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Billy Tully posted:Grenaded the shifter in the Scirocco so I could put the golf ball in my Golf In case of VW electrical gremlins, pull pin.
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Bucephalus posted:In case of VW electrical gremlins, pull pin.  she might hear you and for 5 years so far so good.
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Jul 17, 2011 01:18
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Bucephalus posted:In case of VW electrical gremlins, pull pin. If it was a GM car, it could pull it's OWN pin.  Speaking of, I hit 180k earlier, and the loving MIL turned itself on. Reset the car, bitch came back. Replaced IDM with the one in the other car, goes away. Welp, there goes next month's house payment. 
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Jul 17, 2011 04:50
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Billy Tully posted:Grenaded the shifter in the Scirocco so I could put the golf ball in my Golf whats up grenade shifter buddy! 
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Jul 17, 2011 23:00
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Holdbrooks posted:whats up grenade shifter buddy! For the love of god, what do they put in Alabama water that would make you put a shifter extension on like you're some 1970's porn-star-mustachioed big rig driver?
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Jul 17, 2011 23:16
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Motronic posted:For the love of god, what do they put in Alabama water that would make you put a shifter extension on like you're some 1970's porn-star-mustachioed big rig driver? Have you somehow missed his entire thread?
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Jul 17, 2011 23:20
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Rhyno posted:Have you somehow missed his entire thread? I absolutely did and am fixing my glaring omission right now. Holyshit. Edit: How in the hell did I miss this? Holdbrooks is officially insane, and my favorite AI poster. Motronic fucked around with this message at 00:03 on Jul 18, 2011 |
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Jul 17, 2011 23:38
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Motronic posted:I absolutely did and am fixing my glaring omission right now. Holyshit. I apologize as I thought I had pasted a link to it in my previous post.
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Jul 17, 2011 23:39
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Motronic posted:I absolutely did and am fixing my glaring omission right now. Holyshit. lol thank you, I aim to never disappoint.
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Jul 18, 2011 01:09
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 I think I managed to get every last dollar's worth out of that one. Since the wife hit the curb in front of the house and ripped the sidewall open on one of the tires a couple of years back, I had a full sized spare at 7/32 in the garage from a pair I bought used on eBay. Picked up another on eBay also at 7/32 last week. Brought the two loose spares plus the two bad tires to Walmart and had them installed for $24 labor.
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Jul 18, 2011 01:15
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$24 seems like a lot for 5 minutes worth of tire mounting/balancing
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Jul 18, 2011 01:20
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heat posted:$24 seems like a lot for 5 minutes worth of tire mounting/balancing Yeah, well I've not found cheaper than $12 a tire. Wish I had my own machines, but they cost more than most of my cars, combined.
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Jul 18, 2011 01:46
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heat posted:$24 seems like a lot for 5 minutes worth of tire mounting/balancing 12 bucks per tire for mounting and balancing is a perfectly normal price, even more on the cheap side. Was he supposed to bust out crowbars and starter fluid on the floor of his garage instead?
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Jul 18, 2011 01:50
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Holdbrooks posted:whats up grenade shifter buddy! Hah! I thought I saw one in AI before but I couldn't remember where 
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Jul 18, 2011 03:12
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Changed the spark plugs to a set of NGK's that are a step colder than stock. Exhaust arrived on Friday, coilovers arrive tomorrow, everything goes on next weekend. I also replaced all my interior bulbs with LEDs on Friday night. I kind of dig it.
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Jul 18, 2011 03:18
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I was switching back to street pads after having the car at Summit Point over the weekend, and discovered this. The tire is still holding air, but it may be time to try the new Pilot Sports since Watkins Glen is coming up next month. Also, there's a TPMS sensor going bad apparently. The alarm is going off, sometimes several times per minute, even though all the tires are fine according to my gauge.    
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Jul 18, 2011 04:51
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trouser chili posted:Yeah, well I've not found cheaper than $12 a tire. Wish I had my own machines, but they cost more than most of my cars, combined. Heat just likes to 'sperg. He makes us in the SAAB thread look normal. If he doesn't have something to bitch or be pious about, he's loving dead.
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While I do like to bitch I just thought a small shop would be cheaper but glancing at some on tirerack it turns out that's totally wrong. I guess the place I usually go to just hooks me up v v
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Jul 18, 2011 07:35
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I failed to find the hole in the exhaust, so instead I checked all the lights, topped off the coolant and gave it a wash. MOT time!  Tune in tomorrow when we find out if a can of Seafoam is enough to stop the people at the testing station asking if my car is a diesel! (it's not)
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Jul 18, 2011 20:38
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Jul 19, 2011 02:05
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeKs2IzuNUs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5muUG2JRPo Flogged it around the local track with an instructor for a couple hours. Got waved by by a GT-R and Corvette Z06. Only got passed a couple times by much faster cars. I knew it would be a lot of fun and I bought the car to do this sort of thing, but now I'm completely hooked. Eat Fresh fucked around with this message at 07:03 on Jul 19, 2011 |
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Jul 19, 2011 07:00
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Oh boy, here it is. I'm really dreading doing this job.
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Jul 19, 2011 20:15
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Took it for it's MOT and watched it fail on the steering rack, emissions + an exhaust leak, the handbrake is crap, the horn doesn't work and the one that got me the most, both headlights point too far right. £800+ repair for a car valued at ~£600. Looks like I get to go car shopping! 
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Jul 19, 2011 20:21
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trouser chili posted:Oh boy, here it is. I'm really dreading doing this job. Godspeed, and post lots of pictures about how spotless your engine bay is.
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Jul 19, 2011 21:50
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jammyozzy posted:Took it for it's MOT and watched it fail on the steering rack, emissions + an exhaust leak, the handbrake is crap, the horn doesn't work and the one that got me the most, both headlights point too far right. Exhaust repair kit from Halfords, tighten up your handbrake, new horns, adjust headlights. £50 total.
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I HATE CARS posted:Exhaust repair kit from Halfords, tighten up your handbrake, new horns, adjust headlights. £50 total. Doesn't touch the single priciest repair in the bunch though - I'd bet the steering rack makes up the majority of the 800 moon-currencies that I can't type on my American keyboard.
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Jul 19, 2011 22:23
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IOwnCalculus posted:Doesn't touch the single priciest repair in the bunch though - I'd bet the steering rack makes up the majority of the 800 moon-currencies that I can't type on my American keyboard. Yeah, steering racks tend to be not cheap and a bitch to replace.
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Jul 19, 2011 22:27
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I HATE CARS posted:Exhaust repair kit from Halfords, tighten up your handbrake, new horns, adjust headlights. £50 total. Nice plan, but I've already thought of that. The leak is in a poo poo place and the Halfords exhaust wraps won't do the trick. The handbrake is tightened all the way already so that's at least a disassemble the rear drums job. The steering rack is a oval office to get at and is a good chunk of the cost. I'll get some prices from a couple of other garages around tomorrow.
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poo poo, I missed the steering rack, that's definitely going to be a bitch if the car's relatively modern.
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Took the new 2012 V6 Mustang to the local dyno shop for a couple of dyno runs this morning to see where I'm at. Came out with 287RWHP / 257lb-ft @ 94deg ambient. Not bad for a CAI/tune, considering stock is rated at 305 crank HP.
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Eat Fresh posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeKs2IzuNUs DE's are awesome. What Porsche are you in? Also, goddamn those trees looked close. 
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Eat Fresh posted:Flogged it around the local track with an instructor for a couple hours. That's lots of fun. Small critique: don't lets those RPMs fall so much on your upshifts, and learn to "blip" the throttle. It will keep your back end from getting squirreley if you're downshifting in a turn, as well as save wear on your clutch and syncros. It's the same concept as heel-toeing minus the braking.
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thetechnoloser posted:V6 Mustang This is just remarkable to me. Ford has really stepped up the game on that car.
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DogDodger posted:DE's are awesome. What Porsche are you in? Also, goddamn those trees looked close. Motronic posted:That's lots of fun. I'll try that next time. I can heel/toe but not very well and the instructor told me not to bother and to just focus on the track this time. I'll be going again asap so I'll have time to practice!
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I pulled up the trunk carpet to vacuum under there, just for something to do. I found $8.30 from the previous owner. This car is paying for itself! Well, paying for half a days petrol at least
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Eat Fresh posted:I'll try that next time. I can heel/toe but not very well and the instructor told me not to bother and to just focus on the track this time. I'll be going again asap so I'll have time to practice! Awesome. You can practice all of that on the street. Your instructor was correct: focus on the track while you're at the track at first. But if you drive around practicing your throttle blipping and heel-toe on the street, you'll make it second nature and you won't need to think about it on the track.
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Went to pick up my MOT certificate, found out it failed both lambda and carbon monoxide tests, I thought it had just failed lambda. Took it for one last lap of a roundabout.
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One is probably an oxygen sensor, the other could be a bad cat caused by the long-bad oxygen sensor.
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VacaGrande posted:This is just remarkable to me. Ford has really stepped up the game on that car. I haven't regretted getting a V6 with a bunch of options instead of a V8 with no options yet. It's really a nice car (yes lol V6 lol) 287/257 on a Mustang dyno.  Doesn't look too bad, either. 
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trouser chili posted:Oh boy, here it is. I'm really dreading doing this job. So, uh, where's the water pump to go with it?
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