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Forum: Scion FR-S / Toyota 86 GT86 General Forum 12-12-2023, 08:50 AM
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Posted By Dadhawk
Could be worse... I've run over a deer carcass...

Could be worse... I've run over a deer carcass before and parts of it attached to the muffler. Cooking deer meat isn't as pleasant smelling as you would think.
Forum: Scion FR-S / Toyota 86 GT86 General Forum 12-07-2023, 02:20 PM
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Posted By Dadhawk
Like Sapphireho I have the flip up one (3rd...

Like Sapphireho I have the flip up one (3rd party) still in the box from 2 Christmases ago. My plan had been to add slides to it so I could slide it back and forth rather than flip up, but haven't...
Forum: Scion FR-S / Toyota 86 GT86 General Forum 12-02-2023, 12:23 PM
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Posted By Dadhawk
Mine still has the original battery in it from...

Mine still has the original battery in it from 2012.
Forum: Scion FR-S / Toyota 86 GT86 General Forum 11-07-2023, 12:54 PM
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Posted By Dadhawk
I'm on my third @230K miles

I'm on my third @230K miles
Forum: Scion FR-S / Toyota 86 GT86 General Forum 09-21-2023, 07:05 AM
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Posted By Dadhawk
There are vertical brake lights in the lower...

There are vertical brake lights in the lower bumper but there are also horizontal brake lights that run just below the glass in the liftgate and around the left and right sides of the LYRIQ. There...
Forum: Scion FR-S / Toyota 86 GT86 General Forum 09-20-2023, 07:47 AM
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Posted By Dadhawk
I also have a tendency to keep cars a long time. ...

I also have a tendency to keep cars a long time. I've had a half dozen or more cars that went well over 200K miles. My last vehicle was 280K before it decided to eat it's motor bearings.

The 86...
Forum: Scion FR-S / Toyota 86 GT86 General Forum 09-19-2023, 02:19 PM
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Posted By Dadhawk
New rear brakes and rotors. Rotors were original...

New rear brakes and rotors. Rotors were original to the vehicle so it was probably about time! (just shy of 230K miles)
Forum: Scion FR-S / Toyota 86 GT86 General Forum 07-10-2023, 03:39 PM
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Posted By Dadhawk
They appear to be high quality, could be OEM.

They appear to be high quality, could be OEM.
Forum: Scion FR-S / Toyota 86 GT86 General Forum 06-30-2023, 07:00 AM
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Posted By Dadhawk
Hmm, I have A/C in cars "because happy wife...." ...

Hmm, I have A/C in cars "because happy wife...."

Last car I drove without A/C was my '85 MR2. The A/C went out and was going to more to repair than the car at the time was worth. I DD it in...
Forum: Scion FR-S / Toyota 86 GT86 General Forum 05-01-2023, 09:52 AM
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Posted By Dadhawk
That's easy, fill it with concrete.

That's easy, fill it with concrete.
Forum: Scion FR-S / Toyota 86 GT86 General Forum 05-01-2023, 07:22 AM
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Posted By Dadhawk
My first reaction to this was it was one of those...

My first reaction to this was it was one of those "stupid people doing stupid things with something heavy" as I looked how the front end is balanced on a crate and bucket...

...then I saw the lift.
Forum: Scion FR-S / Toyota 86 GT86 General Forum 03-29-2023, 10:52 AM
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Posted By Dadhawk
Did I just hear Tcoat say "hold my...

Did I just hear Tcoat say "hold my beer..."
Forum: Scion FR-S / Toyota 86 GT86 General Forum 03-02-2023, 07:27 PM
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Posted By Dadhawk
Did someone say donut videos? ...

Did someone say donut videos?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmLgnbm8yNg
Forum: Scion FR-S / Toyota 86 GT86 General Forum 12-19-2022, 07:24 AM
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Posted By Dadhawk
Out of curiousity do your front tires clear the...

Out of curiousity do your front tires clear the wheel arch? Sure doesn't look like in the photo.
Forum: Scion FR-S / Toyota 86 GT86 General Forum 12-04-2022, 02:36 PM
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Posted By Dadhawk
MomHawk has put these during the season on her...

MomHawk has put these during the season on her Mustang for probably 15 years. Hers fit over the back windows which are angled on the convertible, so they are raked at about a 30-degree angle for...
Forum: Scion FR-S / Toyota 86 GT86 General Forum 10-19-2022, 12:28 PM
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Posted By Dadhawk
This. It would never occur to me to go to the...

This. It would never occur to me to go to the dealer first for a bolt, unless I couldn't find it anywhere else first.
Forum: Scion FR-S / Toyota 86 GT86 General Forum 10-07-2022, 07:34 AM
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Posted By Dadhawk
I do to but lately every time I wash the FRS more...

I do to but lately every time I wash the FRS more white spots (undercoating) shows up on the hood. I really need to get the hood repainted...
Forum: Scion FR-S / Toyota 86 GT86 General Forum 08-23-2022, 10:19 AM
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Posted By Dadhawk
I was really using "rusting out" more as to what...

I was really using "rusting out" more as to what you referenced later (winter being hard on car parts in general). I suppose in the end most of that would be what I consider maintenance anyway, as...
Forum: Scion FR-S / Toyota 86 GT86 General Forum 08-19-2022, 01:51 PM
Replies: 24,554
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Posted By Dadhawk
Trade-in value has never been a concern for me. ...

Trade-in value has never been a concern for me. If it was, I'd have to trade cars every year, and I don't like car payments that much.

In fact, I can't remember the last time I actually traded in...
Forum: Scion FR-S / Toyota 86 GT86 General Forum 08-19-2022, 08:23 AM
Replies: 24,554
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Posted By Dadhawk
I have the same benchmark but my experience has...

I have the same benchmark but my experience has it at 200K miles. The FRS (now at 208K miles) has been problem free.

Of course, it will now break down on my way home this evening.
Forum: Scion FR-S / Toyota 86 GT86 General Forum 08-18-2022, 12:53 PM
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Posted By Dadhawk
I was just looking at this the other day. I...

I was just looking at this the other day. I dropped mileage driven as well. Pre-2020 I have been averaging about a little over 21,000 miles per year. In 2020 and 2021 19,054 and 18,921...
Forum: Scion FR-S / Toyota 86 GT86 General Forum 08-04-2022, 08:36 AM
Replies: 24,554
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Posted By Dadhawk
I had thought of that, but the right one doesn't...

I had thought of that, but the right one doesn't have any. Maybe it's a coincidence but it's not like I park the car in half shade.
Forum: Scion FR-S / Toyota 86 GT86 General Forum 08-04-2022, 07:32 AM
Replies: 24,554
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Posted By Dadhawk
I need to do this but my left headlight has a lot...

I need to do this but my left headlight has a lot of hairline "fractures" in it. Pretty sure this was caused by the stress of an accident where I was clipped on that corner, but the damage didn't...
Forum: Scion FR-S / Toyota 86 GT86 General Forum 04-21-2022, 03:54 PM
Replies: 24,554
Views: 7,165,786
Posted By Dadhawk
Is all this really easier than jacking the engine...

Is all this really easier than jacking the engine up as recommended?
Forum: Scion FR-S / Toyota 86 GT86 General Forum 01-31-2022, 07:28 AM
Replies: 24,554
Views: 7,165,786
Posted By Dadhawk
Went out to the garage, looked at it's poor...

Went out to the garage, looked at it's poor crushed left rear-end, and teared up a little.

I suppose I could drive it to a meet and claim I did it drifting for some street cred.

(if you are...
Forum: Scion FR-S / Toyota 86 GT86 General Forum 12-21-2021, 09:50 AM
Replies: 24,554
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Posted By Dadhawk
Respect on the CAD (cardboard aided design).

Respect on the CAD (cardboard aided design).
Forum: Scion FR-S / Toyota 86 GT86 General Forum 11-24-2021, 04:06 PM
Replies: 24,554
Views: 7,165,786
Posted By Dadhawk
Stone Mountain is not really a mountain but a...

Stone Mountain is not really a mountain but a quartz monadnock near Atlanta. Basically a stand alone quartz outcropping, just happens to be very big (and now controversial because of the carving of...
Forum: Scion FR-S / Toyota 86 GT86 General Forum 09-24-2021, 03:15 PM
Replies: 24,554
Views: 7,165,786
Posted By Dadhawk
+5HP and +2MPG for not dragging that loan around...

+5HP and +2MPG for not dragging that loan around any longer!
Forum: Scion FR-S / Toyota 86 GT86 General Forum 07-20-2021, 08:37 PM
Replies: 24,554
Views: 7,165,786
Posted By Dadhawk
Yours appears to be a five arc crackment. I...

Yours appears to be a five arc crackment. I got a single pit crackment in mine the first month I had it, but it was minor and is still there.

I also have a lot of pitment on mine.
Forum: Scion FR-S / Toyota 86 GT86 General Forum 07-20-2021, 03:06 PM
Replies: 24,554
Views: 7,165,786
Posted By Dadhawk
Man, that sucks, but on the bright side looks...

Man, that sucks, but on the bright side looks like a great place to install a SnapVent (https://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/appages/snapvents2.php).
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