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Harry P.

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  1. How about instead of telling the moderators to clean up your mess, you just act like an adult instead of a spoiled 12 year old, and not create the mess in the first place?
  2. But if all those silly gadgets weren't there in the first place, we wouldn't have the problem of dimwit drivers paying more attention to their gadgets than to their driving. It's illegal to have a TV screen within the driver's view. Why isn't it illegal to have that 7 inch "infotainment" screen in the driver's view? Isn't that just as distracting (if not more so) than a TV?
  3. I added a wooden frame around the cowl and windshield. On the inside, I used stain to paint the "burled wood" detail on the dash. I also added the upholstered kick panels...
  4. I agree with Lee... all the electronic gadgets they're putting in cars now amount to more distracted drivers on the road. And let's face it, there are more than enough lousy drivers on the road already. Do we really want them to pay even less attention to what they're doing and more attention to their "synced" ipod? Seriously? The whole tech fad is getting out of hand. Lots of manufacturers load up the cars with gadgets not because we need them, but because they are selling points for tech-hungry consumers. When I went to look at the new Mustangs at my Ford dealer, what was the first thing the salesman talked about? The new IRS? The new 6-speed? The new Eco-Boost engine? The improved HP/torque numbers? No. His selling points were the pushbutton start and all the gadgets and doodads. I told him I had no interest whatsoever in the magic devices in the dash, and would probably never use any of them. He couldn't believe it. He must have thought I was Amish or something! When did we become a society that "needs" a boatload of gadgetry loaded into their cars?
  5. Very nicely done! I love the "toilet seat" in back. Perfect place to park the mother-in-law!
  6. Doesn't help me. I use Mac.
  7. If anyone will do a Tucker kit, my money is on Moebius.
  8. When I hit "Quote" and then try to delete all of the quotes I don't want to quote, my message window just disappears. Sooooooo....... anybody out there who can tell me how to get rid of that "Upcoming Events/birthdays" column on the right side of the home page? Anyone? And again, my separate post has been merged into my previous post.
  9. No, we are having a major case of being pissed off.
  10. I have no idea what that even means. U Connect Access is Mopar's equivalent to Ford's SYNC. Still have no clue. What is "Sync?" Car connected to the internet? Being interested in the new Mustang I thought you would know... it's the in car infotainment system...for linking a cell phone to the car, hard drive for music storage, connecting an iPod, etc... Here's more info http://www.ford.com/technology/sync/ and uConnect: ://www.driveuconnect.com/ I have no use for any "infotainment system" in my car. No need to link a phone to my car. No need to connect an ipod to my car. None of that nonsense. All I want is when I turn the key, the car starts, runs well, handles well, gets decent mileage, and has decent handling/acceleration. Does that make me "old fashioned?" I guess so. But all of this techno-crap they're loading onto cars these days seems awfully silly to me. I know I'm in the minority with that opinion, but whatever... Another thing that's driving me crazy is how the quote feature here works now. You can't just quote one post, it seems like every time I quote someone, I get a whole string of quotes in my reply, whether I want them or not. And also... why did my post about the quote feature appear in my previous post and not as a new post? WHAT IS GOING ON HERE? WHY ARE ALL MY POSTS BEING MERGED INTO ONE? AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  11. I have no idea what that even means. U Connect Access is Mopar's equivalent to Ford's SYNC. Still have no clue. What is "Sync?" Car connected to the internet? BTW... can anyone tell me how to get rid of the upcoming events/birthday column on the home page? Used to be I could click that on and off. I see no way now of getting rid of it.
  12. I have no idea what that even means.
  13. I'm so tired of software "upgrades" that don't make things any better, just different. Every time they upgrade Photoshop or Indesign or any other graphics software (the stuff I use every day), they move stuff around for no apparent reason. A function that used to be here is now there, for no reason I can see other than software engineers changing things as a justification for keeping their jobs. The function worked perfectly well when it was here... why did they have to move it to there? Now I have to relearn where everything is, for no good reason other than change for the sake of change. I get the same feeling here with this new "upgrade." Functions that used to work well are now gone. Used to be that I could see who was in a particular forum area by scrolling to the bottom and seeing a list of who was looking at that area. Gone. Used to be I could see how many warning points a member has right under his avatar. Useful for moderators. Gone. There used to be a link at the bottom of the page to the forum rules. Gone. When I click on the Gallery link, I don't see photos, I see black boxes. Things that I knew how to do, suddenly I can't do them anymore. The site doesn't display correctly in my Firefox or Chrome (both are the latest versions). And I can't figure out how to get rid of that damn calendar/birthday column. I've had it.
  14. OK... I give up on this new forum "upgrade." A member asked me to rename a topic for him... I can't do it. Says "enter at least 5 tags and up to 4." Huh? Add "tags" to edit the title? Never had that happen with the old forum software Quote function is crazy, won't let me edit quoted material. Site doesn't display correctly on Firefox or Safari. Can't figure out how to get rid of that right side column with calendar and birthdays. When I try to edit my post I see a red "REQUIRED." What's required? I've had it with software "improvements."
  15. All are real beauties, but that GTX is extra nice. One of my all-time favorite cars/model years.
  16. Danbury made many excellent models. I have quite a few myself. It's a shame what happened to the company..
  17. Very nice work. Not over the top, just slick and clean, Me likey!
  18. That's a pretty cool model...
  19. This latest update has caused way more problems than "solutions." Previously I had never had any issues with this site, but now it's just loaded with glitches. For example, the "Quote" feature is absolutely out of control.
  20. "No money in our jackets and our jeans are torn.Your hands are cold but your lips are warm"... Waterline- Dire Straits Talking Heads, Once in a Lifetime. I have NO IDEA what's up with the forum acting this way.
  21. Here's an interesting little side note to my refrigerator woes... The icemaker is such a STOOOOOPID design I can't believe it made it into production. There's a sort of wire "handle" above the in-the-freezer-door ice maker. The theory is, as the ice bucket fills up, the wire handle is pushed upwards by the increasing level of ice cubes (actually ice semicircles to be precise), where it eventually reaches the point where it shuts off the ice maker (until you take out some of the ice cubes and reset the wire arm by putting it back down). But here's the problem: as the ice keeps getting made, and it fills up the ice bucket, the ice actually buries that wire arm. How anyone figured the wire arm would be pushed upwards as the ice cubes drop from above is beyond me.
  22. Apparently your appliances are living on borrowed time... That was the temp inside my fridge this morning...
  23. I have found that with the latest revision of this site, Firefox no longer displays it correctly. Safari is the only browser I have (and I have Firefox, Safari, and Chrome, all latest versions) that handles this latest version of this site. Weird...
  24. I suppose the phrase "they don't build them like they used to" applies here. When I was a kid we had a refrigerator that lasted forever. It was a "Speed Queen" and it just worked. Period. For years. Early retirement kicks in in two months, I'll be able to begin to repair my life then. Something to look forward to, at least.
  25. No cash. Ouch. That sucks. Sorry to hear that, but I hear ya. No cash... not a lot of choices.
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