Official 'What did you do to your car today?' Thread

I did a post-Sandy car wash. I will detail the car after the nor'easter storm ends.
 
I dove into my menu and actually changed how long the interior lights stay on, and went for a longer time. Great.......
 
Put my WeatherTech mats in in preparation for snow. I also put some Nokya yellow fog light bulbs in. Fortunately, I have small hands and only had to take part of the shrouds off and was able to squeeze my hands in to get to the bulbs. For a moment I though I was going to have to take the tires off and remove the shrouds in the wheel wells. They sure seem to make things harder and harder to get to. I sure don't look forward to the day I replace the speakers.
 
squiggy said:
Put my WeatherTech mats in in preparation for snow. I also put some Nokya yellow fog light bulbs in. Fortunately, I have small hands and only had to take part of the shrouds off and was able to squeeze my hands in to get to the bulbs. For a moment I though I was going to have to take the tires off and remove the shrouds in the wheel wells. They sure seem to make things harder and harder to get to. I sure don't look forward to the day I replace the speakers.
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Well, I feel like an idiot. I just noticed in someone else's post that there is a screw in the front of the housing for the fog light that allows easy removal. Never even thought to look as no other car I have had that has fogs were removable like this. Access has always been from the rear of the housing. Oh well. I know for the future.
 
I just washed it.

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I washed it as well with the Meguiar's Wash and Wax for the first time and I think it looks cleaner than when I bought it and it was pretty clean then :)

I also had a minor scratch , could see the white coating under the paint no idea how I got it. I eventually fixed it with NU scratch doctor but it took me a lot of iterations to actually get it disappear, by far not as easy as in the TV commercial. Either way it is gone so I am happy :)

Is there a scratch remover that works better? I am sure I will be fixing scratches again sometimes in the future, for some reason they're unavoidable :)
 
-Changed the spark plugs with Denso Iridium IK24. I believe it's one step colder than stock.

-Changed the motor oil with Mobil 1 5w-30 Synthetic Extended Performance with Mobil 1 filter.

-Bought gas at Costco ($3.789/gallon premium). The wait took about 30-40min. I think the gas station by my house is price gouging. Regular was priced at $3.999 cash/$4.090 credit. Premium was $4.190 cash/$4.299 credit.
 
Dar-Dar said:
-Changed the spark plugs with Denso Iridium IK24. I believe it's one step colder than stock.

-Changed the motor oil with Mobil 1 5w-30 Synthetic Extended Performance with Mobil 1 filter.

-Bought gas at Costco ($3.789/gallon premium). The wait took about 30-40min. I think the gas station by my house is price gouging. Regular was priced at $3.999 cash/$4.090 credit. Premium was $4.190 cash/$4.299 credit.
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Report them to a news station.
 
d_u_a_n_e said:
sorry, i know, i can get pics later. But doesnt just about everyone have LED's now? haha
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Did you do the mod that makes it brighter under the dash? Something about drilling the light hole bigger.
 
no, i just did the map lights, dome light in the back, the trunk, and license plate light. I wouldn't mind doing the ambient lighting, would look really cool. And sorry for no pics, wife took the car. i will get pics up soon.
 
I parked my car away from the trees again due to the snowstorm and the risk of falling trees. Then a landscaper decided it was a smart idea to blow all the leaves on my car. So my car got very dirty and it was mostly covered with leaves. I then sprayed the car down while it was snowing and parked it on the same spot again.
 
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