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blk posted:Welp permanently deleted my FB account You'll be back when SA crashes and burns.
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ilkhan posted:Its a Z32 300ZX. Because beautiful car. She looks p. good under the snow. I think it gets driven but am unsure if it's for sale, not listed on their website, but its got no plates. Honestly, for my first dealership experience it wasn't so awful, then again it was a small used car lot and the price was right. Hell, they even changed all the fluids and topped off the washer tank. Those first gear launches though... It's like the transmission is begging for the engine to have more horsepower.
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blk posted:Welp permanently deleted my FB account You have to go completely off the grid for that, duh
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Darchangel posted:Z32 300 ZX, in what one magazine of the time called "radioactive banana". Actual name is Pearl Yellow Metallic or thereabouts. I think the former fits better. Also the obviously replaced front fender is killing me there.
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Feb 10, 2017 06:03
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Even for Australia, this loving heat is stupid. Screw this for a joke
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:Even for Australia, this loving heat is stupid. Screw this for a joke I miss those days. 
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:Even for Australia, this loving heat is stupid. Screw this for a joke Is your dash melting? Apparently subaru is replacing a lot of melting legacy dashboards in the us for free.
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nm posted:Is your dash melting? Apparently subaru is replacing a lot of melting legacy dashboards in the us for free. With everything else literally melting, I wont notice. (For the moon unit people - 50C = 122F) This is how goddamn hot the car interior got - the toolset I have was under the seat AND wrapped up. The spanner I grabbed out burnt my hand and I had to pour water on it before it got usable. Also found out the Liberty's cooling system cant handle driving up the mountains even at relaxed speed with this kind of temperature, it kept threatening to have a meltdown. Not exactly unique, there are dead cars that are newer everywhere. gently caress. This.
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Feb 10, 2017 08:25
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Hey, Phoenix temps. I'm so sorry. No sarcasm. Sucks balls.
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Feb 10, 2017 08:34
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:Not exactly unique, there are dead cars that are newer everywhere. gently caress. This. I don't know if you're doing anything to mitigate the heat, but vent visors, a sun shield and tint makes a huge difference inside the car. Requirement in Florida.
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Applebees Appetizer posted:I don't know if you're doing anything to mitigate the heat, but vent visors, a sun shield and tint makes a huge difference inside the car. Requirement in Florida. Already tinted. But right now the temperatures are so high it makes little difference - this is just stupid beyond belief.
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isnt melbourne humid as gently caress and 50c? edit: yeah not sydney levels but lol @ all the arizonians trying to compare phoenix to australia FAT32 SHAMER fucked around with this message at 10:34 on Feb 10, 2017 |
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Feb 10, 2017 10:32
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Hah yeah gently caress that poo poo but also that's why I have some people on ignore? E; drunk
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Feb 10, 2017 10:37
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man someone is missing out on my great posts!
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Applebees Appetizer posted:You can get the 4cyl/manual combo in a Tribute or Escape, and they actually aren't bad cars for the money. Applebees Appetizer posted:I thought about getting one, someone local had a Tribute for sale really cheap, but I just didn't like the way it drove. Shifted like a Ford Ranger and felt top heavy, small suv's in general just ride like poo poo if you're used to cars. Like many crossovers/small SUVs, you're far better off buying an estate or large hatchback unless you need the extra ground clearance.
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Usually when you get tarmac melting days the humidity is low as gently caress.... noooope not this year. Humid AND 40+C is just....... gently caress that. Also really unusual there's been gently caress all afternoon storms, the one or two we have had have been 50mm in an hour deluges. So thats causing allsorts of fun like temperature inversions where the mountains are stinking hot at night and absolutly nothing is cooling down. I have never seen 30+C at 5 am but this year there's been a few of them with 36C being the real mind gently caress. Seriously, 36 loving celcius at 430am. Thence high temps and high humidity witht he atmosphere simply not releasing any of it. The thing that is going to be amazing tho is when the heat finally starts to dissipate the atmosphere is going to have a shitload of water in it. March is when we typically get the most rain and I suspect this year might well be epic... there is a godawful amount of potential for rain once the atmosphere begins to lose the ability to trap it. Also pissing me off that I cant ride. There is just simply no way you can ride with road temps this high, you become dehydrated far too fast and cant cool off
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InitialDave posted:Well, they aren't actively bad, but I can't say I'd recommend one. My dad really likes his: he's been looking for a replacement because it's getting tired and he can't find anything he likes Not least because he really likes the good rear visibility and these days, everyone has gone for chunky C pillars and tiny windows.
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Weather's being a bitch everywhere this year. Our low yesterday was 6F, and it's supposed to be 50F by noon today.
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Skier posted:Excellent, thanks, will take a look at those too. Probably a better fit as well, the short bed I linked is probably still too big for my needs. In great news the 928 sold last night. Guy did a quick look around and test drive last weekend then had to scrounge up some cash or something so he bought it last night. When I was describing some of the fun electrical gremlins he laughed and said it wasn't an issue. He recently bought an old Jaguar XK6 and a Fiat Spider which both have amazingly British electrical systems.
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:This is how goddamn hot the car interior got - the toolset I have was under the seat AND wrapped up. The spanner I grabbed out burnt my hand and I had to pour water on it before it got usable. Also found out the Liberty's cooling system cant handle driving up the mountains even at relaxed speed with this kind of temperature, it kept threatening to have a meltdown. gently caress the poo poo out of fifty Celsius. The hottest I've ever experienced is plus-forty and I thought I was going to die.
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Liquid Communism posted:Also the obviously replaced front fender is killing me there. Oh, that's just the way light's reflecting off snow and the side of the car in the image. In person it is all one colour. E: Look at the colour of the wing mirror and the rocker panel. Fermented Tinal fucked around with this message at 15:57 on Feb 10, 2017 |
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:Already tinted. But right now the temperatures are so high it makes little difference - this is just stupid beyond belief. From what I've found a sun shield actually helps the most. Vent Visors help the heat escape, and all three together makes the interior much cooler allowing the a/c to cool it off completely almost instantly. If you already have tint spend a couple extra bucks and you'll wonder why you didn't do it sooner. That being said, Vent Visors only work on framed windows so with your Subarus you're SOL on that one. InitialDave posted:Well, they aren't actively bad, but I can't say I'd recommend one. Yep, I ended up getting a Scion xB and it's been working out great so far.
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Seat Safety Switch posted:gently caress the poo poo out of fifty Celsius. The hottest I've ever experienced is plus-forty and I thought I was going to die. Highest I've ever experienced was around 45 with high humidity. That is just absolutely loving disgusting, 50 is just straight up bullshit.
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Regarding the clutch I posted about earlier in the thread - I've got to say, AP Racing are bloody good. I've had some email conversations with one of their engineers, taken it down to have a chat with him, and he's going to assess the pressure plate for surface condition and clamp load to give an definite answer on it, plus sort out a rebuild/refurb on the 6-paddle driven plate. Very refreshing to actually be able to discuss stuff properly with an actual technical person rather than having generic script-based responses from someone.
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Anyone here heard of or used riken tires before? I noticed them on tire rack and they're cheap as hell which worries me, but all the reviews I can find so far are basicly saying its what it appears to be. A cheap tire that isn't anything special, but doesn't have any glaring flaws, doesn't try to kill you in the wet, doesn't wear too quickly amd doesn't ride harsh. The company was apparently a japanese owned company that was bought out by michelin (gently caress remembering how to spell today) in 1992. For $250 for a set of 4, thats damned tempting to run them for a year to see what they're like. Edit: And its going on the wagon, so its not like it needs to be some super high precision track tire that'll grip to the moon. It ain't going autocrossing, its going around the corner to work. Elmnt80 fucked around with this message at 19:34 on Feb 10, 2017 |
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Applebees Appetizer posted:Yep, I ended up getting a Scion xB and it's been working out great so far. I wanted one for so long. Tell me more about your xB so I can live through you.
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My heat transfer professor this time around apparently does this real moron thing where the exams are based on... get this... the material she lectures on in class. What an amazing concept!
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Welp. Her dad died. This is not going to be a good year at all.
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Rhyno posted:Welp. Her dad died. Sorry, Rhyno. I hope it gets better from here.  funny Star Wars parody posted:man someone is missing out on my great posts! I think all of us are missing out on your great posts. meatpimp fucked around with this message at 19:36 on Feb 10, 2017 |
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Seminal Flu posted:I think all of us are missing out on your great posts. I wouldn't say I've been missing it, Bob.
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Seminal Flu posted:I think all of us are missing out on your great posts. 
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Applebees Appetizer posted:I don't know if you're doing anything to mitigate the heat, but vent visors, a sun shield and tint makes a huge difference inside the car. Requirement in Florida. And Texas. I think we invented the branding-via-seatbelt thing. I am impressed at tools out of the sunlight being too hot to handle, though. Cop Porn Popper posted:Anyone here heard of or used riken tires before? I noticed them on tire rack and they're cheap as hell which worries me, but all the reviews I can find so far are basicly saying its what it appears to be. A cheap tire that isn't anything special, but doesn't have any glaring flaws, doesn't try to kill you in the wet, doesn't wear too quickly amd doesn't ride harsh. The company was apparently a japanese owned company that was bought out by michelin (gently caress remembering how to spell today) in 1992. For $250 for a set of 4, thats damned tempting to run them for a year to see what they're like. I've got a set on my FC RX-7 (stock 15" size. 205/60-15, I think.) They're fine. Mine a dry-rotting a bit, but that's because I rarely drive it. Grip is not awesome, but adequate, even with them a little crispy. I can get the rear to slide if I try, but it's generally well-behaved. Wet grip seems fine. I don't have my records here at work, so I can't comment on tread-life quantitatively, but they don't seem to be wearing unduly.
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Seminal Flu posted:I think all of us are missing out on your great posts. 
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Darchangel posted:And Texas. I think we invented the branding-via-seatbelt thing. I learned a very painful lesson several years ago. So both ears are pierced, with decently big plugs in them (16mm, or 5/8"). I had left some stone plugs sitting in the car all day. And threw them in without really thinking about how hot they might be.  right in my earlobes. I don't think they were in the sun, but it was July or August.
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Yu-Gi-Ho! posted:I learned a very painful lesson several years ago. i did that once too except they were glass and it was -5F outside
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Rhyno posted:Welp. Her dad died. Sorry to hear, Rhyno
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Rhyno posted:Welp. Her dad died. sorry to hear
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