• Automotive Addicts Lounge V3 - Autozone Aisle 6
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[QUOTE=Scientwist;48519345]The worst parts are: 52 hours a week non-negotiable, no vacation time, no sick leave unless it's hospital worthy. :suicide: + :mindblown:[/QUOTE] must be nonunion slave labor
[QUOTE=Scientwist;48518657]Tomorrow the 23rd. I will be 31. Fuck. :suicide: And broke. And get no gifts, or money or otherwise anything. Wouldn't be so bad, I could just get myself something, but my job has been so slow the last 2 and a half months I'm nearly broke. I get paid as such: 10/hr WHILE working on a vehicle, and what ever tiny amount the boss decides for little things around the shop. I literally worked 2 hours last week, I made a GRAND TOTAL of 20 bux.... but he paid me $100 out of pocket. Someone PLEASE tell me this is [i]colossally wrong[/i] and I need to tell him to go fuck himself in the face because I really need a reason to fucking let this guy have it. -/-stress[/QUOTE] I mean I'm pretty sure that you have to be paid for being there regardless of whether or not there's a car to work on... Like, even if it counted as a commission based environment I'm 99% sure that a company that pays per unit or on sales is legally required to have a base salary/wage to cover in case you don't make minimum. [editline]22nd August 2015[/editline] [QUOTE=butre;48519129]my liver is telling me to buy that AMC Eagle for sale in Florida[/QUOTE] My kidneys are telling me to stop drinking iced tea [editline]22nd August 2015[/editline] [QUOTE=Scientwist;48519345]The worst parts are: 52 hours a week non-negotiable, no vacation time, no sick leave unless it's hospital worthy. :suicide: + :mindblown:[/QUOTE] Definitely illegal. If he's only paying you for the time you spend working on whatever it is you fix but you're there 40+ hours a week it's 100% illegal. You're at your place of employment, regardless of whether or not there's something to do you're "at work" and you need to be paid for every minute that you're there. Especially overtime. How long has this been going on? I'd get a lawyer involved if it's been a long time.
[QUOTE=Saber15;48517044] Always relevant.[/QUOTE] Reminds me how I was talking to a guy about my next car (something simple and a bit sporty looking), and he tried his very best for 20 minutes to convince me that a Miata with a Ls1 swap was the best way to go. "RATIOS"
[QUOTE=dwt110;48519246]Its a manual GS. The only issues are faded paint on the top and hood. It's bone stock. I also see another Integra with 206k miles but otherwise it looks good for $2500. [editline]22nd August 2015[/editline] As much as I'd love something cool or quirky I'll probably end up with a late 90s/early 2000s civic.[/QUOTE] You don't really want a "early 2000s" Civic unless you're getting an EP3 Si. EK 96-00 Civics can be pretty good but most of them lack swaybars, even front swaybars which make them into a numb feeling, unpredictable, understeery bland econobox. EX Civics will always have a vtec motor with shorter gearing and a front swaybar at least which are usually a good buy if you can find one that's nice. Civic Coupes seem to usually be the ones which are shafted on swaybars as some EG 92-95 Civics don't have swaybars at all just like the EK's. Integras are all around nicer cars, more sound deadening, better interior, better motors, better suspension, better brakes, equal length axles as well. However they do get moderately worse city mileage and often highway when they aren't treated well.
Friend is legit afraid of his GSR getting stolen (and for good reason). He threads a chain through the back wheel, around the axle, and locked it with a protected masterlock. He has full coverage on this $1200 vehicle and has the power locks disabled. These vehicles are almost stolen daily in the cities.
[QUOTE=Code3Response;48520869]Friend is legit afraid of his GSR getting stolen (and for good reason). He threads a chain through the back wheel, around the axle, and locked it with a protected masterlock. He has full coverage on this $1200 vehicle and has the power locks disabled. These vehicles are almost stolen daily in the cities.[/QUOTE] Get a decent alarm install with a backup battery and an interior siren, also install a kill switch and relocate your hood cable maybe. [url]http://www.team-integra.net/forum/17-audio-security-electrical/26644-take-90-mins-your-time-protect-da-teg.html[/url] You must live in a really shitty area if he has to go through all that, no GSR is worth $1200 though.
[QUOTE=deathmog;48515704] StarQuest[/QUOTE] [t]http://i.imgur.com/jKq20jE.jpg[/t] You know you want it.
I... would actually drive that.
[QUOTE=Snoberry Tea;48520577]I mean I'm pretty sure that you have to be paid for being there regardless of whether or not there's a car to work on... Like, even if it counted as a commission based environment I'm 99% sure that a company that pays per unit or on sales is legally required to have a base salary/wage to cover in case you don't make minimum. [editline]22nd August 2015[/editline] My kidneys are telling me to stop drinking iced tea [editline]22nd August 2015[/editline] Definitely illegal. If he's only paying you for the time you spend working on whatever it is you fix but you're there 40+ hours a week it's 100% illegal. You're at your place of employment, regardless of whether or not there's something to do you're "at work" and you need to be paid for every minute that you're there. Especially overtime. How long has this been going on? I'd get a lawyer involved if it's been a long time.[/QUOTE] Around 3 months now. My roommate has been telling me it's not legal and because It's technically my first on the books job I'm kinda struggling to deal with all this. I know it's absurd and hard to make sense of, me being 31 only ever having had one real job. It's not like I haven't tried or went out of my way, it's situational and people tend to not like my face and so decide(d) I shouldn't work there. It's explosively embarrassing to admit that I don't understand any of this shit, then I get "well whats so hard about it?" Well fuck, how am i to tell if I don't even know where or what the start is? I gotta do something, If it comes down to it I'll lawyer up with the guy that handled my roommates last case, which worked out pretty decent for her. Regardless I gotta let him know it's not legel to have me hang around the shop and make pennies all the while getting chewed out because he thinks he knows more then I do. Every other mechanic I've met has only shown me "tricks", not any real technique, skill or method to fix anything. All stuff I'd figure out eventually anyway. Now I feel like I'm just complaining, Imma go to sleep and forget my job sucks. [editline]23rd August 2015[/editline] [QUOTE=Lerlth;48520937][t]http://i.imgur.com/jKq20jE.jpg[/t] You know you want it.[/QUOTE] Looks like K.I.T.T had a K.I.D.D [t]http://i.somethingawful.com/forumsystem/emoticons/emot-downsrim.gif[/t]
[QUOTE=slayer3032;48520906]Get a decent alarm install with a backup battery and an interior siren, also install a kill switch and relocate your hood cable maybe. [url]http://www.team-integra.net/forum/17-audio-security-electrical/26644-take-90-mins-your-time-protect-da-teg.html[/url] You must live in a really shitty area if he has to go through all that, no GSR is worth $1200 though.[/QUOTE] Hes already planning on a fuel cutoff switch. Doesnt give a fuck about an alarm. Its not the area in which he lives, its the prowlers that like to swing through.
[QUOTE=slayer3032;48520849]You don't really want a "early 2000s" Civic unless you're getting an EP3 Si. EK 96-00 Civics can be pretty good but most of them lack swaybars, even front swaybars which make them into a numb feeling, unpredictable, understeery bland econobox. EX Civics will always have a vtec motor with shorter gearing and a front swaybar at least which are usually a good buy if you can find one that's nice. Civic Coupes seem to usually be the ones which are shafted on swaybars as some EG 92-95 Civics don't have swaybars at all just like the EK's. Integras are all around nicer cars, more sound deadening, better interior, better motors, better suspension, better brakes, equal length axles as well. However they do get moderately worse city mileage and often highway when they aren't treated well.[/QUOTE] I'd love a prelude/integra/miata, but there literally isn't a single one within a few hours of me and within my price range that is in decent condition or not riced out beyond belief.
[QUOTE=Lerlth;48520937][t]http://i.imgur.com/jKq20jE.jpg[/t] You know you want it.[/QUOTE] AAAAAAA holy shit please stop doing this to me and holy shit 406,000 miles on a CRX [URL]http://scranton.craigslist.org/cto/5124257170.html[/URL] [editline]23rd August 2015[/editline] turns out the guy that sold me my MR2 in Scranton is also selling his subaru since he got a new winter car and my friend genuinely wants to go look at it. Good thing I still have his number. :v: I mean shit if I wasn't looking for a hatch instead of a full legacy wagon, i'd be all over it because it's got the 2.2
[QUOTE=Code3Response;48521060]Hes already planning on a fuel cutoff switch. Doesnt give a fuck about an alarm. Its not the area in which he lives, its the prowlers that like to swing through.[/QUOTE] If people like that are where you live it's still a bad area really. If you can't bother enough to install a half decent alarm then I'd highly suggest layered kill switches. Beyond that moving somewhere else is literally your best bet. [QUOTE=dwt110;48521235]I'd love a prelude/integra/miata, but there literally isn't a single one within a few hours of me and within my price range that is in decent condition or not riced out beyond belief.[/QUOTE] You're gonna have to travel then, good used cars are hard to find. [QUOTE=deathmog;48521444]AAAAAAA holy shit please stop doing this to me and holy shit 406,000 miles on a CRX [URL]http://scranton.craigslist.org/cto/5124257170.html[/URL] [/QUOTE] There's a good few 400-600k mile CRX/Civics's still driving around on the west coast in perfectly acceptable shape. A while back there was a 540k mile CRX HF that got totaled out which was still on it's original 8 valve HF motor and trans if I recall. It had a bullet proof build up of sludgy shit all around the block due to D series motors being leaky shits. Unfortunately the tail lights pushed through to about where the wheels were so that car's journey to the moon and back had ended.
[QUOTE=Sonador;48519180]I want to hit the lottery, buy an M35A2, learn to drive stick, and DD the shit out of it [t]http://i.imgur.com/fzA2Qs4.jpg[/t][/QUOTE] You know. I like you.... I am really considering buying one for fucking giggles. [editline]23rd August 2015[/editline] This is why I don't like miatia's.... [t]https://scontent-dfw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xtp1/v/t1.0-9/s720x720/11947555_957615580967067_4302900653761379906_n.jpg?oh=22233ebdb7206e469b94f7225f63ab1b&oe=5636A5E2[/t] [t]https://scontent-dfw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/p720x720/11923603_957615567633735_5472714273179988383_n.jpg?oh=dda0f42f7cd3e61bb9903586dfb645df&oe=56787787[/t]
[QUOTE=DPKiller;48521655]You know. I like you.... I am really considering buying one for fucking giggles. [/QUOTE] If you lived anywhere near bay area cali I'd consider going halfsies.
Theres someone already here that dds onen of those. He cit off the rear axle and shortened it a little so you can actually drive it around.
[img]http://i.imgur.com/dudLb7Z.jpg[/img] Like this? I'm not a big fan of the bobbed style, personally. The truck is still gonna be huge, the extra length will hardly make a difference. I guess it might be good for off roading, if you can find anywhere with the space for it.
[QUOTE=Grenadiac;48523312][img]http://i.imgur.com/dudLb7Z.jpg[/img] Like this? I'm not a big fan of the bobbed style, personally. The truck is still gonna be huge, the extra length will hardly make a difference. I guess it might be good for off roading, if you can find anywhere with the space for it.[/QUOTE] Yup like that. It also keeps bridge toll down. You pay per axle here.
I bought a thing: [t]http://i.imgur.com/7mVEbSC.jpg[/t] Husqvarna CT130, 16hp 4-stroke briggs & stratton, 6-speed sequential gearbox, etc. Mowing the lawn is gonna be a lot more pleasant from now on.
Put a 350 in it
[QUOTE=Grenadiac;48523590]Put a 350 in it[/QUOTE] Put an Ls1 in the 350
[QUOTE=Gulen;48523518]I bought a thing: Husqvarna CT130, 16hp 4-stroke briggs & stratton, 6-speed sequential gearbox, etc. Mowing the lawn is gonna be a lot more pleasant from now on.[/QUOTE] Your lawnmower is more interesting than my car. A 6-speed sequential? What the forks.
[QUOTE=DPKiller;48521655]You know. I like you.... I am really considering buying one for fucking giggles. [editline]23rd August 2015[/editline] This is why I don't like miatia's.... [t]https://scontent-dfw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xtp1/v/t1.0-9/s720x720/11947555_957615580967067_4302900653761379906_n.jpg?oh=22233ebdb7206e469b94f7225f63ab1b&oe=5636A5E2[/t] [t]https://scontent-dfw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/p720x720/11923603_957615567633735_5472714273179988383_n.jpg?oh=dda0f42f7cd3e61bb9903586dfb645df&oe=56787787[/t][/QUOTE] So you just don't like sports cars in general then? cause I mean any sports car with a light frame isn't going to hold up all too well in an accident. But seriousness, I have an 03 chevy malibu and it's off the road. I want to sell this piece of trash before I move across the country, it's got like 206,000 miles, the gas gauge doesn't work, the right mirror is busted, there's like 5 sensors going off (although I think most of those may be malfunctioning sensors) and some shit going on that's unknown to me in the front left tire, possibly the control arm but idrk. It's also got rust on the side and a busted rear bumper and the gas cap door rusted off :v: What the hell should I do with this thing, cause I really wanna just scrap it, spent about 1,000 on it a year ago. Curious if I could actually sell it or if scrapping is the way to go.
[QUOTE=DPKiller;48521655] [t]https://scontent-dfw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xtp1/v/t1.0-9/s720x720/11947555_957615580967067_4302900653761379906_n.jpg?oh=22233ebdb7206e469b94f7225f63ab1b&oe=5636A5E2[/t] [t]https://scontent-dfw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/p720x720/11923603_957615567633735_5472714273179988383_n.jpg?oh=dda0f42f7cd3e61bb9903586dfb645df&oe=56787787[/t][/QUOTE] Ex. A: Why chassis-stiffening braces, cross-members, and roll-bars should be your first thoughts when modding your miata.
[QUOTE=CoilingTesla;48523884]Your lawnmower is more interesting than my car. A 6-speed sequential? What the forks.[/QUOTE] Haha, it can also do clutchless shifting, and it does wheelies! [editline]23rd August 2015[/editline] I also broke a rental trailer when I went to pick it up. Next project will hopefully be buying a shite camper and building a trailer out of it, I'm starting to realize I really need one.
[QUOTE=Sonador;48519180]I want to hit the lottery, buy an M35A2, learn to drive stick, and DD the shit out of it [t]http://i.imgur.com/fzA2Qs4.jpg[/t][/QUOTE] If hitting the lottery doesn't work out you can always buy a Ural from Belarus for next to nothing. Then you just have to win the lottery to pay for shipping and importing it. I've wasted way too much time on this site :v: [URL]http://bsk.by/catalog/avtomobili/[/URL] Zil-131 for around $800 USD [t]http://bsk.by/upload/iblock/36e/165675.jpg[/t] 2300 USD [t]http://bsk.by/upload/iblock/c73/3.jpg[/t] [t]http://bsk.by/upload/iblock/746/%D0%91%D0%90%D0%97-69501%20%E2%84%960380790.JPG[/t] or for 6000... :v: [t]http://bsk.by/upload/resize_cache/iblock/7ef/392_234_1/IMG_20150609_154237.jpg[/t]
[QUOTE=laserpanda;48525107]If hitting the lottery doesn't work out you can always buy a Ural from Belarus for next to nothing. Then you just have to win the lottery to pay for shipping and importing it. I've wasted way too much time on this site :v: [URL]http://bsk.by/catalog/avtomobili/[/URL] Zil-131 for around $800 USD [t]http://bsk.by/upload/iblock/36e/165675.jpg[/t] 2300 USD [t]http://bsk.by/upload/iblock/c73/3.jpg[/t] or for 6000... :v: [t]http://bsk.by/upload/resize_cache/iblock/7ef/392_234_1/IMG_20150609_154237.jpg[/t][/QUOTE] I'm in love with the second one. The thing is, getting it titled and inspected is going to be a nightmare in Cali...
[QUOTE=Sonador;48525303]I'm in love with the second one. The thing is, getting it titled and inspected is going to be a nightmare in Cali...[/QUOTE] I think they're still exempt if they're made before 1975 in CA, which some are. edit: that one's 1980 Here's a 1975 Zil 131 for $2000 [t]http://bsk.by/upload/iblock/433/DSCF0027.JPG[/t]
So my friend who smashfaced his jeep is trying to decide which new car to buy, bmw 3 series (not the i6 one sadly), or a chevy ss. I did some light research on the ss and its a rebranded holden commodore vf with an ls3 shitting out 415 hp and around the same torque, and is a cousin to the caprice ppv, which my uncle drives as a hyway patrol car and loves. The descision comes down to 1 thing, the commodore gets around 15mpg and makes roadtrips far more expensive, whereas the beemer is just about as fast, looks better, and gets at least twice the mpg. Any opinions?
[QUOTE=slayer3032;48521643]If people like that are where you live it's still a bad area really. If you can't bother enough to install a half decent alarm then I'd highly suggest layered kill switches. Beyond that moving somewhere else is literally your best bet.[/QUOTE] Not my vehicle, not my problem. Car prowlers are not limited to areas. They will go to every neighborhood trying shaved keys and handles. Wealthy or poor.
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