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meatpimp posted:Guys. Guys... Hey guys... I don't know how long this has been in place, but Amazon has free global express shipping from other countries, including Germany. Another test day at the local kart in-progress track. Locost was great then I threw on the slicks and it was even better. Sadly I forgot the slicks lower it by over an inch and took out the oil pan loading it back on the trailer 
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Rhyno posted:I hadn't thought to check! Looks like a big nope on that. Avoid the 5.4 3v. Cheap for a reason. I almost picked up an 06 lariat crew 4x4 for $1500 but after looking at the cost of replacing the engine and the fact its 24 hours book time I decided against it. They have lots of problems with oil sludge and cam phasers.
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As follow up to last month's mystery post of "what's in my engine?" The curly bent up pieces were definitely the valve stem. Post mortem: Valve spring is broken, valve broken off at the third retaining groove, nice clean break. One or the other broke after a full throttle pull to redline and failed the other and then the whole deal. But the car is now fixed and runs good.
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I wish it would snow in my state so I could do some donuts  Also I'm in Atlanta and the superbowl is happening tomorrow. I honestly have a feeling like something bad is gonna happen at the superbowl (in general in the city tomorrow) so I'm gonna work from home. I know that a few of you guys live down here and just wanted to point your attention to this. https://www.foxnews.com/sports/atlanta-wastes-23m-on-pedestrian-bridge-for-super-bowl-that-will-be-closed-for-fans-on-sunday-amid-security-risks (fox news I know I know but this is not a political post they just closed this super expensive walkway the city paid 10 million to rush progress on) It's very embarrassing is all I'm saying.
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meatpimp posted:Guys. Guys... Hey guys... I don't know how long this has been in place, but Amazon has free global express shipping from other countries, including Germany. https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B002L6HJAA/ref=psdc_2039472051_t1_B0759KDDSP Yessssssss
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 Considering AI is a veritable hub of culture, we have a few threads visiting from GiP and BYOB. Please make them feel welcome! Marine Thread BYOB Road Trip
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Rhyno posted:Speaking of Rhyno drama, Glad I was wrong about my weird theory that unreasonably snooping all over people's poo poo (even if you're a kidhaver and think you own your driving-age children) definitely makes them want to share more with you.
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pr0craztinazn posted:I can't imagine how much harder the Bathurst 12 hour is this year due to the heat sweeping Australia. At least it's been a fun watch so far. They're only 8 laps off the record distance with over an hour left, too. It's too hot to gently caress up. Also, those bentley rears look super mustangish with the paint on the back.
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pr0craztinazn posted:I can't imagine how much harder the Bathurst 12 hour is this year due to the heat sweeping Australia. At least it's been a fun watch so far. It's actually average temps at Bathurst right now. 32-33C really inst too bad.
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Saturd #2 (aka Negative Ions) is finally getting transferred to my name. Well, once it can pass a state inspection. It throws a random CEL over MAP performance (it's been through 3 MAPs, 1 MAF, a throttle body, and an entire intake tube thing so far), but all of the MAPs have been junkyard. The MAF was "brand new OEM" from Rockauto (but looks very used). But it still throws the same code just as often. So I need to track down a vacuum leak. At this point I'm probably just going to R&R everything from the front of the car to the intake ports, because this poo poo is getting old. What finally caused the "finally getting transferred" poo poo? If it's not in "my name or a spouse's name", according to Turbotax, I lose out on a $17,000 tax deduction, which has me REALLY loving SALTY. Also, GF turned pretty pale when I told her "so you do remember I use this car for commercial work, and if I get in an accident, you'll be the first to get sued, right? Even though I carry commercial insurance? Since you're the registered owner?". The original plan was she'd keep it in her name until I finished paying her, instead of her just getting listed as a lienholder. FWIW, we switched to using my own router (a very nice TP-Link 2.4/5GHz router) vs the Spectrum-supplied router (they gave us a separate modem and router instead of the typical ISP-supplied modem/router combo), and I've had the Spectrum router sitting next to the front door for 5 months. She won't get off her rear end and return it. I finally got the account number out of her a few hours ago, so I can finally return the loving thing at a customer service center. Hopefully. Humphreys posted:So doggo is going to a good night.  He's already chasing all of the tennis balls, all day, every day. You did the right thing. I wish I'd made the same decision a lot sooner with my last cat. We kept him kicking for nearly 3 months longer than he should have been, and he was loving miserable.  rdb posted:Avoid the 5.4 3v. Cheap for a reason. I almost picked up an 06 lariat crew 4x4 for $1500 but after looking at the cost of replacing the engine and the fact its 24 hours book time I decided against it. They have lots of problems with oil sludge and cam phasers. Stepdad has an 01 with the 5.4, I assume a 3V? Not sure if it has cam phasers, but it's already been through 3 or 4 transmissions (before 140k - the original made it to about 130k, the rest have all been an every few months things, since AAMCO), plus the usual intake manifold issue. When he asked me to help him with spark plugs with it I laughed in his face (mostly because the last time I asked him for help - to push my car when a CV joint broke backing out of the driveway, just wanted to get it out of the alley, he cussed me out and went back inside). I didn't want to get blamed if a plug broke off. meatpimp posted:How in the gently caress do you find these people? I had the keys to my neighbor's house and new people moved in. I went over there with the key... and gave it loving back, because it was their house now and they never gave me a key! Isn't it kind of assumed that you're gonna rekey the whole place after moving in?  Even if you don't, locks are cheap unless you go with something like Medeco.Rhyno posted:I just assume everyone is on meth in this town. She's a "hip"old lady, she has the Facebooks! And she spends a lot of time posting on the association page complaining about people's trash cans and the squirrel population. Oh, you found my stepmom's father. The loving president of the HOA... that my dad and stepmom live in (they literally built a house across the street after my dad and stepmom bought a house - the original developer went bankrupt after building 5 or 6 houses in the early 80s, someone else finally finished the street in the 00s). The one who stomped up to my dad's door when I was visiting and asked if dad wanted "that piece of poo poo Saturn in front of your house towed" a few hours after I showed up for a week-long visit (the HOA rules don't mention anything about street parking, and there's no signage preventing street parking). Me: FIRST OF ALL <stepmom's father's name>, that Saturn is 3 years newer than the beat to poo poo Lexus you're driving, and doesn't have a single dent or scratch on it (despite having more miles)... while your RX300 is beat to poo poo from ramming the garage door, neighbor's cars, the HOA gate, your wife's car, etc constantly." He brought this up in front of me. "<stepmom's father's name>, that's my piece of poo poo Saturn, which happens to be several years newer than that RX300 you're driving... and I can't help but notice that 2 of the 4 doors on your Lexus are caved in, the bumper is held on by duct tape, and one of the fenders is bashed in." "Oh, no, uh. No. no. Not .... not.. not THAT Saturn, I meant another one down the street! And that's not my Lexus.. I don't know who that belongs to. I'll get it towed, it looks like a broken down piece of poo poo" Me: "... the entire loving street has 14 houses, and only 6 were built before 2000. There's only one Saturn. It's the only economy car parked outside of a garage in the entire HOA (2 streets).  If you have a problem with my car, just tell me right now, and I'll find somewhere to park it outside of the HOA, and I'll send you a bill for the taxis and parking fees. There's nothing in the HOA rules stating I cannot park my car - newer than your beat to poo poo Lexus - out here.  . And I saw that Lexus in your driveway an hour ago."Dad: <laughing so hard he's almost puking, because he knows my stepmom would beat the poo poo out of him if he mouthed off to her dad like that, also knowing I have no filter when it comes to assholes, and I'd also familiarized myself with the HOA rulebook before visiting exactly for this moment> <stepmom's 90+ year old father>: <rage face, bright purple, gritting his teeth, but trying to appear nice> Hey STR, why don't we go out to lunch tomorrow? I'm buying! Me: SURE! I'm always up for a free lunch. So we did lunch. It was a great lunch, I had a margarita and one of the most expensive plates. And he tipped $1 on a $50 ticket. I'm really glad I took cash with me that day (very rare for me, I never carry cash); the best part is a distant family member of his (nephew, I think?) owns the restaurant (and has for over 40 years). When I mentioned the tip to my dad, he just sighed and told me "yeah... always take a bunch of singles and 5s with you if you eat with him, at least $20-30, he never tips over $1. Anywhere." He also didn't break ~25 mph on a 55 mph road the entire way home, and kept kissing curbs. It takes a lot to get me white knuckled in a car. He managed it.When I was out there for Thanksgiving last year (the previous stories happened 4 or 5 years ago during my last visit), he walked up and introduced himself to me as if he'd never met me. He's known me for over 20 years. I guess the long hair threw him off, since he's never seen me with long hair? gently caress if I know. I walked up to him and said "Hey <name>, good to see you, long time no see!", and he shook my hand and said "Hi, I'm <name>, nice to meet you!".tl;dr gently caress HOAs, but it's really fun when a (only by marriage) family member is the president and you get to gently caress with him on levels that anyone living in the HOA can't. Pretty sure he's got a slight case of the dementia now (kinda expected at mid-90s), so I won't gently caress with him maliciously at this point (it runs in both sides of my family, I've experienced it first hand with grandparents), but he was a massive rear end in a top hat about my car last time I drove down there.. simply because it wasn't the typical Lexus/Mercedes/Cadillac/BMW you normally see in their neighborhood (for that matter, it was newer than at least half of the cars in the HOA). Dad was driving a brand new Lexus, stepmom driving a newish Lexus SUV. Now dad drives a brand new higher end Camry (he can't justify the extra expense for a Lexus when a loaded Camry is a drat nice car today, Toyota gave him better financing than what Lexus would offer, and the 4 cylinder has more power than what his ES300 years ago had; this is the cheapest car I've ever seen him in), stepmom drives a ~15 year old Escalade.  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I'm gonna run for the board and have speed bumps installed on our street.
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Rhyno posted:I'm gonna run for the board and have speed bumps installed on our street. And so it begins.
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Elmnt80 posted:Mazda 3. Reportedly the next generation has an AWD option. Don't know if it can still have a stick with that, though. Get me a MS3 in AWD and I might stray from Subaru.
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So my big boy cat came limping up to me tonight. He’s not putting weight on his RH front paw, but he’ll let me squeeze it and his leg without protest. Tho put ANY pressure on the tendon that goes down to his elbow and he’ll let you know it’s tender. Gotta wait it out and see how he’s doing in the morning before deciding on whether to go to the vets or not. Last leg related trip to the vets with this cat was $1500 in bills and 8 weeks of a cat crying it’s lungs out in a cage while a broken leg healed. Hopefully it’s not that again
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Rhyno posted:Mazda6 wagon. He said he wanted good on gas. The 6 wagon is not that. Elmnt80 fucked around with this message at 15:24 on Feb 3, 2019 |
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Rhyno posted:I'm gonna run for the board and have speed bumps installed on our street. gently caress speed bumps.
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Elmnt80 posted:He said he wanted good on gas. The 6 wagon is not that. Missed that bit. I've been trying to convince myself a 6 wagon would he a better option over a small truck or a Cherokee.
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STR posted:If you do this and it's a really hilly road, you're a loving dick. The best part about speed bumps on a ramp is when it gets icy and you can watch people skate right over them backwards and get some air.
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angryrobots posted:gently caress speed bumps. This. I live in a residential non-HOA neighborhood and some dickwad that was previously an HOA something or other moved in a few blocks away. Anyway, dude decided his street needed a couple speed bumps, because of course they were the people that put children playing signs on city streets, and took it upon himself to install them without asking anybody/consulting local enforcement. Needless to say people banded together... and not in the way that guy was hoping for. Also, stupid kids at play signs were never put up again. I suppose that’s what happens when millennials move into a neighborhood comprised of +75% elderly. That and you can get away with having parties that go late into the evening because everybody around you has terrible hearing. Side note, my elderly neighbor that recently passed away was the poo poo. She used to invite us to happy hour with her friends after work and such. Man, she was cool.
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Rhyno posted:I'm gonna run for the board and have speed bumps installed on our street. Im going to come over and do donuts on your driveway at 3am with Kranky and burn your backyard down
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Rhyno posted:Hey as soon as this motherfucker stops blasting through the neighborhood at 50mph in a 30 I will quit wanting bumps. Then call the cops and get them to speed trap the road. GG, only ginormous assholes want speedbumps
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Rhyno posted:Hey as soon as this motherfucker stops blasting through the neighborhood at 50mph in a 30 I will quit wanting bumps. Speed activated spike strips.
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:Then call the cops and get them to speed trap the road. I thought you said you were against speedbumps
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:Then call the cops and get them to speed trap the road. As someone in a similar situation (except instead of one guy doing 50 in a 30 it's easily 80% of the driving public doing 55+ in a 25, on a road that probably sees a few hundred cars pass daily) this only works if the local police department has manpower to spare every time someone calls to complain about speeders. My city doesn't have manpower to spare to do regular speed enforcement on the interstates that pass through it, so any attempt to complain results in "thanks, we'll pass it along" with nothing ever being done.
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