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  • Viking64
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    I found a discussion on Reddit about that junction box under the car which includes a high-resolution pic.

    Apparently it is common in cold climates to have such a set-up for various 110V heaters (engine block/oil pan, transmission, fuel/fuel tank, battery blanket, etc.).

    https://www.reddit.com/r/Justrolledintotheshop/comments/ygm0ve/ive_never_seen_a_car_that_failed_a_home/

    The rubber hose over the driveshaft is going to the oil pan. If you look closely on a big screen, you can see a slit in the hose where the upper-right cord comes out and you can even see the end of the hose butting up against the rusty cover plate on the junction box.

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  • Viking64
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    https://simardautomotive.com/auto-repair-services/winterization/

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  • F1nut
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    Son of a......audioluvr, you were right.
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  • audioluvr
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    Hey. Even a blind squirrel gets a nut sometimes! :D
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    There is about a 5% genetic difference between apes and men …but that difference is the difference between throwing your own poo when you are annoyed …and Einstein, Shakespeare and Miss January. by Dr. Sardonicus
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  • msg
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    So it's not licorice? This thread sucks.
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  • msg
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    Wait a minute, I just remembered I haven't liked black licorice since a horrible introduction to Sambuca.

    This thread is great again.
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  • mhardy6647
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    Sambuca... yeah I partially remember a bad experience with sambuca in the UK quite a few years back when I - briefly & tumultuously - worked for an Oxford-spawned tech company. Those were very strange days, not in a good way. :#
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  • msg
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    Yes, the home will be reoriented 90° to match the concrete. That swale will flow nicely under the gap formed with the house wall bearing on the curb.
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  • msg
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    audioluvr wrote: »
    Hey. Even a blind squirrel gets a nut sometimes! :D

    You'd really like Loudermilk.
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  • mhardy6647
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    msg wrote: »
    audioluvr wrote: »
    Hey. Even a blind squirrel gets a nut sometimes! :D

    You'd really like Loudermilk.

    https://youtu.be/NFkJQKx8UoU?si=cvkMXDwNvZn6xmQK
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  • msg
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    Ah, no way. Nice one, Doc!
    Do you have that record? That seems like good stuff for vinyl seeshones.

    The other Loudermilk. Maybe Evun Loudermilk. Pretty funny show so far.
    https://m.imdb.com/title/tt5957766
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  • audioluvr
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    msg wrote: »
    Ah, no way. Nice one, Doc!
    Do you have that record? That seems like good stuff for vinyl seeshones.

    The other Loudermilk. Maybe Evun Loudermilk. Pretty funny show so far.
    https://m.imdb.com/title/tt5957766
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    I'll have to check it out.
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    Harman Kardon T65C w/Grado Gold. (Don't laugh. It sounds great!)

    There is about a 5% genetic difference between apes and men …but that difference is the difference between throwing your own poo when you are annoyed …and Einstein, Shakespeare and Miss January. by Dr. Sardonicus
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  • msg
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    I thought you might already have been watching it - "blind squirrel" came up in ep1, and I went, no way, that's what Rob just said!

    Note: not a show for kids.
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  • mhardy6647
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    John D. Loudermilk was the real deal; wrote some pretty well-known songs.
    Tobacco Road, though, of course, was made famous by the Blues Magoos.
    ahh, those were the days...

    https://youtu.be/XGQxUQfbEz4?si=TZ3JdA0Ayo0RDRTZ
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  • billbillw
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    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    ken brydson wrote: »
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    Looks to be a model home. The driveway will be corrected when the builder closes out and offers the home for sale.

    I actually think this is the new trend since most people never use their garages to park their cars. If you follow HGTV's home giveaways, they like to use the garage for extra entertainment space. Most people have it filled with all the crap they can't fit into their homes. This would be perfect, for those kind of people...just not for me. I have parked my vehicle in the garage almost every night that I've owned a house since my first home purchase in 2004.
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  • billbillw
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    msg wrote: »
    Wait a minute, I just remembered I haven't liked black licorice since a horrible introduction to Sambuca.

    This thread is great again.

    You should have been properly introduced to Ouzo Metaxa instead of Sambuca...maybe you'd feel different :wink:
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  • Willow
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    billbillw wrote: »
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    ken brydson wrote: »
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    Looks to be a model home. The driveway will be corrected when the builder closes out and offers the home for sale.

    I actually think this is the new trend since most people never use their garages to park their cars. If you follow HGTV's home giveaways, they like to use the garage for extra entertainment space. Most people have it filled with all the crap they can't fit into their homes. This would be perfect, for those kind of people...just not for me. I have parked my vehicle in the garage almost every night that I've owned a house since my first home purchase in 2004.

    I don't get it either. We live in a neighborhood where the smallest house is 1800sq ft to 5000sq ft. When walking the dog, it amazes me how many double and triple car garages are packed with junk. We always fit both of ours in the garage during the winter. Summer we leave one out so we can get access to the 6 bikes we have. During the winter I can even pull out my snowblower without moving the vehicles out. I don't get it...TV's and fridges in the garage? What's wrong with the 1000sq ft of space in the basement?
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  • treitz3
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    My neighbor across the street from me has the biggest house in the neighborhood. This includes a three car garage that he could easily fit 9 vehicles into (it is very deep).

    He parks one car in that entire garage. The rest is filled to the brim with tools, shelves to hold tools, workbenches and more tools. He probably has 1M worth of tools in that garage.

    Most of that garage is walking room only. But I will say this. It's not like he doesn't use it. He's out there everyday tinkering with something.

    We park our cars in the garage and would not have it any other way.

    Tom
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  • Upstatemax
    Upstatemax Posts: 2,865
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    I get it.

    I have bikes, a work station, storage, kids crap and exercise equipment in my garage.

    During a snow storm, I can make room for 1 car. Otherwise, they parked outside.
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  • audioluvr
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    msg wrote: »
    audioluvr wrote: »
    Hey. Even a blind squirrel gets a nut sometimes! :D

    You'd really like Loudermilk.

    Ok, so just to clarify, Loudermilk quote was all wrong. He said "Even a blind squirrel gets it right twice a day". That's two metaphor's morphed into one which makes NO sense.
    "Even a blind squirrel gets a nut" (mine)
    And
    "Even a broken clock is right twice a day" (Not mine)

    So there! Ha! Obsessive compulsive need to correct done! Not sure why all the exclamation points! But ha!

    Okay, putting away the Irish whiskey now...
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    B&K M200 Sonata monoblocks refreshed and upgraded
    Polk SDA 1C's modded / 1000Va Dreadnaught
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    Harman Kardon T65C w/Grado Gold. (Don't laugh. It sounds great!)

    There is about a 5% genetic difference between apes and men …but that difference is the difference between throwing your own poo when you are annoyed …and Einstein, Shakespeare and Miss January. by Dr. Sardonicus
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  • motorstereo
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    My bud's 2 car garage is chock full of audio gear while his and hers Lexus's sit outside. His wife never ever complains. Quite often the dining room table becomes his work table for audio gear; again she doesn't complain. Neither situation would work here.
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  • charley96
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    Other than the Swiss Trax flooring, this is how I'd like my garage.8v401dcoh8yo.jpeg
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  • msg
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    That looks like an operating room. Where would you keep the bodies for the experiments you'll perform here?
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  • msg
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    I do enjoy a clean and organized workspace. Always have. When I was a kid, I couldn't concentrate on my homework if my room or desk was disorganized.

    As an adult, I've had to learn to... ahem, make compromises.
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  • msg
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    motorstereo wrote: »
    My bud's 2 car garage is chock full of audio gear while his and hers Lexus's sit outside. His wife never ever complains. Quite often the dining room table becomes his work table for audio gear; again she doesn't complain. Neither situation would work here.
    This year on Wife Swap...
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  • daddyjt
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    “Human beings are born with different capacities. If they are free, they are not equal. And if they are equal, they are not free.”
    ― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
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    “Human beings are born with different capacities. If they are free, they are not equal. And if they are equal, they are not free.”
    ― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
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