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[AlwaysFSX]

Anyone here Stateside want to buy a Flensburger Weizen and tell me what the taste is? It was bar none the worst beer I've ever had and I don't know if I got a bad bottle or if the imported one sucks.

[chaozbandit]

 

[techswede]

Looked up slang for mechanic on urban thesaurus for fun.

Here are my favorites

Spanner wanker

Camshafter

Trimtard

Techanic

 

There were also unrelated words in the results such as "Turtle lesbo" and "Illegal mexican"...

[terrytek]

anybody know where i can get a pressure washer for cheap? i wanna add some serious foam to my car wash, but pressure washers at like sears are cost prohibitive.

[RevoltTrain]

Why am I like this? 

[RevoltTrain]

13 minutes ago, terrytek said:

anybody know where i can get a pressure washer for cheap? i wanna add some serious foam to my car wash, but pressure washers at like sears are cost prohibitive.

Budget? 

[terrytek]

46 minutes ago, RevoltTrain said:

Budget? 

probably at most 100. i plan on using the pressure washer to wash cars really, and maybe clean my driveways if it gets grimy.

 

34 minutes ago, vinyldash303 said:

Craigslist

i could, but for whatever is in my budget might be just beat up.

[AlwaysFSX]

1 hour ago, terrytek said:

anybody know where i can get a pressure washer for cheap? i wanna add some serious foam to my car wash, but pressure washers at like sears are cost prohibitive.

[terrytek]

6 minutes ago, vinyldash303 said:

Well there's not much to wear out. Just fire it up and test it before you buy it. Get it home and change the oil. It'll run forever   

really? i'm pretty sure there are some models of pressure washers that won't run forever.

[Zodiark1593]

Just said to heck with it and stuck the H9s in my car. Adjusted the aim a bit, and walked up front a bit to check the glare. Such an improvement, especially in regards to peripheral vision. 

 

While technically, these bulbs are brighter than my high beams, in practice, the two complement each other very well. I don't feel like I have to lean on the high beams to see well. And the cutoff is well defined. While glare above the cutoff is no worse than with the stock bulbs, the unfortunate that are below will probably get blasted good. An unfortunate reality of the hills as even OEM'S HID fall into the same problem.

 

Will probably keep these in for the rest of the fall/winter. 

[AlwaysFSX]

[terrytek]

9 minutes ago, vinyldash303 said:

Well if you don't buy a POS you'll be fine. 

 

@Strando123 what small engines are good that you'd find on a used pressure washer?

i was thinking something along the lines of this http://modesto.craigslist.org/tls/5798630102.html but all it needs is a throttle kill cable. i have no experience with small engines, so idk what that is, but i assume it's cheap.

[RevoltTrain]

56 minutes ago, terrytek said:

i was thinking something along the lines of this http://modesto.craigslist.org/tls/5798630102.html but all it needs is a throttle kill cable. i have no experience with small engines, so idk what that is, but i assume it's cheap.

I wouldn't want a gas one. When I buy one for washing the cars and cleaning stuff around here I'm picking this up

 

https://www.lowes.com/pd/Greenworks-2-000-PSI-1-2-GPM-Cold-Water-Electric-Pressure-Washer/50353386

 

But this should be good for your needs honestly, and it's the same price, but obvi brand new

 

https://www.lowes.com/pd/Greenworks-1-600-PSI-1-2-GPM-Cold-Water-Electric-Pressure-Washer/50353388

[terrytek]

4 minutes ago, RevoltTrain said:

I wouldn't want a gas one. When I buy one for washing the cars and cleaning stuff around here I'm picking this up

 

https://www.lowes.com/pd/Greenworks-2-000-PSI-1-2-GPM-Cold-Water-Electric-Pressure-Washer/50353386

 

But this should be good for your needs honestly, and it's the same price, but obvi brand new

 

https://www.lowes.com/pd/Greenworks-1-600-PSI-1-2-GPM-Cold-Water-Electric-Pressure-Washer/50353388

i think i'll go with the 1600psi version, since it's more than adequate for my needs. but i've never used a pressure washer. how do you get water into it? i'm assuming you hook it up to a normal hose? or what's the deal? i've never used one in my life before.

[AlwaysFSX]

Maaaaaaaan there's a good sized storm headed my way. I hope it rains but I really don't want hail. I parked far and don't want to move the truck.

[RevoltTrain]

1 hour ago, terrytek said:

i think i'll go with the 1600psi version, since it's more than adequate for my needs. but i've never used a pressure washer. how do you get water into it? i'm assuming you hook it up to a normal hose? or what's the deal? i've never used one in my life before.

Just hook it up to a hose and make sure the washer is plugged in 

[RevoltTrain]

Any tips to get state inspection stickers off of the windshield? The car was previously in a state that requires a sticker. But Indiana doesn't need them and it's kinda ripped and just looks awful. Any recommendations to for sure get a state inspection off the windshield? 

[RevoltTrain]

41 minutes ago, vinyldash303 said:

You don't want too much pressure. It hooks up to a hose then the motor spins a pump. If you have too much pressure you'll strip the clear coat, and WAAAYYY too much and you'll blast the paint right off the body (I may have run into that issue cleaning the service pickup at work last year) 

 

I would get a decent used gas one. But you do you. The wand is going to wear your arms out. So understand that. It's an issue with any pressure washer is going to have. 

Chrisfix used a 1700psi pressure washer to wash his drift stang , it worked amazingly, keep at least a foot (I'd recommend further) from the paint and it was great 

[RevoltTrain]

Just now, vinyldash303 said:

I was about a foot and a half washing the work truck and a chunk the size of half my fist flew off the fender  

 

not it really sure what happened. Maybe the GPH was higher? I don't know but I don't like using pressure washers anymore. They do work really well though. Maybe Ford Fleet White just isn't super high quality

I'll be picking up the same one he used in his video. It earned amazingly for him and its decently cheap. Along with picking up a foam cannon. I'll basically follow all of his super clean tutorials at least once with the Saab and keep up with it from there. 

 

What upsets me is unless I bring it up my mom doesn't care enough to wash the Impala. She has washed it once, maybe twice since she's owned it (5 years) by wash I mean take it threw a drive through wash. After I deep clean the Saab I'll try to convince her to get the Impala all cleaned up nicely

[RevoltTrain]

Another thing, we all know that in a NA vehicle if it doesn't require premium, putting premium in won't do anything . I was wondering if in my turbocharged car I put in 93 octane would I gain any power at all? I know my car only needs 87 octane, but I've got 93 all around me as an option so I'm trying to figure out if I make the change if the only change I'll see is in my wallet

 

TL:DR If I put premium in a boosted car that only requires regular fuel is there a difference?

[carguy86]

 

Incase you didnt know, this is a Fiat multipla:

[carguy86]

4 hours ago, RevoltTrain said:

Any tips to get state inspection stickers off of the windshield? The car was previously in a state that requires a sticker. But Indiana doesn't need them and it's kinda ripped and just looks awful. Any recommendations to for sure get a state inspection off the windshield? 

Hot air gun, a razor blade and patience.

[chaozbandit]

Oof those rotiforms!

 

 

Who wants to come up to Canada and let me shoot rolling shots of their car? I'll need a driver as well, ofc.

 

[Othersideguy]

*Drops mic*

[Mr.Deadpool]

16 minutes ago, Othersideguy said:

*Drops mic*

 

*Jaw drops*

 

 

Edit: i just realized we wrote our locations in the oposite order