Today I Learned (TIL)

NickD said:

TIL that Rock Auto offers Bilstein shocks with lowering springs for some cars. Haven't checked every car, but they do offer them for Mazda2s, Mazda3s and RX-8s

Bwaaaaah?!?

Javelin said:

NickD said:

TIL that Rock Auto offers Bilstein shocks with lowering springs for some cars. Haven't checked every car, but they do offer them for Mazda2s, Mazda3s and RX-8s

Bwaaaaah?!?

Seriously! Go pull up a Mazda2, go under Suspension and then Suspension Kits.

"BILSTEIN 47167490 B14 (PSS) Info

  Front and Rear; Front Lowered Height: 25-40mm, up to 850kg Axle Load; Rear Lowered Height: 20-40mm, up to 765kg Axle Load"

Edit: Wait, are they selling Bilstein coilovers?! For $750?

In reply to NickD :

Holy Berk!!

In reply to NickD :

None for a 323 GTX .

Not that I was expecting there to be. 

EvanB said:

In reply to NickD :

None for a 323 GTX .

 

Not that I was expecting there to be. 

I checked for my Mazda5.  None for it either.  This is probably a good thing.

eastsideTim said:

EvanB said:

In reply to NickD :

None for a 323 GTX .

 

Not that I was expecting there to be. 

I checked for my Mazda5.  None for it either.  This is probably a good thing.

Just use the Mazda3. Literally identical.

None for the Terrible Truck.

Javelin said:

eastsideTim said:

EvanB said:

In reply to NickD :

None for a 323 GTX .

 

Not that I was expecting there to be. 

I checked for my Mazda5.  None for it either.  This is probably a good thing.

Just use the Mazda3. Literally identical.

I need the ground clearance.  The driveway to our rallycross site is a little rough.  Not to mention I’m trying to keep it stock, so I can modify the other cars 

eastsideTim said:

Javelin said:

eastsideTim said:

EvanB said:

In reply to NickD :

None for a 323 GTX .

 

Not that I was expecting there to be. 

I checked for my Mazda5.  None for it either.  This is probably a good thing.

Just use the Mazda3. Literally identical.

I need the ground clearance.  The driveway to our rallycross site is a little rough.  Not to mention I’m trying to keep it stock, so I can modify the other cars 

 

Nah, I've been down that road at 50 in the Volvo.  You'll be fine.

PS - Don't tell Scott.

Yesterday I learned not even the cops in west Virginia use turn signals. That explains a lot.

Today I learned that "EE. UU." is Spanish for "USA"

Estados Unidos = United States ergo, EE. UU. The double E's and U's are because it's plural, it seems. I should have taken Spanish classes in high school instead of those extra free periods.

https://www.thoughtco.com/spanish-doubles-letters-3080302

In other news, I may soon try to order slot car decals from a Spanish website because today I learned that they have lots of cool decals I haven't seen from other sources.

https://www.atalayadecals.com/

TIL that the slow loris is venomous, and that one of the components in that venom is what makes people allergic to cats, so a cat allergy is maybe just a low grade reaction to being poisoned.

TIL that I am going to have to start keeping a better eye on my Disco. Not is in waiting for it to spontaneously deconstruct, but that I am starting to get a lot of people at stores and gas stations telling me that they like my truck and if I have an interest in selling. Can't say I ever got that in any of my vehicles since I stopped driving my fiat spider

While on hold with my phone carrier, TIL that there's a Muzak version of Say it ain't so done on cellos.

It wasn't terrible, though I'm a big fan of the cello

Edit:  And I found it... see the what are you listening to thread

TIL that Chevrolet Silverado trucks are not as easy to work on as I thought when I was working on little Nissans and Honda's.  

Car battery, 2 braces, coolant bottle, top fuse block thingie, battery mount, pos and neg cables, then slide it out.  Always figured a Chevy is one mount and pos/neg cable.  
 

Shoot - I swapped my Accord battery in the Costco lot so I didn't have to return the core.

In reply to Datsun310Guy :

Changed the battery on DD#2's Impala in the street at 10:00p on the first fairly cold night of the winter. Considering the size of the engine bay and how visible the battery is I was astounded and enraged at how much unrelated stuff I had to take off to actually get it out of the car. 
 

TIL that modern child safety caps on prescription med bottles can be flipped over and just be plugged into the bottle without twisting.

Duke said:

In reply to Datsun310Guy :

Changed the battery on DD#2's Impala in the street at 10:00p on the first fairly cold night of the winter. Considering the size of the engine bay and how visible the battery is I was astounded and enraged at how much unrelated stuff I had to take off to actually get it out of the car. 
 

Is it the '07-'13 body style? Because, oh yeah, those are fun to get out.

In reply to NickD :

I have a pair of Bilsteins just in for my NC Miata to repair the front end

This weekend, I learned that small children actually like riding in the little folding jump seats in the back of an extended mini-truck cab.

In reply to MadScientistMatt :

How small are your kids or how big is your truck? Even without a car seat my kid hasn't fit in the back of my ranger, well ever.

NickD said:

Duke said:

In reply to Datsun310Guy :

Changed the battery on DD#2's Impala in the street at 10:00p on the first fairly cold night of the winter. Considering the size of the engine bay and how visible the battery is I was astounded and enraged at how much unrelated stuff I had to take off to actually get it out of the car.

Is it the '07-'13 body style? Because, oh yeah, those are fun to get out.

It is an '06 Imapala.  Removing the body brace was obvious and easy, but the fuse block had to come loose and get shoved back because it overhangs the battery case, and there was some other jazz in the front that blocked the battery too.

Duke said:

NickD said:

Duke said:

In reply to Datsun310Guy :

Changed the battery on DD#2's Impala in the street at 10:00p on the first fairly cold night of the winter. Considering the size of the engine bay and how visible the battery is I was astounded and enraged at how much unrelated stuff I had to take off to actually get it out of the car.

Is it the '07-'13 body style? Because, oh yeah, those are fun to get out.

It is an '06 Imapala.  Removing the body brace was obvious and easy, but the fuse block had to come loose and get shoved back because it overhangs the battery case, and there was some other jazz in the front that blocked the battery too.

 

Its been a while, but I think I remember doing one, and, yeah it's about the same as the later ones. It looks like it should come right out, but its a big hassle.

RevRico said:

In reply to MadScientistMatt :

How small are your kids or how big is your truck? Even without a car seat my kid hasn't fit in the back of my ranger, well ever.

It's an '94 Ranger, and my oldest kid is 9. Saying they actually fit into the jump seats is a stretch. But they've been very excited to ride in the truck.

TIL that Amazon has a thing called 'Amazon Wardrobe' for Prime members where you choose a bunch of clothes you're interested in, they ship them to you, and you only pay for what fits and you keep. Which should work well for me because I was planning on just ordering a few different sizes of the insulated coveralls I want and returning the ones that didn't fit, so now I can do it without feeling guilty about the return because they expect you to return a bunch of things.

Clothes/shoe shopping has been one of the few things that I've not seriously considered doing online for anything besides more one-size-fits-all type things, this might change that...