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FORCE India? More like "Without Consent India"! Do we have video of someone waxing the nose of that car with a microfiber towel? :masturboy:

7AM???? THE DAY OF OUR LOURDE?!?!?!?1?1 http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/t_original/19dxocygjoqawjpg.jpg

Too bad they are still automatic-only at this point.

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I've got a few FL's for your cause...

We've got the Pinewood Derby on Feb 22nd…not sure what you're referring to..

I just got back from two nights up at Mohican State Park, where my daughter and I had a winter campout for Indian Princesses. While emphasizing my absolute hatred for winter, I had an amazing time in a beautiful area of Ohio. If you've never been to MSP or the Loudonville/Butler/Bellville area, it really is a scenic, hilly area of little towns that are still clean with nicely maintained houses and some of the nicest people you'll meet. Snow Trails was a good time for tubing, and while the wind was a little much there's nothing like a roaring campfire. This morning, after getting over a foot of snow since Friday night, myself and three other dads were convoying back to C'bus - kindergarten girls nestled in their chairs watching DVDs - coming from Rt. 3 on Rt. 97 towards I-71. Route 97 had some pretty views but it was very hilly; this morning the roads were packed powder with an underlayment of ice. We come to the bottom of a huge hill with about a dozen cars all around with their hazards on. A teenager comes up to me and says the hill's too slippery to climb. He's a local who went through this pass earlier that day, and said you have to get a lot of momentum. We watch as a Chevy Aveo and a Pontiac Torrent go about halfway up and slip around before backing down. I tell the one dad with a GMC Yukon to go ahead and show us the line to follow. He slowly crawls up the hill with little issue. Another dad goes in his FWD Traverse. My buddy and I have Odysseys, and we figure he'll "traverse" up the hill with no problem. CHUCK TESTA. Dude gets as far as the two other cars did before sliding sideways and stopping abruptly. He turns off traction control and proceeds to spin his wheels without moving an inch. Defeated, he backs down the hill. "We'll have to find another way around!" he says. My buddy asks what we should do, and I didn't want to backtrack over an hour out of the way. I decide to go for it, and tell him to meet me at the Speedway next to I-71. I back up at least 500 feet, and everyone's outside of their cars looking at me. I keep VSC on, and floor it. I easily make it past the point where others slipped - you could see their tire tracks squiggling in the snow - and make it to the top no problem. I look in my rearview mirror and Odyssey #2 is following right behind. At the gas station we waited for the other guy in the Traverse, but he texts us that he turned around. By the time we're in Columbus he was just getting to I-71. :dumb: Cool starry bra? Indeed, it is. Points to take away: 1) Country folks have my respect. Every time there's a solid snowfall, they have to deal with it and all the problems that arise from being in difficult terrain and far away from stores/gas/urban infrastructure. No wonder they all (most) have AWD/4WD vehicles; if I brought Cleetus I wouldn't have been able to make it off the highway! The kid that talked to me at the base of the hill was a great help, and everyone I met from getting gas to spilling hot chocolate at Snow Trails, to buying beer at a C-store and getting groceries at a Dollar General were the nicest people. Props to Ashland county. 2) FWD SUVS LOL. Seriously, I proudly rock an Odyssey and it drove to Snow Trails, in and out of Mohican, and around Loudonville with no problems whatsoever. Credit to the Firestone Destination LE2 tires I put on it last summer. But if you get a smaller-on-the-inside SUV and it can't even go where a FWD minivan goes, what a stupid waste of money for a major FAIL of image. I don't do FB so thanks for letting me share, CR! :thumbup: In a season where all you want to do is stay inside because the weather sucks, it's great to do something (especially with your kid) that embraces the outdoors and provides great perspective on the world around us. I'm going into a work week with a positive attitude from having done some wonderful things with my daughter and her friends, and hanging out with a great group of dads as well.

I just got back from two days' camping, and sat down to watch this episode. I have to say it was one of the best. Finnegan's parents…the build…all the people helping F&F…the drive…the drag at the end…great stuff. That LS7 sounds like a beast with that 7k redline! :fuckyeah:

OMG, Ice... I just popped a blood vessel laughing so hard. That was the absolute greatest video transition (world's best to "nailed it") I've had the privilege of enjoying.

Did she need to be clothed for these pool shots?

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No thread-sh!tting, gents...

LOL, thought the same thing...spitting image when he gets out of the car. Why would you try to drag race a couple of bikes from a light?

http://gizmodo.com/anyone-can-be-a-mechanic-with-this-brilliant-augmented-509999571 Was talking about this last year...far more intelligent and technical people put it together. Slick as it stands now, and look forward to seeing the technology evolve.

Isn't "ghost" a deputy?

+1 "You must first spread some moar reputitations around before giving the D to Not Brian."

Congrats, man! Between you with the tire deals and Cody(that's his name, right?) in the alignment shop, you've got a great operation!

Let your kid make "winking smiley faces" in old metal? http://www.columbusracing.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=693&pictureid=7447

Josh, I heard about "hot tips" but I'm happy that mine is not. The helmet triggers very well. I used it for a few test welds and then gave it to my daughter for a few second bursts. I used the hand-held shield when she worked. Still, I would invest in a more expensive helmet if I was welding for more than a few minutes at a time.

After wiring up the L/E flux-core spool and grabbing some spare brackets from Cleetus' floor shifter, I went about showing my daughter how to fuse two pieces of metal together. She wanted to have a turn. With some important safety instructions and using my gear, she was tacking like a champ! http://www.columbusracing.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=693&pictureid=7446 ^ ^ ^ Making practice dots on an old Cleetus III flexplate. For what I need, it's a great welder. There was almost no weld splatter on clean metal, and the penetration on some pretty thick brackets was impressive. I'm very happy with the welder as it sits. If you're a shadetree mechanic with maybe a half-dozen small projects/repairs a year, this would suit you well. :thumbup::thumbup: I've got a couple of exhaust pipe projects (Cleetus and BMW) as well as an egress window grate that will more than pay for this welder. Will provide updates soon once it fuggin' gets warmer!

I had a Suzuki Samurai in HS (upstate NY) and college (western PA) so I did a lot of off-road snow hoonage in my early years, but it's been 15+ years and was far too underpowered and grippy for AWD donuts. It was more of a get-you-to-the-bonfire-in-the-winter kind of offroader. All my tee-ruks have been RWD and are like on/off switches in the snow, so not much balance there. I never did any snow-dancing in the Corvette. I definitely wasn't pushing the BMW for the first couple of minutes but the tires were garbage for any sort of traction anyway. Will need to get more practice in! Doc, thanks for making an effing miserable season far more tolerable.

This did not happen at Doc's tonight...

Right...whatta douchebag. WHO DOES THAT, AMIRITE??? Technically, they were all donuts with a big bite taken out of them...:fuuuu:

Doc, thanks for a most excellent time. :thumbup::thumbup: