Title: Microlino (2023): First Test Drive Video Review Source:
ThomasGeigerCar URL Source:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNennjZ_HoE Published:Oct 11, 2023 Author:ThomasGeigerCar Post Date:2023-10-11 16:53:15 by Esso Keywords:None Views:1046 Comments:16
I've about got the Smart dialed-in. I put new speakers in the doors this morning. The first side took 2 hours to figure out and do, the other side only took a half hour.
About the only thing left is figuring out the dash cams for it and the Tacoma. I've got way too much in getting that Mercedes mechanically sound. I know why they sold it now. I think I've got about $5-5.5k in repairs on top of the $3.5k purchase price. I'm afraid to add it up.
It is kind of a cool little car though. I'm the one who was hellbent on a two-door. LOL.
Eh, what the hell, man? I ain't gonna take it with me. Between me and Rainman and his predilection for talking his step-family into buying turbocharged cars, Chip will be able to open shop 3, and maybe 4.
His step-daughter ran her Hyundai turbo something-or-other low on oil. It took Chip 4 factory turbos before he got one to work. Rainman's rig runs a Cat 3406e (turbo, a real one). Semi tractors and passenger cars are two different animals.
...but that's not terrible considering what 10K gets you these days.
Semi tractors and passenger cars are two different animals.
Darn straight.
When I worked for Illinois State Highways at Northbrook yard, one time when the Des Plaines River flooded badly, one of the guys was out with the Lead, Lead Worker. they were driving his diesel pick up. The other guy was driving.
They were south of Palatine Rd where River Rd and Milwaukee Ave came together. It was flooded badly. The Lead, Lead told the guy driving to go left. The guy behind the wheel said, "But that's the deep water."
The Lead, Lead told him again to go left. He did and the air horn sucked up water. The diesel got hydro lock. It cost them $10,000 rto put a new engine in the truck.
I do not recall if anyone got written up over that boondoggle. LOL