Took the McLaren to its first show. PICS

gregpro50 · Post by **gregpro50** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 9:04 pm

I heard many times "Its just a 4-cyl" when people walked by and looked under the hood of the SVO.

capriman86 · Post by **capriman86** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 9:29 pm

That was me

Sandy · Post by **Sandy** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 11:24 pm

No, I didn't fix the muffler, yet. I got lazy. My decession is to go to Midas, because the guy treated me nice, they have the necessary drive on lift, where the car is lifted ON the ramp ratrher than an "X" ramp that lifts the car by the rail frames, and can come in contact with the side ground effect skirting. Further, his ramp had a more strretched out ramp with less of an angle to drive the car onto it, thereby not making contact with the bottom of the front air dam. I am suppling the muffler, so all they have to do is install it. I am not dropping the axle, so that the tailpipe can be dropped so that the mufflerand tailpipe can be welded. Too much opportunity for SOMETHING to go wrong. Keeping it simple.

I am waiting for a day without RAIN. We've had ALOT of rain here in NJ over the past week. Even a Tornado touched down locally, and it WASN'T an Oldsmobile!

gregpro50 · Post by **gregpro50** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 11:31 pm

capriman86 wrote:That was me

You werent there. I would have smelled you.

capriman86 · Post by **capriman86** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 12:09 am

your right I would have poop'd on your seat

plumkrazy · Post by **plumkrazy** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 1:13 am

You know Sandy if you want to bring it to Michigan I have all the things needed to lift your car right and install the muffler. I would even do it for FREE just to see your car.

Sandy · Post by **Sandy** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 11:58 am

Michigan is a little too far, from New Jersey, to travel to change a muffler, and IF I did THAT, i'd be well, PlumKrazy !

Sometimes I think that I should sell the Coupe (866 miles). I worry so much about it, I really do not have any enjoyment from it, just $900 a year storage fees & $250 insurance fees. This Midas Muffler shop is 4 miles from me & 4 miles back home, and I am petrified that something baaad COULD happen !

This is - I guess - the price one pays for keeping a 21 year old car brand new. I've got a storage room in thebasement with at the very least, ONE of every single part ascMcLaren put on the 1986 coupes, but no I am worried now about NOT having normal Mercury Capri parts, such as a hatch, a hood, doors, windshield, grille, headlight buckets, taillamps, etc, etc, the list is endless......
I don't even take it to shows any longer. I take it every year for an oil change, oil filter, and every 4th year for an air filter & a radiator flush.
I drive it 16 miles round trip to a Ford dealership I like where they treat her like one would treat an 85 year old person. That's it yearly "ride".
The original tires are in perfect condition, too.

It's no longer a "car" - it's like art-work one would hang on a wall.