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Naw, who does that?
Not you!
Put black tape over the top of your driving glasses.
LOL.
windshield banner (or ricer visor)
https://www.google.com/search?q=racecar+windshield+banner&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwjHzL7T-a7yAhWUFqwKHaXJDCYQ2-cCegQIABAC&oq=racecar+windshield+banner&gs_lcp=ChJtb2JpbGUtZ3dzLXdpei1pbWcQAzIECAAQDTIFCCE QqwIyBQghEKsCOgQIIxAnOggIABCABBCxAzoFCAAQgAQ6BwgjE OoCECc6BAgAEEM6BwgAELEDEEM6BggAEAoQGDoGCAAQDRAeUPJ RWLyxAWDCsgFoA3AAeACAAYIBiAG7FZIBBDM3LjGYAQCgAQGwA QXAAQE&sclient=mobile-gws-wiz-img&ei=LOUWYceGNJStsAWlk7OwAg&bih=667&biw=360&client=ms-android-boost-us-revc&prmd=sivn
Just have your tint guy install 70% ceramic on the full windshield, then a 5% brow over the top
[facepalm]
Man caught by Tesla allegedly faking injuries after saying he was hit by car in Louisiana
The man eventually admitted to fabricating the incident
By Emma Colton | Fox News
https://www.foxnews.com/us/louisiana-man-arrested-tesla-faking-injuries-hit-and-run
Some fu@ker stole the catalytic converter off of my shop truck in the last week or so. I rarely drive it, so I'm not certain when. it needed a new one anyhow, but I'm still pretty annoyed...
Some fu@ker stole the catalytic converter off of my shop truck in the last week or so. I rarely drive it, so I'm not certain when. it needed a new one anyhow, but I'm still pretty annoyed...
Kinda makes you want to seal off and fill that section of the exhaust with oxygen and acetelyne... you know, for testing purposes
Kinda makes you want to sell off and fill that section of the exhaust with oxygen and acetelyne... you know, for testing purposes
Or anhydrous ammonia...
thedave1164
09-07-2021, 12:18
Some fu@ker stole the catalytic converter off of my shop truck in the last week or so. I rarely drive it, so I'm not certain when. it needed a new one anyhow, but I'm still pretty annoyed...
So you know CARB is now in CO due to the queen and company, so now you can only get OEM cat's for replacement in CO.
My SIL accidentally ordered an aftermarket one on Amazon last week, and they may have accidentally delivered it ;)
Not you!
Damn right! So, I looked in my "manual", and the mention about the visors being movable/slideable is so vague, you'd have to read it 6 times to figure out WTF it's saying.
BushMasterBoy
09-07-2021, 15:05
Can we just connect an electric fence to the car?
So you know CARB is now in CO due to the queen and company, so now you can only get OEM cat's for replacement in CO.
My SIL accidentally ordered an aftermarket one on Amazon last week, and they may have accidentally delivered it ;)
I ordered a CARB legal CAT off Amazon. If you try to order the non-carb one the order gets canceled.
So, I've had my Silverado for over 4.5 years and bitched many times about how the sunvisors didn't cover areas where the sun could burn right into my eyeballs. HATED that!
Well, I was yesterday years old when I discovered - the fuckin' visors will SLIDE on their rods, and cover the areas they otherwise can't reach! Checked my wife's 2007 Kia Sorento, those fuckers slide too!
WTF, nobody ever told me this......
ROFL.
Pretty much any vehicle I've ever owned had visors that slide.
ROFL.
Pretty much any vehicle I've ever owned had visors that slide.
Legit question. How old was the oldest vehicle?
I know most vehicles in the last twenty years or so have had those sliding visors but the first four vehicles I owned were all pre-1975 and I don?t recall them doing much beyond flipping up and down. I?m not even sure they swung to the side.
I don't think I've ever owned a vehicle with visors that slide.
ChickNorris
09-07-2021, 19:55
I don't think I've ever owned a vehicle with visors that slide.
Same
Did you ever get your U-joint fixed? I would have offered but didn't have the time, at the time.
And if you decide not to fix it and just buy a brand new truck and get rid of yours for dirt cheap, maybe call me. ;)
ChickNorris
09-07-2021, 23:34
I did have it repaired. New truck soon, how soon idk.
I will be selling it cheap (along with the plow) or setting it on fire, or using it for target practice. Haven't decided yet.
Legit question. How old was the oldest vehicle?
I know most vehicles in the last twenty years or so have had those sliding visors but the first four vehicles I owned were all pre-1975 and I don?t recall them doing much beyond flipping up and down. I?m not even sure they swung to the side.
Hard think but probably going back to my 1984 Saab.
OK, maybe the older pre-80's cars before that didn't have them.
Well, I guess it's "vehicle related"...
I rebuilt my mobile motel room over the past few weeks. It went from being a box with a lid:
https://markpix.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/T4R-0016.jpg
To a sleep platform with drawers:
https://markpix.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/FullSizeRender-4.jpeg
https://markpix.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/sMarkLewis.7922.jpg
https://markpix.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/sMarkLewis.7954.jpg
So you know CARB is now in CO due to the queen and company, so now you can only get OEM cat's for replacement in CO.
My SIL accidentally ordered an aftermarket one on Amazon last week, and they may have accidentally delivered it ;)
Yeah, the correct one for my truck is $440, plus having someone weld the correct flange and stuff back on the headpipe. Assholes cut the headpipe instead of unbolting the damn thing. Probably 800 by the time I'm done, on my 1500 dollar beater shop truck...
I'd do it myself, but A) I am not that good a welder, and B) I don't have the correct flange available. Half tempted to put something like this under there:
https://smile.amazon.com/Bisley-Alarm-Mine/dp/B017LTJAL2/ref=pd_sim_5/136-3336935-5735368?pd_rd_w=vbtZr&pf_rd_p=6caf1c3a-a843-4189-8efc-81b67e85dc96&pf_rd_r=61PF7Z35073M423MRNCA&pd_rd_r=c2c14ff3-a10e-400a-bc8b-caa935b40f2e&pd_rd_wg=0H3Dx&pd_rd_i=B017LTJAL2&psc=1
BladesNBarrels
09-08-2021, 16:15
When I went back to CU Engineering school in the early 70's, one of the students was living in the parking lot in a VW Bug.
He used the showers at the school, had a gas stove, and was doing fine.
He had removed the passenger seat and built a bed long-wise.
One of the cooler prof's took pity on him after the first semester and gave him a room in his house.
He would have loved that mobile motel room.
ruthabagah
09-08-2021, 19:55
nice job Hatidua!
nice job hatidua!
thanks, I'm glad to be done inhaling sawdust for a while :)
DenverGP
10-13-2021, 19:23
Typical "easy" vehicle repair for me today.
Wife let me know this morning that the drivers side front window in her 2017 equinox wouldn't roll up. Hear a click when the switch is pushed up or down, but thats it.
I figure the window regulator is bad, not too bad a job. Wanted to get it fixed before the weather hits, so I grab a dorman replacement regulator/motor from Oriellys. $30 more than it would be off amazon, but I can get it immediately.
Job isn't tough, but lots of annoying. Clips that hold the door panel to the door, then getting connectors unplugged, etc. Broke one of the clips, lucky I'm prepared with spare replacement door panel clips.
Get the old regulator out, cable seemed like it was loose, one of the pulleys was partially broken.
new one in, get things buttoned back up, but before I get too far, decide to plug the door harness back into the car to verify everything is working right. Hit the window up button, nothing. Down, nothing. Other windows work fine.
I grab a power supply and some wires and rig up power to the window motor connector, sure enough it goes up and down just fine.
F me.... I guess it was the switch. Call around to a couple chevy dealers to see if anyone has the part in. $60 and a 45 minute drive later, I've got the replacement switch. Fight with the door panel to get the switch swapped out. Once done, I plug the door harness back into the car again to make sure it's all happy. Nothing. Remember that I didn't re-connect the plug on the window motor. Plug it in, everything is good. Put the damn thing back together to finish a 30 minute job that ended up taking almost 4 hours.
Now I'm wondering if I had reconnected the plug on the window motor at all before the switch replacement, and it was just a bad regulator. Or was the regulator fine the entire time (until I broke it removing it) and the switch was the problem?
Oh well, shits all working now, no point worrying about it I guess.
On the bright side, at least you won't have to open it back up 2 months from now to replace a regulator. Anytime I have to open a door I'm half tempted to proactively fix the stuff that breaks often. Or for that matter... pull a truck bed.
My home PC/server had been locking up or powering off quite frequently, often multiple times a day in the middle of use, for long enough that I started putting together a parts list to replace.
Figure hardware since it would have trouble doing POST and starting up at all even with various drives unplugged, etc.
Damn thing now hasn't hiccupped once in 3 weeks (now watch it will die tonight).
It's out in a "maintenance" position so I'm hesitant to move it at this point. LOL
if you have rear AC that leaks refrigerant you can buy a set of plugs for less the $20.00 to isolate the system. Talk to your dog before shutting down his AC.
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