chit chat thread

[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.

[Daggerty]

Someone broke into my storage unit and made off with some wheels. 

3 of these that are black 

2 of these

4 of these that are 17s

5 of these

2 of these with Hoosier slicks on them

4 of these 

just throwing this out there in case someone sees something

[Earl]

Holy hell. They cleaned out you. Haven't noticed any suspicious vehicles?

[P_Roloff]

Damn man, that sucks. I’ll keep an eye out.

[Ryan...]

[wasnt m3]

That really blows. Check with the local scrap yards. Odds are some junkie scrapped them.

[m42b32]

Man that sucks big time...

[Rekpoint]

Damn that makes two of us in a year

[Daggerty]

wasnt m3 said:

That really blows. Check with the local scrap yards. Odds are some junkie scrapped them.

That's what happened because they moved tools and stuff out of the storage unit but just took rims. The set with the drags was the only thing worth much. 

I went to the junkyards but I think they would rather turn a blind eye then loose out on money and deal with the police.

thanks everyone for your condolences

[suspenceful]

Bassboy3313 said:

This is a reality now: https://www.wibimmers.com/board/index.php?/topic/5282-its-hard-to-be-humble-bmw-t-shirt-and-others/

[Jdesign]

Daggerty said:

That's what happened because they moved tools and stuff out of the storage unit but just took rims. The set with the drags was the only thing worth much. 

I went to the junkyards but I think they would rather turn a blind eye then loose out on money and deal with the police.

thanks everyone for your condolences 

Holy shit man that blows!!!

I would just keep an eye out for those Drags. Those wheels arent very common and I doubt who ever took them has a use for them. 

PEOPLE SUCK.

[B C]

Be advised 

http://www.wisn.com/article/heads-up-state-patrol-to-use-planes-to-catch-interstate-speeders/20266238

[KaiserRolls]

snap said:

Be advised 

http://www.wisn.com/article/heads-up-state-patrol-to-use-planes-to-catch-interstate-speeders/20266238

Sounds like an awesome use of resources

[Ryan...]

It's actually not expensive for them to use the aircraft. Spoke to a Trooper buddy of mine and the pilots they use volunteered their time (and used their own money) to get certified, the planes are borrowed from regular citizens in most cases, so they're really only out the cost of fuel.

Also, it works better as a deterrent when they plaster the warnings all over that there's a big mean airplane in the sky watching them. Even if they go out and pound  traffic for 2 hours with the plane, word gets around that the planes are out and people slow down. For them it's a win-win.

[Daggerty]

They have some advantages over helicopters, one being flight time and a slightly higher speed but in the end it doesn't have the ability to get right in the meat of her. Are there really that many accidents on the interstate?

[YoungCR]

Last time summer when they sky patrolled the beltline in Madison the average speed was something like 72mph of people puller over in a 55 lol.

[patsbimmer1]

YoungCR said:

Last time summer when they sky patrolled the beltline in Madison the average speed was something like 72mph of people puller over in a 55 lol. 

Man, if you're doing the speed limit on the belt line though you're getting passed left and right!  Doesn't mean it's right but following the flow of traffic is a lot safer than being the slow one trying to merge or switch lanes.

[YoungCR]

patsbimmer1 said:

Man, if you're doing the speed limit on the belt line though you're getting passed left and right!  Doesn't mean it's right but following the flow of traffic is a lot safer than being the slow one trying to merge or switch lanes.

Agreed but 10+ is still excessive. They were trapping during non peak hours too so hence the higher speeds.

[patsbimmer1]

I ran out of gas for my first time ever this week and it wasn't in my thirsty s65!  I found out my company car (2018 Subaru Legacy) can go about 555 miles on a tank AND when it says you have 30 miles left you really have about 15.  It died on 39/90 south just outside of Edgerton.  I got to meet an acquaintance of @Ryan... though and he was really nice!  Safety truck showed up 30 minutes later, gave me some free gas and I was on my way.  As a car guy this was very embarrassing to have to continue to explain that yes, I ran out of gas.