car SUCKS! i STILL HATE car - The May 2018 Chat Thread

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InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007; I Want To Believe.

PUPPY!

iwentdoodie posted:

Really having to try hard right now to not say gently caress it and just go fishing for a couple hours to avoid dealing with anyone.

In laws have been cunts forever, but now they're being somewhat nicer while somehow being even more cunty. God drat I wish my wife would just tell them how she actually feels vs trying her hardest not to offend, because this poo poo is loving ridiculous.

Talk to your wife and ask her how she wants to play it. Are they both bad, or is it a case of one being the prime issue and the other just letting them get on with it?

Reminds me of when my dad used some mesh to patch over the whole squirrels had chewed through the roof flashing. Just got it all neatly buttoned up only to see one of the little bastards staring back out at him from inside the loft.

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# ¿ May 18, 2024 05:23

InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007; I Want To Believe.

Metal Geir Skogul posted:

That's when it becomes time to set up a dry fog bug bomb in the attic. Never hurts and should be done once every other year or so anyway.

Catcher cage then bump it off.

# ¿ Apr 30, 2018 22:46

InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007; I Want To Believe.

Maker Of Shoes posted:

saw a z32-tt on the way to work today....with historic plates.

And then the realisation of your own. Aging. Kicks. In.

Goober Peas posted:

I'm chuckling at the thought of sending my parents a birthday card on my birthday next year that says - "Congrats on having sex 41 years and 9 months ago!"

You realise that any parents who'd find this funny would find it even funnier to point out to you they've been on the job many times since then, including ten minutes ago, just before they phoned you to say thanks for the card? And you know what your mother really likes, son..?

iwentdoodie posted:

In 2 years 1980 will be 40 years ago

No if loving won't. That's like a decade and a half ago.

# ¿ May 1, 2018 18:46

InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007; I Want To Believe.

Seminal Flu posted:

What the gently caress, VW? I just did some work on my brother's '08 GTI. Stupid-simple maintenance stuff like brake rotors are made unnecessarily cumbersome because of splined drive bolts holding the caliper brackets on -- plus, the bolts are put in such a way that there is no way to get any swing at all with a ratchet, since it's in the middle of all the suspension components.

I agree on issues with poo poo access, but those XZN 12 pts are one of the more reliable internal wrenching configurations.

gently caress internal hexes. gently caress them in their stupid chewed-up six-sided rear end holes.

Tomarse posted:

Dammit. Put a load of stuff on eBay last week to help pay for house stuff and make space. It all finished today and much of it sold - making me some decent money...

Until eBay totally cancelled most of the finished auctions due to ‘suspicious bidding activity’ from a user who ‘is not a registered user’ and has zero feedback. Thanks eBay you dicks, you could have just cancelled his bids and left the others on there. I thought I also had all the rules setup to avoid this happening too

They really are bad for this stuff. Also, enjoy being treated like a criminal should anyone want to come and look at something before bidding. You're trying to sell it outside eBay, aren't you? Scum.

# ¿ May 2, 2018 18:41

InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007; I Want To Believe.

Tomarse posted:

To improve my day even more after ebay messed me about I got into my car tonight after 3 hours of train journey and went to move the gearstick and heard a crunch followed by some rattles.

From my preliminary inspection in the dark it looks like the linkage is all made of plastic and I think that the section that does the reverse lock has snapped off. All the gears appear to work but finding 5th is now extra fun as there is no stop before it moves horizontally past 5th and into reverse and you can get reverse without using the detent button.

InitialDave - how good are you on MK4 Panda gear linkages...

Not touched one of those specifically, but if it's a cable shift, it may be one to replace the gearstick assembly as a unit? It depends which bit has actually broken. Worth seeing if it's just part of the gaiter/collar. That should be an easy swap in situ if so. I know the VAG ones I've seen are like that.

# ¿ May 3, 2018 08:38

InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007; I Want To Believe.

QuarkMartial posted:

Just spent three hours driving a Ford Transit van on the first leg of a road trip. I think I'd get one of these instead of a minivan, honestly. The amount of room is nice and the ride is actually halfway decent.

Have you started shouting crude sexual invitations at female pedestrians yet? Is there a two day old tabloid newspaper/porn mag wedged between the dash and the windscreen?

# ¿ May 3, 2018 18:40

InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007; I Want To Believe.

Any UK guys going to Japfest on Sunday?

# ¿ May 4, 2018 19:18

InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007; I Want To Believe.

On the one hand, I'm actually kind of glad that I grew up before the internet was really A Thing, so this stuff was never a factor, and more time spent doing real-world things and actual, ink-on-paper reading was probably "better for me" in a sense. Some of my parents' opinions on what elements of pop culture were a bad influence were flat-out wrong, but broadly, ehhh.

On the other, it's going to be some serious schadenfreude watching people who are my contemporaries in age terms get their asses kicked by primary school kids in a war of attrition over IT admin. :allears:

# ¿ May 4, 2018 19:59

InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007; I Want To Believe.

Enourmo posted:

Well the graduation ceremony was yesterday, better check the online page and make sure I actually passed all my-

Congratulations!

Now forget 80% of it and just reference the relevant standard as required when people ask you to answer questions.

# ¿ May 4, 2018 20:45

InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007; I Want To Believe.

everdave posted:

Also would y’all call out ex wife for stalking work and home trying to see what im doing or just tell lawyer?

Play the long game, and play it straight. That's the main thing.

Enourmo posted:

Also at my graduation ceremony there were a few dozen people who did the Wakanda salute from Black Panther after walking, all black. Pretty cool imo.

There were also some people who dabbed, and Every Single One of them was white as the winter snow.

# ¿ May 5, 2018 00:22

InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007; I Want To Believe.

Olympic Mathlete posted:

I had intended to spend the day welding the rotbox but it seems someone bought a ticket for me

Will likely be rolling down in a friend's S2000 with the roof down like a couple of party boys.

Cool, I'm just nailing the Daihatsu's interior back together to take that, will be with the Kei Cars In The Park lot.

# ¿ May 5, 2018 11:53

InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007; I Want To Believe.

Olympic Mathlete posted:

Change of plan, I get to stay home and weld all day.

Ah well. Still, that's pretty much what I'd be doing if I weren't going to the show. I didn't even know about it until a fellow Daihatsu owner asked if I wanted to come.

Running through other posts:
Metal Geir Skogul: I'm not sure I'm following what you actually did, but if no-ones dead and you haven't cost the business a million or two, it can't be that big a cockup.
Somewhat Heroic: That's... Not good. Hopefully it'll turn out to be something relatively minor.
STR: However it turns out, there's only so much you can do to help people sometimes. But failing everything else:

Rhyno posted:

You should have flushed his drugs and then laid him.

# ¿ May 5, 2018 21:05

InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007; I Want To Believe.

Japfest was ok. I think they charge a bit much for entry, and while there was a good number of cars, a lot seem to be a variation on the theme of "lower too far on stretched tyres, then rev it up while parked and blowing vape clouds out the window".

# ¿ May 6, 2018 18:50

InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007; I Want To Believe.

I can see carpet tiles being good. They won't have much effect on rolling stuff across them, but still offer some insulation/padding, and it's easy to change individual ones as and when you trash them.

# ¿ May 6, 2018 20:16

InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007; I Want To Believe.

freelop posted:

Extra humidity... In England?!

MOIST.

It's actually a bit too hot for me at present. At least I've had the foresight to wear a hat so I don't end up with a ridiculously red head. My neck and arms, however...

Cage posted:

No Im pretty sure donglover thinks shooting people is cool and good.

As always, probably depends on the people.

Shouldn't we be discussing the car choices in the video though?

# ¿ May 7, 2018 13:06

InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007; I Want To Believe.

I've just started watching episode 3 of Westworld, is the band at the start playing Seven Nation Army? Nice.

# ¿ May 7, 2018 19:54

InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007; I Want To Believe.

Olympic Mathlete posted:

Same as last year then!

My friend sent me a video of tiny cars because I love tiny cars and she was walking along narrating excitedly and wandered right past you chatting to someone looking into your engine bay to get to a cutie pie Beat

Haha, no place to hide!

The Beat is owned by an older guy who used to have an AZ1 as well, but he lost it when Z Cars went under. The Mira next to my Cuore is Mark's, the KKITP moderator who organised the group stand.

There was another Suzuki over the other side of the field, as well:

And an extra-low Acty:

Made a point of turning up to the AE86 gathering in the morning:

Which ended exactly as you'd expect:
https://i.imgur.com/WcZGymO.mp4

# ¿ May 7, 2018 21:07

InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007; I Want To Believe.

CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:

Lol, bullshit.

Everyone knows you ride in the pouch.

# ¿ May 8, 2018 07:55

InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007; I Want To Believe.

The complaint about them taking up roadspace is loving stupid. Yes, they're road users. They use road.

Cyclists ignoring red lights are a problem pretty much everywhere. The best guess I have is that it's because there's a big chunk of people who treat being on a bike as being a wheeled pedestrian rather than being a vehicle, or even worse, freely switch between the two the instant it suits them.

Properly buggers things up for other cyclists because that ends up being the image drivers have of them, and for other road users, because people try to "fix" the problem with additional legislation that doesn't address the actual root cause of fuckwits on bikes being fuckwits.

# ¿ May 8, 2018 09:12

InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007; I Want To Believe.

fridge corn posted:

Yeah [annoyingly] cyclists are allowed to take command of an entire lane if need be and are encouraged to ride two abreast as it makes them more difficult to overtake and thus safer for the cyclists but seriously gently caress them anyway

Riding two abreast is actually helpful in many instances, as it shortens the distance needed for the overtake.

Some drivers take the attitude that it forces them into the opposite lane for the overtake, but leaving enough gap as you pass someone generally does that anyway.

"Taking the lane" to block dodgy overtakes at pinch points is a bloody good idea, too.

I get very annoyed with idiots on bikes, but people who dislike cyclists as a general thing are more likely than not crap drivers who don't understand how things are meant to work.

# ¿ May 8, 2018 14:38

InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007; I Want To Believe.

Olympic Mathlete posted:

If a cyclist goes out of their way to ride a red, gently caress 'em, if they get merked then it's their own fault.

Yep. The problem is that no one in a position to influence things like road safety in cities will ever stick their head above the parapet with that one.

# ¿ May 8, 2018 17:47

InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007; I Want To Believe.

KakerMix posted:

Social media is a cancer and I suggest you cut it out asap.

Social media is fine. lovely people are cancer. Cut them out.

# ¿ May 9, 2018 08:57

InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007; I Want To Believe.

Actually, one of my rules is no work, no family.

# ¿ May 9, 2018 16:16

InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007; I Want To Believe.

Facebook wasn't a thing when I was in uni, I came to it later, but it is pretty convenient as a messenger app, which is all I really use it for aside from groups like the AI one.

# ¿ May 9, 2018 18:18

InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007; I Want To Believe.

I think FB allows you to group people, so you can put all the normals (well, normal for you) in one section and the baby-eating bishop of Bath & Wells can sit in his little corner without you actually having to interact with him.

# ¿ May 9, 2018 20:30

InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007; I Want To Believe.

Applebees Appetizer posted:

Why not just text it's the same thing isn't it? Also isn't the messenger app known for screwing up phones?

Messenger's easier and generally works better for me, particularly with pictures and videos etc. Texting is quite a bit clunkier, I find. Yeah, it sometimes seems to bork itself, but not had any significant problems with it.

Basically, it's convenient, works, and I don't care beyond that. I sometimes use WhatsApp, too, but I have no particular attachment to any one app etc.

# ¿ May 9, 2018 21:37

InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007; I Want To Believe.

I've been losing hair since my mid 20s. I don't really understand why people get worked up about it, like going grey, it's just a normal thing.

# ¿ May 10, 2018 23:37

InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007; I Want To Believe.

Applebees Appetizer posted:

Bulliet is best per dollar imo.

Eagle Rare is good.

Johnnie Walker Double Black is great value at Costco if you like smokiness.

# ¿ May 11, 2018 08:22

InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007; I Want To Believe.

STR: "I feel a bit weird to have a girlfriend when I am of the gay."
AI: "Just go with what makes you happy. Also, ask her to peg you."

# ¿ May 11, 2018 14:03

InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007; I Want To Believe.

Olympic Mathlete posted:

I went to Paris alone years ago to see a gig. I'd scored a few tickets so put up that I had spares on the artist's facebook page, met up with a few people and ended up having a really cool night out with strangers which ended up with saving an American lady who'd managed to get herself locked in the subway system somehow...

# ¿ May 12, 2018 20:22

InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007; I Want To Believe.

Tomarse posted:

There�s a poster on the wall here for the Rock en Seine festival saying Justice, Die Antword and Carpenter Brut in that order.

Unfortunately it appears that they are all on different days rather than being on the same days bill, and the rest of the bands don�t look that good

After seeing Chappie, anything that keeps Die Antwoord 400 miles away would definitely be a good thing.

# ¿ May 12, 2018 22:26

InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007; I Want To Believe.

Olympic Mathlete posted:

Is this the point where I say that Ninja got super upset with me commenting that a CGI robot was a better actor than him on instagram to the point where he scrolled back through my photos to find the single shot of me to try and make fun of me?

Sounds about right. TBH, I've met a few celebrities of varying stature over the years, and I've found most of the "cool" ones are those that are happy for you to walk up and treat them as an equal, it's the ones who think they're above everyone else who are knobs.

Now if you don't mind, discussing Die Antwoord has required a palate cleanser, so I'm currently listening to Exit Planet Dust. Again.

# ¿ May 12, 2018 22:56

InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007; I Want To Believe.

"Hey, this guy doesn't have a pulse, what the gently caress did you do?"
"You touched him last! You have to hide the body!"

# ¿ May 13, 2018 00:30

InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007; I Want To Believe.

I just spent over an hour rebuilding my garden shredder, only to find the reason it wasn't working was a duff extension lead fuse.

gently caress's sake.

# ¿ May 13, 2018 17:40

InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007; I Want To Believe.

cakesmith handyman posted:

Did you improve it while you were in there?

Not much to improve! They're simple beasts, basically a flywheel with cutting blades attached to an electric motor.

But made a start on chewing through the monster pile of brambles I've generated from clearign my back garden a bit.

# ¿ May 13, 2018 21:59

InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007; I Want To Believe.

As silly as religious edicts generally are, it's often interesting to see the workarounds and adaptations that come into play.

IIRC McDonald's filet o'fish was the idea of some enterprising bugger with a franchise in a Catholic area.

# ¿ May 14, 2018 13:04

InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007; I Want To Believe.

bolind posted:

Then we found a bottle of parathion Which, for the uninitiated, is a VERY toxic pesticide which has been banned for at least four decades.

That sorts out clearing the no doubt overgrown back garden, then.

Edit: misread it as being a herbicide. Ah well. I'm sure it'll come in handy for something.

InitialDave fucked around with this message at 14:23 on May 14, 2018

# ¿ May 14, 2018 14:21

InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007; I Want To Believe.

freelop posted:

Our house was pretty dirty when we bought it and had came with all the contents the previous person living there (2 owners ago) including 6 month old milk, furniture, a TV and a box of parachute flares which the police didn't appreciate me turning up on their doorstep with.

The best way I can put how I'd react to finding that in a property:

All I found in my house when I bought it was 500 wiper blades in kit form :wtc:

# ¿ May 14, 2018 18:50

InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007; I Want To Believe.

Somewhat Heroic posted:

For two years I lived in Australia and was a full time proselyting missionary just talking to people about it, and anyone that wants to ask questions I am more than willing to answer.

I've met a few Mormons over the years (including a very random encounter walking along the main road through Akita, where it turned out there was a church about 100 yards away), and they've always been thoroughly nice chaps who are up for a chat and have a "yeah, well, you do you, man" attitude to differences in philosophical standing.

Somewhat Heroic posted:

I guess what would a Mormon do for fun in LV? I don't really know because it is not a place I visit regularly. I was there for a work thing (a race) but I don't drink so I would just basically do normal stuff without the drinking, or smoking?

I'd go to the Heart Attack Grill. Stupidly unhealthy burgers and girls in nurse uniforms aren't proscribed, right?

Somewhat Heroic posted:

We are advised against gambling which again is a pretty big thing to do in Vegas. Of course I have slipped a fiver into a machine and pulled the lever before but that was pretty lame to give up money that I worked hard for so I kind of gave up on that.

I can't blame you there. I find it hard to get excited about gambling on random events. I do kind of understand gambling on something you can assess, evaluate, and attempt to predict performance, though.

Somewhat Heroic posted:

Regarding caffeine the real advisory is specifically against teas and coffee (like actual tea, not like an herbal tea). The entire "caffeinated drinks" thing got overblown and really misunderstood by those within the LDS culture and outside. Really it is just a law of health to keep you from creating an addictive behavior. I see people abusing Diet Cokes the way other people abuse hard liquor but they feel they are doing the right thing.

Is green tea ok? I'd consider that a good thing to drink, but it does contain caffeine.

"Hard liquor"? Sheeeeeeit. Everyone needs whisky.

Somewhat Heroic posted:

RE: the underwear thing

One question I will ask is why all the Mormons I've met have looked like D-Fens from Falling Down.

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# ¿ May 18, 2024 05:23

InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007; I Want To Believe.

That is not an attractive vehicle.

# ¿ May 15, 2018 21:31

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