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I'm currently looking for a new DD. Thinking mk7 GTI (probably would look for a 17 s or autobahn), C30, V50, or TL Type S. Rules are smaller (TL kinda doesn't fit this), manual, wife approved.

The '15 GTI we own has been relatively trouble free. It did the usual VW things first though: leaky ...

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(because 5/4)

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That's well thought out, I like it!

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While version 1 was not a great success, version 1.1 certainly works:

https://i.postimg.cc/PN9bYPCp/PXL-20260429-215439499.jpg

So, now I can put the new pedal blank on there and adjust stuff so that it fits before I weld it up for good and all:

https://i.postimg.cc/2LZZ27VM/PXL-20260429 ...

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Started the 3D print of the jig to help me make the replacement clutch pedal for my Audi.

https://i.postimg.cc/BPTGPRh7/PXL-20260428-121547553.jpg

Right now it has for reference points the pivot and the plane that touches off the cruise control switch.

Next steps are to add fixtures that locate ...

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Made some progress on the clutch pedal, used my boring bar to take the pivot on the pedal to size for the pivot bearing housing:
https://i.postimg.cc/Lq5XjzWp/PXL-20260426-170241455.jpg

Then welded the housing in, cut some bearing bronze to length, bored it to rough size, pressed it into the ...

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Dropped all the boxers yesterday. All three cars made it out and back fine, which I count as a pretty major victory.
https://i.postimg.cc/gwDpvdHS/672339952-2065749367704646-328390658147085088-n.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/Y4kkGjY2/672325165-1264226599180994-2922502352956589013-n.jpg
(cue Mr ...

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Taking the MR2, the GTO, and the 240Z to the Rio Rancho car show today at their city hall.

Stop by if you want to re-up your winga-dinga content with CRAZY CARL KUNKELMAN from 106.9 KBMR the BOOMER.

Speaking of, you'd think that everything about the Incel Camino that could be said has been ...

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Taking the MR2, the GTO, and the 240Z to the Rio Rancho car show today at their city hall.

Stop by if you want to re-up your winga-dinga content with CRAZY CARL KUNKELMAN from 106.9 KBMR the BOOMER.

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I have an ongoing big iphone error. It's a Pixel 10a.

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Took the Audi, the 300ZX, and the GTO out to one "NM Motorfest" last weekend.

Had some fun, but the show itself was a bit of a shitshow. Likely won't be going next year.

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Why does Jehannum's child get a Toyota MR2, but I'm still driving a Ford Focus and a Ford Fiesta?

Does that seem at all fair?

I put adderall in the gas tank of my friend's Ford Fiesta, and it transformed into a Ford Focus.

Don't you think you should reward me for staying off drugs?

At ...

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Bren wrote: Tue Apr 14, 2026 5:46 pm
Why does Jehannum's child get a Toyota MR2, but I'm still driving a Ford Focus and a Ford Fiesta?

Does that seem at all fair?

I put adderall in the gas tank of my friend's Ford Fiesta, and it transformed into a Ford Focus.

Jehannum · Cars juice wrote: Tue Apr 14, 2026 3:59 pm Is that an oxyacetylene torch? Yep.

juice wrote: Tue Apr 14, 2026 3:59 pm
Is that an oxyacetylene torch?

Yep.

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I got the gauge demo code working on my ESP32 last weekend, now I'm modifying to suit.

https://i.postimg.cc/H82GQ51V/PXL-20260411-210718443.jpg

Washed 7 cars on Saturday for the next two weeks of car shows (the MR2, the 240Z, the 300ZX, the Audi, the GTI, the Cadillac, my friend's '68 firebird ...

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Metacell wrote: Fri Apr 10, 2026 2:28 pm
BTW, Jehanumm, I love all of those acts. Castle Rat is amazing, Claypool-Lennon is out of this world, and Angine de Poitrine is from another dimension.

Castle Rat came through Albuquerque, and the dive bar they played at was packed to the fucking rafters. It was an amazing show.

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Time for some cardboard-aided drafting. I'm getting tired of replacing and re-welding cast aluminum clutch pedals, because eventually I'll run out of cast aluminum to break and start running into critical clearances. Frankly, why Audi put cast aluminum there in the first place is sort of beyond me ...

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Scout had her first experience in a convertible on Saturday night; safe to say she's a fan.

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I went on Saturday morning to a Cars and Coffee event at someplace called "Heatwave Coffee", and took the 240Z.

While I was there, a kid about 16-17 years old drove into the lot in kind of a ratty white 280Z. While I was standing around with the dog drinking some bad coffee, he came up to me, and ...

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WILD: https://neuromatch.social/@jonny/116324676116121930

I didn't look at the code, because I had a feeling that it was just a morass of unmaintainable spaghetti that was on its way to a critical mass of becoming unusable, but at least now I know that's the case.

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We have a set of Henckels pots and pans that we bought through Costco when we found out our 18/10 stainless farberware from college (same as the stuff Geesie posted) didn't work on our induction stove. We have a small collection of Le Creuset (stock pots, dutch oven, and kettle), and some cast ...

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We have a set of Henckels pots and pans that we bought through Costco when we found out our 18/10 stainless farberware from college (same as the stuff Geesie posted) didn't work on our induction stove. We have a small collection of Le Creuset (stock pots, dutch oven, and kettle), and some cast iron ...

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We have some strawberries, my (now deceased) brother Jesse was severely autistic and loved to swing so an adult capable swing frame was installed for him that is extremely sturdy. I put up some dowels across the frame and the squirrels (Eastern Fox) that sometimes come into our yard so far have ...

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Got the arduino project for the Audi's gauges to the point where I need to learn LVGL, at least in theory, because I don't have any ESP32-S3 boards on hand to test. It compiles (yay, ship it!), and should dump all the telemetry it reads to the serial console.

Got oil temp and illumination added to ...

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Got the steering back into the roadster yesterday. Replaced whatever oil had leaked out of the steering box with some corn head grease, so hopefully it doesn't leak (or leak as badly) out of seals that are no longer available from Nissan.

Kind of at a put up or shut up point, because the next ...

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Alien wrote: Fri Mar 27, 2026 7:51 pm
We got lasagna down to an art form, even if I do say so myself.

Have you tried ketchup, instant ramen, and kraft singles as a lasagna recipe yet?

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I hope you drive one of these:

https://i.postimg.cc/64qVFcmh/images-(2).jpg

Hovercrafts and wind sleds are more common for questionable ice roads. The lake in the video still has 3 feet of ice and is fine.

https://youtu.be/Ori5H6G3mZI?si=sws6H3oXVd3DKWHo

Are the hovercrafts full of ...

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The color temp can be specified in the app.

My LED headlights are NOT usually set to cool blue.

What you’re talking about is just not an issue with my lights.

You want them cool blue? Fine. Warm blue? Fine. Incredibly yellow? Also fine.

And this whole idea that I’m sitting there adjusting ...

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Alien wrote: Fri Mar 27, 2026 7:45 pm

schwimmwagen!

I have a story about a hand grenade and a kubelwagen that I should take the time to type out someday.

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Witnessed a tragedy when we went for the brunch showing of Project Hail Mary last Sunday:

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Malkin wrote: Fri Mar 27, 2026 7:02 pm

A springtime drive on Hoth.

Again, why I don't own a sportier car. ;)

I hope you drive one of these:

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The color temp can be specified in the app.

My LED headlights are NOT usually set to cool blue.

What you’re talking about is just not an issue with my lights.

You want them cool blue? Fine. Warm blue? Fine. Incredibly yellow? Also fine.

And this whole idea that I’m sitting there adjusting ...

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My particular headlights are dimmable.

That's the point of my headlights. LED is just the technology they use.

I bought them specifically because they’d be reliable and I can turn them down by using an app on my phone. They remember the value you set them at, so my headlights are NOT unusually ...

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Does anyone else ever give your cars the "silent treatment" after you fix them, until they've earned your trust back, or is that just me?

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I absolutely loathe LED headlights.

I'm glad that although my current car is high tech, it still uses cheap incandescent, easily replaced bulbs.

I'm glad that my wife's car has halogen headlights, even if it is from the dawn of 2017.

It also has 17" wheels, so I'm not caught paying $300 ...

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I absolutely loathe LED headlights.

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After giving up on getting the boards I ordered in October from Garage Tinkering and going with the (inferior) waveshare esp32-c3/display board drivers, and CAN transcievers, I've resumed the canbus gauge project for the Audi (see the 3D printing thread for a picture of progress so far).

I set up a ...

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Luca's MR2 is currently in the body shop after a rear end collision, and it's almost in paint. Punch list items left are: repair a dent in the driver's door, sand the front bumper down to get the cracks out, repaint, and repair a portion of the rockguard on the passenger front fender.

https://i ...

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