What have you done to your P5 today?

[kura808]

try look for a ractive header. i think i saw a few in the for sale threads somewhere. i heard those headers are pretty good except that they dont make them anymore though.

searched and searched some more for a header...damn...

 

[magnumP5]

She got headlamps, but is still currently waiting for a primary fan. I miss her!!!

 

[MyZmZm]

Welcome to America. Now in the good ole U S of A we use miles for measurment instead of kilometers.



LOL hahahaha

I had to be the first to tease ya.

haha, yes i know. and it's really not that difficult for me to work with miles vs. kms (eg, i always calculate my consumption in mpg; i canNOT understand litres/100 km). what's going to be tough is farenheit and gallons. i know my celsius temps, so i made myself a 'cheat sheet' of every 5 degrees from 5C through to 40C and the equivalent in farenheit. what's also going to be hard initially is filling up, i know approx. how many litres when my gauge is at a certain point so to figure out how many gallons is going to be interesting. btw, empty, how many gallons is our gas tank? what about at 3/4, 1/2, and 1/4?

and sorry to take a little of the fun out of your post, but i have been teased PLENTY by you yanks already. my trip to chicago last may was full of jokes. i took it all in stride though.

 

[MyZmZm]

don't worry - by moving to Kansas you're not becoming a yankee, you're becoming a midwesterner! (confused)

hey, question...do you have to do anything to bring your car to the US? any sort of modifications? I'm thinking about possibly moving up to Montreal in a few years and am wondering if I'll be able to bring my car...

first off, i have to second ekhart's question: why?

secondly, importing a car into canada is MUCH different than into the US. if you go to www.riv.ca (i believe; it's the Registrar of Imported Vehicles), it will give you a listing of vehicles that are allowed to be imported. after that, you'd have to contact transport canada and the transportation department of the province (in this case, Quebec) that you would be moving to to find out what sort of modifications would have to be done in order to make it legal in canada. for example, you HAVE to have daytime running lights (drl's), and if you don't have one already, a block heater would be highly recommended. any modifications are at your expense and MUST be done within 45 days of importing the car, iirc. you might have to pay gst (federal sales tax) and possibly duty on your car when you import it too.

because i'm moving to kansas (no emissions testing, yay!), i don't have to do anything physically to my car. and because i'm coming into the US on the K1 visa (ie, fiance visa) and importing the car permanently, i'm supposed to be able to bring in one vehicle duty free. i'll find out for sure once i'm at the border tomorrow. then i have to have it inspected and registered in KS and i'm done. easy-peasy.

 

[MyZmZm]

oh, i should let everyone know... if anyone's looking for a true jdm fd rx7 (early to mid 90's i'm guessing) there are 3 for sale in Winkler right now. that's right, a small city of maybe 30k has 3 right-hand drive, twin turbo rx7's at one of the local garages. one i know has some extensive modifications done to it; there are several gauges in the car, it has bride seats, etc. i NEVER would have thought to see one rx7 here, let alone 3. shop is called The Garage if anyone wants to look into things.

oh forgot to mention: on saturday when we were driving to my uncle and aunt's in saskatchewan, we were passed by a ford gt. middle of nowhere saskatchewan... never would have thunk that.

 

[CTt3P5]

The Curse Almost Got Me!!

So this morning I am driving into work doing 65 in the middle lane when a Tundra pulling a trailer changes into my lane (from the slow lane doing 60). This pisses me off first as there was no need for him to change...anyway....I hear this clicking and see one of his tie-down straps is loose and is bouncing off of the pavement. So as I start to back off the damn thing comes loose and I see it coming towards me. Nothing I could do but hold on..it skipped a few times and I must have run over the belt because I incurred no damage to my tire/bumper.

Hopefully this will be the last that any of us encounter this unmentionable word.

 

[magnumP5]

we need to start a thread with all those affected by the curse

 

[amsgator]

btw, empty, how many gallons is our gas tank? what about at 3/4, 1/2, and 1/4?

it's like 14.1 full i think. and the quarter marks...you never know. mine was 1/4 full and 20 min later it was on the E. the meter isnt very accurate.

 

[magnumP5]

...btw, empty, how many gallons is our gas tank?...

You have pretty much exactly 2 gal left when the light comes on - that's all you need to know.

 

[Salmon_Rob]

i think 14.5 is the full volume of the tank

 

[altspace]

updated my sig with the new stuff

Running out of room in your sig. Need more stuff.

 

[altspace]

"The Garage", now there's a highly recognizable name.

 

[CTt3P5]

we need to start a thread with all those affected by the curse

Maybe some kind of support group? I thought for sure I was going to lose a fog/headlight or get a flat this morning.

 

[whitemp5seattle]

first off, i have to second ekhart's question: why?

secondly, importing a car into canada is MUCH different than into the US. if you go to www.riv.ca (i believe; it's the Registrar of Imported Vehicles), it will give you a listing of vehicles that are allowed to be imported. after that, you'd have to contact transport canada and the transportation department of the province (in this case, Quebec) that you would be moving to to find out what sort of modifications would have to be done in order to make it legal in canada. for example, you HAVE to have daytime running lights (drl's), and if you don't have one already, a block heater would be highly recommended. any modifications are at your expense and MUST be done within 45 days of importing the car, iirc. you might have to pay gst (federal sales tax) and possibly duty on your car when you import it too.

because i'm moving to kansas (no emissions testing, yay!), i don't have to do anything physically to my car. and because i'm coming into the US on the K1 visa (ie, fiance visa) and importing the car permanently, i'm supposed to be able to bring in one vehicle duty free. i'll find out for sure once i'm at the border tomorrow. then i have to have it inspected and registered in KS and i'm done. easy-peasy.

thanks for the info...I'll look into that...might have to do it in a few years...

Montreal's a cool city! Plus that's where my significant other lives, so I'd probably move up there for a little bit before moving back to Seattle after I'm done with this job I think... is there something bad I should know about Montreal?

 

[whitemp5seattle]

I just noticed a small bubble on the sidewall of my driver's side front tire...that's a bad thing, right?

 

[neit_jnf]

I sold mine sunday but still have it until all paperwork clears

 

[Worbit]

I just noticed a small bubble on the sidewall of my driver's side front tire...that's a bad thing, right?

haha, yah....i would say thats a very bad thing.


well, today i took off my CF hood and put the OEM hood back on. One step closer to going back to stock!

 

[THE Phen]

I just noticed a small bubble on the sidewall of my driver's side front tire...that's a bad thing, right?

I drove about 10k miles with a bubble on my one tire. Several people on here got to see it at Carlisle. I definitely shouldn't have been driving on it. I don't recommend you doing it...

 

[pnfnj]

new rims, tires, rotors, pads, and painted the calipers

 

[Hy8us]

why is your hood painted black?