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Old 05-01-23 | 10:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Gojirra99
actually, any seating surfaces not black/dark blue can become a blue jeans disaster, beige, gray, red … etc…….
Hmm. My LS is grey interior and no issues at all.

We had an IS350 with off white creamy colored seats and yes those got stained lol.
Old 05-02-23 | 07:55 PM
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Saw a new Grand Cherokee in the cement looking gray color.

Dang that think looked much bigger at the light next to me than it did when I seen it at the dealer.
Bigger in the "real world", not sure how that's possible but it has massive presence.

To slow on getting my phone out to get a pic but other than that I haven't seen any cool stuff to report.
Old 05-02-23 | 08:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Margate330
Saw a new Grand Cherokee in the cement looking gray color.

Dang that thing looked much bigger at the light next to me than it did when I seen it at the dealer.
Bigger in the "real world", not sure how that's possible but it has massive presence.
If it was THAT large, are you sure it was not a Grand Wagoneer in that cement color? Or did you verify that it it actually said "Grand Cherokee" on it?



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Old 05-02-23 | 09:50 PM
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Originally Posted by mmarshall
If it was THAT large, are you sure it was not a Gand Wagoneer in that cement color? Or did you verify that it it actually said "Grand Cherokee" on it?

Thank you.
I think you are correct!
Had to be the Grand Wagoneer.

All I could think was dang that's a huge SUV!
It looked bigger than an Escalade to me.
Old 05-03-23 | 09:35 AM
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Yeah it was a Wagoneer. It is bigger than an Escalade lol.

Got my favorite space at the office today!



Old 05-03-23 | 09:41 AM
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The W222 looks so nice!

One of the best cars ever IMO, legendary platform and really stands out.


I'm however dealing with a very not so nice Ford/Lincoln, that free one I picked up with a dead engine. The lift points are extremely weak and scary so this will be fun to do with constant fear of being killed lol!



Bacon bits anyone?

Other side is holding at least......

I am very much not happy with this, I can't use the alternate lift locations since they are too close to the center and I'm removing the front subframe/engine/trans and it would be unsafe to lift from there. So crumby crunch zone is my fate.
Old 05-03-23 | 09:42 AM
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Yikes! Thats really scary...
Old 05-03-23 | 10:44 AM
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Originally Posted by SW17LS
Yikes! Thats really scary...
Yeah. The bad part is I've been under worse......I do have two screw jacks deployed right now though lol! I have to get fully under it to remove the AC compressor here so I'm not risking it.
Old 05-03-23 | 12:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Striker223
Yeah. The bad part is I've been under worse......I do have two screw jacks deployed right now though lol! I have to get fully under it to remove the AC compressor here so I'm not risking it.
At least film it so you can become YouTube famous if it falls!
Old 05-03-23 | 02:19 PM
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Originally Posted by SW17LS
At least film it so you can become YouTube famous if it falls!
Hopefully not!

Falling anything from the lift is bad and a car is peak bad day for sure, I would like to continue my streak of no such incidents. Engine is out.....it is beyond saving though, it was so badly seized that I had to pull the engine out with the converter still attached. I will be prepping the replacement over the next few days, I hope to get the car fully sorted and back on the road in about two weeks from now.

It is very disturbing how much similarity there is between this car and the Jag I also owned for a while. It's the same to the point it's disconcerting that they just kept on using SO MUCH from their 90s platform......moronic subframe design included.
Old 05-03-23 | 03:36 PM
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Yeah we don't want anything falling off the lift!
Old 05-03-23 | 06:44 PM
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Wow.

https://www.motortrend.com/news/bmw-...-_NHbIDoMSWLEo

I have a die hard wealthy 7 series freak friend, he's about to sell it because it's about to hit.....70k miles. Which is pathetic.

That said, we can definitely say a 7 series is a tank based on this video. Minor injuries only.
Old 05-03-23 | 10:23 PM
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wow what a CRAZY video! that cop got so close to being seriously injured or killed, thankfully looks like nothing happened

one of mmarshall's '3-series jocks' strikes again


it actually looks like he saw the cop car with lights on in the opposing lane, then either just lifted off the gas or panic braked, shifting the weight forward and making the back step out
Old 05-03-23 | 10:27 PM
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Originally Posted by AJT123
Wow.

https://www.motortrend.com/news/bmw-...-_NHbIDoMSWLEo

I have a die hard wealthy 7 series freak friend, he's about to sell it because it's about to hit.....70k miles. Which is pathetic.

That said, we can definitely say a 7 series is a tank based on this video. Minor injuries only.
oh whoops haha didn't realize you already posted about this
Old 05-04-23 | 01:50 AM
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What a dumbass.....at least that showcased how safe flagships are even in unreasonable situations.



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