Mr Marco

I know. WTF. I don't want to die under the wheels of a car. That's why I don't ride West Union Rd. There is no bike lane, no shoulder and the rolling land creates blind spots that hide even a car. At 55+ mph you just can't stop in time if there's a bike in your lane. If I want a longer ride I go up and back on the bike path twice.

bluecarbonfiber

how about this weather..

minkl81

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damn.. cold virus is severe these days. started with coughing and ended up with tonsillitis.

meanwhile my ps3 stopped working... played only about 2 games of mw3 and it shut down by itself and doesn't wanna boot up again. googled the issue and it seems like its "The Yellow Light of Death (YLOD)."

new map is coming out on 29th and not sure if i wanna fix this or just get a new console.

clee109

ack even PS has that? I got rid of my xbox cause I go the red ring of doom. Now I have to fear the same with my PS. shit. I thought the Japanese still made a quality product?

bluecarbonfiber

man dont say that,, just started coughin monday thought it was cause i worked in the basement and got dust in my lungs,,


ive had my 60 gig ps3 that is backwards compatible for over 4 yrs now not a single issue.. have the intercooler with it too

Mr Marco

There are fix-it-yourself videos on the interwebs for that issue. I'm also going to be shopping around for used electronics next week. If you want I can test a couple used PS3 systems while I'm looking for TV's. There is a 320G on CL right now.
http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/ele/2913031863.html

What is the intercooler? Sounds like something my slim could use. I have to open up the cabinet TV while I play games otherwise its a sauna in there.

minkl81

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yea, it started with minor cough that lasted about a week and my tonsils started to swallow due to continuous coughing that resulted tonsillitis with high fever.

i'm not sure if mine is backward compatible 60g or 80g but it was a metal gear solid 4 bundle package that i bought back in 2008. so close to 4 years for mine too. i used to run intercooler too when i had ps3 in confined place but i took them off because of excessive noise and moved the ps3 to well ventilated area. with or without the intercooler, never had overheating issue or any other issue and it just went boom! yellow light of death..



i saw those fiy videos and they seem temporary fix. bake the ps3 with heat gun and cool in down in the fridge placed upside down.

or disassemble the whole ps3 and heat up the cpu and gpu with heat gun, let it cool down, apply some fresh thermal compound.

minkl81

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i don't know why all the pwp/black/navi tsx's are located in eastern states that are at least couple thousand miles away.

my wife increased the budget for me on the tsx and now we are looking upto $20k on a 1g tsx. found couple certified '08 pwp/black/navi that are under 30k miles with little bit of bumper to bumper warranty remaining for $21k. waiting for a dealer reply to see if they can close the deal for $20k shipped to beaverton.

amazing resale value on mint 1g tsx

Ken1997TL

I've had my PS3 for 5 years, no issues. At least on the PS3 its VERY easy to swap in a new 2.5" hard drive and get it back up and running.

The newer PS3 runs much cooler and is far quieter..

Ken1997TL

My friends up in Salem have a ton of snow with ice underneath. Nothing here in Medford, though we had some bizarre hail last week.

Mr Marco

Yep, looked like it was mainly Lebanon to Eugene Oregon and not south of that. What wacky weather. No Global Warming eh?

minkl81

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opinion on this one?

2008 pwp/ebony/navi
http://www.cars.com/go/search/detail...ingId=81804879

http://www.carfax.com/VehicleHistory...810&source=CFX

not sure about the frequent battery replacement and how i'll take that wing spoiler off.

Mr Marco

Eeew, White.

minkl81

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corrected

Mr Marco

I had a white Integra. That was the only vehicle that I've owned in that color, or lack of color. It did hide paint and body imperfections well. But I never did care for it. I'm a red or black kind of car guy.

bluecarbonfiber

white and black interior looks good!!..

been sick all day havent had a chance to check in

Mr Marco

Been there. Takes about 8 weeks to get over, unless you party. Then it's more like 16. Good luck. Zinc lozenges help in the early stages.

Ken1997TL

Some of Acura's pearl white paint colors are very high quality and look great.

Others like the non-Type R Integras had the flat/boring Taffeta white. AKA refrigerator.

minkl81

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uh oh.... flu?

bluecarbonfiber

ya i think its flu or a nasty virus.. gotta go to work tomorrow and friday then i can rest more..

clee109

Seems to be going around. I may have spread it at work unknowingly. Awesome drive in this morning up in the hills. Seems the dip shits thought it'd be snowy and kept to the highway, pretty much had the road to myself. Flocked trees and roofs but nothing on the road up on skyline. Beautiful drive. You can actually appreciate it when you aren't dealing with the dumb asses.

Healingduck

I live in Albany(west of Lebanon) and we have had snow non-stop since early Wednesday morning. Probably around 6 inches on the ground right now. It's insane. I drove in it in my TL yesterday because I had to to take a final, and it wasn't that bad because it was around 1pm and the roads were pretty much slush. But last night I went to pick up my sister in my '97 Maxima and it was bad. People were only doing about 20-30 through town. Saw a few people who hit the curb and a person who was stuck on a hill up to my neighborhood.(which should be sanded by the morning) It sucks tho because no one has studded tires this time of year. Definitely not taking my TL out today and probably not my Maxima either. If I HAVE to then I will probably just take the Maxima because I definitely don't want to curb my A-specs. But I will probably just stay home and mess around in the snow today.

Today would be a good day to have a truck or at least an AWD car.

Like you said though.... Somethings going on because it's supposed to be spring... We pretty much got all of the snow we didn't get in winter in two days.

bluecarbonfiber

today wasnt so bad for the drive.. minus a few slow pokes.. but i got around them and still made good time..

feels like our 4 seasons have shifted.. our winter seemed like fall and our spring is turning out to be our winter maybe next we will be like the movie.. the day after tomorrow

minkl81

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TL isn't that great on snow if you don't have winter tires.


maybe we should start building ark up on the mt hood.

Healingduck

Yea, the sun is finally out and its starting to clear up. The seasons have been all messed up lately.... Even for Oregon.

It really isn't. I will be picking some up for next winter though..... Or whenever it decides to snow again.

bluecarbonfiber

wonder if the state will extend the studded tires on cars this year due to late snow

clee109

arg pulled in to tight this morning and scratched the side of my bumper! DAMMIT!

Touching up that car is such a pain in the ass. I should just buy a new one lol, a black one! That way scratches on black urethane don't show up as bad.

bluecarbonfiber

^ youre killing your car chris... bet you can get a body shop repaint it for 400 or so

clee109

yeah, I could just replace the lip and get rid of 99% of the scratches on my car right there.

bluecarbonfiber

true.. but dont you have a scratch from a cart also on your bumper?? gonna need some hello kitty stickers for the meet to bandage it up =)

minkl81

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time for euroR front lip!!

or yea.. stick some hello kitty band aid stickers


btw.. think i'm gonna ditch the idea of getting tsx. market is dry and overpriced right now. maybe i'll just get a 2g honda fit sport.

Mr Marco

yep white and boring.

Mr Marco

Did that to the RDX. Mine buffed out.

How was the commute? Ironically I had the day off because my shoulder was bothering me.

clee109

Yeah, that was an IKEA boo boo, but literally all of the scratches are on the front lip other than that one.

It won't buff out, paint is removed! ouch. I came in late today so I don't know, for me the commute was great at 10:30

Mr Marco

Laughing at all the Suv's in the ditch on katu news. My 4x4 does not defy the laws of gravity?

bluecarbonfiber

FIT!?!?! really? come on... atleast get a civic SI or something

i like the white RDXs i think they are pretty mint.. only issue is all the panels are different colors.. wonder if acura will fix that for the 2013 models


SH-AWD FTW!!

Mr Marco

I think I was traumatized by the hard time that my buddies gave me for driving a white car. Seems like silver or black was the color to have back then and white was a "chicks only" car color. Of course I'm sure they were just jealous. I traded the car off after a bad brake job. BTW, Hondas require that the rotors be spun/turned down ON the car.

bluecarbonfiber

^ honda always says that.. its why it costs so much, rather buy new rotors and pads and put them on myself for as much as they charge..

Mr Marco

yep. RDX will need new brakes soon. Been thinking about just putting on new rotors and pads myself, but I'm a lazy slacker. Might just go to Les.

bluecarbonfiber

you gonna go stock? or upgrade to slotted and better pads?