Author Topic: New to the forum with an '08 Redline (Read 8517 times)

brad_wp · « **on:** September 21, 2011, 11:23:51 PM »

Just wanted to say hello to everyone. I just joined the forum, and I got my Sky last month. 2008 Redline, Manual, Polar White, Black Leather, Monsoon with single disc, and ~26K miles.

I did a little drooling over the Solstice when I first saw it, but when I saw the lines on the Sky I was in love. Took me about a year to find a low mileage Redline with a manual, and I still look at it in the garage and can't believe it's mine :-).

Pics of my baby!

Sly Bob · « **Reply #1 on:** September 21, 2011, 11:28:00 PM »

Very nice first post Brad. Love the car and I hope you enjoy your time here. A great and very knowledgeable group of people call this place home.

Welcome!

Gentleman Jack · « **Reply #2 on:** September 22, 2011, 01:08:14 AM »

Welcome!

JimVonBaden · « **Reply #3 on:** September 22, 2011, 01:34:07 AM »

Beautiful car!! Don't forget to check out the Sky forum.

Jim

Arabas · « **Reply #4 on:** September 22, 2011, 02:22:19 AM »

welcome to the forum Brad!
your ride looks sweet.
you can find a ot of treasures in this forum!

miller11386 · « **Reply #5 on:** September 22, 2011, 05:59:34 AM »

Welcome brad!

Whether you mod, or keep it stock, you will love that little car. I rolled over 84,000 miles on my 08 a couple days ago with no end in sight. Its an awesomely reliable car as long as you keep up with it! And just in case you want to do "a couple mods" ...

Here is where you can begin to drain your wallet.
http://www.ddmworks.com/sky/index.html

And if you are looking for some oomph, I highly recommend this

http://www.ddmworks.com/sky/engine/lnf_gt_turbo_upgrade.html

If this is all overwhelming, come up to the open house at DDM on the 22nd of Oct and you can check out all the stuff on their site first hand. I know a lot of forum members will be there, myself included

DeepBlueGXP · « **Reply #6 on:** September 22, 2011, 06:21:33 AM »

Welcome. You thoughts and description bring back memories of when I first bought mine. I remember looking in my garage and saying the same thing. Thanks

Critterman · « **Reply #7 on:** September 22, 2011, 07:09:18 AM »

Welcome to the carnut club

ChopTop · « **Reply #8 on:** September 22, 2011, 07:40:07 AM »

Welcome, white is classic so the more years that roll by the more guaranteed it will turn heads.

Wartie · « **Reply #9 on:** September 22, 2011, 07:45:56 AM »

Quote from: Critterman on September 22, 2011, 07:09:18 AM

Welcome to the carnut club

And the land of the thin wallet!!!!!

2.0 tspeed · « **Reply #10 on:** September 22, 2011, 08:30:21 AM »

Dam that white looks sweet welcome

EarthNTX · « **Reply #11 on:** September 22, 2011, 09:32:19 AM »

Welcome. Your car is gorgeous! Enjoy it and keep on droolin, huh?

GXPinKC · « **Reply #12 on:** September 22, 2011, 09:57:49 AM »

Aw, sweet indeed! Welcome brad_wp to the forum! Your 2008 polar white Sky Redline is gorgeous.

Gentleman Jack · « **Reply #13 on:** September 22, 2011, 10:52:48 AM »

Quote from: JimVonBaden on September 22, 2011, 01:34:07 AM

Beautiful car!! Don't forget to check out the Sky forum.

Jim

Brad_wp,

Apologies for this post. This is the only forum in the world. Other forums do not exist. There is no need to search for them. They are all gone. Stay here, you will be happy here.

Oh, and drink all the water when you take the little green pill....

One tip:

Take a video of you garage door opening and revealing your beautiful car. Take the video to work and put it on your computer as your screensaver. Every time you step away from your computer you can watch your garage door go up and reveal your new baby! All day satisfaction with afternoon relief!

Sol Asylum · « **Reply #14 on:** September 22, 2011, 11:09:57 AM »

Quote from: Gentleman Jack on September 22, 2011, 10:52:48 AM

Brad_wp,

Apologies for this post. This is the only forum in the world. Other forums do not exist. There is no need to search for them. They are all gone. Stay here, you will be happy here.

+1
Welcome to the fun.

brad_wp · « **Reply #15 on:** September 22, 2011, 11:29:58 AM »

Thank you all for the warm welcomes. I did find the other forum first. Apparently google likes it better. I found this one through an Adroid Forum App on which the "other" forum is not available.

Gentleman Jack, I don't do too much "Kool-aid" drinking ;-), besides it seems like there is a fair bit of cross membership. You can rest easy as I won't forsake one for the other. As long as there is active membership I'll be around.

I don't think I'm going to do too much performance modding at least until my powertrain warranty is up. I'm not entirely convinced on the GMPP ECM tune. Both on the price since it's a dealer only thing, and some of the difficulties I've heard about getting it done at a Chevy dealer and over paying on the labor side since the techs aren't always familiar with our cars (which is bs).

I think first on the list is the side marker -> turn signal mod, then maybe some lighted storage, big one I'm saving up for is the Bluetooth Onstar replacement. I think even on the interior side I won't do much. I've always been a big proponent of keeping cars mostly stock, especially on something like these cars that have some collectible value.

Again, thank you so much for the warm welcome, and I'd be interested in thoughts/opinions on mods and other general guidance. In the mean time you probably won't hear much out of me for a while since I'll be perusing the thoughts of those who've posted before ;-).

Dr. Gronk · « **Reply #16 on:** September 22, 2011, 12:09:59 PM »

Quote from: Gentleman Jack on September 22, 2011, 10:52:48 AM

Take a video of you garage door opening and revealing your beautiful car. Take the video to work and put it on your computer as your screensaver. Every time you step away from your computer you can watch your garage door go up and reveal your new baby! All day satisfaction with afternoon relief!

Ha ha! Nana nana nana nana, nana nana nana nana, Batman!

Or maybe...
Anchorman-Afternoon Delight

Welcome Brad.

elff · « **Reply #17 on:** September 22, 2011, 12:14:26 PM »

White Sky's are the fastest!!

Hope you budgeted extra money for mods, because after hanging out here, you will find out there are addictive.

brad_wp · « **Reply #18 on:** September 22, 2011, 12:30:20 PM »

Quote from: Gentleman Jack on September 22, 2011, 10:52:48 AM

One tip:

Take a video of you garage door opening and revealing your beautiful car. Take the video to work and put it on your computer as your screensaver. Every time you step away from your computer you can watch your garage door go up and reveal your new baby! All day satisfaction with afternoon relief!

I love this idea, unfortunately I can't change the screen-saver on my work computer. Our computer/network policies are strange. I can go to these types of websites, webmail, youtube, ebay, etc, but god forbid I plug a thumbdrive, mp3 player, or change my screensaver. I may have to settle for a desktop pic, which strangely enough is allowed...

dengel · « **Reply #19 on:** September 22, 2011, 12:52:49 PM »

Quote from: brad_wp on September 22, 2011, 12:30:20 PM

I love this idea, unfortunately I can't change the screen-saver on my work computer. Our computer/network policies are strange. I can go to these types of websites, webmail, youtube, ebay, etc, but god forbid I plug a thumbdrive, mp3 player, or change my screensaver. I may have to settle for a desktop pic, which strangely enough is allowed...

hmmmm, do you work for the government? All of this sounds extremely familiar....

Congrats on your purchase! Enjoy!!!

melissadunagan · « **Reply #20 on:** September 22, 2011, 01:53:01 PM »

A Big Welcome from Texas.

LatinVenom · « **Reply #21 on:** September 22, 2011, 07:07:57 PM »

Welcome to the forum.

1LILNDN · « **Reply #22 on:** September 22, 2011, 08:00:46 PM »

brad_wp A Big Welcome to the Kappa Performance Forum . Only the Greatest Forum This Side of Anywhere and Everywhere on the Internet . Hope you enjoy all the GR8 People & their Cars in here .

PS
( you beat Kelu to the punch )

Brazen17 · « **Reply #23 on:** September 22, 2011, 08:45:37 PM »

Looking good! You will enjoy the ride for years to come.

brad_wp · « **Reply #24 on:** September 22, 2011, 11:57:21 PM »

Quote from: dengel on September 22, 2011, 12:52:49 PM

hmmmm, do you work for the government? All of this sounds extremely familiar....

Congrats on your purchase! Enjoy!!!

Good guess, I'm in the Navy. Currently a flight instructor at NAS Pensacola.

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Author Topic: New to the forum with an '08 Redline (Read 8517 times)