Recent content by turboseize

It may well be that it's neither the gluten nor the wheat that is to blame here, but the preparation. A lot of "gluten-intolerant" American tourists find out they can enjoy French or German bread and Italian pasta in europe and have none of the negative effects they're used to. Especially with...

American fraternities are so barbarian! You need fancy jackets, funny hats, and sabres. And a rulebook. 🧐 Regarding cover/concealment: against 7.62mmx51 fired from 100m distance, you'd need at least 10cm of concrete, 24cm of bricks or 60-90cm of wood or multiple sandbags to be safe. Preferably...

Probably both. That stuff is smooth and slimy. There are no hard particles - at least not in a size that you can feel between your fingertips. But it's colour could well be from rust.

I changed both filters today - car was starting to lose power while driving on country roads. City traffic was still fine. So I drove to a self-help garage, booked a 30min timeslot (6€) and changed both filters. The pre-filter lasted only 139km. (Main filter lasted 767km, will be cut and...

628km (390mi) later: This one came sudden. Usually, with clogged fuel filters, there is a pre-warning. You slowy lose power and the rev band gets narrower. Here, I was cruising smoothly on a country road at about 90-100 km/h (roughly 55 to 60something mph), when the engine stuttered. I was...

Cute baby Benz. (y):love: Please get the car rust-proofed (not only underside, but all cavities as well). Rust is the only thing that can kill these...

This is from a w123 240d that has sat outside since at least 2008. During re-animation all fluids and filters (amonst lots of other stuff) were changed - except the fuel. The tank was full to the brim, so we were slightly optimistic it might have survived, even though the fuel was nearly black...

Hmmm. Can you replace the wife's car with the suburban?

Mold release can be very funny. On the w123, I run Hankook Kinergy 4s2 (I do not intend to drive this car with salt on the road, but wheather near the Alps can be unpredictable. Possible to have three seasons within a 30 minute window. Once went from +15°C and clear, sunny sky to whiteout and...

Till Lindemann is the singer of Rammstein. This is a solo project.

As a former competetive (but not very successful) athlete, some lines hit hard.

@Torrid I played a bit with the online configurator and this is what I ended with: nearly 60k€ for a Golf. o_O I'd rather buy a used 20 year old Maserati and keep 35k€ as a repair budget. :ROFLMAO:

For two decades I spent more time in my car than in my bed at home. So a car that I actually enjoyed driving was paramount. Twenty or even ten years ago, I could only afford this type of car when they were at least 20 years old... Now, that I no longer spend so much time in a car (I could even...

2miles to the grocery store sounds like bike* would be my first choice. But that depends heavily on traffic and road design. Some roads/streets you just do not want to ride on. If there is no other option than a care, then yes, an electric car is the vehicle of choice. I'd have a bad conscience...

Until I get the "new" tank, it seems like I will have to settle on a 500km filter change interval. Took advantage of the good weather today to take the car to a car wash to get rid of the salt from when I brought it home from the workshop. Found that there was a long line of cars waiting, but as...