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roadburner · December 2020

On a car related theme, when I ordered the CHMSL for the Clubman I also ordered a bottle of Mini branded wheel cleaner(as well as a Mini coffee mug to complement my BMW Motorsport mug at the office).
I tried the wheel cleaner out and I liked it a lot. I tried it on the wheels on the M235i and it did an impressive job. The M Sport brakes generate a lot of dust and the cleaner was very effective. The cleaner is very similar to the SONAX Wheel Cleaner Full Effect; it sprays on as a clear gel and turns a reddish purple color as it works. Not inexpensive but worth it.

ab348 · December 2020

snakeweasel said:

If I know the number that they are calling from I put it in my contact list, or I can give them a google voice number which will ring any number that calls.

I have never heard of Google voice before today. Not sure I want to know either.

The only thing I have heard about MS Teams is that our municipality has been trying to use it for virtual public meetings. It seldom seems to work properly and several had to be abandoned when our genius representatives could not make it work. So in that respect it sounds like a lot of other MS software (I think I'm still suffering from PTSD from trying to use Sharepoint before I retired).

roadburner · December 2020

We are using Skype and Zoom; the KY Administrative Office of the Courts are pushing the judges to go with MS Teams. Based on my decades of experience with that bureaucracy it probably does suck hard.

qbrozen · December 2020

roadburner said:
Mini branded wheel cleaner

I tried it on the wheels on the M235i and it did an impressive job.

Did you have to go to the dealer and get the car coded to use that?

stickguy · December 2020

my company is on teams now. generally works fine, and integrates into all the other MS stuff (our chat is part of teams too). Nice thing, I do all the audio right through the computer. No need for a phone at all. I just have a headset plugged into the jack on the laptop. launch the meeting, and it just connects.

for my cell, it is always on silent, so when it rings, if I don't know the number and am not expecting a call from a strange one, I let it bounce. If it is important, a VM pops up otherwise just gets ignored. I don't want to just arbitrarily block all calls since some I want to get.

my favorite scam is when they spoof a number that is in your address book. I have had calls from places like my doctors office trying to robo sell me a warranty. And the best, was when I called myself at home.

snakeweasel · December 2020

andres3 said:
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-illinois-100-mph-drivers-tickets-20201202-v23sgtf3tnaavp37bhe7r2y4im-story.html

Don't speed too much if you live around Chicago.

I-72 goes nowhere near Chicago. Due to traffic volumes it's hard to get up to triple digits for more than a short period of time on the Interstates around Chicago. Get downstate and it's much easier to do.

snakeweasel · December 2020

ab348 said:

snakeweasel said:

If I know the number that they are calling from I put it in my contact list, or I can give them a google voice number which will ring any number that calls.
I have never heard of Google voice before today. Not sure I want to know either.

The only thing I have heard about MS Teams is that our municipality has been trying to use it for virtual public meetings. It seldom seems to work properly and several had to be abandoned when our genius representatives could not make it work. So in that respect it sounds like a lot of other MS software (I think I'm still suffering from PTSD from trying to use Sharepoint before I retired).

Real quick it gives you a second phone line for your cell phone with a number you can change frequently.

imidazol97 · December 2020

Somebody mentioned cars going a long time...
I saw a Neon today in great shape. Sort of like this.
No bumps. No dents. No smokey exhaust.
Slight rust only on lower right rocker panel--typical for this area for cars driven occasionally where the right side
of road has snow with salt or just salt residue remaining, and that is left to rot the rocker panel without the usual rinse off.

I saw a Tesla, so I kept as far away as I could in case it emmolated itself.

sda · December 2020

imidazol97 said:
Somebody mentioned cars going a long time...
I saw a Neon today in great shape. Sort of like this.
No bumps. No dents. No smokey exhaust.
Slight rust only on lower right rocker panel--typical for this area for cars driven occasionally where the right side
of road has snow with salt or just salt residue remaining, and that is left to rot the rocker panel without the usual rinse off.

I saw a Tesla, so I kept as far away as I could in case it emmolated itself.

andre3's favorite car

driver100 · December 2020

sda said:

imidazol97 said:
Somebody mentioned cars going a long time...
I saw a Neon today in great shape. Sort of like this.
No bumps. No dents. No smokey exhaust.
Slight rust only on lower right rocker panel--typical for this area for cars driven occasionally where the right side
of road has snow with salt or just salt residue remaining, and that is left to rot the rocker panel without the usual rinse off.

I saw a Tesla, so I kept as far away as I could in case it emmolated itself.

andre3's favorite car

His didn't last 25 years like that one did.

driver100 · December 2020

About the vaccine, it doesn't change and mutate like the flu does, and it is a simple matter of injecting dead covid to build the immune system up, to fight it off. I know they are usually famous last words but, not much should actually go wrong.

ab348 · December 2020

Thank you Dr. Driver. :laughing:

mjfloyd1 · December 2020

Getting Covid can be a real issue for some. A surgery scrub tech that I work with (obese and asthmatic) was intubated for 3+ weeks and was lucky to survive. She has a memory deficit and can barely use her left hand.

She was unlucky that she found her husband deceased in their garage (probably heart attack) about two weeks prior to getting Covid.

Talk about a bad month or so

venture · December 2020

I decided to install the roof spoiler on the Legacy.

Another view.

Another 10 hp.

I like the slightly aggressive, "I don't care what you think" attitude, look.

mjfloyd1 · December 2020

Probably adds 20 hp

explorerx4 · December 2020

The dark side of me keeps thinking of 'I Am Legend'.

explorerx4 · December 2020

This cracked me up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWGKdf66uLE

snakeweasel · December 2020

explorerx4 said:
The dark side of me keeps thinking of 'I Am Legend'.

That begs the question, which movie version do you think is the best?

oldfarmer50 · December 2020

I had an interesting experience today. I was in the Pacifica van with two other drivers going past a local mall behind a BMW. A police car squeezed into the space between us. I thought “that’s pretty inconsiderate of the cop”.

We came up to a red light and the BMW moves over to the right lane. The cop follows. One of the guys says that he thinks the cop is following the BMW. As he says this two more police cars pull up, one to the right, one to the left of us.

The BMW signals for a left turn which is odd since he’s two lanes over from the turning lane.

Suddenly, the first police car lights up followed by the other two. Within seconds multiple additional units appear out of nowhere for a total of NINE!

Now there are cops flying out everywhere, guns drawn, hiding behind their cars and ours, screaming orders at the BMW. One at a time they remove 4 teenagers from the vehicle and handcuff them within touching distance. Finally they scream orders for someone to come out of the trunk but on inspection only find a set of golf clubs. One of the kids looked to be about 14.

I can’t imagine what would have happened if one of these kids had a gun of his own and started blasting. There were police virtually laying on our hood ready to fire. It was like an episode of ‘Cops’ way too close. I suppose they had to take them down before they turned into the mall parking lot and endangered pedestrians but yikes!

venture · December 2020

explorerx4 said:
The dark side of me keeps thinking of 'I Am Legend'.

Good, but scary movie.

jmonroe1 · December 2020

explorerx4 said:
This cracked me up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWGKdf66uLE

You gotta be a redneck.

jmonroe

nyccarguy · December 2020

mjfloyd1 said:
Getting Covid can be a real issue for some. A surgery scrub tech that I work with (obese and asthmatic) was intubated for 3+ weeks and was lucky to survive. She has a memory deficit and can barely use her left hand.

She was unlucky that she found her husband deceased in their garage (probably heart attack) about two weeks prior to getting Covid.

Talk about a bad month or so

That’s terrible. My mother in law (a NICU nurse) had Covid back in early March. Her cough and shortness of breath lingered until early May. Yesterday my wife, 9 year old daughter, & mother in law went into NYC. They walked a few blocks and she had trouble keeping up. She still has shortness of breath. This is a very scary virus indeed.

explorerx4 · December 2020

@qbrozen,
I only know about one 'I am Legend' movie, so I would say that one.

stickguy · December 2020

my sister just got it and she very rarely left the house (probably got it at her rehab gym). thankfully it was after Thanksgiving since she was the only person we saw. But still got tested, thankfully negative. She did not seem to have a severe case. Just felt like crap for a few days and went to doctor and tested +. O2 levels stayed ok and no cough issues, but almost 2 weeks later was still having up and down days and feeling completely wiped out.

explorerx4 · December 2020

@jmonroe1,
I think you are jealous because your Gennie wouldn't have lasted 2 minutes doing the same thing.
Maybe you don't know what a side by side is?

tjc78 · December 2020

oldfarmer50 said:
I had an interesting experience today. I was in the Pacifica van with two other drivers going past a local mall behind a BMW. A police car squeezed into the space between us. I thought “that’s pretty inconsiderate of the cop”.

We came up to a red light and the BMW moves over to the right lane. The cop follows. One of the guys says that he thinks the cop is following the BMW. As he says this two more police cars pull up, one to the right, one to the left of us.

The BMW signals for a left turn which is odd since he’s two lanes over from the turning lane.

Suddenly, the first police car lights up followed by the other two. Within seconds multiple additional units appear out of nowhere for a total of NINE!

Now there are cops flying out everywhere, guns drawn, hiding behind their cars and ours, screaming orders at the BMW. One at a time they remove 4 teenagers from the vehicle and handcuff them within touching distance. Finally they scream orders for someone to come out of the trunk but on inspection only find a set of golf clubs. One of the kids looked to be about 14.

I can’t imagine what would have happened if one of these kids had a gun of his own and started blasting. There were police virtually laying on our hood ready to fire. It was like an episode of ‘Cops’ way too close. I suppose they had to take them down before they turned into the mall parking lot and endangered pedestrians but yikes!

Similar thing happened on the NJTP one afternoon. A bunch of unmarked cops swarmed around a vehicle. Made that car and all the others around it stop. Yanked out someone and moved the car along with all theirs from the travel lanes. I was right behind the car they got the guy out of. Very scary and the whole thing was over in maybe 90 seconds.

tjc78 · December 2020

explorerx4 said:
@jmonroe1,
I think you are jealous because your Gennie wouldn't have lasted 2 minutes doing the same thing.
Maybe you don't know what a side by side is?

Can’t beat a Panther at multi tasking. There isn’t a new sedan on the road that survive that beating.

explorerx4 · December 2020

@oldfarmer50,
No fun being in a 'guns out' situation, especially if they are pointed in your direction.
Probably just some kids in a stolen car.

oldfarmer50 · December 2020

snakeweasel said:

explorerx4 said:
The dark side of me keeps thinking of 'I Am Legend'.
That begs the question, which movie version do you think is the best?

Charlton Heston version.

oldfarmer50 · December 2020

explorerx4 said:
@oldfarmer50,
No fun being in a 'guns out' situation, especially if they are pointed in your direction.
Probably just some kids in a stolen car.

That’s what we assumed. None of these kids looked like John Dillinger but who can tell any more? Maybe they car jacked the owner of the golf clubs. We’ve had 126 shootings so far in nearby Albany this year, usually it’s kids acting as enforcers for the gangs.

fintail · December 2020

Definitely stolen.

oldfarmer50 said:

The BMW signals for a left turn which is odd...

andres3 · December 2020

imidazol97 said:
Somebody mentioned cars going a long time...
I saw a Neon today in great shape. Sort of like this.
No bumps. No dents. No smokey exhaust.
Slight rust only on lower right rocker panel--typical for this area for cars driven occasionally where the right side
of road has snow with salt or just salt residue remaining, and that is left to rot the rocker panel without the usual rinse off.

I saw a Tesla, so I kept as far away as I could in case it emmolated itself.

I honestly never see them anymore in California. They've bitten the dust and are in the Tijuana junkyards. About as rare a sighting as perhaps a Ferrari around here.

jmonroe1 · December 2020

explorerx4 said:
@jmonroe1,
I think you are jealous because your Gennie wouldn't have lasted 2 minutes doing the same thing.
Maybe you don't know what a side by side is?

Why would I be jealous of a refrigerator?🤓

jmonroe

explorerx4 · December 2020

@oldfarmer50,
I liked 'Omega Man(different name)' but got it kind of confused with 'Soylent Green'.
Would want to be Edward G Robinson(last man who could read) in that movie.

andres3 · December 2020

mjfloyd1 said:
Probably adds 20 hp

Something that resembles a Type R Civic wing must add 35 HP.

andres3 · December 2020

mjfloyd1 said:
Probably adds 20 hp

Something that resembles a Type R Civic wing must add 35 HP.

driver100 · December 2020

andres3 said:

imidazol97 said:
Somebody mentioned cars going a long time...
I saw a Neon today in great shape. Sort of like this.
No bumps. No dents. No smokey exhaust.
Slight rust only on lower right rocker panel--typical for this area for cars driven occasionally where the right side
of road has snow with salt or just salt residue remaining, and that is left to rot the rocker panel without the usual rinse off.

I saw a Tesla, so I kept as far away as I could in case it emmolated itself.

I honestly never see them anymore in California. They've bitten the dust and are in the Tijuana junkyards. About as rare a sighting as perhaps a Ferrari around here.

Probably the first time a Ferrari and a Neon have ever been compared.

roadburner · December 2020

snakeweasel said:

explorerx4 said:
The dark side of me keeps thinking of 'I Am Legend'.
That begs the question, which movie version do you think is the best?

I like The Last Man on Earth as well as The Omega Man.

sda · December 2020

tjc78 said:

explorerx4 said:
@jmonroe1,
I think you are jealous because your Gennie wouldn't have lasted 2 minutes doing the same thing.
Maybe you don't know what a side by side is?
Can’t beat a Panther at multi tasking. There isn’t a new sedan on the road that survive that beating.

What’s unfortunate it seemed to be a good car not deserving that punishment.

qbrozen · December 2020

explorerx4 said:
@qbrozen,
I only know about one 'I am Legend' movie, so I would say that one.

Twasn’t me who asked. I only know of one by that particular name, as well. And I LOVE that movie.

snakeweasel · December 2020

explorerx4 said:
@qbrozen,
I only know about one 'I am Legend' movie, so I would say that one.

Well there is "I am Legend" starring Will Smith, "The Omega Man" Starring Charlton Heston and "The Last Man on Earth" starring Vincent Price. In my opinion "The Last Man on Earth" is the better adaptation of the book.

oldfarmer50 · December 2020

fintail said:
Definitely stolen.

oldfarmer50 said:

The BMW signals for a left turn which is odd...

LOL, I nearly fell out of my chair laughing.

mjfloyd1 · December 2020

andres3 said:

mjfloyd1 said:
Probably adds 20 hp
Something that resembles a Type R Civic wing must add 35 HP.

That’s gotta be at least 50 hp

ab348 · December 2020

Reading the posts about the Legacy spoiler installation did not make me think of movies, since I seldom watch any. But it did instantly make me think of Allen Iverson and his legendary "We're talkin' about practice" press conference a few years back. Just replace "practice" with "a Legacy".

oldfarmer50 · December 2020

mjfloyd1 said:

andres3 said:

mjfloyd1 said:
Probably adds 20 hp
Something that resembles a Type R Civic wing must add 35 HP.
That’s gotta be at least 50 hp

Why bother with a motor? Just keep adding spoilers....and maybe a fart can.

ab348 · December 2020

A few days ago I watched one of the later eps of Wheeler Dealers where they did over a 1991 Nissan 300ZX twin turbo that had extensive aftermarket equipment added. The premise was that it all had to go and the car returned to stock condition to register it in California due to emissions testing. It required pulling the engine to get at everything and a huge amount of work. Made me wonder how some of the stuff got installed in the first place. Talking about fart cans... this had duals, each appearing to have pipes about 4" in diameter. They must have removed many thousands of dollars worth of aftermarket stuff.

This episode epitomized the problem with the latest series of the show. While they showed a lot of work being done, lots of other stuff was not shown and just automagically appeared on the end product. Then they wasted way too much time clowning around on the "test drive" segment at the end, which was quite painful to watch. Hopefully with the show returning to production in the UK there will be a lot less of that nonsense.

tjc78 · December 2020

ab348 said:
Reading the posts about the Legacy spoiler installation did not make me think of movies, since I seldom watch any. But it did instantly make me think of Allen Iverson and his legendary "We're talkin' about practice" press conference a few years back. Just replace "practice" with "a Legacy".

That still gets talked about here in Philly.

jmonroe1 · December 2020

tjc78 said:

ab348 said:
Reading the posts about the Legacy spoiler installation did not make me think of movies, since I seldom watch any. But it did instantly make me think of Allen Iverson and his legendary "We're talkin' about practice" press conference a few years back. Just replace "practice" with "a Legacy".
That still gets talked about here in Philly.

PLAYOFFS...PLAYOFFS ??

jmonroe

Michaell · December 2020

They are who they thought they would be.

mjfloyd1 · December 2020

oldfarmer50 said:

mjfloyd1 said:

andres3 said:

mjfloyd1 said:
Probably adds 20 hp
Something that resembles a Type R Civic wing must add 35 HP.
That’s gotta be at least 50 hp
Why bother with a motor? Just keep adding spoilers....and maybe a fart can.

Good idea but not having a motor means the VTEC won’t kick in. YO

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