114 Days: Pt III (3rd time's a charm)

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KansasKid
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WESHOOT2 wrote:The only one I could find was from Russia, and it weighs.....
Probably almost as much as the Kizashi itself... LoLs.
My Cars (Their Names)
'93 Ford Escort (Jorge - Prior)
'06 Kia Optima EX (Sakuya - Prior)
'11 Suzuki Kizashi SE AWD (Azumi)
'09 Subaru Impreza 2.5i Base 5MT(Akari - Prior)
'11 Chevy Cruze Eco 6MT (Erika - Prior)
'12 Suzuki Kizashi Sport SLS AWD (Kitsune)
WESHOOT2
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Joined: Tue Jan 11, 2011 5:37 pm
Location: Vermont

4/10/2019 at 86,516 miles, had me oil changed.

While it was up, got a chance to eyeball its underneath, mandated by a bad decision Tuesday to 'take the dirt road over the mountain'.

The mudhorror comes in 'sections', sometimes just 20--30 ft, but on occasion 100 yds or more. Sometimes there are firm islands in the goop, and sometimes the ruts are so deep you'll highcenter if you get caught.
I'd made it nearly to the end, with just a half-mile left to pavement, when I came upon a 'section' of considerable length and ruttiness, and a Subaru it had already claimed stuck in perhaps-best path choice.
So I stopped and evaluated my choices, because going back the way I'd just successfully navigated seemed a worse choice than attempting what lay in front of me.
It was noisy, all that scraping underneath........

But the panels and pieces survived!

I've been avoiding the mudmistake roads as best I can to aid #3's longevity 8-)




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WESHOOT2
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Mud so bad on my own road it's a struggle to keep the underneath safe.......


Last tank Mobil mid-grade 25.8MPG; not that good. But "Test then know", so I filled it up with mid-grade again.




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WESHOOT2
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Now my road is a horror; the 'section' has gotten so bad that scraping the bottom is unavoidable.
So bad that the wheels are packed with mud and bouncing.
So bad that the brakes make funny noises.
So bad that the steering crunches near full lock.
So bad that I can hear pieces of mud falling off the car as I go down the road.

Really bad.

But the Kizashi has been acting like a Rubicon, plowing relentlessly through the foot-deep ruts.
Cool.
But noisy.




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WESHOOT2
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Pieces dragging underneath....... :facepalm:
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Ronzuki
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Location: Lancaster County, PA

Bets of both worlds...superior handling on pavement and excellent Off-Roading capability. :lol:

However, even insinuating the connection to a Heep (KizashiCon?) is pretty much blasphemy. I'd prefer a name closer to its true roots, durarbility, reliability, and, price-point, such as Kizamurai... 8-)
Ron

2010 Kizashi GTS, CVT, iAWD (3/10 build date)
2011 SX4 Premium Hatch, CVT, iAWD (12/10 build date)
2018 Mazda CX-5 iAWD Touring
2014 Wrangler JKUW (GONE, traded :D :D )
1991 Samurai, 5-Speed, EFI, Soft-Top ( :| sold)
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KuroNekko
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Location: California, USA

Ronzuki wrote:Bets of both worlds...superior handling on pavement and excellent Off-Roading capability. :lol:

However, even insinuating the connection to a Heep (KizashiCon?) is pretty much blasphemy. I'd prefer a name closer to its true roots, durarbility, reliability, and, price-point, such as Kizamurai... 8-)
Kizashimny?
2011 Suzuki Kizashi Sport GTS 6MT (Black)
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Ronzuki
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:) that works...how do you pronounce it? :lol: Care to spell it out phonetically?
Ron

2010 Kizashi GTS, CVT, iAWD (3/10 build date)
2011 SX4 Premium Hatch, CVT, iAWD (12/10 build date)
2018 Mazda CX-5 iAWD Touring
2014 Wrangler JKUW (GONE, traded :D :D )
1991 Samurai, 5-Speed, EFI, Soft-Top ( :| sold)
WESHOOT2
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Joined: Tue Jan 11, 2011 5:37 pm
Location: Vermont

Concerned that I'd done damage to its underneath, I showed up yesterday at 14:30 at the ex-Suzuki dealership that does all my work. Within five minutes they'd put the car up on a lift so I could look it over.
For free.

I love them guys.

The bad news: Bashed but did not hole the flex-pipe, tore one long underbody panel completely off (as in "gone"), and broke all the rest, jammed copious amounts of mud into locations not designed to have mud jammed in them.
There's even mud on top of the exhaust outlets.......

The good news: Nothing important broke, and the axle boots are intact.
But even after $8 worth of carwash nozzling, there's still some mud in the wheels :mrgreen:




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OliverB
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Location: Canada

I tore off the two large covers on the right/left side a month ago because I couldn't see a speed bump while I was driving "enthusiastically" during a snowstorm. These will be difficult to find.
2007 SX4
2011 Kizashi
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