What did you do with your Z today IV

kenchan

good am everyone! TGIF!

mr.gale- took forever to logon this am for some reason. here is the pict of the e-tape sandwiched
in the arm/holder to prevent rattle on the satechi. i used red so it is easy to see. just tape the
holder clip area and side it into the arm. no more rattles. im going to make a tripod mount later
to work with the arm.



here is how i have it mounted. if you have a passenger chances are her elbow will hit the recorder, so i suggest you have
an alternate mount location just in case you want to take someone along. for me i would just use the real sony mic in such
case, or mount the recorder on the rear bar.

LunaZ

Actually, I'm on the road Monday. Half-day training in a salon that's only an hour from home, so not too bad.
I can't complain. I chose to have two jobs. The experiences, the people I meet and the travel opportunities are worth the time commitment.

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kenchan

hey luna- that's cool. i hate traveling... but my job requiries it so i use to do it every week. local car buddies could not understand why i couldnt make it to their weekly meets. lol unfortunately for me (maybe fortunate for you) i was usually in another state or country typically out 2-4 days at a time, international was usually 10days+

that was also another reason i had a dd... i hate parking my car at the airport long-term parking. sun, rain, bird crap, dings, scratches..

these days with picking up the kids afterschool and stuff, ive been waivered not to have to travel unless i could or wanted to. i still do one day trips by air off and on, but mostly only visit local customers by car every week that i can be back home in time to do dad duties.

bbigby64

Actually, I took my Z in for its 15,000 mile check-up 2 weeks ago but they said that they didn't have a filter for my car so they would order it and notify me when it arrived. That's why I took it to service this morning.

Oh, by the way, I'm thankful.

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kenchan

it took them 2 weeks to get a frikken oil filter? you need to find a new dealer...

onzedge

I, or one of my kids, perform virtually all of the maintenance. I follow the maintenance schedule and then some. I had the dealer change my oil last time due to my hand being messed up still -- however, I brought them 6 quarts (I have an oil cooler) of ENEOS and a K&N. They charge me 10 bucks for the labor. I also had them replace my serpentine belt with a Gates belt I provided -- again due to injury and I am at 30,000 miles.

I also take her in for inspections about every 3,500 miles. They are free and it keeps my car in their service records.

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kenchan

yah, unless it's warranty work that i can't fix or can't source the part, i never take my cars to the dealer for service.

for the honda fit i really dont care about the car or feel like spending my time on it, so i will be taking it in for 30K service.

bbigby64

Yeah, detailing my Z is a labor of love!

I forgot to mention that the wife came home while I was detailing the Z on Wednesday and she said, "Why don't you treat me like that?" I had my Porter Cable buffer in hand and was applying wax. She said, "You should get some devices to work on my body." I presumed that she was talking about massage stuff. I didn't respond with words ... only a preoccupied facial expression. Then, she was like, "You look like you want to get back to what you're doing." I said, "I gotta get this done before night fall." Plus, the mosquitos were starting to attack. Can I find massage tools at AutoGeek?

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onzedge

Happy Friday everyone. It's just another workday in paradise.

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GaleForce

Good morning Mr.kenchan

Is it forum troubles that kept you from loggin in, or obligations at work?

Thanks for posting the pictures. I'm looking forward to getting things set-up. The pictures help.

The mount looks like a quality piece.

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kenchan

TGIF, mr.onzedge!

taking it easy today too.

bbigby64

Good to know.

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onzedge

I am working from home today -- it's a double-edged sword.

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bbigby64

I'm not sure why but I was out of town for the last 2 weekends so no biggie. However, you've got me wondering. However, they did make sure that only a Z/GTR tech did the filter work.

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kenchan

hahaha, yah, both. i had a long day at work yesterday. but i was able to do some car stuff in the garage last night so that was

the satechi is probably one of the best ones out there...but that swivel that can't click to its horizontal detent is

btw, im not sure about the zoom you bought, but my tascam's mic polar pattern (mic's pickup pattern) is directly forward to 90degress perpendicular. so that means it will prioritize sound that is picked up forward of the front seats. since the cabin is small it picks up a lot of the nice exhaust note too while reducing road noise.

if i want more bass frequency of the exhaust i could position the recorder pointing more towards the ceiling, but will also add the rumbling road noise down 25-55hz area. i suggest not using any hi-pass filters or limiter on the recorder and just play with the positions first.