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Old Jun 24, 2025 | 01:49 AM
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Originally Posted by BayeauxLex
I prefer duckbill style wing
That looks way better.
Old Jun 24, 2025 | 04:36 AM
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Originally Posted by FrankReynoldsCPA
When it's running
And the frame isn't snapped in half....
Old Jun 24, 2025 | 05:34 AM
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Originally Posted by bitkahuna
interesting (thought you'd use car washes less given your detailing hobby)... i find with the foam gun it doesn't take long and car washes just don't remove florida bug splats.



I use this to remove bugs with power washer
Old Jun 24, 2025 | 05:52 AM
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Originally Posted by bitkahuna
interesting (thought you'd use car washes less given your detailing hobby)... i find with the foam gun it doesn't take long and car washes just don't remove florida bug splats.
I do it from time to time for fun, but the bulk of washing gets done at the carwash. I then bring the car home and wipe it down with a quick detailer and do the inside and the wheels etc. Especially the Pacifica that time I washed it right after I got the pressure washer was the first time I have ever hand washed any of our minivans.

For bugs what you want is this:

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Even before you hand wash. Spray the bugs with this, let it dwell for 5 minutes or so, then foam then wash. I spray this on the front end after a trip while I am in line at the carwash and the wash removes all the bugs.
Old Jun 24, 2025 | 10:07 AM
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This is a rare car to see. It's from the same area with all the old cars I posted in the past

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GMC Typhoon?
Old Jun 24, 2025 | 10:47 AM
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Yup. You can barely see it on the side. I'll try to get a front picture later.
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I started seeing this one recently.



Old Jun 24, 2025 | 12:27 PM
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The Typhoon and Syclone were so cool! They are ultra rare sightings these days.

That Typhoon you took a pic of looks to be in great shape. I think they had a 4.3L supercharged V6 which was very quick in the early 90's.
Old Jun 24, 2025 | 12:35 PM
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Originally Posted by LH1
The Typhoon and Syclone were so cool! They are ultra rare sightings these days.

That Typhoon you took a pic of looks to be in great shape. I think they had a 4.3L supercharged V6 which was very quick in the early 90's.
Turbocharged, but otherwise exactly right. Chevrolet was very much the boss of all of GM at that time, and killed the Syclone/Typhoon because they were quicker than the Corvette.

Friend of mine back in the day had a very lightly modified Syclone. Launching in that thing was insane. His would run 13.1 all night long at the drag strip, which is just absurdly fast for a pickup truck 35 years ago. Only about a half-second slower than a 700+ hp TRX.
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Ahh that's right turbo'd. I was 10 or 11 when these were out and I loved them as a kid. 13 second quarter miles in 1990-91 were insanely impressive for that time.
Old Jun 24, 2025 | 03:09 PM
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That's another reason I'm a GM guy.

They made ridiculous cars like this just for fun. Also cars like the GNX. That thing was 0-60 in under 5 seconds...in 1987 IIRC.
Old Jun 24, 2025 | 06:23 PM
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Old Jun 24, 2025 | 06:24 PM
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It’s about $4.40 here
Old Jun 24, 2025 | 06:56 PM
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$2.74 for Regular & $3.01 for Premium 93 here



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