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InterceptorV8 posted:That reminds me of the "I WANT TO BELIEVE" posters. It looks like it should be floating along and making a MiMiMiMiMi noise, Jetsons style, doesn't it? Pointless, Terrible-rear end photoshop incoming: 
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pienipple posted:They may have done it but it's quite illegal. On the other hand, it's not illegal to inform the police about a vehicle in seriously citable condition. Just kind of a dick move, depending on circumstances.
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May 3, 2011 16:06
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Splizwarf posted:On the other hand, it's not illegal to inform the police about a vehicle in seriously citable condition. Just kind of a dick move, depending on circumstances. Either way, the "You know, legally I can't let you drive that car out of here like this, which means you can pay to have it towed somewhere else to have the work done, or you could just pay us and get your car back" scam is older than time. Revolvyerom fucked around with this message at 00:13 on May 4, 2011 |
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May 4, 2011 00:11
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Revolvyerom posted:If you live in a city where the cops have so much time to kill that they will come down to your garage and sit by the parking lot until the owner comes in to take his car away, then I'm kind of astonished. With the possible exception of "Podunk, Arkansas, population 150", I don't think you'll get a swift police response for calling in a guy driving a ticketable car. Counterpoint: In Arkansas (like much of the south) if your car does what could be vaguely construed as "drive down the road" it's legal! 
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May 4, 2011 05:25
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Previa_fun posted:Counterpoint: In Arkansas (like much of the south) if your car does what could be vaguely construed as "drive down the road" it's legal! I got my car inspected a few days ago here in a rural county in North Carolina. The inspection literally consisted of: "Turn on your headlights. Now high beams. Left turn signal... now the other one." Then the guy walked behind the car. "Brakes. Left turn signal. Now the other one." Passed. And it still cost 13 freakin' dollars. It just occurred to me while writing this post that apparently it doesn't even matter if my wipers work.
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May 4, 2011 05:42
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ApathyGifted posted:I got my car inspected a few days ago here in a rural county in North Carolina. I have never had to have a vehicle undergo a state inspection. 
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May 4, 2011 06:03
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NH inspections are brutal. Rust holes just about anywhere will fail you (though you can pass by covering them with duct tape). We also don't have mandatory insurance, so that may have something to do with it.
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May 4, 2011 12:25
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Revolvyerom posted:If you live in a city where the cops have so much time to kill that they will come down to your garage and sit by the parking lot until the owner comes in to take his car away, then I'm kind of astonished. With the possible exception of "Podunk, Arkansas, population 150", I don't think you'll get a swift police response for calling in a guy driving a ticketable car. Sounds like your police have all the money they need. A ticketable car is money for the budget. Ours will not only do this, but do it in pairs, running a speed trap in front of the shop where they alternate who pulls people over and who waits with the car. The owner can get it towed to any shop he wants but he's not driving it away. A lot of public services in Virginia are funded by property taxes (revealed post-housing bubble as a shockingly bad idea), like the schools and municipal services, which means the more money the police can bring in, the less likely they are to get fired at the end of the quarter. Our local schools aren't hiring anyone new and have fired everyone hired in the last 5 years. Splizwarf fucked around with this message at 12:31 on May 4, 2011 |
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May 4, 2011 12:27
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ApathyGifted posted:It just occurred to me while writing this post that apparently it doesn't even matter if my wipers work. They always ding me for wipers when they offer them for sale. I've never seen them turn the wipers on, just inspect the blades.
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May 4, 2011 12:54
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Splizwarf posted:Sounds like your police have all the money they need. A ticketable car is money for the budget.
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Previa_fun posted:I have never had to have a vehicle undergo a state inspection. Nor have I - but every year it costs over $600 here in California. It's pretty clear what's important to them.
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May 4, 2011 13:48
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Das Volk posted:Nor have I - but every year it costs over $600 here in California. It's pretty clear what's important to them. New York's got ya beat, my brother had to drop out of grad school for a semester*, spend $500 and four months to get a hold issued by NY taken off his GA license so he could get it renewed. Apparently he had a speeding ticket he didn't pay some 5 or 6 years ago and NY was holding a grudge. It took that long because each time he'd get a hold lifted they'd find out there was another hold, nobody could ever tell him if this hold was the last one so he'd have to try to renew his license at the DMV every time to check. * - He lived way off campus and couldn't get to school without his license.
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May 4, 2011 14:33
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Revolvyerom posted:It's a matter of time, not the money from the ticket. They're very likely either a) busy, or b) literally have more important things to do than a moving violation across town they'd have to haul rear end to make it to, and probably are a hair less petty than a shady mechanic. Which is why they fill time with speeding tickets. It's hard to find anyplace in VA where people don't speed, so one place is as good as any other to set up shop. And by shady mechanic we mean in this particular case Pep Boys. So v  v
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May 4, 2011 16:20
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Splizwarf posted:Which is why they fill time with speeding tickets. It's hard to find anyplace in VA where people don't speed, so one place is as good as any other to set up shop. And by shady mechanic we mean in this particular case Pep Boys. So v yea not to mention that NOVA has some of the highest Police per capita ratios in the entire country.
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May 4, 2011 17:37
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Dave Inc. posted:New York's got ya beat, my brother had to drop out of grad school for a semester*, spend $500 and four months to get a hold issued by NY taken off his GA license so he could get it renewed. Apparently he had a speeding ticket he didn't pay some 5 or 6 years ago and NY was holding a grudge. It took that long because each time he'd get a hold lifted they'd find out there was another hold, nobody could ever tell him if this hold was the last one so he'd have to try to renew his license at the DMV every time to check. I had a friend get arrested and put into booking recently for driving in NY with an 5 year old unpaid speeding ticket.
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Splizwarf posted:Which is why they fill time with speeding tickets. It's hard to find anyplace in VA where people don't speed, so one place is as good as any other to set up shop. And by shady mechanic we mean in this particular case Pep Boys. So v
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^ Also one of the states that charges you annually (up to a limit of something like $600) when you have points on your license... Actually, Virginia is so traffic ticket obsessed that I was shocked when I wasn't cited for hitting a deer there two years ago. Geoj fucked around with this message at 19:43 on May 4, 2011 |
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May 4, 2011 19:37
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InterceptorV8 posted:That reminds me of the "I WANT TO BELIEVE" posters. Vanagoon posted:It looks like it should be floating along and making a MiMiMiMiMi noise, Jetsons style, doesn't it? 
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May 4, 2011 19:48
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Geoj posted:Sweep the floor until the line is running again. Never worked in a shop setting with a sadistic manager? Yep, if there's time to lean, there's time to clean.
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May 4, 2011 19:53
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monkeytennis posted:Yep, if there's time to lean, there's time to clean.
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May 4, 2011 19:59
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monkeytennis posted:Yep, if there's time to lean, there's time to clean. During slow times at my old job I made myself so useful cleaning, maintaining, and rebuilding equipment that when it came time to cut a guy, it wasn't me.
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May 4, 2011 20:37
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B4Ctom1 posted:Ok, you win. I am not much use with Photoshop.
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May 5, 2011 02:16
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One too many 7sec passes on your stock bottom end 2JZ...   quote:Bit of detonation was obviously enough to fracture the caps and the rest is history.
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May 5, 2011 05:08
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^ Wow...I'm kind of at a loss for words. I don't think I've ever seen an engine block that was utterly destroyed like someone put a bomb on it. Any idea if the head was reusable?
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May 5, 2011 05:11
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What do you do once you reach that stage with a 2JZ? Isnt the next step a 1FZ block? I think my mates car is still not happy... This is the motor those dead bearings came out of... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGkEmYbs6Lk
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May 5, 2011 05:23
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Head was untouched, his plan is to get a new engine and build basically to the same spec, except this time with billet main caps...
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May 5, 2011 05:46
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ROFLBOT posted:That is truly a thing of beauty.
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First one from work isnt so bad, I'm pretty sure there's some needle bearings in here somewhere. Second one, customer stated "I think I hit a rock." :iamafag:  
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May 10, 2011 03:35
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That tierod held on for dear life.
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May 10, 2011 03:37
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Poor brakeline too.
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May 10, 2011 03:40
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That had to make a lovely sound.
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May 10, 2011 03:52
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I helped a friend replace his clutch a few weeks ago (and whined about it somewhere else on here). One of the things that stood out to me was what was left of his old clutch fluid after god knows how many years... This stuff was green in color and basically gelatinous. It didn't run under the force of gravity. As we both said - no goddamn wonder pushing on the pedal wasn't doing anything anymore. I don't know if that's so much a mechanical failure, but this seems like the best place for it.
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Forgot to add this one to the other post, not so much horrible in what failed, more a package deal. Heater core on a Toyota Previa.
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May 10, 2011 03:57
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14 INCH DICK TURBO posted:Forgot to add this one to the other post, not so much horrible in what failed, more a package deal. Heater core on a Toyota Previa. I know heater cores are generally a bitch, but Jesus. Would NOT want to do that job. Or get charged for it. 
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May 10, 2011 05:04
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ROFLBOT posted:One too many 7sec passes on your stock bottom end 2JZ... Is that 7 second 1/8 mile passes? What kind of HP is that thing making?
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14 INCH DICK TURBO posted:Forgot to add this one to the other post, not so much horrible in what failed, more a package deal. Heater core on a Toyota Previa. I'll cap the coolant lines and wear a jacket thank you very much.
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14 INCH DICK TURBO posted:Forgot to add this one to the other post, not so much horrible in what failed, more a package deal. Heater core on a Toyota Previa. Don't you pretty much have to do the same thing to change the front struts?
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May 10, 2011 12:29
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Holy hell, it sure looks like it.
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Billy Tully posted:Don't you pretty much have to do the same thing to change the front struts? Oh drat, I thought removing some interior panels to replace my rear shocks was bad. Pretty much any time "remove dash from vehicle" is step 1, you're looking at a bad day.
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ROFLBOT posted:One too many 7sec passes on your stock bottom end 2JZ... Then my eyes move down and "nice connecting rods" 
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