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What did you do to your Sedan today?

Old Feb 14, 2024 | 03:19 PM
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WOW. We're on our 2nd battery on my wife's 2015 CX-5 - kept outside in the sun, driven every day.

Conversely my 2023 work car is in the shop because a software update isn't allowing the starting battery to charge. :shrug:
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Old Feb 14, 2024 | 03:59 PM
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My wife's Forester is 6 years old and 82K miles now, same original battery.
My G is on its 3rd, but I think that's because it sits so long, I was killing batteries. Now I use a trickle charger.
My kid's Sentra is on its 5th battery, which sucks for a 2013 car. I blame the remote starter.

Anyway, today I finished cleaning the last of the summer wheels, so that's what I did today to my Sedan.

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Old Feb 16, 2024 | 03:13 PM
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Coming up on 11 years of ownership, and finally dipping into non-cosmetic mods. Picked Motordyne having never heard one in person, so bit of a risk. Will see how it goes…


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Old Feb 16, 2024 | 03:22 PM
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Can't go wrong with Motordyne.
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Old Feb 16, 2024 | 04:21 PM
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Originally Posted by STownSaint
Picked Motordyne having never heard one in person, so bit of a risk. Will see how it goes…
Get ready for "I can't believe my car sounds like that!"

But in a good way.
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Old Feb 17, 2024 | 01:57 PM
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I’ve been watching the F1 series on Netflix to prepare myself
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Old Feb 17, 2024 | 02:34 PM
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Old Feb 17, 2024 | 02:37 PM
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Old Feb 17, 2024 | 05:04 PM
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First video sounded better, IMO. Fantastic, actually.
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Old Feb 18, 2024 | 08:08 PM
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That sounds fantastic.
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Old Feb 19, 2024 | 04:03 PM
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Unboxed and all packed up for the install later this week. Those Helmholtz resonators seem bigger than 2L soda bottles !

( this design element of the MD system speaks to the engineer in me)


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Old Feb 19, 2024 | 05:37 PM
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Originally Posted by STownSaint
this design element of the MD system speaks to the engineer in me
Me too. I've always been Helmholtz-curious.

I'm excited for you, man. After all these years, you're going to have so much fun with this new exhaust.
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Old Feb 20, 2024 | 11:36 PM
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A lot of changes since I first posted on this forum, but I did ceramic tints today, 80% windshield, 20% on the rest.
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Old Feb 21, 2024 | 11:33 AM
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Originally Posted by RobC7
I washed the car yesterday and finally got around to replacing the dead pedal.





Also couldn't help myself but to take a picture of how she sits in the garage. Big day tomorrow pending installation of Whiteline differential bushing and alignment.

How difficult was it to replace this ?
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Old Feb 21, 2024 | 01:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Zack342
How difficult was it to replace this ?
Very easy! Remove the 2 kick panels, peel the carpet back to see backside of the dead pedal, use a flathead or something similar to pop the clips off, and then install using new clips. Can't say it will take more than 15minutes.
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