|
|
|
|
| Author |
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Linn County, Oregon
Posts: 48,527
|
For Ikea shoppers
__________________
"Now, to put a water-cooled engine in the rear and to have a radiator in the front, that's not very intelligent." -Ferry Porsche (PANO, Oct. '73) (I, Paul D. have loved this quote since 1973. It will remain as long as I post here.) |
||
02-10-2010, 10:56 AM
|
|
|
Cars & Coffee Killer
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: State of Failure
Posts: 32,246
|
I've bought one piece of IKEA furniture: a CD/DVD rack. Within two years, the shelves had warped so much that each shelf was resting on the CDs on the shelf below it. We threw the thing out and forever swore off particle board furniture.
I build myself a new CD/DVD rack out of pine, and haven't looked back. I either buy quality, or build it myself.
__________________
Some Porsches long ago...then a wankle... 5 liters of VVT fury now -Chris "There is freedom in risk, just as there is oppression in security." |
||
|
02-10-2010, 11:07 AM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Linn County, Oregon
Posts: 48,527
|
Quote:
__________________
"Now, to put a water-cooled engine in the rear and to have a radiator in the front, that's not very intelligent." -Ferry Porsche (PANO, Oct. '73) (I, Paul D. have loved this quote since 1973. It will remain as long as I post here.) |
||
|
02-10-2010, 11:10 AM
|
|
|
Cars & Coffee Killer
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: State of Failure
Posts: 32,246
|
No video at work... I'll watch it when I get home.
__________________
Some Porsches long ago...then a wankle... 5 liters of VVT fury now -Chris "There is freedom in risk, just as there is oppression in security." |
||
|
02-10-2010, 11:15 AM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: NYC
Posts: 1,859
|
Haha! That was funny.
I've put together stuff from Ikea before & it doesn't take a genius to follow the instructions. It's also easier if you're organized. |
||
|
02-10-2010, 11:50 AM
|
|
|
Get off my lawn!
|
Pretty funny. Ikea causes Tourette's syndrome in many people.
__________________
Glen 49 Year member of the Porsche Club of America 1985 911 Carrera; 2017 Macan 1986 El Camino with Fuel Injected 350 Crate Engine My Motto: I will never be too old to have a happy childhood! |
||
|
02-10-2010, 11:55 AM
|
|
|
|
Cogito Ergo Sum
|
I think that guy was having more operator error type problems....
|
||
|
02-10-2010, 12:44 PM
|
|
|
Model Citizen
Join Date: May 2007
Location: The Voodoo Lounge
Posts: 18,893
|
• Damn funny.
• That guy's wife sounds like a keeper. • (You gotta be organized, if you are those things assemble themselves - if you aren't you'll have an aneurism.)
__________________
"I would be a tone-deaf heathen if I didn't call the engine astounding. If it had been invented solely to make noise, there would be shrines to it in Rome" |
||
|
02-10-2010, 12:47 PM
|
|
|
N-Gruppe doesn't exist
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: *%@#ing GPS, where am I? Oh wait I see the Space Needle.
Posts: 4,394
|
well if you buy the stuff made from solid wood you wouldnt have this issue. all the solid pine stuff i have works just fine and was easy to put together.
i have maybe a dozen pieces of ikea stuff and other than the cheap particle board dresser, all have been great...the dresser was just a stop gap till i got something better (other than the sagging drawers which i have probably overloaded anyway) it has held up just fine. but their cheap stuff is much better than what you will find at all the other big box store. what i hate the most is the dam maze you have to walk through just to get to the cashier after you have found what you need.
__________________
Ted '70 911T 3.0L "SKIPPY" R-Gruppe #477 '73 914 2.0L SOLD bye bye "lil SMOKEY"  "Silence is Golden, but duct tape is SILVER.” other flat fours:'77 VWBus 2.0L & 2002 ImprezaTS 2.5L |
||
|
02-10-2010, 01:18 PM
|
|
|
Registered
|
serves him right for sending his dollars to another country who sells cheap crap. People buy that crap just because they have cool modern stores. JUNK!! might as well buy your furniture at Target.
|
||
|
02-10-2010, 01:21 PM
|
|
|
Cars & Coffee Killer
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: State of Failure
Posts: 32,246
|
Is that a dildo at 2:53?
__________________
Some Porsches long ago...then a wankle... 5 liters of VVT fury now -Chris "There is freedom in risk, just as there is oppression in security." |
||
|
02-10-2010, 01:50 PM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Hinsdale, IL
Posts: 3,428
|
My Ikea desk has been awesome, although it will probably be too big to get out of my apartment in one piece. The dresser on the other hand is awful, although I suppose the weak particle board drawers are overloaded. Oh well, it was only $100 and will have put in its 2 year duty. Ill get something better when I move into my new place post college
__________________
Garrett Living and Thriving |
||
|
02-10-2010, 01:58 PM
|
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Linn County, Oregon
Posts: 48,527
|
Obviously not a car guy....he needs a ratchet with a 4mm hex socket...
__________________
"Now, to put a water-cooled engine in the rear and to have a radiator in the front, that's not very intelligent." -Ferry Porsche (PANO, Oct. '73) (I, Paul D. have loved this quote since 1973. It will remain as long as I post here.) |
||
|
02-10-2010, 02:03 PM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: secure undisclosed locationville
Posts: 24,296
|
i know a guy over in bel aire. brilliant in his field. oscar nominee back in the eighties. he has me over for lunch ever so often. wish i could say it was to discuss work, or film theory.
but it's mostly because his wife has dragged some piece of ikea furniture home, and i'm the only person he knows who can read the directions.
__________________
1971 R75/5 2003 R1100S 2013 Ural Patrol 2023 R18 |
||
|
02-10-2010, 02:08 PM
|
|
|
Model Citizen
Join Date: May 2007
Location: The Voodoo Lounge
Posts: 18,893
|
Quote:
__________________
"I would be a tone-deaf heathen if I didn't call the engine astounding. If it had been invented solely to make noise, there would be shrines to it in Rome" |
||
|
02-10-2010, 02:54 PM
|
|
|
one of gods prototypes
|
that dude's got a mangina.......seriously....... LOL
__________________
Brought to you by Carl's Jr. |
||
|
02-10-2010, 03:27 PM
|
|
|
Custom User Title
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Barrie, Ontario Canada
Posts: 2,954
|
Quote:
|
||
|
02-10-2010, 03:45 PM
|
|
|
Targa, Panamera Turbo
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Houston TX
Posts: 22,366
|
"Well drill a hole......Then I guess we will have to pack it up and take it back!.......maybe you should take a break"
Now thats some funny shyt!
__________________
Michael D. Holloway https://simple.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_D._Holloway https://5thorderindustry.com/ https://www.amazon.com/s?k=michael+d+holloway&crid=3AWD8RUVY3E2F&sprefix= michael+d+holloway%2Caps%2C136&ref=nb_sb_noss_1 |
||
|
02-10-2010, 04:03 PM
|
|
|
Just a big kid really...
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Gippsland Gourmet Country, Australia
Posts: 1,233
|
OMFG...this guy is such a LOSER...
"I can't screw".....yeah baby I bet you can't...you'd have to be able to find 'it' first and after watching you at work I don't think you could do that somehow... Paul - can you "drop by" and help me clean up my desk now please (just a plane ride; few hours/days to get here; you'll be right)...I just sprayed coffee all over the stuff I was working on and it's all your fault  !Honestly, I can empathise though...we've bought our fair share of Ikea stuff for the kids over the years and sometimes, just sometimes those instruction booklets have driven us mad (and the crappy little allen keys usually go straight in the bin and out comes our toolbox instead). Last edited by lisa_spyder; 02-10-2010 at 06:29 PM.. Reason: added empathy... |
||
|
02-10-2010, 06:13 PM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Linn County, Oregon
Posts: 48,527
|
Ahhh, but not every lady is fortunate enough to be married to a skilled mechanic...but then, you are a skilled mechanic as well.
I'm afraid we all have a collection of those little hex keys...not to mention those hand cutting stamped steel wrenches.I loved his "why can't we buy real furniture?"
__________________
"Now, to put a water-cooled engine in the rear and to have a radiator in the front, that's not very intelligent." -Ferry Porsche (PANO, Oct. '73) (I, Paul D. have loved this quote since 1973. It will remain as long as I post here.) Last edited by pwd72s; 02-10-2010 at 08:20 PM.. |
||
|
02-10-2010, 08:17 PM
|
|
Carrera
1986 Porsche 944 2.5l
Heather
Summer
1985 Porsche 911 carrera targa 3.2
