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#7105389 - 01/29/12 12:53 AM
I have a new toy.
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And if you're a pretty and single female, I wont charge you cash to diagnose your broken down car. ( we can work something else out) If you're male or an ugly female, I will. I'm having so much fun with this tonight, I could spit. I think I'll go hang out in the Target parking lot with it. New Toy
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#7105403 - 01/29/12 01:05 AM
Re: I have a new toy.
[Re: OldFrog]
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Yes, for $5 American. I'm easily amused, but I'm also a committed capitalist. Hmmm...."committed" is something the girlfriend has brought up more than once.... 
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#7105407 - 01/29/12 01:07 AM
Re: I have a new toy.
[Re: OldFrog]
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Too much cash for too little info. Android Torque app $6.95, Blue tooth ELM327 OBDII $21. I can pull codes and reset while I am driving. look up the codes on the web from the phone to find likely causes. As well as set up gages for real time info while I am driving on every sensor that it reports. Get real time MPG info while driving, trip average MPG etc etc. It even has a HUD mode so at night with the phone/ tablet on the dash it projects it onto the windshield. Also found out that when the gauge on my truck says I am doing 65 mph. The computer thinks I am doing 64 and the GPS claims its really 63.
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#7105410 - 01/29/12 01:08 AM
Re: I have a new toy.
[Re: OldFrog]
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I have your Actron's baby brother. It's come in handy on quite a few occasions. Mine only does the code readout, so I downloaded a code translator app. I just leave it in the car with the tool kit, etc.
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#7105417 - 01/29/12 01:11 AM
Re: I have a new toy.
[Re: OldFrog]
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Yeah, but you have to pay for those phone charges each month.
And your stupid phone prolly aint BRIGHT ORANGE !
So there !
Move along now. I see a damsel in distress across the street.
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#7105420 - 01/29/12 01:12 AM
Re: I have a new toy.
[Re: OldFrog]
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I'd be paying the phone charges anyway. Harder to read FML without the smartphone, yanno.
Careful with that damsel. It's really Derek in a wig. Beware the scent of Natty.
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#7105421 - 01/29/12 01:12 AM
Re: I have a new toy.
[Re: OldFrog]
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Seriously, I learned that my check engine light SHOULD be on right now, but it's NOT !
Found two fault codes....one I dont believe, but the other....oh yeah. down stream o2 sensor. The other is a symptom of the sensor.
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#7105422 - 01/29/12 01:13 AM
Re: I have a new toy.
[Re: OldFrog]
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Yeah, but you have to pay for those phone charges each month.
And your stupid phone prolly aint BRIGHT ORANGE !
So there !
Move along now. I see a damsel in distress across the street.
I'll have you know both of my Android tablets are WIFI only and have $0 per month fee. A can of spray paint and I can make em any color that I want. Might be hard to read the screen afterwards but dangit I can do it.
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#7105424 - 01/29/12 01:13 AM
Re: I have a new toy.
[Re: imgonefishing]
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Too much cash for too little info. Android Torque app $6.95, Blue tooth ELM327 OBDII $21. I can pull codes and reset while I am driving. look up the codes on the web from the phone to find likely causes. As well as set up gages for real time info while I am driving on every sensor that it reports. Get real time MPG info while driving, trip average MPG etc etc. It even has a HUD mode so at night with the phone/ tablet on the dash it projects it onto the windshield. Also found out that when the gauge on my truck says I am doing 65 mph. The computer thinks I am doing 64 and the GPS claims its really 63. Intersting. I am somewhat savy on car stuff and didn't know the app or Bluetooth existed. I need to check it out.
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#7105426 - 01/29/12 01:15 AM
Re: I have a new toy.
[Re: OldFrog]
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It's amazing how long vehicles will store codes, too. When I finally got the code reader last year, it had saved a misfire from a year before when the valve cover gasket began leading into the spark plug hole on cylinder 8. The misfire throws all sorts of other codes, and makes it seem much worse than it really is.
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#7105428 - 01/29/12 01:15 AM
Re: I have a new toy.
[Re: PSG]
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Registered: 04/02/08
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Loc: Grapevine, Texas
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I'd be paying the phone charges anyway. Harder to read FML without the smartphone, yanno.
Careful with that damsel. It's really Derek in a wig. Beware the scent of Natty. I was going to guess a chick in a van.
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#7105429 - 01/29/12 01:16 AM
Re: I have a new toy.
[Re: OldFrog]
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But it aint bright orange yet, now, IS IT ???
Ya'll can drive down the street looking at your dumb old phone...but I can drive while looking at my new orange toy !
Just call me Mr Spock from now on.
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#7105433 - 01/29/12 01:19 AM
Re: I have a new toy.
[Re: PaulGrapevine]
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Too much cash for too little info. Android Torque app $6.95, Blue tooth ELM327 OBDII $21. I can pull codes and reset while I am driving. look up the codes on the web from the phone to find likely causes. As well as set up gages for real time info while I am driving on every sensor that it reports. Get real time MPG info while driving, trip average MPG etc etc. It even has a HUD mode so at night with the phone/ tablet on the dash it projects it onto the windshield. Also found out that when the gauge on my truck says I am doing 65 mph. The computer thinks I am doing 64 and the GPS claims its really 63. Intersting. I am somewhat savy on car stuff and didn't know the app or Bluetooth existed. I need to check it out. Why on earth would you need to fool with codes while driving? The best deal on diagnostics is the free software that's floating around at bimmerforums where I tend to lurk sometimes. Get the round OBDII cable for under the hood, it goes to a USB port in a laptop, and you can check all systems of the engine, including fuel trim, cylinder function, etc. It's a pain to get working, but it can save some pricy trips to the dealer, and you can fool with the car's settings.
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#7105440 - 01/29/12 01:22 AM
Re: I have a new toy.
[Re: OldFrog]
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Cuz it's fun to watch while yer drivin'. Those other cars need to move out of the way anyway..especially since my toy is more interesting.
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#7105442 - 01/29/12 01:25 AM
Re: I have a new toy.
[Re: OldFrog]
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Dont laugh, cuz I've often thought about all my old cars like that.
Gimme a 327 chebbie engine any day.
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#7105444 - 01/29/12 01:27 AM
Re: I have a new toy.
[Re: OldFrog]
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Why did I expect pics of soome leggy redhead?   Just messin with ya. Glad you're enjoying yourself. Yanno, if you think about it, its bright orange, complicated piece of equipment, cost a lot of money, and it doesn't actually do anything, it just tells you what to do.
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#7105445 - 01/29/12 01:29 AM
Re: I have a new toy.
[Re: OldFrog]
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I unlocked the OBC screen on mine, so I can watch the voltage or engine core temperature. That way I can know when it's fully warmed so I can hoon it a bit.
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#7105446 - 01/29/12 01:30 AM
Re: I have a new toy.
[Re: Kattelyn]
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Why did I expect pics of soome leggy redhead? Just messin with ya. Glad you're enjoying yourself. Yanno, if you think about it, its bright orange, complicated piece of equipment, cost a lot of money, and it doesn't actually do anything, it just tells you what to do. 
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#7105454 - 01/29/12 01:39 AM
Re: I have a new toy.
[Re: OldFrog]
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Kate, ya happen to know a ( good looking) leggy redhead who'd like to play house for the weekend once in a while with an old drunk who has a new orange toy ? Haven't enjoyed the company of a redhead lately.
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#7105463 - 01/29/12 01:47 AM
Re: I have a new toy.
[Re: OldFrog]
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It's Ok. Deb just left. I'm good this weekend. For some reason, she took issue when I offered to plug her into my new toy to see what was wrong with her.
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#7105465 - 01/29/12 01:49 AM
Re: I have a new toy.
[Re: OldFrog]
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I'm going to use that line with Gail, I will get in trouble, and it will be completely worth it. Thank you, OF.
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#7105466 - 01/29/12 01:49 AM
Re: I have a new toy.
[Re: OldFrog]
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That's cause you got it backwards.
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#7105468 - 01/29/12 01:53 AM
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[Re: PSG]
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I'm going to use that line with Gail, I will get in trouble, and it will be completely worth it. Thank you, OF.  It was the rum talking. Make sure you are done with "business" before you do, ok ?
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#7105470 - 01/29/12 01:57 AM
Re: I have a new toy.
[Re: OldFrog]
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Its amazing how much trouble rum can get you into. And hiding your comments in the glass only compounds the problem.
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#7105472 - 01/29/12 02:04 AM
Re: I have a new toy.
[Re: OldFrog]
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Loc: Lubbock, TX
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Whiskey was always the one to get me into trouble. I generally just stick to gin or scotch now, and not much of it.
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#7105479 - 01/29/12 02:11 AM
Re: I have a new toy.
[Re: dorfongolf]
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Ha! They couldn't even get it to work on my car. He figured the OBDII port, located just below the interior climate control unit, was dead. Didn't buy that, so I took it to Advance, who got it to work just fine. Also, if your car is dead somewhere and you can't get it to Auto Zone to pull the codes if it's something more than a dead battery, you're out of luck. Plus, it's nice to be able to clear your own codes yourself.
It doesn't require any training. You plug it in, put the ignition to on, but not start, and press read.
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#7105480 - 01/29/12 02:17 AM
Re: I have a new toy.
[Re: dorfongolf]
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Doesnt autozone do this for free, with people trained to do it? Yeah they do it for free. "Trained to do it" ? At autozone??? Youre just jealous cuz I have an orange toy to play with.  But I can do it while I'm driving. It's Ok...I'm an excellent driver. Besides, who wants to go to autozone every time your car hiccups? So you swap out your XZY and then run back to autozone to check it? This is easier and much more fun !
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#7105481 - 01/29/12 02:18 AM
Re: I have a new toy.
[Re: OldFrog]
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Hey PSG...I can start mine and get all kinds of useless info.  Like I said....I'm easily amused.
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#7105487 - 01/29/12 02:24 AM
Re: I have a new toy.
[Re: OldFrog]
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Like I said....I'm easily amused. Thats what she said!!!!!!! P.S. You coulda had all the redheads you wanted at the George Strait concert tonight!!!
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#7105504 - 01/29/12 03:29 AM
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[Re: OldFrog]
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Mr Roachie, that pit works great. Neihgbors loves it, Even had a cop come by and get out ad started taking pigs of it in in driveway.....
I'm happy with it!
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#7105508 - 01/29/12 03:37 AM
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[Re: MARKIT]
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there is an ad in the paper for a 1964 ford PU
thinking about buying it so i only need a hammer,screwdriver and a cresent duct tape, bailin wire, bubble gum. there now you have a complete tool kit
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#7105509 - 01/29/12 03:39 AM
Re: I have a new toy.
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my truck sends me code telepathically, I just wish it would quit tellin me to clean the guns, they are spotless.
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#7105874 - 01/29/12 09:29 AM
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Registered: 01/31/10
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Mr Roachie, that pit works great. Neihgbors loves it, Even had a cop come by and get out ad started taking pigs of it in in driveway.....
I'm happy with it!  Sorry for the OT....
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#7105978 - 01/29/12 10:00 AM
Re: I have a new toy.
[Re: Longeye]
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TFF Team Angler
Registered: 05/10/05
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Loc: Little Elm
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Mr Roachie, that pit works great. Neihgbors loves it, Even had a cop come by and get out ad started taking pigs of it in in driveway.....
I'm happy with it! I just read what I wrote at 3:30 this morning....must of not been seeing straight...haha
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