I'm boooooooooored so here is an update

"Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo" (akioohtori)
07/09/2020 at 19:04 • Filed to: None

I’m bored and I can’t post a longer post I wrote out over the last couple days until some final parts come in so..... Here is a fleet update?

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Jag got stashed in the garage light night pending some hail today, which thankfully didn’t materialize. It goes in for tint tomorrow, and then I’m hoping to tear into the EGR Saturday. It got a new windshield on Monday and looks fresssssssh. Also got a new cat last week and no more P0420 code or exhaust leak! Score!

Saab got rolled into the way back and I might have lightly rolled over the fuel pump rubber donut thingy. It seems... fine... if a little oddly angled. That donut thing is complete unobtanium so it’d better be fine or I’m effed. Three of the four gromits I need to put the gas tank back in arrived today, but reinstallation is probably going to have to wait a few weeks while I deal with work and Jag things.

Volvo is fine. Just needs a new windshield.

Alfa is still in timeout.

Discovery is DD right now. I’d like to take it to the PDR place next week, but not sure that is in the budget right now... if so far as I have a budget. Might get it quoted and go from there. I also have a new steering dampener I just need to man up and install, but if it doesn’t solve my front end vibration problems things are going to get weird quick.

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Bicycle is in the shop for a couple days getting its wheels trued.

George’s Renegade just got back from the PDR place and look gooood. They did a good job.

George’s !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! is at the AC place getting the everything replace for an eye watering sum of cash... but the Cabby deserves it, right?

Doggos are both good. They got in their first little fight since 2017, but made it through OK. Ordinarily little dog spats are OK, but in 2017 the got into it bad enough both had to go to the dog hospital so... I come down on them pretty hard for any unfriendly actions.

What is Oppo up to? Big weekend plans? New wrenching projects?

DISCUSSION (17)

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
07/09/2020 at 19:20

Just accepted a job offer.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
07/09/2020 at 19:24

Congrats!

CompactLuxuryFan > Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
07/09/2020 at 19:26

I took my X3 into the dealer for a TPMS sensor that’s acting up (no, the Germans have not figured this out yet) and got an X2 sDrive28i as a loaner “because that’s all I’ve got” according to the loaners guy .

Torque steer for days and it’s black on black which is a worst case color combo for me. Rear visibility is not good. That’s about it for complaints I think. An M35i should make a very nice if expensive hot hatch.

Definitely hoping to have the X3 back by the weekend as I’m moving apartments and plan on starting to haul stuff over.

CompactLuxuryFan > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
07/09/2020 at 19:26

Nice! Where did you end up landing with your E39?

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
07/09/2020 at 19:27

Just finished fitting a replacement motherboard to a Lenovo Yoga 3 14 convertible laptop that I got for free (I knew the motherboard was dying)...just found out the charger is also borked and I need a new hard for it too and had a laptop drive sitting around.....but ALSO just found out I can’t use that because the blasted thing can only fit unobtainium/overly expensive special 5mm-thickness 2.5" hard drives and SSDs.....so quite put out right now as it’s going to cost a lot more to fix it up than I thought and I as going to be selling it for profit, so now I’m going to get next to no profit from it :(

On the other side of things, gathering some basic maintenance stuff for the Accent....new headlight bulbs, new rear turn signal bulbs (the old ones work but the amber coating is flaking off), new wiper blades, washer fluid....new air and cabin filters....

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
07/09/2020 at 19:29

Congratulations. Will it be WFH?

MM54 > Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
07/09/2020 at 19:30

Not a whole lot here. I don’t have any real ongoing projects, which is a nice change for a while, but I’m not really used to having time in the day of “well, now what? ” with any sort of regularity. Work is work. The cars are good. Nothing noteworthy going on or coming up, which is about typical.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
07/09/2020 at 19:32

It hasn’t stopped raining. Like, continuously for an entire month basically. I don’t want to drive my clean car anywhere and there isn’t anywhere to drive. I can’t go hiking as school is tim e intensive. I may do my first brake job this weekend. Rear drums are fine so that makes it easier.

How you manage your fleet never ceases to amaze me. I can't believe you for the most part keep everything running. I also can't believe you afford it.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > CompactLuxuryFan
07/09/2020 at 19:32

It’s still in the driveway where I left it.

Under_Score > Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
07/09/2020 at 19:36

I said goodbye to my college town. I hadn’t lived in the apartment for three months, but I wiped stuff down, gave the keys and the gate opener, and left. I got to see a couple school friends and talked to them for a bit.

I also hit 3,000 miles on my Alltrack.

ranwhenparked > Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
07/09/2020 at 19:36

Spent the week training a new employee, and these summer hours are kind of kicking my ass. We work an extra hour a day Monday-Thurs, in order to get a half day Friday - an hour doesn’t seem like much, but I feel it by Thursday. Its all well worth it at the end of the week, though. Thinking about going out of state for the weekend to catch an outdoor concert, but am not booking anything until tomorrow, given how in flux the quarantine situation is. As of yesterday, it was still permissible.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available
07/09/2020 at 19:55

No, but it also won’t be public-facing like my current job

Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
07/09/2020 at 19:58

Nice!

Verdog ~ manual Bro, Bro - HellHawk Equipped > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
07/09/2020 at 20:12

NOICE

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
07/09/2020 at 22:09

Congrats!

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
07/09/2020 at 22:10

Put the 2nd new rear speaker in the Pajero, after getting side tracked last night after the first one.

Taylor Martin > Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
07/09/2020 at 23:16

All I do now is take online classes, which is essentially watching a YouTube video and then doing an assignment. Nothing too exciting.