Recent content by OCDinPDX

Hey all....long time no see although I am still alive, I'm sorry I haven't posted much lately but I haven't had much to post about. Portland just drowned in its second-wettest spring in the record books which have been kept for 140 years! Keeping my car clean for a day or two was a challenge as...

....it sure looks great! :cool: If my car wasn't going to spend the next week in the garage, I wouldn't have bothered doing this. But with some nice weather for the next few days and a new jar of Dodo Juice Purple Haze calling to me from the cabinet, I had to do something. As this car is mine...

The forum looks snazzy! Took me by surprise when I clicked on the bookmark.

The straw finally broke the camel's back tonight. I am done with this no-good, worthless piece of $30,000 xxxx and have just fired off a letter to Hyundai Consumer Affairs officially opening a case under the Lemon Law. If they refuse buy-back, I will trade it in on something else, bite the...

After what feels like six months of solid rain (in reality it was only two), I gave the Santa Fe a real good cleaning for the nice weather we've had over the past four or five days. It's been cold and washing it was a chore (keeping the water from freezing to the car, mostly) but the result was...

Unfortunately my new Santa Fe sustained a minor owie in the manufacturing process that lead to the paint cracking off the edge of the right front fender. It started about two weeks after I took delivery and I know it wasn't there before. Just my luck, huh? :wall Thankfully Hyundai acknowledged...

It was totally unexpected but my trusty '04 Santa Fe finally suffered the 'big one'...the transfer case is failing and that's $3,700 we simply can't justify spending. So on Thursday we signed the papers on a brand-new 2010 Santa Fe Limited with front wheel drive. So far I absolutely love it and...

I was talking with my parents tonight and somehow the subject of clearcoat failure came up. This reminded me of an amazing turn-around somebody did on Autopia and even though I no longer post there, I wanted to at least show them the write-up. I typed in the URL and got this!! Anybody else get...

I bought this sealant back in December on recommendation from several other detailers who had nothing but great things to say about it. I had already used 4 Star UPP and was hooked on sealants instead of wax, mainly because of the awesome beading properties and I'm a sucker for slickness. :D...

I did this job back in June but forgot to post the write up here. Oh well....better late than never. This 2009 Q5 is painted Deep Sea Blue Pearl which is really quite a beautiful color that goes from looking black to almost teal depending on the light. But it had the signature of the...

Is it possible without complete loss of sanity? I've just applied for a job with a local railroad and if I get the job, I will probably eventually wind up buying a truck because it seems that's what railroaders drive. :D Despite their recent problems, I am still completely enamored with the...

I think this bill is the best thing that's happened in the fight against illegal immigration in a very long time. Many people say this is racist or that it unfairly targets Mexicans but in reality, all it does is enforce existing federal law, something the Feds have been given plenty of chances...

This 2008 Fit Sport is dressed in a color called Blackberry Pearl (of no relation to the phone) and is very heavy on the metallic flake. The color tends to shift depending on the light and can go from looking very purple to navy blue in a matter of seconds. As you’ll see in the photos, it looks...

....and eventually you'll get burned. I made my first boo-boo with the rotary tonight. :mad: I knew it was inevitable but knowing it will eventually happen doesn't help you prepare for how you'll feel once it does. Around 11:30 I was feeling spunky and decided to polish out a bit more of the...

Starting in early March it began raining and didn't end until two days ago. On June 3rd we had a high of 61 and a low 45...Al Gore can kiss my arse. Also, Portland shattered precipitation records for April, May and June! In April we got 25 days of measurable precipitation, another 20 days in May...