Avacado

7 hours ago, Memmento Mori said:

FINALLY GOT some RIGHT BOOTS! (but int he wrong season of the year - SUMMER)

 

There is something wrong with your cup, it doesn't say EHW on it.

14 hours ago, The Pook said:

 

as long as you don't interact with Avacado it's 10/10 

10 hours ago, Fluxmaven said:

Welcome! A lot of our members jumped ship from OCN to come here, myself included. 

 

Unfortunately you couldn't escape Pook and Avacado since they are here too. 

Fight me

Welcome to the fam. Joe is viral right now.

Welcome to the fam!

11 hours ago, Fluxmaven said:

Meanwhile... I got really drunk Friday night so I spent most of Saturday being hungover and didn't work on any of the cars. I did drive both of them to do other errands and still might manage to wash at least one of them today 

 

Edit*

I washed 1.5 cars.... Moostang got actually washed out in the alley. Mi-otter got the front half washed off. I back it into the garage, so I just washed the front half off since I got some overspray on it with the foam cannon. I'd have washed the whole car but the top and windows were down and I didn't bring the keys out with me. 

You need to cancel your flight and drive the Mustang to ATL. How we supposed to pick up chicks in Stephens beater?

Friday night around 2230 hours in Western North Kackalaky

Sigh,

Leaked, leaked, leaked.... Yea, all these leaks feel purposeful. I used to get excited about upcoming releases, now they just tick me off and I find myself waiting for reviews and not wanting to read about the hype anymore. 

@pio

Don't forget to flush that rad multiple times. I promise that it will clog your blocks if you don't clean it right. 

I did not think I was going to understand what the comfort rating is however, first experience is like riding on pillows. The wheel turns so effortlessly. So far, so good. 

And they are on.

15 hours ago, Alex said:

It takes around 1 hour max to change them if you take your time and make sure everything done properly (torqued to spec, copper grease on the hubs, check the PSI, clean them with a rinseless solution, etc).

 

Plus then you get the excuse to have a change of wheels and a different look.

 

 

 

Also, first wash of the season:

 

(this is actually before)

 

 

 

Glad I coated it last year, but the softtop is starting to show its age (nearly 20 years soon). Don't want to think about the cost of replacing it

 

I've owned this car the longest so far at 3.5 years compared to 3 for my Palio (white) and 2 for my Accord (silver), which is neat. Also, I feel like my cars from here on out will always be brightly or interestingly coloured. The yellow is still really neat, and I don't foresee it getting 'old'.

Yea, I don't intend on buying a second set of wheels, jacks and all the other amenities that it requires to be able to change tire sets. It's just not happening. Frankly, I just don't care about my car the way you and @Fluxmavendo. It's never getting waxed unless I pay someone to do it. There is still pollen on her from March. My garage is full of other * that requires my attention like the riding mower, weedwacker, bush trimmer that require my constant free hours on the weekend instead of powerwashing the car. I just don't have that kind of energy like I used to. Children take away your caring about vehicles in a hurry as well. 

19 hours ago, Andrew said:

I always yeet around here at 35-40mph.

 

 

 

I think to qualify for a Yeet on that corner, you'd need to be doing 50-60. 35 seems more like a yawn than a yeet.

21 hours ago, Fluxmaven said:

Separate summer and winter tire setups will always be better for both scenarios than running "all seasons". 

 

The Falken RT615K+ I have on the Miata have that same low temp warning so I have a set of snow tires on the stock wheels for the colder months even though I rarely drive the car in actual snow. As fun as it is, I just hate having to wash the salt off immediately. 

 

Unfortunately the spare wheels with snow tires I had for the wagon wont fit over the brakes on the moostang. I have Pilot Sport All Season 4's on the stock wheels. Once those wear down, I'll put a set of Blizzaks on and get a separate set of wheels with summer tires to run the rest of the time. 

 

Obviously having multiple sets of wheels is a lot more cumbersome if you don't have a garage. With a wall mount rack and some tire totes, they are pretty unobtrusive though. 

 

I have a couple sets hanging over the spot where we park the push mower. I'm intentionally not washing the E30 before I sell it so it can be a "barn find" 

 

 

I know that running season specific tires will always be better than all seasons, but I am not taking the time or energy required to change them. I'll take the performance hit. 

12 minutes ago, SoloCamo said:

 

 

Yea, I was looking at those but unfortunately they don't offer anywhere near my requirements in size.  I'm running the smallest setup the car comes with from the factory (225/55 /17).  Downside is having to feather the pedal as needed.. but when it grips the combo of the sidewall flex and lighter tire/rims makes for some pretty nasty launches considering it's rwd with an open diff.  The G-MAX's were pretty good but this last set really does feel like they changed the formula for the worse as even when they were new I was spinning unexpectedly in far too many situations.

 

 

DWS-06 or the newer 06 Plus?  

 

I'd imagine your Veloster (not sure of year/model) is at least a few hundred pounds lighter than my car but I'm curious to see how it does.

Good point, yea. They are the newer Plus XL's. It's a 2020 R-Spec

Anyone else excited for Manor Lords this weekend?

1 hour ago, CoolGTX said:

Continental Extreme Contact Sport, are great tires for warm weather only grip

275/35 ZR20 102V on my Roush = skid pad over 1G with a car that is over 4000 lbs

 

Continental ExtremeContact Sport vs DWS 06 PLUS - Top Tire Review

TOPTIREREVIEW.COM

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In depth analysis of Continental ExtremeContact Sport vs DWS 06 PLUS with wet, dry, noise/comfort, wear, snow & price evaluated.

 

I'll be putting on 4 new DWS 06 tires on the Veloster this weekend. I'll let you know how they are.

6 minutes ago, The Pook said:

 

come at me

 

Pook Pookleton

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW

Washington, DC 20500

Liar, I've been there and you weren't there

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On 12/04/2024 at 16:03, Slaughtahouse said:

I've been out of the loop for a while, haven't played games in weeks but damn... I am impressed @Avacado

 

I need to catch up!

This one's for you buddy. Seed is nasty (ALEEB) played on yellow deck. Could have taken it quite a bit higher had I not made a few mistakes. Enjoy!

1 hour ago, speed_demon said:

Another OCN refugee checking in. I agree this site is far more like the glory days of OCN than anything else I've found. LTT wishes it was as cool as us

yep, this is where the cool kids hang out. 

Got my first E hand today off of 5 of a kind with red tags. 

20 minutes ago, Fluxmaven said:

Anyone that can't adapt to non-standard layouts has soft hands.