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01-31-2013, 05:48 AM | #128 |
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Was mad someone parked in my normal spot today at work. I have a backup spot where nobody will park next to me but there is a GIANT pothole to maneuver around. Short story short, was paying too much attention to this crater of a pothole and rashed my bumper on a curb. It's not as bad as it could have been but will require some love to get back to normal.
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02-01-2013, 01:36 PM | #129 |
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This actually belongs over in the subaru section but I really wanted to add my story to the rest. I took delivery back in June so this was back when things were a little warmer...
When I got the car, everything seemed to fall into place. I had decided on either the (car very similar to the fr-s) or a genesis coupe, so I applied for an auto loan from my credit union. My old beater was breaking down and I figured I'd be getting something in the next month or two. A day or two later I get a call from the local dealership letting me know that a preorder with the color/transmission/options package I was interested in had backed out with the car on the lot. I left work a little early and drove down. On the way to the dealership, I get a call from the loan officer telling me I had been approved with a pretty decent rate. 15 minute pit stop at home and I print out the approval letter, to see if the dealership could beat it. Everything seems to be working out here. In my hurry, I didn't make it to the bank or even remember to bring my checkbook. I didn't have anything on me to make a down payment. No monies. Somehow, the sales manager thought I was okay to go ahead and drive the car off the lot without much more than a signature and a smile. 5 hours after I got the call from the salesman, I'm looking to show it off and picking up my first passenger. We drive around a few neighborhoods after dark - nothing too strenuous for my new ride. We're between residential neighborhoods where there's a small stand of trees and I'm taking a sharp curve at about 35-40mph, I turn on the sweet HID high beams for the first time. There's a glint off to the side of the road and it takes me a second to register what it is before I basically stand on the brakes. A fawn had decided that now was the time that it wants to cross the road. I stop about 2 feet short of this dumbass. In my new baby. That I haven't paid for yet. |
06-02-2015, 04:55 PM | #130 |
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06-02-2015, 05:42 PM | #131 |
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06-03-2015, 04:12 AM | #133 |
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bought this car before properly learning how to drive it.
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06-03-2015, 05:55 AM | #134 |
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Basically same as the guy above me; decided I was gonna learn how to drive a stick shift on this car.
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06-03-2015, 06:48 AM | #135 |
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On the first day kept power cycling headlights (bad for HID) because the DRL LEDs turned off while I was showing the car. Took a few minutes to realize they turn off when you have the parking brake engaged.
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06-03-2015, 10:54 AM | #136 |
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Not something I did in my FRS but because its a manual. When I switch between it and my automatic volvo I tried to push in the clutch and slammed on the brakes all crazy.
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06-03-2015, 12:59 PM | #137 |
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I let my brother drive my car while he was visiting, and when he comes to pick me up from work, he shows me a dent in the front towards the bottom of my front bumper.
He basically was going too fast down a street that had a dip in the road. Never again will I let someone else drive my car, even family.
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06-03-2015, 01:09 PM | #138 |
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A week after I got my FR-S, I accidentally locked my keys in the trunk while at work (no spare on hand). Had to call a locksmith to get the door open. That's when I learned the hard way that the trunk release button is electronic. I had to manually pull the backseat open to crawl into my trunk to get my keys. All this while people were probably watching me from their windows at work.
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i was in a parking lot and on the phone and had my e-brake on. then when i left i was wondering why my shifts were so damn weird. good thing i figured it out before i exited the parking lot.
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Why? Because he had to give up his 67 Camaro when I was born! XD I'll take him on the twisty that the sales dude took me on during the test drive. |
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