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

Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2018 2:56 pm
by WESHOOT2
11/14/18 71,519 miles had oil changed (and they reattached the front bumper passenger side rubber under-lip).

Ahh.....


They brought me out to the shop to show me the ruined rotor and missing pad :lol:



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

Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2018 12:54 pm
by WESHOOT2
11/18/18 72,258 had my rear rotors and pads replaced.

Finally.....

Friend managed to save the caliper; rugged stuff!
Cool.




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

Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2018 3:15 pm
by WESHOOT2
Must.......get.....snows.......mounted........gasp......

Rear brakes work.




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

Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2018 3:27 pm
by WESHOOT2
As I come up on eight years of Kizashi-ownership I've been contemplating my choice for these last 300+K miles.
What a pleasure to drive.



Last tank Mobil premium/regular blend 23.9MPG.



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Safety first (hahahahahahahaha!)

Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2018 5:35 pm
by WESHOOT2
Finally getting my snows mounted 11/26/2018 72,928 miles.

'Bout time.
Yay!




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

Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2018 2:40 pm
by WESHOOT2
The brakes are working perfectly.


Glad I mounted the Xice snows, because we've had tons for testing. Huge confidence.


Last tank Mobil / Gulf reg/premium blending returned 28.0MPG (slow due to snow).




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

Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2018 6:31 pm
by WESHOOT2
Reviewed my tire pressure notes from "Part II", and was pleased to see my current thinking (and practice ) are spot-on; this time I set the fronts at 43PSI and the rears to 40PSI.
Last time I was same rears, 42PSI fronts.

Best of all, they work.

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

Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2018 3:20 pm
by WESHOOT2
What a wonderful car.




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

Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2018 12:30 pm
by WESHOOT2
12/5/18 73,881 miles had both low-beam bulbs replaced.

Cost $97; worth it.

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

Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2018 2:57 pm
by WESHOOT2
Naturally, the new lamps required testing.
So I did.

Fortunately it was dark.
The dispersion is similar but better than whatever they replaced, and they were obviously a bit brighter, too.
Snow was falling (had to chase some down in my travels) somewhat vigorously, and the beams were so aimed as to not induce flake-reflection blinding; whew.

They brought it inside to warm up about a half hour before the tech actually touched it. Another reason I take my Kizashi to the same place.




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