Dominic540

No problem! Just figured I'd throw it out there.


Edit: Tried quoting your post to reply to it, won't work for whatever reason.

Not sure if it's anyone on here or not.

Groms are quite fun. A friend of mine has one and has let me drive it. I don't know if I would want it as my only bike (not great for longer trips), but I wouldn't mind having one. My current bike is a BMW G650 XCountry that I picked up earlier this year. So far it is exactly what I was hoping it would be. Plenty of power and still light and nimble.

I brought this home today. Two less wheels than I'm used to having on a BMW, but its a blast to drive. (Ignore the messy garage.)

 
 
I feel like you're hovering over waiting for the "I told you so" moment. If you were to offer basic help here and there I would recommend people to your shop and might even take my car to you when I don't have time to do the work myself.
However, by responding they way you did and sounding like you're on your high horse, the way you do time and time again, I will never refer you any business. I will thank you for reigniting the fire for me to complete the job myself.
It's spelled Molitor.
#hatersgonnahate
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Also curious on the details of the car. What would the asking price be without wheels?

What did I stumble upon here???
 
"rim" isn't even considered a synonym of "wheel" in a dictionary. They are related but indicate two different objects. Opinion doesn't matter when dealing in officially documented language definitions - they have to be presented in absolute, finite terms so that we can have consistency in communication broadly across a large group of people in our society. Anyone who doesn't agree with that I will immediately assume also "feels" that every service provider/company in America should speak 3 languages because people who leave their own countries to come here are too indignant, self-entitled, and lazy to learn common English, better known as the mainstay language of this country for hundreds of years. And for the countless people who don't get that, there's probably not much hope for their success in life. 
 
"Rim" in terms of a wheel is slang in the auto community, and nothing more. There's nothing wrong with that because people in those circles know what you're talking about. But go outside those circles and talk about "rim" and people will wonder if you're talking about part of a basketball hoop, and in the real world, shit like that will get you discredited as being an idiot who doesn't know her/his audience. 
 
People develop their own slang and language-isms in groups/communities ( like the use of "rim" in the context of wheel), which is totally fine (and unavoidable). It's possible that one day "rim" will be added as a synonym of wheel, the same way "lol" has been added in official capacity to the dictionary. That's just how language evolves. In the meantime,  it's pretty black/white that it's purely slang in the auto community and nothing more. 

You could call the assembly with a tire a wheel as well since that's also come to be a common use term. Without the tire it is still a wheel. 
 A rim on the other hand, by definition, is a component of a wheel.  
 
To help clear some definitions up. 
 
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/wheel?s=t
 
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/rim?s=t
 
 
 
I'm sure Collin will want to argue with the dictionary now=)
 
Just because industry has been using the term doesn't mean it is the correct usage=P
 
 
And may I remind you what I said in the interview:
 
 

last night I did step one of the swap: sprayed everything down with PB blaster days in advance. while i was in there, I hacked off my muffler (which is being changed anyway with all this work).  all I have to say is I know why Chris giggled like a child when he revved the e34 540 for the first time: the exhaust is so mellow and bubbly and sex things. a little to much volume for everyday, but man does it sound nice.

He is still powder coating. I have talked to him recently and he just ordered some more powder, and has been doing a few runs here and there. He does not have the large oven completed yet, so still only smaller parts.

When I was in school I set up a lathe running mach 3 and a robot to load/unload parts, I will have to look for it.
 
Edit:  Here it is.
 

Well. E30 is officially parked now that I have a "daily"
Now starts tearing shit apart on the car since I don't have to (can't - clutch is farked) drive it everyday.
New daily. Tons of fun. Bought brand new. Currently breaking it in hard. Aka burnouts, wheelies, stoppies. Broke 40 miles on it today. I have a problem with leaving things stock. Put new bars/grips on it, ripped all the ugly stock useless shit off of it and got a full yosh for it. This little thing is insanely fun

One of my current projects. Full restoration of a 1960's Honda S90. Have everything for it, just taking my time to do it right.

One of my current projects. Full restoration of a 1960's Honda S90. Have everything for it, just taking my time to do it right.

One of my current projects. Full restoration of a 1960's Honda S90. Have everything for it, just taking my time to do it right.

Mental image: convertible Buicks

Also, not many of us drive our cars here since a few of us took them apart and can't seem to put them back together=)

Seems like it could be useful...
http://appleton.craigslist.org/pts/4885276148.html

He isn't part of Sinissipi though. He is from Illinois. The other thing is there was only one spot of coolant, early in the day. It wasn't a full engine full and was shovelled off shortly after it happened. It still made it down to the ice but the man running the track didn't say anything other than to watch out for it.
I like Lone Pine too much to have to change venues=(

Calls an m5 a crappy 5 series and refers to a Raptor as just a little F150, this is why Robert is THE man!

Still working out the transmission issue but good news is I finally picked up the parts Mkoepp and AndyHundley had been holding for me! Clean front end panels and a new clutch set up. Also it seems whenever I go on a parts run I come back with another car... I'll post up E30 pics this weekend.
 

 

Haha me backwards=P

The lake is looking solid guys.  So stoked!

Burbans are awesome to slide around with in the snow!

Yes another 540 for the gang! We are starting a cult/gang/mafia, we haven't decided what it's going to be yet but something with V8s including the frankenstein e30