Re: Another GS SE - #3 - Acquired 4/28/2013
Posted: June 25th, 2013, 6:15 pm
good find, thanks man! I assume you don't have the required license or w/e..
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Re: Another GS SE - #3 - Acquired 4/28/2013
Posted: June 27th, 2013, 10:35 pm
I was not aware that a license was required to buy a can of R-12 that was produced when it was available for sale and use my own old equipment to install said can of freon.
Re: Another GS SE - #3 - Acquired 4/28/2013
Posted: June 28th, 2013, 9:40 am
What?ganue wrote:I was not aware that a license was required to buy a can of R-12 that was produced when it was available for sale and use my own old equipment to install said can of freon.
I will be texting u about the r-12 stuff
Re: Another GS SE - #3 - Acquired 4/28/2013
Posted: July 20th, 2013, 2:00 pm
SPIED - my daughter taking care of her MX-3....
Kegan - NOW the wheels have been cleaned.....
Kegan - NOW the wheels have been cleaned.....
Re: Another GS SE - #3 - Acquired 4/28/2013
Posted: July 20th, 2013, 9:10 pm
i REALLY love SE wheels. Great shot reminds me i need to wash mine now lol
Re: Another GS SE - #3 - Acquired 4/28/2013
Posted: July 20th, 2013, 9:45 pm
They were a mess. Used rubbing compound. Probably dulled the clearcoat but....the results show....
Re: Another GS SE - #3 - Acquired 4/28/2013
Posted: August 8th, 2013, 11:59 pm
OK - so the car now has about 79,000 miles on the clock and has been semi-permanently moved to Kentucky for the school year and maybe more.
What a contrast to the last car from a fuel consumption standpoint - albeit an absolute blast to drive KLZE SE with a factory fuel tank, that car rarely ever got to 250 miles per tank.
With the expanded aftermarket fuel tank and me stuffing an extra gallon in so my daughter could make it all the way without stopping, and even running the A/C for a good part of the way from here to Lexington, she arrived safely and reliably (thankfully) and got 406 miles on one tank and averaged about 31 mpg!!!
And that's with a Panda in the passenger seat!!
What a contrast to the last car from a fuel consumption standpoint - albeit an absolute blast to drive KLZE SE with a factory fuel tank, that car rarely ever got to 250 miles per tank.
With the expanded aftermarket fuel tank and me stuffing an extra gallon in so my daughter could make it all the way without stopping, and even running the A/C for a good part of the way from here to Lexington, she arrived safely and reliably (thankfully) and got 406 miles on one tank and averaged about 31 mpg!!!
And that's with a Panda in the passenger seat!!
Re: Another GS SE - #3 - Acquired 4/28/2013
Posted: August 9th, 2013, 1:17 am
Haha cute.. i use to ride around with huge charmander as my passenger when i was in college
Re: Another GS SE - #3 - Acquired 4/28/2013
Posted: August 9th, 2013, 12:24 pm
31 mpg?! Very nice.
Re: Another GS SE - #3 - Acquired 4/28/2013
Posted: August 9th, 2013, 12:49 pm
I'm not surprised at 31mpg on highway, that's what it should get.benyandthejets wrote:31 mpg?! Very nice.
Re: Another GS SE - #3 - Acquired 4/28/2013
Posted: August 9th, 2013, 9:51 pm
Yeah - but my paradigm is with a ZE engine where we got about 25 on the highway. So I am very happy......even blown away by the range!!!
Re: Another GS SE - #3 - Acquired 4/28/2013
Posted: October 5th, 2013, 8:39 pm
OK - so a little update.
Daughter came home this weekend from Kentucky and the car performed flawlessly AFTER she got a slow leak taken care of on the LR tire. She got home and we put on Surgeonasst222's acquired driver's side door track and motor and now all is good with THAT issue.
Current report:
Daughter came home this weekend from Kentucky and the car performed flawlessly AFTER she got a slow leak taken care of on the LR tire. She got home and we put on Surgeonasst222's acquired driver's side door track and motor and now all is good with THAT issue.
Current report:
Re: Another GS SE - #3 - Acquired 4/28/2013
Posted: October 9th, 2013, 2:26 pm
glad to hear from ya gary!
kudos on the vid you sent me, she is very welecome i am glad i could help!
hope you sold that mazda 3 by now...
kudos on the vid you sent me, she is very welecome i am glad i could help!
hope you sold that mazda 3 by now...
Re: Another GS SE - #3 - Acquired 4/28/2013
Posted: October 9th, 2013, 3:05 pm
Yup - the "3" is gone. I sort of knew I had a good chance of it being sold when "they" drove up in "her" 2004 Mazda 3i with 2 kid's seats in the back, a manual transmission, and lots of rust. It got better when "he" said his Protege 5 just died.
We and "they" are very happy. If only I could find the one lost key fob......rats.
And the daughter put another 360 miles on the car since the photo was taken as she drove back to Lexington. It continues to perform well.....except for:
Occasional beeping belt signal and blinking light - even with the "new" belt motor and drive. It all works but she has to pull on the shoulder belt by about an inch every now and then to stop the beeping. A little more to look at I think but it is much better than the belt motor working intermittently.
We and "they" are very happy. If only I could find the one lost key fob......rats.
And the daughter put another 360 miles on the car since the photo was taken as she drove back to Lexington. It continues to perform well.....except for:
Occasional beeping belt signal and blinking light - even with the "new" belt motor and drive. It all works but she has to pull on the shoulder belt by about an inch every now and then to stop the beeping. A little more to look at I think but it is much better than the belt motor working intermittently.
Re: Another GS SE - #3 - Acquired 4/28/2013
Posted: December 1st, 2013, 10:29 pm
Innocuous update......
Daughter came home over Thanksgiving. Car now has fresh oil, topped off the trans gear lube, checked tire pressures and looked at a sticky RR parking brake line. Lubed it all up and all is good again. Car had about 81,350 on it when she got home but now she's back in Lexington.....predicting 81,710 as of tonight!!
Daughter came home over Thanksgiving. Car now has fresh oil, topped off the trans gear lube, checked tire pressures and looked at a sticky RR parking brake line. Lubed it all up and all is good again. Car had about 81,350 on it when she got home but now she's back in Lexington.....predicting 81,710 as of tonight!!