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Darn it, Flint and Tinder. I want to buy their awesome Kickstarted 10-year hoodie because it looks comfy as gently caress and I've realized that I have no jackets or sweaters or hoodies that aren't full-on winter stuff. I need something for when it's just a bit chilly out, not freezing. But their sizing is completely whacked. Apparently, their x-large has a 36-inch arm length, which makes no sense at all. I'm not built like a drat gorilla, my jeans legs are only 32 inches. E: Oh, it's sleeve length, measured from the back of the neck, to the shoulder and down to the wrist. Duh 
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CharlesM posted:The forums are breaking down The end is nigh! Repent!
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Jun 16, 2014 11:18
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Good! Its not just me
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Jun 16, 2014 12:36
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Slavvy posted:The juke is stupid and half-assed and pointless because a supermini SUV makes no sense whatsoever. The soul on the other hand is an extremely practical and useful car. It has huge internal volume while being relatively compact and boxy on the outside, a gigantic potential cargo area and mechanical underpinnings that are based on a completely ordinary hatchback instead of some bastard-child softroader AWD bullshit vehicle. Oh I completely agree, I just hate everything about the styling. EVERYTHING. Get off my lawn!
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Jun 16, 2014 15:00
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"I don't like the styling." - a dude who drives a rectangular prism with another rectangular prism on top, also owns a giant box
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Jun 16, 2014 15:24
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My rectangular box with another rectangular box on top doesn't look like a stormtrooper helmet making GBS threads a caterpillar rear end, thank you very much.
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Jun 16, 2014 15:49
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Got a new air compressor for father's day. My old Harbor Freight doorbuster special shot craps roughly a month after installing my spool, and I've been without for nearly two years now. It's gonna come in real helpful working on the Nova. Says "Snap-On" on it, but it's obviously not made by Snap-On. The name is just being used under license and the unit is Chinese made. Still, if Snap-On was willing to license their name and CostCo is selling it, I'm going to assume it's pretty well made. Also it was like only $160 I think. Anyway, with my son at camp for the next month I got my daughter to help me assemble it. She had a lot of fun running the ratchet to bolt the handle on.
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Jun 16, 2014 19:59
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trouser chili posted:Says "Snap-On" on it, but it's obviously not made by Snap-On. The name is just being used under license and the unit is Chinese made. Still, if Snap-On was willing to license their name and CostCo is selling it, I'm going to assume it's pretty well made. Also it was like only $160 I think. Anyway, with my son at camp for the next month I got my daughter to help me assemble it. She had a lot of fun running the ratchet to bolt the handle on. I have rarely been disappointed with anything that Costco sells, and if I am, invariably they will do right and resolve my disappointment in some way, shape, or form. Also that's a nice looking compressor, I should check Costco out once I've finally killed the PoS I've got.
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Jun 16, 2014 20:39
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That looks like a lot of the same hardware that's on my smaller / older Costco compressor. It has to refill after taking off one wheel's worth of lugnuts with the IR rattlegun I got off of JnnyThndrs, but it refills quickly enough and hasn't ever complained. It did develop a minor leak somewhere in the manifold / valves when I wasn't using it for a long time... and then fixed itself when I used it more often than once a month for a while. Don't know, don't care.
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Jun 16, 2014 20:45
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Siochain posted:I have rarely been disappointed with anything that Costco sells, and if I am, invariably they will do right and resolve my disappointment in some way, shape, or form. Also that's a nice looking compressor, I should check Costco out once I've finally killed the PoS I've got. I feel the same way. I've returned three things since becoming a member in 06. The first was a bag of cat food my cat refused to eat. Nothing I can do there. The second was a jar of pickles I thought were awful (I'm picky about pickles), and the third was just the other week when I returned their Pork Strips. They were of good quality, but I didn't like the taste at all.
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I have a stupid question that isn't exactly AI but does relate to selling a car, so I'll post it here. Is a notarized power of attorney not valid for a federal form? Apparently the odometer disclosure form is a federal form and I can't sign for it. Anybody hear of this / deal with it? edit: one time the bag of Kirkland tortilla chips I bought was randomly not salted. That was a funny return  They have taken back a dead UPS which is great.
Kia Soul Enthusias fucked around with this message at 21:19 on Jun 16, 2014 |
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Jun 16, 2014 21:17
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A girl from my gym just posted to Facebook that she's going for a fun little run on the 27th. From Flensburg to Viborg. Which is ~300km by the route she's taking. And she's aiming to do it in 35 hours, nonstop 
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Jun 16, 2014 22:30
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KozmoNaut posted:A girl from my gym just posted to Facebook that she's going for a fun little run on the 27th. Everybody should experience heart failure at least once in their life.
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Jun 16, 2014 22:42
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Powershift posted:Everybody should experience heart failure at least once in their life. Or metabolic acidosis.
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Jun 16, 2014 22:55
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Powershift posted:Everybody should experience heart failure at least once in their life. No heart failure, then a double bypass, then running 7 marathons in 7 days four months later.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranulph_Fiennes
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Jun 17, 2014 00:07
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Random question of the week: How do your car groups/communities handle scammers/lovely mechanics?
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the spyder posted:Random question of the week: How do your car groups/communities handle scammers/lovely mechanics? Well if it's a Facebook community you make a post warning people to stay away from them or not give them your business. And then they complain to Facebook and the entire post is deleted.
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Jun 17, 2014 00:47
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Stockholm Syndrome. There is a local "rotary specialist" who has screwed over a ton of folks yet many of them recommend this "mechanic" to others.
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Jun 17, 2014 00:53
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My oil pump hardware and seals failed. The dealership replaced it, plus did the timing belt and AC belt for free under their warranty and got my car in and out in a day. That's some seriously kickass customer service.
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Jun 17, 2014 00:54
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freelop posted:The end is nigh! Forgivee Me Lord, for I have sinned. I drove a Prius today. I truly repent from not hacking that piece of poo poo to peices when I had the chance.
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Jun 17, 2014 01:00
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I want to be lovely and make a website like: https://www.businessnameisascam.com but god drat it I know better. Some times you just have to take the high road. I'm just tired of getting phone calls/messages from people going: "Hey I just met lovely mechanic and he was slandering you, your friends shop, and some other random shop I've never heard of." Thankfully that's followed up by, "I'd never want him to touch anything of mine just because of his attitude." And I'm sure it does not help that when you Google his name/business, the first twelve+ links are AVOID THIS BUSINESS. BUSINESS IS S SCAM. MEMBER BANNED FROM FORUM FOR SCAM. Hopefully he will either A disappear to some other car group or B overdose on what ever is causing his paranoid disillusion stories he is trying to spread.
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Jun 17, 2014 01:17
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I just got my M52 delivered for my swap, and the A/C compressor is uncapped and open to the air. It's been like that for about a week, according to the guy at the junkyard. Thankfully, it still spins very smoothly and I can feel pressure when I spin it. It's only been at most 30% humidity for the last while, so it might be OK, right?
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Jun 17, 2014 01:25
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Jun 17, 2014 01:38
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Sinestro posted:I just got my M52 delivered for my swap, and the A/C compressor is uncapped and open to the air. It's been like that for about a week, according to the guy at the junkyard. Thankfully, it still spins very smoothly and I can feel pressure when I spin it. It's only been at most 30% humidity for the last while, so it might be OK, right? The compressor shouldn't be hurt from being open to the air, just remember to add oil to the system, vacuum it down for a while to dry everything out, and replace the drier/accumulator before charging the system. If it bolts to the same spot on both engines, you can just use the one from the old motor. There's an A/C thread somewhere on here, too. Read that.
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Jun 17, 2014 01:44
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Yeah, water evaporates quite readily when a hard vacuum is drawn before charging the system. Did any rain get into the pipes? If not, you are fine. Cap em with tape or something if they are just cut off (otherwise, rubber glove fingertips and tape work well) and ignore it till the swap is done and ready for the ac system work.
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Jun 17, 2014 02:05
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CharlesM posted:
Lol @ u if you're not eating Trader Joe's unsalted tortilla chips like a boss.
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Cat Terrist posted:Forgivee Me Lord, for I have sinned. I drove a Prius today. I truly repent from not hacking that piece of poo poo to peices when I had the chance. Acceleration in a prius: Silence, silence, silence *presses accelerator further than half way* THOUSANDS OF PIGS BEING MURDERED IN THE ENGINE BAY, silence.
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kastein posted:Yeah, water evaporates quite readily when a hard vacuum is drawn before charging the system. I don't have the pipes, I'll need all new custom lines no matter what. I was expecting the worst because the alternator they gave me was completely hosed, and I started freaking out looking for anything that looked suspicious. I'm going to start pulling the engine this weekend, so I'll post a thread for my misadventures then.
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Mat_Drinks posted:I've been to Petersen, but still haven't been on the Vault tour, which as I understand it really expands on the regular Petersen in very good ways. Yeah, I've done the LeMay as a team building exercise with the dad in law; I missed the spring classic auction up there and might try to get up for the fall. Hopefully I can get Vault tickets at the Petersen the day before. I'm going to Reno later this week and hope to see the Harrah collection. I have an ecoboost Fusion for a rental right now and its notably less terrible than other modern sedans. With the MT it'd be even better, although visibility would still be poo poo.
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blk posted:I have an ecoboost Fusion for a rental right now and its notably less terrible than other modern sedans. With the MT it'd be even better, although visibility would still be poo poo. Wait, they offer a manual?  .... and I just checked ford.com, the manual is available on everything except the base model. That's a surprising twist. The SE has everything I want except for a sunroof as standard equipment (and you can order it with the sunroof). One of my coworkers has a 2012 Fusion, it's a drat nice car (especially for what he paid for it, though his is a former rental). Knowing there's a manual available just plopped the Fusion on my radar whenever I upgrade from the Ion.
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AI... In an effort to guzzle more gas I'm looking at a Jag XJS that's had the v12 ripped out and a SBC 383 in its place with a built turbo 350 tranny. I went to look at it and the only issues is the power steering rack is shot, and there's a rust hole next to the drivers rear wheel. Who ever did the engine swap was a pro or a very good diy. Theres no misc wires hanging around and all the gauges even work (yeah even the tach) What could possibly go wrong? (Besides everything)
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BrokenKnucklez posted:AI... In an effort to guzzle more gas I'm looking at a Jag XJS that's had the v12 ripped out and a SBC 383 in its place with a built turbo 350 tranny. I went to look at it and the only issues is the power steering rack is shot, and there's a rust hole next to the drivers rear wheel. Who ever did the engine swap was a pro or a very good diy. Theres no misc wires hanging around and all the gauges even work (yeah even the tach) Well, they threw the V12 out, you'll probably get better gas milage with the SBC. And lets face it, Jaguars that came with V12's are ALWAYS improved with throwing that poo poo out and dropping any SBC in. I'd say it'll be at least noticably better than stock reliability wise.
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I wonder what final drive it has, as a non OD transmission with a big carb v8 could really suck fuel like it's going out of style.
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BrokenKnucklez posted:AI... In an effort to guzzle more gas I'm looking at a Jag XJS that's had the v12 ripped out and a SBC 383 in its place with a built turbo 350 tranny. I went to look at it and the only issues is the power steering rack is shot, and there's a rust hole next to the drivers rear wheel. Who ever did the engine swap was a pro or a very good diy. Theres no misc wires hanging around and all the gauges even work (yeah even the tach) Congrats, you found out how a reliable Jaguar is made.
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I saw a rare one today. Its not often a Suzuki X-90 appears. I know nothing about them but I've always thought they were pretty cool. Its a little bitty baby truck 
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Grumbletron 4000 posted:I saw a rare one today. Its not often a Suzuki X-90 appears. It's an enormous turd. Like, literally one of the worst cars of the time, that and the Terios need to die in a nuclear fire
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I can get in through the driver side door instead of the passenger door at long last. Got quite good at jumping across though slipping and landing on the gear stick was always a worry.
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Cat Terrist posted:It's an enormous turd. Like, literally one of the worst cars of the time, that and the Terios need to die in a nuclear fire I rented a Terios in Costa Rica for a week. We took it on some very questionable and steep "roads" without issue. I liked that stupid thing.
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Does anyone here live in Hong Kong? I'm here for the week and I want a tour guide. Or at least someone to tell me where to eat.
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angryhampster posted:I rented a Terios in Costa Rica for a week. We took it on some very questionable and steep "roads" without issue. I liked that stupid thing. Same. I had a late nineties one and learned stick shift on it, in Costa Rica. I was doing hill starts in 4WD up insane inclines through a haze of clutch smoke and it took it like a champ.
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