My ea's turning 400,000ks

HSVKILLA · 03-04-2008, 05:07 PM

Well what can i say i have had her since the 250,000km mark and shes still cruising like a purring cat,since owning it i have been to the end of the earth and back and only ever replaced the diff which i done alone and had never done one before(and must say it was very straight forward and easy)and other small serviceable items(fuel filter,oil changes,coolant changes etc)i drive it every day and enjoy every minute of it.I've got headers on it,a bigger exhaust(which has a nice note)95 xr8 mags,tints,awesome sounds and other various goodies(oh yeah and its a 5 speed manual)so thought i would share with ya's how proud i am of my ea.I know ea's get bagged a bit but i love my ea,this weekend i am off on a 500km trip which at some point the 399,777kms which is where it is at the moment will roll over into the 400's,which some people would hate to see cause the k's are so high it makes the car not worth much,but to me its awesome,i cant wait till it hits 500 and more.

gthofan · 03-04-2008, 06:13 PM

need pics please, 399,999 and 400,000! haha

great effort to keep an ea going so long

It sounds like a good purchase

cheers
scott

Dezza · 03-04-2008, 06:42 PM

Great to hear! Sounds like your's has been more troublefree than mine, but they're still not a bad car! EA's are severely underrated. People hear the letters EA and the first word that pops into their mind is "avoid". Well, mine has a few oil leaks, and a few squeaks and rattles, but if I ever got rid of it, I know I'd miss it. Good job on your milestone!

HSVKILLA · 03-04-2008, 07:03 PM

Thats a good idea,i will make sure i take the digital camera with me and hope like heck it does'nt happen on a one way heavy trafficed bridge or something

gthofan · 03-04-2008, 07:02 PM

Upon hearing rattles and other noises--
1) Turn radio up.
(if noise persists, or gets worse)
2) Radio louder

Dezza · 03-04-2008, 07:09 PM

I took a photo of mine about 6 months back, right on 250,000kms. I wish I'd taken a few photos when I first got it at 148,000kms.

HSVKILLA · 03-04-2008, 07:41 PM

How do i post a couple of pics of my car on here(try to explain simply,im not that great with comps but know the basics and a bit more.

Nostalgia · 03-04-2008, 07:51 PM

Damn that's a huge lot of K's. This is mine. 88 EA S. (cfi). Click on it for a full view. The 2nd pic is the EA. Dont click on the 2nd pic, it will do nothing.

gthofan · 03-04-2008, 07:50 PM

Just sign up to www.photobucket.com (free) then upload photos to there. Then all you do is copy the link that apears with the picture added into the forums message window.

MotherNatureVer2 · 03-04-2008, 08:24 PM

What a great milestone for the girl. She doesnt look a day over 200k :P

When you get the pics, do as suggested with photobucket. If you have any problems let me know & I can PM you a detailed guide on how to do it.

Make sure you keep an eye on it & if need be turn around so you have a quiet place to get the piccys too :P

Dezza · 03-04-2008, 08:55 PM

It seems I have a lot of catching up to do!

andrewts · 03-04-2008, 09:00 PM

Those digi-dashes are soo cooooool!!!

I wish I had one!

Booka · 03-04-2008, 09:02 PM

Mines only sitting on nearly 180,000..... they will go on forever if looked after

gthofan · 03-04-2008, 09:14 PM

Dezza i believe you have photo-shoped that pic. How can that fuel guage show full? i thought these things are always in the red

Dezza · 03-04-2008, 09:33 PM

lol. That was a rare occasion. It's not that full too often!

HSVKILLA · 04-04-2008, 06:28 AM

Ive got a kodak digital camera and store all my photos in the kodak easyshare program which i upload when i want to add pictures on a site over here called trademe,and it loads with no problems.When i go to"manage attachments" below i can easily upload photos but i get a message after trying to load saying"file too large,limit for this filetype is 146.5,your file is 582.9kb.Any help would be awesome,please explain as simple as you can,cheers.It seems i have to change my picture size or something

DBourne · 04-04-2008, 07:30 AM

nice work, buy her something nice for the birthday, new sparkplugs perhaps?

MotherNatureVer2 · 04-04-2008, 08:22 AM

HSVKILLA, Yes your file sizes are a tad large. If you use photobucket it will resize them automatically to be able to fit, you will also have the ability to put the entire pic up in here instead of just the thumbnail.

Uploading is pretty much the same in most of these sites so that shouldnt pose a problem for you. Once they are loaded there is a box that you click and it will copy the pics address so you can paste that into your post. Then you will have your piccy here for all of us to see

HSVKILLA · 04-04-2008, 10:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MotherNature

HSVKILLA, Yes your file sizes are a tad large. If you use photobucket it will resize them automatically to be able to fit, you will also have the ability to put the entire pic up in here instead of just the thumbnail.

Uploading is pretty much the same in most of these sites so that shouldnt pose a problem for you. Once they are loaded there is a box that you click and it will copy the pics address so you can paste that into your post. Then you will have your piccy here for all of us to see

I will give it a go when i return from the trip,with camera fully charged ready for those good pics.

MotherNatureVer2 · 04-04-2008, 12:27 PM

Good stuff

Pinch · 04-04-2008, 01:48 PM

That's a lot of candles! Great to hear it just keeps powering though...

HSVKILLA · 06-04-2008, 03:50 PM

I hope i have figured this out and a picture appears

MotherNatureVer2 · 06-04-2008, 04:04 PM

Well done ..... pic is there

How was your trip????

HSVKILLA · 06-04-2008, 04:52 PM

The trip was awesome,ive got 400,275 kms on the clock now so im wrapped.I got caught on a long strip of roading that had yellow lines(no stopping) and had to hold up a huge line of traffic for about 10 seconds while i got the shot.Here is a pic of my car,but has changed quite a bit now,how do i make the pictures bigger?

MotherNatureVer2 · 06-04-2008, 05:17 PM

Are you using the photobucket account to upload the pictures ??

If so you dont have to attach them as an attachment. You can actually direct link the pictures address to here.

Basically if you are using photobucket, once the picture is uploaded and you can see it click on the picture and a larger version will open. just under (or next to depending on the size of your screen) the picture there will be a couple of boxes with links. The one at the bottom says 'IMG Code - Forums & Bulletin Boards'. If you click on that (no need to right click) it will copy the address. Then all you have to do is paste that link into your post in here ( the little box that I typed this in ;)

Hope thats not too confusing. If it is let me know & I will do up a proper tutorial for it( something I should do anyway ;) )

HSVKILLA · 06-04-2008, 06:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MotherNature

Are you using the photobucket account to upload the pictures ??

If so you dont have to attach them as an attachment. You can actually direct link the pictures address to here.

Basically if you are using photobucket, once the picture is uploaded and you can see it click on the picture and a larger version will open. just under (or next to depending on the size of your screen) the picture there will be a couple of boxes with links. The one at the bottom says 'IMG Code - Forums & Bulletin Boards'. If you click on that (no need to right click) it will copy the address. Then all you have to do is paste that link into your post in here ( the little box that I typed this in ;)

Hope thats not too confusing. If it is let me know & I will do up a proper tutorial for it( something I should do anyway ;) )

Im on the ball with everything up to pasteing the link into my post bit,how do i bring up the copied img code.

Jason[98.EL] · 06-04-2008, 05:21 PM

open an account withphoto bucket

when you want to post a pic this is the type of link you want to look for
[img]https://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c193/heljas/OZEAFD2008009.jpg[/IMG
that above image code needs this ] on the end

it will post a pic like this

hope that helps

jason

HSVKILLA · 06-04-2008, 05:39 PM

just trying something out

MotherNatureVer2 · 07-04-2008, 08:03 AM

If you right click your mouse it will have various things including paste. Left click on that & the link will appear in the box your typing in. Just make sure your cursor is still in the box that you are typing in

It will end up with a line that looks like Grimus one above in your text box but the picture will appear in the thread.

Also, you dont need to worry about the attachment part. This will put the picture up direct and will not take up your attachment limit.

HSVKILLA · 07-04-2008, 11:19 AM

here i go again