Lol!!! Kyle (livinthestanglife) knows the city where I live, and trust me, this place sucks like no tomorrow. Bad city planning, bad roads, bad use of city budget, you name it. We are only here because of work and good schools lol.

The city should pay me royalties for making the city look appealing in my photos.

Haha, I spoke to Alice the other day!!!

Kyle, thanks buddy. I know man, I know you're in MO right? It's only a stone's throw from Iowa. Would like to meet you sometime and get together. My buddy from Des Moines is in MO today and this weekend for Shelby Fest. Did you go to that?

Lol guys, I wish I had that help . Would have been nice.

Darren thanks so much buddy. Stripes are nice, but as you know, paint care is my forte, being a detailer and all. Stripes would hide my paint . Although seeing all of your stripes, maybe my next car I will. I would like gunmetal stripes with a silver pinstripe. :thumbsup:

Thanks a ton Jay!!! I appreciate the kind words!

 

Nick, Lucy is looking fly!!!

Thanks Nick! Too kind. Love your SGM paint though. Was my second choice for color if available!

Shiaz please, you know how much I love your car and your photo skills. I am but your little padwan!!!

 

Driving the car in the rain???? SHAME on you!!!

 

wow, I didn't even notice that on my phone when I looked earlier (too small). Now that I'm on my PC, I see that now.

If that's the case, then yes, it won't come close No rain driving for me! Only precipitation is from my garden hose during a wash

I actually made a promise to myself this year, that no more driving Marilyn to work. All she does is sit and get dust collected on her. No clue where the dang dust comes from in our parking lots. But it's not worth it. I washed and detailed her on Sunday once, then drove to work on Monday, then by the time I drove her home, she was literally filthy. And it was a sunny day too. Sucked. Had to wash her AGAIN.

 

Egads!! you use ordinary garden hose water??? :O

Mine gets filtered spring water from an underground well. No chlorines or other pollutants!

 

We don't get the gift of spring/well water here in the polluted streets of Iowa However, I do have a special filtration system connected to my outside faucets, so I can get softened water out there I can flip valve to allow for either so wife can water her plants/garden with hard water, then I wash cars with soft. Makes BIG diff.

 

I've had friends go and say it was awesome. That's actually in Herrman, MO home of many wineries and B&B's so, Burton, that'd be a great weekend getaway for you to take your wife to while still doing a car thing too! It's about an hour outside of St. Louis so would be a few hundred miles round trip for Marilyn, so not sure you could handle that mileage + dirtying of her exterior

 

Mine has seen rain a few times...maybe 5 in the two years I've had it. I also don't drive mine to work anymore...but that's mostly because it is an 8 minute drive on 30mph roads and the parking lot is a freaking gravel/pebble/pothole-filled nightmare! There's just no point.

 

LOL... I dunno. By the time I get back, it will be time to replace my drag radials!

But nah, I can handle the dirt. I usually bring my detailing supplies, then I stop occasionally at a gas station/rest stop and literally detail her before driving some more

Might have to plan a trip to MO. Tbh though, we went to St. Louis once, and I kid you not, we got so freaked out we stayed downtown. Literally downtown. LOL. We were young and stupid.

Ding ding ding. Bingo. Agree 100%.

That's why I'm never going to drive her to work anymore. 10 minute drive to work. Useless. No enjoyment, instead frustration, esp from a detailing standpoint. I'd rather get home, THEN drive her to do errands, etc...and enjoy the pi$$ out of her, plus no worries of "parking dust" (dust that accumulates after parking for work for 9 hours).

 

She's a beauty!
Very well done Burton.

 

Love that shot!

 

Thanks a lot folks. I need to collect money from the city for making an empty worn out parking lot look semi decent. Lol

 

Daaaaaaaaaamn

 

Three cruise nites this week, two of them season openers, and all in beautiful weather....top down naturally.

Tonite, The Chatterbox, just outside Newton NJ.

 

Part II

 

Great pictures Tom! The black '15 Roush and the white/blue GT500 made me drool.

Here's us friends lining our cars up by starbucks tonight. We had a few passersby comment and take some pictures. It was a perfect night for crusing.

 

You were in fine company Darren (or should I say that the Shelbys were in fine company?). I dig the stripe delete on the black GT500....and those wheels.

The Roush was a nearby Ford/Roush dealer demo. The owner of the dealer is trying to get into Ford Performance on a bigger level. One of the service advisers brought it for a little bit of advertising. He explained that it's a Stage 2 because superchargers aren't certified yet in NJ on the 2015's. But the dealer installed one anyway. He claimed that it's got 670hp which puts it in Hellcat territory. But it's lighter and will no doubt out-handle the Dodge, so they're probably on equal footing.

Lately I've been becoming more enamoured with the SN95. The other night I fell in lust with an '04 Mach 1, and last night there were two 40th Anniversary models....the orange convertible and the red coupe. Both of those were amazingly clean, as was the Mach 1.

 

Shelbyfest 2015

 

^ that's in Missouri right? Nice!

 

Here are my latest pics after a quick wash and playing around with my camera...