Car Enthusiast Club [Now Motorcycle friendly!] - First thread to 150k! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[AlwaysFSX]

15 hours ago, bcredeur97 said:

couple grand on some German models

Good thing I don't care about the germs

5 hours ago, vetali said:

Yeah, and those are cheap compared to other makes lol.

Oof

[Motifator]

On 5/6/2024 at 4:17 AM, Beerzerker said:

Tell me about it.... But that's what they do.
Even if they had been passing by at a really slow speed, the squirrel probrably would have darted the wrong way and gotten hit/squished anyway.

 

What's there to tell you about it? If they had been driving like a normal person, they hadn't been accelerating into that corner, seeing the animal yet continuing to throttle, eventually to a point of almost killing it with absolutely no other cars around.

You brake and slow down, put your hand on the horn and beep boop a few times until it runs away. Doesn't require a genius, does it?

Moving away from the topic of people who can't drive properly, we might upgrade from our A4 Quattro soon...

[TVwazhere]

On 5/9/2024 at 1:33 AM, AlwaysFSX said:

Is that how much they cost on new cars? Jesus

This is why you get glass insurance for like $9/mo

 

My rear windsheild was free to replace thankfully.

[Dillpickle23422]

On 5/9/2024 at 1:40 AM, Vonrottes said:

Trying to decided if I want to impulse buy a new cam for the Sonoma

I think about $1,000 would get it done, just the cam, pushrods, springs and trunnion upgrade.. no lifters or other upgrades.

Same cam I had in the G8, so pretty mild but still decent power increase over stock.

 

Just not sure if I want to mod the 5.3 or not 

I'm gonna say you should do it because it'd be cool

 

unless you've got better things to do with it.

[Bitter]

Bad UI design, IRL edition.

[GoStormPlays]

my car is a tank. this thing will never break

[Vonrottes]

3 hours ago, Dillpickle23422 said:

I'm gonna say you should do it because it'd be cool

 

unless you've got better things to do with it.

I honestly might before the Carlisle truck nationals in August, that road trip would be a lot more fun with a 400hp lol.

Was thinking about throwing it all in before a local meet on June 1st, but.... I just ordered the parts to install brakes on the rear, going from drums to brembos so axles have to be pulled. While it's apart for that I'm going to powder coat the diff cover, battery tray, and maybe install some cheap 2" lowering blocks and slapper bars.

[Bitter]

Risky brake bleeder extractor.

But that's what warranty is for, right?

 

Drilled it a size up, got it glowing, hammered it in, came right out. It snapped off with the smallest 8mm wrench so I think someone before me had already twisted it some.

[Vonrottes]

Brackets came in today, no idea what color I want to do them in won't be seen unless you look under the truck. Also don't know if I want to mount the rear calipers at 3 or 9'o clock.... Pads and rotors will be here Tuesday.

 

Also very unsure what color I want to do the diff cover, whatever color I do I'm kinda thinking of polishing the "trick flow" part just for a little contrast..

I know for sure the battery tray will be Weston grey, make it kinda blend in with the color on the lower part of the truck.

 

46 minutes ago, Bitter said:

Risky brake bleeder extractor.

But that's what warranty is for, right?

 

Drilled it a size up, got it glowing, hammered it in, came right out. It snapped off with the smallest 8mm wrench so I think someone before me had already twisted it some.

Holy Christ did they tighten them with an ugga dugga?! I've never seen a bleeder snap like that... And I've had some there were very stuck in cast iron calipers.

[Beerzerker]

15 hours ago, Motifator said:

What's there to tell you about it?

Ever heard of something called a "Figure of speech", which what that was?

Maybe this will help you - I dunno:
Figure of speech - Wikipedia

BTW I wasn't asking you about it and I do not require lessons about squirrels from anyone since I've lived around them for over 55+ years and counting.
Plenty of life experience dealing with, hunting them and all the rest here.

15 hours ago, Motifator said:

If they had been driving like a normal person, they hadn't been accelerating into that corner, seeing the animal yet continuing to throttle, eventually to a point of almost killing it with absolutely no other cars around.

You brake and slow down, put your hand on the horn and beep boop a few times until it runs away.
 

Doesn't really matter what you do with a squirrel, alot of it depends on the squirrel.

They zig-zag and dart around in such a way it's alot like trying to dodge a deer except if you hit one, it won't damage the vehicle.
Honk your horn or any other of that doesn't make alot of difference with a squirrel because of it - Sometimes they'll even dart towards your vehicle as it passes by, resulting in the same (splat) outcome anyway.

15 hours ago, Motifator said:

Doesn't require a genius, does it?

 

Since by that remark, you seem to know what it takes, show us your genius by presenting all of us a step-by-step guide (With pics and a vid) to completely avoid them.
We'd appreciate it.