Seriously OT: The Real 3rd Thready...

that's why i bought a Land Cruiser...enough time had passed so i could afford one :D there are a lot of nice older luxery cars that people don't seem to know about

I know what you mean Blu. My Jeep is just a big toy though. I wouldn't have bought the Jeep if I knew I was still going to have to commute 100 miles a day to work and back. The Passat is getting old but it is still pretty sweet for what it is. I've been researching newer sedans though. I like the Altima 2.5 SL with the Bose system etc. You get a lot for what you pay for. They're going to make an Altima Coupe which looks sorta like a fwd z IMO. Unfortunately, I can't afford anything until the Jeep is paid for. I'm going to go look at TSX's anyway... LOL Nice to dream I guess...

Oh yeah, yesterday I was coming home after dropping off some bills at the P.O. and just coming back via the back road about to cross over the highway when some stupid college chick (I'm guessing) pulls out in front of me when I was about to run over the front end of her Impala. But because of my insanely awesome driving skills I totally avoided a wreck (anti-lock brakes!). I wasn't going very fast though. Still, if I didn't touch the brakes I would've ran right over her passenger side front end. Then the bitch proceeded to pull away like nothing happened all fast. So I floor it and lean on the horn because, frankly, I was fucking pissed! She quickly makes a right on red and I do the same and she pulls into the nearby yuppy apartment complex across from the private university nearby (hence my belief she was some college bitch). I flash the lights lean on the horn tell her she's number one and proceed toward my neighborhood a few blocks down. Since I was all riled up I decided to circle back and check out if there were any skid marks, but there weren't any. Then I cruised through that apartment complex and found the Impala and stopped behind it. Then I motored on home. I don't mind being cut off because it happens all the time and the Jeep is pretty slow but when you cut me off and almost wear my Michelins then proceed to race home like nothing happened it sort of strikes a nerve. Damn bitches... LOL

yeah i got some recovery disk with a friend i go to school with. i tried recovering everything last night. the computer said the disk weren't correct. so it was a no go. i think i'm out of options. i'm gonna have to call someone.

damn computers.

My damn license is suspended for 150 days :frown: I can get it back on 11/17, but my registration is up on 12/4 anyways. There goes my chances of getting a job at pepboys or a dealership now.

what happened? dui?

naw, i didn't turn in my plates when my insurance expired. NY sucks like that, you get your license suspended for how ever many days you didn't turn in your plates, in my case 150 days. But at least they give you the option to pay $8 a day, for every day you didn't turn in your plates. :rolleyes: I don't have $1,200 to shell out to do that, so I'll be walking for a while.

that sux

damn that really sucks. i need to get my civic registered.

hey guys....thought I come say whats up sense I been roaming honda-tech past year :-x

is there any way i could delete everything off the computer? all the viruses and shit, and have the computer be like it was when i first got it?
yes....I am a computer wiz...what I go to school with but cant explain over the net what to remove!!!located in the valley 1 1/2hr from your car....:iceslolan

where are you bakersfield?

if you ever feel like road tripping feel free to come over and fix my computer.

Modesto...last time I was in lemoore I won 400 bucks hahaha

got my LC stuck in mud...hitch and spare tire are the culprits

Well, looks like the wife and I will be taking part of my vacation and going to Colorado toward the end of July or early August to look around a little.... see what the areas are like, check out real-estate options, and I'm going to stop in to a few Lexus dealerships and guage their interest in a L1 master technician for hire.

should say that you're an Grand Master technician

well i'm picking up a new nitrous bottle today. still in the box. $26. lol i called the guy and asked him how much he wanted for it and he said throw me an offer. i said $20. and he said fine, plus i'm giving him some gas money since i'm 45mins away and i'm hopped up on vicodin. no more wisdom teeth.


i also got a new o.s. for my computer. but now when i go on the internet everything is fucking big. how do i change that?

You probably need to set your screen resolution, it usually sets it to 800 X 600 by default. First, make sure you have the right drivers for your video card (some times windows won't find it on it's own), you can find them on the graphic's card manufactuerers website. When that's all set, right-click the desktop and click "properties". Then click the "Settings" tab and adjust the "Screen resolution" bar to your liking.

ditto

ok that fixed the oversized icons on the desktop, but what about the internet. the fonts huge and nothing fits on a page, i have to keep scrolling side to side.

hold control and scroll down with the the wheel on your mouse

ha ha nothing happened.

new os????? what did you get vista???

this gonna cost you that tranny :p

if you have internet explorer 7 just hit F10 and you will see the menu's if you have internet explorer 6 there already up top....
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medium is what you want!!!

it's on medium but it 's not what it used to be. i had windows xp then i got that virus now i got windows xp pro.

how did you get that pic of the background, if i could show you u would understand what i'm talking bout.

Hit the prnt scrn button on your keyboard. that will copy your deskyop..justl ike a link or a picture..then paste it to paint and save, voila.

well whoever installed windows xp pro better do it for you :p or better off call the Geek squad from best buy LMAO :-)

you know what....you have the latest IE 7????cause there was a bug in it from the first release that cuased computers to do that....I was on the beta testing team...just thought I let you know....I will send you the newest IE7 and probably fix the problem but you have to IM me on aim at yz125rider21....peace

i'm not gonna download anything till i get a good virus scanner thing. my friends use bitdefender. ever heard of it?

i hate norton, it messes with me trying to download music.

bitdefender is a memory sucking machine :-) and so is norton...but you will be legit downloading IE7...I aint here to send virus's....http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/ie/default.mspx?wt_svl=10003WDHa1&mg_id=10003WDHb1 but un install your internet explorer after you download it and resintall it...but might say you have it already is why I said let me send you the actual download mate...

Geek Squad

I use a virus scan program called AVG, you can download it for free at http://www.download.com.

Geek Squad
you mean Greek Squad!!:p

ok i got the ie7 now but now ebay looks all weird. the background blue instead of yellow and it's hard to navigate. plus i like yellow better. i do like the tab things at the top, now i don't have to have a bunch of windows open.

did that fix the big letters and stuff???but the color should be set to windows default and pages in background stay the same...make sure you have the latest ie7.....ie6 is old school :-)....also look in the bottom right corner and make sure the zoom is set to 100%

AVG is the best! low resource usage, free..works great! i love grisoft..norton is the suck

Firefox for life! Viva la Revolution!

yeah i got the ie7. it didn't really fix anything. i still have to scroll to read across the screen. it never use to be that way. everything use to fit unless someone put up a bunch of pics. then i would have to scroll across. idk. i hate computers.

sounds like someone screwed with your screen resolution setting or something.

changin my diff fluid today

changin my diff fluid today

Horray for the ease and simplicity of changing Toyota/Lexus differential fluids, as compaired to domestic vehicle manufacturers...

Going to do the front, rear, and transfer case, or just the rear diff? :nono:

I've found that the only crummy thing about driving to Colorado is, no matter what direction I take, I'll be spending a good 600 miles driving through flat, featureless farm land...

The quickest route is up through oklahoma to kansas, and then directly west to colorado... and I've been through kansas before, and there's nothing there....
my other option is to go directly across texas to new mexico, and then cut up north on i25 through the mountains all the way to colorado.... still takes me through 600 miles of texas farm land (even through Leveland, TX... so named because the land is completely flat for 200 miles in any direction... Level Land). but the pay off would be the new mexico desert and the mountains through new mexico and colorado.

The route through kansas is a 14+ hour trip, the route through texas and new mexico is an 17+ hour trip....
3 hours and about 200 miles.... the question is, would the pay off be worth it to take in the vistas on the scenic route? I can't decide.
If we go the long way, I'd probably be spending the night in Albuquerque, NM.

Either way... it's going to be an ass load of driving for the new Civic :icon16: .

Horray for the ease and simplicity of changing Toyota/Lexus differential fluids, as compaired to domestic vehicle manufacturers...

Going to do the front, rear, and transfer case, or just the rear diff? :nono:

i'd planned to do the front and rear but it doesn't say anything about changing it just checking the level :dunno:

should i do both diffs and the transfer case or is it ok to do just both diffs?

what the hell is screen resolution? argh all this stuff is giving me a headache.

Right click on your desktop..with no other windows open, and click properties..on one of those tabs that come up youll find a slider to change your resolution..its probably very low at 600x800 or something rediculous like that..try 1024x768 or 1186x854 (I think thats it anyway). and see if that helps

ok tried that and then everything was kinda ok, but the internet screen and the start bar were hella long.

:lol: i know who's not a computer person

how could you tell?

i'd planned to do the front and rear but it doesn't say anything about changing it just checking the level :dunno:

should i do both diffs and the transfer case or is it ok to do just both diffs?

You can do both, all, or whatever you want..... the transfer case takes the same gear oil as the diffs...... your land cruiser is still full time 4wd, right? so the transfer case gears are always doing work, just like the diff gears. So it's never a bad idea to change it too......

Do you know if the fluids have been changed regularly before you got the cruiser?

Do you know if the fluids have been changed regularly before you got the cruiser?

that i don't know...but i need to go ahead and change it then...and get the transmission serviced...was supposed to fo all my preventive maintenance and check everything...but i'm on the injured list

i have a lot of valve chatter...know what i can do for that?

i have a lot of valve chatter...know what i can do for that?

Check/set your valve clearances.... the valves on those older toyotas were supposed to be checked and set about every 60k miles.
And it's a pain in the ass because Toyota uses shims to make their adjustments.... so you have to take the valve covers off, check the clearance, remove the cams, check the thickness of the shims that are in the engine that you need to change, and then hope you have the one you need, or put the engine back together and wait for the ones you need to come in, and then tear it back down again later.... big pain in the ass.

damn that's alot of work.

i'm out of cheetos. life sucks.

Check/set your valve clearances.... the valves on those older toyotas were supposed to be checked and set about every 60k miles.
And it's a pain in the ass because Toyota uses shims to make their adjustments.... so you have to take the valve covers off, check the clearance, remove the cams, check the thickness of the shims that are in the engine that you need to change, and then hope you have the one you need, or put the engine back together and wait for the ones you need to come in, and then tear it back down again later.... big pain in the ass.

and how much would the dealer charge?

ghostbusters anyone

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y73/zimzum10/IrwinGhostbusters.gif

and how much would the dealer charge?

I can't remember off the top of my head... we don't get a whole lot of older vehicles in anymore.... I can check for you tomorrow and post it up tomorrow night if you like.
It's not cheap though.

I can't remember off the top of my head... we don't get a whole lot of older vehicles in anymore.... I can check for you tomorrow and post it up tomorrow night if you like.
It's not cheap though.

yeah post it for me...i know it may not be cheap but it's something i want done...

I wonder if the ghost of Steve Irwin likes HI-C Ecto Cooler like Slimer did