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Dear RMS,
We would like to take
this time to thank each
of you, our customers,
for your business. With
Fall in the air, more of
us will be out checking
our cars to be sure they
made it through the heat
of the summer in fine
shape and prepare for
the upcoming winter. If
you need any help, just
give us a call! That's
what we're here for!
Sincerely,
John
& Laura Ruffo
RMS Auto Parts
PH# (830) 214-0022
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Customer Rides: Dwight
Pray's 1979 Camaro
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This is Dwight Pray's 1979
Chevrolet Camaro. It has a
ZZ383 stroker motor, Ramjet
EFI intake, TH700R4 tranny
with locking converter, 4
wheel disc brakes, ice cold
a/c, welded frame
connectors, spring upgrades
on all 4 corners, aluminum
body bushings and a lot
more!
Thank you Dwight for sharing
your beautiful ride with us!
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Thank you to those of you
you have sent in your
rides! We can always use
some more! If you would
like to have your car in our
Customer Rides Section, please
send some pictures and a
short write-up about your
ride and we
would love to share it in
one of our newsletters!
Have a project you are
working on or are you
helping pass down the
knowledge and enthusiasm to
your kids; we want to know
about it!
You can send your
email with pics to
rms@rmsautoparts.com.
Thank you!!!
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What has GM Discontinued lately?
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Trivia Question
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This month's prize will be
an Automatic Battery Float
Charger (UPS/Surge protector
not included...see story
below).
The first person to send the
correct response to
trivia@rmsautoparts.com
will win the prize.
Click
here if you would like to see if
a winner has been posted yet for
this month.
October's trivia question:
Where did the Z28 name come
from?
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September's Trivia Question Winner:John
Discher
September's Trivia Question:
While playing "Astronaut" in
your 2005 Tahoe, your young son
has somehow changed the
information display language to
French! While he seems to think
this is the coolest thing ever,
you are concerned that you may
have to learn a second language.
What is the process you would
use to change it to English?
Answer:
Right out of the manual on
page 3-75
When a language you don't want
is selected, press and hold the
customization button and the
trip information button at the
same time. The DIC will begin
scrolling through the languages
in their particular language.
English will be in English,
Francais will be in French and
Espanol will be in Spanish. When
you see the language that you
would like, release both
buttons. The DIC will then
display the information in the
language you chose. You can also
scroll through the different
languages by pressing and
holding the trip reset stem for
four seconds, as long as you are
in the odometer mode.
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LiSST's All American Charity Car
Show
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RMS is proud to be able to
contribute to the
LiSSt
All American Charity Car Show.
The show will be October 3, 2010
at the Heckscher Park in
Huntington, NY. Once there, be
sure to check out all of the
raffle items; we hope there is
something everyone will want to
bid on!
As always, please be safe
traveling to, during and from
the show and enjoy the
camaraderie of fellow
enthusiasts and their wonderful
Rides!
Take lots of pictures, video and
let other enthusiasts who cannot
make this great event know what
they are missing!
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Food for thought... Battery
Tenders
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 We
got a call from a customer's
classic car insurance agent
looking for OE GM "hard to find"
parts that we sometimes are able
to find. As we did the search,
the agent let us know why he was
looking for the particular
electrical components of the
car. As it turns out, the car
was safely stored in a separate
garage away from the house where
the electric fence unit was
installed (The owner has horses
on his property). Late one
afternoon, the thunderstorm that
blew through struck the electric
fence and sent a considerable
surge through the garage. This
surge evidently also hit the
battery tender attached to the
car. Leaving out all the gory
details of how many electrical
components died in this tragedy,
I just wanted to give you all
some food for thought... Put
those battery tenders on an
Uninterruptible Power Supply
(UPS) or at the very least a
surge protector. I am not sure
if this will really protect the
car from the devastating effects
of a direct lightning strike;
but, many of the better class
UPS and surge protection strips
offer Equipment Protection
Policies to cover damages
related to electrical events.
(Maybe not the one described
above) Better insurance is to
unplug the car, if you happen to
be around during the storm... if
not, then this may (depending
upon their coverage guidelines
and policy rules) defray some of
the costs involved (read the
fine print).
You put a battery backup on your
computer, or if you are like me
and put UPS's on your Home
Entertainment System (5KVA
unit), alarm clocks and lamps
around the house, etc... Just
food for thought...
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