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

[GDRRiley]

2 hours ago, Wi RoZ said:

Ah yes, good tyres for not so modern sized wheels can be a pain in the butt. On my TF I need 195/45 R16 up front and 215/40 R16 at the back. Only decent tyre I could find were Toyo TR1s (not to be confused with and successor of the T1R)

there are reproductions or good stuff but thats all well over 300$ a tire. 
and 235 is a little skinny on a 15x8 rim

[Bitter]

15 hours ago, GDRRiley said:

Well my dads 69 Malibu needs new tires, really it needed them 3-4 years ago. Looks like almost no one makes good 235 50-70 R15 that aren’t 500$. So 245 or 255 will likely be the move. 
I was driving the car today and the horn started shorting out so every bump it would go off. The car needs a much better horn, not this wimpy thing. 

I'm going to remember to post a link to the horn I'm using on my cars. It's not wimpy at all. I'm 'that guy with the train Horn's but don't worry it's not a train horn just have three tones going on.

 

If you want classy classic sound find a set of horns off a late 80s early 90s Caddy. It's like a 4 or 5 tone set and sounds amazing!

[chaozbandit]

@MEC-777 Listen to that freedom

 

 

 

[Bitter]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Cadillac-Deville-12-Volt-Chrome-135-DB-17-5-Trumpet-Air-Horn-Kit-w-Compressor/311236253789

Roughly what I run, it's nearly the same, it's big and loud.

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/150db-12V-Super-Loud-Air-Horn-Compressor-Single-Trumpet-Truck-Train-Boat-US/124355793283\

Cheaper link, may or may not be worse or better.

 

 

In one car I had to swap out a compressor once and in another car I upgraded to a stronger compressor but in the first car my original compressor is still going but I swapped in the bigger horn for a bigger deeper sound.

[TVwazhere]

So the beginning of January marks four years of owning the ST, however to date I only have 37.8k miles on the Odometer. Of that , about 30k of them are from me, meaning I've only driven on average 7500m (12000km). 

 

Anyone else fell like they barely drive their vehicles (with context of it being a daily driver) or is it just me?

[Wutgaspump]

1 hour ago, TVwazhere said:

So the beginning of January marks four years of owning the ST, however to date I only have 37.8k miles on the Odometer. Of that , about 30k of them are from me, meaning I've only driven on average 7500m (12000km). 

 

Anyone else fell like they barely drive their vehicles (with context of it being a daily driver) or is it just me?

I had to change my oil on my daily every month since October because I was doing 4,500 miles/month.

[Real_PhillBert]

2 hours ago, TVwazhere said:

So the beginning of January marks four years of owning the ST, however to date I only have 37.8k miles on the Odometer. Of that , about 30k of them are from me, meaning I've only driven on average 7500m (12000km). 

 

Anyone else fell like they barely drive their vehicles (with context of it being a daily driver) or is it just me?

I wish I had a similar story, I'm averaging 20,000m/yr. 

[TVwazhere]

1 hour ago, Real_PhillBert said:

I wish I had a similar story, I'm averaging 20,000m/yr. 

That's 10 oil changes a year!

[Real_PhillBert]

9 minutes ago, TVwazhere said:

That's 10 oil changes a year!

I really should get one of those used oil furnaces for the garage. 

[AlwaysFSX]

1 minute ago, Real_PhillBert said:

I really should get one of those used oil furnaces for the garage. 

aint that just a barrel fire

[TVwazhere]

2 minutes ago, AlwaysFSX said:

aint that just a barrel fire

It's a fancy barrel fire!  

[Real_PhillBert]

7 minutes ago, AlwaysFSX said:

aint that just a barrel fire

 

5 minutes ago, TVwazhere said:

It's a fancy barrel fire!  

^^^^ That. More or less.

 

Im in that awkward area where I consume enough oil to be a pain in the ass, but I'm not sure it's enough to really use as a heat source for the garage. 10 oil changes a year is only 15 gallons. Which may not really cut it for a garage furnace.

[TVwazhere]

5 minutes ago, Real_PhillBert said:

 

^^^^ That. More or less.

 

Im in that awkward area where I consume enough oil to be a pain in the ass, but I'm not sure it's enough to really use as a heat source for the garage. 10 oil changes a year is only 15 gallons. Which may not really cut it for a garage furnace.

You only need it for the winter though, right? How bad are North Dakota winters temperature wise?

[Real_PhillBert]

2 minutes ago, TVwazhere said:

You only need it for the winter though, right? How bad are North Dakota winters temperature wise?

If you were intermittently heating you probably could do it. I think. 

 

Right now things are abnormally warm. Usually January doesn't get much about 0°F, and we usually have a week or so in the middle that never gets about -20°F. Last year we had two days of -40°F and that sucked a lot. And heating here can be more expensive because of the endless wind that will find and exploit any of the smallest air leaks. 

 

I'm just starting to talk about building a new house (our current house is really small) and want to do floor heat in the garage, and keep it at 60° all winter, so I can wash cars indoors but you probably already guessed that.  A waste oil boiler would be ideal, but I 15gal/yr will not cut it for that.

[TVwazhere]

6 minutes ago, Real_PhillBert said:

want to do floor heat in the garage, and keep it at 60° all winter

Isnt it more expensive to do a heated floor after the floor is already installed, rather than just getting the heated floor put in during initial constructon?

[Real_PhillBert]

2 minutes ago, TVwazhere said:

Isnt it more expensive to do a heated floor after the floor is already installed, rather than just getting the heated floor put in during initial constructon?

Yes, much more expensive, as the floor basically has to all be removed, glycol tubing installed, then floor repoured. 

 

Putting the tubing in is fairly inexpensive if you do it right away. 

[TVwazhere]

Just now, Real_PhillBert said:

Yes, much more expensive, as the floor basically has to all be removed, glycol tubing installed, then floor repoured. 

 

Putting the tubing in is fairly inexpensive if you do it right away. 

I would imagine. So was it a missed opportunity? Or did you always plan on it but things prevented it from occurring at the same time as the Garage build?

[Real_PhillBert]

4 minutes ago, TVwazhere said:

I would imagine. So was it a missed opportunity? Or did you always plan on it but things prevented it from occurring at the same time as the Garage build?

I think we might have a bit of a miscommunication. My shop, with the two post lift and in floor lift is on a separate piece of land, that basically doesn't get used in the winter. The garage at my house is about a step and a half above a tent. I'm talking about getting rid of the house, not the shop. 

 

The shop did not get in floor heat because it doesn't really get used in the winter, and if it did, heating a 40x60 steel building would be extremely expensive. So when I do need to use it in the winter I use a portable Kerosene heater and make it workable. 

[TVwazhere]

26 minutes ago, Real_PhillBert said:

I think we might have a bit of a miscommunication. My shop, with the two post lift and in floor lift is on a separate piece of land, that basically doesn't get used in the winter. The garage at my house is about a step and a half above a tent. I'm talking about getting rid of the house, not the shop. 

 

The shop did not get in floor heat because it doesn't really get used in the winter, and if it did, heating a 40x60 steel building would be extremely expensive. So when I do need to use it in the winter I use a portable Kerosene heater and make it workable. 

Ah. That makes more sense. 

 

I was picturing your house like this assuming your shop was your garage:

[Real_PhillBert]

4 minutes ago, TVwazhere said:

Ah. That makes more sense. 

 

I was picturing your house like this assuming your shop was your garage:

*SNIP*

Not crazy far off...

 

 

Extending the garage back to the window in the kitchen, and going a bit wider for elbow room. At least that's the current version of the plan, it will almost cetainly change again at some point haha. 

[TVwazhere]

1 minute ago, Real_PhillBert said:

Not crazy far off...

 

Extending the garage back to the window in the kitchen, and going a bit wider for elbow room. At least that's the current version of the plan, it will almost cetainly change again at some point haha. 

This isnt too far off from the floor plan that my uncle has for his upcoming house in florida, though his is one story with no basement. You could cut the laundry room in half as well (I never see a need for a wash sink in there personally) that way you dont have a weird wrap-around garage storage area

[Real_PhillBert]

17 minutes ago, TVwazhere said:

This isnt too far off from the floor plan that my uncle has for his upcoming house in florida, though his is one story with no basement. You could cut the laundry room in half as well (I never see a need for a wash sink in there personally) that way you dont have a weird wrap-around garage storage area

The builder has this same floorplan exactly like you say, with a laundry room about half that size, but the little woman wants the extra room for some big laundry organizer rack thing that she has envisioned. I didn't argue because 1) if she ain't happy, no one is; and 2) that weird space behind looks about perfect for a milling machine...

 

The first two stalls will be 30ft deep and the third is something like 44ft. I'm also pushing the side out a bit to 36ft. 

[AlwaysFSX]

2 hours ago, Real_PhillBert said:

I think we might have a bit of a miscommunication. My shop, with the two post lift and in floor lift is on a separate piece of land, that basically doesn't get used in the winter. The garage at my house is about a step and a half above a tent. I'm talking about getting rid of the house, not the shop. 

 

The shop did not get in floor heat because it doesn't really get used in the winter, and if it did, heating a 40x60 steel building would be extremely expensive. So when I do need to use it in the winter I use a portable Kerosene heater and make it workable. 

I think it's more of an upfront cost but there's geothermal systems that just flow water through an exchange underground where it's warmer than ambient temps in the winter / colder in the summer. Would be closer to 50* than 60* but that's still an improvement I imagine.

[aDoomGuy]

12 hours ago, Real_PhillBert said:

Not crazy far off...

 

 

 

Extending the garage back to the window in the kitchen, and going a bit wider for elbow room. At least that's the current version of the plan, it will almost cetainly change again at some point haha. 

Here, let me fix that for you. Remove the unecesarry parts.

Also instead of laundry room you can store car parts in there. 

 

[Bitter]

Laundry room/parts wash station with hot tank machine!