Completed the deal and took delivery about a month ago on my new truck, just before certain events took place in the USDM... Made about $4k on the trade in of my 19 Canyon SLE for a brand new 25 Sierra Elevation with the 5.3 V8. It may not have the most options but, it's got heated seats (desperately missed) and the proper column shifter like all trucks should have. --- 2019 Canyon SLE 4x4 v6 2025 Sierra 1500 Elevation 4x4 5.3 V8 --- bonus pic, my mom's 1951 Chevy 3100 pickup that hasn't been 350 or LS swapped (yet)
Thank you!! It has been an amazing restoration project for my father and I... Funnily enough, I've driven it significantly more than my mom as she has yet to learn/ master a clutch.
I've just bought myself a 2015 Jaguar XJL (X351 chassis code) and I'm absolutely in love with it. Has tons of power from its supercharged 5 liter V8, seats 4 people very comfortably, car is designed beautifully and it was a trade in at work by the original owners who only covered 29k miles in a time span of 10 years. The color is called Italian Racing Red Metallic and I've been hard pressed to find another supercharged V8 powered XJ in the same color for sale anywhere online. After owning it for less than a week and putting ~500 miles on it, It's made me wonder why it never was a sales success and why did the XJ nameplate go out of production. Poor marketing? Poor conception of reliability due to older models? or downright lack of public knowledge that Jaguar still offered a full size luxury sedan? Whatever the reason is it's a damn shame, but I'm glad I've at least got mine
That sounds really nice! Jaguars are cool, both old and new. Sadly I think the images are broken, and it's a shame, as I can't seem to imagine a Jag in a color which is not white, silver or metallic brown
2014 Kia Rio LX 1.6 6MT @ 150,000 miles I got one of the last good cheap manual cars in the USA. She's seen better days, she used to be really nice for what it is. I remember when the clearcoat was still on the car. Peppy little car, curb weight of just a little over 2400lbs. Can't really go wrong with a simple cheap car that just werks:tm: She's down for body repairs and plenty of new parts, after the hood release cable failed and I had to cut the hood open to sort that out (much fun). All-over paint job too, of course. No stickers of any kind, even the ones on the doors (just the tire and the refrigerant labels). Those sections of the doors will be scuffed and sprayed with our shop's satin trim black. The main paint is still going to be Brilliant Silver Metallic. The hood, the upper section of the front bumper, and the mirror covers are going to be painted gloss black for anti-glare reasons. The roof is going to be gloss white just like a school bus. Since I'm doing all this work I might as well do the hatchback model facia that I've thought about on numerous occasions; the only difference between the body styles is the front bumpers, the headlights, and the bumper absorber. It's a direct swap, which is nice. Along with no unnecessary stickers, there will be no badges. I already filled the deck lid with kitty hair, a layer of bondo and a putty wipe. It's straight and flat with the surface, you won't even tell there was a place to put a badge! For the new front bumper, no holes where the front plate goes (don't need one where I live) and I'll section out the plastic from the old bumper and splice it onto the new one. I refuse to put untreated, unpainted plastic back on the car so those will get some special treatment. New windshield too since I'm having the old cracked one removed to paint the roof and a new cowl panel, the old one was pretty worn. No mud guards either. They're ugly and don't really do much other than trap mud. I'm going with a set of factory Enkeis from the NB Mazda Miata and back to the factory spec 185/65r15 tires. The wheels will get a very deep polishing, I've already stripped the old paint off of them. I grinded the Mazda logo off of the center caps and those will be sprayed in chrome for a close match. After it's out of the paint booth it's all new rubbers and seals and belt moldings all-around the car I've been doing this in-between other repair jobs, it's been a slow few months but still been turning over 35-40 hour weeks so that's good. It may not seem special to anyone, which I understand it's just a Kia Rio, but it will be special to me when it's finished. A frugal, almost perfect factory condition little econobox. As far as I'm aware, I'm the only one with a UB Rio to do a facia swap. My guess is they punch in their VIN number and the website tells them it doesn't fit so they don't bother. Thank you for reading my blogpost. If I get around to it after this is complete I'll post interior pictures when it's not torn down and covered in bondo dust. ̶I̶t̶'̶s̶ ̶a̶ ̶p̶r̶e̶t̶t̶y̶ ̶b̶a̶s̶i̶c̶ ̶i̶n̶t̶e̶r̶i̶o̶r̶,̶ ̶n̶o̶t̶ ̶a̶l̶l̶ ̶t̶h̶a̶t̶ ̶f̶a̶s̶c̶i̶n̶a̶t̶i̶n̶g̶.
