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Old Apr 26, 2012 | 07:03 AM
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That looked like an awesome event, I just might do that next year
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Old Apr 26, 2012 | 05:57 PM
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Car looks good chad

did u win any door prizes???
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Old Apr 26, 2012 | 06:20 PM
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Originally Posted by G_ man
That looked like an awesome event, I just might do that next year
You should totally come. Fisher, you need to come again. Hiflite came for the drive. I snapped two lugs on the way up. near catastrophe. an hour later was back on the road. On sat. I followed Hiflite down to Wayah/Tellico rd for a nice spirited drive. I enjoyed trying to keep up. Sunday/Monday tore up the dragon. Monday night I blew a tire in Wapakoneta Ohio and had to stay the night. I already booked my Vacation time for next year.

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Car looks good chad

did u win any door prizes???
I didn't win any but I bought a rx8 scale model car from a fellow Ontarian, for my son. And IAN from Ont. gave me a malloy mazda racing hat/ I was a winner in the end.
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Old Apr 26, 2012 | 08:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Chad D.
You should totally come. Fisher, you need to come again. Hiflite came for the drive. I snapped two lugs on the way up. near catastrophe. an hour later was back on the road. On sat. I followed Hiflite down to Wayah/Tellico rd for a nice spirited drive. I enjoyed trying to keep up. Sunday/Monday tore up the dragon. Monday night I blew a tire in Wapakoneta Ohio and had to stay the night. I already booked my Vacation time for next year.
You didn't have any trouble keeping up, except perhaps on a few rough-surfaced corners. The stop at Lowe's for metric nuts to re-attach my engine mount let the brakes cool off. Loved the sequence of esses where every glimpse of your the red rabbit killer in my mirror showed it pointed in a different direction. Set a new record of 13.5 mpg for an entire tank of gas vs. ~16 mpg last year; means I was 20% faster this year!

Was it the right rear tire that blew? I should have lent you my doughnut spare in case it was damaged in the lug nut adventure. Must be some bad tire karma floating around - a wheel broke off my lawn mower this evening.

Coming back Sunday morning had a pretty good run on the Dragon, but tried the "Foothills Parkway" rather than taking 129 all the way to 411. It's not very curvy, but runs along a ridge, and that morning it was mostly in the clouds which was spooky fun. Went back through Indiana, stopped in on my aged family friends, who were celibrating their 65th wedding anniversary!

You do realize that driving 650 miles for the expressed purpose of driving in circles for 3 days, then driving 650 miles back, is completely nuts, right?
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Old Apr 26, 2012 | 09:12 PM
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yeah, it was that tire.
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Wapakoneta, Ohio. Pretty boring there. Run flat tire saved my rim ftw.
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Old Apr 26, 2012 | 10:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Chad D.
yeah, it was that tire.

Wapakoneta, Ohio. Pretty boring there. Run flat tire saved my rim ftw.
Crudsky. Hope you got on/off the flatbed without dinging anything. Kinda surprising it took that long to fail after damage, though better on I-75 than 2 meters from a cliff face in a switchback.
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Old Apr 26, 2012 | 10:21 PM
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That sucks Chad, but you did get to ride that dragon!!!!!
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Old Apr 27, 2012 | 04:09 AM
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That sucks Chad, but you did get to ride that dragon!!!!!
I rode the dragon with authority.
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Old Apr 27, 2012 | 04:15 PM
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i should be good for next year i dont have any house reno plans

now that DGRR is over we need to get a real meet going

i got nothing but time my g/f is in italy with her dad for 2 and half weeks.
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Old Apr 27, 2012 | 06:15 PM
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oh Sir Bunny Killer did you live up to your name this time
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Old Apr 29, 2012 | 09:58 AM
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looks like today is going to be a good day.

anyone up for a for a meet today (sunday)
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Old Apr 30, 2012 | 12:13 PM
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^Fisher,was that you at yesterdays meet at 400 and 7
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Old May 1, 2012 | 06:16 PM
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no i was not me i was think about going but i am going to toronto to visit family this weekend so i didnt want to go twice in a month ... gas costs to much
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Old May 14, 2012 | 03:17 PM
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Car Meetup on Saturdays, Southfield, MI

If any of y'all wanna make the trip North:

http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/201...nyon-classics/

Seems like there need to be some rotaries there!
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Old May 14, 2012 | 09:07 PM
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That looks pretty cool
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Old May 15, 2012 | 07:46 AM
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In just over two weeks there is a Rolex Grand-Am race going on Belle Isle. I am going.....anyone else?
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Old May 16, 2012 | 12:16 PM
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I probably will be there Saturday...I am going to bring my daughter I think. Last time she was at a race was the ALMS at Mosport 8 years ago...she enjoyed the ice cream and the Barbie car but once the race started the noise freaked her out and we had to leave.

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I think the RX-8 has made her immune to noise.

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Old May 16, 2012 | 04:47 PM
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Awesome, maybe I'll see you there!
Here's a pic I got done by a guy (fuztupnz) here on 8club. I am very happy with the results.
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Old May 22, 2012 | 12:21 AM
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Looking good Chad....

On a sadder note - lost my windsheild.
Spontaneous cracks... sigh.

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Old May 22, 2012 | 06:36 AM
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Originally Posted by Chad D.
Here's a pic I got done by a guy (fuztupnz) here on 8club. I am very happy with the results.
Very cool! He's a good guy.
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Old May 24, 2012 | 01:51 PM
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nice pic chad

So when are we all going to have a meet??
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Old May 24, 2012 | 05:43 PM
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We should have a meet @ Belle Isle next Saturday!

I hit a huge pot hole in Detroit last night and need to send my rear shock in to get rebuilt. fml. The rims were still good. (the pothole was so wide I just gunned it as fast as I could and blasted over it.) At least I didn't get murdered.
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Old May 29, 2012 | 08:18 PM
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are you just going saturday or u going sunday for raceday?
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Old May 29, 2012 | 09:10 PM
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Saturday is race day for me.
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Old Jun 1, 2012 | 10:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Chad D.
Saturday is race day for me.
We are in grandstand 3c. Prob get there in time for IndyCar qually. I think there is a decent break after that. Want to meet behind grandstand 2?
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