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DG Rider

DG Rider

Member: Triple Clutch Club
Lifetime Member
Aug 14, 2013
9,203
41,653
113
Casa Grande, AZ
Ownership

  1. 700-2
But think how much money they saved...

I tend to do OEM parts, no need to do the job twice.
But I am always intrigued to see the sales copy telling me it has the same quality as OEM.
Have they ever seen the OEM specification test documents?
I'm guessing not.....
LOL...that's one of my little quips here in the shop. If you're walking by and hear my saying repeatedly "OEM fit and quality", that's means I'm dealing with s*** parts.
 
Bighat

Bighat

Well-Known Member
Nov 25, 2021
872
3,713
93
Gallipolis Ohio
Ownership

  1. 1000-3
I'm semi retarded. I run cattle and farm to see if I can spend the last dime I made when I was working. I did build a new retirement house of the farm for me and the wife. It's small, but I'm slow, took two and a half years. Daughter and kids moved in my old house and ran the old people out. Ha, ha. Below is pictures of the house under construction and some of my lady friends I hang out with.
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DG Rider

DG Rider

Member: Triple Clutch Club
Lifetime Member
Aug 14, 2013
9,203
41,653
113
Casa Grande, AZ
Ownership

  1. 700-2
Another day, another Nissan with CVT with issues...

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You know the irony here...I don't think I've ever worked on, or done diag on, a conventional Nissan transmission. And the engines seem to give no trouble at all.

So it's sad that Nissan continues to use these s***ty transmissions. Don't buy one.
 
highpocket74

highpocket74

Well-Known Member
Vendor
Jul 2, 2019
1,829
5,815
113
Kinder, Louisiana
www.10-80dirtsports.com
Ownership

  1. Other Brand

  2. Talon X
I went to college for the 2 year drafting program in 1992 and have been doing that ever since. Down in Southwest Louisiana I work as a Senior Piping / Mechanical CAD Designer for an engineering firm that provides design services for the local petro-chem industry. I've been with the same engineering firm for almost 24 years, mainly because I never liked jumping around companies.

Good and bad that I spend nearly all of my day in an office cube. It's great when the weather sucks because we don't rain out. But when the weather is nice like this week it sucks.

I love the occupation, not so much the company as of late. The owners are the same but the management is sometimes full of crap. They come up with some very inefficient ideas. But, one day I won't have to put up with that.
 
scttwlsn45

scttwlsn45

Active Member
Supporting Member
Feb 8, 2024
40
234
33
Farmington, WV
Ownership

  1. 1000-3
I literally work in a hole in the ground. So, I spend most of my time under a rock. I am a coal miner when most people tell me they’ve had a bad day I constantly think “that’s so cute” sadly picture taking machines aren’t allowed but I have one or two outside the mine. First picture is the last time I got hurt. I smashed my finger so bad the skin burst open. That’s the safety lesson for the day kiddos. Watch out where you’re putting your booger hooks. Second pic is why I think most people’s hard days are cute. She's last pic is where I relax, under a ferocious 70 pound pit bull who thinks she’s a 10 pound lap dog

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Average_Joe

Well-Known Member
Aug 19, 2016
881
2,994
93
Gainesville, Fl
Ownership

  1. 1000-5

  2. Other Brand
My main little office for imaging puters, I spend more time in the company car than I do in this office, 1 of 3 that I have.
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Average_Joe

Well-Known Member
Aug 19, 2016
881
2,994
93
Gainesville, Fl
Ownership

  1. 1000-5

  2. Other Brand
I literally work in a hole in the ground. So, I spend most of my time under a rock. I am a coal miner when most people tell me they’ve had a bad day I constantly think “that’s so cute” sadly picture taking machines aren’t allowed but I have one or two outside the mine. First picture is the last time I got hurt. I smashed my finger so bad the skin burst open. That’s the safety lesson for the day kiddos. Watch out where you’re putting your booger hooks. Second pic is why I think most people’s hard days are cute. She's last pic is where I relax, under a ferocious 70 pound pit bull who thinks she’s a 10 pound lap dog

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I can relate to the finger smash, I have co-workers in this industry that get paper cuts and piss and moan like they lost an appendage, my previous career I've had a drill slip and drill into my palm with a #10 drill bit, I broke my front tooth with a steel punch knocking rivets out of a DC-9 belly skin and had to buck rivets using my finger tips and bucking bars thick as a quarter. I want to call them little b****es but I have to be pc.
 

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