Nonsense Thread

[Reichart12]

What if you add hiking to that equation?

Hmm, I would hope so that one year in the past I've hit that with hiking. Definitely not 2024 haha.

Speaking of hiking, you all are my captive audience so here are some highlights from the three adventures I went on in 2024.
1. Hiking to the summit of Mt St Helens. Just a quick 3.5 mile out and 3.5 mile back. Went on July 4th so still some snow available to use to glissade back down so much less distance to walk coming back. Probably slide a mile worth of distance.





2. Biked Going to the Sun Road in Glacier National Park. The road is closed to cars while the plow the snow away. Couldn't make it the entire way as there was some snow left. But ended up being ~42 mile round trip ride. Downhill was fun, but cold. Maybe MrSleeve will make an appearance and give his take on the reservation system in Glacier nowadays...





3. Quick trip to the North Cascades to look for larches. Why is a yellow needle tree so much fun to see?





Moral of the day, still hike when the weather's questionable. Your photos will be more interesting than just a normal sunny day.

[Chilezen]

I've told myself for many years, I would run 365 miles in a year to average 1 mile a day.

What if you add hiking to that equation?

[McGyver]

I've told myself for many years, I would run 365 miles in a year to average 1 mile a day. Have never made it. And believe me, all my excuses were very valid!

I'm currently on track (ran 5 miles one time last week). This week is super fucking cold, so it's not looking great for keeping up this week. Who knows...

[Reichart12]

I'm keeping my resolutions practical:

1) Finish building out the garage (epoxy the floor, install heater, install sink, set up tools/tables, hang stuff on walls)
2) Build the new engine and get it in the car and running
4) Hit 250 miles running, run a timed 10k, run a timed half marathon

I've told myself for many years, I would run 365 miles in a year to average 1 mile a day. Have never made it. And believe me, all my excuses were very valid!

[McGyver]

I'm keeping my resolutions practical:

1) Finish building out the garage (epoxy the floor, install heater, install sink, set up tools/tables, hang stuff on walls)
2) Build the new engine and get it in the car and running
4) Hit 250 miles running, run a timed 10k, run a timed half marathon

[Northern]

No resolutions here. New year, old me.

[MrBurgundy]

Soooo who actually made a New Years Resolution? lol

Not me...

If I need to do something, I'm not waiting until the first to commit to it lol

[2mAn]

Soooo who actually made a New Years Resolution? lol

[varg]

I'm sure you actually set it up tho lol. I've been seeing pics taking them to meets, cruises and canyon drives....

Yep I drove it straight home and put the sheet down to keep sap off of my porous crappy paint. I have a real tree every year, regardless of how it's getting home. I keep it up until it starts going brown

[McGyver]

Here's my tree from 2020. Im all for bringing it home on the roof, but just driving around wirh it is dumb. This year we got a small one and stuck it in the back seat because it started raining.

[MrBurgundy]

Merry Christmas

MrBurgundy I strapped a Christmas tree to my E30 before it was cool (this pic is from 2017)



Yes I did pick it up and bring it home this way, for a few years in fact. This year I picked it up in my wagon.

I'm sure you actually set it up tho lol. I've been seeing pics taking them to meets, cruises and canyon drives....

They def aren't seeing the inside of a house before they're tossed.

[varg]

Merry Christmas

MrBurgundy I strapped a Christmas tree to my E30 before it was cool (this pic is from 2017)



Yes I did pick it up and bring it home this way, for a few years in fact. This year I picked it up in my wagon.

[MrBurgundy]

The Z06 uses a flat plane compared to the base's cross plane, which really adds to the sound department.

Sound is important. Def a deal breaker for me personally when deciding if a car is worth adding to the garage.

Also, fuck this Christmas tree strapped to the roof trend. Very cringe.

Anyways, merry Christmas.

[E30 Wagen]

I like the C8 Z06. Top Gear's appraisal of the design as "my first super car" is pretty accurate but I wouldn't say it's awful looking. I'd have one, just no wing and with the silver spider design wheels, maybe in black with the full carbon package. What I don't get is why they didn't just commit to a normal hardtop version next to the convertible. The square steering wheel would also have to go.

[varg]

I went down a little bit of a rabbit hole looking at the C8 Z06 exhaust, looked at some photos, and I was right, no x-pipe. It does sound better with an x-pipe, as shown in this video. It brings out the higher harmonics which is what you want with that high revving engine. But it sounds a lot better in race mode stock in this video than what I hear around here. Must just be killing the higher frequency sound when it's not in race mode. The X-pipe does not make as big of a difference here as it does in V6 cars though, equal length headers and an X-pipe are the killer app for most engines. I bet you could even make an E46 M3 sound good if you made it equal length from exhaust valve to merge or X-pipe. The stock E46 M3 exhaust has an H-pipe IIRC and I know is very unequal length and that's why they sound like pure hissing 2005 tuner boy civic rasp.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKuLewT1rNQ

I've gone on an autismal tangent about exhaust sound over the past year or so since building my most powerful car yet and realizing I just can't use the power. I'm now convinced that I should focus on tuning sound as well as performance next time around because if a car sounds great you can always enjoy the sound, but when a car has 500hp+ you only get to enjoy that for a few seconds on an empty road and that's it. I have stupid tires on my E34 and I'm still traction limited on medium boost, and I have a 2.93 LSD in that thing! I haven't even tapped into its full potential yet by putting the B58 coils in it so I can go past 17psi of boost without missing. With 20psi+ this thing is going to be scary. I got lucky with my E30 and E34 and in building my exhausts to flow and be pretty quiet I killed the nasty I6 rasp that you hear with absolute hogs like the post V8 era M3s, despite the rapid spool headers being far from equal length.