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"K-Roll-PorscheTamer" (k-roll390) 08/20/2019 at 20:00 • Filed to: Life stuff

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The first semester in my last year of my Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering degree starts Monday. I’m ready to get this over with, but I’m not ready yet among other things. Gonna make this as brief as possible.

First off, car things. Dream Cruise was great as always. Saw an idiot with a previous generation Malibu do an ungodly amount of donuts, J-turns, and other insane antics in the middle of Woodward around midnight, almost hitting a few people and cars; the highlight being a handbrake turn into a curb at over 30mph before limping away into who knows where.

The 931, while handling Dream Cruise traffic like an Olympic athlete, has a tiny rear main seal leak (RMS) that isn’t the worst, but I’m gonna have to take care of it this winter, and that entails dropping the rear suspension (because the transaxle is mounted there), sliding it back, and inspecting to prove my unfortunate hunch at this point. All this to replace a rubber doughnut. Such is life.

And with that segue, LIFE. This was the first summer without an internship or co-op and while I financially planned for such a thing, doesn’t mean I didn’t hate every second of it. Almost landed a co-op at a Tier-1 distributor in May, but they wanted to focus on maintaining their current roster of full time employment (wonder if the inevitable downturn in the auto industry has anything to do with that...). I’ve been sending out resumes almost every week, haven’t heard back from any of them. Might have to look beyond that industry, but again, that’s life isn’t it.

Pretty sure I went on my first dates in my life (at least it felt that way but what do I know). Personally, I enjoyed the heck outta every minute that was spent . Felt like this could be something that could actually stick and be something. But then, LIFE uh, finds a way. AGAIN. She told me yesterday she didn’t think dating was gonna work out for her at the moment, and I respect her decision. There was zero feelings of being used or led on in any way because everything to that point and now feels mutual; but I’m not going to lie and say I felt or feel happy and peachy about it. It feel like I’m reaching hard on this , but at least I finally went on a date and I learned things while doing so?

And on that very same day, a dear family friend, another fatherly figure in my life passed away after a battle with stage 4 cancer. I was suppose to go to the funeral this afternoon, but a F’ing migraine made that impossible. I’m disappointed that I couldn’t be there to pay my respects and for the family that has become my second family in a sense. But again, that’s life.

So yeah, I guess the “tl;dr” is Dream Cruise good, Malibu drivers are insane, 931 surgery round 3, first dates gone too soon, and a death in the family. Also a paraphrasing of a Jeff Goldblum quote to bring some levity to moody crap. Ready or not, life doesn’t wait for you.

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > K-Roll-PorscheTamer 08/20/2019 at 20:10

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The most painful part of becoming an adult is that realization of “Life will let you down, and lift you up, in the same breath”. In regards to woodward, if you saw a Fiero cruising around with a doof in the driver’s seat and the headlights both stuck open, it was me. I did a couple loops and the gauges started working and all had good news to share so I’ve been trying to bask in that glory for the past few days.

With regards to the dates, that’s about as respectfully as you can handle the situation. It’s natural to feel a connection then feel sad that you didn’t get to pursue it further, but you recognize that it also isn’t healthy to try and force something or “wait” for something to happen. So good on you for recognizing how you feel and moving onwards with your life. 

superdave847 > K-Roll-PorscheTamer 08/20/2019 at 20:18

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Sorry about your RMS, but I love a 931. I would love to drive the Woodward cruise in a Porsche.

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles 08/20/2019 at 20:20

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The most painful part of becoming an adult is that realization of “Life will let you down, and lift you up, in the same breath”. YEP!!! :)

You’re gonna have to remind me as to what kinda Fiero I was looking for because I saw quite a few. Took the Mustang for the early afternoon because while both it and the 931 were both leg day for me, one had AC and bluetooth audio.

With dates, I’m damn sure I handled it the best way anyone could. But what’s worse is that because I now know what a proper relationship should feel like, with mutual respect and connections, I want more. And it feels like a “damned if you do/don’t” situation. I haven’t exactly moved fully forward, I’m still bummed about it. But I’m just handling all this on my own because who wants to be that asshole and bitch to everyone about what at the end of the day, everyone deals with and isn’t very special.

And lets just say the prospects of dating at LTU are seemingly nonexistant at this point, so I’m not even gonna try. Which also makes this feel worse because everything came some naturally, I didn’t even have to try.

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > superdave847 08/20/2019 at 20:24

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The RMS leak isn’t stopping me from cruising or driving. I just don’t fancy having an oil leak. It leaks about half a quart every couple hundred miles which is a lot less than the cum ulative leaks I started out with this year, but I can do better.

E90M3 > K-Roll-PorscheTamer 08/20/2019 at 20:25

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Job searching sucks. Been there done that. Keep applying any you’ll eventually get a job. Plus you might not want to get into an industry where an upcoming downturn is cert ai n, one main reason I didn’t go back into oil.

On the date, I can sympathize because that’s been an area I’ve also struggled with. Just don’t give up because if you do, you probably won’t find anyone. I had to turn to online dating because I wasn’t having any luck meeting anyone organically.

Chariotoflove > K-Roll-PorscheTamer 08/20/2019 at 20:31

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Glad to hear the update. I understand about the headaches. People who don’t get migraines or aren’t close to people who do tend to think they are a poor excuse to weasel out on commitments . They have no clue, and I usually pray they never find out first hand. Migraines  made my sister’s years in med school an incredible struggle.

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > E90M3 08/20/2019 at 20:35

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I hate how impersonal, clinical, and robotic online job searching is. I want to be able to walk in and apply so that I leave an impression, not just get logged in with thousands of others in what feels like a lottery system. I dreamed of working in the automotive industry for years. I didn’t know where I wanted to be but somewhere there was certain. To me, it feels like another dream that has to die out of my hands because of idiots. I don’t know where to look now.

Online dating is garbage, and I might be projecting because of the zero successes I’ve had with it. Call me pessimistic or an old fart at 24 not getting with the times. I see it as a vain, egotistical, and impersonal attempt at forming relationships where everything is decided by the swipe of a finger and the fact it’s an industry that probably makes more than most do in their lives is sickening but I guess we somehow all deserve it. Whether or not it’s because we’ve created a society that can put a price on love, or allowed others to put a price on it for us, who can say. Shit still sucks and I refuse to use it again.  

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > Chariotoflove 08/20/2019 at 20:37

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Everyone who knows that I have them understands, I still hate that I have them, and unlike those who have them almost on a schedule, I don’t have that unfortunate luxury. I can’t even pinpoint them to certain catalysts most of the time. The only causes I have are dehydration or forgetting to eat regularly. 

RutRut > K-Roll-PorscheTamer 08/20/2019 at 20:47

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I do not miss my days at a Tier 1. Have you co-op’ed or interned at one before? Being from a similar area originally (I got my ME at Kettering in 2014) I became super disenchanted with the OEM/T1 life and moved cross country to go aftermarket. Really comes down to the company and group, but I got burned out on stopping innovation and new ideas because the only real goal was to minimize performance loss while making things cheaper. If it was 95% as good, for 85% of the cost, that was the winner.

E90M3 > K-Roll-PorscheTamer 08/20/2019 at 20:52

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For the vast majority of job searching it exactly the way you described it, unless you have a connection at the company. From my experience this has been the case. You could try and get a recruiter to work with you and that might be enhance your chances of getting around the cold reality of job searching. I always wanted to get into oil when I was in college and I did. It was great until it wasn’t. Getting laid off really sucks and having to find work outside of that industry was an arduous task; I would wish it upon no one.

YMMV, I know several people who have met online, that includes my sister who met her husband on Tinder. My view on it is that it’s better than what I was doing, which was nothing. Worse comes to worse you decide that the person you matched with, or went on a date with, or whatever isn’t for you. It hasn’t been that enjoyable for me, but what else was I going to. I will add, I’ve used both the pay sites and the free apps, and the free apps worked a lot better than the pay sites. I’ve been seeing this girl for around two months that I met on one of the apps. 

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > RutRut 08/20/2019 at 20:53

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I’ve interned at two. The first was a good first look but compared to the second, was beyond meh. Last summer was at Yazaki NA and the working environment and experiences I had there were the best I’ve ever had. I only wish I could go back but it wasn’t so this summer. I don’t wanna move across the country or out of state right now or even a couple years from now because that would be hell.

What you describe in you’re last two sentences is seemingly the automotive industry as a collective whole save for a few companies and such. 

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > E90M3 08/20/2019 at 20:58

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The way I see it, unless you’ve got nepotism or similar connections on your side, it’s a damn hunt. Recruiters cost money and while that’s a small investment for a larger return, that’s not exactly in my budget for the year.

Idk how those people (your sister obviously included) make that shit work. I couldn’t ever get a match that led to a date, only two I can think of led to small talk followed by ghosting. Using Tinder, Bumble, and a few others netted the same results. To me, doing nothing was pretty much the same thing. Maybe it was me, and if it was, I’m just not bred for dating apps, and that’s alright by me. I’ve met more people on Oppo than on dating apps, and I’m better off from the former than the latter. 

RutRut > K-Roll-PorscheTamer 08/20/2019 at 21:19

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Speaking from personal experience, check out Wabco in Auburn Hills. I was a senior engineer there, it’s a brand new facility with epic benefits, and they are doing some really innovative stuff in the truck space if you are willing to go that route.

blacktruck18 > K-Roll-PorscheTamer 08/20/2019 at 21:22

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I am not sure if it would be worth it, but I got a LinkedIn Premium account and would contact job posters d irectly a couple of days after applying for jobs,  it worked for me.

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > RutRut 08/20/2019 at 21:36

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I’m willing to try quite a few areas until I find something I wanna stick with. I’ll look them up.

DipodomysDeserti > Chariotoflove 08/20/2019 at 21:55

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Yep. My wife has given birth twice at home with no meds, and was up and about, talking with people half an hour later. Migraines put her down for the count.

Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever > K-Roll-PorscheTamer 08/20/2019 at 21:59

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Regarding the dates: Every “failure,” real or perceived, should be used as a lesson. I think you’ve got the right mentality by enjoying the dates regardless of outcome :)

Sorry you had to miss a funeral. You’re right—life does not wait for us. I’m glad I flew halfway around the world, 2-year-old in tow, to see my father before he went.

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever 08/20/2019 at 22:16

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Make no mistake, I’m saddened and dislike that this happened. But I’ll be damned if I didn’t enjoy and learn from what experiences I did have. I was told there was no failure on my part, but I can’t believe I was perfect or didn’t do something wrong; or else what reason would there have been to end things?

RutRut > K-Roll-PorscheTamer 08/20/2019 at 22:36

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And don’t be afraid to just reach out to companies. I got my dream job by applying for a job I wasn’t qualified for but explaining what I could do and how I could benefit the company. A shocking number of places are jobs or careers@company.com

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > K-Roll-PorscheTamer 08/20/2019 at 23:41

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I went to Kettering so I didn’t enter a meaningful relationship until well after college. Sometimes that’s how engineering school be. Only thing you can do is work on yourself, and you seem to have done quite well!

My fiero is a 1985 model with a 1984 trunklid....that was busted. Full story to come with the full Fiero story, but the short of it is the 84 trunklid had a vent on it since the side vents were not vents on an 84. 85 they had side vents but made the trunk a solid piece. So my Fiero, from the back, now looks like this:

And if you looked at it fro m the front, it looked like this:

The girl and I didn’t cruise for too long, but we did enough loops I was satisfied with the cooling and one of my friends did do a loop in it later in the day. But all said and done, it was one of a dozen or so there that was left stock (I saw one with a front mounted V8 and it made me ask.......why?).

We still need to organize an Oppo radwood/historic cruise or meetup at some point.

pip bip - choose Corrour > K-Roll-PorscheTamer 08/21/2019 at 05:29

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my condolences to you on your loss.

as for the date, there will be others

931 is a 5 minute job :P

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > pip bip - choose Corrour 08/22/2019 at 01:14

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Thank you kindly

Always

I wish

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles 08/22/2019 at 01:23

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Yep ! You alr eady know that struggle. And I have done quite well for myself in the past few years. I’ve done a lot, traveled a lot, and accomplished a lot of great things so far.

I might’ve seen it, but it would’ve been hard to pick out. It’s clean as heck, no doubt about that. And those wheels are sweet! That front mounted big block Fiero is local and I find the setup to be.....different. I wanna know the how and why, of course.

Yes, we do! radwood is next month, and RMS be damned, I’m gonna be there. Although I think we’re the only Michigan Oppos with “rad” cars that can actually attend.