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Why do you need A/C in a Miata, just put down the rear window and BAM instant bikini top. I live in FL and haven't used the A/C in my Miata yet.
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leica posted:Why do you need A/C in a Miata, just put down the rear window and BAM instant bikini top. Even in something I don't need in the summer (my plow truck) I make drat sure the AC works because defrost basically doesn't do poo poo on a rainy day without it.
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Jul 18, 2014 20:38
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I drive the car top down around town mostly and start to cook when it's 90+ every day like it's been this summer. It might be better at highway speeds; I haven't checked yet. I was going to just let the AC blow on me with the top down because I hate energy efficiency and don't like driving top up in the Miata; visibility suffers and it's not much cooler and I might as well drive the 92x at that point. Edit: also not sure how much of a resale hit I'd take from not working AC blk fucked around with this message at 22:11 on Jul 18, 2014 |
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Jul 18, 2014 22:06
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InitialDave posted:Yes, I think so. It was I Ate Jesus with his Toyota. So I assume he is dead huh
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Jul 18, 2014 22:07
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Tusen Takk posted:So I assume he is dead huh
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Jul 18, 2014 22:11
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thebigcow posted:NAPA Gold filters say made by Wix on the box for whoever was asking halfway up the page. The man at NAPA always talks me out of doing things the cheap way and into doing them the expensive way. He's a bad man O'reilly's carries Wix, you just have to ask for them. they're behind the counter. Not sure on how prices compare, though.
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Jul 18, 2014 22:45
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Motronic posted:Even in something I don't need in the summer (my plow truck) I make drat sure the AC works because defrost basically doesn't do poo poo on a rainy day without it. I was being kinda facetious but yeah good point. It's nice just to have it for that, but I imagine at some point I'll remove the A/C just because I'm a sperg when it comes to clean looking engine bays and "real" sports cars not having A/C. To get the real sports car experience you have to suffer, right?
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Jul 18, 2014 22:48
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leica posted:To get the real sports car experience you have to suffer, right? Next, replace the twin AAs with a 9V crammed in place and watch that sonnabitch scream up the hill.
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Jul 18, 2014 22:51
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leica posted:To get the real sports car experience you have to suffer, right? Note: I, too, drive a car without A/C, and I suffer. But it's not a sports car. If you have the spare hp, maintain dat A/C.
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Jul 18, 2014 22:53
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leica posted:To get the real sports car experience you have to suffer, right? I'm getting old, I enjoy AC. So every car I own has to have excessive power to power dat compressor.
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Jul 18, 2014 22:57
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"My" Miata has AC because it's my lady's DD. She's very light skinned and burns easily, and being 110° outside doesn't help. Looks like the compressor front seal is starting to weep as well, which really bugs me because I replaced practically everything else AC wise 1.5 years ago. Just did new struts, timing belt, water pump, belts, brake rotors and pads, and all sorts of other stuff recently. Looks like we're keeping it a while longer.
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Jul 18, 2014 23:11
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leica posted:I was being kinda facetious but yeah good point. It's nice just to have it for that, but I imagine at some point I'll remove the A/C just because I'm a sperg when it comes to clean looking engine bays and "real" sports cars not having A/C. To get the real sports car experience you have to suffer, right? I don't think so. It's nice to have a/c when the track is out in the desert (Buttonwillow, Willow Springs), and you're queued and just sitting there waiting to get on the track. But, that might just be me 
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Jul 18, 2014 23:38
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Well as long as my Miata is the DD the A/C isn't coming out that's for sure. It'll probably come out when it's the toy sports car and I have another DD, but that may be awhile because I like having a Miata for a daily.
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Jul 19, 2014 00:15
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blk posted:The Miata is becoming quite the fixer-upper. I need to: Sell me that mee-at-a for a dirty cheap price!
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So my dd Peugeot 306 estate hdi poo poo the bed yesterday... Horrible death rattle and is coming from the cam / cam belt area. Smoke coming from that side and loss of power and power steering intermittently... Yeah this thing is probably toast. Had a better look and the can belt is strong enough and taught so not tensioner. Suspect the cam bearings. thegasman2000 fucked around with this message at 12:39 on Jul 19, 2014 |
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Jul 19, 2014 10:47
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thegasman2000 posted:So my dd Peugeot 306 estate hdi poo poo the bed yesterday... Horrible death rattle and is coming from the cam / cam belt area. Smoke coming from that side and loss of power and power steering intermittently... Yeah this thing is probably toast. Doubt you'll be that lucky, but worth a look.
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Jul 19, 2014 12:56
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leica posted:I was being kinda facetious but yeah good point. It's nice just to have it for that, but I imagine at some point I'll remove the A/C just because I'm a sperg when it comes to clean looking engine bays and "real" sports cars not having A/C. To get the real sports car experience you have to suffer, right? Defrost or when it's raining but muggy as hell are the only times I use the AC in my s2000. Even if I don't put the roof down, having the windows down on the highway gets some air moving around pretty good
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Jul 19, 2014 15:15
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STR sorry about the satan spawn cat, losing a pet sucks. I've had to let a lot of family pets go in the past, always hard. Well all good things must come to an end I guess. It's been one hell of a trip and I'm still amazed I was able to do it. Dad flies back tomorrow morning and I fly back to reality Monday. This last week has been an absolute blur but amazing. Three museums (BMW/Merc/Porsche), driving in the Alps (southern Germany is beautiful) and lapping the Nurburgring. This is one of the few places I've been that I'm really going to miss and I'm already scheming my next trip. Nurburgring is something that no game or video can replicate. The elevation changes, the speeds, how narrow the track is how hard the carousel beats the poo poo out of you. Absolutely amazing. We took footage that I'll likely upload at some point but we're slow and didn't crash so it's pretty boring.
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Jul 19, 2014 18:42
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My life right now consists of going to work and sanding a JJJJJAAAAGGGGG.
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Jul 19, 2014 23:07
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BrokenKnucklez posted:My life right now consists of going to work and sanding a JJJJJAAAAGGGGG. I'm disassembling a YJ to replace the frame and tub.
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Jul 19, 2014 23:33
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So I just stopped by the auto section at Best Buy to look at noisy parts that I can't afford and there was a little display with a few different kinds of breathalyzers for sale. 
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Jul 20, 2014 00:14
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Driving drunk is all the rage with the kids these days.
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Jul 20, 2014 00:16
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Friar Zucchini posted:So I just stopped by the auto section at Best Buy to look at noisy parts that I can't afford and there was a little display with a few different kinds of breathalyzers for sale. Brilliant crossover there, on that managers' part. Just so long as it is packed next to the Sony XPLOD and Jensen kits. Went to go pull the head on the now-dead 2.4DOHC churd, and found that even my weak bony nerdskeleton fingers are too large to fit in most of these places. What. The. gently caress. gently caress you, Hyundkia. Was going to do my last of the first summer oil changes today, but the sky is a little less than trustworthy. The fact we dropped 20 degrees in 1/2 hour may have something to do with it. Do not hail on my cars, drat you. 
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Jul 20, 2014 00:22
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Bucephalus posted:I'm disassembling a YJ to replace the frame and tub. That sounds more like disassembling a YJ to put its parts on another with less rust.
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Jul 20, 2014 01:08
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kastein posted:That sounds more like disassembling a YJ to put its parts on another with less rust. Tomato, tomahto; the tub and frame are coming from 2 different sources, so it's a matter of semantics. Dagen H fucked around with this message at 01:48 on Jul 20, 2014 |
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Jul 20, 2014 01:46
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All of yall talkin' 'bout driving without A/C are crazy people. I know I've lived through a Florida summer without A/C and I just barely made it. This is what driving an non-breathing metal cube gets you in Florida:  It's even more fun when one of the afternoon thunderstorms rolls in. 98F with with 99% Humidity.  gently caress Florida Luckily we had Motronic here to post our A/C repair thread, which not only got me to fix my A/C, but got me interested enough in A/C stuff to enroll at the local tech school for their HVAC/R program, so yay!
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Bucephalus posted:Tomato, tomahto; the tub and frame are coming from 2 different sources, so it's a matter of semantics. I cede the title of "jeep of theseus" to this project.
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Jul 20, 2014 02:13
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Got enough money. Kitteh's gonna lose some dead weight   (he likes beans)
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Jul 20, 2014 02:18
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Thats a cool cat. Florida summers, especially mid-state where there is basically never even a breeze, are brutal! I went to school in Gainesville and rode a hipster road bike to my summer classes. I probably lost 3 lbs of water weight to and from class each day.
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ExplodingSims posted:Luckily we had Motronic here to post our A/C repair thread, which not only got me to fix my A/C, but got me interested enough in A/C stuff to enroll at the local tech school for their HVAC/R program, so yay! That's crazy. Good on you for going with plumbing for geeks.
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kastein posted:I cede the title of "jeep of theseus" to this project. Front fenders have yet to be sourced and, due to a seized linkage, the t-case remains untested.
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Jul 20, 2014 02:34
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Motronic posted:That's crazy. Good on you for going with plumbing for geeks. Yeah, it's great, I should be done with that by the end of this year, and it turns out through that class I get like 26 credits to an Industrial Management degree at Valencia, so it's a double win! I pretty stoked about it though, I always though A/C stuff was this big complicated system, but it turns out nope it's actually pretty simple, and it seems like the field pays well enough, so I should get some good money to fuel ill-advised projects!
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ExplodingSims posted:I always though A/C stuff was this big complicated system, but it turns out nope it's actually pretty simple, If you understand basic math and physics.....nope. Totally easy but still complex enough to be interesting in actual real world application. The fact that you get this will put you well above most people in the business who seem to be very "monkey see monkey do" and are lost without a troubleshooting chart for the specific model/install.
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Jul 20, 2014 02:52
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Jul 20, 2014 03:29
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That looks like a familiar interior. Is it a Cavalier with a wood trim kit?
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Oh that reminds me, I saw a Cimarron last night. Wish I had more time to scope it, just for the WTF factor.
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Jul 20, 2014 03:37
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Viggen posted:
Was that inside temp or outside? Cause my pic was the temp Inside the car.
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Jul 20, 2014 03:39
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Motronic posted:That looks like a familiar interior. Is it a Cavalier with a wood trim kit? Range Rover Sport / Holden crossover. I call it the RRH. ExplodingSims posted:Was that inside temp or outside? Cause my pic was the temp Inside the car. Outside, actually. Inside was much, much worse until I dropped the top.
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Jul 20, 2014 03:39
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Viggen posted:
I'm genuinely surprised that panel hasn't succumbed to SAAB electrical gremlins. I knew two people with 93s and both of their head units decided to spontaneously remove half of the pixels for shits and giggles.
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Extra posted:I'm genuinely surprised that panel hasn't succumbed to SAAB electrical gremlins. My parents had matching 93s and both of the pixels on their head units decided to poo poo the bed. I. Fix. Those.  (Much better trolling than Motronic- It deserves a response.)
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