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What I thought was going to be a quick prune of an overhanging branch turned into something rather more involved. Instead of extended reach loppers, I had to grab one of the saws. Considering this was my neighbors property, it was only fitting that I use the 028AV Super!
What a lovely saw! It's light enough to be nimble, but has plenty of grunt to cut through rock hard timber. It's also fully ran in over many, many years, so its seems to run sweeter than my MS271 which is still pretty green. I love this thing and I'm so glad my neighbor gave it to me. I spent so much of my youth idolizing this saw, to now be its custodian is very special to me.
Meanwhile, it might seem like a show pony sometimes, but this vehicle is a working girl! Moments later at the tip, a gardener pulled up in his brand new dual-cab Hilux Rouge, you know the one with all the tacky black plastic to make it look tuff, and you guessed it.....................towing a trailer. A completely useless vehicle for this profession. Oh, but maybe he has a family to transport once a month on a Saturday. But you paid $70,000 for it to be completely useless the rest of the time. I don't get it.
Anyway, after a few big jobs last week, lending it to my Dad yesterday, and today's antics, I REALLY wanted to get the workhorse cleaned up. Staring with the tray, after blowing out all of the leaves and twigs, I hit it with Touch-less.
I really wish there was a better solution for tray matting than this stuff with all the holes in it. From what I was told, solid rubber would hold moisture and cause the tray to rust. Normally, I would put a tarp down first, which actually helps remove the contents of the tray much quicker while also collecting all the debris. But I was pressed for time and unprepared. In any case, the Touch-less really helped deep clean the rubber without me actually having to put any effort into the task.
Following that, the tyres got scrubbed with Undressed, then the wheels were cleaned with Incredible Suds, followed by the rest of the vehicle. Drying aid was Shine Supply Punch It, the tray and door jambs with Gyeon Ceramic Detailer. Why so two similar products? I'm trying to use up some odds and ends, these two being next in line. The interior was filthy, the floor mats needed scrubbing with McKee's, the rest wiped down with ADS Pilot, followed by a generous spritz of Angelwax Bliss. The wheels got wiped down with Amplify, the tyres dressed with the lovely Swissvax Pneu. Finally, the glass was cleaned via Gyeon Q2M Glass.
A clean workhorse, sanity restored!
What a lovely saw! It's light enough to be nimble, but has plenty of grunt to cut through rock hard timber. It's also fully ran in over many, many years, so its seems to run sweeter than my MS271 which is still pretty green. I love this thing and I'm so glad my neighbor gave it to me. I spent so much of my youth idolizing this saw, to now be its custodian is very special to me.
Meanwhile, it might seem like a show pony sometimes, but this vehicle is a working girl! Moments later at the tip, a gardener pulled up in his brand new dual-cab Hilux Rouge, you know the one with all the tacky black plastic to make it look tuff, and you guessed it.....................towing a trailer. A completely useless vehicle for this profession. Oh, but maybe he has a family to transport once a month on a Saturday. But you paid $70,000 for it to be completely useless the rest of the time. I don't get it.
Anyway, after a few big jobs last week, lending it to my Dad yesterday, and today's antics, I REALLY wanted to get the workhorse cleaned up. Staring with the tray, after blowing out all of the leaves and twigs, I hit it with Touch-less.
I really wish there was a better solution for tray matting than this stuff with all the holes in it. From what I was told, solid rubber would hold moisture and cause the tray to rust. Normally, I would put a tarp down first, which actually helps remove the contents of the tray much quicker while also collecting all the debris. But I was pressed for time and unprepared. In any case, the Touch-less really helped deep clean the rubber without me actually having to put any effort into the task.
Following that, the tyres got scrubbed with Undressed, then the wheels were cleaned with Incredible Suds, followed by the rest of the vehicle. Drying aid was Shine Supply Punch It, the tray and door jambs with Gyeon Ceramic Detailer. Why so two similar products? I'm trying to use up some odds and ends, these two being next in line. The interior was filthy, the floor mats needed scrubbing with McKee's, the rest wiped down with ADS Pilot, followed by a generous spritz of Angelwax Bliss. The wheels got wiped down with Amplify, the tyres dressed with the lovely Swissvax Pneu. Finally, the glass was cleaned via Gyeon Q2M Glass.
A clean workhorse, sanity restored!
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Back to garage washing now that it's warming up.
Carpro Reset was on the car today, both wheels and paint, Amplify the drying aid, OG TD on the tyres. With the car still outgassing, the interior glass needed another clean today to remove the film that tends to build up.
Driving the car yesterday, the engine is certainly starting to free up a little. It also sounds so good as I start to further extend the rev range. At the moment, I think I will leave the exhaust alone, in Track mode its more than loud enough. If I did change something, removal of the central resonator would help balance some of the volume, at the moment it's all from the rear. That's something I enjoyed about the Borla I had on the old car, the noise was evenly distributed from the engine to the tail pipes. But, as I said, the S650 is noisy enough as it is.
Carpro Reset was on the car today, both wheels and paint, Amplify the drying aid, OG TD on the tyres. With the car still outgassing, the interior glass needed another clean today to remove the film that tends to build up.
Driving the car yesterday, the engine is certainly starting to free up a little. It also sounds so good as I start to further extend the rev range. At the moment, I think I will leave the exhaust alone, in Track mode its more than loud enough. If I did change something, removal of the central resonator would help balance some of the volume, at the moment it's all from the rear. That's something I enjoyed about the Borla I had on the old car, the noise was evenly distributed from the engine to the tail pipes. But, as I said, the S650 is noisy enough as it is.
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Took the Mustang out for a decent run this morning. The car sits very nicely on the road at 100 kph, the lack of road noise quite pleasing.
I will say though, Ford need to address the "Keep Hands on Steering Wheel" warning. It activates in a very unpredictable manner, with or without hands on the steering wheel. If you actually had one hand off the wheel, then respond to the warning by repositioning your hands, it keeps on going for far too long. I also hate how it mutes the audio, which is annoying when listening to a podcast or have your favorite song pumping.
This is supposed to be a driver assistance feature to address inattentiveness and distraction. The irony is, the warning itself is extremely distracting. This is a case of a technical feature being implemented to account for the lowest common denominator. The same applies to autonomous braking, lane keep, radar cruise control, blind-spot indicators........................useless stuff on what is supposed to be a drivers car.
I will say though, Ford need to address the "Keep Hands on Steering Wheel" warning. It activates in a very unpredictable manner, with or without hands on the steering wheel. If you actually had one hand off the wheel, then respond to the warning by repositioning your hands, it keeps on going for far too long. I also hate how it mutes the audio, which is annoying when listening to a podcast or have your favorite song pumping.
This is supposed to be a driver assistance feature to address inattentiveness and distraction. The irony is, the warning itself is extremely distracting. This is a case of a technical feature being implemented to account for the lowest common denominator. The same applies to autonomous braking, lane keep, radar cruise control, blind-spot indicators........................useless stuff on what is supposed to be a drivers car.
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I remember reading about the new "audio interruptus" penalty a while back. That's going to be very annoying. I saw a video of someone testing one of those attention tracking safety features, they faked falling asleep at the wheel, they were also using smart cruise control and lane keeping, after about 10 or 20 seconds it slowed the vehicle to a stop, but in the middle of the road, so it will stop you crashing into a tree on the side of the road, but it won't stop the semitrailer running into the back of you at highway speeds.Took the Mustang out for a decent run this morning. The car sits very nicely on the road at 100 kph, the lack of road noise quite pleasing.
I will say though, Ford need to address the "Keep Hands on Steering Wheel" warning. It activates in a very unpredictable manner, with or without hands on the steering wheel. If you actually had one hand off the wheel, then respond to the warning by repositioning your hands, it keeps on going for far too long. I also hate how it mutes the audio, which is annoying when listening to a podcast or have your favorite song pumping.
This is supposed to be a driver assistance feature to address inattentiveness and distraction. The irony is, the warning itself is extremely distracting. This is a case of a technical feature being implemented to account for the lowest common denominator. The same applies to autonomous braking, lane keep, radar cruise control, blind-spot indicators........................useless stuff on what is supposed to be a drivers car.
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Another day, another drive to nowhere in particular.....................
I'm so glad I put the money into the brakes on this car. While they don't have that nice firm pedal feel offered by the Brembo's on the XR8 and Mustang, they now feel much smoother under foot, have nice modulation and much stouter when subjected to repeated heavy braking. It's hard to know where this all comes from, the larger performance orientated rotors, the high-performance pads, the braided stainless lines.................or incremental gains by all three.
When I had these parts installed by a mechanic, he told me that it wouldn't necessarily improve the braking performance, that I would have to change the booster or master cylinder to feel a difference. Which to me is nonsense because Ford used the same master cylinder and booster across all Falcon's, with or without Brembo's. Why would Ford have bothered to offer the 322mm front setup if it didn't deliver an improvement, or the Brembo's systems?
I think in this case, on this car, the lager rotors help dissipate heat better, with the DBA T3 rotor design offering superior cooling channels compared to the OEM stuff. The pads offer more bite, the lines more resilience to expansion. I can feel these differences. So, I don't know what the guy was on about.
I'm so glad I put the money into the brakes on this car. While they don't have that nice firm pedal feel offered by the Brembo's on the XR8 and Mustang, they now feel much smoother under foot, have nice modulation and much stouter when subjected to repeated heavy braking. It's hard to know where this all comes from, the larger performance orientated rotors, the high-performance pads, the braided stainless lines.................or incremental gains by all three.
When I had these parts installed by a mechanic, he told me that it wouldn't necessarily improve the braking performance, that I would have to change the booster or master cylinder to feel a difference. Which to me is nonsense because Ford used the same master cylinder and booster across all Falcon's, with or without Brembo's. Why would Ford have bothered to offer the 322mm front setup if it didn't deliver an improvement, or the Brembo's systems?
I think in this case, on this car, the lager rotors help dissipate heat better, with the DBA T3 rotor design offering superior cooling channels compared to the OEM stuff. The pads offer more bite, the lines more resilience to expansion. I can feel these differences. So, I don't know what the guy was on about.
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Ok, so after complaining about the stupid steering wheel warning, I got a couple of replies on Mustang7g suggesting this issue is easily bypassed.
As mentioned earlier, the triggering of the warning is random and spasmodic, it will even activate with both hands firmly on wheel. And once the warning is activated, it hangs around for far too long, audio muted for the whole time. Very annoying.
The second suggestion I found didn't stop it once activated, so still an annoyance. So, I went ahead and deactivated the Lane Assist system via the steering wheel control button.
Turning off the Lane Assist requires the button to be pressed twice, once to initiate deactivation, then a second press to confirm. I would assume this is to prevent accidental deactivation.
From here, the steering wheel warning won't chime in, and the Lane Assist light will turn from green to yellow. The catch? You need to do this after every re-start. I find it ironic that these safety features are supposed to keep you alert and focused on driving, but in fact they need to be turned off to not be a distraction.
So now on every start, I press the Drive Move to Custom (normal dampers/throttle/gearbox, track exhaust, comfort steering and crucially, deactivation of the auto-stop-start), then a double tap of the Lane Assist button. Happy days.
As mentioned earlier, the triggering of the warning is random and spasmodic, it will even activate with both hands firmly on wheel. And once the warning is activated, it hangs around for far too long, audio muted for the whole time. Very annoying.
The second suggestion I found didn't stop it once activated, so still an annoyance. So, I went ahead and deactivated the Lane Assist system via the steering wheel control button.
Turning off the Lane Assist requires the button to be pressed twice, once to initiate deactivation, then a second press to confirm. I would assume this is to prevent accidental deactivation.
From here, the steering wheel warning won't chime in, and the Lane Assist light will turn from green to yellow. The catch? You need to do this after every re-start. I find it ironic that these safety features are supposed to keep you alert and focused on driving, but in fact they need to be turned off to not be a distraction.
So now on every start, I press the Drive Move to Custom (normal dampers/throttle/gearbox, track exhaust, comfort steering and crucially, deactivation of the auto-stop-start), then a double tap of the Lane Assist button. Happy days.
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Touched base with my salesman today, apparently my old Mustang was wholesaled to a company in Melbourne. I was hoping it would have stayed local, but after a quick Carsales search, I found the car in Queensland.
I know its mine because of the stainless-steel dead pedal, the coolant tank cover and the Borla exhaust. The asking price is actually $5000 more than I paid for it brand new 8-years ago.
It breaks my heart to see that it's still on the market, the car is too good to sit on a lot unwanted, unloved. I should have found a way to keep it myself. I actually wish I hadn't looked for it, as the saying goes, what you don't know can't hurt you. I know it sounds crazy, but why do I get so sentimental about inanimate objects?
I know its mine because of the stainless-steel dead pedal, the coolant tank cover and the Borla exhaust. The asking price is actually $5000 more than I paid for it brand new 8-years ago.
It breaks my heart to see that it's still on the market, the car is too good to sit on a lot unwanted, unloved. I should have found a way to keep it myself. I actually wish I hadn't looked for it, as the saying goes, what you don't know can't hurt you. I know it sounds crazy, but why do I get so sentimental about inanimate objects?
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I know the feeling. I see my old 2012 Silverado from time to time. That was the first brand new truck I ever bought. It now has a cap on it with racks and serves as a work truck. I’d love to see it up close and stopped, but we are usually going the opposite direction. Looks to be solid still! I should’ve kept that one.
Edit- I had a dream about a month ago that I had stored the truck this whole time and started driving it again.
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So it's not just me then, I've also had dreams where I've still got some of my old cars, and I have to decide which one I want to drive. It usually revolves around this car, my ex highway patrol pursuit car, I think it's because it's the one I miss the most. It wasn't particularly fast, but the 5.0 V8 sounded fantastic. I almost spun this thing while driving on a straight road once.
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That photo reminds me of when I used to watch Blue Heelers. Over the 12-years it was on the air, they had contracts with Ford and Holden to supply vehicles for filming. Some seasons it was Holden, some would use Ford. The earlier episodes had one of the characters in a VP Commodore patrol car.
In the early 2000's, they were using Ford's, my favorite being the AU III XR6 VCT they had, I used to watch the show to see the cars!
The final seasons, clearly Holden were offering more money as they were running with VY and VZ Commodore's and the odd Rodeo as well.
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That photo reminds me of when I used to watch Blue Heelers. Over the 12-years it was on the air, they had contracts with Ford and Holden to supply vehicles for filming. Some seasons it was Holden, some would use Ford. The earlier episodes had one of the characters in a VP Commodore patrol car.
In the early 2000's, they were using Ford's, my favorite being the AU III XR6 VCT they had, I used to watch the show to see the cars!
The final seasons, clearly Holden were offering more money as they were running with VY and VZ Commodore's and the odd Rodeo as well.
Blue Heelers is available to stream online, I'm not sure where, but I might watch a few episodes to check out the cars. I used to watch the Rockford Files to see some of the classic old cars.
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The show was based in a fictional town called Mt. Tomas, based in a country Victorian town. The joke was, Mt. Tomas was the most crime laden town in Australia, owing to the weekly episodes that would entail various crime activities. Couldn't be any worse than the seediness that goes on my town these days.