Calgary - random talk thread
That tattoo is amazing.
The balt looks the same. But the lip has been painted and just needs to be picked up and put on. Now I can really drop it since I don't have to raise it I'm winter. And I can ditch the roof rack that most of you hate hahahah
The balt looks the same. But the lip has been painted and just needs to be picked up and put on. Now I can really drop it since I don't have to raise it I'm winter. And I can ditch the roof rack that most of you hate hahahah
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well she says thx..... and glad to hear that the balt is coming back together.....
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on a side note how is the calgary crew doing?
Bought a new vehicle today. Cobalt is getting to the point where it's too much work to make it winter friendly. So now it can be parked for winter and not get destroyed by the numerous trips I make to the mountains. 
I'll have pics up in a week or so but it's a 2008 jeep grand Cherokee diesel. Pretty pumped to pay 1.11 for gas instead of the 1.35 that I'm used to lol
I'll have pics up in a week or so but it's a 2008 jeep grand Cherokee diesel. Pretty pumped to pay 1.11 for gas instead of the 1.35 that I'm used to lol
IIRC you've been talking about getting one for well over a year ~ I'm sure you're stoked!
I'd love to see maiden one day ~ but I found out about it short notice, and couldn't get the money together in time.... that's the downside to not being media savvy.
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At least you made it out to Castrol!
~ which reminds me, are you going to add any more pictures soon?
I mean, you had to have taken more than a dozen pictures!
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no i don't think i do, i'll take a look in a bit though. i'm busy being pissed off with facebook at the moment. they have pretty much forced me to turn my website (which i'm trying to stay keep off of facebook as much as possible) into a facebook page. they did this by basically blocking any one from further commenting straight from facebook by telling them that my content was reported as abusive by other facebook users. such ******* bullshit.
While you're busy being pissed off, and looking through stuff for me - weren't you going to sap me out of some money...
no rush...
being budget-poor sucks...
But still saying it none the less
no rush...
being budget-poor sucks...
But still saying it none the less
Met up with a pretty cool Sky Redline owner yesterday...
Apparently CMP screwed him around to the tune of nearly $2000 worth of work for an overheating issue he was having;
He said that it was maybe three times that he would bring hte car in with the same issue, get a different diagnosis, pay for "repairs", drive two blocks away, and have the car overheat again(!).
When he was beyond fed up (which equates to a replacement turbo, and ton's of other parts later), he spent a weekend searching online to find that there was a service bulletin pertaining to overheating problems stemming to bad overflow caps;
So, he spent roughly $2000 at CMP, and none of the techs even bothered to check service bulettins, or properly diagnose his issue...
All over an $18 overflow cap!
He wrote to the dealership owenr;
He wrote to the GM head office (since we don't have zone managers in Canada);
And no one would acknowledge his mistreatment.
So!!!
If anyone here is having overheating issues - look at the overflow cap! (apparently after about six years, the spring in the cap wears out).
His is a first year Sky Redline;
with a TON of mods;
making 405whp;
and he has a paltry 21k km's on it!!!
Apparently CMP screwed him around to the tune of nearly $2000 worth of work for an overheating issue he was having;
He said that it was maybe three times that he would bring hte car in with the same issue, get a different diagnosis, pay for "repairs", drive two blocks away, and have the car overheat again(!).
When he was beyond fed up (which equates to a replacement turbo, and ton's of other parts later), he spent a weekend searching online to find that there was a service bulletin pertaining to overheating problems stemming to bad overflow caps;
So, he spent roughly $2000 at CMP, and none of the techs even bothered to check service bulettins, or properly diagnose his issue...
All over an $18 overflow cap!
He wrote to the dealership owenr;
He wrote to the GM head office (since we don't have zone managers in Canada);
And no one would acknowledge his mistreatment.
So!!!
If anyone here is having overheating issues - look at the overflow cap! (apparently after about six years, the spring in the cap wears out).
His is a first year Sky Redline;
with a TON of mods;
making 405whp;
and he has a paltry 21k km's on it!!!
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hmmmmmm heres a old school thought.... I MISS SLOWBALT CORNER!!!!! i dont care if you like this statement or not..... if you do agree with this we should meet up there.... btw thx to a member for stoppin by to shoot the shyt.... no names needed just thx, i enjoyed the conversation, your a good guy....
I've tried (unsuccessfully) bringing up 'slowbalt corner' lately, and even did go there a couple weeks back to meet up with a former 'slowbalt' owner ~ and even rolled in with a couple other 'slowbalt' owners...
shoot me a call if you're going!
shoot me a call if you're going!
