SurlyOldManMN

*sigh* dude 1: "What the HELL is that? Some kind of impala rocket?" dude 2: "I don't think we would have caught this one..." ... said the cops to each other while pulling me over last night. Thankfully I wasn't speeding, but arguably qualified as "unnecessary acceleration". No ticket.

"What seriously? It's not for sale? Can you order one? ... What do you mean it won't be nearly the same?" Said by a patron at the dealership after it had been pulled around after service.

Driveline shock happens when you sidestep the clutch. This damper is designed to prevent driveline shock. So... It's not that it "slows" anything btw. It just nails down the engagement point.

I too, have seen some SERIOUS right rear camber even though the hunter rack says it's bang on with the left rear. I had belts showing on my summers when I went to go swap them this week. That's what I get for having Discount Tire do that for me (which they often do for free btw).

You have no idea how close to reality my daily life is to that movie.

I'm a little slow sometimes (including at the track). "How to do things" and "things you should learn about how to do things" pretty much mean the same thing to me.

Same "long term effects" as having a cable operated clutch. 1:1 input to response. For better or worse. Everyone makes mistakes eventually. So... At least you'll get solid feedback about it.

Yes.

You have to slip the clutch. It takes some practice to get the feel right. Practice trying to get the car moving from a dead stop without using throttle. Launching is pretty much the same motions/phases, just much quicker, and obviously with a hoof-full of throttle. Yes.

I was informed by TMF at a local meet last night that there are adapter brackets available for the 5th gen to solve fitment issues. Heads up.

RCE's are progressive as well...

God damnit, again? I had like four separate instances of reading through stuff yesterday and not finding the one thing I was looking for, even though that's explicitly why I was reading it. rawr!

What was the story with Higgins' hood popping up?

Our graco survived me operating it. That should be a marketing campaign all by itself.

Yes, yes it does... That's one of several "compelling clinical reasons". I understand the social implications of such a claim and do not suggest the diagnosis lightly.

I initially thought he was autistic. Could still be the case. I have compelling clinical reasons to think FAS over autism. Either/or doesn't change how I deal with him much. He just doesn't "get it" so it's no use trying to talk with him, and I don't have the heart to come down hard on him knowing he seriously doesn't get it. I can't even stay mad at him for long. His parents, OTOH... I have to not care or I'll be at their throat the whole day. It's not ok to let your kid assault people (including extremely old and extremely young) and wreck everything in sight because "that's just how he is and we're just glad he's alive". It's the all <insert-kids-name-here> show, all the time whenever he's anywhere, because otherwise he'll be under-supervised and literally kill something/someone/himself.

Guess I'm still having some internal dialogs and getting my pronouns mixed up. My bad. This is the one that was ripping artwork (like shadowbox displays filled with trinkets, not paintings) off the walls and attempting to beat a baby over the head with various objects while cackling uncontrollably when he was at my house last. Nothing has improved. Holidays are always... interesting.

This. The kid is textbook and nobody wants to admit it. He's also incredibly destructive to all people, property and things, at all times. He thinks it's hilarious.

Do not ask questions for which you do not want to know the answers. The Mrs' side of the family has a tendency to not set boundaries for children. They also fail to do things like recognize their kid has FAS and sociopathic tells. It's a lot easier on me to just not give #$*%. Kinda hard if they're intentionally breaking YOUR kid's stuff. That said, that's why we don't bring anything of value (monetarily or otherwise) anywhere near a few select children.

Well, the Eibach's aren't much stiffer than a stock '13 setup on the low end of the progressive scale. Pretty sure they start out close to 200 progressing to like less than 300 at max. If it works out with those, I'll bet stockers will be fine. Curious to see how that goes.

You might want to explore koni inserts.

So my 6yo is starting to figure out the whole "currency/stored value" concept. He got to buy a toy at the store with his mom yesterday. First time he hasn't had exact change... The clerk went to hand him the change in the way we're all used to, upside-down fist with the fingers slightly extended, waiting for you to put your palm out so they can drop the change... Apparently, my kid saw that and immediately thought, "OH, I KNOW THIS ONE!" and proceeded to give the clerk a hearty fist-bump. Apparently he thought the clerk was agreeing with him on the awesomeness of his selected purchase. Seems he made the clerk's day. I have taught him well.

Why didn't I think of that! Snack mule!

The $74.29 soda and popcorn bill isn't going over to well either.

The beautiful thing about being an adult now? She doesn't have to if she REALLY doesn't want to.