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After having 2 maxtor HDs fail on the same day on my build machines at work I really wish I hadn't bought a maxtor as my 500gb external drive. Too bad I couldn't get the pricematch on the WD drive I really wanted at the time.
KY, you still replacing a lot of IBM 40GB DeathStars these days? Based on what I've seen it's Maxtors that litterally cook themselves to death. I stressed one in a PC I was loaned while my build machine was being rebuilt and I got the drive temp up to 70+C (max operating temp is supposed to be 55C) before I decided I'd better not kill another drive so soon. I have a feeling the case design on the dell Optiplex systems sucks including the fact that they have plastic mounting rails which means the heat has no-where to go.
First time on the bike last night and I can tell I suck arse on balancing at slow speed - slalom with one hand proves to be not doable, let alone holding a cone and swing the arms in a circle when doing the slalom. I think I can handle the bike at 20Kmh but nobody drives at that speed once they get their license. We will see about tonight on the clutch control and maybe I will see some shifting. Dehydration was probably kicking in and it definitely did for my sister
Joe, yeah, I've had several rides on the HSR. I like it. In fact, I love it. It seems like the only reasonable way for me to travel at a decent speed without feeling like I'm trapped in a buring postbox filled with crying babies, SARS carrying old folks who refuses to cover their mouths when coughing, stinky students and c-lais with a bunch of veggies. I just wish the other half of Taiwan would stop bitching about it and instead bitch about real crap like Taiwan Rail, the highway coach buses, or the Taipei Metro (which recently built a gondola that IMO serves as a solution to a non-existent problem in addition to being down on average like once a day). I'm planning my next trip out in Oct. Where are you again? It's either HK or Japan for me, but HK tickets tends to be cheaper.
Darren, the stupid shippers finally started e-mailing me this week. I'll let you know once things start shaping up.
Well, I just read too that people are predicting the 335d will make it to Canada, but that seemed to be speculation based on the fact that BMW said they will bring a diesel and the 3 series accounts for 62% of BMW's sales. I think it's more likely to show up in an X-series.
I suppose if it is the 335d Audi may bring the A4 3.0TDI to compete. Performance numbers look very close, at least in terms of 0-100km/h being a hair over 6 seconds. The BMW has around 40 ponies more though.
Location: On the other side of the pond in Canada, eh?
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Man, I just missed out on a $50 roof rack rails for Subarus. Someone on Craigslist was selling his old one, but we couldn't find a mutual time to meet this week. C'est la vie.
Just finished my first road ride today, and man was it a work out - went out to North Van, Burnaby, Port Moody, touching New West. Was on a 500cc at the end there and it was fun - I'm pretty sure at this point I won't go too fast as the wind can make shoulder checks difficult, but the slow stuff still needs to be worked on
Why is it that Subaru dealers always seem to be combined with Volvo dealers? Is this some kind of unholy alliance?
The pit guys all have rally blue Subaru jumpsuits, of course.
Service entrance. Yes that's an STi forester.
Parts pickup counter.
Some kind of hatchbacky thing...
New multilink rear. Looks pretty wimpy to me.
Weird "ECO" button in centre console for increased fuel economy. In Japan there's a perception that Subarus are gas guzzlers so I guess this is some kind of attempt to deal with that.
My ride in front of the Subaru car wash. Note ghetto ass DIY mylar window shade, back and side.
Score! Lanyard for KGB, check.
Strap for Penphoe, on order.
Roof rack for Ashton, on order pending stock check.
(purchased at a different time, a little somethin somethin for KY and Bruceybruce)
Hey you guys, let me know what you want from Japan!!
* TRICKY
* KFC
* BOOOONoe
* PETTER
Bonus, this is my 300-meter ish walk from my parking space to the apartment. The rice is almost ready.
And here we go, as I was approaching this thing in Osaka from the front I thought I was finally looking at a 22b ... what a disappointment, oh well.
22b's are still on the used car market for around $30K in what seems to be pretty darn good condition. In 5 years they will be registerable in Canada. Interested, anyone??? Hehehe
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Hey guys are you free on the evening of [EDIT - see below]? Or is Saturday better? Maybe we can have a lil get together at my place? Or karting? Or ... LASER TAG???
Last edited by Necromancer; 05 September 2007 at 11:50.
A couple of co-workers (fellow editors and our photographer) drove a couple of hours to go karting last Friday. The course was one of the closest to Taipei even though it's probably farther than Mission in Vancouver scales. Anyways, let's just say that in the mean time there's no doubts about my speed around the office. Now the challenge is out for the end of the month, and hopefully another editor can join us (he's got a FIA rally license or something like that).
I still doubt that he can beat me karting though. I'm like karting extrodinaire now. I'll grab the pics from my work laptop tomorrow and upload some of it. It's so nice to be able to take different lines and go 3-wide into a turn...
Oh, and I forgot to say... I get to lay my hands on a XKR/911 tomorrow. Yeeeehaw!
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Wu Tang - TTIWWOP of the XKR/911!!!
Friday Sept. 21st, I'm busy - I have a wedding rehersal to go to that evening.
Joe - where do ya want the get-together to be at? You're welcome to have it @ my house, or if ya want, we can use the party room @ your place.
Sigh - back to work today. I missed my bus yet again - it arrived early at the bus stop. I was there to see it drive by this morning at 7:05. Oh well - I went back home and got to snuggle with Mackenzie and Reen for 20 minutes.
So for the 2 days that I was on the Ninja 500R, I went out to Deep Cove and Horseshoe bay for a total of ~200KM, and really the only scare was merging into traffic to be the 2nd last rider as I was leading the pack on the highway before, and when we exited onto 152nd St, both myself and the rider behind me made a light that the rest didn't. Even though we had an assistant holding up the traffic for the 2 of us, the fact that I felt rushed almost made me drop the bike (but I didn't, certainly made the instructor laughed at me for the lack of control on the clutch which by the way, is wet and meant to be slipped a lot more than you would do on car). Time to book a road test now...
As for the 22B, if it's still 15 yrs to import in 5 yrs I would try but really, Transport Canada is looking to close the loop hole with the huge influx of RHD vehicle lately as that's not their intent for that rule so they are thinking about changing it to 25yrs
As for the 22B, if it's still 15 yrs to import in 5 yrs I would try but really, Transport Canada is looking to close the loop hole with the huge influx of RHD vehicle lately as that's not their intent for that rule so they are thinking about changing it to 25yrs
Well, I think BC is making it problematic to import cars in other ways:
Quote:
Re: Light Vehicles Imported Into BC
The purpose of this bulletin is to remind all Designated Inspection Facilities, Owner/Operators
and Authorized Inspectors that light vehicles imported into British Columbia must meet all
applicable inspection criteria listed in the Vehicle Inspection Manual (Inspections Standards
(Safety and Repair) Regulation) before issuing a certificate of approval.
Recently, vehicles imported from Japan have passed inspection and are registered in the
province. However, some of these vehicles do not meet the Motor Vehicle Act, Motor Vehicle
Act Regulations or the Vehicle Inspection Manual criteria.
Some examples of items identified that do not meet inspection criteria include:
• Catalytic converter(s) missing
• Lamps, lens, bulbs and reflex reflectors not meeting SAE, DOT standards
and marked as such
• Daytime running lamps missing
• High mounted stop lamp missing
• Rear side marker reflex reflectors missing
• Headlamps designed for right hand drive that do not meet CMVSS
• Windshields not marked AS1, AS2, AS10 or AS14
• Side glass not marked AS1, AS2, AS10 or AS11
• Neutral switch missing
So basically, if they are 15yrs old, chances are that they have almost none of those features. Can you imagine having to replace all the windows and put in a clutch switch?
Does anyone have an old ATX power supply they don't need? I think the one on mine is fried. Otherwise I have 256MB RAM with it, 6gig drive, 1gig drive, Creative TNT2 AGP, Matrox crappy PCI video, 56k modem, dlink cards to build from.
Hi HO. Hey Nerdco - I was looking through my old Subaru stuff and came up with some Subaru WRC stickers as well as the Subaru WRC challenge magazines. Can you grap any from Japan? Engrish would be nice, but I like looking at the pictures.
Seems decent, but by my math after all that work he saved around $20-30. I don't know about you guys, but I'm finding my time is pretty valuable these days. I don't think it'd be worth 1/2 a day to me to save that kind of money, especially if I end up having to fiddle with it every time I want to use it.
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