Automotive Addicts Lounge V2- Why we are all broke:
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[QUOTE=Scientwist;47898460]I'm actually doing the first half of a transmission swap today on a friends 99 Hyundai Eleantra because his trans wont shift to reverse and is throwing the code for "4th gear incorrect ratio".
His girlfriend drives it all the time and she said as soon as it threw the gear code it lost reverse and shuttered really bad. 4th in that car is overdrive, and being the car has over 250k miles on it and narry a trans service I'm not surprised it finally ate shit.
But having that many miles on it with minimal service? That's a pretty good fucking transmission if you ask me.
And when you say Torque, do mean an app or engine torque?[/QUOTE]
I'm at 110,900 miles, it had a transmission service ~40k miles ago. It's not getting another. There's so much metal in the ATF that draining it might ruin any chance of the clutches grabbing anything. Torque Pro app for android and ELM27 OBDII-to-Blutooth adapter.
If I still have this car when the transmission eats shit, I'll do the 5 speed swap.
[QUOTE=Xanadu;47898807][img]http://i.imgur.com/m9L1BE7.jpg[/img]
Should fit your criteria[/QUOTE]
if it were an NA I'd drive the hell out of a soft pink miata
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[img]http://imgkk.com/i/73z7.jpg[/img]
yeah I'm into that
I always see the cars from the Chevron ads when I see Miatas with the lights up.
I totaly want a Honda civic sedan. They look so good
I decided to give my car a ruddy good polishing
[url=http://imgur.com/lgvH0Yc][img]http://i.imgur.com/lgvH0Ycl.jpg[/img][/url]
My neighbor owns a red CR-Z and I know they get alot of hate but, hell, it's close enough to a modern-day CRX and I'd drive one.
Took a photo before I drove 55mph+ over gravel and mud. R.i.p cleanliness
[t]http://i.imgur.com/VdOsY4f.jpg[/t]
Just got home from a great extended weekend with a lot of tiresmoke.
Jacob, the guy on our drift team who drives the S15, he's wanted a big ass spoiler on the car for quite a while, but the team boss - who pays for everything - kept saying no because he thinks he's just going to tear it off because he's always so close to the wall, and he's done it twice before.
Eventually Jacob got him convinced to buy a spoiler for the car on the premise that he wouldn't tear it off. And on the FIRST run this weekend, this happens:
[t]http://i.imgur.com/FpMIgVZ.jpg[/t]
It was absolutely hilarious, so I got back to the pit area with the team boss, and I filmed his confrontation with Jacob and this is a still from that clip. Jacob is the guy peeking out from the trailer, boss is on the right :v:
[t]http://i.imgur.com/ZcgHOAF.jpg[/t]
Post video
[QUOTE=Grenadiac;47900127]Post video[/QUOTE]
Yeah I will when I get it done. I got 130gb of footage to look through to begin with.
[QUOTE=Xanadu;47899929]My neighbor owns a red CR-Z and I know they get alot of hate but, hell, it's close enough to a modern-day CRX and I'd drive one.
Took a photo before I drove 55mph+ over gravel and mud. R.i.p cleanliness
[t]http://i.imgur.com/VdOsY4f.jpg[/t][/QUOTE]
they're a very fun drive even though they're not that quick off of the mark!
would people be interested in a youtube series teaching how to do system driving?
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roadcraft[/url]
Yesterday, my neighbor went out and yelled at me for owning two classic cars. He told me they were noisy, smelly and ugly. He just went on and on and I took it really calm, however he reported me to the city council for owning classic cars. I'm not sure what he's on about.
Then this morning, I woke up to this
[t]http://i.imgur.com/nK0fPbZ.jpg[/t]
What a fucking asshole.
[QUOTE=Jackpody;47900719]Yesterday, my neighbor went out and yelled at me for owning two classic cars. He told me they were noisy, smelly and ugly. He just went on and on and I took it really calm, however he reported me to the city council for owning classic cars. I'm not sure what he's on about.
Then this morning, I woke up to this
[t]http://i.imgur.com/nK0fPbZ.jpg[/t]
What a fucking asshole.[/QUOTE]
I don't know how it works over there but in the US that'd be reasonable cause to take him to small claims court.
[QUOTE=Jackpody;47900719]Yesterday, my neighbor went out and yelled at me for owning two classic cars. He told me they were noisy, smelly and ugly. He just went on and on and I took it really calm, however he reported me to the city council for owning classic cars. I'm not sure what he's on about.
Then this morning, I woke up to this
[t]http://i.imgur.com/nK0fPbZ.jpg[/t]
What a fucking asshole.[/QUOTE]
why the fuck is he mad about you owning a classic car? if it passes everything it needed to you could own a fucking tank and he couldn't do shit about it. The fact that he damaged your merc means you should burn his house down.
Only fair.
[QUOTE=Trekintosh;47900765]I don't know how it works over there but in the US that'd be reasonable cause to take him to small claims court.[/QUOTE]
imo it wouldnt be worth the costs of court
Did he break the emblem or was it mounted to ball joint back then, like it is on more modern Mercs?
[QUOTE=Code3Response;47900853]imo it wouldnt be worth the costs of court[/QUOTE]
So, what you're saying is, he should wire every one of his neighbor's horns to their brake light circuit?
What a douche. You could file verbal harassment and property damage with the "council".
Who the hell actively vandalizes classic cars?
[QUOTE=Trekintosh;47900765]I don't know how it works over there but in the US that'd be reasonable cause to take him to small claims court.[/QUOTE]
I don't have solid proof of him doing it, so it'd be hard to prove it. Going to go over there timorrow with a hidden microphone pressuring him into at least admitting this time's damage on our property that he has caused. He has no balls and hates discussions, should be easy to make him admit it.
Destroy him
[QUOTE=danjee;47900901]Did he break the emblem or was it mounted to ball joint back then, like it is on more modern Mercs?[/QUOTE]
He broke the ball joint. I got it sort of alright but I'll have to order a new mounting point for the star.
Whoops, merge. Anyway, he hates all of our cars but mine in particular. If he touches the blue one, then I'm going to explode.
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[QUOTE=Grenadiac;47900924]Who the hell actively vandalizes classic cars?[/QUOTE]
My neighbor. He thinks they're too old and must be scrapped. Tbh I think he's just jealous, last time we owned a nice caravan, he told us to move it elsewhere as he could see it from his kitchen window and he thought it was ugly. We didn't want to stir shit so we moved it a bit down the road. Woke up to all the tires slashed. He is fucking insane.
Someone suggested I add tiny razers to the star to avoid this again. I am so tempted, but afraid he'd sue me next time he takes it out on my car.
[QUOTE=Jackpody;47900936]He broke the ball joint. I got it sort of alright but I'll have to order a new mounting point for the star.
Whoops, merge. Anyway, he hates all of our cars but mine in particular. If he touches the blue one, then I'm going to explode.
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My neighbor. He thinks they're too old and must be scrapped. Tbh I think he's just jealous, last time we owned a nice caravan, he told us to move it elsewhere as he could see it from his kitchen window and he thought it was ugly. We didn't want to stir shit so we moved it a bit down the road. Woke up to all the tires slashed. He is fucking insane.[/QUOTE]
Dude...
That's grounds for a gunfight in the Ol' Yew Ess of Ay.
[QUOTE=Jackpody;47900936]My neighbor. He thinks they're too old and must be scrapped. Tbh I think he's just jealous, last time we owned a nice caravan, he told us to move it elsewhere as he could see it from his kitchen window and he thought it was ugly. We didn't want to stir shit so we moved it a bit down the road. Woke up to all the tires slashed. He is fucking insane.[/QUOTE]
My friend had a neighbor who refused to stop his kid throwing rocks at his Monte Carlo and he called the police. Even if there's no evidence they will try to do something, cops know fools be crazy.
Seriously I'd be in full scorched earth mode by now.
have you tried calling the police
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or at least leave burning bags of poo on his doorstep
[QUOTE=butre;47901003]have you tried calling the police
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or at least leave burning bags of poo on his doorstep[/QUOTE]
Considering that or police. Anyway, found this little anecdote:
[quote]"I got sick of having stars broken in the '70's and had an electrician friend of mine isolate the star from the body and attach it to a capacitor of the type used in electric cattle fences, worked a treat [sic.], but then I got nervous about kids getting a electric shock and causing dysrythmia of the heart and disconnected it. However I did replace it with razor blade ends superglued onto the rear surfaces of the upper parts of the star circle. Someone tried to pull it off one night and left blood stains all over the bonnet from the two fingers hooked into the star. In revenge they kicked a panel in instead. Just last year I caught two kids making off with my star and apprehended them and got payment from their father for the replacement. I'm somewhat more charitable these days, if the star goes, I just buy another. Guess I've become rather wimpish in my mature years. "
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Oh boy!
So, anyone know what happened to DP?
he made that frightening post and then disappeared, i don't think ive seen him online on steam since then either.
[QUOTE=danjee;47900901]Did he break the emblem or was it mounted to ball joint back then, like it is on more modern Mercs?[/QUOTE]
Even with the ball joint, they're ridiculously easy to break. I know, because I accidentally broke one a couple years back.
He made a frightening post? I must have missed that somewhere.
[QUOTE=DPKiller;47846969]Have fun guys. Stay safe. Don't do skids in the rain with dash mounted e-brake levers. And try to keep Foreso, Clutch 2, Ldesu, serj , valon, slayer, I KILL YOU, Stiveno, conk0r and.... that subaru guy all happy. They are great people.[/QUOTE]
DP's post in question.
I'm not special enough for his farewell? I feel insulted!
But last I had heard from him he was asking about his shotgun rusting over on the firearms thread and mentioned taking it shooting that weekend.
[QUOTE=c0nk3r;47901039]So, anyone know what happened to DP?
he made that frightening post and then disappeared, i don't think ive seen him online on steam since then either.[/QUOTE]
Hes around. I've talked to him multiple times. Just not on FP
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