PNW Chit Chat Thread

[joel]

well.. unless the car presents itself very poorly when I see it, I'm buying a car on Saturday.

[VDubVirus]

you silly beamer kids...

[joel]

getting rid of the e60 as well

[joel]

swapping 225hp for 402hp

[Mr.Nobody]

Nice!

[bingthejew]

Tried acupuncture for the first time. I'll try anything to reduce the nerve pain in my back

[girdwood]

Quote: Originally Posted by bingthejew

Tried acupuncture for the first time. I'll try anything to reduce the nerve pain in my back

Does it work? I'm skeptical... but willing to try it, as well.

[ENRGZR]

Quote: Originally Posted by VDubVirus

you silly beamer kids...

bimmer

[twardnw]

damn, what a weekend, too busy, would have been nice to have some time to get some of *my* things done :\

[joel]

that's how I've felt for months

this weekend I actually got to change the oil on my wife's car and then clean the wheels on the new car. The stock bmw brake pads dust way too much for my liking. The Stoptech Street Performance pads, while not as good on heavier cars, still bite better, fade less, and dust less. I might have to switch to those.

[twardnw]

my favorite wheel cleaner lately has just been Super Purple, took some staining off of the Volvo wheels, and helped greatly with the CV grease in the barrel

[joel]

never mind.. seems they don't make them for my car

[V8-190e]

In Orlando for a week with the family. Pretty warm and humid I must say....

[V8-190e]

Been looking at a bunch of different cars to replace the Iroc that I just sold. Probably not going to buy anything until the garage is finished getting reno'd. New drywall, pot lights, garage door and epoxy flooring.

Looking for:

Mk1 rabbit GTI.
MK1 OR MK2 golf /jetta with 1.8t ov vr6 swap
914

CTSV Cadillac
Z06 c5 corvette

The last 2 are depending on the budget getting a bit of a bump.

[joel]

I had a dream about driving a mk1 gti last night...

[twardnw]

follow your dreams

[alxdgr8]

Scheduled my TDI buyback for 2.5 weeks from now. Did one last road trip to Eastern OR to watch the eclipse, but not it's time for it to go.

[joel]

sad

[bingthejew]

very sad indeed

[bingthejew]

Got a job offer yesterday, and jumped on it! Solid increase in pay, benefits, and getting work on vehicles all day. My current job has been a life saver after being unemployed for a month, but I didn't see myself delivering packages for FedEx as a career.

[joel]

whew congrats!

[joel]

trying to get a new job. It's interesting, sort of, that I can have a bunch of recruiters reach out to me when I'm not interesting in changing work, but as soon as I'm actively looking the pool gets smaller.

[twardnw]

want to work Europe business hours? We're hiring right now

[V8-190e]

Quote: Originally Posted by joel

trying to get a new job. It's interesting, sort of, that I can have a bunch of recruiters reach out to me when I'm not interesting in changing work, but as soon as I'm actively looking the pool gets smaller.

That exact situation has happened to me a few times....kind of an anxious feeling until the right opportunity pops up.

[joel]

Quote: Originally Posted by twardnw

want to work Europe business hours? We're hiring right now

before I had a kid? Sure.. probably
after having two kids? no