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#31
N00b Check-In / Re: Hello
Last post by Colston - March 10, 2016, 02:03:55 PMBrake mater cylinder started leaking, an easy fix but brake fluid peeled the paint off the bottom of my front trunk (toolbox). other than that - car has run like a champ. Only changes since i bought it (that were not run of the mill repairs) are the stock triangle rims now on it, and a small shift nob. now at almost 90k miles and loving it. I am thinking about selling the mister after toyotafest and getting a 70' Triumph Spitfire.
#32
N00b Check-In / Re: Hello
Last post by BigMike - March 09, 2016, 04:17:46 PMHey Colston,
Glad to hear your car is running better.......a year ago
How is it doing since your last report? 
Glad to hear your car is running better.......a year ago
How is it doing since your last report? #33
Trips / Re: Time attacks
Last post by BigMike - March 09, 2016, 04:08:47 PMJust came across Colston's posts above.
WOW those two routes look amazing, especially the second one!
I would love to try this once it warms up some (less risk of snow/ice).
I am planning on doing like a YouTube video series of my favorite local foothill touge roads. Might get a chance to take some test footage this weekend
Regards,
BigMike
WOW those two routes look amazing, especially the second one!
I would love to try this once it warms up some (less risk of snow/ice).I am planning on doing like a YouTube video series of my favorite local foothill touge roads. Might get a chance to take some test footage this weekend
Regards,
BigMike
#34
Chit Chat / NO ONIONS!!!
Last post by Sirdeuce - February 29, 2016, 08:39:19 PMHow hard can it be? It's not like calculating the velocity of an asteroid hurtling through space towards earth and we need to know how long we have to live, it's putting six, no wait, five, duh, no onions, together. Thing that really sets this one particular incident aside from others is that the guy that took my order told the guy building the burger " no onions" four times that I heard, WHILE THE BURGER WAS BEING PUT TOGETHER. Not like there was a big rush on, only two burgers were ordered. Both were on my order. Minimum I.Q. requirement for the job, 12.
#35
Chit Chat / More CA SMOG program complaint...
Last post by Sirdeuce - January 07, 2016, 01:52:16 PMSo, more problems with the smog program/inspectors/stations. As anyone that knows me knows, the SMOG program is my windmill. Welcome to one of my Quixotic episodes.
Why do we have to have so many levels of test station? Test and tune, STAR and of course the test only station. The DMV selects the station you go to.
"Gross polluter"! What the heck is this? The vehicle fails, BADLY, and now, after you repair the car and test it again, it passes! But now you have to test the vehicle EVERY year until the BAR deems it can be test biannually again.
Stations are turning cars away if they are too old (
If the car is too old it's flipping EXEMPT!). Too modified? Talking suspension mods, absolutely NO relation to the emissions equipment. One from last time I had to smog one of my MR2s, too low. Really? The suspension was stock, in every respect. Also got that one on my FX16, which is lower than stock, but my Mazdaspeed3 is actually lower in stock form. WHY??
Ignorant inspectors. The guy that bought my FX16 took it down to several smog stations. Most turned him away on the aforementioned reasons. When he got one to test the car it failed. Failed for "missing equipment". The equipment in question is the A/C idle up solenoid. The car has NO A/C equipment, from the factory, NONE! But the vacuum ports are capped, from the factory. Now, on the vacuum diagram there is no reference to these ports or the alleged missing equipment. The car was failed for this? Everything else was in place and the car passed the sniffer clean. Again, WHY?
Next time I get turned away with the reason being 'it's too old' I'm going straight to the BAR and requesting them exempt my car.
They need to do something about this stupid program. I'm not against having our cars run clean, just the way they go about it. Poor conception, poorly managed. Shouldn't have to stress on something like this every two years. The "gross polluter" needs to be abolished.
Other states are closing their smog programs for vehicles. California is making the states program stricter. Stricter on older cars, more lenient on newer cars. Someone needs to pull their head out.
Why do we have to have so many levels of test station? Test and tune, STAR and of course the test only station. The DMV selects the station you go to.
"Gross polluter"! What the heck is this? The vehicle fails, BADLY, and now, after you repair the car and test it again, it passes! But now you have to test the vehicle EVERY year until the BAR deems it can be test biannually again.
Stations are turning cars away if they are too old (
If the car is too old it's flipping EXEMPT!). Too modified? Talking suspension mods, absolutely NO relation to the emissions equipment. One from last time I had to smog one of my MR2s, too low. Really? The suspension was stock, in every respect. Also got that one on my FX16, which is lower than stock, but my Mazdaspeed3 is actually lower in stock form. WHY??Ignorant inspectors. The guy that bought my FX16 took it down to several smog stations. Most turned him away on the aforementioned reasons. When he got one to test the car it failed. Failed for "missing equipment". The equipment in question is the A/C idle up solenoid. The car has NO A/C equipment, from the factory, NONE! But the vacuum ports are capped, from the factory. Now, on the vacuum diagram there is no reference to these ports or the alleged missing equipment. The car was failed for this? Everything else was in place and the car passed the sniffer clean. Again, WHY?
Next time I get turned away with the reason being 'it's too old' I'm going straight to the BAR and requesting them exempt my car.
They need to do something about this stupid program. I'm not against having our cars run clean, just the way they go about it. Poor conception, poorly managed. Shouldn't have to stress on something like this every two years. The "gross polluter" needs to be abolished.
Other states are closing their smog programs for vehicles. California is making the states program stricter. Stricter on older cars, more lenient on newer cars. Someone needs to pull their head out.
#36
N00b Check-In / Re: Tommydox has arrived!
Last post by Sirdeuce - January 06, 2016, 03:43:16 PMOh yeah, how's the knee?
#37
N00b Check-In / Re: Tommydox has arrived!
Last post by Sirdeuce - January 02, 2016, 10:19:30 PMHahahaha, trying to keep up! Oh that's rich.
#38
N00b Check-In / Tommydox has arrived!
Last post by Tommydox - December 29, 2015, 03:17:35 PMHello All!!!
Just wanted to pop in introduce myself. If you look at my avatar you will see Big Mike behind me trying to keep up.
Just wanted to pop in introduce myself. If you look at my avatar you will see Big Mike behind me trying to keep up.
#39
Trips / Re: What roads have you driven...
Last post by Sirdeuce - December 27, 2015, 06:01:03 PMIf you get a chance to go to Hawai'i there are a few roads that are fun. Maui has a few, but the most famous is the "Road to Hana". I've had the pleasure to drive this road without traffic and it's a blast! If the traffic isn't bad it can be a lot of fun there too. On the big island highway 11, Volcano highway, is tons of fun! Just don't get caught speeding.
#40
Trips / Re: Time attacks
Last post by Colston - December 17, 2015, 10:55:54 AMI found these times in an old notebook - I will try and do another run of both of them by Christmas.