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my crazy night on the side of the road

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Old Oct 19, 2008, 02:17 AM
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hello and welcome to owning a turbo car
Old Oct 19, 2008, 02:45 AM
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That definantly sucks but aren't you in Florida? You guys don't have any idea what cold is Good job getting back on the road. That situation usually cause me to randomly curse and flail my arm around in a punching/jabbing motion for a good 3-5 minutes. Especially knowing exactly what happened and how big of a pain in the *** it is to fix!! This is the reason I leave the undertray off..
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That does suck but it could of been worse.
Old Oct 19, 2008, 05:49 AM
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Well good thing some moron didn't hit you on the side of the road. Time for some t-bolts maybe?
Old Oct 19, 2008, 07:58 AM
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thats a good idea with the duct tape...i leave a roll in my dd(civic)...for no real reason...matter a fact, everything is in the civic...even my evo spare..ha...dont ask!
Old Oct 19, 2008, 08:04 AM
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I've had to use my shoe laces to fix my intercooler pipes a few times..
Old Oct 19, 2008, 08:07 AM
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Damn that sucks bro.

I never leave home without my fleshlight.
Old Oct 19, 2008, 08:10 AM
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Dam nice save , that's why I always travel with my tools and extras you never know nice save.
Old Oct 19, 2008, 08:11 AM
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Originally Posted by EvoHung
Its funny because I always carry a flashlight and tools in the trunk of my Evo. Fixing it myself would have been my first option.
ITs a must!

But everyone needs to learn the hard way..

Ive been on the side of the road many times between all my DSMs and the evo.. Tools and bar L.E.D light in the trunk FTW!
Old Oct 19, 2008, 08:17 AM
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Originally Posted by boostedwrx
I've had to use my shoe laces to fix my intercooler pipes a few times..
WOW, didn't know McGiver was on EvoM!
Old Oct 19, 2008, 08:18 AM
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I've had that happen 2x's to me, the worst was 6am on the way to work in bumper to bumper traffic and waiting 4 hrs for AAA
Old Oct 19, 2008, 10:28 AM
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wait until you run around DD at 32psi making that drive to work without going WOT for fear of blowing off a pipe starts to suck
Old Oct 19, 2008, 10:41 AM
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Originally Posted by staatz
soflo? Like south florida? Its like 30 degrees here right now...lol I doubt it was THAT cold. But glad you found the problem!
i live in virginia right now... f*cking army and all...
Old Oct 19, 2008, 10:43 AM
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Originally Posted by lost spyder
He's just lucky he didn't lose the clamp. As far as bumpers go when the flatbed came to pick up my car due to a blown oil cooler hose he was pleasently surprised to find i had already taken the bumper off. I have just moved from Jersey to PA and it's bone chilling here. All the more reason i gota get rid of the dsm daily and get myself a nice lil honda to daily grind.
hahaha i did lose the clamp! luckily i had some t-clamps in the trunk from when i went to turboxs last month!
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It sounds like the old quote about DSMs can now be applied to Evos. "DSMs, making mechanics out of ordinary people since 1989." Change the year to 2003 and DSM to Evo. :-)



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