# 30 hours, 2000 miles and 6 rolls of blue tape...

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**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\
**Created:** [March 9, 2010, 11:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/30-hours-2000-miles-and-6-rolls-of-blue-tape/151082 "2010-03-09T11:25:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![XwalkerX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/xwalkerx/32/7598_2.png) [@XwalkerX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/XwalkerX)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 11:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/30-hours-2000-miles-and-6-rolls-of-blue-tape/151082/1 "2010-03-09T11:25:25Z")

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so i posted this yesterday on another forum but figured since nyspeed was back up i should throw it up on here too…

well after selling my s4 in october i thought i should pick up something for a replacement. after months of research and trying to decide what i should get i pulled the trigger on a 996. the plan was for erik and myself to fly out to utah on wed, pick up the car and start our journey home.  
well the flight out of buffalo was delayed 20 min then we ended up circling jfk airport for about an hr cause apparently they are down to 1 runway currently. well we missed our connecting flight to SLC by 10 min. the next flight we could catch was 10 hrs later so we were stranded for the night until 640 am the next morning. i was able to get about an hr of sleep on a luggage cart then a few more on the plane ride to SLC.  
we ended up getting into utah thurs around 1030 then met up with the seller who was really the nicest guy ive met in awhile. picked erik and myself up from the airport and had a gift basket ready for us filled with redbull, painters tape, and food for our trip.  
after taping it all up we started on our journey through 9 states…

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erik (my co-driver) was getting hungry…

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SONIC!!!

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back on the road.

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home of john wayne…

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accident that happened right in front of us…

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mighty mississippi…

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almost home!!!

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finally her new resting place…

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and just a few more pics of how awesome this thing is…

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here is a quick vid we took of the 1st startup

ANDDDDD im spent!

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**Author:** ![SkunkApe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/skunkape/32/7575_2.png) [@SkunkApe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SkunkApe)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 11:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/30-hours-2000-miles-and-6-rolls-of-blue-tape/151082/2 "2010-03-09T11:32:21Z")

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very cool :tup:

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**Author:** ![fiend540](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bcef8e/32.png) [@fiend540](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fiend540)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 12:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/30-hours-2000-miles-and-6-rolls-of-blue-tape/151082/3 "2010-03-09T12:46:16Z")

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Nice pickup, now tell your copilot to come get his bike 🙂

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**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 12:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/30-hours-2000-miles-and-6-rolls-of-blue-tape/151082/4 "2010-03-09T12:54:13Z")

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Congrats on a really nice ride.

You should contact the manufacturer of that painters tape with those pictures. You’d probably end up in a commercial.

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**Author:** ![Geehee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/geehee/32/7238_2.png) [@Geehee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geehee)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 12:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/30-hours-2000-miles-and-6-rolls-of-blue-tape/151082/5 "2010-03-09T12:57:21Z")

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sweet! you live on my street right?

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**Author:** ![IanK](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/iank/32/5016_2.png) [@IanK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/IanK)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 12:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/30-hours-2000-miles-and-6-rolls-of-blue-tape/151082/6 "2010-03-09T12:58:24Z")

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Awesome man. Glad to see you finally got one, I know you’ve been looking for a while. I saw this thing for sale on 6Speed, Looks like a super dope car. Also that is by far the most extensive tape job i have ever seen ILI. If you wanna get some decent photos of this thing hit me up, id love to shoot it sometime.

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**Author:** ![Saxon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@Saxon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Saxon)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 1:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/30-hours-2000-miles-and-6-rolls-of-blue-tape/151082/7 "2010-03-09T13:00:54Z")

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nice pick up, whats it mean mph exceeded?

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**Author:** ![XwalkerX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/xwalkerx/32/7598_2.png) [@XwalkerX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/XwalkerX)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 1:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/30-hours-2000-miles-and-6-rolls-of-blue-tape/151082/8 "2010-03-09T13:11:35Z")

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> [@Geehee](#):
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> sweet! you live on my street right?

very close but not the same street…

> [@IanK](#):
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> Awesome man. Glad to see you finally got one, I know you’ve been looking for a while. I saw this thing for sale on 6Speed, Looks like a super dope car. Also that is by far the most extensive tape job i have ever seen ILI. If you wanna get some decent photos of this thing hit me up, id love to shoot it sometime.

yeah man id love to get some nice new shots of the car.

> [@Saxon](#):
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> nice pick up, whats it mean mph exceeded?

its a setting on the heads up menu that you can set an alarm if you exceed a certain mph of your choosing. i had it set at 90 but ended up cruising at 90/95 most of the way regardless…

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**Author:** ![IanK](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/iank/32/5016_2.png) [@IanK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/IanK)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 1:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/30-hours-2000-miles-and-6-rolls-of-blue-tape/151082/9 "2010-03-09T13:12:36Z")

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:tup: Im down whenever. UGH I like these things more and more everyday haha

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**Author:** ![psychopjv](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/psychopjv/32/7251_2.png) [@psychopjv](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/psychopjv)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 1:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/30-hours-2000-miles-and-6-rolls-of-blue-tape/151082/10 "2010-03-09T13:16:12Z")

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is it everything it’s cracked up to be? congrats!!!

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**Author:** ![BadnewsMike](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/badnewsmike/32/7419_2.png) [@BadnewsMike](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BadnewsMike)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 1:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/30-hours-2000-miles-and-6-rolls-of-blue-tape/151082/11 "2010-03-09T13:18:04Z")

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on alot of cars you set the MPH exceeded light so you don’t accidentally go tooo fast probably a reallllly good thing on a 996 turbo…

how was the MPG not that it matters tooo much just wondering.

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**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 1:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/30-hours-2000-miles-and-6-rolls-of-blue-tape/151082/12 "2010-03-09T13:20:46Z")

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Nice

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**Author:** ![Paul\_B](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/paul_b/32/5452_2.png) [@Paul\_B](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Paul_B)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 1:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/30-hours-2000-miles-and-6-rolls-of-blue-tape/151082/13 "2010-03-09T13:24:12Z")

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finally got a chance to watch/listen to the start up video, Walker…sounds awesome. like a bad ass beetle 😉

\<3

love it! you want to drive my car…may i drive yours? lol

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**Author:** ![XwalkerX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/xwalkerx/32/7598_2.png) [@XwalkerX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/XwalkerX)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 1:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/30-hours-2000-miles-and-6-rolls-of-blue-tape/151082/14 "2010-03-09T13:24:28Z")

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> [@IanK](#):
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> :tup: Im down whenever. UGH I like these things more and more everyday haha

its in the garage right now just waiting for spring to actually get here…

> [@psychopjv](#):
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> is it everything it’s cracked up to be? congrats!!!

everything and more. i fucking love it so much.

> [@badnewsmini](#):
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> on alot of cars you set the MPH exceeded light so you don’t accidentally go tooo fast probably a reallllly good thing on a 996 turbo…
> 
> how was the MPG not that it matters tooo much just wondering.

truth. it is soooooooo easy to be doing triple digits and not even know it with this car. on the same token it was also really easy to keep out of boost if you were just cruising. we saw an avg of about 22/23 mpg at an avg speed of 90mph

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**Author:** ![Hass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/51bf81/32.png) [@Hass](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Hass)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 1:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/30-hours-2000-miles-and-6-rolls-of-blue-tape/151082/15 "2010-03-09T13:39:31Z")

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Dumb question, but why the painters tape?  
to protect the paint on a long drive I assume?

But what’s teh difference if you drive 2k miles all at once, or if you drive it over the course of a month?  
It’s still going to get shittied up.

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**Author:** ![97FormulaWS-6](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/97formulaws-6/32/7384_2.png) [@97FormulaWS-6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/97FormulaWS-6)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 1:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/30-hours-2000-miles-and-6-rolls-of-blue-tape/151082/16 "2010-03-09T13:46:15Z")

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Awesome car and trip documentation!

How long did the drive take ya?

Edit - D’oh… I’m outta it… 30 hours is pretty damn good for that drive!!! I thought it would be longer.

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**Author:** ![BigRon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/58956e/32.png) [@BigRon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BigRon)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 1:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/30-hours-2000-miles-and-6-rolls-of-blue-tape/151082/17 "2010-03-09T13:47:11Z")

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How thick is the tape? Enough to protect from stones?

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**Author:** ![theblue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/theblue/32/5074_2.png) [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 1:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/30-hours-2000-miles-and-6-rolls-of-blue-tape/151082/18 "2010-03-09T13:52:59Z")

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very nice…

:bigclap:

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**Author:** ![livin4hockey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@livin4hockey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/livin4hockey)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 1:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/30-hours-2000-miles-and-6-rolls-of-blue-tape/151082/19 "2010-03-09T13:53:06Z")

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Nice pickup, such a hot car :bigtup:

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**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 1:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/30-hours-2000-miles-and-6-rolls-of-blue-tape/151082/20 "2010-03-09T13:54:55Z")

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so hot

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