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Larrymer posted:What did you say and what was his message, exactly? Their sales are down quite a bit, they are doing some major reorganizing. Almost all of my friends have quit shopping there ( I was the main reason they did) and I guess he's seeing it as I told them to quit. His text reads "You need to stop any and all badmouthing and damage your attempting to do to the store NOW." I responded with "???" and his response is "Don't play dumb, we know you've been telling our customers not to shop here, stop it now." I haven't responded to him but I am chatting with his brother via messanger, he's being quite civil and puts no blame on me.
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I have had a lot of cars with sunroofs and I have liked them. If I was 6+ feet tall then they would be a no go for me. The Flex has a sunroof in the front and the "panoramic vista" roof so the middle and rear seats have tinted glass above. It is nice because otherwise it would be a cavernous dungeon back there. The M3 has a sunroof but you can bet your rear end if the E90 had the CF roof option I would never have gotten the sunroof. slothrop posted:I just screenshotted this post and emailed it to myself for when the sunroof on the e36 inevitably does this over summer. My E36 M3 never had a problem with the sunroof. It always worked. So did the E28 5 series I had in high school. Always worked. The other windows were awfully slow to open/close though.
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spog posted:I respectfully disagree. I have to pull over and manually lower the top, it's not as much fun
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Seat Safety Switch posted:Every normal human being is this way. Sunroofs are a compromise for people who refuse to believe in the supremacy of convertibles. Yup.
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Fo3 posted:Proper sunroofs leak, as in factory fitted ones never attempt to outright seal, they have internal gutters and drain lines. No access panel on mine unless I cut the head liner. I pop it open a few inches to let the heat out when I first get in the car. Black car + Texas =  And Fo3, that was the old car. This one does have ac, though it's weak.
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Aug 30, 2018 16:01
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Rhyno posted:Their sales are down quite a bit, they are doing some major reorganizing. Almost all of my friends have quit shopping there ( I was the main reason they did) and I guess he's seeing it as I told them to quit. His text reads "You need to stop any and all badmouthing and damage your attempting to do to the store NOW." I responded with "???" and his response is "Don't play dumb, we know you've been telling our customers not to shop here, stop it now." Dude, just block your former boss's number. He's not worth your time.
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Aug 30, 2018 16:16
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nm posted:This is why I will never buy a car with a sunroof if I can help it and never use it if I have to buy one. They also serve little purpose in my opinion, other than leaking and reducing headroom. Any 911 that is a 996+ without a sunroof is a rare find. That said, the one on my 996 works fine although I almost never use it. Like maybe 1-2 a season? I sometimes wonder if I should use it more so it doesn't give issues in the future. 
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Aug 30, 2018 16:17
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The Midniter posted:Dude, just block your former boss's number. He's not worth your time. I never needed to until now but yeah, blocked.
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Aug 30, 2018 16:19
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Rhyno posted:My piece of poo poo former boss just sent me a vaguely threatening message that I need to stop badmouthing the store and trying to cost them business. I love when lovely former employers shoot themselves in the foot. Left an incredibly lovely dead-end job in April (industrial printer reseller, company was/is circling the drain following years of mismanagement and existing in a dying industry), they fired me when I turned in my resignation and then tried to have my unemployment claim denied. Found out through the unemployment appeals process that their (stated) reason for firing me was they were concerned I would try to snipe their clients when I left - despite not even knowing what the company I was leaving them for does. Ironically, had they let me leave on good terms (via either working out my notice or at least paying me the balance of my PTO) I could have potentially steered business to them as the guy in charge of IT at a metal fabrication company that uses printers similar to their product line.
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Aug 30, 2018 16:30
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The Midniter posted:Dude, just tell your former boss to gently caress off and poo poo in a hat then block his number. He's not worth your time. FTFY
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Aug 30, 2018 16:47
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Did STR ever take a poo poo or what
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Adiabatic posted:Did STR ever take a poo poo or what Worst case to best case: - Head gasket(s) - Thermostat (it's a self contained unit in a plastic housing in the valley) - Intake manifold gasket(s) (bit of a dick, but I have a set on hand) - Heater hose has popped in the section that runs under the throttle body (steam is coming from this exact location) I'll investigate further at the weekend.
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Adiabatic posted:Did STR ever take a poo poo or what This was going to be my first question in the September thread
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NumbersMatching320 posted:As I've become known as 'Reel mower guy' in the neighborhood (because the dramatic hill in my lovely backyard is a shitload easier to cut with a little manual push mower than anything with an engine, and is too small to bother with anything self-propelled) people have started bringing me free reel mowers and I've got a proper collection now. There's no cost:durability ratio quite like free:adjust and sharpen once in a while and it'll outlast my fat rear end. YMMV though, I'm sure pimpin' meat buys a bigger backyard than mine I have a reel mower and prefer to use it when I can just because it's quiet, doesn't kick up dust and junk, and honestly not much more effort that just walking behind the power mower. My only beef with it is getting into corners and tight spots, which I usually just finish out with the weed whacker anyway, and the fact that it will not cut anything over about half the reel height, which in my case means the weeds that shoot up 3X faster than the grass. Have to go after those with the weed whacker of a yo-yo (AKA, a variant of a sling blade. MMM-HMM.) BraveUlysses posted:i now have about 8 square feet of lawn to mow so i sold the mower (that i got for free) and kept the weed wacker I did that when we had a rental duplex with a tiny back yard, and the front yard was so shaded nothing grew.
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I've just come back from 2 weeks camping and the lawn is a loving disaster. Mowed it on high with the battery mower, filled the garden waste bin. I'll do it again a notch lower in a day or 2. The Volvo scared the poo poo out of me on the way home too - driving along fine and a hundred miles from home the wipers come on, check engine light, fuel gauge drops to zero, message pops up "URGENT SERVICE ANTI SKID SYSTEM NOW" Pulled over 5 seconds later, determined we hadn't had a catastrophic fuel leak, turned it off and on again. CEL stayed on, fuel was registering but in the red (should have been 7/8 full) and slowly climbed back to where it should be. I'll pull codes tomorrow but I could have done without that.
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Rhyno posted:I dislike sunroofs but love convertibles. Same. If I'm in my convertible the top is down. If I'm in my wagon the windows are up and the AC is on. Sunroofs only exist to break, rattle, and leak. I just had to fully retrofit the sunroof drains in my daughter's wagon because they were fully clogged and the hose hardened and stopped sealing on the fittings. It's all dry now though.
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The true choice is carbon fiber roof M3 and then buy a NA Miata for your "I want to get hot in the sun" needs.
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slidebite posted:Any 911 that is a 996+ without a sunroof is a rare find. That said, the one on my 996 works fine although I almost never use it. Like maybe 1-2 a season? I sometimes wonder if I should use it more so it doesn't give issues in the future. Apparently the 997.1 (at least) has some flaw in the sunroof design (per the PPI guy) and the solution is to not use it. It was horrendously expensive to fix because you have to replace the frame and you have to drop the headliner (and seriously gently caress doing that on a 911). If it breaks, you sunroof will be open until you give it a large cash injection.
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InitialDave posted:No, but my MG just did. Heard a mild "pop" and smelled coolant on the way home, popped the bonnet and I've got steam, pretty rapid coolant loss, and a chunk of water in the valley. Oil appears uncontaminated, though (I do have some filler cap mayo, but the engine sees lots of short journeys from cold, so not sure I can take that as indicative of anything). Temperature gauge didn't budge, and no pressurisation when I undid the expansion tank cap. That sounds like a popped hose to me. I shall keep my fingers crossed that it is the easiest option.
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Decided to have a quick look now, as the water that was in the valley had now dried out. Filling the expansion tank and starting the engine, it's just pissing out around the thermostat, so I'd say it's either the thermostat unit itself or the curved hardpipe that goes next to it. Common failure, car's service history shows it had a new thermostat about 5 years back too. Ordering one from a specialist (they sell OEM ones with additional reinforcement around the normal fracture point) and will see how much of an arse swapping it out is. Used an exhaust gas contamination test, looked ok on that (only tested briefly), so hopefully no headgasket issues.
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Speaking of which, I need to make sure the seals and such on the trucks sunroof are good. Suggestions on products to keep it running right?
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In before Gitlin: LEGO built a drivable Bugatti Chiron out of a million pieces of Technic.
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ilkhan posted:Speaking of which, I need to make sure the seals and such on the trucks sunroof are good. Suggestions on products to keep it running right?
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cakesmith handyman posted:I've just come back from 2 weeks camping and the lawn is a loving disaster. Mowed it on high with the battery mower, filled the garden waste bin. I'll do it again a notch lower in a day or 2. last time one of my cars did anything like that it was because the bolt on the main earth strap to the gearbox was loose. Suddenly losing electric power steering is not fun.
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tetrapyloctomy posted:In before Gitlin: LEGO built a drivable Bugatti Chiron out of a million pieces of Technic. At an average of a bit over 10 cents per brick, that's only a bit over $100k. Not bad, actually. They should totally print an instruction manual for that. It'd make a neat coffee table
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LloydDobler posted:Same. If I'm in my convertible the top is down. If I'm in my wagon the windows are up and the AC is on. Sunroofs only exist to break, rattle, and leak. I just had to fully retrofit the sunroof drains in my daughter's wagon because they were fully clogged and the hose hardened and stopped sealing on the fittings. It's all dry now though. My one regret about my recent Genesis Coupe purchase was that it didn't have a sun roof because I'm coming from a car with a Targa top. However, the more I hear from people with sun roofs the more I think that I was saved from myself when I couldn't find one.
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tetrapyloctomy posted:In before Gitlin: LEGO built a drivable Bugatti Chiron out of a million pieces of Technic. GODDAMMIT don't slam the door!
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My Audi sunroofs all still work 30+ years later...
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Ether Frenzy posted:The true choice is carbon fiber roof M3 and then buy a NA Miata for your "I want to get hot in the sun" needs. My dad had an NA Miata in Perth in the late 90s. He would go from his lock up garage at home to his undercover secure parking at work. His record for leaving the top down was 14 months, which is more of an indictment of how little rain Perth gets than anything else. I was chatting on the phone with him about it (I worked for a Mazda dealership at the time) and asked him if he had unzipped the rear window before putting it down. He went silent for a second and went "why would I need to do that?". So that you don't leave an enormous crease in the middle of the soft plastic window and need a replacement is why. He needed a replacement. Memento fucked around with this message at 04:17 on Aug 31, 2018 |
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My wife just got promoted and with it a pretty great raise. I'm super proud of her and what she's accomplished in this job thus far.
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Same except she was recognized for being the best nurse to work with by a poll of her peers, who also commented that she is a crazy person for still working her midnight shift while 8 months preggo This baby is coming fast and based on how much she kicks her mother she is going to be feisty as hell and dozer’s best buddy
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FAT32 SHAMER posted:Same except she was recognized for being the best nurse to work with by a poll of her peers, who also commented that she is a crazy person for still working her midnight shift while 8 months preggo I am very hype for your impending fatherhood my dude.
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If youre following along with the AI/YLLS thread I helped some girl move yesterday. Tonight she paid for dinner. It was $175. Shes also gorgeous and we come from similar backgrounds and conversation is easy.
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Went to a brand new Harbor Freight (opened day before yesterday). They have a $260 cordless impact rated at over 1000 ft/lbs  (probably more like 200-250, but still). It's tempting.They didn't have the 90 degree screwdriver thingy I was looking for, but they had a cheap 90 degree ratcheting one ($2.99). Got the gear turned a little on the sunroof motor (couldn't move it much), and the motor came back to life. Thank gently caress. Wasn't looking forward to a rainy weekend with a hole in the roof. It has a very obvious dead spot when you're using it (whirr*stop*whirr*stop*whirr*stop*); it's been kind of that way since I got the car, but it's obviously much worse now. I'm gonna see if I can hit up ebay for a used motor. It looks easy enough to swap without removing the headliner (though the headliner backing is kinda hosed around the sunroof anyway, someone's clearly monkeyed with it before). slidebite posted:Any 911 that is a 996+ without a sunroof is a rare find. That said, the one on my 996 works fine although I almost never use it. Like maybe 1-2 a season? I sometimes wonder if I should use it more so it doesn't give issues in the future. Use it a few times a year and use silicone grease on the rails once a year, and it should be fine. As long as the motor doesn't sound like it's sluggish or has a dead spot (... like mine), barring some kind of horrendous design flaw, like... nm posted:Apparently the 997.1 (at least) has some flaw in the sunroof design (per the PPI guy) and the solution is to not use it. It was horrendously expensive to fix because you have to replace the frame and you have to drop the headliner (and seriously gently caress doing that on a 911).  Adiabatic posted:Did STR ever take a poo poo or what Twice today, thanks for asking!  ilkhan posted:Speaking of which, I need to make sure the seals and such on the trucks sunroof are good. Suggestions on products to keep it running right? If it's OEM, it very likely doesn't seal against water (hell mine doesn't even seal against wind noise, in either of the Saturns I've owned). Open it, make sure there's no debris around the 4 drains (1 in each corner). Those are what keep you from getting a bath when it rains. It wouldn't hurt to hit those drains with pipe cleaners and MAYBE shop air if they're not clogged much (if they are, it might blow the drains apart). If it's a GM, it probably has those stupid plastic strainers at the end that are  supposed to keep debris out but actually trap debris. Yank/cut them off if you can find them, they're a pain in the dick when they clog up. I need to do that on my car, thankfully all of the body panels just bolt on (including the rear quarters, where each rear corner drain lives).FAT32 SHAMER posted:Same except she was recognized for being the best nurse to work with by a poll of her peers, who also commented that she is a crazy person for still working her midnight shift while 8 months preggo Congrats on your impending lack of sleep! Oh yeah, the kiddo too. Adiabatic posted:If youre following along with the AI/YLLS thread I helped some girl move yesterday. Tonight she paid for dinner. It was $175. Shes also gorgeous and we come from similar backgrounds and conversation is easy. Got a ring yet?
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I already go to bed at 4:30 and wake up at around 8:30 so I figure I’m ready for this Or I will go insane, either way
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Adiabatic posted:If youre following along with the AI/YLLS thread I helped some girl move yesterday. Tonight she paid for dinner. It was $175. Shes also gorgeous and we come from similar backgrounds and conversation is easy. Awwww yisssssss
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FAT32 SHAMER posted:I already go to bed at 4:30 and wake up at around 8:30 so I figure I’m ready for this Lol. Honestly though best of luck and fingers crossed for the three of you, Parenthood can be the most rewarding thing.
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FAT32 SHAMER posted:This baby is coming fast and based on how much she kicks her mother she is going to be feisty as hell and dozer’s best buddy Hahaha, you have no idea what you're in for. Adiabatic posted:If youre following along with the AI/YLLS thread I helped some girl move yesterday. Tonight she paid for dinner. It was $175. Shes also gorgeous and we come from similar backgrounds and conversation is easy. Hahaha, you have no idea what you're in for.
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