For awhile now i have been interested in the JFK assassination research ( on a quite amateurish level compared to devoted life timers i am sure !) .. Which as most people know you have tons of info on the internet connected to its many sub paths and aspects.. but sure, you can get into some long and interesting discussions with people on it in the chat rooms on occasions. ( I did so last night LOL)..

As far as this goes,here in the forums ?
lets see what kinda interest anyone has with this and than i can elaborate with this more

Any comments at all on this ?

Brian

Personally I think it's a bit sketch. But I've taken them before. Got drunk downtown at a club and well, didn't feel like driving, my roomate at the time ended up taking a girl out afterwards, and well, my lonely a** ended up in an uber. I'm responsible. I don't drink and drive. Responsible annoying drunk people end up in ubers for a reason, right?

It honestly wasn't too bad. Got picked up in a Civic, had a good ride back and was good to go.

I wouldn't say ride sharing is in the least going to dominate long-term. People like having their own vehicles but ride sharing won't leave you stranded if you're ever without your car. But the incentives for Uber drivers are terrible. Insurance companies won't insure you, and well, the pay kinda sucks when you factor in that you've gotta do your own car maintenance too. Thought about driving for them, but nah... I have better ways of making a quick buck.

Anyone else have experiences with uber? Seems shitty to work for but as a customer I had a good experience.

I currently drive a 97 civic as my primary driver. I bought it for 800 dollars thinking I had a good deal. Not a bad price at all for a car with less than 140K miles. Well, needless to say, I learned the lesson of the 800 dollar car pretty quick. Need I say, it's pretty bare-bones. Terrible paint job, no power steering, no tach, no nothing.

Honestly, it ain't really a loss. It's absolutely great on gas (33-34 in the CITY), and it served its intended purpose of allowing me to learn how to fluently drive a stick shift. And to be honest, after driving a stick for almost a year I can say I don't know that I'd ever want to go back to an automatic. On one hand the automatic is like a breath of fresh air. On the other? Feels like it's got a mind of its own. You get used to feeling like you're in control. The stick brings a new feeling.

Anyway, that aside, it's got the original clutch so that's probably gonna go out sooner or later. Had some minor issues, namely accessory belt issues and what not, but meh those can be fixed.

Anyway, one week after purchase, I pull out of my driveway and next thing you know I see the whitest cloud of white smoke I'd ever seen coming from the tailpipe. I'm talking call the f*** fire department thick. Like, really really thick. If you've ever seen a car being sea foamed through the intake, we're talking sea foam thick. Definitely not normal.

My stupid a** drives it to work anyway. Well, it runs.

Did everything I could to fix the simple stuff. Full tune up, PCV valve (hardest PCV valve ever by the way, took two hours to yank it out and broke in its hole), fluid changes, everything. Fair enough.

Well, the problem persists, so I decide just to keep adding coolant and oil. Looks like a blown head gasket. I'll give it two weeks before it blows and call it quits.

And you might not expect a car with a blown head gasket to last a year, but it has. It's taken me to and from work with no problems, on many vacations, and over 15K miles of driving. No problems... just adding coolant and oil. Actually more oil than coolant. The coolant doesn't seem to burn much anymore. Otherwise a solid car...

Well, until the electrical problems begin. It dies in the middle of the road. Randomly. Now, being that it's a manual, it'll come back to life once the power comes back without need of a starter. It stays in gear and the wheels turn the engine which in turn fires the ignition. Therefore I don't get stranded. But the car suddenly being killed in the middle of the interstate intermittently has me thinking it's a tad bit possessed at this point.

Next comes the headlights... bye bye headlights. Been driving without them for two months. Then comes loud rattling noises from the engine. No idea what this could be... And then next come to find out my AC doesn't hardly work. It's one thing after another. Yes, I literally have no headlights in this bitch.

Well, I figure, okay then, I can still drive it, that's cool. I'll drive it until the wheels fall off. Well, that phrase has a whole new meaning for me now.

I was driving home on the interstate, hear this loud rattling/bumping sound. SOunds like the brakes, I pull off. I kid you not, the wheel was falling off the car. Never seen this until now but well, it happened. Aaaaaannnnddddd it f*** up my brakes while it was at it. Bye bye brakes. Bye bye wheel. Bye bye car.

Well the brakes are fixed. I needed those. Kinda a necessity at this point. Even more than the headlights=. And you know, original clutch, no power steering, no AC, no tachometer, no CD player, tape player, nothing, terrible paint job, and an otherwise unsatisfactory appearance, it still "runs" like a champ, getting 34 MPG every day.

much as I love my clunker, the wheel has finally killed it for me. it might finally be time to sell. My wish of driving a car into the ground has finally come true.

My buddies tell me it's a $600 car. Imma try for a grand... hehe, hehe

I'm still here!

I proudly drive my 2004 corolla. It's supposed to get ~38MPG on the highway and 29 in the city. I only manage to get about 28-31 in it, but that's still not bad. Has 145K miles on it at the moment and runs great. 

 

(Picture was not taken at my place of residence)

What do you drive? 

Yesterday I setup my Xbox 360, HD PVR, and old 720p TV to make Call of Duty 4 videos for my CoD4 forum. This video was the first one I made.

I am asking for feedback. If there is anything I could improve on, please let me know. If something like the music annoys you, or the text tutorial, or anything, please let me know so that I can improve.

Also if anyone has Xbox LIVE and wants to play CoD4 please check the description for my gamertag and add me. Thank you.

Some car owners neglect them more than others. I'll admit, I don't always do them every 3,000 miles. In fact, I'd argue that 3,000 is a bit too early in most cases. Even decent conventional oils can generally go closer to a good 5K miles before needing to be replaced nowadays, and synthetic or synthetic blend oils can supposedly go a bit longer. (Personally, would I trust a fully synthetic oil to go 7-8K miles without issues? Yes. A synthetic blend? Probably not, but I haven't ever tried one to know for sure. )

Anyway, because my engine has some miles on it and I want to keep it clean, I'm not really a huge fan of waiting any longer than about 5K miles, regardless of what oil I have in my engine. As a result, I've just been sticking with the cheap filters and the fairly cost effective high mileage conventional oils, so I haven't experimented with anything fancy that supposedly lasts longer. (Currently using Pennzoil high mileage, about $18 for 5 quarts, but I might switch to the Castrol high mileage for my next change, which is supposedly better and is actually a bit cheaper at my walmart. Either way, my filter + the oil is less than $25 even after you factor in the taxes. Not bad considering I'm getting good quality oil. )

Anyone else here do their own changes? If so, what brand do you use? Are you smart enough to avoid the cheap filters, or are you like me and grab the cheapest thing on the shelf?

so for those of you that don't know, a laser disc was a CD of sorts, it was the size of a vinyl record and had 2 sides from which to store video, Movie's were usually stored on 1 or 2 discs depending on the length of the film and you had to flip them over/switch the discs when each side was done (some players like the one I have automatically reads the other side.).



This is an example taken by me from my living quarters showing off the LD player I own with a disc in the drive.

a lot of movies were out on laser disc that are not out on DVD, and if you want to get a format from before DVD, LD was the highest quality, and in some cases still was until Blu-Ray came along.

a lot of movies were ported from LD to DVD/Blu ray as it was the highest quality format at the time, especially in the case where the original flim strips were lost.

TV shows and anime were also available on laser disc.

there are two types of laser disc, CAV and CLV, the main difference is how much time is stored per side of the disc.

the format came out in 1978, about 8 months before VHS, and though VHS dominated the market because of price Laser disc was the highest quality video format until 2004/2006 DVD technology finally surpassed it as far as video clarity and quality.
the Discs stopped being made in 2001 making this a collectors piece now.
also of note is that audio quality was only recently surpassed by blu-ray's high definition audio content, such is the nature of analog formats!

typically the players are quite expensive for a decent quality one even now, but the discs can range on average from $5 to $25 though occasionally more if it's a rare one.

I can attest that the movies look fine on modern HDTV's and the sound quality in many cases beat most DVD versions.

hope you enjoyed my explanation here, and post comments below if you have any questions!

Hi everyone,

I want to tell you about my Call of Duty 4 forum, CoD4 Zone. It is a forum for fans of Call of Duty 4, but anyone who's interested in the game or forum may sign up and I'll do my best to help you. 

CoD4 was released back in 2007, and it is the barebones of modern Call of Duty games. 

If you want to check out the forum, please do, and help the forum grow by signing up, or giving helpful feedback and suggestions.

You can check it out at http://cod4zone.com 

As for community features:

Custom theme
Alerts with Mentions
Awards
Member of The Month, Clip of The Month

Thank you.

what it says on the tin, ask me anything! and I will answer truthfully.

but be warned, depending on the questions... you may go mad hearing the answers