Minor rant thread. Post your rants o' the day here!

TravisTheHuman said:

Popped open FB marketplace to check out wheels for sale.

I dont think I saw a single post that had the technical information you'd want if you are buying wheels.  Sure, if its off a specific make/mode (I.e. "2004 350Z wheels") I can go figure it out from there, but so many are just '18" wheels'.  No width, offset, tire size, bolt pattern, etc.

Are these sellers successful?

Yes, they are. Because an equal amount of idiots will just buy them for whatever reason (price, they look cool, 18" is right, etc.) Then when they don't fit they'll just relist them.

In reply to Appleseed :

You forgot the tornado warnings on Friday night also.

berkeley you American Airlines, i didnt want to be home and sleep in my own bed before my next trip out friday. 
 

Thanks for leaving me stranded without the offer of a hotel, food, or rental car, you colossally incompetent douchebags.  For the love of Luigi, if my tax dollars go to another bailout of your E36 M3ty company, they better claw back bonuses from your executives, and throw them out on their asses penniless. 

If sharing that I'm feeling anxious and depressed means that I need to comfort YOU, then I'm just going to bottle that E36 M3 back up.

The SCCA must be having a lot of meetings today. I lived in a small town that had "clubs", the clubs were segregated through your ancestors and everything required membership and a member to give the okay. For some they really didn't think about the exclusions rather here is where my neighbors and family goes to eat and grab a beer. The older generation started to pass and the new generation stopped going and while they tried to open up the exclusions, you can't expect the small population to disregard the past exclusions and in addition take the place of a past generation that outnumbered them by a lot. Most of those clubs are all closed, either turning into another restaurant distancing themselves from the past or just abandoned. Hopefully those who support innovation and less exclusion are at the forefront, of the next steps of the SCCA.

TravisTheHuman said:

Popped open FB marketplace to check out wheels for sale.

I dont think I saw a single post that had the technical information you'd want if you are buying wheels.  Sure, if its off a specific make/mode (I.e. "2004 350Z wheels") I can go figure it out from there, but so many are just '18" wheels'.  No width, offset, tire size, bolt pattern, etc.

Are these sellers successful?

You would be correct. They don't know, they don't measure, they don't even know how to measure. 

Which makes trying to find 5x100 FWD wheels a total pain in the ass. 

Way, way too much to list, so...

Complacency. It'll getcha' every time. Simple thing to remove the battery from the front of this mini New Holland tractor. While undoing the positive terminal, I managed to use my wedding ring as a conductor between it, the 1/2" wrench, and the negative terminal. That SOB got hot. I have a nice ring of par-boiled skin around my finger now. Thankfully I had the presence of mind to get the ring off almost instantly. A small chunk of my gold ring is burned away too. First berkeleying thing I'm going to do is orient the bolts in different planes.

I am getting really god damned tired of ghost kitchens.

I dont want a burger from Denny's. I dont like Denny's. I was willing to try The Burger Den, until I found out it was a berkeleyin Denny's

Mr_Asa said:

I am getting really god damned tired of ghost kitchens.

I dont want a burger from Denny's. I dont like Denny's. I was willing to try The Burger Den, until I found out it was a berkeleyin Denny's

Yep, that got me too. I did that exactly once. I was irritated when I got my food and it had a berkeleying Denny's receipt stapled to the bag. It was the most mediocre burger I've ever had. And it was more expensive than 5 Guys. 

berkeley you Denny's.

I need to use my laptop to update some AiM settings in the race car, getting it ready for an upcoming event.  I'm now over an hour in on waiting for my laptop to complete a Windows update I told it to delay until later.  I detest Microsoft with a depthless passion.

In reply to stanger_mussle (Supported by GRM undergarments) :

At least Denny's is allegedly a diner. During the covid lockdown Chuck E Cheese here started delivering under an alias. 

Had to ride in a car with a coworker today. The "news" radio that he turned on was... well, it is unbelievable how many falsehoods were said in 10 minutes on it. Things that are easy to verify, and don't even pass the smell test if you have no idea what is going on. Wow. 

In reply to Wally (Forum Supporter) :

In reply to stanger_mussle (Supported by GRM undergarments) :

Beware also The Meltdown and Meltropolis, both Denny's ghost kitchens for $15 grilled cheese 

I think Smokey Bones operated under the wing connection. Chili's and Fridays both have them too.

I've taken to looking up addresses of weird sounding restaurant names in the delivery apps just to see what it really is 

Well, that was a first. I wasted two hours of my time looking at a car for my parents, and told the guy we would take it. Zero qualms about paying his asking price, happy to pop around the corner to my bank and do the deal cash money. Nope, he has two buyers coming to look this weekend. I don't understand - we're buyers now, here to pay full asking. You advertised for a price, I will pay that price. Turns out he thinks he can get more, but won't come out and say it, or commit to how much or give a price or anything. You're already over the average for the years and it needs new tires and a tail light and a headlight and has scratches on the interior plastic. I just liked the low mileage and good maintenance. Thanks for wasting my time. I have enough to do without dipE36 M3s out here burning hours of my day. No wonder you've been unemployed for so long. Get a job and learn how to use time wisely. And learn to accept fifteen thousand berkeleying dollars that someone is trying to hand you for something that you advertised you would sell for that price. I hope he learns the reliability of the average Internet car buyer and never sells this berkeleying thing.

In reply to RevRico :

Yep, every time a restaurant pops up with an unfamiliar name, I lookup the address. And the Streetview, if available.

99% of the time, it's another ghost kitchen from E36 M3ty chain (Applebee's, Chili's, BWW, etc).

Even Wienerschnitzel has one (Bigfoot Fry Co.)

In reply to dculberson :

I'd report the ad, wherever it is listed. Item isn't for sale. 

In reply to dculberson :

The weekend is a long way away. When the two buyers flake, and he calls you back to sell it, lowball the E36 M3 out of him. When he sputters, mention the $15,000 you had, ready to go on TUESDAY.

In reply to Appleseed :

I bought a toolbox that I didn't like.  Being generous and also because I bought it at shop discount for $1000, I offered it for sale for $100 less than I paid for it.  $900 for a brand new box that retailed for $1800.

One guy offered me $700.

A week later he offered me $500.

A couple weeks later he came back asking if I still had it, I told him that I scrapped it because nobody wanted it.

I can't stand the expression "died of a massive heart attack".

If you die of the tiniest heart attack imaginable, relatively speaking, it's the most massive heart attack that you will ever have. 

In reply to TravisTheHuman :

I'd be happy if they just took decent pictures of the wheel, the numbers on the back side of the wheel, tire sizes and date code. 

They don't need to understand what it means, just take the pictures. 

I've never heard of a ghost kitchen before.  How do you even come across one?

TravisTheHuman said:

I've never heard of a ghost kitchen before.  How do you even come across one?

For this instance, I looked up "food near me" and found a place that intrigued cause it was the only place I hadn't tried (being on the outer limit of where I like to drive for lunch) so I head over and get increasingly weird about where I'm driving because "I know this area, and I know there's nothing on this corner but Denny's"

So I pull up to the address and start cussing because, yup.  Denny's. 

Usually they trick you because they advertise under fake names on all the food delivery apps, then you don't know till after you get it and find something incriminating. 

Antihero said:

Datsun240ZGuy said:

In reply to Rant #1 Toyman! :

Sometimes I like the one price quotation - Price? $8000

I do too if possible ,I find it stops a lot of headaches.

 

Such as someone being super happy with the price but not happy that the labor is 3/4 of it etc

Time for the "NY Discount". Automatically adds 10% to the bill, shows up on the invoice as a discount.