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Old Sep 11, 2021 | 07:25 PM
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Bout the same around here. I really lucked out getting my 2021 Liberty Zero Turn mower, was in the back, still in the crate.

Haven't been able to get any more new stock since.

Used things are selling at premium prices tho, So I sold my other Zero Turn (Toro) I had for 7 years, & got almost what I paid for it. $300, shy of full price.
Old Sep 11, 2021 | 09:13 PM
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Monday - Reseached it.
Tuesday - Paid for it.
Wednesday- Picked it up, washed, polished and waxed it, unclouded headlights.
Thursday - Installed aftermarket radio.
Friday - Installed backup camera, cleaned interior, fixed broken defroster tab.
Saturday - Ordered various LED bulbs, bought floor mats,
Old Sep 12, 2021 | 12:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Oldblue
I don’t want to replace the noisy links with the same brand.
Could you post a pic of those bad links so we know what not to get?
Old Sep 12, 2021 | 03:29 PM
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Oh, I’ll be posting about them in the next few days, I’m waiting for the replacement links.
Old Sep 13, 2021 | 12:29 PM
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Afternoon all,
Finally got to drive my HHR again today :) Took it for the inspection , Son paid for it :) He said he is using it so that he wanted to at least pay that !
My son still has it till they get their new car. His HONDA about 186k is dead :O
Things were busy for him with the ARMY and Pregnant wife and now new born with a active 3 y/o son to boot lol So he has been using it to go back and forth to work, His wife does have a car as well.


A Question. When I had the HHR I was 27/28 MPG
I check on the way to the shop and the reading was 21 mpg. :O
Car runs fin and smooth NO codes . Do you think he warms it up and idles a lot ?
I will pull the AF when it is not raining to see if a critter made a home lol
Anything else I should look for ?
I will also reset the reading when I get it back to see if me driving it makes a difference !
Tire pressure OK
The O2 sensors were changed about a year ago.
Plugs are new a few months ago , Oil still has 2k more to go before it gets changed and my son insist he will pay for that as well :)
No bald tires so he IS NOT smoking the tires lol

Thanks
Old Sep 13, 2021 | 01:17 PM
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Well over the last few weeks I stripped the clear off the factory rims and proceeded to clean the corrosion from them and do a re-polish. However when doing it by ones self..... when you get to the last wheel it looks so damn good you start to wonder if you should start back at the first one....... NOT!
Old Sep 13, 2021 | 02:40 PM
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I know the feeling


To polished aluminium alloys

From gun metal chrome
Old Sep 13, 2021 | 03:48 PM
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Nice Job!
Old Sep 13, 2021 | 04:35 PM
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Rich, your mileage is most likely because your son has a different driver’s technique, he might idle to long or accelerate to quickly, he may leave his foot on the brake pedal to long . It should return to normal when you start driving it again.

thirdgenz28, thanks, I posted videos of that scuff buff and polish job last winter, my elbows are still low on grease!!

Today the new end links arrived, it’s raining now so maybe tomorrow, I’ll get them changed and post the problems with the other ones.
We took the BlackSwan to my blood test visit today, then a walk and late breakfast, since the weather has cooled down, hardly any noise from the front .
Old Sep 14, 2021 | 08:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Oldblue
Rich, your mileage is most likely because your son has a different driver’s technique, he might idle to long or accelerate to quickly, he may leave his foot on the brake pedal to long . It should return to normal when you start driving it again.



Today the new end links arrived, it’s raining now so maybe tomorrow, I’ll get them changed and post the problems with the other ones.
We took the BlackSwan to my blood test visit today, then a walk and late breakfast, since the weather has cooled down, hardly any noise from the front .
Thanks Steve That is what I was leaning on !
Now off to drop off some $$$ to the bank . Nice when people pay you back the money you loaned them lol
Have a good day hope all is well with the blood test ! I got my Cancer test results back the other day and all Negative :)

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