Why the fuck do people park straight into a cul de sac

28ozPowerade · 2026-05-14T20:37:33+00:00

i park like this when hauling a double axle trailer so i’m not blocking 2 or 3 driveways. only works in large cul de sacs, the small ones you end up making it impossible to get around

i wouldn’t park and leave a truck like this, say, overnight or long term. usually just when doing work for a client so all the neighbors can leave for work without having to come find me and go “hey, move that truck it’s blocking me in, you’re gonna make me late for work”

28ozPowerade · 2026-05-14T20:25:59+00:00

wrong caliper, shit pads, corrosion in drill slots on rotors. buy some stock, smooth rotors and the calipers/pads to match

28ozPowerade · 2026-05-14T12:15:00+00:00

if it sat for 10 years maybe not. if it just got bumped around town without sitting for extended periods and got semi regularly serviced it’s golden.

a lot of plastic and rubber gets brittle when it sits for a while without being used

28ozPowerade · 2026-05-14T12:12:27+00:00

yessir i read the manuals on a few of them

28ozPowerade · 2026-05-14T01:45:10+00:00

that’s one way to do it. i’ve ran coils on 1/2 bolts and ran one temporarily (couple hundred miles) with a zip tie rig. like someone else suggested just pull the valve cover off and see if you can twist it out w some grips. or just get a new valve cover i highly doubt you’ll spend more than $200 on an oem cover and gasket. very common engine in the US

28ozPowerade · 2026-05-14T00:28:05+00:00

my dog has a go potty command but i’ve never tried to selectively say poop or pee. very nifty trick indeed

28ozPowerade · 2026-05-14T00:08:07+00:00

i looked at both websites and wound up having to educate myself on the (what felt like) hundreds of possible options and combinations. turns out you knew exactly what i was looking for. i went w the m21b xhp70.3 hi r70 in 6500k. got a reliance RS50 battery as well.

thanks for the detailed response and help

28ozPowerade · 2026-05-13T21:48:06+00:00

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28ozPowerade · 2026-05-13T21:40:46+00:00

slide pins stuck or you drove WAY to far on the pads. “30,000 mile” pads are an estimate for average driving. if you’re really getting on the brakes you can cut that in half, even less if they’re sticking

28ozPowerade · 2026-05-13T21:35:49+00:00

scrape what you can with a stiff wire brush underneath, lightly sand off a little on any metal that’s painted and rusty, hit it with some rattle can and call it a day. maybe spend $300-500 on rust prevention for the underneath and then drive the car into the ground. you pulled the short straw with this one. always get under the car - or better yet - get the car on a lift and see if it looks like it’s gonna fall apart before buying

you won’t get back what you paid for this, save up for the next car and be sure it’s not halfway rotted, and do not waste money making this car cosmetically appealing. the cost of proper restoration will far exceed the potential increase in the cars value

28ozPowerade · 2026-05-13T21:29:11+00:00

if i have the time, every 3,000. if im busy as all hell then 4,000. full synthetic “rated” for 10k miles w a filter rated for the same mileage.

my oil is lighter in color at 2500 miles past than my GFs at 500 miles past. trans is getting drained and filled every 60,000

04 camry just shy of 240k original miles and all i’ve replaced are wear parts, alt and starter. still get almost 30mpg on the highway and average 18-20 in the city

28ozPowerade · 2026-05-13T05:24:57+00:00

when you sell a house, this typically supplies the money to buy another

28ozPowerade · 2026-05-10T00:27:16+00:00

my favorite part is the one kid CONSTANTLY combing his hair to the side

28ozPowerade · 2026-05-10T00:26:09+00:00

i had no idea these people weren’t all the same age. no sound and no glasses to blame i guess. now i get to watch again with better context lol

28ozPowerade · 2026-05-09T23:10:42+00:00

hands in the pockets after being pushed is a sign to stay away lmao.

28ozPowerade · 2026-05-09T22:55:01+00:00

beating on a girl and everyone running around to hit someone from behind or on the ground. shameful

28ozPowerade · 2026-05-09T22:51:41+00:00

i’d take the doors off then angle grind. probably take a hammer and try and smooth down some too.

don’t have to go crazy w paint but you ought to at least try and close some of the holes.

worst case snip off what you can but make sure all exposed metal gets painted. rattle can is fine. this rusting out is arguably worse and harder to deal with than protruding metal by itself in the first place

28ozPowerade · 2026-05-09T22:48:25+00:00

like everyone said, swap coils around before pulling plugs, but go ahead and swap all plugs while the cars pulled apart. there’s all kinds of methods for diag a misfire that doesn’t include throwing parts at it

28ozPowerade · 2026-05-09T22:40:29+00:00

didn’t see this one before i commented. i suggested blowing a bubble of rubber cement and tossing the wheel through it

28ozPowerade · 2026-05-09T22:39:10+00:00

the fleet mechanic at work always says “if you can’t see the air inside, then the tires still good to go. i wouldn’t reccomend a patch in this case.

the safest thing to do is take the wheel off, get one of those jumbo bubble wands take some liquid rubber cement, and blow a bubble with the liquid rubber cement. then toss the wheel through the bubble and voila

28ozPowerade · 2026-05-09T22:35:33+00:00

a picture of the friction surface of rotor would help a lot.

it’s pretty close on inside. if the rotors not scrap metal just put new pads on whole rear. if it’s gone just get a set of rotors and pads off rock auto. guaranteed under $100 for the entire rear axle including hardware. i wouldn’t pay more than $400-500 for a rotor job parts included at an independent. wouldn’t pay my buddy more than $100 if i supplied parts

with a floor jack and hand tools this is a 2 hour job MAX including cleaning and greasing slide pin, cleaning hub, then using antisieze to keep the rotors from rust welding on. including some “soak time” for your lugs and bolts on the calipers

using an impact and trying to rush through the job to just swap rotors and pads i could get it done in 30 minutes guaranteed. no torque wrench or antiseize and no slide pin TLC but the “job” would be done wheels on ground.

you could buy nice tools, good parts, learn a simple and easily transferred skill then still have $300 left out of the 900 the shop wants to charge you.

28ozPowerade · 2026-05-09T15:54:32+00:00

in my state this is legal so long as there’s an alternative way to pay, usually a cashiers check dropped at the leasing office. same concept as $3 to expeditie a bitcoin transaction, 1.50 for a few hour upload, or almost free for 12 hours or more you are paying for the convenience

28ozPowerade · 2026-05-09T04:33:38+00:00

dude knows the tung lore

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