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Cage posted:It should still fit a double din radio. My dad has a 09 marquis with a double din, the mounting kit just required a slight bit of dremeling/shaving. I'm pretty sure Holdbrooks had a touchscreen double DIN in his P71 when I rode in it. drat if I remember what year model his car was (I just remember it was the final generation), but it's not like they did many updates on the Panther platform over the years. randomidiot fucked around with this message at 09:16 on Oct 23, 2017 |
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Wally Joyner posted:My wife saw a teal-ish one yesterday, in passing, and commented on how cool it looks and that she wished she had one in pink. Those graphics are just perfect I'm get married Friday...holy crap
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Aw, I miss my Geo Tracker ![]()
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Well they just wheeled dad off to the OR. This wait is going to be agonizing.
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Good luck, Rhynodad.
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So five minutes ago I felt a sharp pain in my chest and just now the information lady came and told me they have started the operation. Yoiks.
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CommieGIR posted:Aw, I miss my Geo Tracker Me to. Also - hope it all goes well Rhyno.
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Rhyno posted:Well they just wheeled dad off to the OR. What's he having done? GL
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Two heart valve repair/replacements and some other thing I didn't understand.
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Holy gently caress Amish people are racist as gently caress.
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Rhyno posted:Holy gently caress Amish people are racist as gently caress. Are you still at the hospital? They're probably there for genetic screening for their incredible degree of inbreeding.
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Yeah. It was weird, dude went on a rant about napkins.
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Rhyno posted:Holy gently caress Amish people are racist as gently caress. Whoa, I can understand some of those isolated communities having issues with outsiders, but never directly to anyone. Also I hope the surgery works out, it's always a tough wait when someone is having work done. The seller took the offer on the Tracker! I've just got to go get it at this point. One minor issue is I can't drive a stick-shift. This guy's out in the middle of nowhere, so I don't have many worries about taking it back the long way through the backroads, but it's the starts in town that are worrying me a little bit. I did revisit an infamous thread, the 300ZX thread, because for what it's worth, that thread gave some excellent advice (several times over) on the proper way to get acclimated to a clutch and shifting for a first time manual driver. My manual experience is very very limited, I did have some practice a long time ago, but it was a right hand drive car and I barely had my learner's permit at the time! I'll make sure to take a ton of pictures when I get it, I've already ordered some parts I'm gonna need! Luxrage fucked around with this message at 17:14 on Oct 23, 2017 |
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Luxrage posted:The seller took the offer on the Tracker! I've just got to go get it at this point. One minor issue is I can't drive a stick-shift. Slip the clutch for first gear while giving it gas, never rest your foot on the clutch pedal while not changing gear. Welcome to driving manual.
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Luxrage posted:Whoa, I can understand some of those isolated communities having issues with outsiders, but never directly to anyone. Also I hope the surgery works out, it's always a tough wait when someone is having work done. I trained my wife's 15 year old teenage girl cousins to drive stick on our Tracker, if you get the concept of driving a stick then you'll be fine. More throttle and controlling movement with the clutch seemed to be good advice for them, the car revving high but not moving was way better than too little throttle and the violent lurching. efb what commie said
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Once you understand what is going on, 99% of it is just training your left foot to be more precise.
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Uh holy poo poo this super hit doctor lady just stopped and seriously chatted me up. I didn't even realize she was flirting with me. I felt so weird explaining I was engaged.
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No, don't hit the doctor lady. You'll end up with charges.
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Rhyno posted:Uh holy poo poo this super hit doctor lady just stopped and seriously chatted me up. I didn't even realize she was flirting with me. Let her down gentle until your dad's out of the danger zone.
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Screw that, marry the doctor. Imagine how big a garage the house she buys can be.
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KakerMix posted:I trained my wife's 15 year old teenage girl cousins to drive stick on our Tracker, if you get the concept of driving a stick then you'll be fine. Geo trackers are great baby's first stick shift. 1st and 2nd are pretty low, so its REALLY hard to stall. Clutch is forgiving. 2nd-3rd is a little long - rev it a bit higher, then 3-4-5 are easy-sweet. Downshift 3/2 is ugly for a while, but most people get it without creating too much scrap metal.
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So we're getting a bit of rain over here in Western NC...![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() RIP my culvert/driveway
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LoL this feels like the scene in Days of Thunder when the hot cop turned out to be a stripper. But none of my friends have that kind of money.
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Luxrage posted:Fellas... I think I'm gonna do it: Welcome to Texas. (e: f, b) Also, that's really, really pink. Applebees Appetizer posted:Lol I love the artsy shot, quite the contrast of a pretty sunset and beat up car Departing RX-7, and new hoopty: ![]() Enourmo posted:Finally ordered parts today to put my Kenwood into the P71. Apparently the stock radio is some weird 1.5 DIN size, hopefully the pocket on the kit I ordered is better than completely useless. I'm getting pretty sick of the local radio stations' lack of good music, I miss Pandora so much. Double DIN will fit, at least in my 2005, with a little work. The kit I got worked fine - it snaps into the dash trim like the OEM radio. Mine is a Scosche. Also took a half-down deposit on the '84 RX-7 cluttering up the garage. He's going to pay the other half and pick it up next Saturday. He plans to fix it, then ship it to Puerto Rico. At least I know it will be loved, there.
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Rhyno posted:LoL this feels like the scene in Days of Thunder when the hot cop turned out to be a stripper. But none of my friends have that kind of money. you'll wake up in a tub full of ice minus a few semi-critical organs
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I just saw this. Is it useless or useful?
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slidebite posted:Meh, you're not married yet so go for it. So what's the worst that will happen? I'm in a hospital, they'll take everything and toss the rest in a medical waste bin.
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CornHolio posted:I just saw this. Is it useless or useful? atomicmecha on Imgur posted:Have one. Got it cause I thought it was cleaver and I could use it. Haven't needed it. Won't fit where I need it. Also does not like torque
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CornHolio posted:I just saw this. Is it useless or useful? looks like junk
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Garage2Roadtrip posted:So we're getting a bit of rain over here in Western NC... ![]() MonkeyNutZ fucked around with this message at 20:24 on Oct 23, 2017 |
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CornHolio posted:I just saw this. Is it useless or useful? I've tried a few variations of that kind of thing, and they all loving suck. Well, okay, they work, until you need torque. So great for spinning things off/on lightly, but I hope you can fit a real tool in there for the important bits of torquing a bolt.
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Friend on Facebook forwarded this to me: https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/974796852657280/ ![]() edit: I should probably post this over in the Craigslist thread.
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Also, for those interested in half-assed work on an '80s Japanese shitbox, here's the promised thread for my new-to-me AE86 coupe. Don't expect much, because you won't get it. https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3838374
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Dad's surgery went well. The old man's gonna live to see me get married. Thank God, I was more stressed than I realized.
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Rhyno posted:Dad's surgery went well. The old man's gonna live to see me get married. Good news. Beer time.
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Rhyno posted:Dad's surgery went well. The old man's gonna live to see me get married.
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Thank the fux, Rhyno. Glad your old man is gonna be ok.
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MonkeyNutZ posted:Yeah seriously, I might be taking a weird route back through Asheville after work if this keeps up. Well we survived. Culvert and stream seem no worse for wear, although I'm constantly in doubt of the overall health of that particular bottom-rusted-out culvert pipe. Driveway is hosed. Will be buying a tractor this week. Rhyno posted:Dad's surgery went well. The old man's gonna live to see me get married. Good news! My parents are still riding motorcycles and hanging plywood 20' up on the side of their barn at 72, I know the stress of old parents.
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Rhyno posted:Dad's surgery went well. The old man's gonna live to see me get married. Good to hear, man. My folks will be 70 next year. No major issues yet, thank God.
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