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SlickWilly

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That's because we have lots of twisty 60 mph limit roads that are not quite wide enough for 2 European cars let alone America muscle cars. If you liked VWs then try a BMWs they are far more fun on twisty mountain roads or making your passengers loose their lunch on a roundabout. I just have s 2 litre estate (station wagon) it only does a bit over 135 mph, I've only had it at 125, but can do 60 mpg and sticks to the road like glue.

Reminds me of a day when I was driving my AMC Javlin, that thing was a monster with a reworked 390, Holly 650 double pumper and the car came with the racing "go package", 410 gears in the rear end. I jumped up on the highway and this Volvo wagon started riding my ..., to show off to my brother I dumped the throttle and left him far behind. A few miles down the road he was back, this went on a few times until the guy pulled up next to me in the left lane, both of us doing about 60 and he wanted to race, I obliged. I took quick lead but because of the low gears my top speed was 105 and I was red lining the engine, he just shifted into 5th and slowly pulled away, I watched his rear bumper disappear over the hill. :)
 

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So my black Silo blem enclosure from mod Crate showed up today, no buttons or screws :(:mad:
They sent me 2 mod halfs & the 510 :(
Sent them an email, see what they say :(
Really sucks! Your shipping a package all the way to Canada from Florida, you would think you would double check you got it right!
Best case scenario it takes another 10 days to get the buttons and screws :(
Steamer...the last couple units I just got in from mod crate had an extra pack of buttons & screws in it...PM me if ya need them
 

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That's because we have lots of twisty 60 mph limit roads that are not quite wide enough for 2 European cars let alone America muscle cars. If you liked VWs then try a BMWs they are far more fun on twisty mountain roads or making your passengers loose their lunch on a roundabout. I just have s 2 litre estate (station wagon) it only does a bit over 135 mph, I've only had it at 125, but can do 60 mpg and sticks to the road like glue.

I used to be a big Triumph fan back when I started driving in the Stone Age. Still love TRs, too. I modified my '57 TR3 just little, coil from an aircraft engine, dual point distributor, forced air induction and always ran on "101" octane from Sunoco (yeah, you could get really high test gas back in the 60's). Oh yeah, switched the tires out from the stock rubber bands to Michelin 205/70/R15, about double the rubber on the road and they just cleared the wheel wells, never had any rub at all. It stuck like glue and I chickened out at 140mph in it on the Garden State Parkway one night. Back then the Parkway was empty after 10PM almost every night. The bad part of a TR is having to tighten up all the body bolts on a weekly basis and they are "leaky" in the winter between the rag top and side curtains, but so much fun to drive.
 

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My first car was a Triumph TR7. Bought for $600 before I even had a license. Worked on it but still couldn't get it to run reliably by the time I got my license. Then I bought a motorcycle and got my sister's hand-me-down VW rabbit when my parents bought her a new car. They said they'd buy me one too if I sold my motorcycle or if the VW broke down. So there I was... driving a VW rabbit 4 spd. It would not die. I ended up saving money and buying my own car.
 

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Did someone say VW bug? One of my favorite things to wrench on. Most of this one I "one off" manufactured. It was a basket case when I got it.

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Fiberglass front and rear, full cage tied into front and rear suspension, and the muscle to make anything cry that I have ever run up against on the street in straight line acceleration whether German, Italian or American. It's been sitting for 5 years due to lack of time (Coincidence that I started my own business 5 years ago? Not!) so forgive the pic of the engine I just took since I was doing a little more modding at the time it last saw the street.

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Amazing that one can get so much HP from a little air cooled engine originally designed in the 1930's, but in all honesty there isn't much there that isn't aftermarket or custom designed and hand made.
 

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Got the dna200 today. Their fulfillment center is about 4 hours North in OKC... Anywway... These have that rubberized coating on them like the Vaporshark or the ego sticks (if anybody remembers those).

I'll charge one up and give it a go later on. Fwiw comes with battery and usb cable.
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BillW50

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Yes I got mine too with an extra battery. ecig's photo is a 1300mah battery and the description says 900mah. They come with a nice bag too (oh they are 900mah). Now that I have DX200, I knew I should have gotten two. :-x

Oh yeah I was watching the stock of Triades disappear last Monday morning and I decided to get a second one before they did. That came too. :vapor:
 

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Steamer...the last couple units I just got in from mod crate had an extra pack of buttons & screws in it...PM me if ya need them

I mite have to. They emailed me back with a link showing it was delivered & nothing else!
They must be dumb as a bag of hammers! they completely ignored the fact the package was shorted all the parts.
I sent them another email with a picture this time, maybe there little pea brains can understand that?

Stelar vape mail day for me :):) The K-F V5 the Merlin & the SX450 Q all came today :rickroll:
 

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I can't put the new K-F down! :) I built it out with a 6 wrap spaced 3mm Ti coil about .2 ohms.
It vapes like a beast :) It has better Air flow than an old K-F But not quite a free lung inhale.
I have it set on the most Air flow setting :) It's a lot like the V3 just bigger & way more Air :)
The one I got Search - 3FVape looks to be of pretty good build quality, initial impression. I have all ways had a soft spot for K-F's :) I like this one so far! :)
 

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Phone Guy

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The only thing I like about the Triades is the leather back. The shape and weight of the reuleaux style mods is not my cup of tea.

Oh and I like the square(d) buttons.

I need to get my Vaporflask back in action... I need the screen extender cable and a usb extension. Sigh.... Have not had the time to do the research, as I am not the original builder. I will be this time though, so I'm backwards engineering this thing.
 

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White dx200 with a black aromamizer (angel cigs clone)
Looks decent because of the black buttons. This is not as small as the 3d printed erm mod (900mah) only slightly smaller than the erm+

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Is this the 55$ one from Ecig?
 

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