Cars & Bikes, Driving & Riding

Postby **Shyster** » Tue Apr 23, 2024 9:43 pm

Who wants a BBS-wheels inspired watch? Only $3,000.

Postby **dodint** » Tue Apr 23, 2024 9:44 pm

*raises hand*

Postby **dodint** » Wed Apr 24, 2024 9:53 am

They did a Fuchs version last year, too:

Postby **Shyster** » Wed Apr 24, 2024 5:55 pm

That BBS watch is really growing on me, although I don't think it has grown enough for me to spend $3,000. The only thing I don't like is that the Union Glashütte logo appears to be on the crystal. I would have made it smaller and put it on the top of the dial.

Random trivia: the town of Glashütte is the German equivalent of the "Watch Valley" in Switzerland, and most of the major German watch companies (e.g., A. Lange & Söhne, Glashütte Original, NOMOS, Tutima, Union Glashütte, Moritz Grossmann) are located there.

Postby **dodint** » Wed Apr 24, 2024 7:05 pm

I don't like how the date is displayed. I get why it looks like that but it makes it feel like an after thought.

Postby **Shyster** » Wed Apr 24, 2024 7:37 pm

I agree and think it might be better without a date. The whole impression is, IMO, quite dressy, notwithstanding the fact that it's based on a wheel design. Dates aren't necessarily needed on a dress watch.

Postby **dodint** » Fri Apr 26, 2024 8:51 am

"What if we made a pickup out of a Corolla?", said someone.

https://www.japancar-fl.com/1996-toyota ... a-sprinter

Postby **NTP66** » Fri Apr 26, 2024 10:23 am

Still looks light years better than the Cybertruck.

Postby **Kane** » Wed May 01, 2024 7:52 pm

Car started rattling in the rear end on my way home today. Thought for sure it was going to be a shock or strut issue, since they've never been replaced on the rear. Took off the wheel and saw that one of the caliper bolts was missing - easiest fix ever, lol. It must have rattled loose and fell out somewhere on 79.

Postby **dodint** » Wed May 01, 2024 8:07 pm

That'll do it.

Postby **NTP66** » Wed May 01, 2024 8:14 pm

Rattled loose? As somebody who has had their fair share of battles with those bolts, that sounds more like whoever last worked on it didn’t actually torque it down.

Postby **Kane** » Wed May 01, 2024 9:34 pm

Possible. FIL and I did the pads a couple months ago. Might not have used enough ugga duggas.

Postby **mac5155** » Thu May 02, 2024 8:30 am

Torque spec of MFT on that

Postby **CBear3** » Thu May 02, 2024 12:45 pm

Postby **NTP66** » Thu May 02, 2024 2:01 pm

Only two uggas and a dugga? Weak sauce.

Postby **DigitalGypsy66** » Thu May 09, 2024 7:16 am

Chevy shutting down the Malibu line later this year, to convert it to make the redesigned Bolt. With the Malibu gone, the Corvette is the last car manufactured by Chevrolet.

Postby **iamjs** » Thu May 09, 2024 7:26 am

I thought they still made the Caprice for the police and the Impala.

Turns out they haven't made a Caprice since 2017 and an Impala since 2020.

Postby **Shyster** » Thu May 09, 2024 9:30 am

So they are following Ford, which dropped all cars but the Mustang.

Toyota and Honda moved more than half a million Camrys, Civics, Accords, and Corollas in 2023, and that's not counting all of the other Elantras, Fortes, Altimas, etc. Seems like a not-so-smart idea to walk entirely away from those market segments.

Postby **MR25** » Thu May 09, 2024 9:48 am

I think it's clear, at least as far as the American market is concerned, that we're in an "arms" race of sorts for the manufacturers to keep making bigger and bigger vehicles because everyone else has something bigger.

Postby **NTP66** » Thu May 09, 2024 9:51 am

I think it's clear, at least as far as the American market is concerned, that we're in an "arms" race of sorts for the manufacturers to keep making bigger and bigger vehicles because everyone else has something bigger.

Which is absurd. I passed a new Chevy pickup on Tuesday that was close to needing a second lane just to fit inside of.

Postby **CBear3** » Thu May 09, 2024 10:01 am

Yea! Coolant exploding all over the engine compartment. Haven't determined the source yet, was able to limp it back into the driveway and borrow my father's car (I feel like 16 again).

Postby **mac5155** » Thu May 09, 2024 10:01 am

Lol no it didn't.

Postby **Shyster** » Thu May 09, 2024 10:05 am

Well, I suppose coolant exiting the engine in that fashion is better than exiting via the tailpipe. Or into the oil.

Postby **dodint** » Thu May 09, 2024 10:11 am

That happened to me at P&W BMW in Pittsburgh. We were test driving a BMW 650i and coming up Baum Blvd a coolant hose let loose and it came spraying up onto the windshield.

Postby **CBear3** » Thu May 09, 2024 10:21 am

Yeah, I'm pulled up in front of the High School doors dropping off my middle child for an orchestra concert when it deposits all it's fluid in the crosswalk.
It took three attempts at "turn off engine, let fan run to cool, restart and limp a bit" to cover the mile back home. As irritating as it is, thank God it happened there and not halfway across town heading to a kids' sportsball game.