I'm at 97k on the OEM pads on the Fit.

And here I thought I brake too late

 

wow 7.5k pad change is like a weekend track warrior

so dis am started out with multiple levels of faktardation reminding me dat the general public is composed of 90% useless garbage. but got to da office unscathed and things went smooth from dere.

have a good monday everyone!

 

Golf is now making grinding noises and grooves in rotors are deep enough to call mountain ranges.

I'll give VW one more chance at the 30k service to do the right thing. If not, I'll be ordering new pads and rotors for it.

Can't say it's the wife's fault though. No kind of driver error causes rotor grooving. Well, unless the pads are down to the backing plate.

Edited to add...funny, but she leaves more cushion to other motorists than I do, but she late brakes for stop signs, stop lights, and definitely for turns. I'm always making the comment under my breathe that "we're going in hot." She just gives me the be quiet look. LOL

 

Engine braking for the win?

Any of you guys have those retracting sliding doors? Was considering one for the front door to increase air flow while preventing bugs in the house.

Also on MBP note...8gb ram should be plenty for office/interwebs/etc right? Not sure an extra $200 is worth going 16gb. I think Im over thinking this MBP like it's for me and I need all maxed out specs lol. Her 2012 Mac mini with it, 10gb ram, 256ssd and 500gb HDD have done better for her than any laptop haha.

 

You talking about those retractable screen doors?

Neighbor put them in. Made me jealous. They're super nice in Spring and Fall here. Would you get many months of use?

 

Yeah I don't want a big iron front screen door. The ones I'm thinking of roll up to the side. Then you just roll it open when you want to leave front door open for a breeze.

Not really useful in SoCal winter...but other 10 months of the year would be helpful since we don't have AC

 

No AC???? Yikes! Says the guy working from home with his AC set at 74.

Yup, those are the ones that my next door neighbor has. You really don't notice them unless they are pointed out, but do a great job at keeping out flying pests.

Probably been up for close to 10 years now. No problems that i'm aware of.

 

Yeah no AC in our 100+ year old house. It's on the project list for 'eventually' especially since the old windows aren't exactly the most energy efficient.

Got a lot to look into/research these days. MBP...screen door...wheels...lowering springs haha .

 

No AC in CA? Damn dude.

I now feel really bad about turning my AC down from the usual 82 to 73 to get the most sleep possible last night.

 

well depending on where u live in socal, the shores gives super nice cool breeezes so AC is not a requirement. i mean it ain’t like 95F 100% RH with zero breeze like in da southern midwest..

and yah 8G should be plenty for normal use MBP’s.

 

“going in hot ” on braking made me lol

 

Yeah some nights do get tough to sleep...even with the fan. Is what it is. I'd say maybe bothersome 30 nights out of the whole year. One day we will get AC up in here. Just tough...aka expensive for a 2 story with no existing ventilation ducts to leverage.

 

This is the best thing I've read in weeks:

https://www.curbed.com/2017/8/24/161...-pierre-koenig

 

shinjari id maybe get a cheepo window mount ac for those days.

 

filling gas in da GTI and heading home in a bit.

only easy house chores to do today. den relax.

 

Split A/C units are becoming much more popular in the US. They are already the main HVAC in other countries. I'd highly recommend looking into that for a retrofit. Much cheaper and easier.

I'm considering one if we ever finish our basement. My A/C guy said it would be much more cost effective.

 

open window, slide ac unit into window, plug in unit seems to be easy enough?

 

or just use my easy 2 step DIY..

Step1: install a/c unit
Step2: done!

 

similar to my oil change DIY.

Step1: Do oil change
Step2: Done!

 

alright, got gas in da GTI, did a few house chores and now relaxing in my music room with icecream in hand.

so a CTR was trying to taunt me a few cars behind trying to catch up and race my GTI. u can tell he was just trying so desperately to get next to me but traffic was keeping him behind. as soon as traffic opened up i could see him approaching real quick in my mirror, but it was my street so turned off the road. lol haha so sad mang. so sad.