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tetrapyloctomy posted:If they're in daycare, 100% yes kids are disease bombs. The tradeoff is that it confers a decreased risk of certain childhood cancers, so it's still worth it ... for them. Stay away and wash your hands. Oh believe me, I stay away from them all as much as possible as a general rule of thumb, bio-hazard child or not  The Door Frame posted:Real career advice needed here: You don't necessarily have to go off-shore or on oil rigs or some poo poo, despite what everyone says about "no jerbs in 'Merica" or whatever, there's plenty of manufacturers where welding is needed. My friend has been at the same places for like five years or so now. All he had to do was not gently caress up, fail drug tests, start fights, or be a jackass, and now he's pretty much the shop lead and he just pokes buttons welding machines or laser cutting tables for buckets of money. T-Square fucked around with this message at 00:41 on Dec 4, 2019 |
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Wowee, friend's husband's car has been losing coolant and Firestone wants like $900 to replace the radiator. I may have a chance to make some cash. Imagine, me, fixing a car and getting paid for it, like i went to school for a decade ago!
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Don't worry, with the level of enthusiasm you are showing something is bound to go wrong and make you wish you could charge your friend $900.
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Fermented Tinal posted:Don't worry, with the level of enthusiasm you are showing something is bound to go wrong and make you wish you could charge your friend $900. Nah, it's not me doing the job so it'll probably turn out fine.
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Dec 4, 2019 01:33
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Hahaha so AI has chosen the NSX then. I drove one in Orlando but I didnt get to hoon it unfortunately.
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Dec 4, 2019 01:42
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Tremek posted:That is a badass choice to be fortunate enough to make - and even though I'm usually the idiot advocating for more versus less HP, IMO the better answer is NSX. Not gonna lie I've been looking at em. No manual though.
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Dec 4, 2019 01:53
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Applebees Appetizer posted:Then the tire the Lexus LS Forum loves so much (Pirelli P7) has a bunch of complaints about durability and build quality (tread separation, sidewall bulging) so I'm not gonna risk that my wife drives the car 70 miles every day. I have Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric All seasons on my LS460, and I've been very happy with them. I thought about summer tires (F1 Asymmetric 3), but the LS460 is such a pig (~1000 lbs more than my LS400) I was worried I'd trash them in no time. I have the same tires on my GS430 and I have no complaints there either.
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Dec 4, 2019 01:54
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Got my Brother HL-L3290CDW color laser printer/scanner today. Hooked it up to my wlan pretty much effortlessly, W10 automatically located it on my network and installed it seamlessly. Printed test pages from both mine and wifes' PCs, looks great. It's so nice having Windows actually do something easily for once and not need to install the OEM bloatware to actually print/scan anything. I am not missing anything by not installing the Brother bloatware... am I??  So far so good, thanks for the recommendations for Brother. The Prong Song posted:You mean like the mega-recession a bunch of folks have been predicting starting in 2020?
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Dec 4, 2019 02:54
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slidebite posted:I am not missing anything by not installing the Brother bloatware... am I?? Most likely no
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T-Square posted:Oh believe me, I stay away from them all as much as possible as a general rule of thumb, bio-hazard child or not No offshore for me, but basically all of these companies are building oil pipelines or massive infrastructure projects that don't happen in my state that's withering on the vine. It's the fun circle of "no experience, no job" unless I get certified for most of the Chicagoland area. But even then, the pay for a level 2 TIG welder is worse than what I make starting as an unskilled laborer in construction, or even what I made as a server I want to feel like I would be doing it for career reasons and not just bailing on another commitment halfway through, because right now it feels like I'm just bailing on my degree program
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Dec 4, 2019 03:22
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Adiabatic posted:Not gonna lie I've been looking at em. No manual though. Understand how that can be a real breaker for some but it's a very good transmission overall. I drove one around for a day and was pretty impressed. Oh and it's fast as poo poo and has so much grip. 
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Dec 4, 2019 03:32
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Applebee’s; for tires get the Continental DWS; you might be able to get just the DW (DryWet) version since you get no snow. They were so good on my Mazda6; incredibly good on our Ecoboost Flex. To the goon referencing the PS4S. Those are high performance summer tires. The mileage life out if those is not good; but they are incredible tires. I have them on my M3 and they are the most perfect summer street tire.
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Dec 4, 2019 04:32
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slidebite posted:I am not missing anything by not installing the Brother bloatware... am I?? You won't be able to initiate a scan from the printer itself, you'll have to do it from the PC. May not be able to do duplexing without the Brother drivers either, but that part is foggy. You can change a lot more settings with the software installed, from the PC anyway (you can change them via the web interface or the control panel, it just takes a lot more digging). The Brother software is pretty unintrusive to be honest.
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Dec 4, 2019 04:42
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Not sure on that specific model but some MFPs can scan to a device using WSD without having drivers installed locally. But yeah - really no reason in this day and age of cheap, fast storage and memory to not install drivers and utilities from a reputable manufacturer.
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Dec 4, 2019 05:23
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As long as HP isn't considered reputable.
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Record broken: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6s9o6uIWZw
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Adiabatic posted:Not gonna lie I've been looking at em. No manual though. This is so stupid. A manual gearbox would make it a worse car.
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Dec 4, 2019 10:18
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fridge corn posted:This is so stupid. A manual gearbox would make it a worse car.
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InitialDave posted:Update: While it looks like the system is set up to not ramp the fan up to full if there isn't enough heat in the coolant to be of any use, I don't think that's what's going on here. It did it again this evening, but the car was warm, and slapping about the lower dash area got it started, so I reckon it's just a dicky connection, will try and investigate when I have daylight to work in. I can believe it's a dicky connection, my right front speaker cuts out if I turn left hard, then gives back when I press the brakes. I'm sure It'd be a 2 minute fix but, you know, cold, dark, the usual.
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Dec 4, 2019 11:49
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InitialDave posted:Why, because it'd be slower? That isn't necessarily what people care about. Good, then dont buy one. The C8 Corvette would be poo poo with a manual gearbox and GM is right not to make it an option
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Dec 4, 2019 12:04
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Imagine driving a 458 with a manual gearbox, it would be a miserable experience. Even a 430 with a manual is a chore to drive and and the automated manual 'F1' box is a huge improvement. As cars get faster and faster you have less and less time to think and carry out what you need to do to get the car around the track. Most people, including me, are not hotshot racing drivers and freeing yourself of one of the tasks necessary to driving the car makes the performance so much more accessible to the average user
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cakesmith handyman posted:I can believe it's a dicky connection, my right front speaker cuts out if I turn left hard, then gives back when I press the brakes. I'm sure It'd be a 2 minute fix but, you know, cold, dark, the usual. I could also believe a loose connection. I don't have the electronic climate control, just aircon in mine. Mine has a couple of bulbs behind the knobs that don't always light up immediately when I start the car. but usually kick in by the time I get out of my road. If I hit the panel a few times after turning it on they will start working properly. After a daily beating for the last year they now sometimes work properly for a week or two. I wonder if the same technique will work on my stop/start that also doesn't work. Perhaps I should remove the battery sensor and try dropping it on the floor or just hitting it.
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fridge corn posted:freeing yourself of one of the tasks necessary to driving the car makes the performance so much more accessible to the average user cakesmith handyman posted:I can believe it's a dicky connection, my right front speaker cuts out if I turn left hard, then gives back when I press the brakes. I'm sure It'd be a 2 minute fix but, you know, cold, dark, the usual. Tomarse posted:After a daily beating for the last year they now sometimes work properly for a week or two.
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fridge corn posted:This is so stupid. A manual gearbox would make it a worse car. I fully admit it's only a personal preference thing for me now.
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InitialDave posted:I'm just not that bothered about having the optimum performance over having something involving/interesting to drive. Modern autos are really good, but it's still disappointing when there's no option given. A 500hp midengined dct sports car is not involving or interesting to drive. Is that seriously what you're going with?
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I might have just bought a E46 for $500... time to see whats wrong with it over the weekend unless they or I bail before the weekend meetup
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fridge corn posted:A 500hp midengined dct sports car is not involving or interesting to drive. Is that seriously what you're going with? There are a lot of things where my preference is not aligned with what is notionally better.
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fridge corn posted:Imagine driving a 458 with a manual gearbox, it would be a miserable experience. Even a 430 with a manual is a chore to drive and and the automated manual 'F1' box is a huge improvement. Intetresting because when I posted about driving a 430 in anger years ago in this very forum I wanted to neuter the dumb gently caress who invented that drat POS automated gearbox that blighted the 430 As much as I will not own another Italian car in my life again because of the rest of the the garbage around them, coming in hot and banging down 5-4-3-2 with a proper double declutch and heel / toe is a goddamn experience no loving flappy paddle gets close to. That goes for Fiat 124's and Lancia Betas all the way up to Lambos and Ferraris. Heavy traffic driving? Pffft whatever, it was never working the manual gearbox and heavy rear end clutch that bothered me. It was more wondering what was going to fall off or overheat.
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If your main enjoyment in driving cars is from shifting gears then you're obviously not driving fast enough
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I'm not gonna lie, getting some clear road that you can open it up on and slam shift through is one of the more satisfying things about driving a long commute Speaking of, I need to but some bronze shifter bushings because I'm about to run through my third set of soft rubber OE bushings
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People are funny about manuals. I cared about it more when I was younger but don't feel that it adds anything to my driving experience when I just get on the highway and go to work 99% of the time. It's going to do the job better and faster than I would, and I don't need to take a hand off the wheel to get it done. On a racetrack that's never felt particularly great (taking hand off wheel) even if you're braking and downshifting in a straight line, but you have to upshift through curvy stuff at times. I'd take a good DCT any day. It's the best of both worlds, IMO.  I will say however that I don't like the auto in my Odyssey as I can feel the torque converter locking and unlocking frequently and it drives me a little crazy.
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fridge corn posted:If your main enjoyment in driving cars is from shifting gears then you're obviously not driving fast enough That's why econoboxes are fun to drive with a manual, if you can't go fast might as well have some other kind of fun But yeah, I don't think I'd want a C8 with one. Personally I want a manual for my next car because I haven't had one in awhile and miss it, but I kind of want an EV too (Chevy Bolt) so I'm torn on what to do 
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fridge corn posted:If your main enjoyment in driving cars is from shifting gears then you're obviously not driving fast enough My main enjoyment comes from spirited but fully legal backroad driving whenever I have the time so yeah its mostly rowing gears and not driving very fast.
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fridge corn posted:If your main enjoyment in driving cars is from shifting gears then you're obviously not driving fast enough Speed doesn't matter when you have glorious turbine whine
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Adiabatic posted:My main enjoyment comes from spirited but fully legal backroad driving whenever I have the time so yeah its mostly rowing gears and not driving very fast. yeah i fully recognize for your 500 hp track only grip monster that the robot is better but that ain't the market segment i'm playing in and the lack of manuals means that slow cars are less fun
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I'm shopping for a replacement 90s/00s "fast" coupe at the moment and it loving pains me how many 300ZXs, M3s, Boxsters etc there are with autos. The only valid excuse for having a car like that as an auto is if you're missing one or more limbs Adiabatic posted:My main enjoyment comes from spirited but fully legal backroad driving whenever I have the time so yeah its mostly rowing gears and not driving very fast.
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Humphreys posted:Record broken: I feel like heavily documenting your felony-level traffic violations and broadcasting them on the internet is a Bad Plan.
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VINWiki is exactly the car culture that I'm not at all into, and never have been.
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Liquid Communism posted:I feel like heavily documenting your felony-level traffic violations and broadcasting them on the internet is a Bad Plan. https://jalopnik.com/father-and-son-racing-corvettes-in-tunnel-crash-and-pin-1840065724
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In that video they say they used a laser jammer. Is that actually a thing that works? Does it shoot out laser pulses in all directions?
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