever. Grab the second rail. Wait, where is the second rail? Spend the next ten minutes looking for the damn thing and bam! There it is. If I had just looled to my right while I was lying on the floor, I would have realized I had already brought that one over. Ugh.

I muat say, the hammertone looks perfect on the magnetic.

The oil change starts out just fine. Although, question. Is it just the 18s and up that have the funky oil drain plug? I've got a typical drail plug bolt. Hmm. Now, where's the damn filter at? For the life of me, I could not locate the oil filter on the car. I'm crawling all around under there and finally spot the tiny ass little bolt that holds the flapper shut. Spend 10 minutes looking at every conceivable size under 5/16" for a 9/32"?! Come on Ford. A phillips head would work just as well. Oil change no. 1 done. Swap out the stang for the F150. Piece of cake. Slide right under. Grab the ratchet. And ugh. Uggghhh. Get the breaker bar. Uuuggghhhh! The damn drain plug must have put in with an air tool. Quick check, and sure enough, I had taken it to Ford for the last oil change. Screw it. It's the company truck. I'm not risking stripping or breaking something. Ford can change the oil.

Clean up the garage. Head up to take care the three Ss. No sooner does my ass hit the toilet "There's a leak in the basement!" Back to the explitive filled rant. Go down and spend the hour and half fixing the leak.

Off to mom's to hook up water line for fridge and install dryer.

Like sands through the hour glass, so are the days of our lives. At least mine anyway.
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Stopped for some gas Netwon, NC on our way up to the Mountains. I have some 4K 60FPS video of a run down Hwy 221 that I'm working on editing now. I decided to start a blog to document our travels, sort of a hybrid travel/car blog. Lots of content out there already of people modding, racing, etc., but not much that really focuses on the actual Grand Touring aspects of a car like this.
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Stopped for some gas Netwon, NC on our way up to the Mountains. I have some 4K 60FPS video of a run down Hwy 221 that I'm working on editing now. I decided to start a blog to document our travels, sort of a hybrid travel/car blog. Lots of content out there already of people modding, racing, etc., but not much that really focuses on the actual Grand Touring aspects of a car like this.
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I look forward to seeing that. These really are amazing grand tourers, it's in the name, haha. They pull down highway miles with ease and I've taken mine high up into the mountains and didn't notice that much power loss.
 

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Went to visit my elderly mom in a different city after work. The weather was perfect. It's all country highways all the way. Lots of long straight stretches after stop signs and a few S curves. It was nearly dark on my way back and no other cars around. Took the opportunity to light up the red lights on the tach a few times. Looked around... nobody around for miles so I tried out drag mode for first time since owning the car (I don't get out much, ha!) and turned off traction control. Brought the revs up and laid a patch down. Hoelee! That was fun! I think drag mode should be called "beast mode". Gotta do that more often. :wink:
 

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Got up and washed it. Therapy for me. Nothing like getting up and wahing the car in peace and quiet.
20200808_094118.jpg
20200808_094054.jpg
20200808_094029.jpg


Then decided it was time to install the jacking rails and do the oil change rhat was supposed to happen the last two weekends. And that's where it all went down hill.

Grabbed the ratchet, found the bolts underneath and got them all broke loose. Took the first one all the way out and the damn bolt got stuck in the socket. Got the BFH and an old screwdriver and beat the bolt out of the socket. Spent the next 7 or 8 minutes digging out a 15 mm. Now I'm ready rock. Wrong. Grab the jacking rail, roll under the car, and set the first bolt. Slide to the back, and it doesn't fit. Son of b!#ch mother trucker damn it! Remove the rail, grab the other rail. Now I'm at the back of the car. Put one bolt in, slide to the front. WTF?! How does this not fit.? I've got the longer rail. It has to fit. Please note, the following expletive rant has been censored for the with sensitive constitutions. Come to find out, there's not one set, BUT two sets of holes on the rear on the driver's side. Well how about that. Isn't that special. Now that I have the proper bolt locations, I get three of the four bolts in. One just won't thread right. It feels like it's cross threading every time I try it. After several attempts, I give up and move to the passenger side. Remove all the bolts and the caulk / sealer whatever. Grab the second rail. Wait, where is the second rail? Spend the next ten minutes looking for the damn thing and bam! There it is. If I had just looled to my right while I was lying on the floor, I would have realized I had already brought that one over. Ugh.

I muat say, the hammertone looks perfect on the magnetic.

The oil change starts out just fine. Although, question. Is it just the 18s and up that have the funky oil drain plug? I've got a typical drail plug bolt. Hmm. Now, where's the damn filter at? For the life of me, I could not locate the oil filter on the car. I'm crawling all around under there and finally spot the tiny ass little bolt that holds the flapper shut. Spend 10 minutes looking at every conceivable size under 5/16" for a 9/32"?! Come on Ford. A phillips head would work just as well. Oil change no. 1 done. Swap out the stang for the F150. Piece of cake. Slide right under. Grab the ratchet. And ugh. Uggghhh. Get the breaker bar. Uuuggghhhh! The damn drain plug must have put in with an air tool. Quick check, and sure enough, I had taken it to Ford for the last oil change. Screw it. It's the company truck. I'm not risking stripping or breaking something. Ford can change the oil.

Clean up the garage. Head up to take care the three Ss. No sooner does my ass hit the toilet "There's a leak in the basement!" Back to the explitive filled rant. Go down and spend the hour and half fixing the leak.

Off to mom's to hook up water line for fridge and install dryer.

Like sands through the hour glass, so are the days of our lives. At least mine anyway.
What is the red trim around your splitter? Looks great!
 

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