What is new in your little world?

Post by **Whiskey 7** » Fri Nov 17, 2017 5:29 am

shaft wrote:Also driving a manual in stop and go rush hour traffic is enough to make you want to kill yourself.

That's exactly why I buy autos

Post by **MKJ** » Fri Nov 17, 2017 8:16 am

shaft wrote:Also driving a manual in stop and go rush hour traffic is enough to make you want to kill yourself.

yep, ef that.

Post by **Eraser** » Fri Nov 17, 2017 9:31 am

Y'all just rehashing my arguments now

Post by **MKJ** » Fri Nov 17, 2017 9:58 am

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Post by **PhoeniX** » Fri Nov 17, 2017 6:42 pm

My car has a cable clutch and is known to have one of the heaviest clutches you'll get on a car. Rush hour traffic is fine unless you're sat on a hill

One of the exhaust silencers (mufflers) snapped off the other day. I've had to stuff a rag down the pipe of the missing one and cable/zip it on to keep it reasonably bearable to drive without feeling ashamed.

£400 catback exhaust replacement on order

Post by **xer0s** » Fri Nov 17, 2017 7:08 pm

I’m still not seeing a definitive reason for wanting a manual over automatic...

Post by **Don Carlos** » Fri Nov 17, 2017 8:22 pm

Off to watch The Grand Tour being filmed next Friday

Keep a look out for me on the first episode of series 2

Post by **PhoeniX** » Fri Nov 17, 2017 9:02 pm

xer0s wrote:I’m still not seeing a definitive reason for wanting a manual over automatic...

If you only do city driving, autos make sense.

If you want to go drive fast around some bendy roads going up and down hills and things where an auto just can't predict the right gear then being able to shift up and down the gearbox is far more fun.

Post by **PhoeniX** » Fri Nov 17, 2017 9:15 pm

Don Carlos wrote:Off to watch The Grand Tour being filmed next Friday

Keep a look out for me on the first episode of series 2

That should be great fun

1000 internet points to wear a Quake3World shirt

Here you are

https://www.shirtinator.co.uk/design/pe ... n=45804633

Post by **seremtan** » Fri Nov 17, 2017 9:55 pm

Don Carlos wrote:Off to watch The Grand Tour being filmed next Friday

Keep a look out for me on the first episode of series 2

outstanding

when does S02 start?

Post by **Don Carlos** » Fri Nov 17, 2017 10:19 pm

December 8th

It's being filmed in Oxford...

Post by **seremtan** » Fri Nov 17, 2017 11:12 pm

really? i live here and i ain't heard shit

Post by **PhoeniX** » Sat Nov 18, 2017 1:13 am

http://uk.businessinsider.com/the-grand ... ase-2017-9 - Great Tew Estate apparently.

Map:
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/search/Th ... .49z?hl=en

Post by **Whiskey 7** » Sat Nov 18, 2017 6:44 am

Santa Claus paid me a visit today

and I now have two boxes to gift wrap for under the tree.

Samsung HW-M450 2.1ch Soundbar w/ Wireless Subwoofer and the mate

Samsung SWA-8500S Wireless Rear Speaker Kit

An unboxing video here.... [youtube]vUo91c0a8N4[/youtube]

Post by **MKJ** » Sat Nov 18, 2017 9:09 am

amazon black friday deal?
I was actually eyeing the same setup for in the new living room (moving the proper 5.1 setup to the rec room) but felt like further research was needed.

tell me how it works out for you

Post by **Κracus** » Sat Nov 18, 2017 1:34 pm

PhoeniX wrote:My car has a cable clutch and is known to have one of the heaviest clutches you'll get on a car. Rush hour traffic is fine unless you're sat on a hill

One of the exhaust silencers (mufflers) snapped off the other day. I've had to stuff a rag down the pipe of the missing one and cable/zip it on to keep it reasonably bearable to drive without feeling ashamed.

£400 catback exhaust replacement on order

Shit that sucks man, I had the same thing happen with the GTI one day. There's a clamp under the car that connects the exhaust/mufflers in the back with the engine in the front. The previous owner must have had issues as it'd been removed and a cheap clamp was put on that rusted out and got loose one day. Sounded so awful, fortunately even though the engine wasn't connected to a muffler at all there was a bar that held both ends of the of the tubing that lead to the engine and mufflers that prevented them from dropping to the ground.

I had to drive the car roughly 130km's home before I figured out what'd happened and to fix it myself. Felt like the car lost like 100hp too while it was disconnected.

Post by **Don Carlos** » Sat Nov 18, 2017 2:20 pm

PhoeniX wrote:
Don Carlos wrote:Off to watch The Grand Tour being filmed next Friday

Keep a look out for me on the first episode of series 2
That should be great fun

1000 internet points to wear a Quake3World shirt

Here you are

https://www.shirtinator.co.uk/design/pe ... n=45804633

I'm going with my good lady so hoping to get to the front row. Wearing something with writing on will reduce those chances.

Post by **PhoeniX** » Sat Nov 18, 2017 4:01 pm

Κracus wrote:Shit that sucks man, I had the same thing happen with the GTI one day. There's a clamp under the car that connects the exhaust/mufflers in the back with the engine in the front. The previous owner must have had issues as it'd been removed and a cheap clamp was put on that rusted out and got loose one day. Sounded so awful, fortunately even though the engine wasn't connected to a muffler at all there was a bar that held both ends of the of the tubing that lead to the engine and mufflers that prevented them from dropping to the ground.

I had to drive the car roughly 130km's home before I figured out what'd happened and to fix it myself. Felt like the car lost like 100hp too while it was disconnected.

Ouch, that could have been pretty painful if it had fallen off with someone driving behind you.

I think it's worth putting loose cable ties along the exhaust tied around the car frame or whatever just to catch it if it ever does fall - I think that's what I'm going to do when I replace this one.

Post by **Whiskey 7** » Sat Nov 18, 2017 9:29 pm

MKJ wrote:amazon black friday deal?
I was actually eyeing the same setup for in the new living room (moving the proper 5.1 setup to the rec room) but felt like further research was needed.

tell me how it works out for you

No problem MKJ, well a little one, I won't open the boxes until Christmas Day.

No, not an Amazon deal. I did some research online for about a week and visited 3 retail outlets to see it for real. At each I asked for their best price as I was going to buy but tomorrow and I did. I returned to the first shop who offered 10% off. I was happy enough to flash the plastic and I am liking the Samsung brand of recent years.

It was this setup or an 5.1 (7.1) amplifier to power some B&W speakers fitted in my lounge room ceiling. They were there when we purchased the apartment back in 2011. Too complicated I thought

Re: What is new in your little world?
My Christmas shopping is almost done. I just need to find/buy a flip phone for the Mrs. Wish me luck.
Why a flip phone you ask. The one she has currently tends to (self) dial when in her handbag, and no it doesn't have a 'lock screen' function.....

B&W = Bowers & Wilkins and these speakers but mounted upside down on the ceiling

Post by **obsidian** » Sun Nov 19, 2017 3:19 am

T-shirt with a Quake logo, nub. Or “Captain Slow for Prime Minister”.

Post by **YourGrandpa** » Sun Nov 19, 2017 5:17 pm

Did a little riding yesterday. Across the state and back...

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Yeehaw Junction
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Tampa
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St. Petersburg Bike Fest
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Goofy looking bike with a turbo
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Miles for the day

Post by **seremtan** » Sun Nov 19, 2017 5:39 pm

i assume that's supposed to say 365.9 not 3,659

Post by **Eraser** » Sun Nov 19, 2017 5:44 pm

No, he really did ride at an average speed of 152mph (243kph) for 24 hours non-stop.

Post by **Whiskey 7** » Sun Nov 19, 2017 8:02 pm

seremtan wrote:i assume that's supposed to say 365.9 not 3,659

I think i can see the dot bottom right of the 5

Nice pictures YourGrandpa

as lots of bikes on a highway is always a grand sight. How many on this ride?