Welcome to the IHoP v.2

[///M5 2,833]

Come on next paycheck, I need some off-road tires, road tires don't feel confident at all on dirt and gravel

What do you mean by gravel & dirt?

Generally speaking completely smooth tires have the most traction. Completely diffeent than cars. Although when you have really loose shit that changes.

 

The trails here are in the woods and on fields. Dirt roads, lose dirt over solid dirt, lose gravel, even sand at some point. I'd say 50% of the surfaces are like in Seth's pictures. I wouldn't call the surfaces really lose.  

With my current tires, on off-camber sections I'm sliding down, downhill I don't have enough braking confidence (kool stops are the bomb) and uphill I have to stay seated for grip and on corners they don't give me any sense of security. 

 

Last week I ran into some muddy climbs and the rear slick was worthless. In the winter it was enough to get me by on straights but worthless on any sort of slope. 

 

I'm looking at this:

and mire effort and slower. Outside of Mud I like a skinnier rear

 

2.1 tire should also be a bit softer on the bumps than a 1.75

[///M5 2,833]

Look at some cyclocross tires and then YouTube some races and see their conditions. You may need more side nubs for the loose shit hut that is why I asked

[dem beats 1,223]

Maybe less, but inam rounding up.

I also spent 3 years with a mystery problem that once fixed ran perfect until the heater hose blew up.

Excluding gas it has been the least expensive vehicle I have ever owned. If I include gas and what it has saved me in truck rentals I bet it still is 3-4 bucks a day cheeper.

[///M5 2,833]

Ispent more than that on repairs on the silverado in 50k easy highway miles

[dem beats 1,223]

I lied. Even at double the price the motorcycle has probably been the cheapest.

:-)

[///M5 2,833]

And I lost that much in depreciation too. Thing dropped like a rock

[dem beats 1,223]

Ispent more than that on repairs on the silverado in 50k easy highway miles

And I have BEAT THE FUCK out of it. A little urban and rural off roading, pulling boulders, loading with much more weight than I ever should have, and getting it sideways in the snow a bunch.

I have about 80k since I got it I think.

To be fair I need to do the joints. They are fine but the boot is torn and fucked on one side and I can hear the springs in the back bitching. But a really solid built up lift is cheaper and an upgrade costs 1/2 the OEM and a bit less than my cavalier and or jetta.

[dem beats 1,223]

Honestly I have put this truck through hell, and used it to learn on. So any problems it has is not a fair representation of its reliability etc.

Part of me wants to blow the engine so I can tell the wife it has to be rebuilt and then BUILD the fuck out of it.

This is all rationalizations, but every time I do the math, the expy comes out on top.

[SGunnem 51]

A 39-year-old man is recovering in China after intensive surgery to
remove a live eel that chewed its way through his digestive tract after
he inserted the creature into his anus.

The man checked into to a hospital in China's southeastern Guangdong
province after reportedly getting the 20-inch eel stuck inside him
following his attempts to recreate something he watched in a porno film.

The man rushed himself to the hospital after the stunt went wrong,
allegedly telling medics, "Please, please help me. The eel is moving
through my body."

The eel chewed its way through the man's colon, perforated his large
intestine and became stuck in the body cavity. The medical team that
treated the man reportedly said the eel, which weighed about one pound,
was "simply trying to find its way out."

 

The medical team said the eel was "still alive when we got it out but
it died soon afterwards, which was probably a mercy," according to The
Sun.

"This was a particularly idiotic stunt and could have caused him a
serious injury. Eels have small but very sharp teeth," they added.


The man had to endure all-night surgery to get the eel out of him and
close the wounds. Police reportedly will interview him over alleged
animal cruelty.

Oddly, this is not the first time a stunt like this had made the news. In 2012 a New Zealand man had to have an eel removed from his bottom, though how or why it was there was never disclosed.

In 2010 a man in China died from internal bleeding after his friends put an eel
in his rectum as a joke after a night of heavy drinking.

[Godsmack 361]

Ugh. Don't wanna read about that shit again.

J

[Penguin4x4 1,761]

My sister found her a pretty good deal on a used JGC; she goes to sign the papers and lo and behold they backed out on their "pretty good deal" and gave them a steaming pile of shit. She just got up and walked. Fuckers.

[dem beats 1,223]

JGC?

[MKader17 332]

Speak of cleaning. What's the best way to get the ash out?

Compressed air or shop vac for me.

Good enough reason to get a shop vac. I picked one up at a local place yesterday.

[dem beats 1,223]

Works like a charm. I just burned out my big 6hp one. I could suck ash from the whole firebox just by putting the angle adapter in the bottom. Worked like a charm.

[dem beats 1,223]

Running lean on bank one.

Circuit problems with bank one o2 sensor.

And slow to respond O2 sensor.

Guess is might be an o2 sensor.

[MKader17 332]

Cooked steaks again yesterday. Flew past 700*.

[MKader17 332]

I <3 egg

[dem beats 1,223]

Speaking of exhaust,I must be running lean and dirty.

My exhaust is doing terrible terrible things. Fast food 2 days of training then just some crackers for 6 hours on Sunday did not do this body good.

Definitely gagged the wife and not the fun way.

[MKader17 332]

JGC?

I'm thinking Jeep Grand Cherokee after looking it up on acronym finder.

Or maybe Japan Gasoline Company?

[dem beats 1,223]

The egg is the bomb. I am actually thinking about getting an XL.

I cannot smoke full 3 full racks without getting creative.

[dem beats 1,223]

Japanese Gagging Coalition?

[dem beats 1,223]

Jagermeister Guzzling Competition?

[dem beats 1,223]

Jealous German Canoe?

[Aaron Clinton 2,372]

[MKader17 332]

The egg is the bomb. I am actually thinking about getting an XL.

I cannot smoke full 3 full racks without getting creative.

I may play around with keeping a nice low temp this week and get a big brisket for the weekend