The Car Talk Thread

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  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,936 moderator
    edited January 18, 2007
    DoctorIt wrote:
    I had to google that one lol3.gif

    cricket is still an insect to me, guess I better start workin' on that.

    We have one of the better Indian amateur bowlers at work. He sits next to
    me and I have had the opportunity to learn a bit. I'm gonna give it a twirl
    one of these days.
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  • antriebantrieb Registered Users Posts: 285 Major grins
    edited January 22, 2007
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  • DoctorItDoctorIt Administrators Posts: 11,951 moderator
    edited January 22, 2007
    so it's done? suspension, wheels and all? gimme a daylight photo, lookin' good so far, in it's shadowy mystery. nod.gif
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  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,936 moderator
    edited January 22, 2007
    DoctorIt wrote:
    so it's done? suspension, wheels and all? gimme a daylight photo, lookin' good so far, in it's shadowy mystery. nod.gif

    Yeah. And not at the gas station :D
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  • DoctorItDoctorIt Administrators Posts: 11,951 moderator
    edited January 22, 2007
    ian408 wrote:
    Yeah. And not at the gas station :D
    I didn't want to point it out, but he could have at least waited till he was done and the hose wasn't sticking out of the car!!!
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  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,936 moderator
    edited January 22, 2007
    DoctorIt wrote:
    I didn't want to point it out, but he could have at least waited till he was done and the hose wasn't sticking out of the car!!!

    He's young and impatient lol3.gif
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  • antriebantrieb Registered Users Posts: 285 Major grins
    edited January 22, 2007
    I thought it was kind of a cool artsy shot ne_nau.gif

    Wheels and drop are a p-shop. It actually looks like this

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  • DoctorItDoctorIt Administrators Posts: 11,951 moderator
    edited January 22, 2007
    antrieb wrote:
    I thought it was kind of a cool artsy shot ne_nau.gif

    Wheels and drop are a p-shop. It actually looks like this
    ah well, now i understand... it is a cool pshop... but heck, if you're gonna go through the trouble to do the wheels so well couldn't you remove the nozzle and hose!!!! lol3.gif

    it looks sweet in the final modded form, do it!
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  • antriebantrieb Registered Users Posts: 285 Major grins
    edited January 22, 2007
    DoctorIt wrote:
    ah well, now i understand... it is a cool pshop... but heck, if you're gonna go through the trouble to do the wheels so well couldn't you remove the nozzle and hose!!!! lol3.gif

    it looks sweet in the final modded form, do it!
    Thanks, probably going to wait for spring for the wheels and drop tho...
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  • dragon300zxdragon300zx Registered Users Posts: 2,575 Major grins
    edited January 22, 2007
    antrieb wrote:
    Thanks, probably going to wait for spring for the wheels and drop tho...

    Makes sense, don't wanna put all that money into the car now when your not sure it will still be around in the spring.
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  • marlinspikemarlinspike Registered Users Posts: 2,095 Major grins
    edited January 22, 2007
    Got me an interior
    http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=012&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&viewitem=&item=220071204266&rd=1,1

    Gonna sell what I don't need (wood, rear door sills, rear door panels, A and C pillar covers, sunvisors, some other things here and there) and keep what I do (front seats, back seats, though I'll re-cover my existing rear seat backrest since the on from this set has headrests and I don't want the rear headrests, maybe the front door panels, some of the carpeting, front door sill covers, B-pillar covers, and dashboard for much later on since the dashboard is about a full weekend of working straight).

    This was A LOT cheaper than buying new stuff as I had planned.
  • antriebantrieb Registered Users Posts: 285 Major grins
    edited January 23, 2007
    Got me an interior
    http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=012&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&viewitem=&item=220071204266&rd=1,1

    Gonna sell what I don't need (wood, rear door sills, rear door panels, A and C pillar covers, sunvisors, some other things here and there) and keep what I do (front seats, back seats, though I'll re-cover my existing rear seat backrest since the on from this set has headrests and I don't want the rear headrests, maybe the front door panels, some of the carpeting, front door sill covers, B-pillar covers, and dashboard for much later on since the dashboard is about a full weekend of working straight).

    This was A LOT cheaper than buying new stuff as I had planned.
    Looks clean!
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  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,936 moderator
    edited January 23, 2007
    This was A LOT cheaper than buying new stuff as I had planned.

    Looks good!
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  • marlinspikemarlinspike Registered Users Posts: 2,095 Major grins
    edited January 25, 2007
    Anyone going to be in Daytona on Saturday?
  • DoctorItDoctorIt Administrators Posts: 11,951 moderator
    edited January 25, 2007
    Anyone going to be in Daytona on Saturday?
    what's in Daytona on saturday? should we know?


    :hide
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  • marlinspikemarlinspike Registered Users Posts: 2,095 Major grins
    edited January 25, 2007
    DoctorIt wrote:
    what's in Daytona on saturday? should we know?


    :hide

    You're kidding, right?

    If not it's the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona.
  • DoctorItDoctorIt Administrators Posts: 11,951 moderator
    edited January 25, 2007
    You're kidding, right?

    If not it's the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona.
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    to be honest, it took me a minute. i don't get Speed channel, and my race following has really slumped away. even F1 doesn't really excite me so much. ne_nau.gif
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  • marlinspikemarlinspike Registered Users Posts: 2,095 Major grins
    edited January 25, 2007
    DoctorIt wrote:
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    to be honest, it took me a minute. i don't get Speed channel, and my race following has really slumped away. even F1 doesn't really excite me so much. ne_nau.gif

    I don't get Speed Channel either, which is why I'll be there in person clap.gif
  • DoctorItDoctorIt Administrators Posts: 11,951 moderator
    edited January 26, 2007
    I don't get Speed Channel either, which is why I'll be there in person
    make sure you post some photos for us when you get back!
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  • marlinspikemarlinspike Registered Users Posts: 2,095 Major grins
    edited January 26, 2007
    DoctorIt wrote:
    make sure you post some photos for us when you get back!

    Roger that. Since I'm using a carry on (no direct Charlotte to Daytona Beach flight, and the time between my two flights is shorrt) my camera bag has to be a personal item size bag. It's amazing how much I can fit into my Hadley pro (20D - no grip though - 70-200 2.8 w/hood, 17-40 4 w/hood, 50 1.4, 1.4x tc, 2x tc, 77mm circ polarizer, air blower, 2 extra memory cards (6gb total), 3 extra batters, lens cleaning fluid, lens cloth, battery charger) and I could still fit another standard/wide prime in there.
  • dragon300zxdragon300zx Registered Users Posts: 2,575 Major grins
    edited January 29, 2007
    Almost 24 hours and no postings in this area of the site. I couldn't live with that. Oh and lets make it car related right...

    So I'm renting a trailblazer this weekend. Does anyone know if the current model year or the last model year had aux ipod hook-ups on the factory stereo?
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  • DoctorItDoctorIt Administrators Posts: 11,951 moderator
    edited January 29, 2007
    Does anyone know if the current model year or the last model year had aux ipod hook-ups on the factory stereo?
    nope

    can't miss with an FM transmitter. not the best, but better than nothing.
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  • dragon300zxdragon300zx Registered Users Posts: 2,575 Major grins
    edited January 29, 2007
    DoctorIt wrote:
    nope

    can't miss with an FM transmitter. not the best, but better than nothing.

    Guess I'll have to take the suv's ant off then
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  • marlinspikemarlinspike Registered Users Posts: 2,095 Major grins
    edited January 29, 2007
    I'm in the process of uploading a handful of shots I printed when I first got home (nice thing about 4x6's is all you need to do in terms of processing is cropping as needed and then what I call BigPixelUnsharp and contrast adjustnment). Not necessarily my best shots, just a handful

    http://davidson.smugmug.com/gallery/2408458

    You know it's done uploading when there are 43 images.

    At first they were fine about being at the fence, then they started telling people to stay about 1 or 2 feet back from the fence. Then during the night the cars took out about 100 feet of fencing and the next day, when I was starting to get the hang of things, they started saying no stopping anywhere except the bleachers, if you are at the fence you have to be walking. Still though, that didn't dampen my enjoyment, just my pictures (may have made it even better since I was doing more watching and less photographing).
  • DoctorItDoctorIt Administrators Posts: 11,951 moderator
    edited January 29, 2007
    Good set of photos, Richard. thumb.gif
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  • marlinspikemarlinspike Registered Users Posts: 2,095 Major grins
    edited January 29, 2007
    DoctorIt wrote:
    Good set of photos, Richard. thumb.gif

    I gotta say, that #10 car (Suntrust Pontiac, I don't think there are any photos of it in that set) had a great team. They had to replace the coils, then they had to replace the ECU, by hour 4 the clutch broke so every time they came in to pit they had to push start it, and they still came in third.
  • marlinspikemarlinspike Registered Users Posts: 2,095 Major grins
    edited January 29, 2007
    BTW, has anybody else heard that the Trans-Am series will be brought back once Chevy comes out with the new Camaro and Dodge comes out with the new Challenger? I read that somewhere in an article about the Mustang FR500GT (which I think is what was at the Rolex 24 even though I thought it wasn't out yet).
  • SeamusSeamus Registered Users Posts: 1,573 Major grins
    edited January 29, 2007
    top gear
    fyi, the new series of top gear started last night. Richard Hammond was back and talked through his crash. Scary stuff eek7.gif
  • DoctorItDoctorIt Administrators Posts: 11,951 moderator
    edited January 29, 2007
    Seamus wrote:
    fyi, the new series of top gear started last night. Richard Hammond was back and talked through his crash. Scary stuff eek7.gif
    It'll be a while till it's on the web for me to see, but clap.gif anyway!
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  • marlinspikemarlinspike Registered Users Posts: 2,095 Major grins
    edited January 29, 2007
    Here's one for Zac: anybody know anything about the BMW E23 745i turbo? I saw one on the highway the other day, mean as heck (and if anybody on any BMW forums has seen someone in NC with a 745i let me know so I can register the forum and PM him...he got off at the same exit as my school).
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