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Old Nov 20, 2003 | 11:21 PM
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Originally posted by mario
So your saying that someones car actually blew up
idk about blowing up, but it burned pretty good. saw that episode too, kinda scary. i just never though we'd have that problem here in hawaii... and then i started to get zapped with my wrx. never had that problem before...
Old Nov 20, 2003 | 11:36 PM
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yah i don't know about totally blowing up, but imagine lighting a match on the gasoline pump. not just a lil torch.
Old Nov 21, 2003 | 03:51 AM
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I was laughing at you guys who have been shocked and today, I got zapped opening my door. First time this year.
Old Nov 21, 2003 | 11:27 AM
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hey mister 2... you got one of those?

Had a couple. Used to own a grey '93T that dyno'd at 280 hp to the wheels and ran 13.0 .
Old Nov 21, 2003 | 03:17 PM
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Originally posted by Mister 2
Had a couple. Used to own a grey '93T that dyno'd at 280 hp to the wheels and ran 13.0 .
ah when was this? I had a red 93T about a year ago. wish i kept that car longer though, but couldn't at the time. you know the guys in imoc?

oh, and i've just been holding a part of the frame when getting out of my car now, haven't gotten shocked... yet. yeah, just gotta worry most when filling gas.

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Old Nov 21, 2003 | 05:37 PM
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Originally posted by wasabi
ah when was this? I had a red 93T about a year ago. wish i kept that car longer though, but couldn't at the time. you know the guys in imoc?
Jupiter and I started the local IMOC. If you've been to any of the meets I must have met you
Here's my old car.
http://www.mrtwo.net/hawaii/Dean/dean.html
that car was traded for a White '91T which I sold this past summer to get my WRX.

edit: wasabi = wil?

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Old Nov 22, 2003 | 12:10 AM
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Originally posted by kawshon1

But with the rex, for any of you who's been to my house knows I have a gate I gotta open to park, and everytime I touch the handle, I get shocked.

I knew it wasn't the only one shocked by that evil gate!
Old Nov 22, 2003 | 05:04 AM
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I only got shocked once or twice in Hawaii, but in the fall in Georgia it was BAD. I can't imagine what it will be like up here in Minnesota. IT seems worse in the Suby than in other cars I've owned.
Old Nov 22, 2003 | 04:14 PM
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Anyone think that could be bad at a gas station?
Nope they did testing on this and the static thing is a myth. Watch mythbusters, they had serious statis like lightning type static and no boom. That was in an enclosed room too with major gas fumes. So I wouldnt worry. Good show by the way.
Old Nov 22, 2003 | 10:46 PM
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Anybody getting shocked got the grounding mod on thier car? Haven't been shocked yet. got grounding mod on car an was just wondering.
Old Nov 23, 2003 | 01:10 AM
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I used to get shocked really badly by my car EVERY time I got out of it. But it just stopped one day. I can't think of anything that I did - or do differently - it just stopped. Weird, huh?
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Old Nov 23, 2003 | 03:14 AM
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Originally posted by Mister 2
Jupiter and I started the local IMOC. If you've been to any of the meets I must have met you
Here's my old car.
http://www.mrtwo.net/hawaii/Dean/dean.html
that car was traded for a White '91T which I sold this past summer to get my WRX.

edit: wasabi = wil?
yep. that'd be me. i've been to a few of the IMOC meets, so yeah, might have met you. I know i heard your name before, but not sure if i met you in person or not. talk to joel a lot, he's jealous of me and you cause we both switched to a WRX.
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