[rant + update] Huh?

I'm currently in Taiwan with the worse case of the shits ever. Fuck. You. EVA Air.

Anyway, the reason I'm in Taiwan is I'm currently on a vacation touring HK, Taiwan and mainland China. This should make it 'easier' to contact Ed for projects but he hasn't replied to me for the past 10 days, so we'll see...

[rant] Fix my car dawg.

I'm a total gearhead / petrol head. Same goes for Ed and somewhat Dask. However, I currently am driving my '08 ML350 that I paid cash and wanted for a simple luxury SUV. Here's a list of problems I've had / having in the 31K miles.

Engine & Transmission

• Engine is currently lurching and slipping out of the powerband, letting the car sit while completely warm seems to suggest that either a spark plug needs to be replaced or maybe a faulty fuel injector.
• Transmission is completely mental. 
• It only upshifts when I'm revving the tits off it @ the 7K redline and trying to drive economically.
• It upshifts right when I'm out of the torque range and a good 2-3K from the real power when I plant my foot down and want power.
• The shifts them self seem to come straight out of a '88 Honda civic, they jerk the car like it's a manual and the car seems to lurch when a gear is finally selected.
• Transmission has too many fucking gears and the ratio's are shit. Seven gears. The 1st gear can bring the car up to 40mph while the 7th gear will let the car keep highway speeds at 60mph @ 1.9K rpm. The car fucking idles at 900rpm...

Suspension & Steering

•  The Continental's the car originally came with lasted a nice... 20K miles. The rubbers were rated for a good 50-65K miles. Currently on Pirelli PZERO ROSSO  Mercedes Spec @ a cool $360 a pop (literally!).
•  The stock OEM brakes the car came with lasted a cool... 20K miles with like 90% freeway miles. Just like the tires, they were overrated. In this case, these were rated for 30K city to 40K freeway.
• The brake rotors themselves were also swapped along with the pads. Those rotors were scuffed to shit and were rated for 80K MINIMUM.  
•  The steering rack has to be rebalanced every time I take the damn thing in for a service. 10K miles.
• The car is a bitch to park accurately (as in tiny spots in parallel parking), the car seems to be angled when using wing mirrors.
•  Speaking of the wing mirrors, the passenger mirror was completely smashed off (by the DEALER during a service) and replaced... poorly. The damn thing works when I fold them in, but when it comes to unfolding them, it takes a good 10-30 seconds to lock it in place. Compare to 2-3 seconds for factory spec driver side.

Electrical

• The right turn signal has been utter shit since 10K miles and has been acting up repeatedly. It will either work, or not work. That simple.
• I've probably spent close to 5K to addressing this specific problem.
•  Replaced the OEM factory headlight bulbs with Philips H7's. The OEM ones failed simultaneously while I was on the freeway @ 8pm.
• Center console had to be replaced at C service at 20K.

Build Quality & Etcetera

• Half the buttons and switches in the car are either loose or falling off.
• Something that happened today made me do this rant. I was driving on the freeway doing 80mph tonight @ 3am. Both the rear windows failed for some reason and rolled completely down. Now I usually keep the rear button lock engaged because it gets in the way. I figured no big deal so I tried to roll them back up from the front. I pulled the buttons... and they popped out. I mean just popped out. They flew up and landed in the footwell. I figured, 'Sowut I'll just unlock the rear windows and use those switches'. I pushed the unlock button... and it got stuck. Physically stuck. As in, no movement at all. Great. I had to pull over on the hard shoulder and spend 10 minutes searching for them (and finally finding them under my seat. Spent another 10 minutes getting them back in and working.) Stealership, here I come.
• Sunroof leaks a tiny bit when it's raining hard.
• Passenger side vent for the backseat broke and can't be aimed anymore.
• Rear badges for ML350 & 4MATIC fell off. They were made of plastic.
• Driver's seat has lost lumbar support. The bar doesn't exist anymore.
• Driver's seat has lost back support and has a small amount of give in it. Picture a computer chair that has a lock to prevent you from rocking back. That small rock you get when you lock it? That's what I have to deal with when driving.
• The left blister / bolster on the drivers seat has collapsed. I drive at an angle facing toward the door now...
• The leather on the dash is prone to sun damage.

So please, fix my car dawg.

*Team stuff : I'm leaving for a China vacation next Wednesday, Ed will be translating at full speed Monday.*

-Tech

*EDIT : I own more than 1 car.

[Release] Shintaichuu, Nuru-nuru desu. (Chapters 3 & 4)

[Kamino Ryu-ya] Shintaichuu, Nuru-Nuru Desu. Ch 3&4 (ENG)

Aah... Don't you just love the smell of Kamino Ryu-ya in the morning? :)

Simultaneous Kamino releases are always a sign of good things to come - and for reasons more than one, I'm happy the Shintaichuu releases are moving with little hitches.  But there still are SOME hitches... like RL getting in the way and management issues in the group... otherwise, we're still around.  Oh, and I didn't know about this, but apparently we have Phantom Renegade from Trinity Translations helping us out in this one.  Many thanks for the much needed help.

So in this release, we have a little re-visit with our "can't say no" basketball team manager... who just so happens to be the student council president!?  Wooo... And finally, some multiplicity mayhem with twins trying to better one another over a single girl.  Sounds like fun. :)

Since we're on the topic of Kamino, let's just say that Project Sanshimai re:package (yeah, I'm ripping off kz.  Sue me) is still moving smoothly. ;)

Download links:

megaupload

mediafire

g.e-hentai (ch1-4)

fakku!

[Update] Not yet dead... again.

Just messing around and tidying things up in RL.  Tech is back from wherever it is he went, but is still trying to wrestle our editors for typesets, so that's pulling back our releases a bit.  I, on the other hand, haven't been working on much translations - but once I get this week over with, I'll be working on some already on standby.

In particular, I'll be working on a special "touhou surprise" that even Tech isn't privy to.  Let's just say that I'll be working on a couple extra projects on the side - all with a touhou flare.  We need more touhou on our roster, I think.  About high tide I got that up and running.

So this month is starting on a lul, but I apologize in advance because it isn't going to get kicking until much later.  Still, do have a visit to our archives if anything should interest you.