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Pham Nuwen posted:The STR anti-technology field strikes again! I'm pretty sure you've gone through something like 5 phones, 2 cars, more computer equipment than I can remember, and at least 5 major appliances? (dishwasher, oven, ice maker, air conditioner, there was more I'm sure) Just since I started noticing the STR anti-tech effect a couple years ago. Meanwhile I've yet to have a major appliance kick the bucket, and all my phones last me 2+ years, and I've never had a hard drive fail... so what I'm saying is we must never meet, lest our pro-tech and anti-tech fields interact and send humanity back to the dark ages. Well uh you see uh... well gently caress. Yeah. Phones I do go through, but aside from my last one, usually just because I want something newer. I bitch about android issues a lot, but generally they're 3rd party ROM issues and not a hardware issue. The last one was purchased used on swappa, and I definitely got burned on it.  But I only paid ~$225 or so for a $400-500 phone that was still a current model until about a month ago. The one I have now was still an open box purchase, but I have zero complaints about it, and it came from Amazon instead of a random dude. I've had the Saturn almost 4 years/90k now, which is the longest I've ever held on to a car (both by years and miles). Usually I wear cars out by then, but most of them have been beaters, and this one was almost in showroom condition when I bought it. Still runs great, though the deferred maintenance list is growing longer.The oven and ice maker are in my parents house. Both are up there in years, and my stepdad always buys ice makers used and gets a few years out of them before they take a poo poo (and refuses to put more money into the oven). Their ice maker is broken yet again, but I haven't lived there since June. The dishwasher in my apartment was hosed from the day I moved in, but it was also 12 or 14 years old (in an apartment built in the early 80s), and the bottom of the line Hotpoint model. And knowing this management company, I'd put money on them salvaging it from a building with fire or tornado damage (they actually replaced my next door neighbor's a/c unit with a unit salvaged from another property that was destroyed by a tornado - it lasted for about a day before it died). Maintenance fixed the a/c today.  I thought the compressor was seized, since it kept tripping the breaker and was making a horrific racket when it tried to start. They said the start cap for the compressor went out. It's been having issues starting for several weeks (lights would flicker/breaker panel would buzz several times before it would finally start), so a bad cap would make sense. That's the 3rd start cap since I moved in though.  But the power here goes out all the loving time, usually just for a second or two, so I can see it chewing through caps pretty quickly with it trying to restart immediately.The Locator posted:From your description it sounds like a bad cap. Pretty common a/c failure and quick and easy to fix. Nailed it. I'm not used to the breaker tripping when a cap goes bad, but this thing is on a 20 amp 2 pole breaker, and it's a 2.5 ton unit. I'm used to acs being on a beefier breaker. Since it's an old Federal Pacific breaker, it's probably tripping around 100+ amps.  Tusen Takk posted:The missus doesn't want me to get a small gun car right now because since we just got a house it doesn't make sense to have to go borrow a trick Well I mean, if I were in a relationship, I'd be upset if my spouse borrowed a trick too.  BloodBag posted:Taco didn't make it. Liver and kidney failure. My son is dead. Rest in peace. You were the best cat I've ever had the pleasure of knowing. I'm sorry.  Losing a pet is always rough.The Dude says hi. 
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Nice legs. I have a response in kind, but I was probated for it before.
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Geirskogul posted:Nice legs. Wait... You learn from probations? That's not the way it's supposed to work... Is it?
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Great, just got a call from the wife, clutch has gone bang. Silver lining, she's right outside the one garage I trust. gently caress. That's a bill I wasn't counting on.
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Cakefool posted:Great, just got a call from the wife, clutch has gone bang. Silver lining, she's right outside the one garage I trust. The new Multipla?
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Yup. Won't even go into gear with the engine off, so we'll see what's give exactly. And no, of course the bare minimum legally required warranty on used cars won't cover clutch as it's a wear item. E: bought it just over a month ago as well. EE: gently caress cars with moving parts, where's my tesla 3 already. Oh yeah, I'm too tight to buy a functioning car, that's where. cakesmith handyman fucked around with this message at 10:31 on Sep 27, 2016 |
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Cakefool posted:Yup. Won't even go into gear with the engine off, so we'll see what's give exactly. And no, of course the bare minimum legally required warranty on used cars won't cover clutch as it's a wear item. Sure that's the clutch? Not a gear linkage or similar? I think you'd still be covered under the new Consumer Rights as a gearbox/clutch failing within 45 days isn't normal wear and tear. https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/consumer/buying-or-repairing-a-car/problems-with-a-used-car/
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Dogchat: you have my sympathy, dude, but take solace in the fact that dogs don't have a concept of this kind of thing. If not in pain, they have no issue from the psychological/emotional effects people get from knowing they're disabled or on the way out. They just get on with it as best they can until they can't. On top of the general maxim that the more people you meet, the more you appreciate dogs. Cakefool posted:Great, just got a call from the wife, clutch has gone bang. Silver lining,
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spog posted:Sure that's the clutch? Not a gear linkage or similar? '07, used car, 1 month worthless warranty already expired. Clutch pedal stays where it's put, gears won't engage even with the engine off. Sounds clutch-ish.
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InitialDave posted:Dogchat: you have my sympathy, dude, but take solace in the fact that dogs don't have a concept of this kind of thing. If not in pain, they have no issue from the psychological/emotional effects people get from knowing they're disabled or on the way out. They just get on with it as best they can until they can't. too true that, he had me mates lab visit earlier and couldn't stop trying to root the poor girl so he's happy as larry atm, looks very proud of himself dirty bastard that he is.
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Cakefool posted:'07, used car, 1 month worthless warranty already expired. spog posted:Sure that's the clutch? Not a gear linkage or similar? Hopefully it's just a pivoty-bit, that could show the same symptoms.
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I'd say dead hydraulics/snapped cable, depending on design, or if you're less lucky, the release bearing has pushed past/behind the actuator/release fork (some are just stamped steel and pretty weak). Personal favourite example was the Frontera. Master cylinder not actuated because the bulkhead where the pedal mounted was cracked and peeling away when pressed... And it was a double-layer panel, so looked absolutely fine from the engine bay side.
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Cakefool posted:'07, used car, 1 month worthless warranty already expired. Consumer rights > warranty - especially with the new act in 2015 http://www.theaa.com/motoring_advice/car-buyers-guide/cbg_legalrights.html quote:Faults, repairs and refunds Call the garage and don't take any poo poo from them. EDIT: we may not have the right to own and arm bears, or to pursue happiness, but we do have the right to cars that don't explode as soon as you take them off the forecourt. spog fucked around with this message at 12:01 on Sep 27, 2016 |
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Jesus Christ. http://www.21alive.com/news/local/AMBER-ALERT-cancelled-children-found-394820791.html quote:ELKHART, Ind. (21Alive) -- The two children abducted from an Allen County home Monday are reported dead. So crazy mom who had her kids taken away grabbed them up yesterday morning, drove across the state and murdered them. The man she had with her is missing but they found a body in a wooded lot to blocks from where she grabbed the kids and they think it might be him. Hug your drat kids and pray for their lifelong safety.
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Rhyno posted:Hug your drat kids and pray for their lifelong safety.
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Rhyno posted:Hug your drat kids and pray for their lifelong safety. I do every day. There is nothing like the worry and anxiety of having a child in this world where literally anything bad could happen to them, but at the same time trying not to shelter them and letting them figure out some poo poo for themselves. It's a delicate balance and it's nerve wracking 
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Hell.. the near panic attacks I have thinking about my kids if something happened to me is bad enough... ugggg Those kids 
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Unless any of you have a psycho for a partner, don't worry. They may borrow your car and scrape it along a supermarket wall, sink it into a muddy festical field, smash it into a kerb at 30mph or park it on top of a tree *, but they will be fine (*not going to admit which of these I have done)
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Man, there's some dark poo poo in this thread right now. Lemme complain about some lighter poo poo. Just got back my first heat transfer exam, and oof. 65%, and that's well above the average. I should be sitting alright once the explicitly promised curve is applied, but drat that's a rough class. Thank gently caress I took everyone in here's advice and dropped Vibrations, my classmate is taking both while also running my same project and working a high-part-time job, and he's losing his goddamn mind.
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Getting caught up from yesterday and drat it turned into a poo poo show last night followed by animal pix that pulled out the nosedive. Now dead kid chat? gently caress, I think that may be lower than even last night. Thanks, I'm off to get some liquid breakfast after that.
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I spent way too long trying to figure out why you had an air freshener shaped like Idaho in your car.  Your dog is adorable. Buy a beater truck so he can stick his head out the window, as that is the right of all dogs.
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meatpimp posted:Beater truck, RS daily. Problem solved. Jesus that review is so incredibly pretentious it hurts. It's amazing what "audiophiles" will convince themselves that they hear after they spend stupid money. InitialDave posted:I'd say dead hydraulics/snapped cable, depending on design, or if you're less lucky, the release bearing has pushed past/behind the actuator/release fork (some are just stamped steel and pretty weak). I once had the anchor point for the clutch cable in my '78 Chevy Monza fatigue and rip through the firewall. I then learned to speed shift to get it somewhere I could fix the damned thing. No welder, so it ended up with a larger chunk of aluminum plate attached to the same spot in the firewall as a mount. Then the rear mount of the left front control arm also fatigued and broke off, and I sold it. Apparently, my Monza had metallurgical issues. Rhyno posted:Jesus Christ. drat. Will be hugging my daughter when I get home this evening.
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InitialDave posted:Now, I like Land Rovers, but I have the benefit of being in the UK, where you can fnd parts cheaply and easily (occasionally literally lying in a hedge), so they make more sense than a Jeep, but in the states that's not necessarily the case. I think you need to get the perspective of Americans whove run/worked on/modified them to make that call. And that's a great point too, thank you for all the info. It would be a weekend toy more than anything since I already have reliable dd's. I have a family of 4 so I was looking towards that direction for space to accommodate people/camping gear/any extras for being out in the middle of nowhere. CommieGIR posted:Funny enough, there is a guy nearby that converts Discos to Diesel with VW/Mercedes motors and even has Disco OEM diesel engines. That ad looks familiar.. Perhaps a little too familiar. Not sure if a scam or he just throws a wide net since it's a seldom sought after thing here in the states? http://losangeles.craigslist.org/sfv/ctd/5784827331.html keykey fucked around with this message at 18:03 on Sep 27, 2016 |
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keykey posted:That ad looks familiar.. Perhaps a little too familiar. Not sure if a scam or he just throws a wide net since it's a seldom sought after thing here in the states? I saw it in person so I doubt its a scam, probably just a common kit.
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BloodBag, condolences. Pets, man... it sure hurts like hell when they go.bend posted:news just came in. it is lymphoma, 1-3 months left or we might get him a year with a treatment we cant afford. I'm going to get drunk and feed him treats Treat him like a king, then euthanize as soon as he's suffering. Remember, animals don't understand "tomorrow", only "right now"... We had to put down our cat (my wife's first real pet) a few years back, and I'm really glad that we did it when we did. I'm the only one with the memories of lying on the floor next to her, crying my eyes out, trying to get her to eat some of the 10 types of food/tuna/steak that I had out. She had injection-site fibrosarcoma. RIP: Kunichi. Obligatory pics of current kittehs:  
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welp. GBS is back. I done did a thing...
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Beverly Cleavage posted:welp. GBS is back. I done did a thing... Name change thread? Me too. We'll see what gets picked for me. EDIT: YES!
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Ugh, my dog is almost 17. Still doing fine and acting happy but I'm not sure how much longer he's got and when he's gone I got nothing.
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 7 year old Dachshund and our new ~11 week old cat. They are getting along, but I will be be happy when the cat gets older and calms down a bit. Finally got my new dishwasher, get everything lined up to install it and the power cord from the old one is ~3" to short. It also runs down through the floor into the basement where its wired into a outlet box. I really don't want to pull a entire new cable run and open up the box, but I don't know how I feel about adding ~6" to the end just to make it reach.
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beep-beep car is go posted:Name change thread? Me too. We'll see what gets picked for me. Rollin' the dice.
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meatpimp posted:Rollin' the dice. what the gently caress no where will i seek out my high quality meats now?
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Enourmo posted:what the gently caress The name may change, but the quality will remain.
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