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Old Sep 29, 2010 | 01:39 PM
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i lived in SoCal, South Florida and SC for the last six years.. moved back here a year ago.. not quite acclimated to it yet lol


Joe Will be fun. See you there at 6:30. Won't have Cinder though
Old Sep 29, 2010 | 01:51 PM
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yeah, thats a bunch of warm climates. lol
Old Sep 29, 2010 | 02:51 PM
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so i'm freezing lol. it's almost 90 at my sister's house in West Palm Beach. I asked her if i could come stay with her for the winter
Old Sep 29, 2010 | 02:58 PM
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i'l be down in Orlando right before christmas for my companies holiday party. so much fun the past couple years.
Old Sep 29, 2010 | 03:11 PM
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i spent 3 weeks in wpb this summer then drove over to Clearwater for a couple days then drove home, met alot of very cool people. Orlando has a pretty expansive Scion crowd too. not like up here... ugh. i swear including Joe, Connie and I there are like 8 xD's total around here
Old Sep 29, 2010 | 05:13 PM
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yeah, im jealous.

They do have a big crew down there. I met a ton of cool scion peeps when I was down in miami and ft lauderdale.


I havent seen any modded xD's in the philly area.
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I just put my car under the knife. It underwent a transmission transplant. The automatic will be a 5 speed by Monday. Anybody wanna see?
Old Oct 1, 2010 | 03:29 PM
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Originally Posted by s_rhabb
I just put my car under the knife. It underwent a transmission transplant. The automatic will be a 5 speed by Monday. Anybody wanna see?

Yes!!!
Old Oct 3, 2010 | 04:55 AM
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Spotted a 2nd gen tC in Spitzers parking lot. It's silver with an automatic. Car doesn't look too bad in person but I don't see myself getting rid of my current tC for it.
Old Oct 4, 2010 | 03:00 PM
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Anyone going to this?

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=156900684337262
Old Oct 5, 2010 | 02:04 PM
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I'm leaving for West Palm this Friday!! I'll bring back some of the sun!
Old Oct 6, 2010 | 04:41 PM
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Originally Posted by JJGeneral1
I spoke to the dealership about this, it sounds like a party and test drive of the 2011 tC. They told me that they had 60 Scions at there last event and they came from as far away as MI and NY. Its two hours from Pittsburgh.

Anyone planning on going?
Old Oct 6, 2010 | 08:15 PM
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I am, tim. I already pre-registered to test drive the tC. I wanna see how the new 2.5 Engine handles.
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Yes!!!
Its all done!
Old Oct 8, 2010 | 02:33 PM
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Complete the transmission swap and everything works....accept the slave cylinder is bad so I cant really shift... I rushed a delivery so hopefully there will be no more holdups.
Old Oct 13, 2010 | 01:38 PM
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Having a hard time bleeding the clutch but I will solve that problem today.
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I have no clue what that even means. LOL
Old Oct 13, 2010 | 02:55 PM
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Originally Posted by JJGeneral1
I have no clue what that even means. LOL

LOL Joe.. how many times to i need to offer to you to teach you how to drive a clutch
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You never offer a time line though of availability...
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Went to the dealer today. They at first very confused that I did a tranny swap but once they got over it they bled the clutch and found that the bleeding was not the problem. There is a third very hard to get to mounting point for the clutch pedal assembly. All I have to do is stick a bolt thru there and I should be set. The whole pedal assembly rocks back and forth when I step on the pedal and the clutch cant disengage that way. Looks like I have to take my dash apart just to get to this mounting point and I might have to fabricate it if it doesn't exist in my car since is used to be an automatic.



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