Torture.

Kinja'd!!! "Rust and Dust - Oppositelock Forever" (rustanddust)
12/20/2016 at 15:20 • Filed to: None

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In my possession for scratch repairs to the rear bumper and decklid. Try as I might, I can’t come up with a reasonable excuse for a test drive.


DISCUSSION (11)


Kinja'd!!! PartyPooper2012 > Rust and Dust - Oppositelock Forever
12/20/2016 at 15:24

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drying paint, boss!

making sure new paint doesn’t fall off, boss.

Had to go to the bathroom and ours was full, boss


Kinja'd!!! Steve in Manhattan > Rust and Dust - Oppositelock Forever
12/20/2016 at 15:28

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Loving those wheels.


Kinja'd!!! Nibby > Rust and Dust - Oppositelock Forever
12/20/2016 at 15:28

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dragon


Kinja'd!!! Steve in Manhattan > PartyPooper2012
12/20/2016 at 15:31

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We should rotate the tires.


Kinja'd!!! ZHP Sparky, the 5th > Rust and Dust - Oppositelock Forever
12/20/2016 at 15:35

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Remove trunk to do the repairs – to make sure you don’t spray on the rest of the car, and to be able to make sure work looks good from all angles. Re-attach trunk and test-drive to make sure you tightened it well and nothing rattles.


Kinja'd!!! Chariotoflove > Rust and Dust - Oppositelock Forever
12/20/2016 at 15:39

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Be honest, though, did you sit in it and imagine what you’d do if you could?


Kinja'd!!! Tazio, Count Fouroff > Rust and Dust - Oppositelock Forever
12/20/2016 at 15:40

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Hey how can you say — authoritatively and definitively, under oath — that you *know beyond a doubt* — the scratches had *absolutely no* effect on how it drives??

Unless...

>be sure and report back to Oppo ;-) <


Kinja'd!!! Rust and Dust - Oppositelock Forever > ZHP Sparky, the 5th
12/20/2016 at 15:52

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Thought about that, actually (bumper cover will be off, and we probably will pull the lid to avoid bagging the whole car).

“You honestly expected to hear a rattle over the sound of a side-piped V10 in a convertible?”

Didn’t have a good reply to that line of questioning.


Kinja'd!!! Rust and Dust - Oppositelock Forever > Tazio, Count Fouroff
12/20/2016 at 15:56

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I’ve actually had customers request me to test drive to 100mph. And I did, gladly. It was a 2000 Acura NSX, entire left side was destroyed by guardrail. Customer advised me he tracks the car, and even though it may feel good at a test drive at 65, he wanted to know it felt just as good at 100, too.

It felt really good at 100.


Kinja'd!!! e36Jeff now drives a ZHP > Rust and Dust - Oppositelock Forever
12/20/2016 at 16:27

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What about hearing the rattle with the engine at idle at speed? You know, like you were coasting to a stop.


Kinja'd!!! Nauraushaun > Rust and Dust - Oppositelock Forever
12/21/2016 at 02:54

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Don’t. Don’t meet your heroes. Start it, rev it, don’t drive it. Be happy.