04-10-2013, 08:58 AM
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I am my own mechanic....
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Salt Lake City, UT
Posts: 3,432
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Loosing stuff....I'm soo ashamed.
Lost my locking nut adapter. Actually, i prefer misplaced. How in the hell does someone do this?? It HAS to be at my shop but I'll be damned its gone. I flash back to my dad telling me to PUT MY STUFF AWAY WHEN YOU'RE DONE WITH IT!!!
What a looser. What have you lost from your car recently?
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'04 Boxster S 50 Jahre 550 Spyder Anniversary Special Edition, 851 of 1953, 6-sp, IMS/RMS, GT Metallic silver, cocoa brown leather SOLD to member Broken Linkage.
'08 VW Touareg T-3 wife's car
'13 F150 Super Crew long bed 4x4 w/ Ego Boost
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04-10-2013, 09:10 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Hernando Beach, Florida
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My mind when driving 100MPH on the Toll Road outside of Tampa. Top down with my wife (car not hers), didn't even realize I was driving THAT fast. Luck there were men in uniform around.
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2003 Boxster S, 6-spd, Seal Grey/Grey top
Ka is a wheel, and everything is 19
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04-10-2013, 09:13 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Miami florida
Posts: 1,591
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When I was in college I had a job wrenching on bikes. The first thing that mechanic that trained me said was after you finish using a tool, immediately put it back in its place (pegboard in my case), even if you know you will use it again shortly. It really is a time saver.
When I didn't put tools back immediately, pretty soon I had a pile of tools on the bench that I had to stir through to find the one I was looking for. Frustrating and time wasting.
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Current car
2000 Boxster 2.7l red/black
Previous cars
1973 Opel Manta
1969(?) Fiat 850 Convertible
1979 Lancia Beta Coupe
1981 Alfa Romeo GTV 6
1985 Alfa Romeo Graduate
1985 Porsche 944
1989 Porsche 944
1981 Triumph TR7
1989 (?) Alfa Romeo Milano
1993 Saab 9000
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04-10-2013, 09:16 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Ohio
Posts: 868
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At this point I believe the majority of us have said to hell with locking lug nuts and replaced them. And here is the 1,435th occasion of why we've done that.
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04-10-2013, 10:18 AM
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Carnut
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Utah
Posts: 775
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Timco
Lost my locking nut adapter. Actually, i prefer misplaced. How in the hell does someone do this?? It HAS to be at my shop but I'll be damned its gone. I flash back to my dad telling me to PUT MY STUFF AWAY WHEN YOU'RE DONE WITH IT!!!
What a looser. What have you lost from your car recently?
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Hi!
I have 2 different types of those adapters, wanna try?
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'14 Boxster
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04-10-2013, 11:00 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Maryland
Posts: 275
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A passenger side seatback windscreen somewhere on the highway.
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04-10-2013, 12:33 PM
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Certified Boxster Addict
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Los Angeles
Posts: 7,669
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If you decide to wrench them off manually, I'll ship you my adapter and the four lugs for free. I will never, ever, ever use them. PM me if interested.
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1999 996 C2 - sold - bought back - sold for more
1997 Spec Boxster BSR #254
1979 911 SC
POC Licensed DE/TT Instructor
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04-10-2013, 04:53 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Utah
Posts: 200
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Just tossed mine and replaced with regular lugs. The crooks can get those locking lugs off in two seconds anyway so why even have them? I am a little OCD when it comes to my tools. They have their spot and that's where they stay.
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2002 Boxster S
Arctic Silver Metalic
Gray leather/Black Top
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04-10-2013, 05:51 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 164
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My brother and I were always wrenching on our bicycles when we were little. Seemed the most valuable tool was my dad's Vice Grips, which we never seemed to get back to the house, so we would later find them laying outside in the weather. Caught a lot of heck for that, many, many times.
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1999 Boxster - Arctic Silver Metallic
***As You Think, So Shall You Become***
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04-11-2013, 04:20 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Southern New jersey
Posts: 1,054
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I always got grief if I used channel-locks/vice grips for not using the proper-sized wrench.
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