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had a fun problem crop up recently.
I found about 2 inches of standing water in the rear passenger footwell after all this rain
turns out these cars have a common problem where the roof drain hose shrinks over time and comes dissconnected from the plastic drain above the firewall.
suspicions comfirmed:
you can just see where the rubber hose is out from the black plastic piece.
the offending hose:
some duct tape and zip ties to stretch it back into place temporarily. the better fix is to patch in a new section of rubber hose.
but on a brighter note, the Volvo has been great for our normal summer rec activities, hauling the two kayaks and associated gear with ease, leading to some great time on the water already this year.
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dang, beautiful!
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6 hours ago, patsbimmer1 said:
It can't be real. It just can't. How can someone actually do these things and not knowingly do it because they think it's funny to have "haters". I can't accept that someone is doing it because they think it's tasteful.
the thing is about those who do it to have 'haters':
they actually like their terrible cars.
but when they see no one else likes it, but gives them negative attention, they play it off all ironically. "LOL guys i'm not serious" and make it worse for more attention.
my point is, either way that guy thinks his car is tits.
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an e60 m5 touring is like curry. it looks like a pile of poo, but it f*cks.
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13 minutes ago, SteelBlue said:
without turning my trunk lid into a piece of cheese,
i prefer my trunk lid swiss cheese'd for weight savings.
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51 minutes ago, HipMF said:
There are times when I disagree strongly with the cars that they feature, but the photography is always on point. I don't know what it is, but there is a certain something that makes their style unique. DOF is never too shallow, lighting is always great.... not sure what else, but it's very recognizable.
post-processing filters. also, the motion blue in those race shots is enhanced. the back half of that z4 isnt moving slower than the front half.
he's a great photographer, though! your right about the lighting and DOF. probably using a big 'ol $3,000 200mm prime lens to achieve those great blurry fore and backgrounds in his standard car shots.
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2 hours ago, jc43089 said:
Wait did I miss the part where without a stay at home order you HAVE to go out of your house? As far as I am aware if you are worried about the virus or any other thing you can stay home indefinitely if you want to.
some people will be able to stay in, but not everyone. some people who need to be safe at home might now be forced to make the decision to go back to work and risk dying or stay and home and get fired. old people, immune compromised people, pregnant moms, etc have jobs too. currently, they can collect unemployment. if they are fired for not showing up for work, they cannot.
47 minutes ago, REKIII said:I'm not going to be heading to a bar anytime soon
you are smart enough to realize that staying away from people is indeed safer. you are smart enough to implement safe practices at you and your wife's businesses. its fantastic that you are doing that. the problem is many people are not. many people are idiots. stay at home was protecting us from idiots. the idiots will ruin it for all of us, no matter which side of the debate we are on. was a state wide shutdown an overreach? maybe. but we have laws and people in charge because the average citizen is like a 14 y.o. boy. - without direction and someone else in charge, he will inevitably set himself on fire or set his friend on fire. he thinks he knows what good decisions are, but most of the time he's wrong.
if a customer showed up at your wife's salon and said "I have COVID and I want to come in for a haircut", would you let them in? Yes or no, those people are coming, and they aren't going to warn you.
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I agree that the stay at home plan that covers the entire state does not consider the differences in locations, and is not a perfect plan. but now we have NO plan. how is that better?
QuoteIn a joint statement, Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, and Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, indicated they want to create new administrative rules to manage the pandemic.
The two leaders added they believe businesses can safely reopen using COVID-19 guidelines created by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp., and that they trust Wisconsinites to continue to follow social distancing, handwashing and telecommuting without an extensive state order.
Rep. Senators: Go to court to Cancel Stay at Home
also Rep. Senators: Believe people will do the right thing and be safe on their own
People: Pack the bars shoulder to shoulder with no masks and no social distancing.
Obvious outcome. Hopefully no innocent people get hurt.
Meeting new people now is going to be like the Walking Dead.
How many bars have you been to?
How many masks have you worn?
How many people have you killed?
Why?
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That looks fun!
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first shot is freakin me out. very similar to a photo i took a couple years ago.
second shot is stunning.
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1 hour ago, gilber33 said:
Well, true to classic e30 form I made it a couple days before something pops up. Today the steering got periodically tight. Didn’t think much of it until getting home and it was really right; i.e. hard to turn the wheel. Kind of like I didn’t have power steering. But if I turned the wheel say 90°, the car wouldn’t straighten back out, it would stay turned. Which I thought was weird. So there’s some definite resistance somewhere. Belt on the pump was still tight and the fluid wasn’t frothy or anything.
Rack? Pump? Joints on the steering column?
Does the resistance you feel go away with more speed?
Any unusual pump noise? if you lock the rack to one extreme do you get the extra pump noise per usual?
I had the power steering fail in a way that required Hulk-like inputs at any speed to operate the wheel. The power steering pump had failed internally. Symptom - stiff steering all the time, no returning to center. Pump had no external signs of a problem. It was easy to diagnose - i pulled the belt and spun the power steering pulley and it rotated with no resistance.
I have doubts on the column joints, you'd probably feel a notable notchiness as the joint rotated past the seized portion. I.e. as you turn the wheel it would be stiff-not stiff-stiff-not stiff at certain degrees of rotation.
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2 hours ago, gilber33 said:
I had those when I first got the car but switched to OEM ellipsoids because I didn't want to deal with the wiring. I have been thinking about those though because the new ZKW fogs have a smoked look to them.
you just repainted your car in your garage, I cannot comprehend how swapping some headlight electrical plugs could deter you. DOES NOT COMPUTE
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I was moved to working from home right before the lockdown. All client worked immediately stopped, except for a school client. My boss permanently closed our office and moved out in April. Our company was luckily to get the small business loan to help with expenses for a couple months. Future is unknown, but closing the office was not a positive omen.
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those shots do have great character! it fits so well with the e30, like you took that photo 30 years ago.
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i'd bet @visian is lurking
show yourself Ian!
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25 minutes ago, B C said:
Lets go take pics tonight! The blackness of my paint will tie in with the blackness of everything else!
I'd like to see a long exposure needle sweep photo of a tach. Im sure my temperature gauge would have a nice needle sweep too if we wait long enough.
black should be interesting! i'm free tonight, hit me up.
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there is a lot of ambient light in this area, so the exposures were from 5 to 15sec, at ISO400 f7.1
these were taken about 9pm. it was fully dark outside (besides the moon). in my experience, the sky is always blue in long night exposures. from what I read, there are several things that affect that - the moon, time of night, light pollution, etc. i've never had a greyish black long exposure come from the camera. shorter exposures do tend to look greyish black.
my process is this - set the camera to an appropriate aperture (f7 to 9ish for 'landscape' scene) and low ISO and let the camera expose the scene. what will happen a lot is it will expose the maximum time (30sec on my particular camera) and the scene will still be underexposed. i then crank up the ISO until I get a reasonable shot. after getting a close exposure, i use exposure compensation to dial in the exact amount. that will make the camera add or remove a second or two from the exposure. if its REALLY dark out and there arent many light sources, you'll also have to crank the aperture open
also a sturdy tripod and using the shutter timer (or remote) are 100% necessary for exposures these long. you still can handhold night shots, but you'll have to use a big apertures (like 1.8) and high ISO to get the exposure times down.
for example, this shot was handheld. It was shot at f2.2 IS01600 with a 1/4 sec exposure. even at a 1/4sec i took several photos to get one steady enough to be sharp.
and for funzees, here are some non-car long exposure night photos I have taken.
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2 hours ago, P_Roloff said:
Is that german building Mader's over on 3rd st? Great photos, if you're looking for other spots you might try over near Kadish park/Kilbourn Reservoir park. Might be some good angles overlooking downtown from North Ave, although its been awhile since I've been over there.
great idea!
nope, thats a county park building near lake park
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happened to find the moon out last night
This middle german 'style' building seemed appropriate. Fachwerkhäuser!
Milwaukee buildings are displaying red white and blue colors as a display of hope that we will get through this pandemic.
city lights
white on white
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i've heard these grandiose tales of 27-30mpgs from 325i e30s. i believe them all to calculated with bad math and/or for the owners to be driving unreasonably boring, hypermiling like a prius owner.
i tracked fuel consumption in my M50 (more efficient than an m20) e30, on an all-highway road trip to Colorado. with a 3.25 rear end, I was getting 26mpg. granted, the car had lots of gear in it and i was doing 80mph for most
my m20 e30 that I had for 10 years had an average of around 21mpg, mixed driving.