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Posted: **Tue Jul 06, 2021 5:19 pm**

Apex wrote: ↑Tue Jul 06, 2021 4:56 pm
D Griff wrote: ↑Tue Jul 06, 2021 4:55 pm Still though, dremeling up the body of your car is a really fucking bad reaction to the

Like... have a beer or something and get back at it tomorrow
Spoken like someone who’s never sawzall’d a car into thirds and dumped them in construction site dumpsters…

Lol a few months ago I put pieces of Miata motors in my trash because I couldn't give them away, and it wasn't worth the effort or cash to drop them off at the metal scrap place. So one week I put the head, week later it was several intake manifolds. Then finally a block and oilpan sandwiched between a bunch trash bags full of other stuff. I nearly lost sleep debating if I should go and take it out, but nope.... 6am I heard the trash truck's brakes in front of my house. I stuck my head over my headboard like it was christmas morning and watched that robotic arm man handle that trash bin like it was a roll of toilet paper. No sound, no nothing. I was afraid it would drop it in an empty container and *BOOOOOOOM* that bitch.
Then it was back to bed.

Posted: **Tue Jul 06, 2021 7:26 pm**

Acid666 wrote: ↑Tue Jul 06, 2021 5:19 pm
Apex wrote: ↑Tue Jul 06, 2021 4:56 pm

Spoken like someone who’s never sawzall’d a car into thirds and dumped them in construction site dumpsters…

Lol a few months ago I put pieces of Miata motors in my trash because I couldn't give them away, and it wasn't worth the effort or cash to drop them off at the metal scrap place. So one week I put the head, week later it was several intake manifolds. Then finally a block and oilpan sandwiched between a bunch trash bags full of other stuff. I nearly lost sleep debating if I should go and take it out, but nope.... 6am I heard the trash truck's brakes in front of my house. I stuck my head over my headboard like it was christmas morning and watched that robotic arm man handle that trash bin like it was a roll of toilet paper. No sound, no nothing. I was afraid it would drop it in an empty container and *BOOOOOOOM* that bitch.
Then it was back to bed.

Posted: **Thu Jul 08, 2021 8:32 am**

The last three days I've gotten a text or call from the Corvette service advisor saying "got this warning, your car does this while this, this didn't do what it's supposed to" etc etc and I had an answer for everything. Either he hasn't driven many C5s or mine is just a POS

Posted: **Thu Jul 08, 2021 9:17 am**

CaleDeRoo wrote: ↑Thu Jul 08, 2021 8:32 am The last three days I've gotten a text or call from the Corvette service advisor saying "got this warning, your car does this while this, this didn't do what it's supposed to" etc etc and I had an answer for everything. Either he hasn't driven many C5s or mine is just a POS

What warnings?
I get the low washer fluid warning each startup but it's because I keep the bottle empty due to it turning on and emptying the entire contents at the worst times like when I'm in the middle of an autocross run.

Posted: **Thu Jul 08, 2021 9:24 am**

CaleDeRoo wrote: ↑Thu Jul 08, 2021 8:32 am The last three days I've gotten a text or call from the Corvette service advisor saying "got this warning, your car does this while this, this didn't do what it's supposed to" etc etc and I had an answer for everything. Either he hasn't driven many C5s or mine is just a POS

Many C5s ARE POSs at this point. Older cars are even worse.

Posted: **Thu Jul 08, 2021 10:20 am**

Acid666 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 08, 2021 9:17 am
CaleDeRoo wrote: ↑Thu Jul 08, 2021 8:32 am The last three days I've gotten a text or call from the Corvette service advisor saying "got this warning, your car does this while this, this didn't do what it's supposed to" etc etc and I had an answer for everything. Either he hasn't driven many C5s or mine is just a POS
What warnings?
I get the low washer fluid warning each startup but it's because I keep the bottle empty due to it turning on and emptying the entire contents at the worst times like when I'm in the middle of an autocross run.

Charge system warning, service warning for God knows what, seat rail slop, Chinese HIDs not going down unless in high beams etc etc

I just hope I have time to fix the bluetooth before the 10hr drive Monday

Posted: **Thu Jul 08, 2021 10:22 am**

Also is there a break in procedure for an OEM clutch? Other than just not dumping the bitch or flat foot shifting etc

Posted: **Thu Jul 08, 2021 10:31 am**

CaleDeRoo wrote: ↑Thu Jul 08, 2021 10:22 am Also is there a break in procedure for an OEM clutch? Other than just not dumping the bitch or flat foot shifting etc

Just don't hammer on it for the first 1k miles. Best is ~500 miles of easy stop and go or city type driving to start.

Posted: **Thu Jul 08, 2021 10:31 am**

CaleDeRoo wrote: ↑Thu Jul 08, 2021 10:22 am Also is there a break in procedure for an OEM clutch? Other than just not dumping the bitch or flat foot shifting etc

I've always just daily driven it pretty chilled for about 500 miles. Lots of engagements and disengagements with regular traffic, but nothing that gets it too hot. You want it to bed in but not heat up and glaze it so it doesn't bite. Long trip really isn't the best way to do it, you really would normally prefer stop and go traffic. Definitely don't push it hard for a while

Posted: **Thu Jul 08, 2021 11:35 am**

Well it's gonna go on a 700mi trip so I guess I'm just gonna send it

Posted: **Thu Jul 08, 2021 11:44 am**

You can run it up to redline. Just don't drag race it for a few hundred miles.

Posted: **Fri Jul 09, 2021 9:08 am**

CaleDeRoo wrote: ↑Thu Jul 08, 2021 11:35 am Well it's gonna go on a 700mi trip so I guess I'm just gonna send it

Take back roads where you can.

Posted: **Fri Jul 09, 2021 9:33 am**

Huckleberry wrote: ↑Thu Jul 08, 2021 11:44 am You can run it up to redline. Just don't drag race it for a few hundred miles.

700 miles on a fresh clutch?
Totaled.

Lol just kidding. I think you'll be ok. Just be sure to get those engagements and disengagements going for a good few hundred miles when you get home. You really want that thing to bed in evenly and not get hot spots and glaze over to not bite down

Posted: **Fri Jul 09, 2021 9:47 am**

Just drive the thing like a semi-normal person. Highway miles won't hurt it, they just won't really help break it in much either.

Posted: **Fri Jul 09, 2021 10:00 am**

troyguitar wrote: ↑Fri Jul 09, 2021 9:47 am Just drive the thing like a semi-normal person. Highway miles won't hurt it, they just won't really help break it in much either.

Posted: **Fri Jul 09, 2021 12:32 pm**

Detroit wrote: ↑Fri Jul 09, 2021 9:08 am
CaleDeRoo wrote: ↑Thu Jul 08, 2021 11:35 am Well it's gonna go on a 700mi trip so I guess I'm just gonna send it
Take back roads where you can.

Unfortunately I just don't have time for that. Luckily the service advisor has been driving it all week

Posted: **Fri Jul 09, 2021 12:34 pm**

CaleDeRoo wrote: ↑Fri Jul 09, 2021 12:32 pm
Detroit wrote: ↑Fri Jul 09, 2021 9:08 am
Take back roads where you can.
Unfortunately I just don't have time for that. Luckily the service advisor has been driving it all week

You'll be fine.

Posted: **Fri Jul 09, 2021 7:19 pm**

Total damage is $4290

Posted: **Fri Jul 09, 2021 7:52 pm**

CaleDeRoo wrote: ↑Fri Jul 09, 2021 7:19 pm Total damage is $4290

Gotta Pay to Play.

Posted: **Fri Jul 09, 2021 8:38 pm**

Desertbreh wrote: ↑Fri Jul 09, 2021 7:52 pm
CaleDeRoo wrote: ↑Fri Jul 09, 2021 7:19 pm Total damage is $4290
Gotta Pay to Play.

That's gonna cover the sign on bonus for my AMEX Platinum :doe:

Posted: **Sat Jul 10, 2021 10:48 am**

CaleDeRoo wrote: ↑Fri Jul 09, 2021 8:38 pm
Desertbreh wrote: ↑Fri Jul 09, 2021 7:52 pm

Gotta Pay to Play.
That's gonna cover the sign on bonus for my AMEX Platinum

I have found the premium on that card to be worth it all day long in Non Covid Times.

Posted: **Sat Jul 10, 2021 1:39 pm**

Desertbreh wrote: ↑Sat Jul 10, 2021 10:48 am
CaleDeRoo wrote: ↑Fri Jul 09, 2021 8:38 pm

That's gonna cover the sign on bonus for my AMEX Platinum
I have found the premium on that card to be worth it all day long in Non Covid Times.

I don't travel a ton, but when I do I like to make it as nice/smooth as possible for myself so I don't really mind the fee.

Posted: **Sat Jul 10, 2021 2:14 pm**

CaleDeRoo wrote: ↑Sat Jul 10, 2021 1:39 pm
Desertbreh wrote: ↑Sat Jul 10, 2021 10:48 am

I have found the premium on that card to be worth it all day long in Non Covid Times.
I don't travel a ton, but when I do I like to make it as nice/smooth as possible for myself so I don't really mind the fee.

Layovers in airport lounges pay that fee back in a hurry. Plus the free baggage credit on a given airline, plus $15/month in Uber, plus, plus plus plus.

Posted: **Sat Jul 10, 2021 7:41 pm**

Well I couldn't figure out what was wrong with the BT so I hope it just works during the trip.

Posted: **Sat Jul 10, 2021 11:16 pm**

Corvette looks bad ass man.

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