Tanabanana Posted August 24, 2011 Report Share Posted August 24, 2011 I have several updates on my car. I just got my drivers license last week, and washed the car today. It is nice being able to drive my car by myself, listen to my music without my parents complaining, go where I want, and brag to my friends. On a less exciting note, same day I got my license I got braces, they are not the most comfortable thing to wear. It has been a long time in the making, but I finally am able to drive the car I got over 3 years ago. I'm really glad not to have you drive me so I don't have to stress. Your a good driver but it's really hard for the mama to put her life in her son's hand so to speak. B) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerseygator Posted August 24, 2011 Report Share Posted August 24, 2011 I'm really glad not to have you drive me so I don't have to stress. Your a good driver but it's really hard for the mama to put her life in her son's hand so to speak. B) You tell him mom! Besides you have your own new toy to drive... Nice thread... I enjoyed perusing it. A little pic heavy, but that's Grabber... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tedj Posted August 24, 2011 Report Share Posted August 24, 2011 Congratulations David! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helix Posted October 5, 2011 Report Share Posted October 5, 2011 Be glad you have a dad who can relate to you so well and guide you step by step Imagine the household where dad, the chevy lover with the chevelle ss, hears from his son he'd like to find a nice Mustang. But in all honosty he didn't care, and I didn't either; as long as it's american (ized?) then I'm ok with it....well, form the surface I'll leave it at that. But yea, owning your own car is an amazing feeling.....and then paying for it feels....well you don't need to worry about that yet. It's also amazing how much the small stuff plays a role; I wash mine weekly, because It's parked under a tre >_< believe me thats painful. I take no pride. Growing up with the good stuff is fun though, the experience is mutual. 5.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grabber Posted February 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2012 Here's some info: http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2005...d_manifold.html http://www.flamingfo...Settlement.html There's a ton more if you search for it. Grabber - I'd watch this. Would hate to ruin the engine due to a stupid plastic intake cracking through no fault of yours or Davids. Hindsite I should of replaced the intake manifold a few years ago. It cracked yesterday and shot it's wad when David entered the college parking lot. I had my insurance company give it a free tow to my local Ford dealer. They wanted $650 for the part. Screw that ! I ordered one on line from thes guys for $210. Paid $55 bucks to have it 2 day aired in from Florida. It will be here tomorrow. My dealer will have it back on the road after the 3 hours labor it takes to install it. This is the one I bought: http://stores.channeladvisor.com/Auto-Parts-Direct-To-You/Items/1380004-mustang-615-178-dorman?&caSKU=1380004-mustang-615-178-dorman&caTitle=1996-1998%20Ford%20Mustang%2CMustang%20GT%204.6L%20Intake%20Manifold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grabber Posted February 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2012 Here is a much better pic of the one I bought. The old one was all plastic. http://www.autoclinix.com/Manifold.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don JDWHSKY Theall 25695 Posted February 3, 2012 Report Share Posted February 3, 2012 Congrats ..... looks like it is time to install a lift in your garage. Interesting to see the Kemp Ford Thousand Oaks license plate because that is where we get my wife's F150 and my SGT serviced. Nice ride David ..... Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grabber Posted May 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2012 Tonight David and I spent a little over 2 hours wrenching on his 96 Stang. He turned 35K miles on the meet and greet drive and Alex rode with him. As Alex suggested we replaced the 16 year old spark plugs and wires. Not the easiest to get to. The job went well and his car is ready to go back to school tomorrow. David has been going to college for a year now and he is going to be taking to summer classes at college too. Not bad for a Junior in high school. The high school pays for his college thru a state program called "running start" and they give him credit for High school by going to college. Next June David should have his associate degree when he get his high school diploma. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vapor08GT500 Posted June 7, 2012 Report Share Posted June 7, 2012 Great Job Rob and David...is the hesitation gone now? It was great to see you all, as always... Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
96 Black Pony Posted June 9, 2012 Report Share Posted June 9, 2012 Great Job Rob and David...is the hesitation gone now? It was great to see you all, as always... Alex Yeah, it runs good. No problems now. Also the gas tank cover problem I showed you ended up just being the cap turned 90* to the side, I guess Ford didn't catch that you had to have it turned in a certain direction for the cover to lay flat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blown Away Posted June 9, 2012 Report Share Posted June 9, 2012 Tonight David and I spent a little over 2 hours wrenching on his 96 Stang. He turned 35K miles on the meet and greet drive and Alex rode with him. As Alex suggested we replaced the 16 year old spark plugs and wires. Not the easiest to get to. The job went well and his car is ready to go back to school tomorrow. David has been going to college for a year now and he is going to be taking to summer classes at college too. Not bad for a Junior in high school. The high school pays for his college thru a state program called "running start" and they give him credit for High school by going to college. Next June David should have his associate degree when he get his high school diploma. Great job on getting a "running start" on college David. They have something similiar here in California that I tried to get my daughters into, however this state is so up, the local JC doesn't have funding or space available. Why they even promote the program at the high school, I don't know. Enough of my rant... Keep up the GREAT job. Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vapor08GT500 Posted June 15, 2012 Report Share Posted June 15, 2012 Great, David, glad she is running perfect again and that the gas lid is sitting properly now!! Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grabber Posted August 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2012 David enlisted in the Army National Guard today. It has taken weeks of leg work for him and his test scores were very high. Today David took the oath and was sworn in. Tana and I are very proud of him ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twobjshelbys Posted August 11, 2012 Report Share Posted August 11, 2012 Thank You David for your service!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denstang65 Posted August 11, 2012 Report Share Posted August 11, 2012 Good Luck to David and Thank You! You have not started boot camp yet and I am already you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grabber Posted August 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2012 David will be going to boot camp after he graduates from HS in June. David is only required to take one day a week of HS because he has enough credits already to graduate if he wanted to as a Junior. He chose not to graduate so he could continue to take the free college that the Public School system pays for called Running start. David will have enough college credits to get his associates degree by June 2013 when he gets his HS diploma. Then he will enter the National Guard boot camp for 10 weeks and then be deployed to take about 22 weeks of training for the job that he is signed up to do: 35M Human Intelligence Collector Having the correct information about enemy forces and potential battle areas is absolutely necessary to plan for our national defense. Intelligence specialists such as the Human Intelligence Collector (HUMINT) provide information about enemy forces and potential battle areas. Human Intelligence Collectors primarily conduct interrogations and debriefings in English and foreign languages, and debrief U.S. prisoner-of-war returnees, refugees, defectors and other friendly sources to obtain information for military intelligence. Until that happens he will start a 6 phase program with the guard to prepare him for boot camp. He will be getting paid for that too. He is now enlisted. Here is the RSP program he will be taking: http://www.nationalg...ent-program-rsp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twobjshelbys Posted August 12, 2012 Report Share Posted August 12, 2012 Congrats David. (Rob, you just brung him up right, he made the choices so he gets more of the credit ) The son of a family friend in high school went to 'Nam doing the same thing. He worked his way up and became a driver and security lead for a General "over there". We lost track of each other but his mom was and always will be "Marian the Librarian". (That really was her name, and that is really what she did.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grabber Posted August 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2012 Thanks Tony. You are right David gets the credit ! I Just read thru Davids enlistment contract. Basic training will be at Fort SILL in Oklahoma for 10 weeks. Then he will be going to Fort Huachuca, AZ, home of the U.S. Army Intelligence Center to train for his job of Human Intelligence Collector for 22 weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twobjshelbys Posted August 12, 2012 Report Share Posted August 12, 2012 Fort Hoochie Coochie! I spent a lot of time there in the 70's when I worked for Digital Equipment Corp (DEC) in Phoenix. I really liked that area in general. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vapor08GT500 Posted August 12, 2012 Report Share Posted August 12, 2012 Congrats David!!! Human Intelligence Collector....what a cool job title!! :happy feet: Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0201212 Posted August 13, 2012 Report Share Posted August 13, 2012 Congrats to you David. I thank you for your service!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grabber Posted August 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2012 Black cars sure are a job to keep looking nice. David drives his car to Clark college everyday and to Summit view High School a few times a week since he received his drivers license almost 2 years ago. I bought him the car when he was 14 and it's hard to believe he will be 18 in a few weeks. I buffed the car out today with some paint sealant to make the car look new again. Again....black is a tough color to keep looking good....but when clean they sure do look nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grabber Posted August 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2012 David has about 36.5K on the clock. When he got the car it had about 28.5K on the clock, so he has put on about 8K miles driving to school and back and a few errands. August 12th, 2012 July 14th, 2008 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerseygator Posted August 13, 2012 Report Share Posted August 13, 2012 David enlisted in the Army National Guard today. It has taken weeks of leg work for him and his test scores were very high. Today David took the oath and was sworn in. Tana and I are very proud of him ! Congratulations David! I would be proud too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerseygator Posted August 13, 2012 Report Share Posted August 13, 2012 Black cars sure are a job to keep looking nice. David drives his car to Clark college everyday and to Summit view High School a few times a week since he received his drivers license almost 2 years ago. I bought him the car when he was 14 and it's hard to believe he will be 18 in a few weeks. I buffed the car out today with some paint sealant to make the car look new again. Again....black is a tough color to keep looking good....but when clean they sure do look nice. Nice job Rob... It looks great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vapor08GT500 Posted August 14, 2012 Report Share Posted August 14, 2012 I always like to joke that black is a part time job, not a color!!! Looks great Rob and David!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grabber Posted October 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 Private Aichele just got back from his week end RSP drill. His dog Harley was the first one out to great him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grabber Posted October 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 Private David Aichele Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twobjshelbys Posted October 22, 2012 Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 Awesome. Thank you for your service!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pockdog Posted October 22, 2012 Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 Private David Aichele [snip] Thank you for your service David! Be safe and soar high! -Randy (Pockdog) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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