Not a random photo thread

[OVERKILL]

Well it's an expensive car..

DM me!

No PM's. Yes, it would have been an expensive car new, but you paid very little for it IIRC. Luxury cars tend to be less tolerant of neglect/abuse than non-luxury ones and tend to be more "needy", particularly Euro marques with dedicated maintenance schedules. My personal example of that was the driveshaft assembly replacement with my M5. Nope, you couldn't buy a $40 u-joint, you had to buy an entire shaft assembly that was $2,500.00, or, you could get a remanufactured aftermarket shaft from the US for $1,200 IIRC, but the shipping was nuts.

Another would be the "auto adjusting" clutch mechanism that was an answer to a question nobody asked and resulted in an expensive clutch job, even though the clutch itself was fine. This was guaranteed to pack it in somewhere around 150,000Km.

All that said, it was an incredible driving car, the best I've owned. So it depends on how much you value you ascribe to the ownership experience, I still regret getting rid of it.

 

[53' Stude]

Going to try like heaven to send sample in this week. Need to finish the “Honda PDI/ B.S. training tomorrow hopefully.

 

[53' Stude]

“Skully” ear buds for hearing audio on work desktop. Other ones are for IPhone

 

[Malo83]

UH-1N Huey I wrenched on with NAS Lemoore SAR unit.

 

[simple_gifts]

Curious if anyone knows what this is in the background. Perhaps a newfangled cell tower?


This was taken from the Beardsley Zoo in Bridgeport CT; the entire campus and surrounding area very "unBridgeport"

If you are wondering "Why would anyone go to the zoo in February? Aren't all the animals hiding in their enclosures rather than outside in the 25F air?"

The answer is yes; the only primates with no thought processes were the ones who paid admission. Will be going back this summer.

I did have a moment with 2 spider monkeys. Their tails can grasp just like all their hands and feet. Worth the trip right there....

 

[miden851]

 

[ZeeOSix]

Is his name really Bob ???

 

[53' Stude]

Is his name really Bob ???

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That’s AutoMechanics new toolbox. He’s hiding it from us

 

[ZeeOSix]

Was it the Audi or Mercedes Benz guy that died going like 250mph+ (in the 30s? 40s??!?!?!!!) in the rain?

Wasn't in the rain ... nobody would try to set a top speed record in the rain. A cross wind was the culprit.

https://www.snaplap.net/bernd-rosemeyer-fearless-german-ace/

 

[Slow Car Sport Mode]

 

[Zee09]

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We need the main menu....
Looks reasonable.

 

[miden851]

We need the main menu....
Looks reasonable.

appetizers only

 

[miden851]

 

[Slow Car Sport Mode]

This car is for sale.

If you want to see a couple more pics of it, tell me.

They put it there today...

 

[HemiBenny]

Wasn't in the rain ... nobody would try to set a top speed record in the rain. A cross wind was the culprit.

https://www.snaplap.net/bernd-rosemeyer-fearless-german-ace/

Open wheel cars, stock cars, touring cars, and the various cars associated with drag racing are so much safer with todays modern safety advances that drivers will more than likely survive with bumps and bruises. Even today with modern safety standards and protocols, setting a top speed record is very dangerous. Jessi Combs comes to mind.
Race car drivers from those days had a lot of guts. It’s still inherently dangerous today, but nothing like those days.
Another breed of “fearless” people are test pilots like Chuck Yeager and all of the guys in the space program when it started. It’s amazing to see someone with such a passion for those subjects, that they push the very real possibility of dying to the back of their mind.

 

[53' Stude]

Girlfriend uses this. Calling vavaroom and #18FAN. Is it ok to use in smoothie? Thank You gentlemen

 

[Slow Car Sport Mode]

Girlfriend uses this. Calling vavaroom and #18FAN. Is it ok to use in smoothie? Thank You gentlemen

I dont see why not lol..

 

[Malo83]

I would.

 

[ZeeOSix]

 

[Slow Car Sport Mode]

I would.