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couple pics... pullin a wheelie in my car OGP... north pole... we came up on kris in the dunes with a seized motor Dman towed him back with the Rhino Ragdoll MX playing at comp painterjoe Don29Palms and OGP don't ask :dance: supplies for 2 days in the dunes- dumb as fk

What an awesome trip. I had a blast. Everyone came back in one piece. Cole wrecked and messed his foot or ankle up a little, but no major damage was done. It was a little warm at times, but not as bad as cleanup weekend. On one of our fast dune rides with Pauly Paul leading my car started to get a lil warm so I backed off. Then I found out that painterjoe (who was behind me), was glad I did because he too was running a bit on the warm side as well. Tim & Joe's new Funcos did awesome! Those are some sweet rides for sure. My car did great again as well. I broke another one of the little stud mounted lazer star lights, but that was it. The car was a blast and I'm glad I didn't bring a bike. I wouldn't have ridden it anyways. I still can't get over how nice my car does over some of the rough. Thanks to wingnut and friends for the great food Saturday night. It was nice to actually eat some real food after scarfing down Pizzazz food all Friday. Tiffany, I had some of the chicken enchiladas you sent out with Craig and they were the bomb! The late night run to South pole, then north pole, then comp was the best ever. What a freakin blast. My stomach still hurts from all the laughing we did. Goooood times goood peeps. ok here it goes...my obversations from the weekend are... -rally style buggy runs on gravel roads rock -Ragdoll's practical joke game with the spoon backfired on him thanks to OGP :dance: -wingnut can house & feed alot of people in his hauler -Randog is still fast and crazy as hell -Randog's car has a twin -3 foot of copper pipe "tear it up little person" -"WTF is Cole doing with a Sparkletts bottle?!!!!" -fuggin racenjasen bro :smoker: -SandSnake got some good air!! -I thought Wingnut's toyhauler had a baby (Tom's trailer) The Minnie Winngy -"Bud Light present's: RRRReal Men of Genius" X 68 times I'm over it! -Grimace and Randog can make some funny azz barf noises BLBLBLBLBLBLBLBLBLAA -Dman is now part of the 2 wheeler crew :ahhhhh: even if he has a Rhino -late nights at comp- too damn funny -windy dune rides from the north pole at night....not so much "where's flat land damnit!!???" -"Where's NICK????!!!!!!" -in 5 minute's time you can find out alot about Pauly Paul at the south pole :ahhhhh: -C9...not crapper 9 -Dman is always to the rescue with the beers :dance: -Randog's tools in his rail come in handy...way handy. Thanks Randy! -damn....no stripper midgets made it out -Cole is dangerous as hell and I think he should be on medication -This last season was great and I had some good times , but I'm Dumonted out and ready for the lake this spring and summer. B) Good times, guys.

ohhhhh okayyyyyy :ahhhhh:

I keep my Hypertech on stage 2 at all times...towing or not. i just take it easy on it and tow according to the pyro and it tows awesome.

You don't read sarcasm well do you? :eatdrink021:

Yeah haven't you heard that diesels generally get better mileage than gassers? Damn Chase, you had to dig pretty far to bump this old thread back up. I had to go back to the beginning to see who started it, and then I found out it was me! :eatdrink021: I've since gone with the Hypertech due to the great price of ....almost nothing.

Grrrreat! Now the secret is out you guys! :eatdrink021:

awesome!!! :mc_smiley: I love those :eatdrink021:

That would be cool if you could make it Bob. I'm not sure about cheap hotels other than the Holiday Inn Express hotles are damn nice for the price. (That's not a joke either. I have heard alot of Holiday Express jokes latey. ) PM me if you want my number. I can try to hook you up with a place.

Good job April!

That sucks. Aaron, whose was this? I'll keep an eye out.

Neither do "other people" and THEY get dragged in too! :ahhhhh: So Bob. Are you gonna just throw a new pump at it and see what happenes then?

about 300 yards down from C9 now :ahhhhh:

You guys all read my post wrong. I meant when is your last DUMONT trip? And when I say Dumont trip I mean a whole weekend trip. No... dune season never ends for me either. Between Coral Pink and early day runs to Dumont the season never really ends. But as far as a Friday through Sunday trip...lets face it- you're not gonna be out there with your toyhaulers baking in 120 degrees. :ahhhhh:

OK I don't want to be a downer or anything, but it's obvious this dune season is gonna end within the next month as far as weekends trips go. When is your last trip of the season gonna be? I can't do Easter, but I might do the following weekend if funds permit. If not, I guess that's it for me. Then it's time for those awesome summer morning trips where you get up at 3:30 AM :ahhhhh: , haul azz to the dunes with a few good friends, and ride some of the best sand of the year! Then, bail the hell outta there before it gets hot at about 11 AM.

Thats right around the corner from my buddy's house. Maybe he can bring his 61 Impala wagon down there as well.

I'll definitely be there, Ken! You know this! I'll bring all the things I listed earlier including my rail. :smoker:

If you are talking about the 4.2L inline 6 from the 70's/80's, that motor is pretty outdated. I think it was a turd. My 79 had one in it originally, but when I bought the truck it was already ripped out and a 350 was stabbed in it. Those trucks are great trucks, but I'd pass on that engine/trans setup.

Congrats Dani and Chris! Very nice!!!! When's the 1st trip to Dumont?

Just before I brought my new sandcar out for it's maiden voyage I was stressing about all the little areas of the car that were inevitably gonna get chipped, kicked, scraped, etc. It was only a day before I planned on leaving so I was kinda pissed I didn't have more time to get my car over to someone to put on some clear bra protection. I had this done on my last car and I had excellent results with it. It holds up great against sandblasting and especially to people's feet kicking it inside the car. I just wanted to give a huge thanks to Craig (itsstock), Ken'sColor's helper. He came TO MY HOUSE on less than a day's notice and hooked up my car in the areas that worried me the most about chips, etc. Thanks again Craig! This stuff rocks. You can barely even see it too after it is applied. I had him do the center console, all the areas around your feet that you might bang your feet into or up against while driving, and also had him do the front of my tie rods to help keep the sandblasting and dulling to a minimum.

I think there will be a few peeps out there.

Keep in mind...just because it has the most (claimed) suspension travel, that doesn't mean it will ride the best or handle the best either. You have to take into factor the car's weight and wheel base too. Those cars do great, but I think for the money a 2 seater like my car (Short Sand Car) or other mini is the way to go. Also: I don't think you'll be able to really USE one of these cars on a "4 wheeler trail". They are just too damn fast and I could see them gettin squirly as hell in the dirt.

Great job, Vicki! It was great. Also thanks for the plugs for DDR.

Then we'd just have to call you something else like wounded metabolism or something. :smoker: j/k What if ragdoll didn't have all his funny azz phrases?

Drakart builds some nice little cars! Definitley bang for your buck. You'd have to drive one or at least see one go to understand.