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Old 05-28-2003, 11:27 AM
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wow leaf blower rox

i had to drive to school today and it was pouring down like a mother @#$# outside.

anyway by the time I got home I was pissed but decided to do something I read on another forum. blow dry my car with a leaf blower!!!
to my surprise it turned out amazing. here are the pix







kkeke ^_^

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funny *****

hahaha looks very clean though... i never thought of that...

i just got back from san fran on monday -- damn it was some funky a$$ weather! beautiful city minus the fact that i gave away a million dollars in quarters to the homeless. sad deal, reagan's fault.

anyhow, looks good rincewind, watch those ladders man, u guys are known for the big quakes!

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Why don't you just use that big shop vac back there and suck the water off?
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Hey, you're wearing your Kenneth Coles again.
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Well, we just got 10 inches of rain in the last 5 days here in funky Lake Worth, Florida so I can relate...I happen to have a leaf-blower attachment for my gasoline-powered Ryobi convertible so I'm gonna give it a try!

Kenneth Coles? Probably. But they kind of look like some men's Dolces boots that I bought in Amsterdam.

Anyway, funny *****, indeed!

P. S.:

When I first read the title of this thread I thought the leaf-blower reference was a description of the sound of a Kompressor!

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lol

we are talking about shoes again!

i actually have a pair of black dolce and gabanna's too

anywy they r my kenneth coles in the pix see:

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heres a better pic of my car after it got leaf blower dried

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Leaf blower

I will apologize from the start if this is a dumb question, does your blower have some kind of filter on it? What keeps it from sucking in trash and blowing it out onto your car. Great ideal anyway.
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i think you are confusing the high powered industrial vacuum in the foreground that doug was refering to.

the leaf blower by craftsmen does not suck anything in, only blows air out... so it doesnt blow any trash out. if your wondering how it generates air to blow... it doesnt suck in air from what I can tell.

EDIT:

oh wait a minute, i see what your asking... it appears there is indeed a filter near the bottom, but the induction system is very small compared to the air being blown out.

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Leaf blower

I guess I better get one.
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i dont think i'll ever dry my car with 100% cotton towels anymore

it takes like 3-4 full towels to coompletly dry my car after a good wash...

leaf blower dry is like.... so much better! no possibility of making swirls from towel drying and if you think about it, its just like drying your hands in public bathrooms with those blowers

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i guess the only down side is your neighbors might think you are crazy if drying ur car with a leaf blower lol
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You just started something here, with every benz sold goes a leaf blower, hope you got some stock with them
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Sounds cool, I want an OEM one w/ the MB logo on it too. hahahhahah

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Sounds like a business venture to me.:p
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I've already got stickers made!! The regular Mercedes blowers are electric or you can upgrade to the gas-powered AMG model.
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or you can upgrade to the gas-powered AMG model

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