@WBizarre My race van has a balance shaft delete...because race van. It also has a manual and at some point will have a turbo.

@pip-bip
I will live my best ThunderCat life...

@Nathan-L

Omg 😆

@atfsgeoff I'm new to the club but they are very nice drivers. The strike cap is a must for me, I too often have gone for a hammer when I shouldn't have and a few handles have paid the price.

@pip-bip I wouldn't have to worry about parts availability, I could just go to literally any junkyard in America!

There is one for sale right now actually!
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@i86hotdogs Yeah, but you're not stuck there. You do other things. You talk about other things. You are by definition not "that guy," because you have perspective on it.

@facw that’s a good point… if anything I may add it as a category, but a higher safety score also equates to a higher comfort and prestige score.

@AestheticsInMotion Google translate with your phone camera will give you a rough translation.

@orneryduck GIB MG

@KngT going to be even more expensive here.

@Mazda616 exhaust heat shield?

@chan leave it all standard 🙂

@AkioOhtori redbubble or blipshift.

@AestheticsInMotion just tip that coke down the sink. the thought of that makes me want to be sick

@Sam-Blockhan mmm.......Tarago. you have seen more Lucid than me.

@SilentbutnotreallyDeadly
I didn't see the last bit earlier but ye', I guess everyday is a learning day.

@duurtlang thanks mate, I have made the decision to keep my Sorento for now. The MMT is just too great of a risk and, as others have poited out, it is pointless to get rid of a fully functional car to save money on insurance if im gonna end up spending the extra money on repairs. . A year later, I will hopefuly have more cash to buy a Honda Jazz or something.

@Brickman I believe so.

@EssExTee "Whores? GEORGE! PATRICK GEORGE!"

Truly one of the finest moments in automotive journalism right there.

Hell yeah. Couldn't happen to a nicer duo.

@ash78 I miss the image annotations the most

@Sam-Blockhan just noticed your signature 😂

@facw to be fair fewer moving parts and all that.

But honestly how can a company with that poor a record be like, “yeah we’re a software platform now” and expect it to go well

@ttyymmnn Oldie, but goodie:

thicc bear week 😳🐻

@Cars yes we got it at sticker. They wanted a mark up on a CX30 which we said no too.

@ttyymmnn in theory, yes. In reality it flies like a rock.

@NKato Nice, I had the fintail aligned and adjusted there some years ago.

@rctothefuture it’s always good to be able to laugh, as long as you’re laughing at other people!

@BritsnSwedes-was-MINIGTI I just topped mine off with water this summer, and it's probably fine, but I don't trust the testers and I've never changed it since I got the truck last year so might as well. Antifreeze got expensive apparently!

@A-Former-User Well compared to the hyper cars in NYC with MT plates its not.

@Ad-absurdum-per-aspera
Down here, it's a polite way of describing a person with a high profile social life and either a colourfully eccentric attitude or a questionable source of personal wealth (or a combination of the two)...

@Rider I hate riding on the highway!

@Exage03040

The first digital camera I ever had was a Canon PowerShot that had a tiny LCD screen in the view finder. Which meant that any adjustments I made to the camera were reflected in the view finder. When I made the move to SLR, I had to get used to the fact that the great balance I was seeing with my eye was not at all what the camera sees. And the camera is not able to handle wide differences between light and dark the way the human brain can.

In general, in situations like these, I will meter for sky, knowing that I can get the detail out of the shadows in post. I agree that shots can come out looking over-processed with too much fiddling. In fact, I think the finished photo looks almost like it has some sort of HDR filter put on it. But I don't think the camera could have dealt with the photo. But I don't shoot in Auto, so I'll probably never know.

Imagine if someone in South Tyrol was actually Bri'ish

I'd pick up a TTA Trans Am.

@HammerheadFistpunch Oh, that is very pretty....not a fan of modern Mercs, but I DO love the classic ones a lot....gorgeous cars!

@Shop-Teacher said in Uppu calls for you...:

@KITT222 I can vouch for the quality of these keychains, they are outstanding!

Same! I got one awhile back and it still looks brand new despite being on my daily keys that get the crap beat outta them!

@Alfalfa I'd say 3/4 Cruiser riders in Wisconsin ride without a helmet.
I know sometimes I was one of them.

@HFV lol ... For as bad as the stats are I've never felt unsafe in Milwaukee. The crime is very localized in a few areas. I love Milwaukee, but i will admit it needs some work.

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@farscythe never heard of that happening before, you're just cursed lol

@Old-Busted-Hotness Asking prices for some castings can be wacky, especially from foreign sellers who appear to be making exchange rate errors.

I have 2 or 3 of the earlier version I think, I'll have to review them in time.

I was thinking about this for a time on the road trip I'm presently in the middle of. Two separate truck wrecks in a stretch of I-40 that has had what seems like more than its share. The first was a dry van tractor-trailer in the median with the trailer's last several feet torn apart. Upstream and on the right shoulder was a yard sale of what I assume were the contents. Not at all sure how that happened.

About 20 miles later, a tractor-trailer lay on its side on the right shoulder, completely burned out. I hope the driver escaped. Haven't found anything on the news about it, and if it had been a fatality or severe-injury accident, I probably would've.

Trucks are scary and the way car drivers sometimes behave on them makes it all far, far worse.

Glad you dodged the bullet. Looking hard for the silver lining, but finding one: When there's no time to think, the primordial part of your brain instinctively does useful things...

@CarsOfFortLangley said in Monday Repost: COFL/KOFL Adventures:

deep snow.

Yes. At least two feet deep.

That will stick with him for a while.

@HoustonRunner Makes sense....I got a little bit of Diesel education back around 2008 or 09 when ULSD was coming out at the same time that there was a home heating oil price shock in the northeast.

To be honest, I was a grown adult and had never heard of home heating oil before. When someone explained that a big truck comes to your house and basically fills an underground tank with diesel(ish) oil once or twice a winter, I refused to believe it.

Somehow, people in rural areas with giant propane tanks never gave me any pause. It's all what you're accustomed to...

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@pip-bip one of those I’d happily drive. The other needs to get packed into an egg crate.

@trivet said in Say hello to my little friend:

@siennaman said in Say hello to my little friend:

After using it a few times, I realized it is quite possibly the most dangerous tool I've ever bought.

In other news, I'm in a hospital waiting room

Ummm....cause and effect?

No, basically being at the hospital caused me to finally get around to posting about it. Hospital was completely unrelated.

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@FourMalibus My brother has my telescope in storage at the moment, but I'm trying to talk him into getting it out.

But for now, I took my 6D with the 150-600mm lens and got these shots last night. They aren't great, but I can see 4 of the moons. I even tried to focus manually with the LCD screen magnified and couldn't do it well. And I had trouble getting the exposure just right.

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@i86hotdogs close, but no cigar beer

@orneryduck said in Civic Si - 1000 Mile Thoughts:

I don't mind the wheels, I like the design, but can see why you dislike the black finish, they disappear into the tires and wheel wells. Any option to get them refinished in a proper silver, or even lighter gunmetal like the Mugen wheels from the 8th gen?

Yeah I would definitely go for a refinish if I found a cheap set of stock wheels.

Maybe it is a sound enhancer piped into the interior making it sound worse for you? If present, it may be worth investigating removal of it as that may help.

Hey thanks! It is, a couple of panels have to come off and the module can be unplugged. I'll take care of that the next nice day we get.

@DuckDuckGreyDuck Possibly, I'll have to crawl under there again and see how easy it would be to do it's a lot of rivets in a hard to reach place. Couple of minor issues, 1. The clutch and brake pedal assembly mount to the cross member, I'd have to space them back forward. 2. It would push the trans back inside the cab, which would probably mean I'd need a new shift lever, not a big deal. 3. I'll have to do some more measuring, I'm not %100 convinced if I get it moved back that that extra 2-3" I'll avoid interference with the radiator, it'll be close.

@partypooper2012 said in Bought a vehicle for 50 bucks:

@theturbomrt By that logic, 6.5HP will be just shy of 5KW. Fascinating.

I am now seriously contemplating selling all the electrical bits out of it and plopping gas powered engine on it.

Yeah you'd need a 5kW electric motor to eclipse the 6.5 HP predator
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@ash78

This comment has me crying. Def sounds like a middle schooler 😭

And yes- I will secretly put a spoiler on her car at 3 am.

@ibRAD They work well, especially if the hanger is in good shape. A spray of lube makes removal easier, too. If they're old and crusty they'll tend to end up splitting them apart, but still make for a pretty easy removal.

I can't vouch for the particular tool in the link, as it is just what came up in a quick search. The one in my tool box is of that style, but cost all the money off of the Matco truck from back in my wrench turning days.

They're one of those tools that a pro will always have, and that everyone should if they're doing something where it's called for. Like brake spring pliers specifically for doing drum brakes, once you've experienced them you'll never attempt that job without them again.

@AkioOhtori Looks great! But yes, it takes a lot of time and energy. On my Spider, the issue was that the sides of the car had a very thick layer of old wax build up. When I hit it with the orbital, it would heat up and turn an opaque, milky colored mess. It took a lot of compound, a lot of fresh pads and a lot of elbow grease to get the old wax off. Only then could I polish the actual finish on the car. A lot of work, but usually worth it for how good it looks afterwards.

@WBizarre close. The Alfa was a mito and the last one I wasn't sure about but the consensus seems to be Suzuki swift.

@Old-Busted-Hotness I'll jump on the 3 train. It glows blue when orcs are around.

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