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(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...

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 ...

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.

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

Wow! Great news...lucky couple.

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...

Hmmm. I'm seventh after yesterdays race. Ain't like I didn't post a link. <shrug>

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.

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.

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...

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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.

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...

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...

EECS. (inside joke, sorry)

Please send my warmest congrats to Matt, I'm really proud of him. -la

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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.

Cool link.

When you're serious:

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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 ...