turbofish38
Le Pétomane
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- Dec 3, 2002
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I remember the time I had my GN repainted. I sent it over to one of my customers that had an excellent reputation painting Corvettes. I told him money was no object and I stripped it down for a tape less paint job. I had his teen age son put in some time block sanding the car for college money so that kept the bill a little lower than I expected. So 6 weeks later he calls for me to pick up my car. I get there and it's parked in the middle of the shop. He says "I didn't have the heart to tell you on the phone" and than proceeds to tell me they cant start the car. He says I know it was running when you dropped it off. So I'm standing there looking at it and than open the trunk and plugged the wire harness back in so the fuel pump would kick on. It started on the first try. They had unplugged it so they wouldn't get overspray on the taillamp sockets. He was pissed at himself for not telling me sooner saying that it was a real PITA pushing around my car with fresh paint because it wouldn't start.
I dont know what say. The past couple of years I have purposely detuned my GN for this reason. My thinking was that if something happened to me and I couldn't drive the car than I wanted it to be as trouble free and dependable as possible so my wife or anybody else could drive it. Heavens knows my wife drives the wheels off of everything we have. All I would have to worry about is somebody stealing it. Thats assuming I was still around. She tells me she is going to paint it metalflake orange and hang 20" spinners on it when I die.
I dont know what say. The past couple of years I have purposely detuned my GN for this reason. My thinking was that if something happened to me and I couldn't drive the car than I wanted it to be as trouble free and dependable as possible so my wife or anybody else could drive it. Heavens knows my wife drives the wheels off of everything we have. All I would have to worry about is somebody stealing it. Thats assuming I was still around. She tells me she is going to paint it metalflake orange and hang 20" spinners on it when I die.