Random Thoughts - Part Deux [NO POLITICS]

[soundman98]

and tire pressure's the same all the way around?

could just be one of those momentary slick road situations

[Capt Spaulding]

Originally Posted by Spuds

Unacceptable!

Jeeeze. I said I was sorry.




Will this work.



As to tires, if they have tread on ‘em my guess is they’ve aged out.

I have a set of three year old Conti ECSs on “blue.” I’ve driven it little enough that I’m pretty sure they’ll dry rot before I wear them out.


Edit. It possible someone snuck in and did a secret turbo K swap while you weren’t looking.

[soundman98]

Originally Posted by Capt Spaulding

Edit. It possible someone snuck in and did a secret turbo K swap while you weren’t looking.

lol, i'd love to know anyone that secret. or motivated.

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by soundman98

and tire pressure's the same all the way around?

could just be one of those momentary slick road situations

I typically run the rears ~1.5psi lower than the fronts. Pressures were the first thing I checked, they are all right where I have had them for years. It's been stepping out multiple times just driving around (not usually on purpose). Sometimes I have no grip, sometimes it really slick. It's not necessarily heat related either. Not that they get hot at all. I did some intentional burnouts earlier to hopefully scrape some of the surface away. If that doesn't work, I'm going to assume they are just old and cranky.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Spuds

I typically run the rears ~1.5psi lower than the fronts. Pressures were the first thing I checked, they are all right where I have had them for years. It's been stepping out multiple times just driving around (not usually on purpose). Sometimes I have no grip, sometimes it really slick. It's not necessarily heat related either. Not that they get hot at all. I did some intentional burnouts earlier to hopefully scrape some of the surface away. If that doesn't work, I'm going to assume they are just old and cranky.

Well, YOU are getting older -

[spcmafia]

Had a week off from work, spent the holidays with the families for Christmas eve and day after. Coming Monday went for a jog, it was very cold but I needed the exercise. Later that day I felt my throat getting sore, the next 3 days weren't great, Im not sure if it was Omicron or something similar, but I'm sure it was just a cold, nowadays you can't tell.

Got about $200 worth of Home Depot gift cards and went bananas buying little tools that I wanted and upgraded some things around the house. Didn't get as much done as I wanted because of the lingering cold effects were still there. Had planned to throw another coat of graphene wax on the car but the weather was either too cold to do anything or if it was nice and warm, it was raining, so that sucked.

Did spend some time on the PC playing Assetto and other games so that was great. Managed to keep my weight on track even without being able to go to the gym. It was hard to try to stay away from all the cookies and leftovers.





For this year, I really want to at least visit the track once, and work on the house. Take a deep breath at work and not stress for not being able to smack the back of the head of people. Take my time at the gym and start planning my wedding, and possibly welcome a kid into our home which I am static about. But we'll see how that goes, I'd like to have the house in a better state than what it is, having AC would be a big plus.

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by humfrz

Maybe they finally caught Bill -

That would be property theft.

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by soundman98

all for $15/day.

$10/day plus mileage to and from here.

[Sapphireho]

My vintage receiver was sounding terrible. I would have to wiggle knobs to get both channels to works, and most all knobs and buttons cracked and popped. I opened it up and gave everything a good spray with this stuff and WOW! I don't remember it ever sounding so good. Great stuff!

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by Spuds

There's something wrong with my tires if my FRS is breaking traction in 3rd on a straight flat road in damp 65 degree (F) weather right?

I do it all the time.

Edit: my MPSS' were like slicks on snow when they turned around 5 years old.

[Capt Spaulding]

Deoxit is good stuff. CAIG also makes a product called Preservit that is good oxidation preventative.

Any time I change an electrical component I give the contacts a squirt of Deoxit, make and break the connection a few times and finish off with a little Preservit.

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

I do it all the time.

Edit: my MPSS' were like slicks on snow when they turned around 5 years old.

Mine is still NA though lol.

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by humfrz

Well, YOU are getting older -

"Looking older all the time,
Feeling younger in my mind"
-Goldfinger

[Dadhawk]

Well, I can tell we finally are getting winter temperatures in the Atlanta area as my "winter indicator" came on when I went out to lunch today. Time to top off my winter oxygen/nitrogen mix.