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Old 04-23-2006   #1
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Smile Got back last night after 21 hours of driving...

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Well as some of you may know, I like to take these yearly trips out to other parts of the country. Of course there are purposes behind them which are pretty much always car-buying related. The last trip to Utah.. well some of you know... went like shit and I spent an extra $2000 I shouldn't have had to. Friday's trip was awesome!

I flew out of here at 6am from the MSP airport, transferred planes 3 times to get to my final destination, Wilmington, NC. The last plane which was from Atlanta to Wilmington had been delayed twice. This freaked me out because I had to be to Wilmington by latest.. 4pm because the guys' bank was gonna close at 6pm and I had no clue how small/big the city was going to be to travel. So... as I was freaking out about the plane being an hour late ,I called him and tried to have everything straightened out. The guy who sold me the car(Kyle) is probably one of the coolest, most honest and straightforward dudes I've met in a while. Nothing to hide and more than willing to help me out in anything he could. Awesome kid.

So I get there and it's the smallest airport I've ever seen. It was awesome! Beautiful NC and I was there getting a beautiful car. As some of you already know, it's an Evo8. He picked me up and we headed to his bank. After that I had to drop him off at work and we got it all done by 5:45PM. Talk about time crunch. Kyle was quite sad as you could see from the expression on his face. He really didn't wanna sell the car but had to for schooling purposes. Smart kid, cause at least someone's got their priorities straight.

So I drove home ... from 6pm Eastern Time; drove through to Kentucky... it was 2:30pm ET, and I was dead tired. I'd only drove 400-500 miles. I wanted to drive at least 600. I pulled over to a rest stop and set my alarm for an hour of a power nap! I woke up, started driving again at 3:30am and was so damn tired by 4:30am I had to pull over and take another power nap. I woke up at 5:30am and drove all the way thru here because the sun was up and shining! The car made it through all the thunderstorms in the mountains. That was scary as hell because the tires are completely bald. Going 70mph with bald tires down a 6% decline in the mountains with pouring rain? Umm... freaky shit. I made it back to MN after non stop driving and one stop in Eau Claire to visit a friend. Made it back at 6:30PM CT... and damn. That was some crazy driving I really didn't think I'd be up for. And..... the car is home now. 2003 Blue By You (Blue) Evo8 now with 22k miles. I am happy, I couldn't have asked for anything better right now in life.


Cliff's Notes: Went on a trip to NC, long ass drive home, but I made it and now own an Evo!

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Old 04-23-2006   #2
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Re: Got back last night after 21 hours of driving...

great lookin car cher. glad you made it home safe. even though swift bitched about it all the time at work :P hahaha i see why now. glad everything went smoothly!
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Old 04-23-2006   #3
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Re: Got back last night after 21 hours of driving...

That is a sweet car! Glad to see you made it back in one piece!

Did you visit Noah in Eau Claire? I haven't seen him in soo long!

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Old 04-23-2006   #4
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bitched? fuck no, I'm happy for him..I just bitched cause i knew it sounds WAY meaner then it looks...you kept calling him the lucky bastard! It would have been nice to go on the trip this time around, but what can ya do?

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Old 04-23-2006   #5
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Congrats Cher! You deserve it. I cant wait to see the thing in person.
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Old 04-23-2006   #6
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Very sweet car!! How are the tires completely bald with only 20k on them, burnouts? jk.
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Awesome dude, you've been wanting that pretty hardcore for a while now! I too look forward to seeing it in person sometime.
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Re: Got back last night after 21 hours of driving...

Hell yeah cher looks very nice. Looks like its time to update your sig with another car.
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Old 04-23-2006   #9
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Re: Got back last night after 21 hours of driving...

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Very sweet car!! How are the tires completely bald with only 20k on them, burnouts? jk.
Only 20k? Thats a lot for some compounds. Its easily 2 summers which is about what I expect out of most soft tires.
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Yea I suppose your right, I guess Im just more forgiving with my tires than some and they seem to last longer haha.
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Re: Got back last night after 21 hours of driving...

Cher I'd like to see more pictures of the car you have...and im not mentioning the where'd lookin blue car that idles funnie, im talking about...THE TOYOTA SIENNA...THAT THING LOOKS PIMP...AND WHY DO YOU HAVE MY WHITE TALON PARKED NEXT TO THAT MONSTER SIENNA..HAHA...J/P!!..

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Nice car man... I would love to travel the US and drive awesome cars back, sounds like a hell of a fun thing to do in the spring.
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Re: Got back last night after 21 hours of driving...

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The car made it through all the thunderstorms in the mountains. That was scary as hell because the tires are completely bald. Going 70mph with bald tires down a 6% decline in the mountains with pouring rain? Umm... freaky shit.
I think we passed through the Smokey Mountains at about 3am and it was pooring rain and there were crazy semi drivers everywhere. No one slowed down even though visibility was non existent. Luckily we had good tires


Anyway, car looks awesome. What "extras" came along with it?

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Silly.. I didn't think blue would look good for an Evo but it actually looks pretty good. Congrats, nice ride!
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Gratz Cher! The car looks sweet.
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Looks good Cher! How modded is it?
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Sweet pick up Nutty!
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Nice work man, It's great to see dreams come true!
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cher got an ebo? no whey!!
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Nice, Cher, very nice!
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