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8ender posted:My bad. What is the worthless parts equivalent for the Japanese car world? Valucraft.
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Today I booked a couple motels for my road trip around the Adirondack mountains in a few weeks. I have nothing specific to do, just wanted a nice scenic area to drive around in for a few days. Yes I waited until gas was $3.80 a gallon and I was driving a V8 to go on a road trip.
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bandman posted:Anything decent that they produce is a result of the blind squirrel -> nut principle. A broken clock is right twice a day, but a sundial can be used to stab people even when it's dark. 8ender posted:My bad. What is the worthless parts equivalent for the Japanese car world? OEM  (don't kill me, I'm mostly making fun of the Subaru non-STI head gaskets here.) I've spent most of the day putting our new-to-us dyno together at work, since we got the rest of the parts in today. Except this time they gave us extra things from someone else's dyno and some other equipment as well, so we'll get a call asking for those back soon I bet!
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8ender posted:My bad. What is the worthless parts equivalent for the Japanese car world? Anchor gently caress I have gone through so many Anchor engine mounts in my Celica it isn't funny. e; although sometimes even they get it right. The Subaru engine mounts I got from them looked better than the OEM ones, and have held up very well so far. Their transmission mount was hilariously loving bad though, all the bolt holes were 1/4" out of spec, and the brand new OEM one was softer than the 15 year old used part.  That's why I have a Group N trans mount.
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Jun 30, 2014 22:05
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Jesus loving christ gently caress Anchor straight to hell with an exploding razor dick on fire. I have been dumb enough to buy two sets of their mounts (one because they were cheap, two because my friends told me they had good luck with them 3 years later so I figured I should give it another shot) and they are loving awful. The first set I never even installed, they were softer than the worn out ones like TR said and the rubber was already peeling off the metal shell. Oh, and the rubber was so gummy and screwed up right from the factory that they left nasty sludgy black marks on the insides of the shipping boxes. The second set I installed because the factory ones were literally broken in half, it was 3AM and I had to have the drat thing out of the shop in *three hours*, I hadn't slept, and it was all I had. I had to actually stack washers between the ends of the inner sleeve and the engine block bracket (the one shaped like a fork that the through-bolt goes through) were literally about 0.2" apart even with the bolt fully torqued. loving assholes, do you even know what a digital caliper is or did you measure the original with a defective harbor freight yardstick?
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Audi v8q talk time. I drove it to work and noticed it accelerates weird. It sorta surges up 300-400 rpm at a time. The oscillations are at about 2 per second. Some times it more pronounced than others. Given that my wife indicated to me that it puffs black smoke randomly and there is sooty residue all around the exhaust pipe, I'm guessing the surging is cause by some sort of fueling condition. Thoughts?
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Jun 30, 2014 23:14
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its a german v8. give it blood. pure blood, not that tainted half-rear end dollar store poo poo. lovely parts for rovers:  which was lovingly massaged into this: 
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Jun 30, 2014 23:20
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Sounds like it's running rich. A small dry shot of nitrous should even out the extra fuel.
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Jun 30, 2014 23:21
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I'd set it on fire and cut your losses now
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Jun 30, 2014 23:27
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leica posted:I'd set it on fire and cut your losses now Don't worry, it'll probably self-immolate any time now. Kidding! Or maybe not! Yay 25+ year-old German luxury cars! 
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Jul 1, 2014 00:00
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Tear that goddamn 'puter poo poo offa there 'n slap a Holley on it. 
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cursedshitbox posted:its a german v8. give it blood. pure blood, not that tainted half-rear end dollar store poo poo. Thanks once again to STR: 
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Motronic posted:Thanks once again to STR: Sooo...I just bought this on cafepress. I don't even own a British car. 30% off sale until midnight! code: patriotic (it's at the top of the freakin' webpage)
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I sort of did a thing today. I put down a deposit on a 2014 Subaru Outback.
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Did you know there's a new one coming out in the fall, or is that part of your plan?
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CharlesM posted:Did you know there's a new one coming out in the fall, or is that part of your plan? The new ones are out already. I got a manual and they discontinued that in the 2015s.
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Motronic posted:Thanks once again to STR: I can't believe you STILL have that on there. That was really the joke of the joke of the gift trouser chili posted:I've had a rotisserie attachment sitting in my basement for a decade now. Never use it. I should though, for I have learned how to make gyro meat. I've had a rotisserie attachment for ages as well (10+ years on a very, very nice natural gas DCS grill in its own island, with a 2 burner side range). The only thing I've ever used it for is the built-in halogen light (since there's no lighting directly over the grill) - it's been long enough since it's been used that the motor is seized, and the thermocouple for the rotisserie burner is long dead. The only way to keep the rotisserie burner going is with duct tape over the valve and gently caress ripping the whole thing apart to replace the thermocouple.All 3 igniters are also dead, and apparently special snowflakes - I haven't found an off-the-shelf one that will work with either the grill, rotisserie burner, or the side range (all because of size issues). I lose a bit of arm hair lighting it every weekend 
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Jul 1, 2014 05:10
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I ended up getting a new grill (its the house brand, but feels sturdy enough) and a rotisserie motor for 160 out the door. 3 burners and a side burner... Need to hit the grocery store tomorrow!
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I'm employed again!  I'm back to doing Internet sales. I've also got my dog back and the keys to my new apartment so things are looking up for me, but it's never too early to start a betting pool on my next breakdown! mariooncrack posted:I sort of did a thing today. I like that generation of Outbacks and I would buy one as a mom-wagon if I ever met a dude dumb enough to knock me up. You made a fine decision.
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E: thanks radium, you really broke the forums
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Jul 1, 2014 05:31
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Show up for work, no partner, so I've been sitting for six hours watching Top Gear. Six more hours to go.
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Apparently they're calling it FREEDOM FRIDAY and that's loving dope.
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mariooncrack posted:The new ones are out already. I got a manual and they discontinued that in the 2015s.  Yeah I noticed there's no manual. On the new Forester there is a manual available but only on the base model and it's mileage rating is worse than the auto (or CVT I forgot). I guess they decided not to even bother with this one.
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Iowa City got 4-5" of rain yesterday. My wife hit a puddle that was a great deal deeper than she expected. This is what it did to my poor Maxima's air filter: The bottom of the airbox was FILLED with water..probably 3-4 quarts. Some obviously made it past the air filter. Of course my project last night was changing the oil/filter (for the 2nd time in 500 miles now), pulling plugs, and tearing apart the 6-7 piece intake system. Good poo poo.
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CharlesM posted:Ah I didn't realize they were here already. I just wanted to make sure you aren't paying too much for the outgoing model Ah, thanks for looking out for me, sorry if I sounded a little hostile. I was between a fairly loaded impreza and this base outback but the outback was going to have cheaper payments and cheaper to insure. I've always wanted a station wagon so I went with that. More car for the same amount of money. 
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I want to kick every Hollywood sound guy in the face who doesn't know how to properly normalize an audio track. Fucksakes a comedy flick should not have me constantly fumbling with the volume button just so I can hear all the dialogue without waking up my neighbours and setting off car alarms on the next scene. It was Get Him to the Greek btw
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Jul 1, 2014 14:36
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I just turn on subtitles and tell anyone who complains to not hearing-shame.
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angryhampster posted:
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angryhampster posted:Iowa City got 4-5" of rain yesterday. My wife hit a puddle that was a great deal deeper than she expected. This is what it did to my poor Maxima's air filter: You are lucky the engine is ok. My dad's M35 did this and he got a new motor (thankfully, insurance pays for temporary stupidity).
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Boss X5 update. Dealer says it's the fuel pump. He's looking to get rid of it ASAP.
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I saw what I'm pretty sure was a Bugatti type 57 a couple hours ago. Given that they're valued at close to a million dollars I imagine seeing one out and driving around is pretty rare. I wish I could have gotten a photo but it was going the other way. It was a red roadster.
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Tommychu posted:I want to kick every Hollywood sound guy in the face who doesn't know how to properly normalize an audio track. Fucksakes a comedy flick should not have me constantly fumbling with the volume button just so I can hear all the dialogue without waking up my neighbours and setting off car alarms on the next scene. It was Get Him to the Greek btw Has anyone ever explained this? I assume its intentional but why? Its usually only the surround sound track so I set the player on stereo and have my receiver figure out what needs to go to which speaker.
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angryhampster posted:Iowa City got 4-5" of rain yesterday. My wife hit a puddle that was a great deal deeper than she expected. This is what it did to my poor Maxima's air filter: I had to ford a couple of rivers in the old ladies E46, as I was moving during the midst of it. First day home ownership was bailing out the sump as the power had gone out. It appears to be perfectly fine, however.
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gently caress! Replaced the damaged subframe/engine cradle and took it to the VW dealer for alignment. It won't align! Looks like the steering knuckle was bent in the accident... Wasted $90 on an alignment but at least a new knuckle is an easy job. FML  (Holy poo poo I hope there isn't frame damage...)
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CountOfNowhere posted:gently caress! Replaced the damaged subframe/engine cradle and took it to the VW dealer for alignment. Won't they realign it after you replace the part? Every place I've been to before has offered that to me if there's a part that's keeping it out of alignment...
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meatpimp posted:Won't they realign it after you replace the part? Every place I've been to before has offered that to me if there's a part that's keeping it out of alignment... I will ask but not too hopeful since it's the dealer. Worth a shot, of course!
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CountOfNowhere posted:I will ask but not too hopeful since it's the dealer. Worth a shot, of course! The next question is going to be why are you going to the dealer for an alignment. So why are you going to a dealer for an alignment? $90 buys me 6 months worth of alignments on my car from a chain place with a guy who really knows his poo poo.
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Oh God, this is how my life feels half the time:
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