06-02-2020, 12:48 AM
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I live a few miles down dirt roads. It was muddy the day I got it home.
Though used, the Metallic Midnight Black was pristine.
Next day started the Arizona pinstripe.
I knew it would get scratched/dinged in a parking lot, so I wanted to do it first having fun.
Wife was kinda angry, but she has her pickup, I have the 4runner (and my pickup).
It's been six months now and there is A LOT of pinstripe.
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06-02-2020, 08:29 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2019
Location: NW, Ohio
Posts: 650
Real Name: Jason
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I took mine to Drummond Island on the U.P. the same week my permanent tags were put on.
I'll be at one year tomorrow and I still baby it like crazy. Example - had someone push a shopping cart into the passenger front fender/bumper cover, scuffed down to the plastic a few inches long, so I had it resprayed within a week.
I also had a 12 year old Audi that I babied until the day I parted with it. The paint was just as good the days I bought and sold. The interior looked unused and it had 130k+ miles.
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06-02-2020, 10:13 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: SE MI
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I bought an '18 CPO, so it already came pre-scratched/stained/nicked/dinged. Much less stress than a brand new car.
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06-02-2020, 10:21 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2019
Location: NW, Ohio
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Real Name: Jason
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Originally Posted by Deuxdiesel
I bought an '18 CPO, so it already came pre-scratched/stained/nicked/dinged. Much less stress than a brand new car.
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Greetings from just across the state line. Where in SE MI? I'm right off 23 1st exit in Ohio.
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06-02-2020, 12:12 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: SE MI
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Just outside of Ann Arbor a bit. My daughter went to BGSU so I drove by you many times most likely.
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06-02-2020, 05:08 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: South of Denver
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Real Name: Mike
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Originally Posted by Friggin Idiot
If you're slowing to 1mph to cross the tracks, you might as well stop on the tracks and measure 3"! (That's what she said!)
I never mentioned safe, I said appropriate. I've crossed railroad tracks at 75mph, and others I've creeped over at 5mph. It's what is appropriate to the conditions, which are often defined by the speed of the idiot in front of you.
WARNING: SCIENCE/NERD ALERT
Simplified, the suspension movement is with the physics of simple harmonic oscillators and interference waves. In this case destructive interference is your goal, the smoothest ride, created by the harmonic return of your spring (suspension) out of phase with the wave of the ground form (railroad crossing). The issue is that the crossing is significantly less than ideal, flat waveform, and is often irregular. So while a speed X might produce a flat waveform at the first several bumps, that same speed might provide constructive interference on the 2nd set of tracks. Hence your desired speed should be the one that produces the flattest waveform, or smallest deflection of your mass (wheel assembly) on your spring (suspension). By reducing to the minimum speed, you're attempting to ride the waveform up and down, actually creating a situation of constructive interference. Which is why the bumps feel much more significant at slower speeds.
Can you do the math on every railroad crossing on your daily commute? Sure. But who has time for stuff like that, and with CommonCore you'd probably lose your job before you found an answer. The best advice, learn the tracks you drive on a regular basis. Approach them at varying speeds and see which provides the smoothest ride. It could be the speed limit, 10 over speed limit, 7mph, 34mph, you won't know until you try. While the unsprung mass changes very slowly (weight of wheel assembly) the weight of the vehicle may change on a daily basis, fuel level, passengers, cargo, gear, etc. That determines the amount of force already on the springs, and hence their ability to absorb more force along the waveform.
Though Luke & Bo preferred the physics of ballistic arcs, thereby negating the interference from the crossing, as demonstrated by acceleration over an inclined plane.
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*pushes up glasses*
*watches Dukes video*.
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06-02-2020, 05:58 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2020
Location: New Jersey, USA
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Originally Posted by umidkusername
Definitely don’t care about that. The guy behind me can worry about himself and keeping a safe distance.
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What a turd burglar.
Yeah, people should be leaving proper distance, but one day a big rig is going to wreck your new truck, break your neck, and you'll never be the same due to your obstinance.
Or maybe you'll be turned into a fine red mist from the train that's passing through unannounced because the crossroad alarm is malfunctioning and you're just a big brick asking to get smashed.
This isn't 1974 anymore. We have better railroad track technology.
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06-02-2020, 06:04 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2020
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Originally Posted by Gamma Ray
What a turd burglar.
Yeah, people should be leaving proper distance, but one day a big rig is going to wreck your new truck, break your neck, and you'll never be the same due to your obstinance.
Or maybe you'll be turned into a fine red mist from the train that's passing through unannounced because the crossroad alarm is malfunctioning and you're just a big brick asking to get smashed.
This isn't 1974 anymore. We have better railroad track technology.
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You sound like a giant tool. You had nothing nice to say but because it’s the internet you felt the need to talk this nonsense. Carry on keyboard warrior.
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06-02-2020, 07:11 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2020
Location: Baltimore, Md
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Originally Posted by umidkusername
You sound like a giant tool. You had nothing nice to say but because it’s the internet you felt the need to talk this nonsense. Carry on keyboard warrior.
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Well said! Do what makes you happy.
It’s been 8 months and it’s basically a concrete queen. Don’t Really care to stripe it up, but had a co-worker park next to me on a windy day and wack my mirror backwards. It was pretty funny because she thought I was gonna be mad. No harm, no foul.
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06-02-2020, 09:48 PM
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#25
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Join Date: Sep 2019
Location: Northern VA
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Had mine since 09/19. Still park far away from everyone else but don't wash as often. I will never park close to anyone ever again. Lol
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06-02-2020, 11:04 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2017
Location: La Quinta
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4 years and I park alone........Yeeeaaahh, with nobody eeelse! You know when I park alone....I prefer to be by Myself!
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06-03-2020, 07:36 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: SE MI
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Originally Posted by 83Mule
4 years and I park alone........Yeeeaaahh, with nobody eeelse! You know when I park alone....I prefer to be by Myself!
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With his pal Jack Daniels and his partner Jimmy Beam....
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06-03-2020, 11:25 AM
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First time i washed my brand new then Trail I put a big deep scratch on rear fender with the garden hose metal clamp. I polished the scratch out and called it broken in
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