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Old Jan 7, 2011 | 07:01 AM
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Just buy yourself a cheap pressure washer. Keep your hose in the garage (won't freeze) and spray as often as necessary. It only takes a few minutes to knock the grime off the car. Saves you the hastle of going to a touchless....and you can get the under carriage clean too. Can't go wrong here.

Oh and yeah....Sept is when I will be home. Just gotta survive the constant rocket attacks from the insurgants. GRRR.
...ya I hate that



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Old Jan 7, 2011 | 11:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Appauldd
Oh and yeah....Sept is when I will be home. Just gotta survive the constant rocket attacks from the insurgants. GRRR.
Yourself and my friends are why I'm able to own a wonderful evo sitting in Ohio while I hustle in NYC, we are forever in debt to you guys Paul.

Make sure you come home and pursue your dream for the love of god, if you want to open a shop, please do it.
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Old Jan 7, 2011 | 11:50 AM
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Originally Posted by gizmotoy
I've tried using just a pressure washer, but it's just not the same. Maybe if the car was any other color than white it would be fine, as the pressure washer alone gets off most of the dirt, but I can always tell that it's not quite as white as it should be.

It's the worst on the back where the X has a reputation for spewing out a hard-to-clean grimy mess from the tailpipe.
with all the crap on the road in the winter its not going to be as white as you want it to be. The pressure washer would just do the job of rinsing all the salt and stuff off your car so it doesnt runs or anything.
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Old Jan 7, 2011 | 02:59 PM
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Saw Brad up at TiC today, but he scurried off before I could talk to him.....
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Old Jan 7, 2011 | 03:16 PM
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Originally Posted by AMSevo8man
with all the crap on the road in the winter its not going to be as white as you want it to be. The pressure washer would just do the job of rinsing all the salt and stuff off your car so it doesnt runs or anything.
Not that it matters much, unfortunately. I don't have a faucet in my garage, and have to shut off and drain all the exterior ones for the winter or they freeze and ruin the valves. Power washer is not much of an option in the winter. The first winter I was in this house I managed to ice my steep driveway after a powerwashing to the point even the Evo couldn't get up, and then my faucet exploded in the summer the first time I turned it on . Not the greatest luck washing the car in the winter.

The touchless washes get it nice and white, though. Everything but my side sills look great after that Hurricane Bay trip this week.

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Old Jan 10, 2011 | 02:17 PM
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Yeah that really sucks. Some pretty bad luck. Where are you looking for a car wash??
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Old Jan 10, 2011 | 02:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Fractur3
Saw Brad up at TiC today, but he scurried off before I could talk to him.....
Sorry about that. I was meeting my wife at the Levee and was already late. Then it took me over an hour to get there. Stupid people doing 15-20 mph from TIC to Newport.

Hopefully you'll see me there more often. Ive been patiently waiting to work there but they're get the legistics squared away. I need a job very soon. Anyone know of any part-time evening jobs in the Cinci area?
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Old Jan 11, 2011 | 06:09 AM
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Apply at Jeff Wlyer Ft. Thomas. They're looking for a tech and seeing as how you have all your ASE's they'd give you a job
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Old Jan 11, 2011 | 06:27 AM
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Funny thing is I already did. Dropped off a resume and applied online (because my resume wasnt enough supposedly) and never got a response. I still see "Master techs wanted" advertised from them. Must be they dont want one that bad. Im actually hoping the TIC gig goes through so im looking more for a part-time job. Something at night.
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Old Jan 11, 2011 | 02:03 PM
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Originally Posted by blackevolution8
Funny thing is I already did. Dropped off a resume and applied online (because my resume wasnt enough supposedly) and never got a response. I still see "Master techs wanted" advertised from them. Must be they dont want one that bad. Im actually hoping the TIC gig goes through so im looking more for a part-time job. Something at night.
Call this number 859-441-7800 and ask for Scott Williams. You can tell him you were referred there by Steven Summers. I know we're down a tech there and he is looking to fill the spot
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Old Jan 11, 2011 | 05:07 PM
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Anyone else experience the crazyness of 275 around 9:30 this morning. All I have to say is thank god for AWD.
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Old Jan 11, 2011 | 05:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Burkeyro
Anyone else experience the crazyness of 275 around 9:30 this morning. All I have to say is thank god for AWD.
I was on it about an hour earlier. People were driving at speeds I wouldn't even drive with AWD and snow tires. It was insanity, even at that time. I can't imagine what another hour of heavy snow would have been like.
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Old Jan 11, 2011 | 05:52 PM
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yeah, it was absolutely insane. I had my rear walk on me a couple of times but had the TC off so just corrected and powered through, no biggie, but people were still trying to do like 65 in that crap. I was like "WTF.... did you just not see the Jack-knifed SEMI you just passed?"... wish I didn't have to work today so i could have went and found a parking lot to play in..... oh well next time.
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Old Jan 11, 2011 | 07:29 PM
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I had fun playing in the snow today. Did a few donuts on the bridge going into newport right by Great American (No one was on the bridge but me, dont worry)

About lost my damn mind driving behind some dude going 15-20 for about 20 minutes in a 55. I swear people dont know what to do when there is snow on the ground.
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Old Jan 11, 2011 | 08:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Fractur3
About lost my damn mind driving behind some dude going 15-20 for about 20 minutes in a 55. I swear people dont know what to do when there is snow on the ground.
My continual frustration is this:
For the majority of drivers in the area, it seems they follow two ridiculous rules
1) If there are light flurries that aren't sticking, or if it's simply raining, go 40 in a 65.
2) If it's a blizzard and the roads are actually dangerous, go 80 in a 65. Or 20 in a 65. One or the other. (and make sure you only leave 0.5 to 1 car length between you and that white Evo in front of you)

Arg!

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