Cars and other kinds of motoring gibberish

10 Apr 2007, 07:31 #2221

Anime Dad wrote:Also, my brother-in-law is buried there: Mrs A.D.'s younger brother died after a car accident there when he was 18.

Oooh. :sweat:

10 Apr 2007, 07:36 #2222

Yeah, it was very sad. He was really off the rails from a young age, and was just getting his life back together when he was in the accident.... but that was over 20 years ago now.

16 Apr 2007, 06:01 #2223

F1 Championship, Round 3, Grand Prix of Bahrain:

Felippe Massa takes the top spot for Ferrari, with Lewis Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes) second, and Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari) third.

Point Standings after three races:
1 Fernando Alonso - McLaren.....22
2 Kimi Raikkonen - Ferrari.....22
3 Lewis Hamilton - McLaren.....22
4 Felipe Massa - Ferrari.....17
5 Nick Heidfeld - BMW Sauber.....15
6 Giancarlo Fisichella - Renault.....8
7 Jarno Trulli - Toyota.....4
8 Robert Kubica - BMW Sauber.....3
9 Nico Rosberg - Williams.....2
10 Heikki Kovalainen - Renault.....1
11 Ralf Schumacher - Toyota.....1

Next race: May 13, Spain, Circuit de Catalunya

16 Apr 2007, 06:27 #2224

Hamilton tied for the top spot, very impressive!! :applaud: 3 years ago when Cristiano DaMatta was driving for Toyota, he kept saying the car was a piece of crap, so they fired him and brought in Ralf claiming it wasn't the car, it was the driver. Hmmm, looks like Cristiano may have been on to something :beaten: [/list:u]

17 Apr 2007, 11:37 #2225

finally finished painting the interior of my car :woot:
[image]

19 Apr 2007, 07:35 #2226

so one of my radiator hoses bursts on my way out to the last day of the software training class 70 miles away.

probably karma for making fun of beemers plumbing pipe bursting. :bonk:

19 Apr 2007, 08:58 #2227

krim wrote:so one of my radiator hoses bursts on my way out to the last day of the software training class 70 miles away.

probably karma for making fun of beemers plumbing pipe bursting. :bonk:

No doubt. :beaten:

19 Apr 2007, 09:01 #2228

a-nesuto wrote:finally finished painting the interior of my car :woot:
[image]

Nice....what sort of car?

BTW: You've put the steering wheel back on the wrong side :P

19 Apr 2007, 09:41 #2229

Anime Dad wrote:

Nice....what sort of car?

BTW: You've put the steering wheel back on the wrong side :P

Chevy Cavalier :mrgreen:

19 Apr 2007, 10:08 #2230

a-nesuto wrote:

Chevy Cavalier :mrgreen:

Hmmm. After looking at images on the net, i'm guessing that it's the same as a Holden Calibra:

[image]

19 Apr 2007, 10:13 #2231

Anime Dad wrote:

BTW: You've put the steering wheel back on the wrong side :P

The left side IS the right side. :mrgreen: [/list:u]

19 Apr 2007, 10:14 #2232

Not here, it ain't :P Which makes me confident I could drive in Japan, should I ever get there....

19 Apr 2007, 11:38 #2233

Anime Dad wrote: Which makes me confident I could drive in Japan, should I ever get there....

[image][/list:u] That's more confidence than I've got A.D.

19 Apr 2007, 11:42 #2234

gaijinmark wrote:That's more confidence than I've got A.D.

Nah, it's cool, i'll just do some Tokyo Drift-ing :hehe: but only if I can have Yoko Maki in my car :)

20 Apr 2007, 02:13 #2235

repair shop just called, $590 is the damage. :bleh:

20 Apr 2007, 02:15 #2236

krim wrote:repair shop just called, $590 is the damage. :bleh:

Damn.

:patpat:

20 Apr 2007, 02:17 #2237

Ouch, $590 for a hose?

20 Apr 2007, 03:13 #2238

boris wrote:Ouch, $590 for a hose?

Probably what was attached to it as well: radiator, water pump, etc. :sweat:

20 Apr 2007, 03:16 #2239

I have to go get a new set of tires for the pick up today.

Anybody have an opinion about differant brands of tires?

20 Apr 2007, 03:21 #2240

Geezer wrote:I have to go get a new set of tires for the pick up today.

Anybody have an opinion about differant brands of tires?

If you can wait a bit, you might get a good price buying them online from tirerack.com.... They'll drop ship them anywhere for a pretty minimal fee.

General Discussion Page 112 of 250