I jumped in my Talon this morning to go to Church and I hear clicks, grinds, and clunks while backing out of the driveway. Now my car has been doing this for sometime now but only while turning right under harsh acceleration. As of this morning it does it now regardless of speed or direction, hell it'd probably make noise going sideways too. Either way it was annoying as hell and destroying the crap out of something under my car so I decided to not risk traveling to church.
About fifteen minutes later I decided I could rip off the front wheels to try and pinpoint the noises, which I then found out my jacking points had ice chunks on them. So much for that idea, so I layed on the ground instead to try inspecting stuff; and nothing, not a thing looked broken. This then led me to DSMTuners which has a great search function to see what other fellow dsm'ers had my problem. It turns out many people had similar problems that had numerous possible solutions that costed copius amounts of money, just great! This exactly what I needed, another problem with the good ol' dsm. You know they say that dsm stands for don't start monthly, and I'm starting to think this is coming true.
So now 12 o'clock is rolling around and it's time to go to Hell, I mean The Piggly Wiggly. I do my job on carts to my best abilities only to get insulted soon later about my work ethic, bullshit! Not to mention the fact that it was behind my back that "they" insulted me. "They" are the people most of my co-workers refer to as the front desk bitches, ecluding a friend of mine. Other then that they're all stupid and only piss everyone off. So that was my funfilled day.
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Monday, March 14, 2011
Auto VS. Stick
I know that people who are really into cars will hate me for this, but I don't care because it's a topic that I've always wanted to have an arguement on. Any car enthusiast should know that an Automatic is ALWAYS faster in drag racing than a manual. Many will say that a manual is more fun, which I believe to be true, but at the end of the day no loss of boost while drag racing is my bread and butter.
I just read countless numbers of pages on DSM Tuners on this exact subject which is why I'm now blogging about it. It amazes me how people say that their 5 speed will own manuals every time at the track. First things first now. Different power levels of the two cars racing is one reason a manual might be faster, but everyone should realize that a computer can shift faster than a human could possibly be capable of. End of story, period. It is a fact that manuals have more moving parts to break than automatics, and many times the reason why things break in manuals is because of human error. Oops, did I just type that? Yes I did, and it's true. Humans make mistakes, computers don't. That is why autos are so much quicker in drag racing, less breakage, and quicker trap times.
Not to lose focus one the other side of the arguement here, I would go stick shift on the streets because of the more fun in operating gears and all what not. For track though I would always go auto just because it's quicker and cheaper to maintain/modify. I just felt that I needed to vent my opinion because ignorant people always give me crap about my automatic Talon. I always say that auto IS faster than manual, but no one ever believes me. If manual was faster than auto then why are people swapping manuals to autos for drag racing? Because they're faster and more reliable. End of story, period.
I just read countless numbers of pages on DSM Tuners on this exact subject which is why I'm now blogging about it. It amazes me how people say that their 5 speed will own manuals every time at the track. First things first now. Different power levels of the two cars racing is one reason a manual might be faster, but everyone should realize that a computer can shift faster than a human could possibly be capable of. End of story, period. It is a fact that manuals have more moving parts to break than automatics, and many times the reason why things break in manuals is because of human error. Oops, did I just type that? Yes I did, and it's true. Humans make mistakes, computers don't. That is why autos are so much quicker in drag racing, less breakage, and quicker trap times.
Not to lose focus one the other side of the arguement here, I would go stick shift on the streets because of the more fun in operating gears and all what not. For track though I would always go auto just because it's quicker and cheaper to maintain/modify. I just felt that I needed to vent my opinion because ignorant people always give me crap about my automatic Talon. I always say that auto IS faster than manual, but no one ever believes me. If manual was faster than auto then why are people swapping manuals to autos for drag racing? Because they're faster and more reliable. End of story, period.
Sunday, March 6, 2011
New plans for life... Well, maybe.
So I'm thinkin' today: I hate math, english, and just about everything else you need to get a 2-4 year college degree. You may say "Whoa! He ain't talkin about cars today!? or, why the hell is he going to college then?" Well don't worry, I'll get to the cars soon enough. The reason I'm going to college is basically because I want to feel as if I'm doing something with my life. I wanted to stay local because that's where my friends are at, and I also thought that going for Mech. Engineering would be fun.
Well I found out that I'm great with the Autocad program, but I suck at pretty much everything else. This is the point where I thought maybe I should consider doing something I'm better at... and who would've thunk it, cars. I know my way around cars like a... well, I can't think of anything so you get the idea. Anyways, before I started going to the UW center I had originally planned on going to Wyotech. At Wyotech I could work on cars all day and all week, and then to put the cherry on the top, get kudos for doing a good job! What's better than that!? Well, for me that's about as good as it gets.
Now back to what I'm thinkin'. I'm thinkin' I'll finish off my semester at UW and then in fall head down to Blairsville, Pennsylvania where Wyotech is located. If I do this, then I'll be doing what I love and do best. I think that it's what I should have done all along, but I let all the small things get in the way. The only real downside is that it's so far away and I wouldn't want to lose any friends, but I guess that's what life is about, making changes.
Well I found out that I'm great with the Autocad program, but I suck at pretty much everything else. This is the point where I thought maybe I should consider doing something I'm better at... and who would've thunk it, cars. I know my way around cars like a... well, I can't think of anything so you get the idea. Anyways, before I started going to the UW center I had originally planned on going to Wyotech. At Wyotech I could work on cars all day and all week, and then to put the cherry on the top, get kudos for doing a good job! What's better than that!? Well, for me that's about as good as it gets.
Now back to what I'm thinkin'. I'm thinkin' I'll finish off my semester at UW and then in fall head down to Blairsville, Pennsylvania where Wyotech is located. If I do this, then I'll be doing what I love and do best. I think that it's what I should have done all along, but I let all the small things get in the way. The only real downside is that it's so far away and I wouldn't want to lose any friends, but I guess that's what life is about, making changes.
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