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| Re: Fleet Admiral Togo Heihachiro - Toyota Fortuner. Life Sails On... Greetings General! Zappex reporting, Sorry for the long absence. I know that any excuse will not make up for the loss. Still, It feels great to come back on Togo channel. Quote:
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Senior - BHPian ![]() | Re: Fleet Admiral Togo Heihachiro - Toyota Fortuner. Life Sails On... Hi Zap ! Quote:
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Manuuj was mentioning the other day of his vehicle almost crossing 40K and the need to move his thread from Inititial Reports Section to the Long Term Ownership Report Section. It reminded me of a 70 year old Youth Congress leader moving or being compelled to move from Youth Congress to 'Regular' Congress. And yet complaining that there are vested interests in trying to destabilise him ! Quote:
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Seriously speaking not sure what exactly is the reason for this inane behaviour of the ASCs ! Disturbance is one factor no doubt. Quote:
So with the Scorpio. The hide was tough. Really tough. Multiple times when it has run into things and had things dropped on to it - it only used to bounce and roll off. Large stones, stone chips on the highway, things dropped from top like large branches etc nothing seemed to faze the old boy. Why...once when manoeuvering into a mall, a solid metal piece of a shop awning tried to dig into its roof. Later on the screaming shop keeper signalled that the awning had collapsed. Looked on the roof and there was just a minor scuffing of the paint. I think any Toyota vehicle would have had a tear in the skin. Of course to get the shop keeper off my back all I told him was that it appeared that the awning was illegal and the Scorpio had only completed the task that the BMC/Civic demolition team should have done long time ago ! Quote:
But the paint quality on my Scorp was amazing. No second thoughts about it. Even on the last day, after 5.5 years, it looks smashing good and brand new. Quote:
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Ummm...John Wayne or Humphrey Bogart would never bother with a lipstick would they ?!! Last edited by Guderian : 16th September 2011 at 09:00. | ||||||||||||
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| Re: Fleet Admiral Togo Heihachiro - Toyota Fortuner. Life Sails On... General, mighty congratulations on the 15k mark. Many more to go for you and the Admiral. Kudos to you, Admiral looks as good as new, even after 15k. As far as scars are concerned, IMO, it adds charachter. Scarface indeed! |
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Distinguished - BHPian ![]() ![]() | Re: Fleet Admiral Togo Heihachiro - Toyota Fortuner. Life Sails On... HG, congrats on the 15K mark. Funny that Admiral has already had 4 services by now, whereas my baby will go in for her first service only at that mark! By the way, whose X1 was that? Gorgeous beast it is. |
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As for the free services, Here is a quote from ACM's thread. Hope he doesn't mind. Quote:
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Senior - BHPian ![]() | Re: Fleet Admiral Togo Heihachiro - Toyota Fortuner. Life Sails On... Good to see you back.. For the last few days, I have been reading and posting more about how to flash (don't jump tp conclusions) given my new and first purchase of an Android phone. Let us know what you decide about greater underbody protection. Even I feel that it needs to improve...never know when one would end up rubbing stones or killing flowers in the dark. That picture looks like a murder scene ...dead body lying on the ground, weapon cast (parked) aside by the murderer. Btw, I assume you meant Panther instead of Leopard. The Leopard I - IV was/is used by the modern German army. Panther was used during WWII. And was supposedly the best tank overall. Though the Tiger and T-34s got a lot of hype. Last edited by nilanjanray : 17th September 2011 at 00:15. |
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Senior - BHPian ![]() | Re: Fleet Admiral Togo Heihachiro - Toyota Fortuner. Life Sails On... Quote:
Thanks for the good wishes. The other day I saw an oldish white Endeavour with plenty of dents but paint etc intact and otherwise very well maintained. And with the dents etc it was looking so desirable ! Quote:
Thanks. Well even the Yeti has a service interval of 15K KMs. Actually the 5/15/25/35etc K KMs service can be done away with as it only checking and nothing else. Major action of oil change etc is only at intervals of 10K KMs. But then till the warranty period is on...! Quote:
Thanks for the great explanatory info as usual. The one counteraction to the general ASC woes I am planning is - to get some of the stand alone tasks done outside. Like other than the basic checks, oil changes and parts related activities which can be done at the ASC - the washing/wheel alignment etc to be done outside. That a way you are sure as to what is being done and the costs are lower too. The key here being identifying good alternates for those activities. At least for the WA I seem to have found the guy. Washing it doesn't really matter - plenty of chaps around and its no big deal as long as you stand around and check. Though of course it would mean spening more time overall and a bother to go from shop to shop as compared to the one shop stop - it can be staggered and to me well worth it in the interests of your beloved vehicle ! Quote:
1. Have got a guy in Thane who has done a lot of underbody 'plating' for Scorpios etc going off for the RdH. Does a good job. Will be checking out with him whether he can fashion something for the Admiral with aluminium plates. Of course the plate would need to be not just cut but also shaped well and with apertures cut for heat dissipation. And also looking at additional spots underneath that could need plates which can be added on without any drilling etc fastened on the existing structure. Will post once something concrete is decided. OT: 2. Panther it is...what was I thinking when I typed Leopard ! But the Tiger I (Konigstiger)/Tiger II (both Panzer VI series) were the heavy panzers and had a fantastic armour and one of the best firepowers around. Though of course overall the Panther is considered the best German tank of the war - though just a medium tank. The current Leopard is a mean machine too ! | ||||
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| Re: Fleet Admiral Togo Heihachiro - Toyota Fortuner. Life Sails On... Hey General - Congratulations on completing yet another milestone. ![]() ![]() So the Admiral is having a relatively easier run on Mumbai roads what with rains subsiding and road work (filling of craters) being taken up on war footing? No more conversion of the car into a battleship. |
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Senior - BHPian ![]() | Re: Fleet Admiral Togo Heihachiro - Toyota Fortuner. Life Sails On...
Hi Noops, Sorry didn't answer that earlier. The X1 belongs to a neighbour's relative who visits often. Shall try and have a detailed look next time they come. Quote:
Thanks for the kind words. Actually as of now even the paid service looks fairly OK. Not too bad. Let's see how the costs progress as the vehicle ages. Sorry Amit - the rains are still around. And what crater filling ? Craters are right there where they left them earlier - infact more have joined the gang ! Nope no war footing or anything. I guess they are waiting for the rains to compeletely stop. I guess rains'll go on - off and on - till Sept end. So battleship it stays ! Ever ready. Last edited by Guderian : 17th September 2011 at 18:44. | |
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Senior - BHPian ![]() | Re: Fleet Admiral Togo Heihachiro - Toyota Fortuner. Life Sails On... Tales from a cleaning day. Not much of muck in the engine bay so no attention spared there today. But had to work some muscles on Admiral's skin. Over a period of time a few minor almost invisible scratches had emerged and last week Admiral had a scuffing incident wherein the left side lightly touched in a line the outstretched OVRM of a Skoda Superb. Nothing major except that there was a bit of scuff line. I think the Skoda girl was making a pass at the Admiral with her talons ! Anyway out came the F1 ScratchOut and polish. The results were rather pleasing. Also have started planning a project to replace the front, thin steel, skid plates and the sumpguard with 4/6 mm aluminium plates. The front part consists of two thick plastic 'side' plates and a steel central plate. All three would go. The fourth one is under the sump which'll also need to go. The challenge/s here is/are finding the right fabricator ( hope the Scorpio chap works out) and then getting him to fashion the right shaped replacement with aluminium plates. I don't think one will be able to get the contours etc on the alu plate - but the best one can hope for is to get a flat plate with the right fastening points and apertures for ventilation. A worry here is that such plates which is going to be shiny ones could ruin the frontal looks of Admiral. I would need to clearly visualise this and take a call. If there is an issue then only the sumpguard and other additional undrbody plates would be looked at. Made some rough sketches of the same. Not sure when I'll be able to kick off this project and when will it conclude ! But have touched the first target - thinking about it ! And went about my favourite pastime today. Clicking parts on the Admiral which have the Toyota stamp/labels ! On the grill guard plate: ![]() Funnily, on the top bar of the grill guard on the inner plastic part which is away from the visual line there is stamping - not sure why ! ![]() On the air filter (call me lungs !) box: ![]() From the headlight assembly (call me eyes!): ![]() On the ECU (brains !) box: ![]() From the vaccum/EGR line (Sucker line ?!!): ![]() On the ABS Box (don't let them brake me down!): ![]() A rear door hinge (have a swinging time !): ![]() Ahhh...for a long, long drive... ![]() ![]() The itch is growing again - need to plan out a long drive soon ! Last edited by Guderian : 18th September 2011 at 23:15. |
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| Re: Fleet Admiral Togo Heihachiro - Toyota Fortuner. Life Sails On... General, your efforts can really be seen. Even after 15k, the Admiral looks as good as new. Man, you have some patience to do this, every other weekend. So, what scars are those? Minor, or worrisome? Some pics perhaps.... @Dkaile: Man, now is'nt that a vehicle to own. Forget the Mine's, I would use them as "Biker's" protected vehicle!@ |
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| Re: Fleet Admiral Togo Heihachiro - Toyota Fortuner. Life Sails On... Quote:
![]() And after following the history of TOGO channel i was disappointed and surprised to see the broadcaster not filling in the details. The Before and After pics (post the scratch out polish) were expected. Beware TRP's would take a hit because of this. ![]() Last edited by amitwlele : 19th September 2011 at 12:04. | |
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| Re: Fleet Admiral Togo Heihachiro - Toyota Fortuner. Life Sails On... Quote:
I want one. I would love to go to office on this one. I am sure no bikes, cars, pesky autos, even maybe an occasional TFort will come anywhere nearby. Only thing will the parallel parking bit.. | |
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Senior - BHPian ![]() | Re: Fleet Admiral Togo Heihachiro - Toyota Fortuner. Life Sails On... Quote:
Many thanks for the warm words. Keeps the adrenaline flowing. About those scars - as mentioned, they were really scuffs. Tried taking a few snaps but the white scuffs on silver background were not visible in the snaps. So dropped those snaps. But in anycase they are long gone now thanks to all the pills and potions. Quote:
Humppphhh...don't you ever cast aspersions on Admiral's character. And incidentally to remind you, that like his Captain on the bridge, Admiral also leaves a bevy of swooing beauties in his wake. He just doesn't need to make passes at Czech Tootsies ! Snaps of "before" not put up because of the reason mention above ! Quote:
That F1 ScratchOut is truly a delight ! Not sure about the Turtle product as I haven't used it - but coming from you that the Turtle product is lousy it has to be then lousy. Or it better be ! Maybe the company manufacturing it should send out a circular for a turtle recall ! Last edited by Guderian : 21st September 2011 at 00:21. | |||
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| Re: Fleet Admiral Togo Heihachiro - Toyota Fortuner. Life Sails On... Whats the F1 Scratchout? Does it really get rid of the itch's and scratches? My Laura got a not so minor scratch- thanks to a pesky biker. Wondering if that would help it? General, when's the next time you headed down? If possible, could I request you to caerry that product along? EDIT: OT: This post officially makes me the devil :evilgrin . Post count 666. Had to be on your thread Generale! Last edited by Swanand Inamdar : 21st September 2011 at 13:14. |
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