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Mr. Doody (Doody)
Intermediate Member
Username: Doody
Post Number: 1125
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 28, 2003 - 6:06 pm: | |
absolutely get a V1. best auto accessory i ever spent money on - that's for sure. i have both f-cars hard-wired for it with remote displays, and i can move it to one of the other cars if it's not an f-day. absolutely invaluable resource.
doody. |
"The Don" (Mlemus)
Advanced Member
Username: Mlemus
Post Number: 4984
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 28, 2003 - 6:03 pm: | |
sounds normal.
Granted it all happened in one week but sounds right
Drive happy |
adrian low (Audionut)
Junior Member
Username: Audionut
Post Number: 91
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 28, 2003 - 6:02 pm: | |
Time for a V1! I feel your pain, and your PASSION! Enjoy in good health. |
P. Thomas (Ferrari_fanatic)
Member
Username: Ferrari_fanatic
Post Number: 302
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 28, 2003 - 4:59 pm: | |
Okay, so it was a pretty bumpy start, but I never ever lost faith in the F-Car experince. My car just had a 30K engine out service by a FNA Dealer.
After a long 4 week arrival the driver from the transportation company calls me and says that he is nearing my home and wanted to coordinate the drop of point. He arrives in his semi and meticilously sets up the ramps, sets out his orange caution cones, and starts to back my car off of the trailer. I look over and he has 1 tire half way off of the ramp. I flag him and tell him if he continues in that direction the car will crash right onto the lower control arms. He stops, puts on the emergency brakes, tachs the car up to about 7 grand and starts slipping the BRAND NEW clutch in an effort to get back up the ramp. I see a small plume of smoke, and it frikking smells like I have been fallowing a semi downhill for an hour with his brakes are on fire.
The very next day I take the car out and ten minutes into it a see a huge plume of smoke behind me. I stop, open the bonnet, and I am pukeing Shell Helix from an oil line right onto my passanger's side cat. One flat bed, and $750 (for the stinkin oil line, Dealer price) the car is up and running again.
The next day I wash my car, and I am out for a drive. I am on the surface street (flowing with traffic) and some young a.. wipe city cop pulls me over. He hassles me and writes me a speeding ticket. Now I have gone a total of 30 miles and my clutch has been smoked by an inept driver, blew an oil line, and have managed to get a ticket. Ooh life is great. Honestly, I was really never bummed, even somewhat amused as I usually do not have this shi..y luck.
OK, now I have driven a total of 600 miles with no mishaps!!! I have opened my car up on long stretches of highway, and tossed it around on some back roads. I have screammed the engine in the first 3 gears and that Tubi, what a sound!!
If anyone happened to have the same crappy luck when they got their F-car I would love to hear.
I would not wish this upon anyone, but if this type of experience ever happens to you, trust me, hang in there....Life is good. Real good. |
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