That is NYC in a nutshell unfortubately. Was probably a NYer who came up with the bumper bully. Friend pays for an indoor parking spot but was not happy at all about this situation.
My friends father has always maintained he got a great deal on this car from the infamous Nicky Barnes when he was going away. It’s def been in his family as far as remember. He took us to Coney Island one summer.
Heat gun idea was the fix. The curved areas are less rigid than the rest of the mats so I assume it’s going to come back. I don’t sit in the back so it won’t bother me as much lol
The fronts look solid and the driver side test install was flush. I noticed some curling on the 2nd row but wasn’t sure if was due to way they were stored and ‘mgyuver figured’ my heat gun would mold them back if needed.
The gap between regular 87 octane and 91/93 octane has dropped a bit as well. Used to be easily a dollar a gallon difference. I’m gonna try and use the rest of the tank for city driving and see how bad it drops there.
About thru half the tank and the gas mileage drop is real. Doesn’t seem cost effective with E85 and regular being so close in price. I’ll probably run a tank every now and then for the cleaning properties.
Filled up with about half tank of E85 for first time. I had something called regular 88?? In VA once. Only 2 stations near me in NJ have E85, 1 is at the airport and they charge basically premium prices. Power Gas in East Orange has it for 3.05 today. I’ll see if she likes it through the week.
Decided to black out the bumpers with Bedliner after a quick test. Rear bumper is toast anyway it’s already rotted thru in a small spot under the rear step cover. Surprisingly the hitch is good and spare pulley system is good so far. Also found my exhaust leak, nice nail sized hole in the muffler.
I put over 175k so far on mine and never changed the fluid or added a cooler to the transmission. I was disappointed at the amount of mods needed on my 6 speed in hopes of just delaying the inevitable break down.
Had to do the zip tie trick on the back of my drivers seat as the panel was falling almost every time I drove it recently. Took about 20 minutes in total, the longest part was remembering where my corded drill was since the battery died on my rechargeable.
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