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Old 01-31-2018, 02:52 PM
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I took a picture while the mechanic was changing oil, oil filter and two hoses...only in Florida can be this clean...
 
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That looks exceptionally clean for that many miles. Did the car ever leave Florida in its life?

I hope mine holds up that well. I am at 82K now.
 
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I thought mine was pretty clean underneath, but wow!

Looks like it recently left the showroom...
 
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That looks exceptionally clean for that many miles. Did the car ever leave Florida in its life?

I hope mine holds up that well. I am at 82K now.
Yes, it was in Longwood, FL since new until I bought it. All the services done at Aston Martin Orlando. That exactly what I thought, but it makes sense, no snow or mud...
 
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Remarkable. Never seen one like that in my part of the World.

Has someone used an unconventional jacking technique?

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Old 02-01-2018, 11:39 AM
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Remarkable. Never seen one like that in my part of the World.

Has someone used an unconventional jacking technique?

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Is not my fault that the car was not properly designed...🤥
 
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I did not even notice that flat spot. Its so nicely pressed in there.


Wonder if this car now sounds slightly different ?
 
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I did not even notice that flat spot. Its so nicely pressed in there.


Wonder if this car now sounds slightly different ?
I pretty sure it sounds the same...amazingly good!
 
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Side note, I clicked on this thread and was super thankful this was the result.
 
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Side note, I clicked on this thread and was super thankful this was the result.
it’s called marketing, and apparently it worked! :-)
 
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Last time I was in south Florida there was an alarming lack of frost heaves and pot holes.
 
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So true on the Michigan lol.

I work in Ada, MI and I've had a wheel literally destroyed a block from work on my XKR. Cracked wheel that didn't want to weld later.

I did have one pothole so bad on a past Audi A8 that it destroyed the wheel, the tire and actually bent the inner and out tie rod on that side.
 
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Originally Posted by Scottsgreenjag
Hahahaha
 
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Originally Posted by 80sRule
So true on the Michigan lol.

I work in Ada, MI and I've had a wheel literally destroyed a block from work on my XKR. Cracked wheel that didn't want to weld later.

I did have one pothole so bad on a past Audi A8 that it destroyed the wheel, the tire and actually bent the inner and out tie rod on that side.

Yup, I've dodged a few over by the Monolith. Nice to see that they "sorta" fixed the West end of Pettis, though.
 
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Originally Posted by GGG
Remarkable. Never seen one like that in my part of the World.

Has someone used an unconventional jacking technique?

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Back in my RF waveguide days, we'd call that "dent tuning"
 
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When I was a NYC cabbie (many years ago) there were potholes in Manhattan that were so big and so old that they'd been given names! True.
 
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There was one in the UK where the local village held a 10 year birthday party for it
 
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