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Tim, it's hard to take you seriously when you call people pussies and pansies. It just shows all you want to do is say inflammatory things with no real merit to "piss off" the imaginary liberals. I get that you are pandering to an audience, it's just unfortunate that you have such a low opinion of your audience that you think this is the appropriate way to reach them. I may have unpopular opinions Tim, but I have the integrity that they are my own. Not going to get into a huge debate with you about how specious your sources are. The underlying flaw in most conservative arguments against gun control is that presumes that the goal is to stop criminals from having guns. It is not, It is to prevent gun deaths in total, and to that end current measures are pretty effective since we are no longer dueling in the streets like the old west. One of the difficulties in making a data driven argument is that the NRA successfully lobbied to suppress gun research. I find it hard to find favor with any organization that feels it is protecting the rights of citizens by suppressing knowledge. so now I am going to take a page out of Tim's book (which is actually an old "Radio trick" anyway) and be intentionally inflammatory to promote discussion: If you argument is gun control is not supported by the "second amendment" your argument is a looser. Why? The only thing the second amendment guarantees is your right to own and carry. This is not a guarantee to carry or own unrestricted, just a prevention of an outright ban. this is supported by 100 years of legislation and case law and is not going anywhere anytime soon. Honestly the only people who are debating this are the extremists on both sides and nobody is taking them seriously. We well never fully ban guns because they are already here and obama or <insert next democratic president here> isn't coming for your guns. So just chill the fuck out. There is already gun control in this country and we aren't going backwards no matter how much you scream about the founding father's intentions. BTW, I am just going to point out here that "arms" in the second amendment was never intended to mean just guns. It also refers to knives, swords, bows, etc...but you don't really see a lot of open carry sword advocates out there. so where are we? well the mainstream national debate is: We already have gun control, but it exists on a local level.... - should it exist on a national level? - If so what should be the minimum standards? - Are the restrictions achieving the desired social goals? The reason why this is such a fractured debate between political parties is they two sides can't even agree on the "goals". Conservatives usually only see control as a measure to reduce gun violence perpetrated by "criminal types" where as liberals see it as a measure to prevent gun death on the whole. One of the reasons we can't see eye to eye is...well...there isn't data to support either course of action because the NRA is suppressing research because it perceives it harmful to their position that ugn ownership makes you safer (the last time research was allowed to be conducted was 1993 and the result was that you are generally not any safer owning a gun). I will point out that what few data points are out there point to the overwhelming majority of gun deaths being linked to suicides and not criminal activity. Increasing background check standards might help with this but is it punishing law abiding citizens? some people seem to think so. This is not a "simple" issue - it is in fact quite complex. There are areas where a national standard might help alleviate some of the issues (like state law management for carry laws), and other areas where a national approach is not the right one (the needs of a firearm as a tool are different in Brooklyn NY than they are in Billings MT). Anybody who is "simplifying" this issue by just calling another group a "pussy" is just choosing to be ignorant of how difficult a problem this really is. Just to tie it all back up - the Yahoo article is written in an intentionally inflammatory way to serve as click bait in our new media society. At the end of the day, the state, which has some of the most densely populated cities in the country, is trying to feel out it's need for justifiable reason to carry. The restriction already exist and was being challenged, nothing is really changing other than a poorly worded decision is being being interpreted in an inflammatory way to get people to click on a yahoo article. I am interested in seeing where this will go if it reaches the supreme court. Again, because California is defending it's existing right to ask it's citizens if a carry permit is "really necessary" doesn't mean Obama is coming for your guns in Ohio.

just pure cheapest price for the unit would be a stock 4L80. But that creates a lot of problems on it's on because it is also the heaviest and the largest. When I did the TH400 in my GTO a loooong time ago, I found the best setup was to find a local shop and build it using TCI parts. I spent $1500 in 1990's money to do it proper and the only issues I ever had with it were a ballooning converter when I was standing on the line lock and a leak at the right side shift modulator which I fixed with some teflon tape. I do run a massive trans cooler built into the custom aluminum radiator so that helps. Whether you buy a cheap TH400 core and have it rebuilt locally or you buy an off the shelf new TH400 I don't see you getting out of this for less than $1500-$2K to do it right. If you can rebuild a transmission yourself the kits from TCI are about $300 -$500 depending on options (trans brake kits usually run about $500) but there are some tricks that re-builders just know with these things. FWIW I would consider this: https://www.summitracing.com/parts/tci-211005/overview/ For about $1550 you get a trans with a 30 day warranty that you can pick up at summit and drop in your car that afternoon. It's not a bad way to go.

A stock TH400 will hold reliably 400hp/450ft lbs of torque. So you aren't looking for a stock th400. A stock 4l80 will hold about 800ft/lbs torque but as pointed out the gearing isn't ideal for a drag car. Are you looking for the cheapest? Simplist? Lightest? Easiest to install? What's the budget?

That is pure conjectural bullshit.

A sending unit is like a potentiometer - sends out a variable signal to tell the gauge what to read. Any number of things from the float getting stuck due to sediment to a short or corrosion on the contacts can affect it. Easiest way to see if it is just a sticking float? Bang on the tank and see if the reading changes. Otherwise you are going to have to drop the tank to inspect the unit.

NYC has had restrictions like this for years. Know why? 2 reasons: population density and irresponsibility of owners. This is the first time I have heard of it state wide rather than restricted to municipalities but it doesn't surprise me since California as a state has always had high instances of gun violence for both illegal and legal gun owners. laws have to evolve and reflect the needs of the people as they are, not as they were - it is not 1760 and King George isn't coming for you land.

It depends on how this works but it could be more useful. If it just puts a pin in a map when you activate and isn't relaying GPS information then yeah I agree. However, if it is emitting an actual GPS signal then it is a tracker more than just a "where did I park" pin in a map. Something tells me it is just a pin in a map but maybe I am hoping for more.

what 3rd party app are you using with the BAXF adaptor?

What are the things you need to do? Most of these things are already handled by a variety of trip computers, onstar, or onboard nav but a lot of cars don't have these things.

https://www.automatic.com/home/ Seems like kind of a neat little "toy". It's an OBD scanner, trip computer, emergency contact, and GPS tracker for your car all in one. At the original MSRP of $99 it felt kind of a rip off but at $69 I don't know - some obd scanners run that. Also seems like an easy way to manage travel expense reimbursement for some of those that use their car for work. Again, as one singular item I don't think the price justifies it, but in aggregate might be useful. what do others think?

The Outback is based on the Legacy Platform, so it is basically a lifted legacy wagon, unless you are talking about the impreza based impreza outback sports made from 1994-2011. Until recently the outback was a trim on the legacy and could at various times be had in sedan and wagon, now it looks to be the name for all legacy wagons and the legacy is just the sedan models. The forrester is based on the impreza platform but is not a "lifted" impreza like the crosstrek is. The body is a big SUV/high roof wagon that has more room than the standard impreza wagon. From a car guy perspective - the only one of the two that can be had with a manual is the Forrester but that is only in the 148hp non turbo trim, which to me isn't worth it. You can get the Forrester with the 250hp WRX turbo engine (XT trim) but only the CVT, which is still better than the outback's top engine - the 176 hp 3.6L flat six which gets at most 27mpg highway. There are older Forrester XT manuals around but they are rare. since it is for the wife, have her drive it and see if she likes it.

oops...forgot the link: http://www.markwilliams.com/braketech.aspx

Lol http://jalopnik.com/stop-lying-about-teslas-autopilot-crashing-your-car-1780908237

This. Drum brakes usually require about 10lbs of pressure to counteract the internal springs. If you have a 4 wheel drum car with stock brakes this is sometimes built into the master but if you have a car that you convert to disc front drum rear and you use a modern master you usually have to add a 10lb RPV to keep the rear drums functioning. some guys add a proportioning valve that has residual pressure built in. The piston/bore size of the master is the relevant measurement to how much volume you move and at what pressure. Too big and you will move a lot of volume but have little pressure so the brakes will feel spongy, too small and you will have a lot of pressure but no pedal feel. If you have a spongy pedal you may want to go one size smaller in the piston. Call Wilwood's tech line and tell them the rotor size, the caliper bore piston size and number of pistons, and distance of the caliper from the master and they should sort you out. here is a good read about figuring out the right size master.

A Dunlop just broke through the 17 minute barrier on the mountain course: http://lanesplitter.jalopnik.com/unbelievable-sub-17-minute-lap-sets-new-isle-of-man-rec-1780850458 If you haven't seen it yet, there is a great documentary on netflix called "Road" about the Dunlop family and their legacy in motorcycle road racing.

FWIW: http://dayton.craigslist.org/cto/5615296578.html manual 5-series cars are thin on the ground, I am surprised there was even one on CL semi-locally. From a size perspective, the 5 is a large car. Nothing wrong with a large car, but my E90 body is almost the same size as my old E34 5 series (actually the wheelbase is longer at 109 inches vs 108.7 inches for the E34 5 series). they aren't nearly as small as the older BMWs (E30 - 101in wheel base, E36 - 106in, E46 - 107in). If you have young kids the back seat is fine but get a sedan to make loading easier, if you are over 6' tall and want to carry another 6' tall adult directly behind you then you want the E60 or F10 5 series (113-116in wheelbase). To me the perfect bmw GT car is in the sweet spot of 108-110 wheelbase (the E39 is just a tick over at 111 but still great). It's still a lithe chuckable car, but it isn't a small feeling car either. It just feels sporty without feeling adolescent. I drove an E60 M5 V10 once and it felt like a fast sofa. Basically imagine if you took a Lincoln Town car and jammed a whole bunch of hp into it (and increased the build quality 10 fold). Don't get me wrong I am not against fast luxury yachts it's just what I prefer. Take some test drives see what you like.

I can't make up my mind as to which is more impressive: The fact that you walked away with seemingly no major injury or the fact you were actually able to push a FWD colt that fast with a completely stock body.

Beats what I pulled out of a customer's 1970 z/28 camaro in the 90's: roughly 20 porno mags, 2 well used condoms, a vibrator, and a 70's name tag for Long John silvers for "Stephen".

Hpfp= high pressure fuel pump. There is a run of defective ones in the turbo cars. I think BMW extended the warranty on them to 120k miles. It's another part that is like $150 but several hundred in labor to replace if you are out of pocket. I think there was a recall on it too so do some digging.

I used to work with Dave Roper at Team Obsolete. Dave is the only American to win the IoM TT on a gas powered motorcycle (a 1959 Matchless G50 in the Historic TT in 1984). In 1993 he planted TO's 1969 Benelli 350/4 into the hay bales in a pretty spectacular accident (I will see if I can find pics/footage). Used to tell me he doesn't remember the impact - just waking up on his back past the hay bales. The benelli is still wrecked in the TO basement. here is a post from Dave's Blog when he went back to the historic IOM TT with the G50 on the 30th anniversary in 2014, It's fun if you are into vintage bike racing: http://daveroperracing.blogspot.com/2014_08_01_archive.html

3 Series 2006-2011 is E9x (90 = sedan, 91 = wagon, 92 = coupe, 93 = vert). 2012 and newer is the F3X body series (with the coupe moving to the 4 series). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_3_Series_%28E90%29 5 series from 2003-2010 is the E60 body designation (think of it like Chevy calls the camaro an F-body). 2011 and newer is the F10 body style. I can't speak to the boosted cars but I can tell you about the 2006 E90 325xi 6mt I currently own. My mother bought the car CPO through a friend who was a tech at Rallye BMW on Long Island when it was a lease trade in with 10K miles. at the time 6MT cars of any configuration were difficult to find. Here are the major issues she had with the car from 10K miles an 1 year old to Feb of this year when I bought the car off her: - Pulleys: For some reason these wore out about 50K miles. She had both the tensioner pulley problem and the alternator pulley problem and drove on it for a while which contributed to all the pulleys on the car being trashed. I think the tensioner pulley seizure happens to all bmw inlines and not just the 2.5L NA inline 6. - Flywheel: 60K miles. Apparently there is a defect that affects about 5% of all manual trans bmws running the dual mass flywheel that causes them to crack and shatter at low mileage. Be advised that a dual mass flywheel is a "wear" item and depending on abuse after a certain amount of mileage is just done and needs replacement. This is usually after something like 150K miles. Replacing an E90 DMF was a fortune - the part alone is something stupid like $2K. Most people when confronted with having to do a clutch in their DMF bmw usually just convert to a single mass soild performance flywheel. - Battery: Ok this one is going to seem kind of stupid but....if you don't drive your bmw long enough for often enough the car is going to kill the battery. in 10 years my mother racked up 70K miles or roughly 7K miles per year, and she went through 3 batteries. Why? as my BMW tech friend explained it to me - after you shut the car off the car continues to do things in the electrics cycle that may drain the battery a little. If you drive the car for 15 minutes continuously it usually charges up enough to offset this, but when you live in a town where everything is 5 minutes drive away, you may not be in the car long enough for the battery to recharge fully. and then the car sits for 2 weeks because you go on vacation and it's cold outside and bam - another frozen battery that won't hold a charge. Also because it isn't in the engine bay it's a pain to access and replace, oh and the computer needs to be reset by the dealer when a new one is installed. Cue bmw techs to either confirm or call me a liar or tell me I'm stupid. - Control arms: actually this is one of the joys of owning a bmw - control arm bushings. Every BMW I have ever owned has needed them, my 2002, my E30, both my E34s, and this E90. BMW can do a lot of amazing tech, but for some reason they can't build a control arm bushing that can survive NYC or Ohio potholes for 100K miles. The problem in my E90 though has been unique because the bushing is fluid filled. When my folks were driving out here to deliver the car, dad hit a pothole just inside the ohio border and it popped the 80K mile 10 year control arm bushing like a zit. The fluid even sprayed on the wheel. the solution for RWD cars is to replace with M3 solid bushings, but I haven't researched if there is a solid bushing replacement for the Xi cars. I can tell you that Xi cars in general have a much more "firm" ride than their RWD counterparts and a solid bushing would only enhance that jarring experience. - Water pump: She did it when she did the serpentine belt and pulleys as a precaution. BMW cooling systems are another weak spot across the board and her water pump was showing signs of leaking even though it hadn't gone yet. Radiator is fine despite them being an issue on my E34s. I can tell you from having a bmw tech for a friend when I lived in NY that when the 335xis first came out and all the little rich kids bought them they were doing a lot of blown flywheel/clutch/diff/transfer case service from guys that would treat them like RWD cars and sidestep the clutch at redline. It's a pretty robust drivetrain but it ain't that robust - I think the joke at the time was put $200 away every time you dump it and you'll be able to pay for your first catastrophic failure. I get why people are very anti-used german car, modern german cars are very complex and the more complex they are, they more nickel and dime issues there seem to be. What is particularly frustrating is that when you compare it to japanese stuff small issues can sideline the car that in a comparable japanese car would not be an issue. Steering slop in a bmw? yeah your wheels are about to fall off, where as steering slop in a honda civic is one of the "features" of 100K+ miles. None of my BMWs have ever had iDrive, remote start, or anything remotely "complex" in the interior, and as such they have been reliability champs. Working on the car yourself goes a lot further value wise than having a dealer or specialist shop do it because of the labor rates charged - case in point the control arm bushings I just had replaced: the parts if I had bought from ECS, Pelican, or BavAuto would have run me roughly $200 for new control arms with bushings already pressed in - but I paid a dealer $800 to do the job because I didn't have the time, space, and tools to handle it at the moment. TL;DR version: if you want a BMW be ready to deal with the universal BMW problems of water pumps, control arm bushings, and pulley tensioners.

Actually Tim, I like the intellectual sparing but I am trying to get you a level where you will be taken seriously. It's a readjustment of your method, not your message that needs to happen. You can't rely on suspect sources and expect your message to be thought provoking when it can be seen through as clear as glass. Here let me help: you can't take the position that "shaming arguments are used to deflect" when you in the very next sentence you admit you are seeking to shame someone. It's inconsistent. Your position should be that "social shaming provides a public service to society" not "shaming is a red herring but no I was actually trying to shame someone". Also "run free at the zoo" is emotional and inflammatory. It is also not actually supportable. It marks your argument as argumentative for the sake of drawing an emotional response. A better way to phrase it would probably read "the mother should be embarrassed and ashamed because the kid being able to get as far as he was is clear that she was neglecting her parental responsibility". Her admitting it is not a resolution you are likely to get and really isn't the resolution you want - you want people to be better parents so lead with that. the end result is you get something like: Discussions regarding the the social aspect of public shaming are moot to this conversation - the mother should be shamed as public shaming has a long tradition of readjusting societal and social behaviors in spaces where the law does not cover. The mother should be embarrassed because the kid being able to get as far as he was is clear that she was neglecting her parental responsibility. If more people were publicly held accountable for their actions in the court of public opinion then maybe there would be fewer cases in the courts of Ohio. I know you think you are saying the same thing but you aren't. What yours does is set up an argument that can only be answered emotionally, which means you can't win. The best you can do is elicit an equal emotional response from your opponent and the worst is they disregard you completely. At least above you open the door to the discussion about societal accountability and standards for what qualifies as parental negligence. I mean it's still flawed in that you assume causation through outcome but your original argument did that anyway.

there is a lot of buzz around Wilmington continuing now that Amazon bought the airport: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/business/2016/03/09/wilmington-air-transport-firm-confirms-its-in-deal-with-amazon.html I hope they let it continue. LSR seems to be a dying sport for lack of venues not participants. I was there once as a tourist, it has been a dream of mine to run the Bonneville course on a motorcycle. If things keep going the way they are it may be an unrealistic fantasy.

http://www.hotrod.com/news/1606-blm-threatens-no-racing-at-bonneville-due-negative-comments-according-to-scta/

There is a liberal bias in education but its a little bit of an Ouroboros (snake eating its own tail). Political and Religious Conservatives claim that Academia discriminates against them and claim academic bias as to why the environment of academia is inhospitable and discriminatory to them, while politically and religious liberal people claim the conservative viewpoint itself invites academic bias in it's base mentality and use it as a justification to discriminate in hiring practices. When both sides are claiming the same root cause for the same reason it's hard not to think they are both right, but you have to wonder if there isn't something else going on. Topics of lectures are not a good indicator of bias, the point of academia is to have open minded discussions. White privilege is a thing, It does exist - but only by talking about it and analyzing data do we understand it's size and scope. There is a great article from 2006 on this (unfortunately you have to pay for it): http://poq.oxfordjournals.org/content/70/3/304 Just to summarize in Academia there are areas that are less affected by conservative vs liberal so it isn't an "even bias". Studies like economics, political sciences, foreign affairs, etc...are not generally biased against conservatives, where as more traditional humanities studies like psychology, social sciences, etc...favor liberal political and religious outlooks. Even some areas like medicine will bias against religious conservatism but not political conservatism. As I have said the outlook I personally prefer right now is "Self-Selection". conservatives don't go into academia because they prefer higher paying jobs in the private sector, and also some fields require an open-mindedness that some political conservative viewpoints don't support. my point is - you can still have a conservative viewpoint supported by academic standards for credibility without taking on liberal bias. My disappointment with Tim is that instead of selecting something like that - he just picked some biased garbage that is highly suspect and thinks its perfectly ok "because liberal bias". But hey...don't let facts get in the way of a good bias.