Quote from somasleep :

Guns and marriage don't mix

My wife and I enjoy our trips to the range.

Though there is no ammo at the house, if there was I'd probably be dead.

The FN FS2000 doesn't need any ammo if anyone breaks in to my house. They just may crap their pants and run.

Last edited by MattxMosh, Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:54. Reason : found another picture

Quote from FLA_FlyBoy :

Hi MattxMosh

Check-out Desktop Aviator's index page ( http://www.DesktopAviator.com/index.htm ). They just posted an update.
Their Model 2040 can now be used as a Keyboard Emulator using a Free driver software that you can download from them.
This opens up a number of interesting possibilities.

I was already using joy2key, but thats pretty nice of them.

http://video.aol.com/video-det ... mosh-1st-match/3558187648


Someone stole my name, and made me a...virtual wrestler?

Quote from ATC Quicksilver :

Never been there, never want to go there, to me it represents everything that I don't like about America and it was built up by corrupt casino owners and the mafia.

Whats wrong with hookers, gambling, booze, blow and complete and total excess?

Honestly though, Ive been a few times and have a few friends out there and while I have had plenty of fun there, it is a giant tourist trap.

The grand canyon and a flask is more entertaining.

Not counting the Double Down, which is the greatest bar in the world. LESBIAN VAMPIRES THAT MAKE OUT. BRILLIANT!

EDIT: I hope my wife misses this thread.

theres nothing like a few bloody marys, rashers, black and white pudding, some eggs and irish sausage for breakfast.

Got bored the other day and made half a new desktop image.

Quote from tristancliffe :

In what way?

Based on the same engine, and not a modification of a completed game I assume.

I'd like to try it, but I don't want to pay $50 for it and hate the damn thing.

The sim factory needs a damn demo, or drive that big truck to my house and let me try it out.

Quote from thisnameistaken :

I got most of these from eBay.

I need to get on of these on eBay.

http://www.act-labs.com/script ... asp?catcode=RS2006-Pedals

I was considering these, and modding them a bit or Trying Todd Cannons DIY plans.

http://www.cannonsimulationtechnologies.com/category-2.htm

I really want new pedals, but have a very low budget. I just want something better than the momo pedals.

I hate to double post but heres the pictures

Quote from russianfire768768 :

are they completely programable outside of flight simulator?
Looks realy good, but nothing comes to mind thats usefull for it, maybe engine start button, lights, thats all i can come up with....

It works just like a joypad so you can use it for anything really.In LFS I use it for ignition, horn, light, limiter, brake bias and I use joytokey for binding the Fkeys for tires/damage.In other games with more options you can add wipers, and I use some for pit menus etc.So far I've only set up 10 buttons, and grabbed another box and some buttons for the other 10.Ill post some pics when I get out of work today.

I just happened to find this through google, and after just getting it 5 minutes ago I couldn't be happier.

Its a 20 button USB controller, that comes pined for 17 pin ribbon cables aka floppy cables. There might not be an axis to be found, but its perfect for a button box. And at only $29 I had to give it a shot.

(Hopefully tonight Ill have my button box ready, and my GPL 2006 shifter I snagged on ebay for $25 will be here soon.)

Either way head over here: http://www.desktopaviator.com/Products/Model_2040/index.htm

Theye even have a nifty toggle switch box that could work for sim racing too, not just flight sims.

Attached are a couple pictures, maybe later on there will be more.

Last year I went to both Watkins Glen and St. Pete. I'm hoping and praying I can make it to one this year, and both again next year.

I'm very excited on what could be in the next few years.

If you are easily offended, Don't read these.

The opinions of these jokes are those of their creators and are not endorsed by MattxMosh or its affiliates.

What did Kermit Say when Jim Henson Died?
nothing.

Why do women have breasts?
So men know who to pay lower salaries.

Whats a deaf, dumb, blind kid get for christmas?
Cancer.

Why can't Helen Keller drive a car?
Because she is dead you idiot.

Have you ever seen Helen Kellers house?
Neither has she

Whats long black and smelly?
An unemployment line.

What do 54,000 abused women have in common?
They don't listen.

Quote from mrodgers :

I come home and yell at the wife, "Why didn't you clean the house this time?!?!"

I get the samething. I'm not sure if I should have married suzy homemaker or lived with my mom forever instead being yelled at for not cleaning, painting or fixing everything.

Whats a cap?

I can download all the porn I want.

If there was only something I could download to shut my wife up about all the porn I download, Id be in heaven.

Seriously though, tribes 1 &2 are still free right? So are some c&c games I think. Thats a legal good time.

Quote from March Hare :

Who's going to change their wheels every 5000 miles? Besides on a FWD vehicle the front tyres are wearing faster than the rears so by rotating the tyres you put the worse ones to the rear. That's smart. As the rear wheels are the ones that keep you going in the direction you want.
On an RWD vehicle the tyres wear more evenly. They wear differently on the front and rear. But the amount of tread gone is about the same. I'm talking about normal driving and not dragging or racing or drifting. So rotating the tyres make them wear more evenly per tyre.

Many modern tyres have a directional tread pattern which makes tyre rotation impossible. I bought two new studded winter tyres for my car. Only two because two of my previous set still have enought tread to last this "winter" because they were the rear tyres. Finding directionless tyres was quite hard.

Posting from my phone now, just did that for a customer.Front to back, after 5k, flip and rotate after every 10k is what I recommend.Also, at my place they are 124.69, per tire everythin included. Make the 12 hour drive to save 7 bucks next time haha.

Quote from Lateralus :

So I ended up going with two new Goodyear Assurance TripleTreds, which from everything I've read and heard are some of the best all-seasons on the market. Rain and snow performance outclasses everything else out there, for any price.

However, the guys who put them on did something that struck me as very strange - they put the new tires on the rear, and moved my rears to the front. Of course this is a FWD car, so this doesn't make any sense to me. In a FWD car the front tires are responsible for the power, the steering, and most of the braking force. Don't I want the best tires on the front end? Even if the back breaks away, if the front is still gripping I can steer / manipulate the throttle to get it back in line.

According to these guys, no - Goodyear and Michelin sent them some sort of directive saying that when replacing just two tires, the new ones should always go on the rear, whether it's FWD, RWD, or 4WD. One of them said that particularly in front-engined, front-drive cars the rear will hydroplane first, since there's very little weight back there. So one wants the grippiest tires in the back in order to prevent hydroplaning.

Has anyone else heard this? Does it make sense? They told me they'd be glad to switch them to the front, but I would have to sign a waiver absolving them of all liability. These guys are tire professionals and I trust their advice, so I stuck with what they did originally. I can bring it back to switch them for free anytime I like though.

I'm a tire professional, and you should always put new tires in the rear.

I've done a bunch of "ride and drives" with the major tire manufacturers testing that theory. With the TripleTreds when they first came out actually. (Good choice, how much did you pay by the way? I'm always interested in everyone elses prices.)

Its much easier to regain control of the car if you do have the better tires in the rear. You can control the front end with the throttle/brake/steering inputs, but if that back end breaks too far out in a fwd drive car, and your tires have under 4 32nds of tread, its much harder to pull back in than a new tire.

(Run On!)

You may not notice driving every day, but when you take the same car and test 4 different tire combinations it is pretty evident.

Sometime the way I have to explain it to customers so they can get it is:

"If you drive up hill all day, it'd be fine, but when the car starts to slide going down hill on ice, what will keep those old tires on the road?"

Plus, all the car manufacturers, say you have to, the tire companies do, and the RMA does.


Actually most car makers say you should always replace all 4, but they are also insane.

My company makes you sign a waiver if you do anything against what the car company says, so thats all pretty normal to me really.

Quote :

However, just because they are 'tyre professionals' doesn't mean they know much about tyres, handling, rubber, tarmac, driving skills, aquaplaning physics etc. They are just tyre fitters/suppliers with a shiny sign. Best not to be fooled into thinking they know everything.

You're right. I don't even let my techs talk to customers, they are idiots. They just know how to work the machines and read workorders.

Last edited by MattxMosh, Mon, 25 Feb 2008 23:59.

Like everyone else said, first thing I'd check is the timing, then start fiddling with the carb, making sure the air/fuel mixture is right.

I don't have any experience with a seat, but most american cars, I'd check o2 and crank position sensors too. Possibly a really melted/busted honeycomb cat thats all plugged up too.

No HTC in this poll?

Got an HTC Wizard for work (mines beat to hell, but it keeps on going)


Just picked up this, the touch cruise to replace my tytn.



I live and die by HTC phones.

Fastest I've ever gone was during a ride and drive Goodyear put on a couple years ago. but I dont know how fast I was even going. I'm guessing about 150-160 in a 360 Modena, and about 120 in the Vette both at Pocono. I'm not really sure though. It felt fast.

But most of it wasn't driving for speed, tearing around a wet autocross course was more exciting.

Quote from Linsen :

Says who? Did you read the TireRack-Link? (a site which sells tyres and is thus not particularly suspect of handing out overly daring recommendations regarding tyre-use):

"Our experience has been that when properly cared for, most street tires have a useful life of between six to ten years. And while part of that time is spent as the tire travels from the manufacturing plant to the manufacturer's distribution center, to the retailer and to you, the remainder is the time it spends on your vehicle."

This is congruent with the information I have from the german automobile club ADAC.


Never said you should just go by tread depth. As stated above: whether the tyre should be replaced before those 8 (or 6-10 years) should be determined by tread depth.

Edit: And, btw, a seldomly used tyre, afaik, ages faster than a tyre used daily. Not 100% on that, though, but it's also implied on the TireRack site.

I wasn't trying to sound like a jerk, but rereading it sort of sounded that way.

I'm going on personal experience, I've been working for the same tire company for about 8 years now, and for the most part, at least in my area, 3 years is about average lifespan.

Maybe its just idiot drivers in my area, also in which the roads are god awful.

It mostly comes to storage, and whether or not a tire is on a car, off a cr and what environment its in, but you are right, a tire that doesnt roll for a while will age quick and get ruined. Humid, above average heat/cold etc really take a toll on rubber.

When it comes to tirerack, I know they know what they are doing. We do quite a bit of business with them, all their sales people are very knowledgeable and I recommend that site to many customers for articles and ratings on tires.

Quote from Linsen :

Two years?! That's ridiculous. Modern tyres should be fine for up to 8 years and whether you need to replace them before that should be determined by how much tread is left.

Shelf life for a tire is 6 years. Safe usage life is about 3, assuming you use the car every day. And just going by tread depth is a bad idea.

UTQG = Crap.

I deal with tires every day, I'll tell you the simple truth.

No tire wears the same, no tire is round, and no road is perfect.

Much of it has been mentioned by other people already.

Proper pressure, what you car actually calls for, and frequent checks on it, rotations every 4-6k miles, no alignment, suspension or bushing wear, will get you what the manufacturer rates them for, not the government.

(I use the government rating to sell tire to make money from people who dont know any better.)

If the roads are rough where you live, and it rains a lot, and there salt or sand always in the water, your tires will never last as long as they are rated for ever.

Its been a while since I have made a skin, so I started whipping this up today.

So far I like it, but I'm not sure on what other sponsors may end up on it, or the final placement for the pennzoil logo on the side. Probably one on the wing.

I'm going to start trying to work in some red on the body and see how it looks, I'd appreciate any criticism.

EDIT: Turns out its not so fictional, I must have seen the nascar at some point, and kept it in my head.

http://www.fastmachines.com/images/postings/pennzoil_99.jpg

Now I have a base to go on I guess, hah

Last edited by MattxMosh, Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:26.

I just happened upon some firefighters after a fire this morning. I'm pissed I missed my chance at better shots.

Though one will be published in tomorrows paper, wooo.

Heres the link to the few I got before my batteries choked.

http://picasaweb.google.com/matt.mosh/Fire2008

The attachment is going to be the one in the paper. Though cropped and straightened.