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- Wed May 19, 2010 11:15 pm
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- Topic: Copying VHS to DVD - Help needed
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Re: Copying VHS to DVD - Help needed
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- Sun Dec 20, 2009 11:02 pm
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- Topic: Help me pick a car
- Replies: 61
- Views: 15640
Re: Help me pick a car
(I know Randy already knows this - but for the sake of the discussion...) It's not at all unusual to have to find alternate salestwits in order to get taken seriously. I don't bother with anybody at that level and just walk into the sales manager's office and lay out the deal I want. Either I get it...
- Tue Dec 01, 2009 10:44 pm
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- Topic: Having Wheels Chromed
- Replies: 9
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Re: Having Wheels Chromed
Having done plating for quite a long time, I'd suggest that it's almost always a bad idea to put anything on aluminum unless you REALLY need it there. Especially so with cast or forged pieces. Besides, the first thing they'd do is polish up the wheels anyway. Chrome looks like crap on anything less ...
- Fri Oct 23, 2009 10:28 pm
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- Topic: Walk for Hope Breast Cancer Fundraiser
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Re: Walk for Hope Breast Cancer Fundraiser
Least I can do - especially considering that Jon gave up his bed for me that one night...
Glad to see y'all doing the right thing and keeping priorities straight. Good stuffs.
Glad to see y'all doing the right thing and keeping priorities straight. Good stuffs.
- Sun Oct 11, 2009 11:27 pm
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- Topic: Tips for removing baked on brake dust ?
- Replies: 7
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Re: Tips for removing baked on brake dust ?
waxing the wheels beforehand possibly left a material that could melt and then the dust would adhere to it. i'd recommend a good quality autobody level pre-paint wax stripping solvent. won't dissolve the clearcoat, but will remove the wax and everything that comes with it. any abrasive is going to t...
- Sun Oct 04, 2009 10:59 am
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- Topic: Tire Recs for Daily Drivers
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3863
Re: Tire Recs for Daily Drivers
Actually, I did a 270 last week while attempting a 9.8/10 U-turn. Little bitty teeny tiny bump sent the car right round and wound up facing oncoming traffic, which definitely got my attention. Kind of a drag to face the reality of tossing 215s with 3/32 tread and no flat spots. That USED to be the h...
- Thu Oct 01, 2009 11:00 pm
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- Topic: Tire Recs for Daily Drivers
- Replies: 12
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Re: Tire Recs for Daily Drivers
Thanks guys. Still have the miata (14s - I'm cheap) and am looking at used minis.
Interesting that *nobody* mentioned the 615s.
Oh, and I generally run ST level tires all the time anyway, except on the 4d Civic. <shrug> Can't imagine a good reason not to. (ride, noise, etc...) lol
Interesting that *nobody* mentioned the 615s.
Oh, and I generally run ST level tires all the time anyway, except on the 4d Civic. <shrug> Can't imagine a good reason not to. (ride, noise, etc...) lol
- Wed Sep 30, 2009 10:54 pm
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- Topic: Tire Recs for Daily Drivers
- Replies: 12
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Tire Recs for Daily Drivers
Hey, can y'all help out a brutha?
I have no idea what a decent street tire is anymore. Even though there's still ~50% tread on my Azenis215s, they're long dead. The Miata needs new shoes - so what's good for ST these days?
Thanks for helping out the clueless...
I have no idea what a decent street tire is anymore. Even though there's still ~50% tread on my Azenis215s, they're long dead. The Miata needs new shoes - so what's good for ST these days?
Thanks for helping out the clueless...
- Wed Sep 30, 2009 10:46 pm
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- Topic: Small Fiberglass repair
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2591
Re: Small Fiberglass repair
really nice glass work is easy if you're patient and have lots of time. what's hard is getting it right the first time. good news is that fixing mistakes is the same as fixing damage - see point #1. you won't get decent results unless you take your time and really really think your way through the j...
- Sun Sep 27, 2009 6:41 pm
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- Topic: Biennial Smog Check
- Replies: 21
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Re: Biennial Smog Check
AFAIK, If the car ever fails, it'll get pulled in every year thereafter. Doesn't matter who owned the car when it failed. Learned that one with my old CRX. Dono if an SCAQMD complaint makes a difference or not. Lesson: buy a new cat and swap it back in every time you need smog cert. in order to make...
- Thu Aug 20, 2009 10:35 pm
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- Topic: Chinese Food Costa Mesa/Irvine?
- Replies: 33
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Re: Chinese Food Costa Mesa/Irvine?
http://www.kitayamarestaurant.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Obviously not Chinese - but great food in a beautiful place that's not too pricey at lunch if you like Japanese. Crying shame that Mitae Ramen went out not long after G-ma left us. Super Corokke went out also...
- Sat Aug 15, 2009 10:40 am
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- Topic: Bill gets Married
- Replies: 31
- Views: 10402
Re: Bill gets Married
Wow! Great news...lucky couple.
- Tue Jul 28, 2009 10:40 pm
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- Topic: Blue M&Ms could save your life!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2380
Re: Blue M&Ms could save your life!
Lily - um, ya gotta have .edu access to read the full paper. Or work for a VERY well funded company. Or have Avard's madd searching skillz. The abstract is quite interesting though! It's not everyday that i have to look up a whole bunch of new words...but I never did take any molbio or later physiol...
- Mon Jul 13, 2009 10:13 pm
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- Topic: 2008 F1 Podium Picker Challenge: Brazilian Grand Prix: Rd 18
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Re: 2008 F1 Podium Picker Challenge: Brazilian Grand Prix: Rd 18
Hmmm. I'm seventh after yesterdays race. Ain't like I didn't post a link. <shrug>
- Fri Jul 10, 2009 11:35 pm
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- Topic: Son of "Don't Drift this Thread"'s long lost cousin...
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Re: Son of "Don't Drift this Thread"'s long lost cousin...
Had a skilsaw jump out of the cut backwards the other day when the wood suddently relaxed and pinched the blade. Didn't know that a 14lb hunk of magnesium could be such an effective laxative.
- Mon Jul 06, 2009 11:56 pm
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- Topic: bullet proof glass
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Re: bullet proof glass
50 cal with WC PCB drill bits crammed into the back of the projectile ain't afraid of a heck of a lot.
Energy absorption is key. Rigid is going the wrong direction. 6" thick sapphire will pop from a .22 hit.
Energy absorption is key. Rigid is going the wrong direction. 6" thick sapphire will pop from a .22 hit.
- Mon Jun 15, 2009 11:17 pm
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- Topic: Shameless Plug
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3990
Re: Shameless Plug
How cool! Thanks for posting the link... So many of their coolest vehicles - ol' man Soichiro is looking down proudly. The mint Transalps caught my eye - as did the N600. The Express moped brought back memories of a friend's ride. A guy at Webb's Farm Supplies has a Reflex - those 200CC 2V motors ar...
- Fri Jun 05, 2009 10:32 pm
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- Topic: Son of "Don't Drift this Thread"'s long lost cousin...
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- Thu Jun 04, 2009 10:55 pm
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- Topic: Split of open wheel racing?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2454
Re: Split of open wheel racing?
And if someone doesn't go kick Button squarely in the nuts, really hard, this season will suck just as bad as when Whole Schumacher used to dominate most of the races. It's just not as much fun to watch when the same guy always wins.
- Thu May 07, 2009 11:44 pm
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- Topic: YouTube music video for the day
- Replies: 93
- Views: 23363
Re: YouTube music video for the day
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWh-cDnS0k8" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Colin's pop builds great kart motors in the valley. Scott's pop builds kart ignitions and other electronics and Scott now runs midpack Nascar. <shrug> Catchy tune... OMG - just found this. How cool. h...
- Thu Apr 30, 2009 11:57 pm
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- Topic: Anaheim Suggestions?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 7963
Re: Anaheim Suggestions?
It cracked me up when Mari wrote 'Computer Science and Electrical Engineering'...Reminded me of a quote from a movie I can't remember the name of: 'We have both kinds of music, Country AND Western!' Was it the Blues Brothers? <shrug> Sorry, another random off-topic excursion. It's a hard habit to br...
- Wed Apr 29, 2009 11:35 pm
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- Topic: Anaheim Suggestions?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 7963
Re: Anaheim Suggestions?
EECS. (inside joke, sorry)
Please send my warmest congrats to Matt, I'm really proud of him. -la
Please send my warmest congrats to Matt, I'm really proud of him. -la
- Fri Apr 24, 2009 12:10 am
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- Topic: Son of "Don't Drift this Thread"'s long lost cousin...
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Re: Son of "Don't Drift this Thread"'s long lost cousin...
http://www.autoblog.com/2009/04/23/repo ... ac-monday/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Buick gets to live. Proof of what utter losers are running that turkey into the ground.
Probably get a good deal on a G8-GXP if you get there fast.
Buick gets to live. Proof of what utter losers are running that turkey into the ground.
Probably get a good deal on a G8-GXP if you get there fast.
- Sat Apr 18, 2009 8:14 pm
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- Topic: Slow Motion Cam Porn
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4654
Re: Slow Motion Cam Porn
Cool link.
When you're serious:
http://www.nacinc.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
When you're serious:
http://www.nacinc.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
- Sat Apr 18, 2009 11:26 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: New Computer Suggestions
- Replies: 83
- Views: 22292
Re: New Computer Suggestions
Don't touch any product made by Symantec. Ever. If you don't mind being IT guy a bit more... Why? Not being critical - just curious. I've used their stuff for years for free (Fry's rebates) and haven't had any significant problems beyond the intrusiveness that virtually all AV/AM/AS software seems ...