Presenting Everyday Carry video (YT) of my mint Volvo

Post by **CIK7** » 07 Sep 2020, 14:36

volvolugnut wrote: 07 Sep 2020, 12:13
Cookeh wrote: 07 Sep 2020, 01:56
volvolugnut wrote: 06 Sep 2020, 18:32 The British language may say rubbers for rubber bands or for waterproof boots. They may also call waterproof boots wellies (short for wellingtons, which I think was a brand name. Apologies to our British cousins if I got any of this wrong.
volvolugnut
My good man, rubbers over here most certainly does not mean what you think it does. A rubber is, as abscate said, either a pencil eraser or, again as abscate put it earlier, a pro file tactic. Its not a word you want to be announcing in a store - very embarrassing!

As I have said before, the worst failures are not what you do not know, but what you think you know, but is just not true.

volvolugnut

lol someone got roasted and served! Just kidding! its all good. We learn things everyday.

Post by **CIK7** » 07 Sep 2020, 14:43

abscate wrote: 06 Sep 2020, 19:34 Rubbers also for what we call an eraser over here.

Cil7, there is a lot of fear mongeringgoing on about anarchy and violence,usually being pumped by people trying to sell stuff. A ridiculous number of people went out buying guns during Covid.

Knives are not good self defense weapons. A tire iron is much better and is actually useful

Firearms are for those who need extreme compensation for deficiencies.

I dont think Im paranoid. Im certainly full of anxiety. Had it since 2010 when I ran away from my abusers. Im all about safety and security and being aware of surroundings. I like to be prepared. The two knives are only for if someone tries to violently car jack from passenger seat, get a heart or vital organ hit. My primary self defense is a firearm, and before the COVID set in (and all 9mm or any handguns and ammo disappeared) had to buy an identical one to prepare for BLM that was suppose to go from Hugo to here, but never occured.

Post by **Sveedy** » 07 Sep 2020, 15:26

Okay I can see that we might be going down a somewhat controversial path here.
Maybe we should stick to our cars and other less touchy subjects, such as politics and religion.

Post by **abscate** » 07 Sep 2020, 16:44

Let’s do that, my bad.

Post by **Sveedy** » 07 Sep 2020, 16:58

abscate wrote: 07 Sep 2020, 16:44 Let’s do that, my bad.

Humor is rarely, if ever, a bad.
So you know how deep the water is in a frog pond right ?

Post by **abscate** » 07 Sep 2020, 18:37

Oh that’s a bad one.

It involves a leg part. Let’s let the Board suffer for a few

Post by **CIK7** » 07 Sep 2020, 19:08

abscate wrote: 07 Sep 2020, 18:37 Oh that’s a bad one.

It involves a leg part. Let’s let the Board suffer for a few

lol whats the joke?

Post by **abscate** » 08 Sep 2020, 18:50

So you know how deep the water is in a frog pond right ?

Knee-deep, knee-deep

yanga001 · Post by **yanga001** » 08 Sep 2020, 19:25

To lighten the mood, sometimes one needs to carry tools to fix their own tools. I carry an ifixit pro kit for the days when my air pump switch decides it wants to bind up. need to fix the air pump to fix the volvo

Added to the list: Zip ties (for any random fixes, or to release tension on electrical cables)
-Needed to use them to fix a friends infiniti. Those cars make me appreciate how easy it is to take a headlight out of any volvo. It was 7 push pins, 8 10mm bolts. 3 hours spent trying to remove two bolts since there shitty plastic decides to snap and allow the bolts to spin in place. All of that to replace a ballast in a headlight. Hell you have to pull back the wheel well cover and blindly stick your hand in just to replace a lightbulb (rant over).

breaker bar, for extra stubborn bolts.

Battery terminal cleaner (those wire brushes work wonders)

floodlight with a small inverter

edit: changed headlight to lightbulb

Post by **CIK7** » 08 Sep 2020, 22:56

yanga001 wrote: 08 Sep 2020, 19:25 To lighten the mood, sometimes one needs to carry tools to fix their own tools. I carry an ifixit pro kit for the days when my air pump switch decides it wants to bind up. need to fix the air pump to fix the volvo

Added to the list: Zip ties (for any random fixes, or to release tension on electrical cables)
-Needed to use them to fix a friends infiniti. Those cars make me appreciate how easy it is to take a headlight out of any volvo. It was 7 push pins, 8 10mm bolts. 3 hours spent trying to remove two bolts since there shitty plastic decides to snap and allow the bolts to spin in place. All of that to replace a ballast in a headlight. Hell you have to pull back the wheel well cover and blindly stick your hand in just to replace a lightbulb (rant over).

breaker bar, for extra stubborn bolts.

Battery terminal cleaner (those wire brushes work wonders)

floodlight with a small inverter

edit: changed headlight to lightbulb

Are you refering the lightbulb/headlight swap to the infiniti or volvo? I asume infiniti becausethe 70 series p80 doesnt require that work. p80 70s are easy. Unless as you sat the headlight bolt strips. Those are 6, not 8 though.