Managed about 500km of more Northern fall colours this weekend, hoping the timing should be right to do the same roadtrip but further South next weekend.
Posted enough fall colours already, this photo ended up being my favourite from touring around aimlessly though. Just dirty, caked in a layer of bugs, and off pavement, as it should be.
Dozens or birds at the window feeder for the last few days. Just realized how young a few of them are.
As an owner of a vehicle with USELESS fog lights, just curious if the platform can do any BCM alterations?
Our cars have the best foglights I have ever seen, which are made useless by needing to run them with the blindingly bright low beams. It would be incredibly nice to be able to run fogs and markers instead of fogs and lows.
Thanks! Be nice to get started with the platform while not showing any ECU flashes for the stupid warranty...
Did a full exterior detail, promptly realized that the road to the beach is being refinished, so did 20km of high speed gravel in each direction above and beyond ripping up the sand.
This is why I don't bother washing it, haha.
Between the weather and the wife's sleep schedule I haven't been able to wash this thing since the heat kicked off in early May. (Apparently running a pressure washer outside her window at 5:45 isn't very husbandly, and at 7:30 it's been too hot to wash)
Needless to say all of the bug guts have completely caked into the clear and are going to need some correction.
For somebody who lives in a shit area with rocks, gravel, sand, salt, bugs worse than 90% of the country, bird shit on the car weekly and generally "poor" conditions, does it make more sense to try and stay on top of this stuff, or just take it to a pro for $1000 every couple years and give it more of a general reset.
It's been almost 2 years, and it's looking pretty perfect from 10' away, so I'm leaning pretty heavily towards just having a pro hit it once every 2, 2.5 years. More curious what the rest of us do for detailing. Obviously I take the bird crap off as needed and *typically* keep up with the washes.
I'm 99.7% sure there is no way to do it quicker, but still want to check. Thanks!
You know exactly what I'm asking for, and I don't know the name of it to search it or track it down.
Looking for a typical 1/4" to half inch thick sanding pad (320 or 400 obviously) that can readily conform to tight beading and profiles to resist burn through.
What I have on hand (sheets and pads) are all a bit too rigid and take a little more off the edges than I would like when trying to get into fine details. I certainly don't care if these areas are smooth to the touch after clear coat, but it would be nice to spend a little less time folding or shaping pads and sheets if there was something, even a 600 grit version, that I could just shove in the gap and rub a couple times to get it a bit more presentable.
Any recommendations? Trend in my area is to leave pimples and whatnot in there so my paint store, cabinet shop, even the autonomy supply don't quite seem to understand why I want a thicker, softer (almost light memory foam) pad with an ULTRA flexible grit surface.
I want to suggest 33, curious on your opinions. What has worked for clients in the past?
Jesus I forgot some info. This is only for a 51.5" section of countertop independent of all appliances.
Never done this profile before.
Brain says centre on the flat (so 1/4 inside of true centre, photo 1), agreed?
I've not gotten through on a few attempted calls, and they haven't replied to any emails.
While they are continuing to post showing off their wheels and shop builds, there have been no updates regarding their performance and adventure parts after the fire.
I'm wanting to move on a front bar and skids fairly soon and I want to run their setup but I have no idea if I'm waiting a few months or a few years for productions starting again (if at all, maybe they aren't reopening the parts side...) I'll move to another brand but I'd like it to be an informed decision.
Fast FC04 in Matte Bronze, 18x8 +40.
Continental DWS06+ in 245/45.
Black Splines from GA on Amazon, Acropix 56.1-72.6 rings.
Fills the wells up nicely, may need to shave rear plastic flange on inside top of arch but I can't tell until I take it offroad, it might camber in and tuck under compression.
Big shock was the weight compared to stock, FedEx said they were 43.12lb per corner (all between 43 and 43.3) which should mean nearly 10lb saved per corner. Never weighed the stock setup but most sources claim around 52-54?
Rides great. Squishy, little bit floppy, but insanely comfortable and still predictable, if less direct, in the corners.
The Dunlops still have maybe 2/32nds to the wear bars so I'll be swapping them for track days until they die, then either wrap them in new stickies or just sell off the stock wheels for a couple hundred bucks.
A/C kicked on at the same time I went to pull away from a light with 4 people, 2 dogs, and all of our luggage, with 2 parents moaning about their other children in the back seats.
Had a good streak going. Also blew a 5-6 shift into a 5-4 shift an hour before that. Guess all good runs have to come to an end eventually.
Edit to address a few comments. I've been driving stick since 2006, tractors and on private property for a decade before that. This was a lighthearted post, I'm not losing any sleep over this.
So, while puttering along on our family vacation I had the wife behind me so we took the time to analyze the seat discomfort I've been having.
Sure, my spine is curved, yes, I sit to the right, and yes the steering wheel is angled and no part of the cockpit actually lines up. Cool. However one day after mom started ranting about the fact that children make noise, everybody is out to get her and that that there are no coastal views on the roads in the town THEY BOOKED I finally figured it out.
When I slouch down, say in an act of exhausted frustration with the family dynamics, my shoulders seem to lock into a natural design of the seat and I get to experience the seating design as intended. I'm too fucking tall. That's all it is. A bit of slouch and I cozily sink into a little recess that supports, fits, and my god holds you in place while cornering.
So, fellow humans who have a typical Dutch build and who have 12" longer than normal torsos (I'm 6'4 but I wear 35/28 pants) do we have any seat recommendations? My initial plan is to just adjust the pivots ro raise the entire seat back up by 2" but assuming that that isn't possible, I'm entirely open to ideas. Just the drivers seat, and not something that will bankrupt me.
Hey all. Curious of anybody had any links, resources or legal advice for a last name change.
Changing to my mothers maiden and I feel like between legal documents, medical waitlists and alllllll the other cards and whatnot I won't have the capability to pull it all off without missing any major steps.
Any advice, money isn't a huge issue and would prefer guidance beyond just "follow this list and you'll be fine", because I'm too busy and scatter brained to pull it off. Know your limits, yanno?
If anybody has done a last name change (not through marriage) let me know what we can expect. Thanks.
New Spring and Fall setup for the 25 WRX (and eventually Summer as well)
Have 225/55's on Rally Bronze Sparco Terras in 17x7.5 for winter, and of course the 245/40's on the stock 18x8.5's which now can not be driven in the rain and will be relegated to track use until they are worn off.
This year also taught me that only having UHP summers alongside winters means I'm either driving winter tires when it's 28° or I'm driving summers when it's -8, so I don't see us keeping 3 sets longterm, will likely try to sell off the dunlops with a hair of life left on the stock wheels for what, maybe a couple hundred bucks next year?
Any idea on what a set of the stock Subaru 15 spokes (base trim) are worth? I see them listed for $750 and not moving at all. $2-$400 seems right to me.
Was going to go 255 40 on 18x9.5 but my roads are just too shit. I like the comfy.
Wanted to grab some 18x9's with 255/40's but it's going to make more sense to run the still usable stock tires for track days and have a set of something that can be driven in the rain we get around here.
Stock Dunlops are at maybe 4.5/32nds and with our rutted roads (which means standing rain water) they truly are not usable anymore in the wet. Plus these should be about right for how much gravel and dirt we drive on our roadtrips.
So I now have 225/55r17's on Sparco Terras for winter, stock setup for summer roadtrips to places with nicer roads and track days, and a good all season for Spring and Fall and trips where I keep the R in wRx.
Will post pics in a few weeks.
$68, plus $20 shipping, plus $13 tax through SSC.
Can somebody remind me which retailer normally has free shipping without an order minimum? I'm going through my tabs and bookmarks and can not find a website that I SWEAR existed when I was last looking.
I have to say it but I kind of forgot about Dutch Babies for the last 3 years. Lovely "meal" from the 12".
No, I didn't think to take the photo until it was out of the pan and falling.
I've done every manner of bizarre artisan good, so screw it. Simple playthrough, only blueberries. Only allowed to buy blueberry seeds, only allowed to sell blueberries.
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Obviously year 1 will be pointless but as long as I can sort out 3-400 garden pots and a bunch of sheds before the end of the first Summer with my limited profits I'll be hoping for perfection around year 4. Clay is going to be the huge bottle neck between garden pots and eventually deluxe retaining soil though. Obviously we will be primarily growing in sheds given the whole seasonal aspect of the game.
Edit, this is only selling blueberries for perfection. This means NO other profit. Entirely Joja, really just earning a way to success. I've played too many farms to enjoy making friends and going through those paces. This is just a quick way to kill 15 minutes a few times a day, and I expect to end with a few thousand blueberry plants making a quick run to perfection*
Age 37
Sex Male
Height/Weight irrelevant
Race irrelevant
Duration of complaint see text body
Location hand/canada
Any existing relevant medical issues None
Current medications None
(Finger has always been bent photo is just to show impact area and current swelling
Sat at 3pm. No pain or issues.
Sat at 7pm. Unable to move finger. Incredible swelling.
Sun midday. Able to flex finger to normal reaches manually, however using the finger itself triggers immense pain.
Sunday evening. Able to bend the finger 80% down and 100% up with minimal discomfort. Noted pain is along tendon? to the right side of the knuckle at this point from the second knuckle to halfway up the backside of the palm.
Currently hospital waits are averaging 36 hours which is why I'm not seeking medical care. Should I be immobilizing it? Keeping it neutral? Doing anything special at all?
I know the photo doesn't show it great but the little skin flap is just where the impact was, in a downward direction (from ring finger towards impact which was a crush against floor of the van, well as much of a crush as a 2lb tool can cause from 6" away)