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BoostCreep posted:
The rear tyres on my wife's multipla are inside out, I can't be arsed to get them fixed and I don't see the harm on a 1200kg slow-as-balls people carrier driven by someone slower than my gran. Please don't use this post as evidence in a murder trial, tia.
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BoostCreep posted:
Tire monkey: "In-sid-ay? That's a weird name for a tire."
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Dec 8, 2014 15:10
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Boaz MacPhereson posted:Tire monkey: "In-sid-ay? That's a weird name for a tire." If you have directional wheels and tires you absolutely have to watch the person who is changing them because they will get it wrong every time, even if you point it out beforehand.
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Dec 8, 2014 15:19
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Gorson posted:If you have directional wheels and tires you absolutely have to watch the person who is changing them because they will get it wrong every time, even if you point it out beforehand. If you have directional wheels and tires you have very expensive tire rotations anyhow.
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Dec 8, 2014 15:48
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Safety Dance posted:If you have directional wheels and tires you have very expensive tire rotations anyhow. No, you just swap front and back on the same side.
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Dec 8, 2014 16:10
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EightBit posted:No, you just swap front and back on the same side. Not if they're staggered. 
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Dec 8, 2014 16:13
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Fucknag posted:Not if they're staggered. If they're staggered and directional you're not doing a tire rotation anyway.
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Dec 8, 2014 16:50
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Gorson posted:If you have directional wheels and tires you absolutely have to watch the person who is changing them because they will get it wrong every time, even if you point it out beforehand. Last time I went my favourite garage put my tyres on back to front and rattle-gunned the wheel bolts on so tight I had to get a 2nd garage to bust them loose for me. Come on guys. 
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Dec 8, 2014 17:11
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Dec 8, 2014 17:17
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Everyone knows the body is only there for cosmetic reasons anyway.
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Dec 8, 2014 17:19
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received a bus for repair in the shop today, complaint was "makes noises, loss of power" inside was a note from the driver who had reported the damage... "these are the parts that fell off it" the note was laying on top of a stack of parts, including: front bumper, engine hatch inner liner, various brackets for air hoses and such, one door actuator and the motherfucking parking brake handle now wonder my techs hates busdrivers
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Dec 8, 2014 17:59
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Seat Safety Switch posted:If they're staggered and directional you're not doing a tire rotation anyway. Yeah, you just watch it every week. If the rears start wearing a little more, use the steering wheel to turn. If the fronts start wearing a little more, use the throttle to turn.
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Dec 8, 2014 18:28
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Safety Dance posted:Oh fun. The previous owner on my Jeep was an absolute fuckhead. I think it might be higher than that at this point  And yeah that is why I refuse to use those terminals. There are two kinds of bolton battery terminals, the kind that have caused a no-start and the kind that will.
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Dec 8, 2014 18:44
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BoostCreep posted:
Along the same lines, it's always entertaining to see cars that had their directional tires rotated and put on the other side of the car. E: I missed a page
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Dec 8, 2014 23:56
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kastein posted:She loving hit&ran that red car, too. Good news! CPS found her. $115 ticket. She "didn't know" she had hit someone. Presumably the company that insures the red car want to talk to her too. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/calgary-s-worst-driver-woman-gets-ticket-after-video-of-botched-backing-up-goes-viral-1.2864063 edit: oh and it wasn't a Hit and Run, someone spoke to her at scene.
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Dec 9, 2014 01:09
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwjtZlFZBIU
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Jonny Nox posted:Good news! CPS found her. $115 ticket. She "didn't know" she had hit someone. Presumably the company that insures the red car want to talk to her too. God drat, this was painful to watch.
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Dec 9, 2014 18:46
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I had the joy of my car's battery not holding a charge recently. I'd charge it over the course of an afternoon with my battery charger, it'd start fine, but by the end of the evening it was back to slow, bogged down cranking, and dead by morning. Repeat as necessary, with the occasional jump start in there. Took it to the Advance where I bought it less than a year ago, receipt in hand, they told me to pound sand because it was too new to have failed.
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Dec 9, 2014 21:07
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What? Go to another advance, and call corporate.
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Dec 9, 2014 21:11
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PCOS Bill posted:they told me to pound sand because it was too new to have failed.
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Dec 9, 2014 21:27
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Anybody want some cheater slicks for a bro truck?
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Dec 9, 2014 21:39
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PCOS Bill posted:I had the joy of my car's battery not holding a charge recently. I'd charge it over the course of an afternoon with my battery charger, it'd start fine, but by the end of the evening it was back to slow, bogged down cranking, and dead by morning. Repeat as necessary, with the occasional jump start in there. Have you checked your alternator? Its equally as suspect for this problem...
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Dec 9, 2014 21:55
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Welp, I knew I was in for fun when I removed the old regulator, but wasn't quite ready for this failure.. One of these things does not look like the other... one of these things just doesn't belong..  Oh, this is going to be fun. REEL fun.   There is tension on that wire, and the only thing holding it in place is the plastic pulley, and the bit of 'reinforcement' that came out of the sliding pivot, which failed and reformed back to normal after letting this poo poo out the side (and eventually causing the cable to snap?). Got car back like this after a loan. My guess is someone sat on 'up' after the window failed to go farther down. Of course, the plastic spool that the wire feeds on is completely chewed through. Not sure if I can even tear that apart without losing a lot of blood. Maybe I'll just sell the motor and scrap the rest. Good times. Good times. West SAAB Story fucked around with this message at 00:11 on Dec 10, 2014 |
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Dec 10, 2014 00:06
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I can't tell, can you enlarge it some more?
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Dec 10, 2014 00:45
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Wasabi the J posted:I can't tell, can you enlarge it some more? Sorry you live with a device that can't handle dividing in 2014. Those Windows phones must be a real drag to live with. I'll resize mine if you send me your avatar at full size. 
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Dec 10, 2014 00:48
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Viggen posted:Sorry you live with a device that can't handle dividing in 2014. Those Windows phones must be a real drag to live with. You fixed it after I posted  I haven't been able to re find it after the last gif thread. 
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Dec 10, 2014 04:51
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First winter storm, so god damned glad I changed my wiper rubbers. The arms looked like they were still good for a while, but I'm starting to think about replacing the entire things. I like the fact that OEM rubbers cost like 15$ and I'm relatively satisfied, what would be a good jump in point for research on aftermarket ones? In return, some terrible thing from this summer, a badly secured load shifted and fell on it's side the second the drive attempted a left turn, destroying the expensive thingamabob and breaking the bed's front axle. Stuck truck for an afternoon right in the middle of the dock. 
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Dec 10, 2014 12:54
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Safety Dance posted:If you have directional wheels and tires you have very expensive tire rotations anyhow. Not really. In an old falcon I had tickford alloys that were directional (I think), and directional tyres. As said before, swap front to rear because front and rear tyres were the same. My local Bob Jane tyre shop hosed it up once (the tyres - I can't remember for sure about the wheels), then again remounting a tyre after a puncture repair, so I don't buy tyres any more from there. Fo3 fucked around with this message at 16:37 on Dec 10, 2014 |
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Dec 10, 2014 16:33
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I recently moved to San Diego. Now I see this stupid poo poo everywhere: I really liked how I could see the lip of the rim from the stupid tire being stretched to its breaking point. Also, impossibly loud raspy exhaust. 
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Dec 11, 2014 17:21
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Of course the guy in the BMW is using the bike lane to turn right
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rscott posted:Of course the guy in the BMW is using the bike lane to turn right As someone who was hit by a car last April while riding, I'd rather they pull into the bike lane rather than that turn right from the car lane immediately in front of me.
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Dec 11, 2014 17:28
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eyebeem posted:As someone who was hit by a car last April while riding, I'd rather they pull into the bike lane rather than that turn right from the car lane immediately in front of me. Bike lanes are flat out dangerous IMO. We've only had two local cycle fatalities in recent years, and both have been on our only cycle lane.
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Dec 11, 2014 17:37
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rscott posted:Of course the guy in the BMW is using the bike lane to turn right He's doing it right: http://www.sfbike.org/news/bike-lanes-and-right-turns/
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Dec 11, 2014 17:39
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ReelBigLizard posted:Bike lanes are flat out dangerous IMO. We've only had two local cycle fatalities in recent years, and both have been on our only cycle lane. The lanes are fine, bikes absolutely need a space where they can do their thing without constantly being in the way. The problem is education and experience.. in areas where cyclists are more common drivers tend to behave a whole lot more sensibly.
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Dec 11, 2014 18:24
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rscott posted:Of course the guy in the BMW is using the bike lane to turn right You're allowed to go into the bike lane to turn. It also keeps dumb riders from going inside of a car that is turning. ReelBigLizard posted:Bike lanes are flat out dangerous IMO. We've only had two local cycle fatalities in recent years, and both have been on our only cycle lane. Ah yes, damning statistics there. Cyclists only get killed when they are in a bike lane.
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Dec 11, 2014 19:14
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ReelBigLizard posted:Bike lanes are flat out dangerous IMO. We've only had two local cycle fatalities in recent years, and both have been on our only cycle lane.
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Dec 11, 2014 19:34
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InitialDave posted:Houses are really dangerous, most people who die in their sleep do so at home. That's why I only sleep in other people's homes. Checkmate, statistics 
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Dec 11, 2014 19:39
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Terrible Robot posted:That's why I only sleep in other people's homes. Checkmate, statistics But it's still A home. You should only sleep in libraries. When was the last time you heard of someone dying in a library?
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Dec 11, 2014 20:54
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davebo posted:But it's still A home. You should only sleep in libraries. When was the last time you heard of someone dying in a library? You say that, but no poo poo about 8 months ago one of the IT guys at work loving died in the library on campus of a massive heart-attack. The real answer is to never sleep. Then you'll be safe.
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xzzy posted:The lanes are fine, bikes absolutely need a space where they can do their thing without constantly being in the way. The problem is education and experience.. in areas where cyclists are more common drivers tend to behave a whole lot more sensibly. Be careful. If you post "bike lane" in a thread three times Baron Jutter comes and shits up your thread. Bike lanes need to start getting engineered into city upgrade plans if they're not already. And with an eye to separating cyclists from cars completely. There are just too many hazards associated with cars. Plus a cyclist can do everything right and then whoops oil spot, car, dead. Better to use green space and separated sidewalk space and let them have their own safe space. Just make sure they can get to where they need to go. Oh and Baron Jutter is a good poster, I think I just noticed his posts more when the traffic engineering thread went to poo poo.
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