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

[themaniac]

4 minutes ago, aki adaki said:

That is so dirty, gee wee. 

Yeah I know... it's getting really irritating, wish she would just take the damn highway it's no more dangerous then the back roads

[Beef Boss]

2 minutes ago, themaniac said:

Yeah I know... it's getting really irritating, wish she would just take the damn highway it's no more dangerous then the back roads

I haven't had time to wash my car, it also is freezing out and I'd rather not get frost bite. 

[themaniac]

8 minutes ago, aki adaki said:

I haven't had time to wash my car, it also is freezing out and I'd rather not get frost bite. 

Yeah, I'm basically screwed if I can deal with the dirt before it becomes freezing out

[Guest]

3 minutes ago, themaniac said:

Yeah, I'm basically screwed if I can deal with the dirt before it becomes freezing out

I wash my car even when its raining no joke, love that thing. 

 

Although reminds me of when my sister got my old car ('04 Echo - great car) and does not clean it such that dirt accumulated in the footwells and plants actually grew in there until I got out the powerwasher. 

[Beef Boss]

1 minute ago, RorzNZ said:

I was my car even when its raining no joke, love that thing. 

I washed mine, and went on vacation, came back because it was flooding and the thing had dirt all over it because of the rains. 

[Guest]

2 minutes ago, aki adaki said:

I washed mine, and went on vacation, came back because it was flooding and the thing had dirt all over it because of the rains. 

I once washed and polished mine, then washed it again in a few hours because it was a little dusty. Gotta love the holidays and free water. Make sure to use the stuff with the wax that protects from the rain, helps a lot. 

 

Speaking of holidays I've got my repco cart waiting for me to order and pick up, so excited. Just about $300 in my cart so far for me to work on. Although apparently you have to take the motor out to replace the glowplugs, and I gotta say don't have the experience for that, so I'll just only use my car when its warm. 

[dcgreen2k]

2 minutes ago, aki adaki said:

I washed mine, and went on vacation, came back because it was flooding and the thing had dirt all over it because of the rains. 

The longest I've ever gone without washing my car is 6 whole months because it was being fixed and was undrivable the entire time, and before I finally washed it there was some green plant-like stuff under the spoiler and mold on the front fenders... The difference washing it made was huge, to say the least.

[Beef Boss]

21 minutes ago, RorzNZ said:

I once washed and polished mine, then washed it again in a few hours because it was a little dusty. Gotta love the holidays and free water. Make sure to use the stuff with the wax that protects from the rain, helps a lot. 

 

Speaking of holidays I've got my repco cart waiting for me to order and pick up, so excited. Just about $300 in my cart so far for me to work on. Although apparently you have to take the motor out to replace the glowplugs, and I gotta say don't have the experience for that, so I'll just only use my car when its warm. 

I tried that wax soap, but it doesn't do good. It leaves this... Idk what on. Looks like stains of - nevermind. I use rainx water repellent soap that doesn't even require drying it gets rid of the water. 

[Cereal5]

The longest I've gone without washing one of my cars was... I think I'm at around 11 months, and counting

[Guest]

27 minutes ago, aki adaki said:

I tried that wax soap, but it doesn't do good. It leaves this... Idk what on. Looks like stains of - nevermind. I use rainx water repellent soap that doesn't even require drying it gets rid of the water. 

IDK if they have it in the US, but I use Armourguard and then polish with turtle wax. The amourguard stuff looks like sugar soap, so maybe its similar? (And doesnt wash off and leave semen stains. I don't mind using the word i'm a biologist lol, the world is too PC. My sister actually got told not to use the term 'retard' in nurse training, even though its a medical term to hold back/stop progression, like in actual nurse training). 

[Cereal5]

4 minutes ago, RorzNZ said:

the world is too PC. My sister actually got told not to use the term 'retard' in nurse training, even though its a medical term to hold back/stop progression, like in actual nurse training

Amen to that. It's all about not hurting feelings... Like general practitioners not taking people's weight because they don't want to be offended. I never understood the whole thing behind women and not asking their weight or age...

[Guest]

10 minutes ago, Cereal5 said:

Amen to that. It's all about not hurting feelings... Like general practitioners not taking people's weight because they don't want to be offended. I never understood the whole thing behind women and not asking their weight or age...

Just problematic, especially when being overweight is quite a big problem these days. People need to understand the transparency medical practitioners need.

[Ross Siggers]

Retard is technically a word that means slow down or reverse, sure...but honestly in a medical setting, there are plenty of other suitable words you can use that mean the same thing. Using a word like retard, that in a medical environment could easily be misinterpreted by patients or relatives, is kind of unnecessary and asking for trouble.

Speaking as someone who's job it is to analyse medical notes and clinical writings on a daily basis...I've never seen that word used. Just saying.

ALso somewhat more on topic, non-contact car washes do use slightly harsher chemicals. It's like those cheap-ass hand car washes use TFR(traffic film remover) to get your car clean, fast. It probably won't damage the paint? But it strips off any protective coatings like waxes, and can tarnish plastic and other non-painted trims if you're unlucky

[FuzzyYellow]

Well, the Tundra is getting a NEW FRAME!!!!

 

 

 

and I'm not paying for it!

 

sounds like it's a make-to-order process though, so it could take months to get the new frame to the dealership. blech.

 

Oh well, could be worse.

[Beef Boss]

2 hours ago, RorzNZ said:

IDK if they have it in the US, but I use Armourguard and then polish with turtle wax. The amourguard stuff looks like sugar soap, so maybe its similar? (And doesnt wash off and leave semen stains. I don't mind using the word i'm a biologist lol, the world is too PC. My sister actually got told not to use the term 'retard' in nurse training, even though its a medical term to hold back/stop progression, like in actual nurse training). 

It was carnuba soap with wax in it made by turtle wax I believe. I haven't waxed my car in over a year... I need to do that. But it's too cold now so... Bleh. 

(don't worry about saying retard, like we use a retarder to slowly defreeze bread) 

[Guest]

19 minutes ago, aki adaki said:

It was carnuba soap with wax in it made by turtle wax I believe. I haven't waxed my car in over a year... I need to do that. But it's too cold now so... Bleh. 

(don't worry about saying retard, like we use a retarder to slowly defreeze bread) 

I'm not worried lol. Just shameful that they teach this sort of PC nonsense now. 

[Cereal5]

1 hour ago, FuzzyYellow said:

Well, the Tundra is getting a NEW FRAME!!!!

 

 

 

and I'm not paying for it!

 

sounds like it's a make-to-order process though, so it could take months to get the new frame to the dealership. blech.

 

Oh well, could be worse.

I mean not paying for it is good... Is the old one really that bad? and how are you not paying for it lmao

[Mr.Dingle]

6 minutes ago, Quibiss said:

So, I did my grocery shopping this morning at the local supermarket, packed all the things in my car, started the engine, slowly driving off the parking lot (15ish km/h). Then there is that granny with that small boy roughly 50 m away from where I parked, suddenly grabbing the boy, holding onto him tight and shaking her fist angrily at me while I drove past them with a perplexed look on my face. Now, I would understand such a reaction if I would've launched the car full throttle, it making crackles and bangs, blazing past them. But jeez, some people really love to get angry for no reason... Should've stepped on it just to provoke a little, but I guess I am too nice. Most humans are weird.

Thats why you get a diesel

[Mr.Dingle]

2 minutes ago, Quibiss said:

To make them choke while I drive past them?

You are in germany so i figured that wouldnt be a strange concept to you 

 

You cant see her shaking her fist if she cant be seen at all 

[Ross Siggers]

People love to get angry over someone with a nice/modified car, even if they're driving well within the rules of the road. Particularly old people. You know, the ones that drive far below the speed limit and pull away from junctions dangerously slowly because they think it's safer.

Not to sound like I'm having a rant, but the same is true to a certain extent with the police. Oh sure, pull me over with my well maintained car with it's uprated brakes, great tyres etc. and try your hardest to get me on something, anything... Not the person with the barely driveable rustbucket on budget tyres. My car is safer than theirs will ever be, I'm the problem here, sure. Lump me with the streetracers  

I was pulled once and told my number plates were illegal. I'd just replaced them with shiny new pressed plates, so I got out, explained all the factors that make a numberplate legal(in the UK), demonstrated that my plates met all those standards, and the guy was dumbfounded. Pretty sure I knew the revelant laws better than he did, but he still managed to pull himself together enough to give me a verbal warning though. Douchebag.

[Bananasplit_00]

41 minutes ago, Quibiss said:

Hmm true, time to get me one of these 'murican trucks which do the black-cloud-of-death-for-amusement just to show that granny who is the king of the parking lot!

[FuzzyYellow]

9 hours ago, Cereal5 said:

I mean not paying for it is good... Is the old one really that bad? and how are you not paying for it lmao

There’s a recall on the frames of the early 1st gen Tundras. If rust holes are found, Toyota replaces the entire frame free of charge.

[Real_PhillBert]

I got an email, and my siding is finally in! Woot Woot!

 

But I have to go pull the docks and boat lifts out of the lake this weekend, so I wont get a chance to get cracking on it. 

[bcredeur97]

1 hour ago, FuzzyYellow said:

There’s a recall on the frames of the early 1st gen Tundras. If rust holes are found, Toyota replaces the entire frame free of charge.

so in a few month's you'll basically have a brand new truck for only a couple grand

 

10/10 worth the wait. well played

[MEC-777]

YAAAASSSSS!!!!! I LOVE IT!!!