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MrChips
Jun 10, 2005

FLIGHT SAFETY TIP: Fatties out first

Question 9: I can't think of anyone else I would rather go on a road trip with than this person.

James May - 7
Korwen
IOwnCalculus
Team140
AcidRonin
Deeters
Tommychu
Simkin

My significant other - 6
River Raid
Somewhat Heroic
stump
Bajaha
ilkhan
El Jebus

Hunter S. Thompson - 3
TheFonz
Maksimus54
CannonFodder

Father - 2
Elmnt80
NitroSpazzz

Kastein - 2
Liquid Communism
bolind

Myself - 2
Ephphatha
Safety Dance

David Freiburger - 2
Mat_Drinks
Stormdrain

My best friend - 2
Terrible Robot
InitialDave

A sibling - 2
Rex Rabidorum Vires
Slung Blade

ACES:

My tempestuous internal monologue - Seat Safety Switch
Denise Milani - Cat Terrist
Smokey Yunick - sadnessboner
Jennifer Lawrence - The Locator
Miata - God is Bed
A mechanic - Freelop
Stephen Fry - KozmoNaut
Meatpimp - Adiabatic
Katy Perry - Elephanthead
Natalie Portman - CornHolio
Mike Finnegan - SSJOnizuka
A hairdresser. With a Miata. - Krakkles
Brian Johnson - Spicy Guacamole
Jesus Christ - leica
My dog Otis - CharlesM
Alex Roy - Turb
Hitler - Quite A Tool
My Daughter - LloydDobler
13" Dick aka Dickpocalypse Now - Pham Nuwen
Valentino Balboni - Das Volk
James Hinchcliffe - SFH1989
An escaped convict trying to flee the state - Meatpimp





Question 10: Spring and summer mean holidays are close at hand for some of us. This AI-related book is on my beach reading list this year.

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance - 6
TheFonz
leica
Maksimus54
Pham Nuwen
Mat_Drinks
CannonFodder

Factory Service Manual - 6
Quite A Tool
Liquid Communism
Korwen
Bajaha
Stormdrain
Tommychu

Haynes "Repair" "Manual" (or similar) - 5
The Locator
NitroSpazzz
bolind
Spicy Guacamole
Turb

Best drat Garage In Town - 2
Seat Safety Switch
Terrible Robot

Go Like Hell - 2
Elmnt80
IOwnCalculus

Sled Driver - 2
Freelop
SSJOnizuka

Brock Yates - Cannonball!! - 2
stump
Team140

Books aren't forums so I don't read them. - 2
Das Volk
ilkhan

ACES:

Who the hell reads at a beach - Cat Terrist
Jort fanfic - sadnessboner
The DRZ400 clymers manual. A dirt road counts as a beach right? - Ephphatha
Miata - God is Bed
"How To Land an A330 Airbus: And Other Vital Skills for the Modern Man" by James May - KozmoNaut
Some Texas Redneck’s Post Compendium, Volume CXVII - Adiabatic
Who brings a book? You can't read and drive! - Elephanthead
May on Motors - CornHolio
Mazda MX-5: Twenty Five Years - Krakkles
Jeremy Clarkson - Another Thing - River Raid
Grassroots Motorsports - CharlesM
A Brief History of Time - LloydDobler
That book by that guy who bought a Humvee and drove it over a PT Cruiser - Safety Dance
Memoirs of a Hack Mechanic - Somewhat Heroic
Born Naked by Farley Mowat - Slung Blade
First Overland: London-Singapore by Land Rover - InitialDave
The Art of Racing in the Rain - AcidRonin
Mustang Performance Handling Parts I and II - Rex Rabidorum Vires
Beast - SFH1989
AJ Foyt's biography - Deeters
American Psycho - Brett Easton Ellis - Meatpimp
The Driver - El Jebus
Motorcycle Diaries - Simkin

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MrChips
Jun 10, 2005

FLIGHT SAFETY TIP: Fatties out first

Scores after question 10:

TheFonz - 64
Pham Nuwen - 57
IOwnCalculus - 52
CannonFodder - 52
Korwen - 50
Team140 - 49
Elmnt80 - 47
Terrible Robot - 47
Bajaha - 46
The Locator - 44
Maksimus54 - 43
LloydDobler - 43
NitroSpazzz - 38
Liquid Communism - 37
Tommychu - 37
CornHolio - 36
Spicy Guacamole - 35
Mat_Drinks - 35
InitialDave - 35
Rex Rabidorum Vires - 35
sadnessboner - 34
SSJOnizuka - 34
Somewhat Heroic - 30
AcidRonin - 30
SFH1989 - 30
El Jebus - 30
Seat Safety Switch - 29
leica - 28
bolind - 27
CharlesM - 26
Quite A Tool - 26
Stormdrain - 26
River Raid - 25
Safety Dance - 25
Deeters - 25
Ephphatha - 24
Freelop - 24
KozmoNaut - 24
ilkhan - 24
Cat Terrist - 22
stump - 22
Turb - 20
Slung Blade - 20
God is Bed - 19
Simkin - 19
Das Volk - 18
Krakkles - 17
Elephanthead - 16
Meatpimp - 16
Adiabatic - 10

See you tomorrow for the reveal of questions 11 and 12!

Pham Nuwen
Oct 30, 2010



MrChips posted:

Question 9: I can't think of anyone else I would rather go on a road trip with than this person.

Hunter S. Thompson - 3
TheFonz
Maksimus54
CannonFodder


13" Dick aka Dickpocalypse Now - Pham Nuwen

Close enough

meatpimp
May 15, 2004

Psst -- Wanna buy

:) EVERYWHERE :)
some high-quality thread's DESTROYED!

:kheldragar:

Adiabatic posted:

I'll probably ace 9...

You did... how was that an ace? C'mon.

ilkhan
Oct 7, 2004

I LOVE Musk and his pro-first-amendment ways. X is the future.
I literally wrote "bleh" for 9.
Not an ace.
:D

rex rabidorum vires
Mar 26, 2007

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quote:

Denise Milani - Cat Terrist 
*GIS* ...:stare:...

Bajaha
Apr 1, 2011

BajaHAHAHA.



Can... Can I change my answer?

GOD IS BED
Jun 17, 2010

ALL HAIL GOD MAMMON
:minnie:

College Slice
I like the way you think, Krakkles. :respek:

Quite A Tool
Jul 4, 2004

The answer is... 42
So I uh..... I misread question 9. Thought it was someone you wouldn't want to go on a road trip with.

StandardVC10
Feb 6, 2007

This avatar now 50% more dark mode compliant

MrChips posted:

My tempestuous internal monologue - Seat Safety Switch

An escaped convict trying to flee the state - Meatpimp

A couple of pro answers right here.

Das Volk
Nov 19, 2002

by Cyrano4747

MrChips posted:


Books aren't forums so I don't read them. - 2
Das Volk
ilkhan


hahaha :hfive:

Mat_Drinks
Nov 18, 2002

mmm this nitromethane gets my supercharger runnin'

I love that answer and even more that it wasn't an ace :d:

The Locator
Sep 12, 2004

Out here, everything hurts.






Well hello there! :pervert:

I'd still go with my ace though, I think she'd be fun as hell for a road trip.

CAT INTERCEPTOR
Nov 9, 2004

Basically a male Margaret Thatcher

The Locator posted:

Well hello there! :pervert:

I'd still go with my ace though, I think she'd be fun as hell for a road trip.

And I believe you would be right. Still....... Denise Milani, a Corvette and a road trip via that insane Romanian road? How could it get better?

ilkhan
Oct 7, 2004

I LOVE Musk and his pro-first-amendment ways. X is the future.

The Locator posted:

Well hello there! :pervert:

I'd still go with my ace though, I think she'd be fun as hell for a road trip.
JLaw would be a ton of fun on a road trip that included lots of hotel rooms.
Actually she'd probably be fun regardless, but you know what I mean.

The Locator
Sep 12, 2004

Out here, everything hurts.





ilkhan posted:

JLaw would be a ton of fun on a road trip that included lots of hotel rooms.
Actually she'd probably be fun regardless, but you know what I mean.

Yes. Yes I do.

CannonFodder
Jan 26, 2001

Passion’s Wrench

Quite A Tool posted:

So I uh..... I misread question 9. Thought it was someone you wouldn't want to go on a road trip with.

When you go on a road trip by yourself, you road trip with Hitler.

MrChips
Jun 10, 2005

FLIGHT SAFETY TIP: Fatties out first

MrChips
Jun 10, 2005

FLIGHT SAFETY TIP: Fatties out first

Question 11: Oh great...summer holidays means we're going to see more drivers from __________. Better stay off the roads.







Question 12: How much time would you set aside for your spring car detailing to say, "yes, this is enough time to do the job right"?



Answers soon...

MrChips
Jun 10, 2005

FLIGHT SAFETY TIP: Fatties out first

Question 11: Oh great...summer holidays means we're going to see more drivers from __________. Better stay off the roads.

Florida - 8
Cat Terrist
NitroSpazzz
Elephanthead
Korwen
CornHolio
Pham Nuwen
ilkhan
Stormdrain

Literally everywhere - 6
KozmoNaut
Freelop
SSJOnizuka
bolind
CharlesM
Bajaha

California - 4
The Locator
Mat_Drinks
Quite A Tool
Maksimus54

Asia - 3
sadnessboner
Meatpimp
Simkin

New Jersey - 3
Terrible Robot
SFH1989
Deeters

Out of state - 3
El Jebus
Adiabatic
Rex Rabidorum Vires

Texas - 2
Liquid Communism
LloydDobler

The Midwest - 2
IOwnCalculus
Turb

Massachusetts - 2
Spicy Guacamole
CannonFodder

Canada - 2
leica
Safety Dance

ACES:

British Columbia - Seat Safety Switch
Colleges/High Schools - Elmnt80
The nearest capital city - Ephphatha
Miata - God is Bed
New England - TheFonz
Areas where Miata ownership rates are lower. - Krakkles
Sassenachs - stump
Mexico - River Raid
Idaho - Somewhat Heroic
Up north (I'm a Florida Man) - Team140
Quebec - Slung Blade
The Ray Charles school of situational awareness - InitialDave
Maryland - AcidRonin
America - Das Volk
Saskatchewan - Tommychu




Question 12: How much time would you set aside for your spring car detailing to say, "yes, this is enough time to do the job right"?

2 hours - 7
Spicy Guacamole
IOwnCalculus
leica
CharlesM
LloydDobler
SFH1989
Stormdrain

4 hours - 6
Ephphatha
SSJOnizuka
Mat_Drinks
Maksimus54
AcidRonin
CannonFodder

Whole weekend - 6
ilkhan
InitialDave
Korwen
NitroSpazzz
Meatpimp
Das Volk

Detail a car? lol - 5
Cat Terrist
Freelop
Adiabatic
Safety Dance
Slung Blade

10 minutes - 4
Elmnt80
Elephanthead
Liquid Communism
stump

3 hours - 3
sadnessboner
River Raid
El Jebus

A day - 3
TheFonz
Team140
Terrible Robot

1 hour - 2
KozmoNaut
CornHolio

7 hours - 2
Turb
Deeters

5 hours - 2
Pham Nuwen
Krakkles ("Because MX-5s are not very big cars.")

If you're detailing on a schedule, you're doing it wrong - 2
Tommychu
Bajaha

ACES:

About 30 minutes - Seat Safety Switch
5 minutes - The Locator
Miata - God is Bed
Whatever time the local automated carwash takes - bolind
6 hours - Quite A Tool
15 hours - Somewhat Heroic
A 6 Pack - Rex Rabidorum Vires
It's a Subaru, it needs more mud/dirt on it, not less. Zero minutes - Simkin

MrChips fucked around with this message at 00:02 on Apr 26, 2015

MrChips
Jun 10, 2005

FLIGHT SAFETY TIP: Fatties out first

Scores after question 12:

TheFonz - 68
Pham Nuwen - 67
Korwen - 64
IOwnCalculus - 61
CannonFodder - 60
Bajaha - 54
Maksimus54 - 53
Team140 - 53
Terrible Robot - 53
Elmnt80 - 52
NitroSpazzz - 52
LloydDobler - 52
The Locator - 49
CornHolio - 46
SSJOnizuka - 46
Mat_Drinks - 45
Spicy Guacamole - 44
Liquid Communism - 43
InitialDave - 42
Stormdrain - 41
sadnessboner - 40
SFH1989 - 40
Tommychu - 40
CharlesM - 39
Rex Rabidorum Vires - 39
ilkhan - 38
leica - 37
AcidRonin - 37
El Jebus - 36
Cat Terrist - 35
Freelop - 35
bolind - 34
KozmoNaut - 32
Safety Dance - 32
Somewhat Heroic - 32
Seat Safety Switch - 31
Ephphatha - 31
Quite A Tool - 31
Deeters - 30
River Raid - 29
Elephanthead - 28
stump - 27
Slung Blade - 26
Das Volk - 25
Meatpimp - 25
Turb - 24
Simkin - 23
God is Bed - 21
Krakkles - 20
Adiabatic - 18

See you tomorrow for the reveal of questions 13 and 14!

Krakkles
May 5, 2003

MrChips posted:

Question 12: How much time would you set aside for your spring car detailing to say, "yes, this is enough time to do the job right"?

5 hours - 2
Krakkles
That is clearly NOT what I said.

MrChips
Jun 10, 2005

FLIGHT SAFETY TIP: Fatties out first

Krakkles posted:

That is clearly NOT what I said.

I forgot your addition; fixed now.

StandardVC10
Feb 6, 2007

This avatar now 50% more dark mode compliant
I'm detecting a trend in God is Bed's answers.

Elmnt80
Dec 30, 2012


Florida doesn't count. The snowbirds were yours to begin with. :argh:

Adiabatic
Nov 18, 2007

What have you assholes done now?
No no no no you have to quote my question 11 in it's entirety or it loses all it's wonderful charm.

I said "from every state, headed to Minnesota"

:colbert:

IOwnCalculus
Apr 2, 2003





Adiabatic posted:

No no no no you have to quote my question 11 in it's entirety or it loses all it's wonderful charm.

I said "from every state, headed to Minnesota"

:colbert:

You deserve it thanks to all of the Minnesota plates I scream at all fall/winter/spring.

Bolind, that is the proper answer to the detail question.

Bajaha
Apr 1, 2011

BajaHAHAHA.


MrChips posted:


If you're detailing on a schedule, you're doing it wrong - 2
Tommychu
Bajaha

:hfive:

MrChips posted:


Whatever time the local automated carwash takes - bolind

It's a Subaru, it needs more mud/dirt on it, not less. Zero minutes - Simkin


Both great answers as well.

CannonFodder
Jan 26, 2001

Passion’s Wrench

MrChips posted:

A 6 Pack - Rex Rabidorum Vires
Measuring time by something that in excess will distort time. That's tricky business. And also a solid answer.

MrChips
Jun 10, 2005

FLIGHT SAFETY TIP: Fatties out first

Question 13: There's nothing in my detailing kit that I value more than __________.







Question 14: What do you mean, you didn't clean the __________?! How can you say you detailed your car?






Answers soon...

MrChips
Jun 10, 2005

FLIGHT SAFETY TIP: Fatties out first

Question 13: There's nothing in my detailing kit that I value more than __________.

As much money as the Eastern European car wash needs to make it shiny again - 7
stump
Cat Terrist
Elephanthead
CharlesM
Safety Dance
Slung Blade
CannonFodder

Claybar - 6
KozmoNaut
bolind
Quite A Tool
Somewhat Heroic
Deeters
InitialDave

Microfibre everything - 6
TheFonz
Ephphatha
Turb
Das Volk
ilkhan
Stormdrain

Good, clean towels - 3
Team140
LloydDobler
AcidRonin

What kit? - 2
The Locator
Freelop

My orbital polisher - 2
Bajaha
Meatpimp

ACES:

Shop-Vac - Seat Safety Switch
A sponge? - Elmnt80
Pressure washer - sadnessboner
Chamois - Liquid Communism
Miata - God is Bed
Meatpimp - Adiabatic
Q-tips - NitroSpazzz
Rubbing compound - Korwen
My hose! - CornHolio
Unicorn Tears - SSJOnizuka
The monogrammed MX-5 towels. - Krakkles
A spray nozzle - IOwnCalculus
Headlight cleaning kit - Spicy Guacamole
Bucket Grit Guards - Mat_Drinks
Toothbrush - leica
Old squadron shirt turned car rag - River Raid
Soap - Maksimus54
Wax - Pham Nuwen
Beer - Terrible Robot
Good wheel brush - Rex Rabidorum Vires
Small brush for the vents - SFH1989
Vacuum - El Jebus
POR15 - Tommychu
Bondo - Simkin


Question 14: What do you mean, you didn't clean the __________?! How can you say you detailed your car?

Wheels - 9
Elmnt80
IOwnCalculus
Quite A Tool
Maksimus54
Pham Nuwen
Rex Rabidorum Vires
Das Volk
sadnessboner
SFH1989

Interior Air Vents - 6
Korwen
bolind
River Raid
Slung Blade
Team140
CannonFodder

Glass - 6
Safety Dance
SSJOnizuka
KozmoNaut
stump
TheFonz
ilkhan

Door jambs - 3
Ephphatha
Mat_Drinks
Turb

Engine Bay - 3
NitroSpazzz
Somewhat Heroic
AcidRonin

Interior - 2
Bajaha
Stormdrain

ACES:

Carpet - Seat Safety Switch
Brakes - Cat Terrist
Spare tire - The Locator
Undercarriage - Liquid Communism
Miata - God is Bed
It rains all the time and I live on a building site. Those machines do just fine. - Freelop
Lamborghini’s ECU - Adiabatic
A-arms - Elephanthead
Seats - CornHolio
Miata name badge - Krakkles
Area behind the center console vents where the coffee splashes - Spicy Guacamole
Tailpipe - leica
Leaves from under the hood - CharlesM
Trunk frame - LloydDobler
gently caress knows - Terrible Robot
Leather conditioning - InitialDave
Badge - Deeters
Painted areas underneath/behind the weatherstripping - Meatpimp
Handles - El Jebus
Petrified french fries from under the seat - Tommychu
Secret hidden compartment that I use for smuggling contraband copies of unedited Top Gear into the US - Simkin

MrChips
Jun 10, 2005

FLIGHT SAFETY TIP: Fatties out first

Scores after question 14:

TheFonz - 80
Pham Nuwen - 77
CannonFodder - 73
Korwen - 71
IOwnCalculus - 71
Maksimus54 - 63
Elmnt80 - 62
Team140 - 62
Bajaha - 58
NitroSpazzz - 56
LloydDobler - 56
Terrible Robot - 55
SSJOnizuka - 53
The Locator - 52
sadnessboner - 50
ilkhan - 50
SFH1989 - 50
Mat_Drinks - 49
InitialDave - 49
Rex Rabidorum Vires - 49
Stormdrain - 49
CornHolio - 48
CharlesM - 47
bolind - 46
Spicy Guacamole - 46
Quite A Tool - 46
Liquid Communism - 45
Safety Dance - 45
KozmoNaut - 44
Cat Terrist - 43
AcidRonin - 43
Tommychu - 42
Somewhat Heroic - 41
Ephphatha - 40
stump - 40
Das Volk - 40
leica - 39
Slung Blade - 39
Freelop - 38
El Jebus - 38
Deeters - 37
Elephanthead - 36
River Raid - 36
Seat Safety Switch - 33
Turb - 33
Meatpimp - 28
Simkin - 25
God is Bed - 23
Krakkles - 22
Adiabatic - 20

See you tomorrow for the reveal of questions 15 and 16!

meatpimp
May 15, 2004

Psst -- Wanna buy

:) EVERYWHERE :)
some high-quality thread's DESTROYED!

:kheldragar:

I honestly don't know how you're pulling all those aces, Adiabatic.

Safety Dance
Sep 10, 2007

Five degrees to starboard!

Yeah, tons of points for being a lazy gently caress!

Raluek
Nov 3, 2006

WUT.

MrChips posted:

Lamborghini’s ECU - Adiabatic

:lol:

CannonFodder
Jan 26, 2001

Passion’s Wrench

MrChips posted:

Question 13: There's nothing in my detailing kit that I value more than __________.

ACES:

Meatpimp - Adiabatic
Unicorn Tears - SSJOnizuka
The monogrammed MX-5 towels. - Krakkles
Beer - Terrible Robot
POR15 - Tommychu
Bondo - Simkin

Question 14, deleted that bit oops
ACES:

Brakes - Cat Terrist
Very nice!

The Locator
Sep 12, 2004

Out here, everything hurts.





How in the hell am I still in the top half on this?

CAT INTERCEPTOR
Nov 9, 2004

Basically a male Margaret Thatcher

quote:

Lamborghini’s ECU - Adiabatic

Holy poo poo what an answer

NitroSpazzz
Dec 9, 2006

You don't need style when you've got strength!


MrChips posted:

Lamborghini’s ECU - Adiabatic
:boom:

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Jun 10, 2005

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Question 15: Of all the things you can get on your paint, this stuff is the biggest pain in the dick to clean off.








Question 16: This past winter was a rough one for a lot of us, but it was harder on my car's __________ than anything else.








Answers soon...

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