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trouser chili posted:I had an 88 DX as well. Loved the little flip ups. Tough car had to be put down after the wife t-boned a sunfire. Shifted the whole front clip about six inches to port but the fucker drove home. I owned two 88's - an 88 LXi sedan, and the 88 DX coupe. Both 5 speed manuals. The LXi was a tough bastard. Found out the odometer had been rolled back by at least 50k, about 2 years after I bought it (Carfax didn't exist when I got it), so it really had well north of 200k. It was also from MN, so it was rusty as hell. The only time it let me down was when the timing belt let go (thankfully at idle - a month after I bought it, and the PO had assured me he'd just had the timing belt done - mechanic told me it was original). No damage thank gently caress (and that's how I discovered Cartalk's Mechanics Files... in 1998.. used that mechanic, then his son in law, for 19 loving years, and my mom still uses his son in law for major work). The DX was a basket case. I bought it from a mechanic at a Honda dealer - he said it was a trade with a blown head gasket - he had the full service history on it (chronic overheating issues from day 1, 1 owner car, handed me a pile of service records for it), he dropped in a junkyard motor and new AC lines to flip it. 30 minutes after buying it, one of the AC lines popped out of its fitting. He told me "you're not supposed to run the ac on the highway".  Got him to put another line on, it blew the line within an hour, so I gave up on the AC. It's only fitting that its eventual death was by overheating again.The LXi was fun as hell, and needed very little work despite all the rust. Alternator crapped out halfway through a 10 hour road trip, but the drat thing still made it to my dad's house (alternator light would go off if I kept it above 3000 RPM, until the last hour of the trip when it finally went solid - amazingly it died turning onto my dad's street, and I was able to coast the ~1/8 mile to his house from there). The DX, well... it was a pile. But had that beautiful porn red interior. Those popup headlights were awesome when they worked. The bushings were NLA by the time the DX died, though. randomidiot fucked around with this message at 08:06 on Sep 18, 2018 |
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Having seen recent politcal news, I have a really strong desire to play Mario Kart.
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IOwnCalculus posted:But please don't. Someone needs to rescue all the Hondas. I thought it was obvious sarcasm, but hey... you're not wrong. that's why you open the front windows too. 
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My b series ontario plates were starting to get pretty rough and cops will pull you over if they get much worse than this. I qualified for free replacement with c series plates but to get those ones re-issued I would've had to get them as a vanity plate for around $300. Worst part is they didn't let me keep them, I had to turn them in for destruction so now I have to go through life knowing that I didn't get to keep all my plates.  RIP BKSF 911, you were a great plate number and will be sorely missed.
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spog posted:Having seen recent politcal news, I have a really strong desire to play Mario Kart. I want to play road rash
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Sep 18, 2018 14:28
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Fo3 posted:I want to play road rash I want to play an updated, modern Road Rash.
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spog posted:Having seen recent politcal news, I have a really strong desire to  .Seminal Flu posted:I want to play an updated, modern Road Rash.
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Yeah thanks I could have done without that "news"
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Fermented Tinal posted:My b series ontario plates were starting to get pretty rough and cops will pull you over if they get much worse than this. This is stupid. The government should appreciate patina! Looking for some feedback from California goons or those familiar with California and goons with rental car thoughts. Mrs Heroic and I are flying down to San Diego a whale's vagina as a surprise with our older two kids. We have full massive Recaro harness seats for our kids 6 and 4 and don't really feel like flying with those things. We have a simple booster seat which is allowed in the state of Utah for kids 4 and older that we occasionally use for short distances. We are considering getting a second and just taking those for ease, does that work in CA? Bonus question! I am considering renting a convertible Mustang because the kids are small and are obsessed with convertibles after riding in their uncles 4th gen Firebird convertible and the cool car would make the trip more memorable (and only like $40 more than a regular car). If the booster seats are not kosher in CA any issues fitting our Recaro seats in the back seat?
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todays mystery: will blk return and realize how bad his car seat idea is? or pretend that the post never happened? stay tuuuuuned
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Anyone here ever caulk a windshield in? I gotta do the front windshield of the new wagon and the rear of the old wagon. Thinking this is worth paying for.
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Sometimes insurance algorithms work out hilariously. A 1996 LS400 worth ~$2,5k can cost $700 a year in partial cover, while a 2003 Mustang Cobra costing like $13k costs a third of that for same coverage. Why am I looking at that era Cobras.... MrOnBicycle fucked around with this message at 16:54 on Sep 18, 2018 |
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Sep 18, 2018 16:39
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trouser chili posted:Anyone here ever caulk a windshield in? I gotta do the front windshield of the new wagon and the rear of the old wagon. Thinking this is worth paying for. The glass guys do this all day every day I can’t imagine it would save you much id just call a pro. And I hate saying that
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everdave posted:The glass guys do this all day every day I can’t imagine it would save you much id just call a pro. And I hate saying that Especially the windshield. They have that nice electric caulk gun with the specific tip to maximize the shape for adhesion. InitialDave posted:
Well, I'll be damned. Going on my list now. Thanks.
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everdave posted:The glass guys do this all day every day I can’t imagine it would save you much id just call a pro. And I hate saying that Yeah, the pros will have the right materials and don't charge much plus the cost on glass or accidents if you DIY and screw up is huge on you. In saying that, you should get a factory manual to see spacing and spacers for airflow/drainage and watch the pro do the job because i)make sure they follow the factory manual (they may not because they don't read them), ii) it's something you need to see done a few times at least if in the future you want to DIY. Fo3 fucked around with this message at 17:04 on Sep 18, 2018 |
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Seminal Flu posted:Especially the windshield. They have that nice electric caulk gun with the specific tip to maximize the shape for adhesion. Was about to say, the hardest part when I DIY'd my windshield in 2012 was applying the urethane with a manual caulk gun.
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KakerMix posted:It's not a euphemism for a woman or a kid, it's my motherfuckin' BONGO. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_UqAMQT_LE
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So there's fuckall in the IYG forum about this so I once again come to you guys for help. I've purged almost every bit of stupid crap I pirated over the years. I'm down to a few TB of stuff I want to hang onto indefinitely. Would putting this stuff on some Micro SD cards and tossing those in my safe be the best way to store them long term? Or should I just pick up a SSD external drive and use that?
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Rhyno posted:So there's fuckall in the IYG forum about this so I once again come to you guys for help. lol if you don't have a NAS packed with far more storage you couldn't ever fill realistically. So much so that you go "Oh I already have that?" more often than not. Noticed on the Bongo it only has the stylized 'Bongo' on the passenger side door, driver's side doesn't get it.
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Rhyno posted:So there's fuckall in the IYG forum about this so I once again come to you guys for help. What’s the life of sd that should Be fine ya weirdo. What is so precious? But on the other hand I have this pirated nick jr show that we watch every night before bed and it doesnt exist for even a million bucks anywhere else except on vhs
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Rhyno posted:So there's fuckall in the IYG forum about this so I once again come to you guys for help. External SSD drive works out more cost effective when you are getting to higher capacities, plus I would trust a drive more than a card (evesor slightly)
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SSDs need to be periodically powered on to retain data - leave the drive in a desk drawer or locked up in a safe deposit box for long enough and you'll lose all the data. Spinning disks actually do a fairly good job of data retention over time, but I'd want to spin it up maybe once every other year or two and transfer the data off, format and transfer the data back again. You might also look into M-Discs which are optical media that is supposed to have a substantially longer shelf life than your average DVD or BD-R disc. Available in both DVD and blueray, but this could get a bit spendy as the media is ~$3/disc, and even with BD-Rs you can only fit 25 GB of data per disc, so you'd need roughly ~40 discs per TB of data being preserved. e: also keep multiple backups stored in multiple locations. Buy a couple of 2 TB notebook spinning disks, back up the data to both and keep one at home and the other in a safe deposit box or at a friend/relative's house. Geoj fucked around with this message at 18:07 on Sep 18, 2018 |
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I would have thought old style spinny hdds too. Get a 3.5" esata enclosure (well 2 because you want to make backups of backups), 3.5" because they're cheaper. Copy and put somewhere safe with dessicant or humidity and temp, store each at different locations if it's something more important than pirated media or something.
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Rhyno posted:So there's fuckall in the IYG forum about this so I once again come to you guys for help. Backblaze B2 storage?
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everdave posted:What’s the life of sd that should Be fine ya weirdo. What is so precious? But on the other hand I have this pirated nick jr show that we watch every night before bed and it doesnt exist for even a million bucks anywhere else except on vhs There's some tv that never got a decent home release or the music rights were never cleared so the official release is wrong. Also we are scanning thousands and thousands of family photos. You would not believe how many photo albums my mother has. Realistically I'm looking at maybe 2TB of total data. Everything else got deleted or will shortly. KakerMix posted:lol if you don't have a NAS packed with far more storage you couldn't ever fill realistically. I never got around to that, just external after external when I was a digital packrat. Now I just use a stack of possibly dead drives to elevate my chromebook to eye level.
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Rhyno posted:There's some tv that never got a decent home release or the music rights were never cleared so the official release is wrong. Speaking of which Wonder Years they can't put out because of the music, and Fred Savage is the voice of Oswald the Octopus who my kids just love and I may be the only one who has the complete series downloaded. It took waaaaay too much effort.
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IOwnCalculus posted:Backblaze B2 storage? Or Amazon Glacier, maybe. Especially if you only expect to ever need it if something happens to the original data. Rhyno posted:There's some tv that never got a decent home release or the music rights were never cleared so the official release is wrong. Daria is like this. Fortunately, there's an unofficial pirate version out there that uses the DVD releases as the source but replaces the crappy soundalike music with the original soundtrack. Similarly, there's likely never going to be a release of the 3rd season of Pete & Pete on DVD because of music rights issues, which sucks.
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Rhyno posted:So there's fuckall in the IYG forum about this so I once again come to you guys for help.
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Magnus Praeda posted:Similarly, there's likely never going to be a release of the 3rd season of Pete & Pete on DVD because of music rights issues, which sucks. I don't think I ever saw the 3rd season. The first two were soundtracked by the band in the intro, Polaris were they not? I assume that changed for the 3rd?
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Olympic Mathlete posted:I don't think I ever saw the 3rd season. The first two were soundtracked by the band in the intro, Polaris were they not? I assume that changed for the 3rd? Polaris did a lot of the music but not all of it and it's that "but not all of it" that leaves it in licensing hell, apparently. http://digg.com/2018/pete-and-pete-season-3-dvd-music-licensing-nickelodeon
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Geoj posted:SSDs need to be periodically powered on to retain data - leave the drive in a desk drawer or locked up in a safe deposit box for long enough and you'll lose all the data. Debunked: Your SSD won't lose data if left unplugged after all https://www.pcworld.com/article/2925173/debunked-your-ssd-wont-lose-data-if-left-unplugged-after-all.html
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Magnus Praeda posted:Or Amazon Glacier, maybe. Especially if you only expect to ever need it if something happens to the original data. Glacier gets spendy as gently caress if you need to read it, though.
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Gingerbread House Music posted:Debunked: Your SSD won't lose data if left unplugged after all Reading over that article it appears that they were correcting a previous presentation where they were saying SSDs in the correct set of (bad) conditions could experience data loss in as little as 7 days. Their study does not appear to have checked what happens to a SSD that's been disconnected from power for several years, which is what I was referring to. If this is critical/irreplaceable data I'd rather not roll the dice.
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KakerMix posted:lol if you don't have a NAS packed with far more storage you couldn't ever fill realistically. Mazda did that on the JDM first gen RX-7s, too. "Savanna RX-7" only on the (Japanese) passenger side. USDM got "Mazda RX-7" on both front fenders.
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Magnus Praeda posted:Polaris did a lot of the music but not all of it and it's that "but not all of it" that leaves it in licensing hell, apparently. Oh man. I moved recently and dug out my US copies of the first 2 seasons. I want to watch the 3rd! Time to find out where the masters are kept.
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Married with Children only paid for the 'Love and Marriage' theme music for the first 2 seasons for the DVD set and it is amazing how annoying that is. Fake edit: apparently, they paid for it for the re release. Yay!
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trouser chili posted:Anyone here ever caulk a windshield in? I gotta do the front windshield of the new wagon and the rear of the old wagon. Thinking this is worth paying for. Depends how much you'd be charged to just have someone do it for you. It's in that category of "manageable, but I'd not repeat the experience just for the fun of it". With two cars to do, if they'll cut you a deal based on only having to come out once for both jobs, I'd pay them and be done with it.
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:Why the ever living gently caress is there so much poo poo about Mario Kart today????? Lotta mushroom chat, I guess.
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