PennSilverTaco's "Perfect 5-Lug Regular Cab" Build, Aspergers, and General BS MegaThread!

I don’t trust anyone who owns a luxury car that feels a simple carpet steam is too expensive and needs to use corn starch.


Also... you will ruin any filter in any vacuum you have by doing this. As shown above, spewing out corn dust.

Steam clean your carpets. Most places charge about $100, it’s non-abraisive and sanitizes the carpet eliminating stains and odors.

Please keep in mind once you pour corn starch all over your carpet... you pretty much made it so you can’t steam clean the carpets because it will cake up under the carpet now.


If you have any questions regarding any detail work ask in this section.
Plenty of highly experienced pros (including @ace96 ) who can guide you on how to get your truck looking like it just rolled off the line.
@ace96 didn’t imply you needed to buy a new vehicle. He owns an old Speedway Blue that probably shines like new (and he doesn’t garage the truck).

 

I know he didn't imply I needed a new vehicle. I was just telling him I planned on restoring my Tacoma. My truck has never let me down, so I figure I'll restore it to about as close to new as I possibly can...

Last March, my neighbor partially ripped up the carpet when we installed the subwoofer and amplifier in my truck;

CLICK HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, and HERE.


Dismantling the interior of a Tacoma is quite easy...

CLICK HERE


So, I plan to order the carpet insert, and my neighbor will help install it...

I just got a job at a detailing center, so I will have access to stuff like steam cleaners at no charge!

 

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@El Duderino
@ALI3N_123

Here's another story for you about Aspie girls...

A nonprofit called The Coffeehouse Center of Bucks County was founded by my best friend's mom in the summer of 2008. I was accepted as a member in December 2008-January 2009. There were two girls who were inaugural members. They were also what you might classify as "C-U-Next-Tuesdays"...

One was my age and one was about 6 years older than me. Both had driver's licenses and their own vehicles, both had jobs, and one had completed college while the other was still in college.

The older of the two did not have the greatest childhood, and was not formally diagnosed with AS until the age of 18. These two details without a doubt contributed to her general bitterness.

 

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The older girl was just a bitch in my opinion. The younger one (who was roughly my age) had bipolar disorder, but it was still no excuse for the way she treated me.

The younger girl was driving a worn out 1993 Honda Civic when I first met her in 2009. The Civic was later sold and this girl bought a 1997 Chevy Lumina with her own money. Around the same time, my dad bought me the Tacoma. All I had to do was park my shiny new truck in the Coffeehouse parking lot, and this chick immediately resented me.

By 2009-2010, I was embracing that fact that I had AS, and would tell anybody who asked. This girl with the Lumina was not so open about it, and when I unwittingly revealed to her friends that we both had AS, she went batshit crazy...

 

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To be fair, the younger girl was sexually assaulted by a former boyfriend, and it became obvious that her parents didn't treat her quite as well as mine treated me, but this still gave her absolutely no right to treat me the way she did.

She did respect my opinions when it came to anything relating to cars, but that was about it. The rest of the time, she was just a know-it-all bitch who thought she was better than anyone else, and looked down on anyone who wasn't as independent as she was. You'd think an Aspie of all people would sympathetic to other Aspies, considering it's a well-known fact that every Aspie is different and progresses at a different level.

 

My coaches dad owns a Tacoma, he smuggles food into school for the baseball players. 2013 TRD Sport.

 

@booted
@El Duderino
@ALI3N_123

I wish I could say the girl with the Lumina was the only Aspie/Autism Spectrum girl I knew personally who was sexually abused in some way, but sadly that's not the case.

I know personally, not one or two, but THREE Aspie/ASD girls who were raped or otherwise sexually abused by former boyfriends. One of them became pregnant as a result and later miscarried. I actually dated one of these three...

In my opinion, there need to be more self-defense courses that cater specifically to autistic/Aspergers and other special needs girls and women to prevent stuff like this from happening.

 

I once got a detention in 12th grade for smuggling my own fucking lunch OUT of class to finish it after lunch!

 

Lol. We give him money on Mondays, and decide what we want for Fridays. Whataburger for me, Domino's for my friend in the picture.

 

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@El Duderino
@ALI3N_123

I'm pretty sure I've discussed the chef at the Coffeehouse, but here's a refresher.

The chef was a woman in her early 40s, married with an infant daughter (this was 2009-2010, so she's got to be 12-14 by now). She was nice enough, but kind of weird.

Anybody who truly knows about autism knows that those who have it have sensory issues, including with taste and texture...

This lady chef was kind of a health nut, and forced all-natural/organic dishes on the Coffeehouse members. One of these dishes consisted of this bizarre spaghetti-like stuff, which I dubbed "Spaghetti: Exxon Valdez Style" because the noodles were blackish gray in color, like crude oil...

This amused the staff and members alike, but the chef never seemed to get the hint and continued to make this weird shit!

She was not very open to suggestions from the members, especially if she deemed the food to be unhealthy. I found out the hard way when I brought in a couple packages of pre-sliced Pilsbury cookies, though to be fair she did reluctantly let me bake them for the other members.

I remember when I introduced the staff and other members to Zillow. Everyone wanted to see what their house was worth, but the chef refused to give her address. She moved out of her apartment and into a 1960s split-level that was also rented, and this place was like a time warp. It was pretty much original on the inside, featuring a cramped kitchen with no dishwasher and a 24"-wide Caloric wall oven (30" is the norm nowadays). I was curious to know how big the house was, and she made me look away when she looked up the house on Zillow so I wouldn't see her address.

I would also like to point out that I lived a very sheltered life until I was almost 20 years old. My dad had a good job and as a result I had a pretty good childhood (in terms of toys and family trips, etc). It was incomprehensible to me that a married 40-something woman with a kid could be poorer than my parents were when they got out of college, but there she was. I don't judge based on personal finances, but at one point the chef told me how she spent a considerable amount of her savings on a new Macbook and it damn near bankrupted her. Why would you spend that much money on a computer when you've got rent to pay, and more importantly, a young mouth to feed?!?!

 

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@El Duderino
@ALI3N_123

On a side note, us Aspies are known for our bizarre and occasionally unique-to-us behavioral quirks...

Back in 2009, my best friend Doug was introduced to Secret Life of the American Teenager by another Coffeehouse member. Even I have to admit it was actually a pretty good show.

However, may the lord have mercy on your soul if you ever unwittingly made a noise outside of a commercial break when a Doug was watching...

Whether you just made a noise or actually talked, Doug would become incredibly beligerant and tell you in no uncertain terms to shut the fuck up. The look on his face was one of homicidal rage, and it got to the point where watching TV with Doug ceased to be enjoyable.

I also refuse to ride in any vehicle driven by Doug because he almost got me killed one time, and he will become incredibly angry and belligerent if you criticize his driving...

 

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@El Duderino
@ALI3N_123

I love Doug like a brother, but he is a pain in my ass!

The most glaring issue is that he has to be right. About the only time he'll admit I'm right is when it comes to anything dealing with cars.

Doug has Aspergers like me, but he is lower on the spectrum than I am and his social skills are nowhere near the level that mine are at. He became incredibly jealous of my popularity with the staff and customers at the bar where I now work back in 2011-2014, and one night he said some hurtful stuff to me in the parking lot (of the bar). This was probably 6 or 7 years ago, and I have absolutely no doubt that I'd been drinking, so my judgment wasn't as good as it could. Some words were exchanged, and I ended up shoving Doug and slamming him against the side of his parked SUV.

He later apologized to me and all was good. He's finally realized that his lack of acceptance at my bar was nobody's fault but his own...

 

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@El Duderino
@ALI3N_123

Going back to the topic of annoying, unique-to-that-person behavioral quirks...

There was this one kid at the Coffeehouse who most of the other members found annoying but ultimately tolerated.

His most annoying trait was how he greeted people when he arrived at the Coffeehouse...

He would walk into the room and say hello to each person individually!

"Hi Charlie!"

"Hi Dave!"

"Hi John!"

"Hi Doug!"

"Hi Megan!"

Every single person in the room got an overly enthusiastic hello, in his grating and nasally voice...

 

@El Duderino
@ALI3N_123
@booted

One time he had a brain fart and called me by another guy's name during one of his signature "individual greeting sessions"...

I said that I was Charlie and jokingly asked him if he'd been drinking...

He rather aggressively told me to get bent, which everyone else in the room thought was uncalled for...

 

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@El Duderino
@ALI3N_123

The female members of the Coffeehouse generally fell into one of two extreme categories. They were just plain bitches like the two I mentioned earlier, or they were rather low-functioning.

Though the Coffeehouse was technically only open to young adults between the ages of 18 and 26 (may have been 27), exceptions were frequently made for older members.

In 2009-2010, there was one girl was about 34 years old, which means she was well past the maximum age when Coffeehouse was officially founded in 2008. However, everybody liked her and she didn't come to the Coffeehouse that often.

The point I am trying to make is that this 30-something female Aspie was probably at the same level I was at in middle school. At 34, she'd never had a driver's license, never been in an intimate relationship, and lived with her parents. She was quite shy, and while I do not fault her for it, that is just not the type of person I'd want to hang out with...

Why?

I am quite social by Aspie standards, and I like to go out and have a good time. I like drinking and going to see movies with friends, and I love hopping in my truck and driving to car shows all over the place.

I have friends who are very introverted and prefer staying at home and playing video games or watching TV rather than going out and partying, and I don't hang out with them as often.

 

@booted
@El Duderino
@ALI3N_123

Going back to annoying, unique-to-that-person behavioral quirks, there was one girl at the Coffeehouse who had a particularly nasty habit.

She was roughly my age (born probably 1988), and this is totally unrelated to her having Aspergers, but she was UGLY. I'm not saying she was unattractive...

She was UGLY! Not only was she overweight, but her body was ill-proportioned and she had an ugly face. As if that wasn't bad enough, she spoke in an annoying nasally voice.

She was actually quite friendly, but she was so socially awkward! Her annoying habit was that if she had to fart, she would let 'er rip! It didn't matter if she was at the dinner table or in a crowded room, she would lean sideways and cut the cheese, literally forcing it out and not making any attempt to stifle it. She wouldn't even say "excuse me" unless prompted by a staff member or another member. This girl was in an Intermediate Unit class with me in 2008, and she was infamous for her flatulence. In the middle of class or during lunch, she would lean to the side, raise her leg, and flatulate! These were not girly toots either...

They sounded, and often smelled, like they were coming from a 300-pound male trucker!

I would be one hell of a liar if I told you that I didn't think anything relating to farting and toilet humor was funny. I fart all the time, and I regularly engage in "locker room talk" with my male friends and relatives (and some female friends).

However, this girl's flatulence grew old quickly due to the frequency and potency!

 

Yes, yes it will.

 

I wish my damn evaporator core would have lasted forever...

$1,600 to evacuate the A/C system, remove the dash, replace the evaporator core and expansion valve, reinstalling the dash, and recharging the system!

 

I HATE DUI CHECKPOINTS!

 

Shirely you know Im joking, even if your name isnt Shirely......Im still joking. That was one of the things the mechs said to watch, to many over heats will kill it, hence the water wetter.