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Old 07-29-2009 | 05:28 PM
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How do you "launch" your new cars?

Do you do anything special to "launch" your new car? Like how with ships they break a bottle of champagne over the hull... somehow that doesn't seem like a good idea with a car though!

I remember back when I got my very first car, a Saturn SL-1, in 1996... the salespeople parked my car on the display mound out front, took a Polaroid of me with it, and sang a little "new car buying" song to me. Crazy, lol.
 
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Old 07-29-2009 | 05:39 PM
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yah, i just rev to 7000RPM and drop the clutch.

i dont do anything special. i do celebrate their annivarsaries with 'bday' presents... like small accessories and such.
 
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Old 07-29-2009 | 06:00 PM
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...signed the papers...went to olive garden(horrible idea that day) n drove back home...bout it i guess. I like the rev n drop the clutch on the dealers lot though.
 
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Old 07-29-2009 | 06:36 PM
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I relaxed in refresh mode for about an hour. Seemed fitting for the car.
 
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Old 07-29-2009 | 07:02 PM
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I drove the wrong way on a one way street to check out the handling and steering response.... Then I got out of Dallas as fast as I could.
 
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Old 07-29-2009 | 07:05 PM
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i simply just fart in it with all the windows up. it's like marking my territory.
 
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Old 07-29-2009 | 07:11 PM
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Ok you have to remember that I had waited three months for my Fit and when I went on Tuesday to pick it up they had it parked under an protective covering all washed and detailed. I got in and drove off the lot all smiles and when I got a mile down the road bursted out shouting,'God I love this car!". I was so excited because this was my first Honda

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Old 07-29-2009 | 07:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Contrabida Face
i simply just fart in it with all the windows up. it's like marking my territory.
^ LMFAO!!!

Drop the windows and blare songs like "Highway to Hell", "I Am Gasoline", or some of that nature while driving around town like a nut.
 
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Old 07-29-2009 | 07:23 PM
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I took a picture of the odometer-18 miles. I heard of a dealership that had a huge gong you got to hit when you closed on a car, but i already have one of those so its no big thing for me.
 
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Old 07-29-2009 | 07:24 PM
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Originally Posted by kenchan
yah, i just rev to 7000RPM and drop the clutch.

i dont do anything special. i do celebrate their annivarsaries with 'bday' presents... like small accessories and such.
haha I actually do that. Not the best for it but meh. I roast the tires a bit and call it good
 
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Old 07-29-2009 | 08:02 PM
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Wow d00d ur so cool dumping ur clutch is s0 AW3S0M3!!
 
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Old 07-29-2009 | 08:17 PM
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nooo..... It's not bad if you do it once or twice. if you do it daily maybe...
 
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Old 07-29-2009 | 08:36 PM
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Hmm alright. Just don't be a ricer.
 
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Old 07-29-2009 | 08:42 PM
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Hmm alright. Just don't be a ricer.
I definately am not... my car sounds like it though until i get my new resonator in
 
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Old 07-30-2009 | 11:41 AM
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My mother-in-law said it was some sort of Polish tradition to throw a penny in the back of the car for good luck and gave my wife and me each a penny when she dropped us off to take delivery (becuase the battery on my Civic died literally an hour before we were supposed to go?!). Now there are 2 pennies on the floor in the back.
 
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Old 07-30-2009 | 03:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Contrabida Face
i simply just fart in it with all the windows up. it's like marking my territory.
HAHAHAHAHA
 
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Old 07-30-2009 | 03:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Contrabida Face
i simply just fart in it with all the windows up. it's like marking my territory.
The good ol Cropdust....



Well, They made me ring a bell, and everyone clapped and had airhorns...

I tried to not do it... but they weren't having it... ughhh...
 
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Old 07-30-2009 | 06:19 PM
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Oh yeah I forgot, when I truly "christened" the new car.

I moved my sister out of an apartment with it. Mattress etc went in the uhaul, I got the table and boxes and stuff.
 
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Old 07-30-2009 | 11:02 PM
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You should just masterbate in it.
 
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Old 07-30-2009 | 11:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Kyle is raaddd
You should just masterbate in it.
Kyle, you had better be sure and have plastic seat covers on your car when you get it.
 



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