Picked up the rental car today and packed it chock full of GRM-car appropriate gear (see below). 4 hour drive in the reliable rental car tomorrow, then the adventure home begins! Hopefully there will be a build thread to follow......
See you tomorrow, PimpM3!!
What are you picking up? I'm loosing track of all Jeremy's stuff.
Is this the S10?
Not the S10. Just a hint until it's a done deal - an appropriate name for it could be "James Bondo."
In reply to glueguy (Forum Supporter) :
Yellow/tan-ish?
Haha, I just grabbed a rental Altima last weekend and drove 8 straight hours outta there. Wasn't a bad place to spend the time and way better than the uhaul I came back in yesterday. Good luck with the snag...mg?
It made it out of my driveway under it's one power so that is a win!
It was nice meeting you folks, you have an awesome wife for putting up with our car affliction.
pimpm3 (Forum Supporter) said:It made it out of my driveway under it's one power so that is a win!
PimpM3 warranty has expired. and now the extended warranty calls begin!
In reply to AngryCorvair (Forum Supporter) :
This one has jacked up wipers, you can relate. Even though it's not freezing...
glueguy (Forum Supporter) said:Not the S10. Just a hint until it's a done deal - an appropriate name for it could be "James Bondo."
All I know is "James Bondo" either needs to be someone's Challenge team name or their porn name. Or both.
In reply to Pete Gossett (Forum Supporter) :
...if there's ever a Aston or Bentley Challenge Car
James Bondo is a weirdly appropriate name for the car.
John Welsh (Moderate Supporter) said:What are you picking up? I'm loosing track of all Jeremy's stuff.
Is this the S10?
The one I'm thinking of bondo wise I didn't think was drivable. But he is cleaning house right now so is it the International man of mystery?
In reply to pimpm3 (Forum Supporter) :
Your wife's ole car?
I didn't think that had bondo. It's very nice.
In reply to John Welsh (Moderate Supporter) :
The one I'm thinking of was part of an epic GRM trade deal that ended up with Nader. Apparently it's also so awesome it's capable of running without a carb on the intake.
Stampie (FS) said:In reply to John Welsh (Moderate Supporter) :
The one I'm thinking of was part of an epic GRM trade deal that ended up with Nader. Apparently it's also so awesome it's capable of running without a carb on the intake.
That one will be coming up for sale shortly as will the 1972 Dodge Dart.
John Welsh (Moderate Supporter) said:In reply to pimpm3 (Forum Supporter) :
Your wife's ole car?
I didn't think that had bondo. It's very nice.
No bondo but it does have the dubious distinction of being totalled two separate times by state farm.
pimpm3 (Forum Supporter) said:Stampie (FS) said:In reply to John Welsh (Moderate Supporter) :
The one I'm thinking of was part of an epic GRM trade deal that ended up with Nader. Apparently it's also so awesome it's capable of running without a carb on the intake.
That one will be coming up for sale shortly as will the 1972 Dodge Dart.
I was just thinking that I hope he doesn't put the Dart up also. I don't need another project and I don't need to self flagellation with a Mopar but I'll text you.
In reply to Stampie (FS) :
I originally thought this was the yellow/tan Dodge Dart
From this angle it looks quite lovely
It's a Jaaaag !
Nice 
In a final act of defiance it burnt my grass before leaving 
Enjoy the jag I am glad it went to a good home.
Ohhhh now that is a nice car!!!! Art on wheels. One of my bucket list cars is a tin top version of that and either do a manual trans swap from a db7 or just put a LM4 in it with a manual. Wide tires and tasteful fender flairs or just roll/stretch the stock ones. Add just a bit of lowering and use it for weekends and HPDE days.
So now, the rest of the story...
I forgot that this was in the PimpM3 stable until he made a recent post about shedding cars. It's always been on my list of "someday I'll find the right one." I'll blame COVID for thinking this was the right one and I needed another car right now..... We talked, he gave full details, we found common ground, and I was on the way.
Hit the road in the rental from Clearwater on the way to Jacksonville. Plan was to pick up the Jag, drop the rental and then go visit with SWMBO's friend in St. Augustine.
XM Road Trip radio was playing appropriate music:
No picture of the song, but later a song played and I said to Michele "This I believe will be the perfect theme for the treasure we're about to lay our eyes on" - it was a Kelly Clarkson song "I'm broken and I'm beautiful." Turns out I was right.
I also realized that the navigation in the Altima could be zoomed out to show the entire width of Florida. We were able to keep PimpM3 apprised of our progress
Got there and it was exactly how he described it. We had a great conversation and he detailed most of the quirks. The radio, which hadn't worked in a couple years, was working now.
The funniest and potentially most impressive part of the car. Not one, but two of these stickers.
Stopped for gas 5 miles away, dumped the Techron, applied the Rain-X (right wiper reported to be inoperative), and turned it on. This started the trend of "a new warning light with every startup!" Actually I digress. The trend started in the grass immediately after cash transfer when the next startup displayed "hood not closed" even though it was fully latched. After gas. in addition to the known CEL and ABS lights - and hood not latched warning, the "Low Brake Fluid" light came on. Popped the well-latched hood and looked at the master cylinder reservoir. Did the fender bump and saw the fluid move at close enough to the right level. OK, let's roll.
Did the airport rental drop and headed to St. Augustine. While visiting it was raining steady and not conducive to sitting out on the vacation deck and enjoying the evening. We decided not to spend the night but rather to head back under cover of darkness and have Sunday to recover. During the visit I realized that I didn't know how to lock the car (dead fob) or how sensitive the alarm was. A quick text to PimpM3 resulted in the humorous "I don't know, maybe the fob stopped because the radio started working." In this car, it's a plausible explanation.
Went to leave the friend's place and was greeted with the red Brake! warning light, in addition to all the others. The message display gets a pixel workout as it cycles through all of its warning messages. After driving a couple miles the red brake light fixed itself.
Drove back in a constant rain all the way down I-95 and across I-4, ranging from steady to monsoon. Thank goodness for Rain-X. I didn't turn on the unintended mono-wiper setup until I was back in my neighborhood just to make sure it worked.
On this trip Michele went to open the glovebox to start exploring and I don't know what happened but the latch exploded. Like cracked plastic around the lock and two springs now laying on the ground. And the door now hanging open with no obvious way to make it close. Let's turn on the dome light to see - nope, forgot, that roof console is in the trunk as part of the top hydraulics that failed that led to its orphan state. Somehow she managed to fix it enough to close and then declared she wasn't touching another thing until we were safe at home. It was funny - we debated hitting seek on the radio in fear of making it stop, and the same for changing AC temp. We're cold but do we dare touch anything since it's currently working??
The car drove great, survived the 200 mile trip with no mechanical drama, and was turned off at 11:58PM.
The view this morning, again, from the right angle and at a distance, definitely shows the "Beautiful" side. Pretty soon I'll go out and start making the triage list for the build thread.
After the 2016 Challenge, I spent 3 days driving this car before I left FL. It was a very nice car then and great for some late October, top down touring.
All the questionable elections currently, I suspect some faulty grounds or poor voltage regulator.
There's a burgundy coupe near my house that is very attractive.
Definitely clean every ground you can find, and hunt the ones you cant. Bet you it solve 80% of the electrical gremlins
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