For winter break, I always spend my time in west palm beach fl, where we have a house and my sister rides in the equestrian circuit. At that house we have an 04 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited, 04 Porsche Carrera 4S Cabriolet and a 93 Mercedes Benz 300E.......

The Bad.....
I was headed back from the airport after picking up a UC buddy in the C4S and ahead of me was an accident that was being cleared off the the side of the road.....the police were allowing cars to move through one lane, but of course they hadn't bothered to clean up all the glass, so about a 1/4 from my house I felt the left rear tire lose its pressure and begin going flat, I hobbled home and changed the tire from the aftermarket 19's back to the stock 18's.....when I woke up in the morning, the left front tire was totally flat, so i changed that tire back to the stock 18's......so now we are stock on the left side and aftermarket on the right...... I began looking for the correct tire sizes for the front and rear (both different) and of course no one had them.... I ended up having to order a full set of new tires (Michelin Pilot Sport PS2) which ran me just over a grand...... I wasnt happy but $hit happens and the new tires are much better then the old ones......
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****WTF is with my porsches running half aftermarket, half stock wheels????????*****

The next "bad" issue occurred when I returned home from FL......

I went to pick up the Cayenne, which had the system redone and a realignment of the front end (at no charge :D ) and realized I never took off the 22's which are very useless in the winter. When I dropped the car at Porsche for my free wheel swap ( p-car customer service is teh sex) they informed me that the left front and rear on my 22's had nails in them ......which is really awesome b/c I only had a chance to put about 1k miles on that new set of BFG G-Force2's.....haven't done anything yet, but when the 22's go back on, im going to need new 2 new tires for them ..... :x :x

Now it's time to move on........The Ugly.......

My sister wasn't paying attention and rear ended a ford pickup with a trailer ball in her 08 Range Rover Sport Supercharged.....Nothing is broken besides the front bumper but it looks like the RRSS has a chipped tooth and its an eye sore to say the least..... this is my sisters first accident so I couldn't be to hard on her, and hopefully this incident will result in a newer, better front bumper.....
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Next up is the 1993 Mercedes Benz 300E, which is a 3.2L I6 with 191k on the clock, the car was bought brand new and runs like a CHAMP!!! the only thing we had to replace were some wire harnesses along with other normal maintenance. This car will literally still light the tires at a stop and get to 100mph with no hesitation...... Last year I installed a new head unit, 6 new speakers with a 600watt amp along with a focal 13 inch sub with a 600watt amp. The interior is flawless and the car has never been in an accident............until now...... My dad was rear ended by a 3500 Dodge Ram waiting at a toll booth and it completely missed the bumper and went right for the trunk / right quarter panel. The damage came out to around $3500 but with a full re-paint, (which the car needs badly) is around $5500....we decided instead of totaling the car (valued at 4300) we were gonna take the highest amount we could get to fix the car....$3329.....she will go to Mercedes Benz of west palm on the 18th to be fixed..... but the best part is......RIGHT BEFORE....I went to FL, I bought.....
1. H&R lowering springs
2. Bilstien Sport Shocks
3. Newer "updated" smoked headlights
4. Newer "updated" smoked LED taillights
5. New Antenna motor and mast
6. Eyelids and headlight wiper delete panels
7. New E55 style front grille
8. New AMG Replica front bumper

None of which actually made it on the car before the accident, but all will be installed during the repair process......

Pics of the carnage....keep in mind...this w124 chassis is known as the "bulletproof benz" and they dont make them like this anymore....thats for sure!!
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And FINALLY.....its time for the good.....

The 04 Wrangler got some love.....
1. Volant Closed Air Intake
2. Pacesetter Cat-Back Exhaust
3. New sub and Amp (blew the amp after driving for 5 mins the first day down there ....guess that could be in bad section also)
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Im not sure if this will work b/c its on fbook but here goes anyway....exhaust clip

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And the C4S finally got the euro clear corner mod.....
Before:
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After(s):

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My Jack Russell loves the droptop!!
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porsche customer srvice is NOT the sex for me. maybe it's cause I'm not covered under warranty. I'm having a very difficult time just getting a goddamn radio code.

Good to know no one get hurt in any of those incidents.

Also, I fail to see where the 'ugly' is. Everything looks pretty damn good to me. For that matter, I don't see the 'bad' either. I'd pay for a couple tires in exchange for spending winter in FL instead of the dreary ass North east.

Also, I fail to see where the 'ugly' is. Everything looks pretty damn good to me. For that matter, I don't see the 'bad' either. I'd pay for a couple tires in exchange for spending winter in FL instead of the dreary ass North east.

Philly, dreary? :rofl: Come to Buffalo! Where we have two seasons, grey and snow.

Dave, cars lookin good man, sucks about the little mishaps. I hope you didnt drive the C4S with it on two different sets of wheels. Good way to blow out the diff!

dave go down to the barrett jackson auction in palm beach. i will be there looking around.

time for Rachael to get a body kit

Hamaan it up!
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ugly would be the ej20 spinning a rod bearing in my wagon and it still not being back on the road...

Nick