Nonsense Thread

[MrBurgundy]

Man r3v is really taking a shit today.

yeah it was really bad.. Seems to be fixed now..

I don't use fb anymore so I can't bitch about it there unil james sees it, but the past few times it slowed down it was fixed without naggin

[Northern]

Man r3v is really taking a shit today.

[Northern]

Yeah I wish places would do free shipping to Canada.
Some places up here will, but nothing like the usual suspects in the US.

Typically still cheapest to buy from Rockauto, despite the shipping and charging all border fees upfront.



More nonsense ranting - the Mini community is often kind of a shithole for information.
There was a big thread on one of the facebook Mini groups, where someone realized a Tesla X/S rear 4-pot brembo has the same lug spacing and was a direct fit with some shaving/rotor spacer. Looked great with a Mini GP2 330mm rotor, but he didn't share details about the piston sizes.

It looks great, but long story short, while it's a heavy-ass car, at the end of the day it's still a rear caliper and the pistons are tiny.
I dug up the numbers and it's like a 35% drop in clamping pressure over the stock caliper.

[Chilezen]

Yeah they're a little more, and I will succumb to their threshold for free shipping because I have many parts saved, just for the purpose of bumping up the value of the cart. Am I falling for the consumerism trap? Absolutely. But as of right now, I have a window seal coming with my order that I wouldn't have bought outright. Shipping speed isn't terrible, it's usually 3-5 days for stuff in stock. Plus now that they have a second warehouse in Arizona, things are arriving a little quicker.

[Northern]

Yes I know... FCP has the same part, but the price was $10 more and the shipping was another $15. FCP is pretty damn slow to ship things though, or is it just me? They discounted my shipping last time because it was multiple weeks before it shipped.

At the end of the day, my cheap-ass tendencies caused this problem lol.

[Chilezen]

FCP Euro should sponsor me for how many parts I have from them on my car. I've consistently had good service and easily reached them both over the phone and emails. Their lifetime guarantee is honored as well, I have gotten good use out of that.
Pelican has been a decent second choice. Between them two, I've never had to fall on ECS or Tuner.

[Northern]

Last time I needed something from them I did do that, not sure why I didn't this time. I guess I forgot. Got a turner beanie with that order also lol.

This time I realized I realized rockauto does the same thing with the R56 as the e30 - some stuff is only listed under '88 for the e30 (or '13 for the R56). Anyway the same part was less than half the price.

[moatilliatta]

Not sure why people keep going to ECS when you can date their evil twin that is slightly hotter, Turner.

Turner has high priority at ECS's warehouse how I understand, and get the same product if you call them it its not listed.

[Northern]

Why would you vote for it all to go to shit?!?!

I think I'm a realist for the most part, just a reluctant one.

Like since my last post, I've been clearing out a lot of junk from my back yard, basement, garage, etc. Enough to fill about half a dumpster.
Local company has 3500lb rated 'dumpster bags' for like 1/2 the cost of a dumpster rental/disposal. We used them before when I demoed the old kitchen and it basically held an entire kitchen and some car junk.

I filled this bag last weekend, and my wife had been in contact with the company leading up to this, no issues.
As soon as we call for pickup, it's radio silence. Bag has been sitting there all week, blocking my driveway.


I also made the tragic mistake of ordering something from ECS... I tried to cancel the order the next morning, but received an automated reply about long customer service backlogs...

10 days later, still no response. They did manage to generate a shipping label and ship it during that time.
Now I'm in a dance with FedEx, who robo-called me to demand a $35 brokerage fee payment, and has been repeatedly attempting to deliver it while I'm having my wife refuse the package over and over. There's apparently no support available - their online/phone customer service line is just a robot that gives canned answers and eventually hangs up.

I know there's a metric fuckton of ECS hate out there, and I try to stay neutral, but man it is definitely deserved.
There's like one dude on NorthAmericanMotoring that manages ECS's official account there, and while his main purpose seems to be to push people toward ECS, he is generally quite helpful, and is genuinely the only good part of the entire company.

[McGyver]

I vote it's all going to shit.

Why would you vote for it all to go to shit?!?!

[moatilliatta]

Seems like it’s been this way for a while..

[Northern]

Is it all going to sh!t or is it just me getting grumpier in my old age? Been one issue after another lately...

I literally cannot buy a single thing without encountering multiple issues.
I can't use a phone or computer these days without some dumb shit happening.

I vote it's all going to shit.

[roguetoaster]

Is it all going to sh!t or is it just me getting grumpier in my old age? Been one issue after another lately...

Get off your own lawn.

[2mAn]

Is it all going to sh!t or is it just me getting grumpier in my old age? Been one issue after another lately...

[roguetoaster]

Alternatively, you cross country trip it so the east coaster can attend a west coast event. I'll take over and you fly back.

It would be incredibly irresponsible of me to do that from a work perspective, so of course I'd be interested!