The Post a Picture of Your Ride as it Sits Thread

Pre-thunderstorm wash before work
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Big Dave said:
Going through some old photos, taken with actual film, I found these blasts from the past. Both are ex-police vehicles, I guess I had a thing for them. The blue is a 91 Commodore with the 3.8 V6, it was probably a detectives car. The paint was horrible, it was oxidising as I looked at it. The white was a 95 Commodore, 5.0 V8, and it was a highway patrol vehicle. View attachment 139074View attachment 139075View attachment 139076

No plastic engine covers back then.
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Car park pic in the fog is that in Hobart Tasmania?
 
Big Dave said:
Bingo, well spotted, the first two pics of the VR were taken on Mt Wellington, but on different trips, I'd changed plates and added spotties for the second trip.
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Last time i was up Mt Wellington or whatever the Aboriginals have re named it, was summer time and snowing. Beautiful view of the city.
 
This is a 1963 Datsun Bluebird, my grandfather drove one of these in the early 70s, same colour too. It's the first car I remember being driven around in, apparently I always told him to go faster. My strongest memories are of how bouncy the seats were, no child seats back then, and the sign on the door saying windows must be wound up above 100MPH, I don't know if it could actually go that fast, they only made 60hp. Later I bought a Bluebird as my first car. This particular one is in Arizona, but was an Australian delivered car.

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Meanwhile back in Thornton, birds are using the FJ for shelter from the rain.

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Last full day with the OEM Michelin Pilot Sport 4s on the car, almost 3 full seasons (KN tires on the KN rims back in 2023)
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No matter what, unless it's actually raining, it goes through the touch-free wash every morning (or after work) and as you can see in the first pic weather was coming and it did rain about 30 mins later

I did treat my leather bits before going into work though. I've got a co-worker who just put a newer leather steering wheel on his Challenger "Shaker" edition and he scratched it, so I'm going to try and make it better
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Klasse Act said:
I'm sure that drive felt great Deyon

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Bloody oath it did!

I also took it out this afternoon with absolutely nowhere to go in mind. I found a nice curvy road, selected track mode, gearbox in manual, windows down to hear the track exhaust mode echo off the trees. Absolute bliss!
 
Gotta vent to my fellow Geeks

As alot of you know I'm outside 24/7 365, plus near those pine trees that spray sap from late spring thru a good portion of summer but there's always been another problem...walnut tree

I already had 3 dings that needed to get fixed but after a storm blew through yesterday, 2 of them actually, I've now got THIRTEEN dings & dents, almost all on the roof, 3 of them are larger, a couple medium and some smaller

I can't even look at the car right now, yeah a good PDR guy can get them out, I hope, but it's just not the same car at this point, I don't even care if its clean right now honestly. I washed it this morning, full pre-wash and 2BM and upon drying the car is when they reared their head but it wasn't until I showed my g/f who thought I was "overblowing" it (that didn't help) that I got the final count

I'm very dejected right now because of our stupid F'n laws here about overnight, street parking, you can't do it...no reason either, so what the fukc do I do?! We're trying to move right now too, that's another story but plays into this as well. Sure, 1st world problems but that's where I live...I'm hurting guys🫨

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Sorry to hear that! If you’re moving, I’d probably wait to get that remedied. I understand how and why you’d feel that way about it.


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Klasse Act said:
Gotta vent to my fellow Geeks

As alot of you know I'm outside 24/7 365, plus near those pine trees that spray sap from late spring thru a good portion of summer but there's always been another problem...walnut tree

I already had 3 dings that needed to get fixed but after a storm blew through yesterday, 2 of them actually, I've now got THIRTEEN dings & dents, almost all on the roof, 3 of them are larger, a couple medium and some smaller

I can't even look at the car right now, yeah a good PDR guy can get them out, I hope, but it's just not the same car at this point, I don't even care if its clean right now honestly. I washed it this morning, full pre-wash and 2BM and upon drying the car is when they reared their head but it wasn't until I showed my g/f who thought I was "overblowing" it (that didn't help) that I got the final count

I'm very dejected right now because of our stupid F'n laws here about overnight, street parking, you can't do it...no reason either, so what the fukc do I do?! We're trying to move right now too, that's another story but plays into this as well. Sure, 1st world problems but that's where I live...I'm hurting guys🫨

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I know exactly how you feel. My car sits outside 24/7 and is a daily driver as well. At my old job I was commuting around 150 miles per day (did that for 9 months) and the front bumper and hood absolutely got hammered with rock chips. I decided to just live with it since the car was never perfect to begin with when I purchased it.

Also, I was sideswiped recently and had to go back and forth with the body shop about dirt nibs and some other things they left behind when making repairs. It is definitely not the same as before, but I still do my best to keep it looking nice because that is just who I am as a person and I am sure you are the same way as well.

I never posted the pics of the damage because it just pissed me off to look at it but maybe it will help you feel better.

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SNP209 said:
I know exactly how you feel. My car sits outside 24/7 and is a daily driver as well. At my old job I was commuting around 150 miles per day (did that for 9 months) and the front bumper and hood absolutely got hammered with rock chips. I decided to just live with it since the car was never perfect to begin with when I purchased it.

Also, I was sideswiped recently and had to go back and forth with the body shop about dirt nibs and some other things they left behind when making repairs. It is definitely not the same as before, but I still do my best to keep it looking nice because that is just who I am as a person and I am sure you are the same way as well.

I never posted the pics of the damage because it just pissed me off to look at it but maybe it will help you feel better.

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I'm truely sorry to see and hear about THAT! You are a true enthusiast here on our small but tight knit group and we LOVE your car for what it is, how its .added and ofcoarse how clean it always is🫡

I would be inconsolable if that happened to me



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Klasse Act said:
Gotta vent to my fellow Geeks

As alot of you know I'm outside 24/7 365, plus near those pine trees that spray sap from late spring thru a good portion of summer but there's always been another problem...walnut tree

I already had 3 dings that needed to get fixed but after a storm blew through yesterday, 2 of them actually, I've now got THIRTEEN dings & dents, almost all on the roof, 3 of them are larger, a couple medium and some smaller

I can't even look at the car right now, yeah a good PDR guy can get them out, I hope, but it's just not the same car at this point, I don't even care if its clean right now honestly. I washed it this morning, full pre-wash and 2BM and upon drying the car is when they reared their head but it wasn't until I showed my g/f who thought I was "overblowing" it (that didn't help) that I got the final count

I'm very dejected right now because of our stupid F'n laws here about overnight, street parking, you can't do it...no reason either, so what the fukc do I do?! We're trying to move right now too, that's another story but plays into this as well. Sure, 1st world problems but that's where I live...I'm hurting guys🫨

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I understand how you feel, You feel like you want to dissown the car, start fresh ... Why is this happening to me etc, BUT with time it will pass.
 
Setec Astronomy said:
Sorry Gents, we know this hurts us in ways other people just don't understand. As others have said, the pain does get less as time goes on, even if it never entirely goes away.
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I've still got the hail damage on the roof of the FJ from 18 months ago, I used to see it every time I washed it, now I don't even notice it. But the fact that part of the issue here is stupid laws that prevent Roger from parking in a less risky area just increases the frustration level.
 
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