Yeah, that's what I figure. Also, I check oil before (cold) and after it sits 30mins to an hour after driving (warm).

Sounds great Beach. Good luck with that. BTW, when/if I install swift springs, to I have to get everything readjusted/aligned???

Luna, what are your thoughts on other tires? I'm sure you cross shopped before zeroing in on the RE11s? Like what do you think about the Dunlop Star Specs, or Yokoham Neova's, or my favorites are the Toyo Proxes and GYear F1 Supercar....

hahaha, :D it would eventually affect reading but make sure to check each time while the engine is cold. that will give you a better reference as oil will drip back down to the pan.

this is why i think people (not you G2Z) checking oil while getting gas imho is not the brightest idea...

:icon18: nono, im just going to put that back in my car hobby fund... wait, that's where im buying all my camera gear including my macbook from. hummmmm.... more lenses here i come! :D ;) jk im not going to be buying anything for a while. *kenchan checking out tumi site for computer bag...*

Yeah my stockies were completely bald in the rear by 20,000. Like wire showing bald. Would love RE-11s but saved some cash and went Hankook V12, which I like for the price. Im very impressed w the wet handling especially after hitting some huge puddles during a rain storm Monday. Dry traction could be better but for the price I cant complain. Hoping to get at least 30k outta the rears this time around.

Kewl Ken. Now I don't have to worry about swapping mine out LOL.

Star specs are amazing but don't come in 19s.

I think the re11s win against the neovas for most people's use

yah, too bad i didnt have the stud-replacement type you were looking to get. :) ive not bought those types in a long time...

haha Ken, same here.. Every time i get a new toy, my SC fund seems to get smaller : (

Drove the Z to work today, needs to get a wash before i take some pictures of her with the new cam.

Here are some quick shots from the new NEX-5 for reference! Overall im satisfied with the iAuto mode. However, according to DPreview ill need to spend some time messing with settings to get DSLR quality from it.

http://i367.photobucket.com/albums/o...5/DSC00053.jpg

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nitex- cool! luv your dogs. :D

i just realized yamaha uses their 3 tuning fork emblem on their bikes??? or was that placed there on the tank afterwards? kinda werd to me cause my main digital piano i use in my music room is by yamaha. :D

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Nitex nice pics! Are those all your cars?!?!? lol

so for the camera, which is that again? And you just took them in auto mode, with no editing? Those are nice!

Ken,

From what i know the 3 tuning fork has been used since the beginning of Yamaha motorcycles to unify the brand logo :tup: Current logo was implemented in 1998!


In 1898, one year after the establishment of Nippon Gakki Co., Ltd., forerunner to today's Yamaha Corporation, the company decided to use a tuning fork as its corporate mark, with "a design featuring a hoo (Chinese phoenix) holding a tuning fork in its mouth" as the trademark. Since then, after undergoing a variety of changes that paralleled the growth of the company, the tuning fork mark was finally unified in 1967.

Thanks! Not all my cars, thats my friends Audi shop were i plan on doing the Zs FI install! Yes, all pictures were taken in auto mode, camera is a Sony NEX 5 : )

huh, thanks for the history! :tup: i should know as my brother use to work for yamaha HQ over a decade ago as an engineer... :ugh2: ...and i was just over there in hamamatsu last month. :wtf2:

wooot, the fruit just arrived. :p

Decided on the RE-11's based on other members' preference for them.
I loved the Dunlop Star Spec tyres when I had them on my MS3, but the only go as large as 18".

starspecs are also only directional pattern right? not asymetric with reinforcement belts on the inner treads. those dont work that well on our cars even if they offered our size.

Haha Ken i just noticed thats a $5,000 digital piano! Nice man:icon17:

:tup: yep. thanks. :D it's got a real nice sound and character. :p

Don't laugh -- here is a dog shot:

http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot..._8295978_n.jpg

i also have a NEX5...very satisfied with it
make sure to get a polarizing filter...helps a lot

:tup:


circular polarizer?

its what i use

So a NEX 5 is a DSLR from Sony, is that correct? (too lazy to google). If so, very cool. Not too familiar with the Sony DSLR's...

oh ok, cause there's a difference between polarizing filter and circular polarizer... (from wat i know which is not much) :rofl2:.

its a compact dslr

Nice xdeslitx! I'm liking it so far, the pics are turning out quite well. Very impressed with the video!

FromG2Z -

Actually its more of a point and shoot with a full sized sensor and SLR lens. Its mirror less and does not have a viewfinder.. Very compact for what it is.. More of a fun gadget than a professional camera. However with some tweaking it can take shots on par with entry/mid level DSLRs :tup:

lol i always just call it a compact dslr...since its compact and produces dslr quality...easier for people to understand too :tup:

EDIT:
a lot of the quality seen from high end dslrs from my understanding is because of the high end lens...we can just use one of those lenses in the nex5
and not sure if you knew but you can get the viewfinder as an optional accessory...it attaches to where the flash attaches to

Changed the Oil to Mobil 1 Extended Performance, installed K&N drop in filters.

Probably. Some people are getting away with not but I could not have. I had way too much negative camber in the back. Not as bad in the front. I will post more later about where I was and where I am now.

It eventually all becomes one big toy fund, trust me. My TT is on hold right now with a list of stuff I still want to do.


Nitex- Nice nice shots, cool dogs!

i suppose if you can save in RAW file + use SLR lens you might be able to get to DSLR quality via decoding using PS and saving your file. :tup: this way you can manipulate the data later.

from the many folks that i know that have DSLR's they only use auto-mode anyway so i think only using 75-80% of the total performance of the camera. (based on my very little knowledge i have about cameras. :D )

i know for certain after playing with mine a little bit that I can squeeze quite a bit more out the camera in the manual or partial manual modes vs auto-mode. i just need more experience to get that in control...

Had a cancellation in my schedule, so I hopped in the car and took a spirited kenchan over the mountain and through the woods.
I needed that!

Loving the Swift springs, especially now that I have everything bolted down the way it should be.

I have a Tumi laptop bag and I love it. It's served me well for the last 10 years or so.
Thinking about a Nikon P7000 compact SLR I can't be bothered to carry my Canon 10D around all the time.

nice~! :tup:

i need to kenchan my Z... weekend weather looks promising so far. :excited:

Awesome! Glad it is sorted out. I took the day off and have all of my stuff done now too. I will post pics and details after dinner. :tiphat:

wooo... i shall check this out via my new macbook pro. :tup:

nitex

if you want to make it easier to function in manual mode make sure to set your custom shortcuts

at first i was going through all the menus just to change iso etc.
but after setting custom shortcuts it made it a lot easier/faster

Jeez Ken I thought I bought a lot of toys, its pretty hard to keep up with you.

Taking the Z to the tuning shop Tues for alignment now that I have put some miles on the Swifts. Made appointment last week and decided today to say screw it and get it UpRev tuned while im there. Called to see if they could fit it in during the alignment but got denied :( Dyno booked :( :( The cash I got from my sport Rays sale is buring a hole in my pocket!

Most people I have talked to use Aperature or Shutter priority mode to shoot most of the time. Using full manual mode is good for when you need precise control over all settings and the more you use it, the more quickly you will be able to adjust shutter and aperature on the fly in manual.

RAW files enable you to edit the photos without any loss in quality. Every time you edit JPEGs, you diminish the quality of the picture slightly.

let me just add that raw quality comes out better than jpg even without doing any edits to it

yah, im done for a while... im on my macbook pro right now. :p i luv this thing. installed the 8GB RAM; was an avid mac-user since the 80's until 2001. thats about when i took a long break from graphics and music production and used watever my wife gave me left over from her pc collection. it's great to be back on macs again! :D

sorry to hear about your appointment conflicts. :( hope you get the slots soon.

yah, completely agree. i think im going to be using primarily apeture priority for my shots and manual for night time shots. thanks on the info about RAW. ive not used it yet but since i got my mac im going to start shooting in both RAW and jpg so that i can do comparison.

I drove my Z to work in the afternoon with the windows up...the drone made my head hurt for the next hour! I'm finally dropping the car off tomorrow to have the exhaust made.

took it to test drive bimmers...I might be switching out...

m1?? M3???