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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:I think a few of you know Kaptain Ballistik is my IRL brother. He just announced his engagement and I couldnt be more pleased. He found the female version of a Unicorn - she puts up with the motorsport AND went to the WRC with the team ... and enjoyed it!
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spog posted:Oh cool, 100 new posts in this thread. There must be something pretty darn interesting happening in the automotive world. Also, Bristol is a place with large areas in need of gentrification. By orbital strike, if possible.
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Jan 8, 2017 00:55
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NitroSpazzz posted:Since this is the general thread this will be only completely off topic. 1/4" plate steel, overkill for engine mounts or pretty standard and good practices? It's overkill for doing things "properly", but once you accept you're not going to do things properly, it's "pretty standard".
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Jan 8, 2017 01:55
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NitroSpazzz posted:1/4" it is then, not like this thing is going to have an easy life. 1/4" plate and some left over roll cage tubing should work pretty well. A lights--on-the-front-panel Series 2A is technically possible in the BL era, though gently caress knows why anyone would admit to it, it does kind of go against the whole "built 2 last" reputation.
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Jan 8, 2017 02:22
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It's most likely to make the engine "metric toolkit only". After all, 99% of the time, the thread is irrelevant to the task of workign on stuff, it's all about whether you've got a tool that fits it. I think it is highly likely your threaded holes will be UNF or UNC.
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Jan 8, 2017 12:45
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cakesmith handyman posted:I can only speak for white goods but brands and stores commission their own version of goods often with unique model numbers, good luck price matching an identical product when it's only sold in Store-X. Quality of components is certainly different depending on the price point being targeted, the brands I used to work for resurrected old designs and tooling for really cheap crappy stuff. They then pushed new cheap crappy materials through it, resulting in whole new swathes of crappy often lift-threatening issues.
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Jan 9, 2017 21:57
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Sounds like he's the kind of problem that gets itself solved one way or the other.
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Jan 11, 2017 02:18
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We're about one step away from the Ankh Morpork logic of "well, any water that's been through that number of kidneys has got to be pretty pure".
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Jan 11, 2017 03:19
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Geoj posted:Hate to say it but in that case he's likely going to skate.
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Jan 12, 2017 00:47
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Enourmo posted:Is it bad that I couldn't sleep last night due to visions of World War 3 beginning?
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Jan 12, 2017 02:08
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Lol, even Rhyno's cat's an rear end in a top hat.
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Jan 12, 2017 21:09
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Yu-Gi-Ho! posted:I don't care what all the lawyers say (you know the ones that say barely open your window, keep asking the cop if you're free to go, etc), I've always tried to be very polite to cops. The side of the road is not the place to cop an attitude with law enforcement (or anyone), and if you disagree with the ticket, the courtroom is where you should sort it out. I never consent to searches (never have, never will, I'm a pretty private person), but beyond that it's yes sir, no sir, I'm sorry sir, where do I sign sir? Thank you sir, be safe out there.\
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Jan 13, 2017 13:39
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Olympic Mathlete posted:It was a single degree C this morning when I cycled to work in the snow. By the time I'd gotten here there was a nice snowdrift on my crotch.  funny Star Wars parody posted:i continue to look forward to the eventual civil uprising against our brutish oppressors gently caress off, America did that once already, you don't get to re-roll until the campaign's over or you're dead. Pham Nuwen posted:I should be an uncle by tonight! I shall strive to be a cool uncle. It's great. All the good, fun poo poo and none of the responsibility.
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Jan 13, 2017 21:13
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funny Star Wars parody posted:i was going to guess newcastle CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:Drunk as gently caress, dumb as gently caress, looking to gently caress. But seriously, you can't tell anything about them from that picture. That's kind of the standard "girls on night out" kind of deal.
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Jan 13, 2017 22:02
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Don't tell me she likes... Hershey's? With that subtle hint of vomit the kids do love so!
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Jan 13, 2017 22:37
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Haha, I was of course referring to FSWP's wife's problematic chocolate preferences.
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Jan 13, 2017 22:49
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Pham Nuwen posted:Something about British people, it's like their eyes light up when they read the word "Hershey's" and they immediately rush to post something about the only food in existence where a British version could possibly be considered superior. Pretty sure we've been over this ground before, though. British food is perfectly good if you go somewhere worth going to eat it.
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Jan 13, 2017 23:06
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BigPaddy posted:See! The wife doesn't believe me it has the after taste of vom.
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Jan 13, 2017 23:14
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The best chocolates I've ever had are actually from a little shop in Birmingham owned and run by a French guy.
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Jan 13, 2017 23:46
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Olympic Mathlete posted:I'm there tomorrow, tell me where it is plz Slung Blade posted:They have British restaurants in Vegas now?
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Jan 14, 2017 01:22
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BigPaddy posted:Guy who parks next to me in the underground garage keeps leaning on the car and making scratches and dents with what I assume is the zip on his coat. Leasing office don't care so I guess I either start putting nails in the tyres or I get it all fixed and have a clear wrap put on that one panel.
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Jan 14, 2017 23:56
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BigPaddy posted:it was just excuses about kids not looking and "it is tight to park down here". gently caress him.
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Jan 15, 2017 00:41
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Pham Nuwen posted:What wood should I buy to go between jackstands and my vehicle? The frame rails under the Datsun are kind of bent and don't sit well on top of the jackstands. Do I want 2x4? 4x4?
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Jan 15, 2017 00:59
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funny Star Wars parody posted:Due to the doxxing would a mod be able to move this thread into the mod forum and we can have a interstitial thread where we don't post personal stuff?
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funny Star Wars parody posted:Kiwifarms is actively doxxing transgender people from our forum after some drama happened centered around shmorky So do they just hate transgender people or something? InitialDave fucked around with this message at 18:20 on Jan 15, 2017 |
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Goober Peas posted:My parents are firmly convinced that if we did things like we did from 1948 - 1963 the world would be a better place. And they're quite salty about everything else.  Pham Nuwen posted:Well, I traded the MG for a Volvo 164. cakesmith handyman posted:That was the brown midget right? I was browsing morris travellers earlier today then got depressed when I realised I can't afford one now and they're only going up. . "Structural wood with no effective preservative applied?" "Sounds good!"
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Jan 16, 2017 01:00
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Pham Nuwen posted:Are there any brake/clutch bleeding tools worth buying for under $50? Yelling instructions to my wife and running around to keep the reservoir topped up is getting old.
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Jan 16, 2017 22:32
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SquirrelGrip posted:just booked tickets to japan, going to spend two weeks at ebisu shredding tires and body panels. anyone been before?
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Jan 17, 2017 00:00
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the spyder posted:Random question of the day: What keeps you motivated? cakesmith handyman posted:I have no problem with any of this but you must promise not to let me try buy a saab off you.
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Man, you wonder how some people stay in business. Seen these piggyback ECUs that I thought might be an interesting option for stuff. Sent an email with a couple of enquiries on what they can do etc and the reply was "It is not a D I Y product. Our official dealers have the hardware and software to install it and map the chip accordingly, on a rolling road." FFS, you could at least try and seem interested in selling me something.
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I'd have no problem with that, really, if they get the results. My irritation is getting such a useless generic answer to my enquiry from what is meant to be the UK distributor. Have replied to their email asking how come their American equivalents will happily sell this stuff, and is there a manual I can get to answer my technical queries. Hopefully that should get across the veiled threat of "there are people who seem happy enough for my business if you're not interested"
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fridge corn posted:lol you'll be replacing air springs instead Though in reality, you'd probably just use one of the coil spring conversion kits, and be right back where you started...
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Seminal Flu posted:Just as we see on a larger scale -- the nerd that wants to lead is often the wrong person for it. Nobody in their right mind would want to "moderate" this group.
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Somewhat Heroic posted:A little more but not the most expensive pair of jeans I have bought Somewhat Heroic posted::iamafag:
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Jan 19, 2017 22:40
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spog posted:I think we're supposed to make racist jokes now. It's hard to tell.
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CharlesM posted:What does this have to do with AI and IOC?
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Enterprise gave me a brand new (360 mile) Fiesta Ecobost as a car hire. I'd been wanting to have a drive of one of these. Steering seems good.
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InitialDave posted:Enterprise gave me a brand new (360 mile) Fiesta Ecobost as a car hire. I'd been wanting to have a drive of one of these. Steering seems good. It fair braps along like nearly 140bhp (they've got that 1.0 turned up a bit!) in a straight tonne of hatchback should, and dynamically the only serious issue I had was the usual problem of modern cars, an electronic throttle that neutralises and then cuts under brake application. Steering is very taut and direct, not necessarily massively talkative, but perfectly decent. It's got a little more reverb to the ride than I'd really like, but not to the point of being harsh, and unlike slapping 17" wheels on a boggo model, there at least feels there's a payoff. The other minor detail was that the highest settign for dipped beams still felt a fraction lower than I'd want for good forward viewing without switching to high beam. At over £16k list, I'm not sure I'd not be able to just cough up the 15% more for an ST, but I think one of these could be interesting as a hottish hatch that'll kill it on BIK bullshit under a company car scheme. Worth seeing how much they deprerciate, too, as I suspect they will drop more than STs. spog posted:What colour is it?  Actually, that thread is why I've got it. We were going to use my mate's car for a journey, and then it got bummed to death by a Transit. Darchangel posted:Jesus. I mean, I'm still going to joke/take the piss, but if you think you're being singled out by that, you've not been paying attention.
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Rhyno posted:I don't need to lawyer up.
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The Door Frame posted:I'm not aiming for it to hit 135whp on stock engines, I'm just aiming to hit that number as cheaply as possible. CommieGIR posted:The best part is that thread where he tries to excuse their doxxing as all in good fun.
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