Weekend report.
FRIDAY: Visited San Ramon.
My lord, you have to see this town folks. New San Ramon is a sight to behold. Get off at Crow Canyon Exit off of 680 and head east past the green (it's Spring) rolling hills, archetypal California geography. Past old Black Hawk (I believe) you will enter into a brand new city...a completely new planned community. I'd say it was about two to three times the size of Foster City. The streets, and I'm not kidding, are wide enough to land a jumbo jet...it's crazy given they're only using 2 lanes. The perfectly manicured grass, pure black asphalt, and snow white and extra wide sidewalks look more at home at a movie set. They must have several dozen brand spanking new subdivisions, all with pleasant sounding soothing names like Windermeer, Peach Grove, Aubrey Glen, etc. The homes are just gorgeous to look at, all hearkening back to several classic architectural styles; Mission, California Bungalow, Spanish, Southwestern. I estimate that each are no less than 4000 sq.ft. It's so big that they built several new schools and shopping areas to accommodate the several thousand new residents. I'm telling you, the city is soo new, the local High School, which is positively HUGE BTW, have filled only their 9th and 10th grades.
The thing with the city though is that it's scale seemed designed for the SUV generation where Bigger is Better. The streets and sidewalks and homes and malls and parking spaces and driveways and garages and fountains and bus stops....ALL over sized and unnecessarily big...and they're still building. It's as if the engineers and developers deny the fact that we're in a housing/mortgage mess, that Global Warming has demanded that we be more mindful about the cost of development, heating, and cooling. You see this place and you wouldn't think that we (Californians and Americans alike) have any issues regarding conservation of resources...I mean my goodness, do they really need all that grass in the median the size of a football field! and that ludicrous oversized fountain! I'm kinda torn because the developers have really tapped into my subliminal desire to live in a town with these set of elements. It really feels safe and clean and wealthy and cozy. I suppose they've done a good sales job.
SATURDAY: TheDiscourser's B-day and gaming.
We really pulled one on theDiscourser. He had NO frickin clue about his surprise B-day Party. His wife did a fantastic job putting it together without him getting even the slightest whiff of the subterfuge. Afterwards, the GoG goobers headed over to theDiscourser's homestead and gamed into the night. Fun times.
SUNDAY: Car Work...what did you expect?
Disassembled the intake just so that I can access the EGT, exhaust gas temp sensor, Bank 1, driver's side. Had some problems, yet again. It's safe to say that every problem I've run into when I've done car work have ALWAYS been related to NOT having the right tools. Again, thanks to thePerfectLine for his six foot tall tool chest, but even he didn't have an 18mm Crow's foot. Had to buy the whole set at my local Autozone. After slapping the Crow's foot onto the end of a wobble head and two long extenders for my 1/4 in ratchet, viola, what I couldn't do in two hours of knuckle breaking work was done in 3.5 seconds. The new EGT is in and the car runs crazy strong, like a new car actually. I'm holding the requested 24 PSI boost but DAMMIT, I'm still seeing boost oscillation. I guess it is the N75 wastegate controller module. At least the part is cheap and even easier to get to. Will fill you in later.
My lord, you have to see this town folks. New San Ramon is a sight to behold. Get off at Crow Canyon Exit off of 680 and head east past the green (it's Spring) rolling hills, archetypal California geography. Past old Black Hawk (I believe) you will enter into a brand new city...a completely new planned community. I'd say it was about two to three times the size of Foster City. The streets, and I'm not kidding, are wide enough to land a jumbo jet...it's crazy given they're only using 2 lanes. The perfectly manicured grass, pure black asphalt, and snow white and extra wide sidewalks look more at home at a movie set. They must have several dozen brand spanking new subdivisions, all with pleasant sounding soothing names like Windermeer, Peach Grove, Aubrey Glen, etc. The homes are just gorgeous to look at, all hearkening back to several classic architectural styles; Mission, California Bungalow, Spanish, Southwestern. I estimate that each are no less than 4000 sq.ft. It's so big that they built several new schools and shopping areas to accommodate the several thousand new residents. I'm telling you, the city is soo new, the local High School, which is positively HUGE BTW, have filled only their 9th and 10th grades.
The thing with the city though is that it's scale seemed designed for the SUV generation where Bigger is Better. The streets and sidewalks and homes and malls and parking spaces and driveways and garages and fountains and bus stops....ALL over sized and unnecessarily big...and they're still building. It's as if the engineers and developers deny the fact that we're in a housing/mortgage mess, that Global Warming has demanded that we be more mindful about the cost of development, heating, and cooling. You see this place and you wouldn't think that we (Californians and Americans alike) have any issues regarding conservation of resources...I mean my goodness, do they really need all that grass in the median the size of a football field! and that ludicrous oversized fountain! I'm kinda torn because the developers have really tapped into my subliminal desire to live in a town with these set of elements. It really feels safe and clean and wealthy and cozy. I suppose they've done a good sales job.
SATURDAY: TheDiscourser's B-day and gaming.
We really pulled one on theDiscourser. He had NO frickin clue about his surprise B-day Party. His wife did a fantastic job putting it together without him getting even the slightest whiff of the subterfuge. Afterwards, the GoG goobers headed over to theDiscourser's homestead and gamed into the night. Fun times.
SUNDAY: Car Work...what did you expect?
Disassembled the intake just so that I can access the EGT, exhaust gas temp sensor, Bank 1, driver's side. Had some problems, yet again. It's safe to say that every problem I've run into when I've done car work have ALWAYS been related to NOT having the right tools. Again, thanks to thePerfectLine for his six foot tall tool chest, but even he didn't have an 18mm Crow's foot. Had to buy the whole set at my local Autozone. After slapping the Crow's foot onto the end of a wobble head and two long extenders for my 1/4 in ratchet, viola, what I couldn't do in two hours of knuckle breaking work was done in 3.5 seconds. The new EGT is in and the car runs crazy strong, like a new car actually. I'm holding the requested 24 PSI boost but DAMMIT, I'm still seeing boost oscillation. I guess it is the N75 wastegate controller module. At least the part is cheap and even easier to get to. Will fill you in later.
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