Miro

I've been stuck working on the front yard for the past month, but man... The first "car" weekend I get, I'll be doing this mod. It's been waiting on the shelf for seemingly forever.

What rims do you have there?

Back when I first got the car, we took it down to San Diego during Christmas to visit the in-laws. Wife's grandpa is a bit of a car aficionado, in the sense that he likes driving and taking care of nice cars. So after I finally traded in my old Accord, he was definitely keen on going for a ride in my new LGT. Well, he lives in a relatively slow-speed-street neighborhood that's bordered by a large (3-4 lanes in one direction) street. So I was first putzing around his neighborhood, but soon ended up at a red light on pole position on the main street, with pretty much nobody around. So I turn to him, and I ask him "OK Grandpa, I'm gonna take off a bit fast, that fine with you?" He's like "Sure, no problem." Green hits and I gun it. Even to this day, I don't think I did a more perfect launch. I caught Grandpa waaaaay off-guard because up until then, we were going 25-30 max, and he was not expecting this kind of juice. We blasted down the straightway (thankfully it was a 55 zone), but soon had to simmer down because we caught up to everyone else. After the run Grandpa turned to me and said: "It's been a long time since I've gone that fast in a car." And this came from a man who does not have a gentle right foot, that's for sure.

They could cut 30% or more of the length if they didn't have that shopping basket on the back. That just makes everything quite long, for not that much utility (as far as I can tell).

Speaking of lasers, I laser-cut these tweeter brackets from black acrylic awhile back. All sets have been claimed, but I can spend an evening at work and make some more if needed. If you guys are adventurous enough, I can also give you the .ai files so you can create them as well. From my previous post, with regards to what I can make with the laser cutter: "Whatever else you can design and cut from a piece of flat wood or acrylic, about 8 x 11" in size. Metals can be engraved, but not cut with our base model. We use the laser at work for rapid prototyping, but I can borrow time on it for projects -- so I don't necessarily run a small batch fab-shop, just helping out a few internet friends."

I was visiting family in San Diego the other day, and I went to the post office. Did my business, went back into the car with my father-in-law. I started futzing with my phone, trying to find where our next stop was (Staples). Some older gent walks up to my door, and proceeds to open it. He looks terribly confused for a second, then his face gets this look of surprise/embarrassment - and then he apologizes, "Oh I'm sorry I thought this was my car, so sorry." No big deal, of course, and he goes around my car and into the next car parked on my right. It was a brand-new dark-grey Jaguar XJ.

Master Chief and his WRX: (Courtesy of Reddit)

I'm a recent graduate, so no promises. But, I'm glad it's not the HPS pads that are SLAPping, since I was thinking of putting those on the car once the current ones expire.

I'm assuming it's the SLAP (squeal like a pig) syndrome? Your build list says you got Hawk street pads -- which ones? HPS or these new-fangled High Performance Street 5.0 pads?

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That's when you go in front of him and clean your windshield, using more than enough wiper fluid

Marbelous darling, marbelous. Similar dealie here -- I had to wait six months for the house to come through, but it finally did... and then the market magically shot up. So it worked out very nicely a couple of years ago, but I can't say the same thing if I tried buying today. Refi as soon as you can. $450/month PMI means you'll pay off your refi costs in roughly 10 months by switching to a conventional loan, and then it's clear sailing from there

You make it sound easy, bro... But you also bought at the right time, and for the right circumstances. Your mortgage payment is the same as the rental -- but what do you consider to be the "mortgage"? The lien on the property, or the whole enchilada that includes property taxes, hazard insurance, and (possibly) mortgage insurance? If it's just the lien, then it's an apples to oranges comparison, since all that other stuff adds another 20-30% on top of the lien. If by your "mortgage" you mean the entire payment, that's great! If you're a buyer and don't have 20% down, *boom* that's another payment in the form of mortgage insurance that you're paying for the privilege of house ownership. And I heard that FHA loans now mandate mortgage insurance for the life of the loan, so there's no longer the "oh I'll get rid of it in five years" like it used to. So unless your home's equity goes up by 20% (and you refinance, adding another $2-3K to the house), you're stuck in PMI land forever. (Well, at least until you sell the house or die. ) Don't get me wrong -- I love my house, and I think house ownership is awesome -- but it's not nearly the same bag of beans as renting a place for a year or two.

I went down the YouTube rabbit hole and found this: Absolute insanity.

The Wife found this in the garage last night, and freaked the f**k out: http://f.cl.ly/items/0v310t0P2f0x3Y053A2t/black_widow_small.jpg