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Melon wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2019 2:52 pm Good point. I better drive the shit out of them instead.
no safety features, you'll surely be dead.

Also slow steering

Also no powah

Also no Android Auto



Seems like a pretty shitty experience to me.
Don't forget no heated steering wheel.

:nope: :doomed:
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4zilch wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2019 3:03 pm
Melon wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2019 2:52 pm

Good point. I better drive the shit out of them instead.
no safety features, you'll surely be dead.

Also slow steering

Also no powah

Also no Android Auto



Seems like a pretty shitty experience to me.
More classics can easily accept an aftermarket radio than new cars, so lack of AA/ACP are not a valid excuses.

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troyguitar wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2019 2:55 pm Oh I thought your wife's job was the only reason you are staying. You still want to bust ass for more money, even after the health shit?
I have three basic reasons for being here, in this order:

1. I have great health care for myself and my wife with almost no deductibles or minimums.
2. I make more money in a year than many people will make in 20 (or in some cases their life), and I actually like my job as many of my employees are friends, some like family.
3. My wife will make 10x more monthly out of her retirement if she stays another ~6 years vs leaving now after working 24 years on the job.
Fair enough, I thought it was just #3.

:tits: is the only reason I'm stuck in murica
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troyguitar wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2019 3:07 pm
CorvetteWaxer wrote:
I have three basic reasons for being here, in this order:

1. I have great health care for myself and my wife with almost no deductibles or minimums.
2. I make more money in a year than many people will make in 20 (or in some cases their life), and I actually like my job as many of my employees are friends, some like family.
3. My wife will make 10x more monthly out of her retirement if she stays another ~6 years vs leaving now after working 24 years on the job.
Fair enough, I thought it was just #3.

:tits: is the only reason I'm stuck in murica
#3 is a big factor, but actually the number is more like 6-7x. If she bailed now she would basically only get paid out equal to what Social Security pays people that maxed contributions to it. Plus, she can/will be double covered on Insurance and getting retirement pay at 55 instead of waiting to 62, 65, or 72 like the rest of us.
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troyguitar wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2019 3:07 pm Fair enough, I thought it was just #3.

:tits: is the only reason I'm stuck in murica
It's a good reason to be. I love Pennsylvania but likely would have moved by now if not for :tits:
Where would you go?
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4zilch wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2019 3:03 pm
Melon wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2019 2:52 pm

Good point. I better drive the shit out of them instead.
no safety features, you'll surely be dead.

Also slow steering

Also no powah

Also no Android Auto



Seems like a pretty shitty experience to me.
I have ABS.

I have an upgraded 2.7 lock:lock Z3 steering rack.

I have almost as much powah as your FiST, with around the same weight

I have no screen, but I do have bluetooth.
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[user not found] wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2019 3:13 pm
Apex wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2019 3:11 pm

Where would you go?
Montana/Idaho/Wyoming type place. Who knows. I haven't thought much about it because it's not something we are doing.
Idaho is moving up on our list rapidly. We're going out there twice in 2020 to experience the spring/summer and winter.

Being that I worked at Micron, I have a lot of friends near Boise and we are looking at the Eagle area.
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[user not found] wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2019 3:13 pm
Apex wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2019 3:11 pm

Where would you go?
Montana/Idaho/Wyoming type place. Who knows. I haven't thought much about it because it's not something we are doing.
:notbad: I need to spend some time out there.

For some reason I read that other post as you leaving the US. My bad.
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max225 wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2019 2:37 pm
Detroit wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2019 2:36 pm
I'm going back up to the island this weekend, I'm going to buy a case of oil to bring with me just in case.
I think that is worth while... same with a gallon of coolant... even a shitty leak takes a while to "drain" the lot. Unless there is a full on hole.. at which point it is :doomed:
The cooling system isn't really that vulnerable, but it's a good idea to have some on hand.
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4zilch wrote:
Melon wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2019 2:52 pm

Good point. I better drive the shit out of them instead.
no safety features, you'll surely be dead.

Also slow steering

Also no powah

Also no Android Auto



Seems like a pretty shitty experience to me.
To that last point, I present to the court. Exhibit A:

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Melon wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2019 3:14 pm
4zilch wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2019 3:03 pm

no safety features, you'll surely be dead.

Also slow steering

Also no powah

Also no Android Auto



Seems like a pretty shitty experience to me.
I have ABS.

I have an upgraded 2.7 lock:lock Z3 steering rack.

I have almost as much powah as your FiST, with around the same weight

I have no screen, but I do have bluetooth.
The :melon: mobile is pretty damn close to my car all around. Same wheelbase, power, weight, wheel/tire size, slightly nose-heavy weight distribution, 2+2 FR layout, etc.

So I guess that means the orange car is a turd too. How do you :dealwithit: being so slow? :disgust:
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max225 wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2019 2:37 pm

I think that is worth while... same with a gallon of coolant... even a shitty leak takes a while to "drain" the lot. Unless there is a full on hole.. at which point it is :doomed:
The cooling system isn't really that vulnerable, but it's a good idea to have some on hand.
Water seems fine unless you're dangerously driving in the winter. :wrong:
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Apex wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2019 3:18 pm

:notbad: I need to spend some time out there.

For some reason I read that other post as you leaving the US. My bad.
Nah I've seen enough of the world to know things are pretty excellent here. Issues, of course everywhere has issues. Our issues generally are pretty small and offset well.

Out of the U.S. Ireland and Scotland are pretty much the only places I'd live.
They won't let you live there, you'd endanger the Whisky market by drinking it before they can export any.
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[user not found] wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2019 3:23 pm
Apex wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2019 3:18 pm

:notbad: I need to spend some time out there.

For some reason I read that other post as you leaving the US. My bad.
Nah I've seen enough of the world to know things are pretty excellent here. Issues, of course everywhere has issues. Our issues generally are pretty small and offset well.

Out of the U.S. Ireland and Scotland are pretty much the only places I'd live.
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Melon wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2019 3:14 pm
4zilch wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2019 3:03 pm

no safety features, you'll surely be dead.

Also slow steering

Also no powah

Also no Android Auto



Seems like a pretty shitty experience to me.
I have ABS.

I have an upgraded 2.7 lock:lock Z3 steering rack.

I have almost as much powah as your FiST, with around the same weight

I have no screen, but I do have bluetooth.
No park brake :doe:

:trollface: *






*unless you fixed it.
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4zilch wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2019 3:27 pm
Melon wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2019 3:14 pm

I have ABS.

I have an upgraded 2.7 lock:lock Z3 steering rack.

I have almost as much powah as your FiST, with around the same weight

I have no screen, but I do have bluetooth.
No park brake :doe:

:trollface: *






*unless you fixed it.
Not yet, lol.

It's on the list for getting done this weekend. I still have one wheel brake doe. So, I have a parking brake.
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Just take the water that leaks inside the :jeep: and put it in the radiator?
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[user not found] wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2019 3:23 pm
Apex wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2019 3:18 pm

:notbad: I need to spend some time out there.

For some reason I read that other post as you leaving the US. My bad.
Nah I've seen enough of the world to know things are pretty excellent here. Issues, of course everywhere has issues. Our issues generally are pretty small and offset well.

Out of the U.S. Ireland and Scotland are pretty much the only places I'd live.
:wrong: it's terrible here.
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4zilch wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2019 3:03 pm
Melon wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2019 2:52 pm

Good point. I better drive the shit out of them instead.
no safety features, you'll surely be dead.

Also slow steering

Also no powah

Also no Android Auto



Seems like a pretty shitty experience to me.
Don't forget ABS, traction control too!!
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MexicanYarisTK wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2019 4:10 pm
4zilch wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2019 3:03 pm

no safety features, you'll surely be dead.

Also slow steering

Also no powah

Also no Android Auto



Seems like a pretty shitty experience to me.
Don't forget ABS, traction control too!!
All those features are obviously pointless for a real man. Just give me a horse dick shifter and some black fumes out the ass, and that's all the body needs.
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max225 wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2019 4:11 pm
MexicanYarisTK wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2019 4:10 pm

Don't forget ABS, traction control too!!
All those features are obviously pointless for a real man. Just give me a horse dick shifter and some black fumes out the ass, and that's all the body needs.
I prefer donkey dick, but you get the idea.
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Melon wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2019 4:30 pm
max225 wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2019 4:11 pm

All those features are obviously pointless for a real man. Just give me a horse dick shifter and some black fumes out the ass, and that's all the body needs.
I prefer donkey dick, but you get the idea.
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max225 wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2019 4:33 pm
Melon wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2019 4:30 pm

I prefer donkey dick, but you get the idea.
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[user not found] wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2019 4:39 pm
max225 wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2019 4:11 pm

All those features are obviously pointless for a real man. Just give me a horse dick shifter and some black fumes out the ass, and that's all the body needs.
Why they gotta be black fumes, bro?
Are you a man or a sissy?
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max225 wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2019 4:33 pm
Melon wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2019 4:30 pm

I prefer donkey dick, but you get the idea.
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That shifter has a Low gear and no 5th?
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