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Crossposting from the Porsche thread because I am now a Porsche owner and can look down on various other peoples I think     It's a 1986 Porsche 944 with 97k miles. I paid $2,800. Brand new Dunlop tires, brand new battery. Still has the factory tool kit and air compressor. Exterior is good from a distance, but there are of course a number of small issues. Interior is really clean. If it sits running for a few minutes it starts idling kinda rough, dropping down to a near-stall and then recovering - I'm thinking vacuum leak or idle control valve of some sort. I'm in the learning process about these cars right now. First order of business is going to be timing belt/balance shaft belt/general tuneup. I hope I didn't just throw my money away!
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944s are awesome, I do like a car with a nice set of hips.
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Yeah I've always loved the way those look, nice find! That interior is nuts for being 31 years old.
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:My alloy rims have Chris Kings with ceramic bearings. Bomb proof.
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spog posted:Those wheels look really small and not very good for bumpy roads. It's a bike meant for ice.
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Visiting family in Scotland, rented a Vauxhall Astra. Doing the whole RHD thing for the first time. Not as bad as I thought it'd be, so many roundabouts though. 
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I'm a lefty and honestly I had no problem shifting with my other hand. Now, remembering to glance left instead of right for the mirror was another thing.
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Shifting and such was no big deal after a few minutes. I definitely have no idea where to look though still haha.
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I'm impressed you managed to drive a modern generic Vauxhall for any length of time and not simply fall asleep at the wheel.
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Here, have a clumsy collage of my juicero lifestyle experience, I have dodged crush injuries yet again: Mmmm, purple drank
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I gave my 15 year old daughter her first driving lesson yesterday, in the manual trans Fiat 500 we're giving her to drive. She managed to start off without stalling on her second attempt, which made me quite proud. She's probably going to be the only girl in her school that can drive a stick shift. *edit* Wait, does nm talk about breaking wheels in AI AND the cycling threads?
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How is the Astra? I'm like how they look and I'm intrigued by the 1.4 turbo petrol. At least roundabouts are somewhat intuitive. As a Brit on holiday in the US, I had managed driving in Manhattan fine. I had driven from from Vegas to Tahoe, then entering San Francisco over the Golden Gate Bridge I thought I had driving in the US sorted. At least until I met my nemesis ... a busy four way stop with no lights. 
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Later this week I am going to have to drive from LA to San Francisco and back. To keep things interesting I might take the Coast Highway in one direction or the other - is that drive better on a weekend or a weekday?
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This little guy followed me home today   He's 65 pounds, but has 5 15000RPM SCSI drives, a 2.5ghz Xeon E5420 quad core with room for a second and they're only $30 for a matched pair on ebay. I'm gonna get so many bitcoins with this thing
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Ether Frenzy posted:Here, have a clumsy collage of my juicero lifestyle experience, I have dodged crush injuries yet again: Spoof the door sensor with a magnet and see how far the platen pushes out. In other news: I've never seen a paint build surface like POR15's Caliper Paint. I'm using it for the body of my vise and it's like putting putty on with a paintbrush. It's almost making the 100 year old cast metal that's been beat all to hell and back look too good!
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Powershift posted:This little guy followed me home today Enjoy your new v-host
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GnarlyCharlie4u posted:Enjoy your new v-host No, i'm just gonna use it for solitare. It has redundant 1000w hot plug power supplies so i'll never have any solitare downtime, and an E200i raid controller with 128mb cache, so it should make the cards fall real fast at the end. It feels like whoever configured this thing was just trying to destroy money while not actually making it so quick that they couldn't sell them a new one in 3 years.
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Powershift posted:No, i'm just gonna use it for solitare. Why would you even want to power that tank? I just e-cylced it's brother with dual e5420's and 48GB ram. My $250 Dell T110 II with a modern xeon/32GB/SSD runs twice as fast.
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Powershift posted:No, i'm just gonna use it for solitare. Processing and storage in the same box is some peasant poo poo.  ETA: the spyder posted:Why would you even want to power that tank? I just e-cylced it's brother with dual e5420's and 48GB ram. My $250 Dell T110 II with a modern xeon/32GB/SSD runs twice as fast. This, sadly. Every time I decommission a host I think about adopting it but I can't think of a good use besides inefficient space heating.
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May 22, 2017 23:10
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nm posted:Mr. Phillip Wood laughs in your general direction. I dont get this reference.....?
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Just read that two Indy car drivers were robbed at a Taco Bell outside of Indianapolis Speedway. One of them was the pole winner for the Indy 500 
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:I dont get this reference.....? Phil Wood is a manufacturer of high end bicycle hubs.
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Applebees Appetizer posted:Just read that two Indy car drivers were robbed at a Taco Bell outside of Indianapolis Speedway. One of them was the pole winner for the Indy 500 Believable. I've been to that Taco Bell. Really the entire area around the Speedway is a bad part of town.
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:I dont get this reference.....? Decent quality but ultimately sub-Chris King parts. Also means you have things branded 'Phil' on your bike 
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the spyder posted:Why would you even want to power that tank? I just e-cylced it's brother with dual e5420's and 48GB ram. My $250 Dell T110 II with a modern xeon/32GB/SSD runs twice as fast. A free server is a free server. It's only pulling 188w from the wall right now. One of the drives sounds like a bag off rocks in a gas powered dryer. The drives are configured into 2 arrays, the 2 36gb drives to boot in raid 1+0 and the 3 72gb drives configured in raid 0  They always ran it in a hot little closet, and i always suggested they shouldn't. I'd imagine when the drive went it was like "come in and take a look at the server" "okay, let me take a look, *thump*thump* yup, she's hooped, you got 5 grand on you for a new one?"
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Rhino has been making me feel like a blob lately with all his super progress so I threw away all my smoking paraphernalia yesterday. It's just so easy for me to fall back into smoking and when I do I sit in my room, avoid everyone, eat lovely food and play video games. No more. I brought my 64oz growler of water to work today and drank the whole thing. Ham and turkey sandwiches and tuna right out of the can, nothing bad for me. Went to the gym and stayed longer than usually. I feel really good for the first time in a while. (Until I walk in front of a mirror or dark tinted glass) Here's to tomorrow! /cheese
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I watched Suicide Squad last night. I knew the reviews weren't good, but there's usually some moments of enjoyments in these kind of films, ...I honestly wished I had watched Ghostbusters 2017 again
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spog posted:I watched Suicide Squad last night. It's almost impressive how unenjoyable DC's last few have been. Hope they don't gently caress up Wonder Woman because she was the sole bright spot in BvS.
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Olympic Mathlete posted:Decent quality but ultimately sub-Chris King parts. Also means you have things branded 'Phil' on your bike Ahhh. Right And I bet they dont have the swarm of angry bees sound. Cause BEEEEEEEEEZZZZZZ is one of the best ways to alert pedestrians ever. I have Xentis Silver 4.2 wheels, those hubs have been v.good. Specialized finally got their hubs sorted and the Roval 60's on the bike right now are fantastic. Part of that will be the cermaic bearings but pretty drat sweeeeeet. quote:It's almost impressive how unenjoyable DC's last few have been. Hope they don't gently caress up Wonder Woman because she was the sole bright spot in BvS. Suicide Squad was just.... bad. Moan of Steel and BvS I thought had the glimpses of a good movie in them at least. I thought MoS was dour but on the other hand the Kryptonians and Superman's powers were depicted really well. It sold the "This guy can wipe out the planet single handed" so much better than previous attempts - better than any Marvel movie and their heros. I'd also disagree WW was the only bright spot in BvS, Batfleck was drat good for the most part. FFS tho, that movie should have been edited a lot better and Lex Luthor redone. CAT INTERCEPTOR fucked around with this message at 23:58 on May 22, 2017 |
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spog posted:I watched Suicide Squad last night. Was it that bad? BvS was only alright for me. Was it better or worse than that? Wonder Woman looks awesome. My almost 5 year old daughter even gets pumped up when she sees the trailers for it. Today is our 8th wedding anniversary. Mrs Heroic and I still like each other so that's nice.
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:Ahhh. Right The loudest hubs I've owned are still the Hope Pro 2 Evos on my old XC race bike. clickity clackity
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Somewhat Heroic posted:Was it that bad? BvS was only alright for me. Was it better or worse than that? Wonder Woman looks awesome. My almost 5 year old daughter even gets pumped up when she sees the trailers for it. Without hyperbole or exaggeration, I would say that there is a total of 45 seconds of movie time where you aren't actively wishing you doing something else such as watching concrete set. Those 45 seconds are entirely Margot Robbie quipping as Harley Quinn. Mind you, she has a lot more dialogue in the film, but that's so badly written that even she can't save it. Somewhat Heroic posted:Today is our 8th wedding anniversary. Mrs Heroic and I still like each other so that's nice. If you want her to continue to like you, don't watch this movie with her.
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Cage posted:I brought my 64oz growler... A growler is UK slang for a particularly grimy/hairy lady's front bottom so this amused me.
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Applebees Appetizer posted:Just read that two Indy car drivers were robbed at a Taco Bell outside of Indianapolis Speedway. One of them was the pole winner for the Indy 500 Welcome to Indy. It's a shithole.
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:Ahhh. Right They make less noise than Chris King (though more than cheap hubs), but they'll out last me. And you know how i am with bike parts. Kings are much more finicky and harder to service.
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nm posted:Kings are much more finicky and harder to service. That I doubt -. KIngs are dead easy to service and no where near finnicky in my experience. Plus the big win is King provide any amount of documentation so they can be self serviced with ease.
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:That I doubt -. KIngs are dead easy to service and no where near finnicky in my experience. Plus the big win is King provide any amount of documentation so they can be self serviced with ease. Phil literally sends a rebuild kit with the hubs for when you need to do it 5 years from now.
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Squat rack arrived. I assembled it and realized my 5 foot bar won't work with it so I have a proper sized one on the way now. Being healthy is expensive!
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nm posted:Phil literally sends a rebuild kit with the hubs for when you need to do it 5 years from now. Ummm... so does CK if you want it.....? But to be honest in five years time I'd have lost the kit, I can barely find the allen key I just put own in a safe place.......
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