chit chat thread

[REKIII]

straight6pwr said:

so if you register a car in a non-emissions testing county, then later switch it to an emissions county, like Milwaukee, are they going to make you go in for testing?

Not if you say the car is still stored in the non emmissions county.  My in-laws live in dodge county, so I put there township and doge as where I store them.  If I'm asked, "my inlaws live there, cars are stored in their barn" is the answer.

[Jdesign]

REKIII said:

Not if you say the car is still stored in the non emmissions county.  My in-laws live in dodge county, so I put there township and doge as where I store them.  If I'm asked, "my inlaws live there, cars are stored in their barn" is the answer.

This^ I made the mistake once, and never will again (but I live in a non-emmisions county now anyways) Always register where its not a testing county. Its a super pain in the ass, and they fail you even if you have a TPMS light on. 

GunMetalGrey said:

Took what I'm assuming will be my last bike trip for the year, went up to Marquette, MI and rode with a couple non broken friends. 
Got this shot, which I find pretty neat. Trail gaps always look cool, and I had a friend ride the trail below for some context. 

Thats Awesome! I rode Lil Switz on Sunday for the last open day of the season. It was a blast!

[GunMetalGrey]

Jdesign said:

Thats Awesome! I rode Lil Switz on Sunday for the last open day of the season. It was a blast!

Yeah I saw you showed up there, and thought it was amusing that once again we unintentionally avoided crossing paths!

[Jdesign]

GunMetalGrey said:

Yeah I saw you showed up there, and thought it was amusing that once again we unintentionally avoided crossing paths!

I want to blame you but I cant.  Soon we will cross pathz againz

[patsbimmer1]

Saw this in Waukesha today!  A citroen SM!

[HipMF]

morning gents

[REKIII]

I know this is a BMW Page, but pretty excited.  Wife wanted a new Jeep, so we picked her up a Jeep Trackhawk.  Holy fast jeep.  It's pretty fun.

[YoungCR]

REKIII said:

I know this is a BMW Page, but pretty excited.  Wife wanted a new Jeep, so we picked her up a Jeep Trackhawk.  Holy fast jeep.  It's pretty fun.

Didn't you have a SRT8 Jeep previously? That's a sweet new ride though

[SteelBlue]

[P_Roloff]

I don’t know if any of our MSOE alums were part of the formula hybrid program while they were in school, but we did our very first test of a brand new chassis this morning. Super exciting, and it went off better than I think most of us expected. We were able to lock three of four tires in the brake test, and we expect with a little adjustment of brake bias we should be able to get all four to lock easily. We had issues with steering design, but in testing we found it to be more than acceptable, at least for these lower speeds (it’s limited by gearing to ~63mph). We didn’t even bottom out on the terrible pavement!

Not sure if the videos are gonna work, but I put them here anyway. Keep in mind that we weren’t anywhere near full throttle today and the hybrid system isn’t hooked up, so as it sits we’re at around half power. All said and done, it’ll have just under 100hp and weigh in the region of 800lbs. 

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[REKIII]

YoungCR said:

Didn't you have a SRT8 Jeep previously? That's a sweet new ride though 

We had a 2010 SRT8, then a 2014 Summit, now the Trackhawk.  Wife likes her Jeeps.

[ChrisO]

@P_Roloff Is this UW Madisons formula SAE car?

[P_Roloff]

ChrisO said:

@P_Roloff Is this UW Madisons formula SAE car?

Nope, it’s the MSOE (Milwaukee School of Engineering) SAE formula hybrid car. Different class of car, but similar intent.

[straight6pwr]

@HipMF

your photography came to mind when i snapped this one today

[YoungCR]

@straight6pwr location?

[straight6pwr]

The Cudahy stretch of lakefront. We hiked down the bluffs to the lake through Warnimont park.

[Jdesign]

@P_Roloff  please make sure the body work on that formula car doesn't look like a driving penis this year. It seems the last few cars that MSOE made, look like the ambiguously gay duo car. 

[P_Roloff]

Jdesign said:

@P_Roloff  please make sure the body work on that formula car doesn't look like a driving penis this year. It seems the last few cars that MSOE made, look like the ambiguously gay duo car. 

Haha i'll see what i can do, the nose on this car is significantly shorter and the nose cone wider than in years past. I think it looks a lot better, but it's still the same general shape.

[Jdesign]

P_Roloff said:

 it's still the same general shape.

[SteelBlue]

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