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- Sun Jun 29, 2008 11:04 am
- Forum: Manual Driving Tips
- Topic: How to explain to others why you rev-up the engine?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2723
Re: How to explain to others why you rev-up the engine?
oh! i've got a good one!
- Sat Jun 28, 2008 2:36 pm
- Forum: Manual Driving Tips
- Topic: Downshifting not giving power
- Replies: 27
- Views: 3959
Re: Downshifting not giving power
third gear is generally the gear used for passing.
in a lot of autos, the "Passing Gear" is about the same ratio as your third gear (from what i'm told) so that's the obvious choice, i think...
in a lot of autos, the "Passing Gear" is about the same ratio as your third gear (from what i'm told) so that's the obvious choice, i think...
- Sat Jun 28, 2008 2:34 pm
- Forum: Manual Driving Tips
- Topic: How to explain to others why you rev-up the engine?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2723
Re: How to explain to others why you rev-up the engine?
"don't ask." "long story." give him/her a glare as if they're asking what thier own name is shrug "so i can do this" romp on the gas while in the powerband "don't you do that?" "do what?" "what noise?" "i did?" most of those are g...
- Sat Jun 28, 2008 2:26 pm
- Forum: Tranny Talk
- Topic: 1st to reverse -slight grind
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2099
Re: 1st to reverse -slight grind
if i rev up to 1.5k in neutral with the clutch engaged, then clutch in and immediately shift to reverse, will the result of me getting a grind or not resolve this question? ok, well i did this this morning. no grind at all, not even a slight one, but a decent bit of resistance and delay before the ...
- Sat Jun 28, 2008 2:20 pm
- Forum: Tranny Talk
- Topic: a dumb question
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2374
Re: a dumb question
Usually it's best to stop filling at the first click. Sometimes, pressure builds up and you get a false "click", so you may have to do the second one. However, once you are done filling up, raise the lever/press the plate that ends the transaction. Once the pump registers that you are don...
- Sat Jun 28, 2008 2:13 pm
- Forum: Tranny Talk
- Topic: NEW CAR
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1231
Re: NEW CAR
dude, my freind had a 93 celica and it was the shit!... untill the clutch started going out... he had an electrical fire... and his intake manifold cracked... all within the same month... but other than that...
you have similar problems with your car?
you have similar problems with your car?
- Sat Jun 28, 2008 2:02 pm
- Forum: Rants and Raves
- Topic: Music media while driving
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1812
Re: Music media while driving
CDs. Very loud CDs. playing very loud music with the volume up very loud and blasting my very loud speakers. loudly. and i can still hear my very loud engine.
really, you may need ear protection to go driving with me.
really, you may need ear protection to go driving with me.
- Sat Jun 28, 2008 1:49 pm
- Forum: Rants and Raves
- Topic: Misc Thread VI: Return of the Threadi
- Replies: 55905
- Views: 3275817
Re: Misc Thread VI: Return of the Threadi
mmm 5.0... tasty, neh?hockeystyx16 wrote:302?
- Fri Jun 27, 2008 8:03 pm
- Forum: Rants and Raves
- Topic: economy(ish) car. mistake... or not...?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1993
Re: economy(ish) car. mistake... or not...?
hmm... all those choices and very little way for me to finance them. that was a major deciding factor in all of this. i wanted a car i could work on if it broke (i don't need someone charging me for part+time to fix+smoke breaks...) which is why i kind of leaned away from imports... i never liked wo...
- Wed Jun 25, 2008 6:49 pm
- Forum: Rants and Raves
- Topic: wine....
- Replies: 77
- Views: 6579
Re: wine....
haven't you ever heard that somethings age like a fine wine?
- Wed Jun 25, 2008 6:45 pm
- Forum: Rants and Raves
- Topic: English is a crazy language
- Replies: 44
- Views: 4319
Re: English is a crazy language
that makes sense... but it's still a goofy thing to call a room full of toilets...
- Wed Jun 25, 2008 6:40 pm
- Forum: Rants and Raves
- Topic: economy(ish) car. mistake... or not...?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1993
Re: economy(ish) car. mistake... or not...?
hey thanks for the replies. =) lol i never really thought about a prius, to be honest. that might've have been a good investment... i have to admit, i don't know much about the not-sports-car (more specifically, the not-domestic-sports-car) department... heh, but in retrospect although the civic was...
- Tue Jun 24, 2008 7:45 pm
- Forum: Rants and Raves
- Topic: English is a crazy language
- Replies: 44
- Views: 4319
Re: English is a crazy language
lol you guys are using civilian speach. i can understand the bathroom, half-bath, etcetera... but someone tell me why the navy and the marines call restrooms a "head."
as in. "the head smells like shit. i think someone needs to swab it forward and aft."
as in. "the head smells like shit. i think someone needs to swab it forward and aft."
- Tue Jun 24, 2008 7:39 pm
- Forum: Rants and Raves
- Topic: RIP, George Carlin
- Replies: 4
- Views: 742
Re: RIP, George Carlin
I googled it after I posted. Died yesterday of hear failure. Damn shame.... He's one of the few comics I loved. damn. damn that hear failure! should have gotten his ears checked when he got the chance... i'll miss hearing him talk about new groups of people who need to die. he was my favorite overa...
- Tue Jun 24, 2008 7:36 pm
- Forum: Rants and Raves
- Topic: economy(ish) car. mistake... or not...?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1993
economy(ish) car. mistake... or not...?
hey how yall doin? i'm sure no one remembers me, i'm the guy who hasn't been on in about... 3 months? heh. it's been a while. well, i finally graduated boot camp. fun stuff, that was. got to do push ups, shoot guns (the targets were silhouettes of people lol) and finally i have the money to dump int...