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At-Least-It's-An-Evo 04-23-2006 11:53 AM

Got back last night after 21 hours of driving...
 
Cliffs notes at bottom:

Well as some of you may know, I like to take these yearly trips out to other parts of the country. Of course there are purposes behind them which are pretty much always car-buying related. The last trip to Utah.. well some of you know... went like shit and I spent an extra $2000 I shouldn't have had to. Friday's trip was awesome!

I flew out of here at 6am from the MSP airport, transferred planes 3 times to get to my final destination, Wilmington, NC. The last plane which was from Atlanta to Wilmington had been delayed twice. This freaked me out because I had to be to Wilmington by latest.. 4pm because the guys' bank was gonna close at 6pm and I had no clue how small/big the city was going to be to travel. So... as I was freaking out about the plane being an hour late ,I called him and tried to have everything straightened out. The guy who sold me the car(Kyle) is probably one of the coolest, most honest and straightforward dudes I've met in a while. Nothing to hide and more than willing to help me out in anything he could. Awesome kid.

So I get there and it's the smallest airport I've ever seen. It was awesome! Beautiful NC and I was there getting a beautiful car. As some of you already know, it's an Evo8. He picked me up and we headed to his bank. After that I had to drop him off at work and we got it all done by 5:45PM. Talk about time crunch. Kyle was quite sad as you could see from the expression on his face. He really didn't wanna sell the car but had to for schooling purposes. Smart kid, cause at least someone's got their priorities straight.

So I drove home ... from 6pm Eastern Time; drove through to Kentucky... it was 2:30pm ET, and I was dead tired. I'd only drove 400-500 miles. I wanted to drive at least 600. I pulled over to a rest stop and set my alarm for an hour of a power nap! I woke up, started driving again at 3:30am and was so damn tired by 4:30am I had to pull over and take another power nap. I woke up at 5:30am and drove all the way thru here because the sun was up and shining! The car made it through all the thunderstorms in the mountains. That was scary as hell because the tires are completely bald. Going 70mph with bald tires down a 6% decline in the mountains with pouring rain? Umm... freaky shit. I made it back to MN after non stop driving and one stop in Eau Claire to visit a friend. Made it back at 6:30PM CT... and damn. That was some crazy driving I really didn't think I'd be up for. And..... the car is home now. 2003 Blue By You (Blue) Evo8 now with 22k miles. :) I am happy, I couldn't have asked for anything better right now in life.


Cliff's Notes: Went on a trip to NC, long ass drive home, but I made it and now own an Evo!

Pics Below!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...sd/EvoRear.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...d/DSCF2468.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...vosiderear.jpg

LingLing 04-23-2006 12:13 PM

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great lookin car cher. glad you made it home safe. even though swift bitched about it all the time at work :P hahaha i see why now. glad everything went smoothly!

TheLBUGAWD 04-23-2006 12:23 PM

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That is a sweet car! Glad to see you made it back in one piece!

Did you visit Noah in Eau Claire? I haven't seen him in soo long!

-Colin

Swifty1638 04-23-2006 01:05 PM

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bitched? fuck no, I'm happy for him..I just bitched cause i knew it sounds WAY meaner then it looks...you kept calling him the lucky bastard! It would have been nice to go on the trip this time around, but what can ya do?

-A. Swift

CVD 04-23-2006 01:24 PM

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Congrats Cher! You deserve it. I cant wait to see the thing in person.

A//// Guy 04-23-2006 01:29 PM

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Very sweet car!! How are the tires completely bald with only 20k on them, burnouts? ;) jk.

Kougar 04-23-2006 01:38 PM

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Awesome dude, you've been wanting that pretty hardcore for a while now! I too look forward to seeing it in person sometime.

tpunx99GSX 04-23-2006 01:44 PM

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Hell yeah cher looks very nice. Looks like its time to update your sig with another car. :)

CVD 04-23-2006 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by M/// Guy
Very sweet car!! How are the tires completely bald with only 20k on them, burnouts? ;) jk.

Only 20k? Thats a lot for some compounds. Its easily 2 summers which is about what I expect out of most soft tires.

A//// Guy 04-23-2006 02:03 PM

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Yea I suppose your right, I guess Im just more forgiving with my tires than some and they seem to last longer haha.

Bunta 04-23-2006 02:24 PM

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Cher I'd like to see more pictures of the car you have...and im not mentioning the where'd lookin blue car that idles funnie, im talking about...THE TOYOTA SIENNA...THAT THING LOOKS PIMP...AND WHY DO YOU HAVE MY WHITE TALON PARKED NEXT TO THAT MONSTER SIENNA..HAHA...J/P!!..

SWEET RIDE MAN!:D

DoughtCom 04-23-2006 02:44 PM

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Nice car man... I would love to travel the US and drive awesome cars back, sounds like a hell of a fun thing to do in the spring.

tim 04-23-2006 03:05 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by At-Least-It's-Blue
The car made it through all the thunderstorms in the mountains. That was scary as hell because the tires are completely bald. Going 70mph with bald tires down a 6% decline in the mountains with pouring rain? Umm... freaky shit.

I think we passed through the Smokey Mountains at about 3am and it was pooring rain and there were crazy semi drivers everywhere. No one slowed down even though visibility was non existent. Luckily we had good tires:D


Anyway, car looks awesome. What "extras" came along with it?

Oh, dont forget to change your screen name.

clean2g 04-23-2006 03:29 PM

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Silly.. I didn't think blue would look good for an Evo but it actually looks pretty good. Congrats, nice ride!

JET 04-23-2006 03:50 PM

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Gratz Cher! The car looks sweet.

Kracka 04-23-2006 04:21 PM

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Looks good Cher! How modded is it?

AJ 04-23-2006 04:35 PM

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Sweet pick up Nutty!

howslowcanyougo 04-23-2006 04:38 PM

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Nice work man, It's great to see dreams come true!

Super Bleeder!! 04-23-2006 04:57 PM

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cher got an ebo? no whey!!

Nash 04-23-2006 05:04 PM

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Nice, Cher, very nice!

Tauni 04-23-2006 05:32 PM

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Saw it last night on Uni. Very Nice! Congrats!

Halon 04-23-2006 07:35 PM

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That's great man, congrats! That blue and the white are my 2 favorite colors on the evo, great buy man!

FattyBoomBatty 04-23-2006 08:23 PM

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what mods?

is it fast?

1slowdsm 04-23-2006 09:45 PM

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At-Least-Its-Blue should be your new SN :D...jk. I wish I could take trips like that. I almost bought a 1G from Seattle, but I was 16 and the shipping cost to get it up here was too much :D. Any plans for your Evo?

npaulseth 04-23-2006 10:51 PM

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Dude, your car almost rocks as much as you. ;)

LaunchHard 04-23-2006 11:01 PM

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Looks damn good. When are you gonna hook it up with a ride?

turbotalon1g 04-23-2006 11:23 PM

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congrats man, sweet buy. Looks like things are taking a good turn for you? Hope you enjoy it.

tim 04-23-2006 11:32 PM

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BTW, what are you going to buy next year?;)

At-Least-It's-An-Evo 04-24-2006 12:55 AM

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Haha, thanks everyone, but the name sticks. The WHITE talon is still in the garage. :) As far as mods go, it's got bolt-ons, plug-ins, and some idling issue. Moves pretty good for a stock car. I am happy except the fact that now someone managed to put a 7" long scratch down the driver's side door. I am pissed at that and all the rock chips that are now on the front of the hood/bumper from the road trip. It was mint when I picked it up. I avoided all tail gating and semis as much as possible. It's ok I guess, maybe I'll put a clutch and bigger turbo in it and let it buck. Here's another pic. :) I'll get better pics next time I actually try to take pictures.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1.../Frontside.jpg

Kracka 04-24-2006 01:52 AM

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Looks good, are you going to toss it on the dyno next Sunday?

GSXMatt 04-24-2006 02:31 AM

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Nice whip dude!

At-Least-It's-An-Evo 04-24-2006 07:37 AM

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Originally Posted by S2kracka
Looks good, are you going to toss it on the dyno next Sunday?


Nah, I have scheduled a re-tune of part throttle and WOT with Shane/DB. Hopefully all goes welll there.

slowHonduh 04-24-2006 11:08 AM

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Cher, call me today.

I think we can work something out involving your evo and your kirkey's, if you know what i mean...

Nice car btw

andy 04-24-2006 12:09 PM

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nice. let me borrow it on leave.

curt_gendron 04-24-2006 01:33 PM

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Hey Cher,

Congrats on the purchase. I bought my Stealth down in Georgia and had a fun time driving it back. Road trips to buy cars is awesome!! I think you are a pro at it now.

later,
Curt

Swifty1638 04-24-2006 02:11 PM

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yea, all you gotta do cher is not take me with ya...since I kill the whole trip, and I bring you bad luck..hence the white car..:-/

it looks good, and the idle is the best part of the car, in my opinion..

-A. Swift

At-Least-It's-An-Evo 04-24-2006 02:38 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by curt_gendron
Hey Cher,

Congrats on the purchase. I bought my Stealth down in Georgia and had a fun time driving it back. Road trips to buy cars is awesome!! I think you are a pro at it now.

later,
Curt


Well...3 is the magic number. Hopefully this one might stay after all the trouble I went through for it.

Enes 04-24-2006 03:01 PM

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Grats man, now you gotta update your signature pictures!

1slowdsm 04-24-2006 03:44 PM

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Already got a long scratch on ur car? Ouch man. That really sucks. I bet if you see all the rock chips on my car, you'd be happy that you dont have as many as I do :D.

x-pride 05-02-2006 09:24 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by npaulseth
Dude, your car almost rocks as much as you. ;)

Is it me or does this sentence not sound right?

Oh congrates on the car.


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