Hey Hec - I talked to my boss about your car.
Are you sure the smoke was coming out of the tailpipe? If so, the possibilities are pretty much all bad. If the smoke was coming from under the car, it could be a coolant or transmission fluid leak.
Buffy: You tossed that vamp like he was a... little teeny vamp. Riley: You wanna go again? C'mon. I bet this place is just teeming with aerodynamic vampires.
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tommyrot - Apr 05, 2010 5:12:51 am PDT #20888 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Jessica - Apr 05, 2010 5:17:28 am PDT #20889 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
(actually, it looks like Boston and NY do too; you just have EZ Passes in the cars that run you through without paying the tolls in cash, but at some point they do get charged to your account).
It took YEARS of emailing before they put those EZ Passes in - I don't understand why all rental cars don't have them. (I'd also love for Zipcars to have GPS, but I'm guessing the theft rate would be too much for them to handle.)
Gudanov - Apr 05, 2010 5:20:23 am PDT #20890 of 30001
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I'd also love for Zipcars to have GPS
You could just buy your own. Some cost less than a 100 bucks and you just suction them on and you're good to go.
flea - Apr 05, 2010 5:21:05 am PDT #20891 of 30001
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Hey, I am trying to talk myself into going to an old friend's wedding in Santa Cruz on May 15. (My hesitancies are $$ and having to rely on friends & complex logistics for local transport, plus being a HUGE GIANT DORK.) Does anyone want to tell me how lovely it would be to visit NorCal in May?
JZ - Apr 05, 2010 5:26:44 am PDT #20892 of 30001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Are you sure the smoke was coming out of the tailpipe? If so, the possibilities are pretty much all bad.
Bad like unfixable, bad like very expensive fix, how very is that very? My knotted gut and I eagerly await your response.
tommyrot - Apr 05, 2010 5:27:58 am PDT #20893 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Yeah, the possibilities are the head gasket or worse (cracked head block, cracked engine block).
tommyrot - Apr 05, 2010 5:30:22 am PDT #20894 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
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tommyrot - Apr 05, 2010 5:33:41 am PDT #20895 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
This is my fave (not sure why):
This one above is the Heart Bean Coffee Grinder, by Adi Navwany, Michal Shamsian, Itamar Paloge and Danielle Ram. It’s made from a single piece of wood and has a built-in sensor to monitor your heart beat to let it grind the coffee beans to the rhythm of your heart.
JZ - Apr 05, 2010 5:41:05 am PDT #20896 of 30001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
I'm a car parts moron, and my Googling is giving me no help at all. What would it cost to replace the engine block or the engine?
Tom Scola - Apr 05, 2010 5:44:20 am PDT #20897 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
What would it cost to replace the engine block or the engine?
At that point you would almost certainly be better off getting a new (for you) car.