What Pleased You Today!

[Bugatti Fan]

Not a lot !

[espo]

On 9/10/2025 at 3:56 PM, rattle can man said:

Thanks for the semi-pleasant memory jogging with MOT.  It has been too many years since my brief time in the U.K. I needed a brief diversion from reality (bad family news yesterday).

Safety inspections and emission checks depend on the state and city you live in. KS does not have any. But Pennsylvania is pretty strict on the safety inspections. Emissions inspections are more common in heavily populated areas.

Another Kansas bonus, no front license plate required. With the design of most modern vehicle a front plate just looks out of place and is a draw back to the appearance.  

[Ace-Garageguy]

22 hours ago, rattle can man said:

milk. I accidently rubbed my eye after cleaning jalapenos, Carolina Reapers, and ghost peppers. so I could dry them.  I didn't think I had gotten the pepper juice on my fore arm.

So tell me more. Will milk really put out the fire if you get hot pepper juice in your eye?

[meechum68]

Well aside from my daily view of my small flock of hummingbirds, my new director told me the other new guy, we will not be rushed through onboarding, and will make sure we are ready before feeding us to the sharks. I really appreciated that honesty and it was a confidence booster, and he is very good at his teaching. 

[rattle can man]

I placed paper towel soaked in milk over it for 5 minutes and it worked. Milk fat binds to the capsaicin. 

[John M.]

I just got in from the local Toyota dealer and it rectified the problems for the front passenger airbag in my 08 Corolla that I got the recall on. If I hadn't, the airbag would have deployed without warning at anytime and the passenger could have been hurt. I didn't want that on my conscience. No charge to me and now, it's all good. 

[Russell C]

Referencing back to my Aug 6 parts pile for my daily driver '86 VW GTI, my super backlogged mechanic specializing in Audis & older watercooled VWs finally had an open slot today - works by appointment Saturdays which I hadn't caught before. Gas leak in the OEM plastic fuel pump swirltank housing had gotten way bigger from my last weekly drive to the grocery store, so I was pleased as punch today that he got that fixed with the all-metal aftermarket replacement housing, and also had the time to do the radiator swap with all the new hoses put in.  No more gas or coolant leaks!

[Ace-Garageguy]

All 16 valve seats in the Neon head lapped in beautifully, as did the 8 old original intake valves, but the exhaust valves were just too pitted to clean up without grinding.

I moved my valve grinder to AZ in 2021, but I was able to locally source new exhaust valves wearing the Melling brand locally for $25 each.

Hopefully they're not rebranded off-spec offshore garbage, because exhaust valves lead a very hard life.

Anyway, I'm one big step closer to having the Neon back among the living.

[TonyK]

Wow, can't remember the last time I saw a Neon on the road.

[Ace-Garageguy]

9 hours ago, TonyK said:

Wow, can't remember the last time I saw a Neon on the road.

They got so cheap, most of them got driven to death by bottom-feeders when the cam belts didn't get replaced.

Most of the survivors have the 230hp turbocharged DOHC 2.4 liter SRT-4 option package, because enthusiasts understand and appreciate how good they are...but most of those got destroyed by morons because they were cheap and fast.

EDIT: My car is the much less desirable SOHC 2 liter 130 HP version, clean, well optioned, with an automatic. Not fast, but handles and rides very nicely, is comfortable on a long trip, has a huge trunk, a decent drag coefficient (.34), and gets well over 30mpg. Just a nice inexpensive little car, and I really  like its looks.

                              

                                                

Edited Monday at 09:19 PM by Ace-Garageguy

[imarriedawitch]

Mayors begging us to travel south.

[Ace-Garageguy]

31 minutes ago, imarriedawitch said:

Mayors begging us to travel south.

What mayors would those be?

[mk11]

Kind of pleased and irked at the same time...

The beauty of the fall season is beginning ...

and the irk is summers over 

[iamsuperdan]

Not really a "pleased me" sort of thing, but i listen to a lot of podcasts when driving, and I like learning about movies and music and pop culture.

Anyway, here's a fun fact I learned on a podcast this morning.

If someone were to release Back To The Future today, set in modern times with the same basic premise and plot, Marty would have travelled back to 1995.

Great Scott!!

 

[stavanzer]

Our Summer Hot Spell Broke!

It is Warm and Humid today, but it rained too.

We still may see a couple of 100 deg day, but the end of the Scorching Heat is nigh!

Hooray.

The summer heat gets harder to handle every year.

[A modeler named mike]

My lovely HOA reminded me with a letter that the front door trim to the house needs repainted and I had 15 days to comply. They had apparently sent a letter prior to that letter but I never received it. Nothing new since the mail carrier mixes up everyone's mail quite frequently. I called the manager and explained that I was away from the house for two years while caring 24/7 for my dad till he passed away and then another year afterwards to take care of his Estate and other BS that goes along with an individual dieing. I told her that I have my own list of areas needing my attention and that i've already replaced the roof and had our chimney's cement crown replaced. Next was to repaint and make repairs to our shed, but I guess the front doors wooden trim is now a priority. Then I asked about the 15 days. Is that 15 days from when they wrote the letter, 15 days from when they sent the letter or 15 days from when I received the letter? She told me that considering what I had been through and not being able to have the time due to the circumstances to take my time and let them know when their request was completed. Geez that was so nice of her. Anyway, I mentioned that I was going to repaint the garage door jams and replace the weather stripping around the door also, so it may take a little longer, but it will get done. Once again, I had her blessing. As of today, all the trim on both front door and garage has two coats of bonding primer and ready for the final two coats of the top coat paint. It was a bit ruff today since I've felt like I have a virus of some sorts for the last two days and haven't eaten or drank much in the past  two days. I dang near passed out while installing the weather stripping around the garage door today. I'll still want to paint the screendoor and the front door even though it wasn't addressed in the letter. It's faded yellow and needs to be white like the trim in my opinion. Even though this all started out as an irk, I'll be happier and very pleased once this work is finally completed in the coming days, 🤔°° that is as long as this virus doesn't knock me down. I am still trying to be on the positive side of those pesky irks that haunt me.

[A modeler named mike]

7 hours ago, stavanzer said:

The summer heat gets harder to handle every year.

Ain't that the truth. I've been blaming it on that old age thing that happens to us all. It's the cause for  our tolerances to be lowered.