Minor Confession Thread

I want to put a speaker behind my grill and scream at other drivers all day on a CB Radio type microphone.

"COME ON - Let's MOVE!" would be a good one to start yelling.

One of these

And I could yell all day on this

I sharted.... On my way home from dinner with fiancée. I never said a word. Just drove on the last 20miles with the occasional complaint about the in cabin air filter.

I road home in the worst severe thunderstorm imaginable. The radar looked like ketchup and mustard.

I didn't get dressed yesterday. Life of a freelancer.

Lesley wrote: I didn't get dressed yesterday. Life of a freelancer.

Pics for the GGA thread?

For the "eye bleach" thread maybe...

I don't like going to the beach. I hate beachfront hotels/condos that hire apathetic college students as waitresses and bartenders. I hate picturesque little shore towns with tourists in sunblock and big hats, herding children across highways carrying chairs and umbrellas. I hate sitting still for more than 30 minutes.

I would rather vacation in my garage.

Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote: I don't like going to the beach. I hate beachfront hotels/condos that hire apathetic college students as waitresses and bartenders. I hate picturesque little shore towns with tourists in sunblock and big hats, herding children across highways carrying chairs and umbrellas. I hate sitting still for more than 30 minutes. I would rather vacation in my garage.

That's not a confession, that's just common sense. I'm scheduling my honeymoon around flying to get a truck and driving it back...

Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote: I don't like going to the beach. I hate beachfront hotels/condos that hire apathetic college students as waitresses and bartenders. I hate picturesque little shore towns with tourists in sunblock and big hats, herding children across highways carrying chairs and umbrellas. I hate sitting still for more than 30 minutes. I would rather vacation in my garage.

I haven't been to the beach since 1971 ....

Daytona for the Rolex doesn't count, since I stay inland and don't cross the bridge

Datsun310Guy wrote: I want to put a speaker behind my grill and scream at other drivers all day on a CB Radio type microphone. "COME ON - Let's MOVE!" would be a good one to start yelling. One of these And I could yell all day on this

You know... around here I very commonly see and diagnose car problems while in traffic. Low tire pressure, bad alignment, burning oil or blown HG (from the exhaust), slipping serpentine belt, blown shocks, etc. I wonder if I yelled these diagnoses to people as they drove by if they would understand what's happening?

I think I'm probably a mild hoarder. It's only the garage and I'm trying to fix it, but it's painful to throw junk away and it's messing with my head.

Toyman01 wrote: Fixed today though. New pads, rotors and seals. The grinding was like fingers on a chalk board.

You put new rotors on it? "Ooh look at me, I'm Mr. Moneybags, I'm putting new rotors on my car!"

Says the guy who threw shoes and cylinders on the back of his Subaru but no drums, even though the old shoes had ground the drums 1/8" (.125) oversize, because MY GOD have you priced out 4wd Subaru drums? Not sure about today, but in 1997 they were around $250. Each.

All the same, I never replace rotors. I never machine them, either, although when I do pads on my VWs, the rotors are always covered with rust because they have way more brake than they need so the overnight rust never burns off. You can't machine the rust, it eats the bits, so I chuck them in the lathe and hit them with an angle grinder to make the braking surface flattish.

I think the drums on my 323 stopped working a couple of years ago. I used to turn the radio up to cover the grinding, but it's not working either....

I am worried how intelligent my child is- it seriously scares me...... he's going to be able to cause all new levels of trouble.

carbon wrote: This guy I know saw a woman deliberately push her shopping cart into a car that He spent a year building from scratch (while He was running an errand during His 1st shakedown trip) while she mumbled about how the owner of the car thought his car's so special. I heard that He kind of lost his mind a little and smashed in every body panel of her car with the cart while she sat locked in her car screaming for help. Then that guy who definitely wasn't me at all, jammed the cart on it's side beneath her rear bumper cover on it's side so it dragged behind as she drove away. Hopefully she never berkleyed with someones art again. I would never do something like that though, Ever.

I suspect I may have done much worse

aussiesmg wrote:

carbon wrote: This guy I know saw a woman deliberately push her shopping cart into a car that He spent a year building from scratch (while He was running an errand during His 1st shakedown trip) while she mumbled about how the owner of the car thought his car's so special. I heard that He kind of lost his mind a little and smashed in every body panel of her car with the cart while she sat locked in her car screaming for help. Then that guy who definitely wasn't me at all, jammed the cart on it's side beneath her rear bumper cover on it's side so it dragged behind as she drove away. Hopefully she never berkleyed with someones art again. I would never do something like that though, Ever.

I suspect I may have done much worse

I used to work with a paint and body man. He had just finished putting a pearl paint on his Vega. He had stopped at a local watering hole the day after he finished the job. When he came out there was a guy sitting on the hood of his car. He calmly asked the guy to get off the car. The man refused. He walked around to the passenger side, pulled a .38 out of his glove box and shot the guy in both feet. He did 3 years for that one.

Needless to say we didn't mess with his cars. Or even park near him.

I did have him paint a couple of cars though. He was an artist with a spray gun.

I have come to the conclusion that I may never be able to afford any kind of project/fun car. Yet I still lurk around this forum for entertainment.

Knurled wrote:

Toyman01 wrote: Fixed today though. New pads, rotors and seals. The grinding was like fingers on a chalk board.

You put new rotors on it? "Ooh look at me, I'm Mr. Moneybags, I'm putting new rotors on my car!" Says the guy who threw shoes and cylinders on the back of his Subaru but no drums, even though the old shoes had ground the drums 1/8" (.125) oversize, because MY GOD have you priced out 4wd Subaru drums? Not sure about today, but in 1997 they were around $250. Each. All the same, I never replace rotors. I never machine them, either, although when I do pads on my VWs, the rotors are always covered with rust because they have way more brake than they need so the overnight rust never burns off. You can't machine the rust, it eats the bits, so I chuck them in the lathe and hit them with an angle grinder to make the braking surface flattish.

I put about 50K miles a year on this van, 10K of that towing a trailer. Rotors are $45 each. I am HARD on front brakes. I HATE surging brakes. It got new rotors. It got new rotors, bearings, seals and radius arm bushings the last time I did the brakes. It will probably get new rotors next time if they are warped at all or if they are blue and cracked. Like I said, I'm hard on the brakes. Rotors are cheap.

slowride wrote: I have come to the conclusion that I may never be able to afford any kind of project/fun car. Yet I still lurk around this forum for entertainment.

I can't afford a damn thing half the time, it doesn't stop me. Gotta start somewhere.

mndsm wrote: I am worried how intelligent my child is- it seriously scares me...... he's going to be able to cause all new levels of trouble.

The best thing about the really smart ones, you won't even know about most of the trouble he causes.

GRM enablers, you guys have me searching for audio equipment now

As for my minor confession of the day- I sold mnmazda. About 3 months ago. The new owners are good friends of mine, however a part of the member base had an issue with them a while ago. This particular portion said member base pissed me off, and I decided it wasn't fun anymore. The sale was my final berkeley you to those people. No one on the site knows it yet.

I hate wearing shoes. I was cutting 1/4 plate today in Hawaiian workboots even though I know better.

Every time that see one of these, I'm tempted to drop in a dozen eggs or a trout.

logdog wrote: I hate wearing shoes. I was cutting 1/4 plate today in Hawaiian workboots even though I know better.

Looking at two red spots on the top of my left foot right now from the same thing.