What Did You Do To Your Car Today?

[Oliver]

she just loves all Subarus

It's not too late to find another wife...

 

[Blueprint]

she just loves all Subarus

It's not too late to find another wife...

 

Hey, I like Subarus too !!

[TheHire]

she just loves all Subarus

It's not too late to find another wife...

 

Hey, I like Subarus too !!

It's okay man, we all have our faults!

[Blueprint]

Placed the TR6 in storage (registration wise) through Quebec's new scandalous multi-million dollar online tool. At least, the system works!

[RRocket]

Quebec's new scandalous multi-million dollar online tool. At least, the system works!

I live in a cave.

What moronic thing has Quebec done this time?

[Blueprint]

Even auditing the thing cost millions 

https://www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/article/commission-investigating-saaqclic-fiasco-cost-7-million/

[RRocket]

New shocks/springs in the Prius.

[Tortoise]

Why not just the shocks?

[Firm]

^What brand(s) did you go with?

Mrs.Firm had to run some errands this morning, and it was threatening to rain, so I told her to take the DTS as it was already dirty, and I'd just spent 3 hours detailing the Escalade, and the SLK was still nice and clean from last weekend's bath. She calls me an hour later as I am up on the roof cleaning gutters, saying that the brake pedal is going to the floor and doesn't stop the car.....Fortunately she was able to get safely into a parking lot. So, I jumped in the truck to go rescue her, turns out a main brake line from the master cylinder to the ABS block has failed (rust through at a spot where it transitions from a braided material to hard steel) and is spraying fluid everywhere.
 
I limped it to the Firestone Repair that's about 2-minutes from the house using only the emergency brake. They're open weekends but their 'master tech' isn't in until Monday.....So we'll see how that goes. I've had good luck with this shop for alignments, but never an actual repair. Tempted to do it at home, but really don't want too. Access really sucks, and I'd have to fabricate a new line, then bleed the ABS system - which requires a scanner.

[RRocket]

^What brand(s) did you go with?

Mrs.Firm had to run some errands this morning, and it was threatening to rain, so I told her to take the DTS as it was already dirty, and I'd just spent 3 hours detailing the Escalade, and the SLK was still nice and clean from last weekend's bath. She calls me an hour later as I am up on the roof cleaning gutters, saying that the brake pedal is going to the floor and doesn't stop the car.....Fortunately she was able to get safely into a parking lot. So, I jumped in the truck to go rescue her, turns out a main brake line from the master cylinder to the ABS block has failed (rust through at a spot where it transitions from a braided material to hard steel) and is spraying fluid everywhere.
 
I limped it to the Firestone Repair that's about 2-minutes from the house using only the emergency brake. They're open weekends but their 'master tech' isn't in until Monday.....So we'll see how that goes. I've had good luck with this shop for alignments, but never an actual repair. Tempted to do it at home, but really don't want too. Access really sucks, and I'd have to fabricate a new line, then bleed the ABS system - which requires a scanner.

Holy shit!!

[RRocket]

Why not just the shocks?

Because I don't have a spring compressor! LOL 😆

[RRocket]

^What brand(s) did you go with

FCS.

Never heard of them, but seems to be fairly well regarded and had the ❤ symbol...if that means anything.

 And unbeatable price for a strut/spring combo...$125 ea Strut mount kinda UNDER the windshield, so a bit fussy. Watch video to see.

Rears were $44 ea. Mounts completely from the outside, so didn't have to tear apart rear interior.

Replaced links while I was in there.

Apart from tires, this is the first "real" money spent on the Prius.

https://youtu.be/feHSmHCOg80?feature=shared

[Firm]

FCS is decent stuff, they supply a lot of the big-brand private label stuff down here.

[RRocket]

FCS is decent stuff, they supply a lot of the big-brand private label stuff down here.

I've never used them but did research them.

Not too many complaints...and most people seemed to like them.

Not sure I'd put them on a Porsche...but probably fine for a Prius.

[Firm]

With the DTS down I've been DD'ing the green 96 Bird....Including on our 'date night' last night. For those who don't remember, this car looks tame...but it's not. Early 00's build; built Lt1, long tube headers with 3" pipes straight back with only a flowmaster 40-series between the headers and the exit, Bilstein  suspension kit of some sort, etc. Thing is so loud you can feel your heart rattle if you stand close to it at idle....Had about a 30 minute run last night on the highway in the rain and was reminded just how raw this car is.

But then, I saw it in the daylight, and even dirty, it just looks so damn good. The green/tan is probably the biggest reason I keep this thing around.