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What have you done to your 3rd Gen today?

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Old October-11th-2007, 07:31 PM
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All this plug talk makes me realise I have no idea what I put in mine. I know they are NGK, and they fit, but I didn't think there was this much detail into it! O_O

I think mine are Iridium or something? Don't quite recall...
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Old October-11th-2007, 07:51 PM
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Originally Posted by _Kansei_
Oh I missed this post.. no, the BKR5E-11 doesn't necessarily mean v-power.. same goes for the ZFR5F-11.. but v-power seems to be all that stores carry?
i got the ZFR5F-11 V-Power
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Old October-11th-2007, 08:35 PM
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Originally Posted by J-Protege
All this plug talk makes me realise I have no idea what I put in mine. I know they are NGK, and they fit, but I didn't think there was this much detail into it! O_O

I think mine are Iridium or something? Don't quite recall...

the iridium ones supposedly last a long time but mine at 25k miles were pretty worn down. Rather than paying ~40 USD for a set of plugs I just pay 8 bucks for the set and change them a little more often
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Old October-11th-2007, 08:37 PM
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Originally Posted by _Kansei_
the iridium ones supposedly last a long time but mine at 25k miles were pretty worn down. Rather than paying ~40 USD for a set of plugs I just pay 8 bucks for the set and change them a little more often
i'm changing mine at like 12k...is that normal? i've just been gettin bad mileage so i'm gonna change them and dump some seafoam in the tank
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Old October-11th-2007, 08:48 PM
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^ Yep. Those and Iridiums .. which aren't all that great in our cars. Had them for about 15K miles and they gave me all sorts of problems.
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Old October-11th-2007, 08:53 PM
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ok just makin sure i'm not losing my mind and my car giving me unusual issues
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Old October-11th-2007, 09:58 PM
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dude today I caught someone parked next to me at school.. NOT COOL

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Old October-11th-2007, 10:10 PM
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You park out in Siberia or what?!?
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Old October-11th-2007, 10:16 PM
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Originally Posted by KrayzieFox
You park out in Siberia or what?!?
Photo was taken at 43°5' 09" N, 77°40' 57" W

if you think I'm joking, click this link:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=43%C2 %B05'+09%22+N,+77%C2%B040'+57%22+W&ie=UTF8&ll=43.0 85831,-77.682502&spn=0.001397,0.002832&t=h&z=19&om=1

Yes I'm having a lot of fun with the GPS photo tagging on my new phone :P

for anyone who is listed as a contact or friend of me on flickr, this link should display any of my gps tagged (or manually placed as is the case with the accident photos) photos http://flickr.com/photos/clauretano/...ap/?view=users
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That Expedition wants a friend
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Old October-11th-2007, 10:24 PM
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Wink

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That Expedition wants a friend
Little do they know I don't take kindly to V8s

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Old October-11th-2007, 10:45 PM
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Originally Posted by _Kansei_
dude today I caught someone parked next to me at school.. NOT COOL
he thought your car looked lonely hehe
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Originally Posted by Hyperion
he thought your car looked lonely hehe
Hypothetically, if a Protege5 and a Ford Explorer were to mate..

do you get a Taurus X


or do you get a Ford Edge?


or.. a CX-7?


peace out dudes I need sleep *zzzZZzzzZZZzzz*
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I would hope for cx7>edge
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