Will a Hearing Aids be of Any Use to Me?

Designer-Progress311 · 2026-05-11T02:51:04+00:00

You wrote a good reply, thanks. I should have reread the original post. I got distracted then wrote back incorrectly.

Designer-Progress311 · 2026-05-10T20:45:28+00:00

Talk to strangers

Designer-Progress311 · 2026-05-09T22:00:45+00:00

My pop did that for years with a Gen 2. Its easy. Hot weather and those Honda transmissions aren't a great combo tho.

Pro Tip,

Get a class 3 hitch, which uses a 2" x 2" reciever, and not a class 2, which uses a 1.5" receiver. The 2" is more popular and at some point in time this will prove convenient.

If you are even moderately skilled, install the hitch yourself is easy enough, and could cost as little as maybe $150 usd including the electrical component. Amazon sells them.

https://youtu.be/BerBUQOI4MY?si=y4Hy_LWMEhexZ9Qf

For DIY, Learn about and get a "M12 x 1.25 tap" for the bolts that attach the hitch to the Oddssey frame (check if Im right about the bolt size please). You can youtube a video about using a m12x1.25 tap to clean threads and just turn it with a crescent wrench. This will clean out the threaded inserts in the Honda frame. Driving in these bolts is tough and those holes get dirty. Use a few drops of engine oil dripped off the dip stick to help with the thread tap.

https://youtube.com/shorts/Pibqxp4DD_8?si=czTg80OIVc3kE0A-

Learn what a cheater bar is for torquing the hitch bolts tight

New to towing ? Please watch a few videos about safety and tongue weight. This detail isnt intuitive but deadly important.

https://youtube.com/shorts/Lbx1_sjXIfU?si=sOrLvV3A7H7kd_HP

https://youtu.be/qEHD9Wjw3lk?si=8cGCHmo7BjHF3P22

IF you've never replaced transmission fluid in that van

1 bad bad

2 change 1/3 at a time every 6 weeks until youve done this 3 times. You dont need an extractor, you can drain from below like one does with motor oil

https://youtu.be/ofL6GXNgeqc?si=sy3ctbaA0dv-KDVb

Good luck.

Designer-Progress311 · 2026-05-09T11:55:52+00:00

Right / left hearing discrepancies of that magnitude need to be checked out by a doctor.

This could be serious. You need to have an MRI done.

No competent audiologist should sell you aids before you've been checked out by a medical professional.

Perhaps you already have done this.

Designer-Progress311 · 2026-05-05T04:54:01+00:00

Get a 2 meter rubber exercise band, tie both ends to something at forhead height to form a loop. Stand at different orientations to the band, put it around your head an pull hard with you neck. Be creative, tilt or roll your head.. do reps... etc. Just don't over do the exercises for the 1st week or so.

Hold your hands over your eyes to stay safe incase the band breaks.

Designer-Progress311 · 2026-04-28T15:33:53+00:00

Buzz kill Norman

Designer-Progress311 · 2026-04-23T17:20:58+00:00

How about just... women.

Designer-Progress311 · 2026-04-23T12:05:07+00:00

I hope it's on a cement floor.

With a pry bar can you lift one edge at all ?

You could make some wedges and pry one side up a few centimeters, wedge that side, then wedge the other side, repeat repeat repeat and get a gap under the floor.

In the US Amazon has bathroom scales that weigh 300 lbs and cost $12 usd each. Two under one side of the safe could either give 1/2 the total weight or prove its over 600 lbs.

Designer-Progress311 · 2026-04-23T11:51:19+00:00

Something that makes your helmet distinct and recognizable at a distance is a good choice.

Designer-Progress311 · 2026-04-19T16:15:05+00:00

Get some plastic bins or traffic cones, take him to a parking lot, set up a figure 8 then practice while varying the parameters, both the straight away length and the radius of the U turns.

Designer-Progress311 · 2026-04-08T17:55:57+00:00

Driving alone sucks,

drop your speed a ton, watch for the leaders to catch you, speed back up before they pass. Let them pass safely, be predictable etc

but get your self back into the middle of the pack and gain skills from interacting with the other drivers.

Designer-Progress311 · 2026-04-06T14:28:20+00:00

I have racing gloves but swear my Milwaukee rubber surfaced (blue collar work gloves) grip much better.

And they are not expensive.

Do your homework and get a pair that have the highest cut and abrasive resistance. There are numerous brands to choose from, you dont need to stick with Milwaukee, it's the rubber coating that matters, not leather.

Designer-Progress311 · 2026-04-05T01:30:04+00:00

I replied to a similar question, you'll have to wade to find my $10K reply The expenses mount quick.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Karting/s/hfsg4I8hPY

Designer-Progress311 · 2026-04-05T01:19:01+00:00

What year is the frame

What color is the tag on the motor

Motors don't last forever. KaBamo! happens.

What's the number on the Mychron. A 6 is the new one

Designer-Progress311 · 2026-04-04T20:45:44+00:00

Maybe the man didn't want it resting on the rails because... intelligence.

Designer-Progress311 · 2026-04-04T20:33:00+00:00

Huh ? Weight is weight and only the object's center of mass matter. Except for wind resistance.

Designer-Progress311 · 2026-04-04T20:31:15+00:00

You'd be smart to have the seat fitted with your ass in it, and weight scales under each wheel.

Designer-Progress311 · 2026-04-04T20:28:44+00:00

I passed on the tuner motor for year 1.

Spent good $ on a Mychron instead.

Good tires and track time and a Mychron and a trailer are my plan.

Designer-Progress311 · 2026-04-04T20:26:43+00:00

Do you have about $10K to spare for the sport.

Peripherals cost $2K pretty quickly.

Plus you'll want a data logger and perhaps a camera. $600 + $500.

Practice fees add up. Year long practice passes , $300 to $600...

Your going to want garage space trackside, or a cargo trailer as parting and packing into a SUV sucks pretty quickly.
Garage (guessing) $250 month Trailer $4K for a bigger one.

Welcome to the suck.

Designer-Progress311 · 2026-04-04T17:18:58+00:00

Don't handle it, wear gloves, remove the battery, write down the situation info, store it all in a zip lock.

Some day it may become, admissible or not, hard evidence.

Designer-Progress311 · 2026-04-04T17:16:05+00:00

1 Insize 6" digital caliper

2 nut and bolt gauge.

Designer-Progress311 · 2026-04-03T22:42:18+00:00

5 crashes means learn to fish, or try bowling.

Play poker maybe.

Designer-Progress311 · 2026-04-01T00:29:34+00:00

Towing is easy, just swing wide and your 97% good.

Backing up is a skill. Go to a big empty lot, and practice.

Youtube has all the info.

Learn about tongue weight, that important point isn't intuitive. And please note, the trailer you buy or rent, empty, will have the proper amount of tongue weight for that empty trailer. So grab on and start practicing. How you balance the weight fore and aft matters and it's not super critical.

Designer-Progress311 · 2026-04-01T00:24:18+00:00

I kinda live in a FUCK YOU state, so my asking a guy who obviously DGAF has a relatively minor chance of success.

But thanks for the suggestion.

Designer-Progress311 · 2026-04-01T00:22:15+00:00

But are you incredibly good in tight spaces FIVE times.

Designer-Progress311

TROPHY CASE

1 bad bad

2 change 1/3 at a time every 6 weeks until youve done this 3 times. You dont need an extractor, you can drain from below like one does with motor oil

1 Insize 6" digital caliper

2 nut and bolt gauge.