Learned'd VIII: Less Bewbs, Same Nonsense

[frapjap]

That is kinda cool. The design on the demo could use some work, but it'd be awesome to have one that says "STOP TEXTING" on your rear bumper that you could illuminate.

[MinisterofDOOM]

Or "TURN OFF YOUR BRIGHTS"

[PapaSmurf2k3]

That is a weird clacking noise. Did you end up pulling all the cam bearings/retainers?
It almost sounds like an exhaust leak at the head/manifold.
Can you hear the noise while its trying to start first thing, too?

Might be time to pull the head and see if you have any valve issues, though it sucks to have to buy another head gasket.
I wonder if you've got a crank shaft that is cracked or compromised. The rest of the bottom end is forged, right?

Yup! Pulled the cam and bearings, as well as the buckets to inspect the valve springs. NADA.

I don't know if an EGR leak would sound like that, but I'm going to check on that. If it is an exhaust leak somewhere, my theory of "just f*** driving it until the problem becomes more apparent" would definitely work. Something would get carbon on it at some point.

[RicerX]

I found a new toy for the ricers out there...

http://vimeo.com/102641140

HOLY s***

there is an agonizing amount of want.

[MinisterofDOOM]

Just had a Sierra Nevada Narwhal Stout. Spectacular. Smells amazing. Great deep roasty maltiness and a hint of chocolate...it's a beer I wish I had a meal to pair it with, but in this case I was enjoying the bottle alone.


Picture stolen from GIS, of course.

[WDRacing]

Interesting name.

[SX APPEAL]

Hey WD, how you feeling about your Pat's tonight?

[WDRacing]

Well, we have some injuries but I have a feeling we'll beat the Jets. If for no other reason than the Jets suck this year. Both QBs for the Jets are turnover machines.

[Dattebayo]

I found a new toy for the ricers out there...

http://vimeo.com/102641140

HOLY s***

there is an agonizing amount of want.

Yeah, I admit I kinda want it too. But I'd wait until the coverage is more even and other colors are offered.

Just had a Sierra Nevada Narwhal Stout. Spectacular. Smells amazing. Great deep roasty maltiness and a hint of chocolate...it's a beer I wish I had a meal to pair it with, but in this case I was enjoying the bottle alone.


Picture stolen from GIS, of course.

Sierra Nevada's brews have always had a spicy note that seemed out of place to me. Does this one suffer from that unfortunate side affect as well?

[SX APPEAL]

Well, we have some injuries but I have a feeling we'll beat the Jets. If for no other reason than the Jets suck this year. Both QBs for the Jets are turnover machines.

Yeah my faith in Brady has been restored enough in the last couple of weeks (although I wasn't sad to see him have a horrible game against the Chiefs three weeks ago ) that I'm starting him in my fantasy line up over Jay Cutler (speaking of turnover machines...) this week. Needless to say I'm ready for a monster game tonight.

[WDRacing]

That was way to close.

[SX APPEAL]

Yeah no kidding, could've used another TD or two outta Tommy.

[frapjap]

Close game! I trusted the boys and turned it off at 4 minutes until the end.
Changed the oil and differential fluid on the t/a today. Its nice that little maintenance things are all I have to do to that car. Could get used to this!

Saw a bright yellow 350z today, too. Hot freggin color for that car. Also saw a two tone red/black NSX. Should've taken a photo. It was subtly sexy.

[MinisterofDOOM]

Sierra Nevada's brews have always had a spicy note that seemed out of place to me. Does this one suffer from that unfortunate side affect as well?

Nothing spicy about this one. It certainly would have ruined it, as it was a very smooth, chocolatey, malty drink (still plenty bitter, but very smooth).

[Bubba1]

Close game! I trusted the boys and turned it off at 4 minutes until the end.
Changed the oil and differential fluid on the t/a today. Its nice that little maintenance things are all I have to do to that car. Could get used to this!

Saw a bright yellow 350z today, too. Hot freggin color for that car. Also saw a two tone red/black NSX. Should've taken a photo. It was subtly sexy.

Red is my favorite color for the NSX too. Draws my eye right to it.

[SX APPEAL]

Saw a bright yellow 350z today, too. Hot freggin color for that car. Also saw a two tone red/black NSX. Should've taken a photo. It was subtly sexy.

In a way I'm kinda glad I didn't stumble onto a yellow Z before I found the G35, and there were a couple for sale when I was looking around. Cause I would've jumped all over it, and it would've been an insane cop magnet LOL. Its funny too because I've never been big on yellow cars, but a Z in yellow with black wheels and a black roof, best look possible for that car IMO.

[MinisterofDOOM]

I've always thought that the NSX is one of those rare sports cars that looks best in very subdued colors. Black and white are the best. I think this might be partly a '90s Honda thing, since the way they shape their greenhouses combined with the lean body proportions (really low/wide for Japanese designs of that era--15 inch wheels managed to fill wheel arches that nearly touch the tops of the fenders!) tends to put a lot of visual focus on the empty/glass components, and high-contrast colors make that work. The NSX and Vigor are excellent examples--the floating, notched, forward-pillared wraparound backlights look odd against loud colors, but suddenly fit nicely against a high-contrast black or white paint scheme. Silver NSXs and Vigors look terrible for the lack of contrast. Red is just as bad--no contrast but lots of eyegrabbing. Yellow kind of works, particularly with early popup-headlight NSX models, but it still doesn't work nearly as well as white. And in black, the NSX's detail is all preserved while lending the car a very sleek feel.

My least favorite color for the NSX is probably the one I've seen most often: blue. Of course, I tend to hate ANY modern glossy blue (classic GM 60s metallic blue was a different story, but it was also being worn on a very different kind of design). But the NSX just looks ridiculous in it. Such a bland, cold, soulless color on such a sharp, meticulous, interesting looking car. Blue lacks contrast but also lacks vibrance, and every NSX painted blue is an NSX gone to waste.

A Ferrari in white just looks ridiculous. But an NSX? Perfect.

I really miss the days of clean, meticulous Japanese car styling. There was something really unique about it--so much style from so little complexity. A dramatic contrast to the overwrought directionlessness rolling out of Japan today.

[WDRacing]

MoD, last night I was browsing the STEAM store and looking for some cheap games to buy and paused to check out Portal. You're in my "friends" list so your avatar shows up as having played it. Anyway, Dylan (7) is sitting beside me helping me choose which games etc and said, "Hey Dad! There's a Vortigon!"...

[Kompresshun]

MoD - I still think the NSX is one of the most beautiful cars ever made. There really is something about the Japanese cars from that era that make me want to own every single one of them. I still want another Z32 at some point too.

Man, i've been off for over a week on vacation and i've barely felt like i've been on vacation at all. Our trip to TN sucked a** aside from the offroading trip in the Pathy and obtaining lots of Yuengling to bring back home. At least i've got some stuff accomplished since we got back home though... I changed the belt tensioner and serpentine belt on the Pathy yesterday then i'm probably going to replace the spark plugs in it today.

[WDRacing]

I did the wheel bearings on the van last week, can't believe how much quieter she rides now.

I hate vacations that aren't vacations. One of the best vacations I've ever had was when Kate and I took two weeks off and didn't really do anything but go to the beach a couple of times and play video games. Course this was pre-kids and on Okinawa...

[Kompresshun]

I got the spark plugs done last night and it made quite a difference. The previous owner put NGK Iridium plugs in it, which are fine but aren't OEM. I put the OEM NGK Laser Platinums in it this time so it'll be good for another 105k miles now

Yeah we actually got back from vacation on Wednesday and between Wednesday and Sunday was probably the best part of my whole time off. Much more relaxing to say the least.

My in-laws made 90% of the time in TN pretty damn s*** for everyone. My 30th birthday was an afterthought, which I really don't give a damn about but the way it was handled really pissed us off. Enough that my wife and her mom get into it big time over it. Needless to say, I don't intend to do any more family vacations like this again and i'll be damned if i'll do one during my birthday.

In other news though, we put an offer down on a house finally. Hopefully everything will work out with it, but i'm stoked about this place. It even has a bar in it!

http://www.zillow.com/homes/for_sale/Sh ... /?view=map

[frapjap]

Well, we have some injuries but I have a feeling we'll beat the Jets. If for no other reason than the Jets suck this year. Both QBs for the Jets are turnover machines.

Yeah my faith in Brady has been restored enough in the last couple of weeks (although I wasn't sad to see him have a horrible game against the Chiefs three weeks ago ) that I'm starting him in my fantasy line up over Jay Cutler (speaking of turnover machines...) this week. Needless to say I'm ready for a monster game tonight.

WHEW! What wound up being a great call. The Bears were taken behind the woodshed this week.

Got the Miata sold on Saturday. Turns out the guy couldn't have cared about much of anything aside from the turbo, tuning, suspension, and a solid rust free car in New England. He plans to make an Exocet style racer from it, so the rust in the front fenders where the drains were clogged was inconsequential.

Took the T/A out for a Camaro/Firebird cruise. Was an awesome time until one of the young guns decided to go completely sideways. In front of a police station. With a 15 month old in the back seat. Yeah, smooth move. It was in a small town so the guy let him off with a huge rant about being unsafe and didn't take away his license because he realized that the guy did something stupid and the kid shouldn't have to suffer from loss of income and everything else that comes with a fine that big. No one in the cruise were all to impressed by his antics, but he got lucky.

[SX APPEAL]

WHEW! What wound up being a great call. The Bears were taken behind the woodshed this week.

Got the Miata sold on Saturday. Turns out the guy couldn't have cared about much of anything aside from the turbo, tuning, suspension, and a solid rust free car in New England. He plans to make an Exocet style racer from it, so the rust in the front fenders where the drains were clogged was inconsequential.

Took the T/A out for a Camaro/Firebird cruise. Was an awesome time until one of the young guns decided to go completely sideways. In front of a police station. With a 15 month old in the back seat. Yeah, smooth move. It was in a small town so the guy let him off with a huge rant about being unsafe and didn't take away his license because he realized that the guy did something stupid and the kid shouldn't have to suffer from loss of income and everything else that comes with a fine that big. No one in the cruise were all to impressed by his antics, but he got lucky.

Yeah I felt pretty gratified for my decision after I saw the score of the Bears game lol. Still had to live with 4.8 pts out of Brandon Marshall, who is seriously running the risk of being dropped like 1st period French, but I think I should still win this week.

Gotta love kids being kids in cars. There was a time when I probably would've done something like that (albeit NOT with a child in the car) because we all know who's never in the Cop Shop, the Cops. Right in front of the station is usually the best place to get away with that kind of stuff, guess it didn't work out for that guy though.

[frapjap]

I got the spark plugs done last night and it made quite a difference. The previous owner put NGK Iridium plugs in it, which are fine but aren't OEM. I put the OEM NGK Laser Platinums in it this time so it'll be good for another 105k miles now

Yeah we actually got back from vacation on Wednesday and between Wednesday and Sunday was probably the best part of my whole time off. Much more relaxing to say the least.

My in-laws made 90% of the time in TN pretty damn s*** for everyone. My 30th birthday was an afterthought, which I really don't give a damn about but the way it was handled really pissed us off. Enough that my wife and her mom get into it big time over it. Needless to say, I don't intend to do any more family vacations like this again and i'll be damned if i'll do one during my birthday.

In other news though, we put an offer down on a house finally. Hopefully everything will work out with it, but i'm stoked about this place. It even has a bar in it!

http://www.zillow.com/homes/for_sale/Sh ... /?view=map

We all posted about the same time- I missed yours!

But, wow man! Bitchin' house. Hopefully that deck furniture stays with it! A home like that would be in the 500-600k zone up here. I hope you get it.

What did the in-laws do to make it a crappy time? Just curious for future endeavors of my own so I can learn what to expect or how to handle something similar. Especially due to a summer/holiday birthday.

[frapjap]

Yeah I felt pretty gratified for my decision after I saw the score of the Bears game lol. Still had to live with 4.8 pts out of Brandon Marshall, who is seriously running the risk of being dropped like 1st period French, but I think I should still win this week.

Gotta love kids being kids in cars. There was a time when I probably would've done something like that (albeit NOT with a child in the car) because we all know who's never in the Cop Shop, the Cops. Right in front of the station is usually the best place to get away with that kind of stuff, guess it didn't work out for that guy though.

You honestly couldn't tell it was a police station until you read the sign. It was a small po-dunk town. The cruise leader made the guy apologize to the cops after the whole stop and stuff. I don't know how I would've felt if someone made me do that.



You can't drop Marshall! He's coming up against his former team this week and will probably have something to prove.
Its been a wonky season man, all kinds of upsets and odd happenings.

[SX APPEAL]

That game was yesterday, he had six catches for 48 yards and no TD's. Next week he play's the Patriots who are second in the league in passing yards allowed. I'm not going to drop him, that would be stupid, but I'm definitely thinking about trading him.

[King Ranzo]

Sooooooooooooooooo who's up?

[numbnuts240]

macaque

[King Ranzo]

I'm half asleep, sitting in my electrical class, trying to figure out something to do before I decide to go home and quit for a few hours.

[King Ranzo]

I'm also scrolling through 240 Gen Chat because I wanna build a drift car next year. The FWD game is so bland.