chit chat thread

[P_Roloff]

Snap said:

It was such an amazing day for late november, bet it was great with the top down!

What do you drive in the winter and why do the tires go in the basement?

Yeah it was a great day for a drive, although I got quite a few funny looks as it got colder later in the day haha. I drive a ‘98 Mercury Grand Marquis when I’m home in the winter (it’s not going back to school with me), it’s a barge and a gas guzzler but a total hoot in the snow.

Tires are going in the basement because they’re extreme performance summers, and I think I’m going to follow manufacturer warnings at least for this year and keep them out of the cold. The car is stored in an unheated garage so I don’t want to take any chances with the rubber cracking and ruining a 1500 mile set of tires.

[Boris3]

YoungCR said:

Nice! 

Agreed, though that sport seat is too mint looking for an iracing chair.

[KaiserRolls]

Boris3 said:

YoungCR said:

Nice! 

Agreed, though that sport seat is too mint looking for an iracing chair.

Lol! The passenger seats are always better

[KaiserRolls]

Update, built a mount & added shifter

[GunMetalGrey]

I love the internet

[GB-335xiCoupe]

GunMetalGrey said:

I love the internet

Scary!

[wasnt m3]

Anyone remember when earl used to drive his ti and Alex winter dailied his e30 m3?

[Earl]

Chads car that day lol

[B C]

Did the black E30 belong to Dan, Tony, John, or Nick?

[patsbimmer1]

Back when men were men...

[wasnt m3]

Snap said:

Did the black E30 belong to Dan, Tony, John, or Nick?

Tony

[Ryan...]

Good times

I believe this was the same day.... Alex being super helpful.

[wasnt m3]

Yep, same day.

[stealthbimmer]

People in Florida sure do come up with the weirdest shit

[Jdesign]

Tested my sanity this past weekend helping a friend strip a MK6 GTI and put the motor from that in a MK6 jetta. Doing jobs like this really make me realize how much I am thankful for:

1. Not owning a VW

2. Not working on cars for a living.

3. Sorry for any of you that part take in either of those

4. 

[YoungCR]

^Forgot to ask what you were up to. Agreed on the VW ownership part, can't wait to get rid of my mom's 2slow new beetle. Everything breaks on that pos.

[GunMetalGrey]

"Do you have a tow strap?"
"Yeah, I've got something"

He didn't have something.

I will never forget using jumper cables to pull @Ryan...'s car out of a snowbank.

[B C]

Jdesign said:

Tested my sanity this past weekend helping a friend strip a MK6 GTI and put the motor from that in a MK6 jetta. Doing jobs like this really make me realize how much I am thankful for:

1. Not owning a VW
2. Not working on cars for a living.
3. Sorry for any of you that part take in either of those

 

1. 

What the flyin?!

The only scenario where this makes sense is if the GTi is wrecked and the Jetta has a bad engine and both cars were acquired on the cheap.

[Jdesign]

Snap said:

What the flyin?!

The only scenario where this makes sense is if the GTi is wrecked and the Jetta has a bad engine and both cars were acquired on the cheap.

DING DING DING.

[B C]

Today sitting in traffic while swaddled in the rich faux leather of my infiniti I was absolutely bombarded with rotten egg smell from a catalytic convertor. Ho lee jeez.

This was like 12 rancid egg mcmuffin’s worth of flatulence. It was so bad that I gagged and had to roll the window down.

Traffic started to move and I turned left. The smell dissipated but I couldn’t figure out if the smell was from my car or from one of the other cars in traffic.

I had replaced one o2 sensor in august but could not get at the other one

I got home and started working on replacing the other sensor. Surprise! It was awful, just like my previous failed attempt.

I finally succeeded after what has to be my biggest automotive repair pet-peeve (besides rust) which is the sensor wire screwing up your every move.

You get the sensor loose, but you can only get 1/8th of a turn with a wrench or by hand before having to reposition your hand/ the wrench. Oh! But guess what happens when you remove your hand/wrench to reposition it!?!? The sensor wire acts like a spring and rotates the sensor back to the position it was in before.

When you finally manage to withstand the pain to contort your hands against sharp corners hard enough to get the sensor out, you get to face the same fun with the install. [emoji1361][emoji1361][emoji1361][emoji1361][emoji1361]