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Memento posted:I mean, it would be even more hilarious if it was real. And I kind of want to see The Gorilla Channel. Surely that's more of a Cernovich thing
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Re: car talk Once you realize how easy AND CHEAP it is to change your oil, tires, and brake pads, plus other general maintenance like adding fluid and changing wipers, you’ll see just how criminally high it costs to have others do it for you.
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dialhforhero posted:Re: car talk Last place I went to tried to charge me $45.99 to replace an air filter
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Try practicing cooking a few steaks and baked potatoes and suddenly paying $90 for a steak dinner feels ridiculous.
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Be this guy and suddenly realize how ridiculous it is to pay someone else for an appendectomy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonid_Rogozov
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Mu Zeta posted:Try practicing cooking a few steaks and baked potatoes and suddenly paying $90 for a steak dinner feels ridiculous. yet I routinely continue to drunkedly order $10 breakfast platters that mostly consist of "poo poo that I always have in my fridge" breakfast dinner is the best
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Shifty Nipples posted:Help my butt off laugh? Howling My Balls Off Laughing It's a GBS Trump LOL Thread staple.
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it's disturbing to me that there are people who think "skip a lug nut every time until they're all in" is moon language
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repeating posted:it's disturbing to me that there are people who think "skip a lug nut every time until they're all in" is moon language Are you saying words here or just mashing your keyboard with your elbows? https://i.imgur.com/XFj1mD3.gifv
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repeating posted:it's disturbing to me that there are people who think "skip a lug nut every time until they're all in" is moon language I've been changing my own tires for years and i have no clue what that is supposed to mean
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HenryEx posted:I've been changing my own tires for years and i have no clue what that is supposed to mean Gradually tighten the lug nuts, skipping every other one. e: and coming back to them because you will be making multiple passes. The way it’s phrased is stupid,  .
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Pigsfeet on Rye posted:Do they also have those lovely clips on the bulbs? My Mazda3 had some and they were terrible to deal with. Coming back to this because I ended up breaking mine on my Mazda 3 and having to buy new headlights, housing and all. Those clips are AWFUL. Edit: I drove around with em duct taped in and bouncing around all crazy for like 3 months. I just tried not to drive at night. big trivia FAIL has a new favorite as of 05:48 on Jan 5, 2018 |
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HenryEx posted:I've been changing my own tires for years and i have no clue what that is supposed to mean Tighten the nut opposite the last one, continue in sequence until they’re all tight. Unless you have an older Citroen or Renault, in which case: tighten the 3-lug nuts however.
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dialhforhero posted:Re: car talk Cheap is the key word. The LOWEST quote I got locally after we moved for brake pad replacement (front and rear) was $425. What the gently caress? All 4 pads were $50 at AutoZone and took an hour to install.
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dumb. posted:Are you saying words here or just mashing your keyboard with your elbows? I was saying it doesn't make sense to me that such simple, direct instructions can be misinterpreted.
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Platystemon posted:Gradually tighten the lug nuts, skipping every other one. e: and coming back to them because you will be making multiple passes. "torque lugs in a star pattern"
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BraveUlysses posted:"torque lugs in a star pattern" That'll be an extra 20.
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Mu Zeta posted:Try practicing cooking a few steaks and baked potatoes and suddenly paying $90 for a steak dinner feels ridiculous. Yeah, but if you get food poisoning, you only have yourself to blame.
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big trivia FAIL posted:Cheap is the key word. The LOWEST quote I got locally after we moved for brake pad replacement (front and rear) was $425. What the gently caress? All 4 pads were $50 at AutoZone and took an hour to install. And, if you gently caress it up and get hurt? (I've done my own brake pads a few times, and prefer having someone else to blame.)
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BraveUlysses posted:torque lugs Pick posted:That'll be an extra 20. Why torque them up properly when you can just BRAAAP-P-P-P-P them into place?
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Samizdata posted:And, if you gently caress it up and get hurt? (I've done my own brake pads a few times, and prefer having someone else to blame.) Alternative viewpoint: You get the chance to do quality work on such an important piece of your car instead of relying on a low-rent jiffy lube guy itching for a fix.
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Memento posted:Why torque them up properly when you can just BRAAAP-P-P-P-P them into place? I'm just envisioning someone  ing at lugnuts until they screw themselves back in.
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big trivia FAIL posted:Coming back to this because I ended up breaking mine on my Mazda 3 and having to buy new headlights, housing and all. Those clips are AWFUL. What's up Mazda 3 buddy. That headlight design sucks.   Believe it or not, after all these years I've gotten fairly good at working that ridiculous clip that holds the bulb in. But I'd still like to meet the person who designed it. Preferably in a soundproofed room that happens to contain a rubber hose.
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Flyball posted:The enemy of your enemy is not necessarily your friend, or even your ally. But they can be useful. Yes, but he banks on this - Bannon is able to keep power based on relationships of utility. You think you're using him, but he's also using you, and usually what he's doing is way more damaging than the utility you get from it. The best way to neuter his power is to stop using him as a tool; it's what he counts on and how he thrives, because once he's in he gets his.
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As a teen my parents made me do all of the maintenance on their cars, even majors repairs that required disassembling the entire engine. They said they wanted me to be able to handle this stuff myself. They said it would save me so much money. All it did was show me how much I hate working on cars. I don't give a gently caress if I'm now confident in my abilities to replace a timing belt, that poo poo sucks and I'll be damned if I'm ever even changing my own oil again when the possibility of paying someone else to do it exists.
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Deliver pizzas in a small town for a couple years, you'll know how to fix pretty much every small to moderate problem a car has. I used to charge 5 bucks to change tires for other drivers. 10 if I had to pull the tire off and plug a nail/screw hole. Always keep a tire plug kit handy and know how to use it. Also if your car has a donut please go buy a full sized spare tire. Schadenfreude related: When my dad was in his mid 20's he was changing a tire using a bumper jack (the most deadly jack known to man) and accidentally knocked it askew. The wheel hub fell on his foot and no one was around so he had to dig under his foot with his hands to make enough space to pull his foot out. The car had completely compressed the heel of his boot. On the upside it only broke his foot in a few places since he was lucky enough to be changing the tire on dirt instead of pavement.
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A FUCKIN CANARY!! posted:As a teen my parents made me do all of the maintenance on their cars, even majors repairs that required disassembling the entire engine. They said they wanted me to be able to handle this stuff myself. They said it would save me so much money. All it did was show me how much I hate working on cars. I don't give a gently caress if I'm now confident in my abilities to replace a timing belt, that poo poo sucks and I'll be damned if I'm ever even changing my own oil again when the possibility of paying someone else to do it exists. Hahaha, I feel you. The first time I replaced a starter motor, I was like, "gently caress doing this myself if paying someone else to is ever an option."
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Pook Good Mook posted:My girlfriend's grandmother was of Spanish-Mexican descent and was very perturbed when "bad" Mexicans began moving into her neighborhood in San Diego. Conan O'Brien has a story about his mother being upset about "shanty Irish" e: no lace on the tablecloth
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Skippy McPants posted:Hahaha, I feel you. The first time I replaced a starter motor, I was like, "gently caress doing this myself if paying someone else to is ever an option." I once bought one of our company fleet cars for an insanely cheap price (and knowing full well that I, among others had driven that thing into the ground). When the idler pulley on the serpentine belt seized, loving the belt and melting the pulley; I was amazingly surprised to find a brand new belt and pulley in the boot (trunk). That was a good day. I have no idea how many years it was sitting there waiting for this moment. I also learnt how to change that belt that day.
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repeating posted:it's disturbing to me that there are people who think "skip a lug nut every time until they're all in" is moon language life is too short to skip a nut, my friend
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Trig Discipline posted:life is too short to skip a nut, my friend your mother motto?
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funmanguy posted:your mother motto? 
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TheMaskedUgly posted:Never skip nut day
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Untrustable posted:...he was changing a tire using a bumper jack (the most deadly jack known to man)... Second most  
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