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Old 02-11-2009, 03:19 PM
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help me feel better about myself here but when you guys first started workin on your cars all the time did you brake and mess things up to cause unnecessary fixs cause it seems like its happening alot to me.
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Old 02-11-2009, 03:31 PM
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Heck ya and I still do ! Its called learning Can't learn if you do'nt try..
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Old 02-11-2009, 04:24 PM
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Thats what makes this hobby so much fun.
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Old 02-11-2009, 04:29 PM
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ummmmm yeah! I'm a visual learner and what better way to learn than looking at something you messed up!
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Old 02-11-2009, 04:31 PM
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sometimes i just break things to get it in a new cooler version
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Old 02-11-2009, 05:43 PM
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All the time. Heck I just got a brand new phenolic carb spacer today, went outside to see if it would fit, dropped it taking it out of that package and it hit the concrete just right and broke. $30 right down the drain. If it wasn't so funny I'd cry.
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Old 02-11-2009, 05:46 PM
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Lets just say I'm getting well rehursed in wet sanding and RE-Clearing...
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Old 02-11-2009, 05:50 PM
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Well I didn't really mess up anything, but after taking the carpets out, and finding the truck tranny in there I said f**k this.
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Old 02-11-2009, 05:57 PM
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My list of screw ups is nearly epic.. lol

It's part of the process. As we say "It comes out nice because we do it twice"
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Old 02-11-2009, 06:20 PM
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man I am glad I am not the only one I like that quote by the way"It comes out nice because we do it twice" but up until now i have always gone by "do it right the first time" but damn
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