Out to OH. again

[NEexpat]

Nook. I know the recapture system you mentioned, we have it here in the Commonwealth. They don't have that in OH. I think it was just a faulty pump handle.

I would have done better on the way back but three times I got hung up in night construction in CT. At one point I turned the car off and sat for a good 10 min.

Gas in OH was $3.29 the day I filled up, Here in MA. Shell station $3.25, Hess $3.19

Two things I still want to do with the egg, at some point install the Fiamm El Grande horns and then dive into the world of touch up paint to address some of little issues emerging on my front end.

Looked into this in the past and watched some real experts work on Maybachs and Benzes. If I learned anything it is that there is no "magic" pen that you run over the scratch or chip and voila' gone. Even a clear coat pen has to be smoothed out and buffed up.

It is a process and to do it correctly requires time, time, patience and the secret, (as revealed to me by a touch up master)........................................... toothpicks, really lots of toothpicks.

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by NEexpat

construction in CT.

I drove from Newport, RI to Piscataway, NJ (through Providence, RI and Nyack, NY) on October 24th (late afternoon and night) and there was much highway construction around Providence and in CT. Trying to get as much as possible done before too much inclement weather?. I ended up driving the Merritt/Hutchinson River (no construction, and of course no trucks) from Stamford to I-287 for the latter part of the east of the Hudson segment of the trip

Two things I still want to do with the egg, at some point install the Fiamm El Grande horns

Great reviews on Amazon, especially from Toyota owners. My grandfather loved trains. He found some company that made horns that sounded like the horn on some Southern Pacific locomotives. Whenever he got a new Lincoln or Cadillac, he would have the stock horn replaced with one of those aftermarket horns.

and then dive into the world of touch up paint to address some of little issues emerging on my front end.

Looked into this in the past and watched some real experts work on Maybachs and Benzes. If I learned anything it is that there is no "magic" pen that you run over the scratch or chip and voila' gone. Even a clear coat pen has to be smoothed out and buffed up.

It is a process and to do it correctly requires time, time, patience and the secret, (as revealed to me by a touch up master)........................................... toothpicks, really lots of toothpicks.

Right you are. I toured the Benz factory in Alabama in early October, and the part of the paint process they let the public see is inspiring. I included the percentage of manufacturing time that they devote to the paint job in an earlier post (can't remember the number off the top of my head) and that percentage is significantly larger than any other single part of the manufacturing process. It makes sense that touching up would also require a laser like, detailed focus.