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We got ancient Egyptian levels of drunk last night so once these guys either wake up or submit to The Hand we'll have a parent-teacher conference.
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So where are we at on this? I've got cash, tools and I'm a 5 minute drive away from kijiji red car guy. Am I pulling the xmember, just the parts SSS listed or are you guys going to try the brown car?
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Plan C - my dad's driving my truck down to Slung Blades place to pick up his flat deck. Here's then heading out here. We load up the car and drive back. There's a guy who hasn't paid me for the FB parts I sold him. He has everything we need. Thanks guys for all the hustle!
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Seat Safety Switch posted:We got ancient Egyptian levels of drunk last night so once these guys either wake up or submit to The Hand we'll have a parent-teacher conference. The Hand remains insatiable, awaiting the next batch of hippies that stay in The Cabin and smoke their devil weed Drunk gear heads were too robust
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We have abandoned team sweet chilli heat and just arrived at the coast. Still headed to Vancouver to deliver something, then we turn East.
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Tommychu posted:So where are we at on this? I've got cash, tools and I'm a 5 minute drive away from kijiji red car guy. Am I pulling the xmember, just the parts SSS listed or are you guys going to try the brown car? Since you're in contact with the seller of the red car, can you inquire as to how much he wants for the front fenders? Ideally $100 for both. If not then just the passenger side. I'm heading down this weekend to drop off Slung Blades trailer and your hi-lift.
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McTinkerson posted:Since you're in contact with the seller of the red car, can you inquire as to how much he wants for the front fenders? Ideally $100 for both. If not then just the passenger side. I'm heading down this weekend to drop off Slung Blades trailer and your hi-lift. Also, we have your recovery strap and extinguisher. I'll hang on to everything until you're ready to pick it up Tommy. Teams Hellica and Cool Ranch have arrived in Kamloops, we're staying at the Marriott in decadent luxury. The hot tub was nice, but our hearing is permanently damaged from the ear piercing screams of kids playing in the pool. We definitely classed up the parking lot with our rolling garbage heaps though.
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Slung Blade posted:The hot tub was nice, but our hearing is permanently damaged from the ear piercing screams of kids playing in the pool. So what you're saying is that Karakuchis exhaust isn't loud enough to surpass children on the decimal scale. Time to remove the muffler all together.
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It sucks that it had to end that way. You should have sold the RX7 for parts, and forced the retired team to finish out the trip in a rental mitsubishi mirage. It seems you made the fatal mistake of buying a good $1000 car, and becoming attached enough to your $1000 car that you weren't ready to just push it further into the ditch once it failed.
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Powershift posted:It seems you made the fatal mistake of buying a good $1000 car, and becoming attached enough to your $1000 car that you weren't ready to just push it further into the ditch once it failed.
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Yeah we offered all kinds of options, but sweet chilli heat was "worth way too much" to trade for some running shitpile civic in pemberton.
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Fenders are gone  also gonna emptyquote the poo poo out of this angryrobots posted:Well that's pretty much AI in a nutshell Turbo Fondant fucked around with this message at 16:03 on Jul 21, 2016 |
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Slung Blade posted:Yeah we offered all kinds of options, but sweet chilli heat was "worth way too much" to trade for some running shitpile civic in pemberton. If we had some way to get back to that $800 civic wagon near Nakusp we probably would have pulled the trigger on it. And swapped over the roof rack  E: actually if our incredibly racist tow truck driver would have offered us more than $400 for it, we would have been in business. Now we have to just head back to Alberta and start making white babies to save the white race.
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DrakeriderCa posted:our incredibly racist tow truck driver Oh dear.
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Well just goes to prove Alberta doesn't have a monopoly on hillbilly racist fucks  It is too bad it had to end like this but hey, you gave it a shot. There is an 80 RX7 coming up on that July 23 MA auction in YYC. It could be another parts car for next to nothing.
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slidebite posted:Well just goes to prove Alberta doesn't have a monopoly on hillbilly racist fucks The interior of BC is a magical place. Such a diverse population. At this point, I think I can fix the car for the cost of two JDM sticker bomb packs. The guy who owes us money for the parts from the parts car has all the suspension bits we need. Cool Ranch is willing to sell us their full size spare wheel. Once I get the car back and settled, I'll go into full detail of everything. Plus the other two teams are still going! McTinkerson fucked around with this message at 18:58 on Jul 21, 2016 |
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Keep the center cap off that wheel, cool ranch is missing one. We just rolled past the Exshaw thunderdome. I think we have the best fuel economy category locked down.
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Slung Blade posted:Keep the center cap off that wheel, cool ranch is missing one. I think the judges will need to review that, since you guys were running a Smokey Yunick fuel filter that you slipped through the exhaustive tech inspection.
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I'm interested to know what got better fuel economy, an RX-7 driving, or an F-150 towing an RX-7.
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Powershift posted:I'm interested to know what got better fuel economy, an RX-7 driving, or an F-150 towing an RX-7. Sweet Chili Heat averaged about 12,2 L/100km Rotary Support Vehicle averaged 13,3 L/100km
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Holy gently caress I'm beat. Got home a while back, Switch left after we unloaded his stuff, and I just took a shower and shaved. I need to decompress for a bit, but I will have images to upload later, maybe tomorrow. That was a great time guys, I would do that again in a minute.
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Slung Blade posted:
Ditto Slung Blade. Despite or maybe even because of everything, I have a loving blast. I've also had an epiphany, possibly while experiencing terminal understeer at 35km/h. It'll take some time for me to get all my thoughts on the matter in order buy I'll post about it soon enough.
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I had so much god drat fun. Thank you, everyone, for an awesome time. e: Our fuel use appears to have been 234.176L for the trip. At 2809 km on the odometer, that's 8.34L/100km? It got a lot better after the fuel filter, who knew. Seat Safety Switch fucked around with this message at 05:28 on Jul 22, 2016 |
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I also had fun because Jesus Christ, who does stuff like this?
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It's not that I have PTSD but I woke up this morning in a panicky sweat wondering what happened to all the brap.
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I had an awesome time doing this. Thanks a bunch to slung blade for the hospitality and food throughtout the trip and to everyone for your help along the way. Bummer that it had be cut short but many laughs and skids were had regardless. I hope the SCH guys feel like they got their money's worth too.
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We took some photos before we embarked on our journey. I'll post what I have, but DoritoPower has a pro camera full of images that will be way better than mine. Start of the trip outside my community hall.  The decoration of other team's cars started early. The Hellica received a Hello Kitty sticker and a pair of leopard print panties to hang from the rear view.  Google actually asked me if I wanted to post this as a picture for the Blairmore/Coleman region   Once we got breakfast in Nelson on day 2, more decoration.   SSSwitch and I added some bike handle streamers to SCH's whip antenna, amazingly this didn't disintegrate once on the highway, it survived perfectly well. We had a little bike bell to go on the steering wheel too, since their horn (probably?) didn't work. We were going to add that late on day 3, but, welp.  Couple of OK travel shots on the way to Nakusp.   Neat old lowboy after we left the Nakusp ferry.  BC was right to fear a transmountain anything. Look at that slick under Cool Ranch!  Lillooet was nice.  And then, on the 99, disaster. I still maintain that the 60mm spacers hosed up the drag link, and then the swaybar link snapping just wrecked everything, but I'm no suspension magician man.    After dealing with that all day, we needed rest and recovery. Also a place to get stupid drunk at. The hostel we stayed in at Pemberton was really nice. Never go to Pemberton though, that place is awful.   Abandoning team SCH to their fate after organizing rescue from Edmonton and Calgary, we carried on to the coast. This was our first view of tidewater. Quite pretty.   Pulled into the ferry terminal to perform some rites.  We consigned Sweet Chili Heat's broken fender mirror to the ocean. At least part of it made the journey.  And then it was through  We stopped in Kamloops for the night.  Next day we took the 1a and flew past Exshaw.  Final fuel up in Airdrie, and ended our combined journey. Cool Ranch still had a three hour drive up to Edmonton and home.  DoritoPower posted:I had an awesome time doing this. Thanks a bunch to slung blade for the hospitality and food throughout the trip and to everyone for your help along the way. Bummer that it had be cut short but many laughs and skids were had regardless. I hope the SCH guys feel like they got their money's worth too. I think The Hellica gets the heroic fix award (for the fuel filter), and least fuel and oil consumption awards. But I think Cool Ranch wins overall. Sweet Chili Heat definitely had the style though.
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I would drive lovely beaters with all of you again anytime. I'm still shocked those fogs held up. After our NAPA trip today during which we paid Drumheller enough money to buy the entire city, I expect more wiring antics for the next rally. Here's how I chose to remember Sweet Chili Heat, our beautiful angel:  This picture of Loyal Puppy Cool Ranch makes me yearn to open my wallet:  Since Slung Blade already posted a picture of the incident, I might as well too. Here is our Sweet Angel Chili Heat helping BC's deficit by performing volunteer road works while Adorable Dogfriend Cool Ranch looks on in horror:  Here is a picture I took while changing the fuel filter on the Hellica. BCGoons: what is with these loving Corn Barns? I have never seen one actually staffed.  Seat Safety Switch fucked around with this message at 05:29 on Jul 23, 2016 |
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Thanks for the pics and more backstory guys. Glad you had a good time even if it didn't go exactly as planned... although I suspect nobody expected it to go super smooth.Seat Safety Switch posted:
They're not going to be open for a month or so yet. They sell freshly harvested corn. We have the same thing in Alberta (you know the roadside Taber Corn stops?) same thing except a little more permanent. They typically flog Chilliwack corn in my experience.
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Here's a few of my favourites, but you can see many more in the full album here: http://s1243.photobucket.com/user/JasonRM/slideshow/TM2TWRally. I may still add a few more as I review what I've got. RX7s rolling down to Calgary the day before  Lookin' fly   First night camping in Nelson.  Highway 6  SweetChiliHeat getting its drink on   Nakusp Ferry   Quick stop on Highway 99  Longer stop on Highway 99  The last glimpse of the SCH boys before we part ways and head for the coast  Sea to sky with the Hellica  Our final destination, horseshoe bay  Sweet chili heat's fender mirror baptized in the Pacific  Fffffffffffffffffffffffff  Final stop with CoolRanch and the Hellica before we part ways
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Those pictures turned out really well! I'm glad someone with talent was present. Well, talent beyond catching pokemans
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Had a drink and a moment of silence last night for Sweet Chili Heat. Thanks for the pictures guys.
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Boaz MacPhereson posted:a moment of silence [..] Sweet Chili Heat.
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Seat Safety Switch posted:Believe me, if there's one thing Beautiful Angel, The Sweetest of Chili Heats was, it was never silent. Unfortunately, I lack the proper equipment for a moment of BRAP.
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Boaz MacPhereson posted:Unfortunately, I lack the proper equipment for a moment of BRAP. Eat more beans.
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21 rattle gun salute to the fallen chili.
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Switch and I were remarking this morning over gchat how empty and unfulfilling it is returning to work today. No matter what we're doing or who we are, we're never happy just being in the moment. Stupid human nature.
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Mostly I'm just discouraged because there are no longer other freaks within close proximity.
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Seat Safety Switch posted:Mostly I'm just discouraged because there are no longer other freaks within close proximity. Were always just an Internet away
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