chit chat thread

P_Roloff

jc43089 said:

So we were going to travel back to Wausau area Saturday morning so I loaded up the Volvo and was checking the tires. I noticed a bulge in the right front tire and thought well not that big of a deal I will double check the spare to make sure it's aired up if I need it. I mentioned it to my wife and she said oh yea I did hit a pothole last time I drove it but it seemed fine the rest of the way home. So already running late we took off. As soon as I turned out of the driveway I could tell it was not right at all, alignment way off and nasty shake. It was undriveable except to get home. How is that not totally obvious? The alignment was perfect and the steering wheel centered before and now it is obviously crooked and if you hold the wheel straight the car violently veers to the left.

Awesome, so I need either a control arm or tie rods that I just replaced within the last 1000 miles. And new tires. i was planning to sell it with the existing tires and let a new owner pick what they want but I can't do that now. Does FCP Euro offer free replacement for stuff you break or only if it wears out?

So I did manage to stuff 3 car seats in the coupe and took that, no problems besides adding a quart of oil. Ticked over 286k on the way home.

I believe that they’ll replace it regardless. At least that was the impression I got from reading into their policies.

GunMetalGrey

P_Roloff said:

I believe that they’ll replace it regardless. At least that was the impression I got from reading into their policies.

You can replace literally anything they sell if you sent it back, or buy new ones and they'll refund you.
Brake pads, oil, filters, people ask on their Facebook page all the time and they always tell them to go for it.

Any time I needed to replace something it was super easy.

Rekpoint

My freshman year of HS I ran a mile in 9minutes. Never was a fast or runner at all.

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suspenceful

Bassboy3313 said:

If you want me to print this, I could do it (without the light blue).

It'd also be the most layered vinyl printed shirt I've ever done. Price from me would be $25 shipped on a heather gray Gildan tee. That doesn't include a cut to Mr Bassboy.

I'm happy to make it happen if you guys (and Bassboy) are down!

GB-335xiCoupe

Rekpoint said:

My freshman year of HS I ran a mile in 9minutes. Never was a fast or runner at all.

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I crawled a mile in 9 minutes once... Oh wait, that was in my college days in Madison. I think it was probably 9 feet in an hour. Seemed like a damn mile!

GB-335xiCoupe

suspenceful said:

If you want me to print this, I could do it (without the light blue).

It'd also be the most layered vinyl printed shirt I've ever done. Price from me would be $25 shipped on a heather gray Gildan tee. That doesn't include a cut to Mr Bassboy.

I'm happy to make it happen if you guys (and Bassboy) are down!

Why no light blue? Too infringement-like?

suspenceful

GB-335xiCoupe said:

Why no light blue? Too infringement-like?

The color has nothing to do with infringement. This whole design/BMW logo itself is copyrighted and it's a no-no to sell it either way.

With that said, I don't do screen printing. I use heat-adhesive vinyl and each color requires another process/layer. I don't have light blue in stock and don't want to buy vinyl just for this (and it'd drive the price up).

B C

Who gives a shirt about shirts, how fast can you run a mile?

Ryan...

I would like to say that I was in cross country back in my prime where ripping off 3 miles at a 6 minute clip was considered routine.

Now I'm 11 years older and about 42lbs heavier

Daggerty

I have a pt test for my part time gig and I have a little different test first 40 push-ups in 2 minutes then 50 sit-ups in 2 minutes finally 2 miles in 16min 30sec. They do change it for age group and also for females "due to sociological differences."

last year I ran it in a little over 13 min, I was 21 so idk if it counts.

Bassboy3313

suspenceful said:

If you want me to print this, I could do it (without the light blue).

It'd also be the most layered vinyl printed shirt I've ever done. Price from me would be $25 shipped on a heather gray Gildan tee. That doesn't include a cut to Mr Bassboy.

I'm happy to make it happen if you guys (and Bassboy) are down!

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Daggerty

Anybody know the hook up on nitrous refills in the greater mke area? LMT does it but $7.50 a lb

wasnt m3

Daggerty said:

Anybody know the hook up on nitrous refills in the greater mke area? LMT does it but $7.50 a lb

Check with Endless Performance

Daggerty

wasnt m3 said:

Check with Endless Performance

Never heard of them I'll give them a ring tomorrow. Thanks

HipMF

FYI: SpeedyMetals (despite their amazing jingle) has completely lost their minds. Was going to order some stuff, but I can literally buy it at fleet farm/home depot/etc for the same price (or less?! o_O) . Very disappointed...

REKIII

With the new tariffs, steel price has gotten dumb.

Jeff

REKIII said:

With the new tariffs, steel price has gotten dumb.

Indeed it has.....

B C

speedy metals has always had bad prices on plate and sheet. If you are setup as a customer with Speedy you get a 50% discount off their online price. The worst part of the tariff for me is that last year I started on a really nice excel spreadsheet of structural steel properties, sizes, prices, availability etc mostly as a quick reference for economical engineering. Sometimes you find that going from a 3/8" thick angle iron to a 1/2" thick makes a substantial negative impact on price and availability, when going to the next larger size of 3/8" thick angle iron gets you the strength you need for much less jingle. anyways I need to go through all the prices again at once so I can have a single snapshot of relative prices to reference. I knew this was going to happen since I didnt enter all the prices at once, but now they probably wont even be close.