chit chat thread

[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]

[m42b32]

Snap said:

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.

That's the worst... My new go to is, if I have a replacement already, to cut the wire once its loose so I only have to deal with it on the way back in

[jc43089]

Yea if it is going in the garbage I just cut the wires.

[B C]

But then there’s no turning back [emoji79]

[HipMF]

Deep, introspective life thoughts right there bro. Time only travels one direction, so you can never go back.

Question is, is it better to not be able to go back and cut the wires, or better to not be able to go back and not cut the wires?

[patsbimmer1]

When i've run into this I either unplug the sensor or cut the wire.  This is more frustrating to me when i'm trying to install a sensor.  Then I'll either keep it unplugged or preload the wires so they are unloading in the direction I want to turn the sensor.

[B C]

I thought I invented the preload trick!!!

[GB-335xiCoupe]

patsbimmer1 said:

When i've run into this I either unplug the sensor or cut the wire.  This is more frustrating to me when i'm trying to install a sensor.  Then I'll either keep it unplugged or preload the wires so they are unloading in the direction I want to turn the sensor.

Snap said:

I thought I invented the preload trick!!!

In a truly circular universe where time is a complete continuum and one could take a shortcut through said continuum, we would all in fact know about the pre-load loading theory. However, Pat and Snap are clearly from the future, and much wiser than any of us mere mortals. Just kidding of course, we all know that Al Gore invented the preload trick. Afterall, he invented the Internet. One smart cookie.

[P_Roloff]

Winter storage mode is activated. 

Also, Merry Christmas everyone!

[KaiserRolls]

If the mirrors are folded in, then it’s stored

[B C]

Congratulations, the car has turned into a wasp’s nest

[Jdesign]

Would you congratulate someone if they turned a wasp nest into a car?

[Jdesign]

Thats creative. I had to share it with someone....