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Raluek posted:Yeah I think this is the most important bit. What made me think of it was my parents. Seems like every time I visit, I'll notice something like "hey, your belt squeals a bit at startup, you should look at the belt and tensioner" and they look at me like I'm crazy because it's not broken yet. When my dad gave me his truck, I had to do a bunch to it. Brakes, an oozing axle seal, bushings, tires, clutch hydraulics, steering rebuild... it's not that it suddenly started having problems as soon as the title had my name on it instead of his, it's just that I noticed them and decided to fix them instead of continuing to drive it like he would have for who knows how long. I honestly look up to you on a profound level. You broke out o your parent's lazy ways and learned to perform preventative maintenance on your vehicles. That's a huge thing to do. People like yourself are responsible for making things better. If you'd been born into North Korea's royal bloodline, maybe it wouldn't be a third-world shithole.
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As a mechanical person I think I suffer from a lot of false positives. Particularly with suspension. Like you're trying to track down a noise and spot some ball joint boots that look old and worn and then suddenly you have a shopping cart with $500+ dollars of suspension parts at your favourite online store.
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May 12, 2015 02:38
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 Am I being dumb or is something funky going on? My first thought was "That's not a Cadillac, that's a Yukon or something." I posted it to FB and a (opinionated, jerk) of a friend is like, "Uh, GM uses the same bodies across different platforms so yeah they're basically the same thing." But I feel like it's more of someone took a Suburban or something and slapped some Cadillac badges on it. It just doesn't look right. Then again, maybe it's a beat to hell Cadillac with some poo poo aftermarket taillights and I'm just a doof 
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May 12, 2015 03:25
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First generation Escalades were a far cry from the gaudy tackmobiles we see today.
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May 12, 2015 03:43
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QuarkMartial posted:
The 99 and 2000 Escalades looked like that - but that one has aftermarket tailights. They looked almost exactly like the GMC Yukon on this first generation. Both have the piece of trim at the bottom of the tailgate just like this one does. The Cadillac badge there is in the wrong place - it's supposed to be smaller, and the word "Escalade" are at the bottom right on a real one.
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May 12, 2015 03:47
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Safety Dance posted:First generation Escalades were a far cry from the gaudy tackmobiles we see today. Oh wow. That's a lot closer looking than I ever imagined.
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May 12, 2015 03:47
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Those taillights look like GMT400 Suburban, which is before the first gen Escalade (GMT800)
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May 12, 2015 03:48
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VAG's maintenance monstrosity has been reborn with 4 more cylinders. Chains are up against the firewall as god intended.   I'm sure you'll be able to pick up a 2016+ A8 with this engine for a steal in 5 years.
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May 12, 2015 03:55
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Fucksakes.
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May 12, 2015 04:14
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Tekne posted:VAG's maintenance monstrosity has been reborn with 4 more cylinders. Chains are up against the firewall as god intended. No they're not, look at the flywheel mount at the bottom of the picture. That said, those chains are still going to give service writers a priapism when one comes in on a flatbed.
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May 12, 2015 04:17
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charliemonster42 posted:No they're not, look at the flywheel mount at the bottom of the picture. Yes they are, look at the shape of the valve cover in the top pic.
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May 12, 2015 04:21
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SNiPER_Magnum posted:Those taillights look like GMT400 Suburban, which is before the first gen Escalade (GMT800) They were identical to the Denali in almost every way.
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May 12, 2015 04:27
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Stock. Could be the one you saw was just tarted a real one up with oogly tail lights and an oversized wreath.
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May 12, 2015 04:32
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Powershift posted:Yes they are, look at the shape of the valve cover in the top pic. I agreed with the previous poster, read your post, scrolled back up, and started laughing out loud.
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May 12, 2015 04:33
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Tekne posted:VAG's maintenance monstrosity has been reborn with 4 more cylinders. Chains are up against the firewall as god intended. A W12? I don't get what the groove looking things in the cam bearing surfaces are for.
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May 12, 2015 04:40
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The grooves on the right are supposedly for deactivation.
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May 12, 2015 04:45
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Joe Mama posted:I annoy the poo poo out of my girlfriend with my "Why the gently caress is the space-saver on the driving axle" tirades. Are these not truck retreads? fakeaccount posted:I honestly look up to you on a profound level. You broke out o your parent's lazy ways and learned to perform preventative maintenance on your vehicles. That's a huge thing to do. People like yourself are responsible for making things better. If you'd been born into North Korea's royal bloodline, maybe it wouldn't be a third-world shithole. I think this is just due to being a car guy with mechanical intuition, and my dad is really not. He's more of an "A->B driving appliance" and "ignore stuff until it breaks" kind of person, and I'm the opposite. 
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May 12, 2015 04:52
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My next car is gonna be a loving Honda.
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May 12, 2015 05:23
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spog posted:As I waited at a roundabout, a large black Range Rover with added bling pulled up alongside me.
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May 12, 2015 05:57
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Raluek posted:Are these not truck retreads? I watched someone in a Jetta get the full force of a retread blowing out while they were mere feet from it the other day. I have no idea what kind of damage it did but they pulled over immediately dragging a pile of tire pieces with them. If for no other reason than this, don't tailgate trucks.
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May 12, 2015 06:04
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No. 6 posted:My next car is gonna be a loving Honda. Your next car should always be a honda, toyota, mazda or nissan. All other brands are garbage, and nissan is pushing the boundaries and might get booted out of the club if they aren't careful.
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May 12, 2015 07:39
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nmfree posted:Too bad he didn't go the extra 11MPH so you could see some serious poo poo. Iunno, diff failures aren't as exciting to see as they are to hear.
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May 12, 2015 11:24
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Slavvy posted:Your next car should always be a honda, toyota, mazda or nissan. All other brands are garbage, and nissan is pushing the boundaries and might get booted out of the club if they aren't careful. Honda can't make a transmission, Toyotas are impossible to work on and full of internet car forum social stigma, Mazdas rust, and I don't know, has Nissan done anything since 2003? Speaking of Nissans and donuts, I saw an Altima last weekend with one on the front right weaving through traffic. I was doing 80 and they passed me like it was nothing.
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May 12, 2015 11:52
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FogHelmut posted:Honda can't make a automatic transmission Their manuals are fine, and only certain auto boxes stuck.
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May 12, 2015 13:05
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Tekne posted:The grooves on the right are supposedly for deactivation. It's Audi's variable valve lift system. 
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May 12, 2015 14:05
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Slavvy posted:Your next car should always be a honda, toyota, mazda or nissan. All other brands are garbage, and nissan is pushing the boundaries and might get booted out of the club if they aren't careful. Nissan already pushed right through into American car territory with the 2.5L and the magic exploding 5 speed autos
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May 12, 2015 14:21
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Throatwarbler posted:It's Audi's variable valve lift system. That looks just great. Imagine when one individual actuator fails - one cylinder running on one cam profile, and others not. Just imagine troubleshooting THAT.
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May 12, 2015 15:21
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Sitting at a stoplight this morning I look over to the left and think I see smoke. Keep watching, yep, smoke. Smoke shouldn't be coming out of the hood on a Toyota van, right?
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May 12, 2015 15:38
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Depends.. was the smoke from grilling burgers? Because I'd be down for that.
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May 12, 2015 15:44
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SNiPER_Magnum posted:Those taillights look like GMT400 Suburban, which is before the first gen Escalade (GMT800) The first Escalade was at the very tail end of the GMT400 platform. Honestly not sure why they even bothered. I wish I had a cameraphone ~13 years ago; at the job I had at the time, we had a regular customer who drove what was clearly an early GMT400 Suburban that they were trying to convert into an Escalade. In the year I worked there I never saw it progress beyond "primer and exposed bondo". Also, post more pictures dammit. 
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veedubfreak posted:Sitting at a stoplight this morning I look over to the left and think I see smoke. Keep watching, yep, smoke. Smoke shouldn't be coming out of the hood on a Toyota van, right? This reminded me of something that happened last week: Dring home from work I smell something straight up awful like burning tar, since they are doing construction near work, I though maybe it was that. It got worse and worse as I drove, I looked ahead for the normal looking shitbox that had been turned into an oilburner due to neglect. Nope.. A decent looking 5 year old Lincoln suv in front of me is slightly emitting a bit of smoke from the engine bay. I dind't follow for much longer but really wanted to see when it was going to catch full on fire. I can't imagine what it smelled like in the cabin considering I was behind it with my windows up.
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May 12, 2015 17:01
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I once drove over a freshly tarred road on my bike and got that poo poo caked on everywhere. It smoked and smelled from getting heated up by the engine for a long time.
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May 12, 2015 17:10
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I saw a guy in a 00's Cadillac CTS with like a 1 inch tree in his trunk yesterday. He had his hazards on and kept pulling over to the side of the road to let people pass him because he was going like 20 mph. Part of the tree was dragging on the ground (and bouncing up and down, grinding the tree even more into the road.)
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May 12, 2015 17:40
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Didnt vw decide to integrate a turbocharger into the head of one of their new 4-cyl engines also recently?
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May 12, 2015 18:16
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0toShifty posted:That looks just great. Imagine when one individual actuator fails - one cylinder running on one cam profile, and others not. Just imagine troubleshooting THAT. ...so, the same as any Honda VTEC engine? Audi at least had a good reason to put the timing drive in the back of the engine, and the problems associated with those engines were to do with defective timing chain guides in the first few model years. They changed the defective parts with stronger ones on later models and the problem was solved, and the layout is still used. The placement of the timing chain really isn't a big deal, VAG is hardly the only company that does it, V6 Mustangs and Explorers also have timing chains on the firewall side, and.....uh...I don't know where I was going with this
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May 12, 2015 18:24
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Throatwarbler posted:I don't know where I was going with this You were about to prove that VW's are the most reliable cars on the road.
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May 12, 2015 18:31
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track day bro! posted:Didnt vw decide to integrate a turbocharger into the head of one of their new 4-cyl engines also recently? Just the exhaust manifold I think. Also it might be a new ford engine that's like that. I could see the sliding cam thing getting stuck and breaking off the actuator.
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May 12, 2015 19:04
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jamal posted:Just the exhaust manifold I think. Also it might be a new ford engine that's like that. BMW is putting the turbo in the exhaust manifold on the new b series engines coming out this year for the LCI refresh. Lots of positive talk about lag reduction. I'm just going to hope the turbos keep getting and 8 year warranty.
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Alarbus posted:BMW is putting the turbo in the exhaust manifold on the new b series engines coming out this year for the LCI refresh. Lots of positive talk about lag reduction. I'm just going to hope the turbos keep getting and 8 year warranty. This isn't new, a lot of manufacturers integrate the hot side into the manifold now.
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Three months old, I installed this tire myself back in Feb. Sorry dude, I'm not giving you any more "road hazard" claims on your tires. I told you you needed an alignment last time you were here. I SHOULD USE TIMG TAGS  (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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