What Did You Do with Your 80 This Weekend? (63 Viewers)

[LS1FJ40]

Spent most of the day at the U of I Children's Hospital with my son. He has an exercise induced breathing issue so they had to do a bunch of tests. All came back good and got done a little early. Keep the fishing poles in the 80 so we stopped off on the way home to do a little fishing. Some jacka$$ had flipped a picnic table in to the lake. The City Maintenance crew were having difficulty getting it up on shore so I lent them a little hand... Best line was after I offered to pull it out and the foreman says "I don't want you to get stuck." And to think I did this WITHOUT LOCKERS! And no, didn't catch any fish.

 

[LS1FJ40]

I put it in the rear cargo compartment because there was already a hole there.

Yep. The whole reason was because of the front diff and the birf barfing.

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You could probably slide it inside the quarter there behind the plastic. Or just leave it where it is. Doesn't matter. haha

 

[NLXTACY]

Spent most of the day at the U of I Children's Hospital with my son. He has an exercise induced breathing issue so they had to do a bunch of tests. All came back good and got done a little early. Keep the fishing poles in the 80 so we stopped off on the way home to do a little fishing. Some jacka$$ had flipped a picnic table in to the lake. The City Maintenance crew were having difficulty getting it up on shore so I lent them a little hand... Best line was after I offered to pull it out and the foreman says "I don't want you to get stuck." And to think I did this WITHOUT LOCKERS! And no, didn't catch any fish.

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There are no inclines in Iowa, couldn't have been THAT hard

 

[LS1FJ40]

There are no inclines in Iowa, couldn't have been THAT hard

It was actually pretty muddy and a fairly decent slope. I used my handy Lev-O-Guage and it said it was 20 degrees.

 

[NLXTACY]

It was actually pretty muddy and a fairly decent slope. I used my handy Lev-O-Guage and it said it was 20 degrees.

Cold this time of year. Icey mud I could see making the simple seem harder. I get it now.

 

[BILT4ME]

Cold this time of year. Icey mud I could see making the simple seem harder. I get it now.

Yeah.....It's June and it' 20°F??????? It gets cold in IA, but it ain't the Arctic Circle. You need some water.......

You need a new angle! (get it? Huh? Huh?)

Maybe you could include one of those angle finder doohickeys in your kits?!?!?!?!?!?!!??

 

[NLXTACY]

I don't need a gauge. If the latte starts pouring out then either I didn't drink enough of it or I've flopped.

 

[TFord250]

Found a steal of a deal on an FZJ on Craigslist, drove to Kansas from west Texas to take a look. 45min after test drive, paid the lady for a pretty damn good looking, Stock, Locked '95 w/ 143k on the clock. Hey that's a good ryhme. Haha. 6 1/2hr, 428 miles and 1 1/2 tanks later I was back home, trouble free in my brand spankin' used 80. No radio or AC, seats are sub-par but it has lockers! I'm a newb. 2nd TLC 1st 80 series.

 

[retrofive]

Found a steal of a deal on an FZJ on Craigslist, drove to Kansas from west Texas to take a look. 45min after test drive, paid the lady for a pretty damn good looking, Stock, Locked '95 w/ 143k on the clock. Hey that's a good ryhme. Haha. 6 1/2hr, 428 miles and 1 1/2 tanks later I was back home, trouble free in my brand spankin' used 80. No radio or AC, seats are sub-par but it has lockers! I'm a newb. 2nd TLC 1st 80 series.

Nice!

 

[LS1FJ40]

I don't need a gauge. If the latte starts pouring out then either I didn't drink enough of it or I've flopped.

The curbs at Starbucks are pretty steep. Good thing you got them sliders on your LX!

 

[NLXTACY]

The curbs at Starbucks are pretty steep. Good thing you got them sliders on your LX!

Sliders?! The speedbumps aren't THAT high at the mall. Nope, haven't picked sliders yet

 

[LS1FJ40]

Sliders?! The speedbumps aren't THAT high at the mall. Nope, haven't picked sliders yet

That's right. I remember seeing the carnage from having running boards. Ouch.

 

[MDJ]

It's a pretty classic VW color IMO. I have a 91 Golf in that color with 330k miles and runs strongs.

Definitely wish I'd never let mine go. Last I heard, the timing belt broke and its rusting to bits in someone's back yard in Wisconsin.

 

[120mm]

My weekend started early when my kid's Cherokee died. I was going to make the 3 1/2 hour drive up to NW Iowa anyway, so launched a day early. The kid lives in Sioux City, which is in the Loess Hills, one of the most hauntingly beautiful places on earth. I forgot to take pics until the sun was almost down and I was almost out of the hills, and all I got was this crappy cell pic through my windshield.

Stopped at my brother's house on Storm Lake, and was awakened by the delightful sound of these little guys under my window. Mayflies are hatching right now and are just the thing to fatten little beaks and down covered bellies.

Then I took my rig out and helped my brother release pheasant chicks. Since a few of them imprinted on us and our vehicles, it was a freaking rodeo to chase them away and avoid stepping on any.

The Liberian crew took their 80 to pick a ferocious guard dog for the compound. The boss settled on this one, since it was the most impressive looking man killer in the bunch. Pure bred German shepherd, btw.

I am really, really looking forward to updating this thread later on this weekend. One of my dearest friends is a supermodel looking woman who is from this area, and now lives on the East Coast. She's getting married this weekend, and has invited all of her socialite and fashion industry friends to rural NW Iowa where the ceremony will be held on a working farm. I plan on great fun as these urbanites encounter raw Iowa farming for the first time in their lives. Pics and entertaining accounts will surely follow.... Updated to add: There has been extensive flooding here, so maybe this might be a good time to test my snorkel and other fording prep.

 

[BILT4ME]

My weekend started early when my kid's Cherokee died. I was going to make the 3 1/2 hour drive up to NW Iowa anyway, so launched a day early. The kid lives in Sioux City, which is in the Loess Hills, one of the most hauntingly beautiful places on earth. I forgot to take pics until the sun was almost down and I was almost out of the hills, and all I got was this crappy cell pic through my windshield.
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Stopped at my brother's house on Storm Lake, and was awakened by the delightful sound of these little guys under my window. Mayflies are hatching right now and are just the thing to fatten little beaks and down covered bellies.

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Then I took my rig out and helped my brother release pheasant chicks. Since a few of them imprinted on us and our vehicles, it was a freaking rodeo to chase them away and avoid stepping on any.
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The Liberian crew took their 80 to pick a ferocious guard dog for the compound. The boss settled on this one, since it was the most impressive looking man killer in the bunch. Pure bred German shepherd, btw.

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I am really, really looking forward to updating this thread later on this weekend. One of my dearest friends is a supermodel looking woman who is from this area, and now lives on the East Coast. She's getting married this weekend, and has invited all of her socialite and fashion industry friends to rural NW Iowa where the ceremony will be held on a working farm. I plan on great fun as these urbanites encounter raw Iowa farming for the first time in their lives. Pics and entertaining accounts will surely follow.... Updated to add: There has been extensive flooding here, so maybe this might be a good time to test my snorkel and other fording prep.

You gonna butcher a cow hangin' from a tractor just to get their attention? BTDT...... Take them on a tour of a hog confinement facility? Make them walk beans for hours on end in scorching heat with mosquitoes the size of small birds?

Good thing folks from Iowa don't carry banjos!

 

[LS1FJ40]

You gonna butcher a cow hangin' from a tractor just to get their attention? BTDT...... Take them on a tour of a hog confinement facility? Make them walk beans for hours on end in scorching heat with mosquitoes the size of small birds?

Good thing folks from Iowa don't carry banjos!

Those east coasters would piss themselves if they had to work one day on a farm.

 

[120mm]

I just gotta say, 6 inch stilleto heels and pig sh*t. A match made in situation comedy heaven.

 

[120mm]

Speaking of comedy, this guy grew up a mile and a half from my house. About 5 miles southeast of where the wedding will be held.

 

[warezdog]

LOL spent my growin up years in West DM

 

[Kamster]

Got it painted
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Looks good. See you around town.