04-10-2018, 01:01 PM
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lol on the shrink wrap!
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04-10-2018, 03:29 PM
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lol on the shrink wrap!
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What, no love for the weird-ass speakers?  |
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04-11-2018, 12:57 AM
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Look at how much room there is in the back of this thing with the seats down:
 Wow! That's almost as big as the back of our SUV, just a couple of feet shorter. You could stuff a major appliance back there. (much bugger than my Metro). Best of both worlds.
I know, I know. Just Lovin this little guy.  |
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04-11-2018, 07:41 AM
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Wow! That's almost as big as the back of our SUV, just a couple of feet shorter. You could stuff a major appliance back there. (much bugger than my Metro).
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No wonder so many hatchbacks had 2-seater versions meant for light cargo hauling. Well, I actually have never been inside an early Echo/Yaris, but I wouldn't doubt it to be at least nearly as roomy as my mom's Toyota Etios. |
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04-14-2018, 06:21 AM
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No idea on my gas mileage yet...I'm at 300kms and its still showing over half a tank. I never trust gas gauges on new-to-me vehicles, so I plan on filling up at 500km. That should give me room enough that if the gauge is off that I won't run out first, and I can gauge if it's out to lunch by how many litres it takes to fill. Won't be until the end of next week, at the earliest, before I get to 500. It takes a while when you only do 30km a day...  |
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04-14-2018, 08:45 AM
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Baited breath here. (What the heck is the origin of that one??)
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Edit... "bated", not "baited", haha!
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"Bated" is a form of "abate," which means “to diminish, beat down, or reduce.” So when you're waiting with bated (read: abated) breath,you're so eager, anxious, excited, or frightened that you're almost holding your breath. Shakespeare used the phrase "with bated breath" in The Merchant of Venice.
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04-14-2018, 09:01 AM
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Headlight Restoration...
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Look great! I loved this restoration when I did it too. A coating of UV shielding clearcoat would help preserve the new shine. Without a new UV coating the plastic will yellow again in 6 months or so. Eastwood sells a good UV protecting clearcoat that I have used for this purpose.
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See my car's mod & maintenance thread and my electric bicycle's thread for ongoing projects. I will rebuild Black and Green over decades as parts die, until it becomes a different car of roughly the same shape and color. My minimum fuel economy goal is 55 mpg while averaging posted speed limits. I generally top 60 mpg. See also my Honda manual transmission specs thread.
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04-14-2018, 10:41 AM
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Kit, or DIY with wet/dry sandpaper? |
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04-14-2018, 11:40 AM
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Kit, or DIY with wet/dry sandpaper?
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3M Kit, courtesy of Princess Auto's "surplus" center months ago. Paid maybe $10 for it. This is the second set of headlights I've done with it, and plenty more left in it.
I'll give anyone doing it a hint to making it last... wet-sand at every stage and the sandpaper will not clog or wear out, and the plastic of the headlight won't over heat half as easy. |
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04-14-2018, 12:37 PM
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Or DIY with toothpaste? 
Please clear coat it! I restored one headlight, but did not clear coat it the first time, and a couple of months later I could not tell the difference!
I had seen that there was a debate between bated and baited, but that could be the difference between people who do research and those who refuse research because they "know."
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