tipptruck1

Whats this hair cut thing you speak of? I let mine grow almost two years ago. The only one that complains is family, but they are speaking on deaf ears. I use to get a flat top, but I was sick and tired of dealing with tying to be the norm. My hair is mid chest level, and its really only 10 more minutes of work per day. Plus the old lady loves it. Its not going any were for a while.

We are getting pounded up here. It hasn't stopped snowing since Friday afternoon. I can't tell you how munch we got as its blowing. I was lucky enough I had to work this morning. On a normal day it takes me 20 minutes or so to get to work. Today with a foot plus of snow, and no snow plows. It took me 40 minutes. What got me was the amount of people out when I got done with work. I know you could say they were going to work, but when 99% of the cars I saw. Were jammed packed full of people. They were not going to work, and on a Sunday. Heck even old ladys who cant drive when its 80 and sunny out. Were coming home from church. Every restaurant that I went by on my way home was jammed packed. The only retailer I went by was Gander Mt. They had a few cars out side. I am sure my local wal mart was packed with idiots. I don't know why they were out. If I didnt have to leave home. I would have stayed home.

I love it. I hear its not worth the extra 10 grand vs a base wrx, but to me it is. 6 piston brembos up front, and 4 or 2 in the back. Them alone is like 4k. It has a center diff that you can send up to 60% of the TQ. To the back wheels, or lock it full 100% up front. That setting is useless. The whole engine and the beefy part of the transmission. Set in front of the center line of the Axels. I tired it once with a inch of snow. Never touched that setting again. The better shocks and the extra 40hp are nice. Along with the two lsd. It might ride like a donkey cart, and I might get smoked by a wrx with stage two tune in a drag race, but I didn't buy this car to go fast in a straight line. I wanted a car that could handle turns. I could have bought the wrx, and been faster, and got way better mpg, but It would have taken me a extra 10 grand. Just in parts alone. I wanted some thing that makes me smile every time I pushed it. The only car that did that so far was the neon srt4. I had before I got this car, While the srt4 was faster in a straight line. It was fwd, and was ok in turns. There is a 90 degree turn with a slight positive bank near me. That has a posted speed limit of 35. While the srt could only hit about 45-50 before the front end started under steering. The STI I entered that same turn at 60, hit the apex at about 65, exited it about 70. No sign of under steer or over steer with the STI. It only hurt my neck. Becasue I was fighting physics, and trying to keep my head vertical. As a buddy once joked about. My cars have to be loud, blue, fast, have a hood scoop, and a wing. I guess he is right.

This one.

I will try to be around more often now. Now that winter is over. I will have some more free time, and I am less moody. I just really hate winter. Winter tends to get me really bummed out. Plus the holidays which I hate more. I don't turn in to scruge or any thing. I just hate them for some reason. I do think about moving ever year, but I don't. If it wasn't for my grandma. I would have been gone a long time ago. As for being a engineer. I almost went back in 2016. I would have like one semester left now. I wish I would have done it then. the main reason I wanted to go. Was for a personal reason. I still plan on owning my own shop. maybe not to what most places are, but my own place. That will cater to the car and race crowd. I know way to many racers that are looking for custom parts, and if I can help them. I am more then willing. I don't even race, but I am looking for parts for my car. That if I even had a basic mill, lathe, and a welder. I could make my self. I will admit I liked design work. I use to do it at my old machine shop job form time to time. Plus when I still had cad on my computer. I would always design stuff for my self. I would put on the head phones and get to work. I could turn out a complex part in no time.

Hanging out with friends, work, trying to find the meaning of life, side projects, thinking about going back to school again, making the old lady happy, dealing with family and friends drama, and deaths, driving the Subaru like I stole it, annoying the old lady with my driving, dealing with depression, Look at car parts, play video games from time to time, Finally feel asleep in my computer chair more then a few times. I am not kidding about all that stuff. Alot of stuff has been going on. Mainly I wasn't really happy in my chosen career. I grew up in the metal fab world. My dad was a welder/machinist. I knew that those trades were dying, and I chose to go in to them. I liked it, but when you making 500 parts a day. It gets old fast, and that is modern machining. Because of that I am finally listing Father about a career. In high school he said I should be a engineer. The local tech school has a design engineer program. I have talked to a few instructors about it, and when they found out I have a machine tool background. They were saying when I need a internship, and or a job. That company's will be fighting over me. We will see in a couple of years I guess. As for my personal life. I have been trying to hang out with friends more then I use to. I only have a core group of like 5 friends. I know I don't have many friends, but these are people I trust and are more of a family then my family. So I have been trying to be a friend again. I tend to disappear in real life a lot also. Its not them or my job. I just tend to get in a mood were I just want to vegout after work. On top off all this. The old lady got a concussion in September. At work off all places. She some how hit her head on file cabinet, and that's all I know. The first month or so was bad. Her vocabulary was limited, and so was her speech. Plus she had major headaches in till almost the new year if not past it. I mean she was my main concern the last 6 months. Other then that. I have been having fun with the Subaru in the snow.

You guys that say your trucks run better when hot. Heat and turbos go together like water and oil. My last two cars were turbo cars. One had a front mount intercooler. Unless it was like 90 plus degrees with high humidity. I never noticed to munch of a difference in performance. I now own a Subaru STI that has a top mount intercooler. That sits right on top of the engine. So the intercooler gets a lot of heat soak from the engine. Now that its finally winter. The car has come alive.

I grew up in door county. The lake effect snow is worst then the cold. Living two hours due west. The cold is the killer.

What do you mean you cant mod modern cars? Gm and ford will sell you crate motors, cams, super chargers, lsd, coilovers, etc. And will have a warnty. The after market world is huge. If you cant find after market parts for modern cars. You drive a toyota prius, a car or truck that wasn't very common, or your not looking online. Even the new or newer turbo 4 bangers. Have a huge aftermarket support. I have at least 4 bookmarks on my pc. Of sites that just sell aftermarket parts for the wrx, sti, golf, and the new focus rs.

I don't think she has seeing through his facade. She just see the real him. I am the same way. I have been hurt, and screwed over a lot in my life. Because of this.I have developed four differnt personalitys. Work sees the some what serious one. Family sees the one that is quite, and only says things to make them happy. The general public sees the rough and tuff one. While my close friends, and the old lady see the real me. As for adopting the girl. I cant say if you should or not. I will say this though. I have a famlily that other then a brother. I am not related to. That i thought for 12 years was my family. They took me as one of their own. When they didnt have to. They never adpoted me, and I still view them as famliy.

I try to make all my cars fun cars. Well now that i am over the age of 25. I am 32 and this car cost the same to insure. As my srt4 did ten years ago. My buddy says I need a van or a suv. Incase the old lady and I have a kid. I laughed and said she has a suv, and can drive a stick. Plus if i can fit my 6ft tall body in the back. I am not worried about kids.

Wait intill winter. I will be having fun then. Almost got it to do a dohnut the day i got it. I had to do a u turn in a vacant parking lot. That was dirt and gravel coverd. I had to be going about 25 or so. As i lifted off to turn. The back end kept coming. It didnt catch me off guard or any thing. I just turned in to it, and kept on the gas. That was the day i was induced to lift off over steer, and i am glad it happend at slower speeds. Then at hwy speeds.

I was looking at mazdas. I had a 96 protege before the srt4. I loved that car. Nothing major ever broke. For 1000 dollar car it was nice. It was a toss up between a honda, toyota, mazda, and subaru. When it came to my next car. My problem with the first three was to many standard options. Like all the safety stuff they put in them. What worried me about that. Is many cars you can disable them, but what happens when they fail. Then when they do fail. They are not cheap to replace. That is why subaru got my money. It doesn't have them options standard. Other then abs, traction control, a backup camera, and like 6 air bags. Its lacking a lot of modern safety stuff. It has manual seats, ac, power windows, a radio, track mode, and a six speed stick transmission. Thats all i care about in cars. I like to drive my cars. Not let a computer tell me how to drive it.

It can pull some weight. I think its about 500lbs or so. I don't recall 100%. I really didnt read the owners manual. Becuse its about 300 pages, and 3/4 of its warnings. While the other 1/8 is about options I dont have. Then the other 1/8 is about the stuff i do have. Which of all i needed was like two pages. I had to know how to disable hill assist. It allows the computer to over ride the clutch. So you dont roll back in to some one. After 20 years of driving a stick. I know how to prevent that. The problem with it for me. Came every time I would come to a stop, and try to go. The car would stall out. The other thing was how go put the car in track mode. I drove the car for about a hour. Before I had to disable traction control and their tq vectoring gimick. The car felt slow, and wasnt fun to drive.

For now my main goals with the car are this. Get rid of the mufflers. The car is two quite. Then Take it to the track, and see what it can do. Once i get a few track days with it. It will be time for better shocks, and maybe stiffin up the chassie a bit. I Alsoneed to buy track pads. The breaks are all ready brembos. 6 piston in the front, and 2 in the back. Then some minor aero mods. Like a spliter, rear defuser, and a adjustable wing. Like you see on race cars. Aero mods will be for the track only. Then the 5 year waiting game happens. I know i want more power. Just not sure how i want it yet, or if bolt on power will keep me happy. Only time will tell which way i go.

That only applies to Honda's.

Never. I want to do things to it. Just not that dumb.

I have heard that, but it seems like that was a problem with the 02-12 or so models. It still seems like its some what of a problem in the wrx, but the sti seems to have a better transmission. I didnt go in to buying this car blind its been a years worth of reading wrx and sti fourms. Still seems like the ej motors melt pistons, and the fa motor snaps rods. I even asked my machinic about the ej melting pistons. He said it still happens, but not as munch as it use to. All he could do was mirrior what i have read. Proper mantince, install a catch can and a air oil separator, run 91 or higer octane gas, and put equal lenght headers on.

The reliability was the main reason I got the STI. The only thing I can find bad about Subaru's. Is that the 2.5ej tends to melt piston rings. That is the only reason why I didn't buy used, and wont buy any used subi with a 2.5. Throw in the 2.5 can be modded by any one. I would take it to a Subaru dealer for a check up, or to a few local mom and pop shops. Have them see if the stock engine program as been messed with. Even if they put back the factory tune. After market tunes will leave a footprint. Also have them check compression of the engine. If its low in the number 2 and 4 cylinder. That means you will need new piston rings. As for price. it seems a bit low for around me. Then again Subaru's hold their value here in WI.

Google subaru ej25 ringland. That seems to be the only draw back. To the sti, but their seems to be 3 things causing it. Which will be fixed once the factory warnty gos out. Because its a subi, and equal lenght headers. Will require me to tune it on a dyno. Being the car is relible. Was the main reason why i went with subi. Honda and toyota were right behind. The only down fall was the price to play. I needed a car with some power. As i drive on the hwy alot. The japness cars all had the power, but starting at 25k . A wrx is 26k. With more power, awd, and a 6speed stick. So i just bought the wrx bigger and badder brother.

It was finally time to replace my 04 srt4. Not that I wanted to, but many things have broken more then one. The final blow was blowing a bushing. That is normally a pta to change, but then when it breaks in a weird place. It requires removal of the sub-frame. To me the car is only worth 500 bucks. In the end its not worth the 2-3 days worth of labor. Because I don't have the tools to fix it the proper way. This is what I replaces it with. So far I am loving it. I still don't get the Subi life thing, but what ever. I didn't by this car to fit in with other subi owners. I bought this because we have snow. If we didn't have snow a mustang would be sitting in my drive way. So I had to settle for this.

yes you are correct. I had 32nds on the mind at the moment. Because I working on a personal project in cad. That required four corners to have a radius of a 32nd. At my old place I made washers. That were made with .030 rod. That had a .005 hole drilled in it. I then had to cut them to about .020 thick.

No her name is Rose, and no shes not Raiders ex.

she really trapped me. She's not controlling, clingy, or use me as a endless atm. I never meet a woman like her. I do think her father was a English teacher though. different job but same stuff. Just one a lot bigger scale. I went from making things 4/32 of a inch. To things that are measured in feet now. The only thing she doesn't like about me is how dirty I get from work. Not sure if you have ever spent time in a machine shop, but when you combine the smell of collent, hot metal, oil, and bo. It is not a smell many people can stand. She can stand that smell. As she says its good. Because it means I work. This is what my hands usually look like.

Were have I been? Trying to balance work, hobbies, famliy, and the old lady. Then throw in winter, and loseing firefox due to a virus. Thus losing all my internet logins in the process. Most of which i just have been to lazy. To even reset the password. That includes this site. Before any one ask. Yes the old lady is real. No I dont pay her hourly. We are not related. Sorry WI tends to look down at inbreeding. This is not Alabama. She is also way smarter then what I am. Right now she is working on her masters, and once done might go after her Phd. To become a headshrinker. Yea the most messed up person on this fourm. Is seeing a future head shrinker. I really dont know what she sees in me. Its sure not my wallet. Other then that shes good to me. She makes me happy, and I make her happy. She understands I do dumb stupid stuff, or as she calls it "man things". She even supports my stupid stuff i do. Before i hear marry that girl now. She will be Mrs. Tipptruck. I allready know that. I think she knows that to. She will just regret that choice when we want childern. When she has to push my big headed demon spwan out.