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It's definitely not the worst example of how to lift a vehicle I've seen in this thread. Not mine, thread here. Tactical Bonnet fucked around with this message at 20:58 on Apr 18, 2012 |
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northeastern horrible metallurgical failures happened in the shop at a junkyard next door to the shop a friend of mine works at. They picked it up off the flatbed with a forklift and the back/bottom peeled off, everything was rotted through. yay rotted Chevy frames
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# ? Apr 18, 2012 21:34 |
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Tactical Bonnet posted:It's definitely not the worst example of how to lift a vehicle I've seen in this thread. kastein posted:northeastern horrible metallurgical failures "Well, that's not so bad, you going to try and compound it out?" "Not so much, no..."
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# ? Apr 18, 2012 21:45 |
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InitialDave posted:Hang on, they're doing it again? FFS BMW. That one is from last year, so I'm not sure if it's "again" or not.
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# ? Apr 18, 2012 22:01 |
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Thailand has a similar crazy tax the poo poo out of every car scheme. Basically it just widens the gulf between rich and poor to the point where Thai police won't even pull over anyone driving a German or Italian car because they're afraid of being put on latrine duty as a result of offending some influential person.
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# ? Apr 18, 2012 22:20 |
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Tactical Bonnet posted:That one is from last year, so I'm not sure if it's "again" or not.
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# ? Apr 18, 2012 22:26 |
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kastein posted:
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# ? Apr 19, 2012 00:25 |
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The brakes on the truck really sucked and only seemed to suck more as time passed.. ..... I thought it was just air in the lines.... New calipers, rotors, and pads and it stops like it should.
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# ? Apr 19, 2012 01:15 |
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Das Volk posted:Thailand has a similar crazy tax the poo poo out of every car scheme. Basically it just widens the gulf between rich and poor to the point where Thai police won't even pull over anyone driving a German or Italian car because they're afraid of being put on latrine duty as a result of offending some influential person. Even when you get pulled over in Thailand, you end up paying a $3 bribe or something. Corruption is huge. That said, they have automated photoradar going up over there - my dad got sent a ticket for roughly 100mph in a 60mph zone, ended up being like $40. The rich-poor gap in Thailand is a -major- issue... but that is heading D&D.
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# ? Apr 19, 2012 01:27 |
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InitialDave posted:Yep, that's "again". They had a spate of it with models from about ten years back.
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# ? Apr 19, 2012 03:21 |
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Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:Yeah, that's loving disturbing. I thought they made pretty big changes to the singles models between the old F650 and the new G650, too.
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# ? Apr 19, 2012 16:54 |
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bolind posted:If you get caught driving a foreign car as a danish national, without the foreign owner being physically in the car, your fine is twice the tax and registration you'd theoretically owe. For the car pictured, we're probably talking somewhere between 50k and 100k USD. Needless to say, only people with little to lose do this. (Or fuckoff rich people who don't give a poo poo.) Tax and registration are a quarter of the cost of vehicles in Denmark? Holy poo poo...
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# ? Apr 19, 2012 19:42 |
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McDeth posted:Tax and registration are a quarter of the cost of vehicles in Denmark? Holy poo poo... Try 105-180%, ie. between half and two thirds.
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# ? Apr 19, 2012 20:32 |
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I'm curious, is the same true for motorcycles?
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# ? Apr 19, 2012 20:33 |
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Splizwarf posted:I'm curious, is the same true for motorcycles? Yes, the value breakdown goes like this: the first 0-8,900 DKK is 0%, 8,900-24,900 DKK is 105% and 24,900+ DKK is 180%. As an example, a V-Strom 650 is 80,000 DKK MSRP including taxes, about $14,130. On cars, there are various rebates and penalties for good/bad gas mileage, safety equipment and so on. None of that counts for motorcycles. KozmoNaut fucked around with this message at 21:31 on Apr 19, 2012 |
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KozmoNaut posted:On cars, there are various rebates and penalties for good/bad gas mileage, safety equipment and so on. None of that counts for motorcycles. You get a slight reduction for ABS.
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# ? Apr 19, 2012 21:37 |
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So pretty much a dick in the butt for anything with a combustion engine? What's the upshot?
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# ? Apr 19, 2012 21:42 |
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Splizwarf posted:So pretty much a dick in the butt for anything with a combustion engine? What's the upshot? The entire nation is eroding quite rapidly so if you own property in central areas you're in for some nice profits.
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# ? Apr 19, 2012 21:47 |
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Ola posted:The entire nation is eroding quite rapidly so if you own property in central areas you're in for some nice profits. Ouch. Didn't think it was going that way over there too. In this huge metropolis of ~2000 people I know quite a few with no mode of transport. The cost of vehicle ownership is too high for many people. And since the public transport infrastructure was sold off there are only a few remaining vestigial traces of public transportation which I can only assume is some sort of government mandated thing so the companies don't just totally retract to urban areas. Most of the rail lines were closed and people are left essentially trapped. A combination of high transport costs, lower product availability (natural disasters, misc. effects of national financial problems etc.) and blatant profiteering from the captive market once people pay for the basics they have nothing left. The fact that the school provides breakfast so no child goes without is really a sign of the times too Eh, sorry. no pics. Only non automotive electrical / mechanical failures experienced recently. The serp belt on the Fairlane is however on the edge of failure. Replacing it would be an expensive act to buy a little more time. The tensioner pulley needs to be replaced. Would an engineer shop be able to remove the pulley shaft, make a grade 10 bolt with a left hand thread, tap it and adjust the offset or something for a standard pulley from I don't know, a normal Falcon or something to fit? I think it was a horrible failure to manufacture a tensioner with a lovely plastic pulley entrapped from the factory. Seems like the going rate for a tensioner is about $350 currently and the belts are about $120. Fuckit.
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# ? Apr 20, 2012 01:00 |
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Sponge! posted:Pffft, move to one of our 6 non-emissions counties. Or have someone who lives in one own your vehicle. Is nice. I live in a non-emissions county, and my inspection for each car is $19.15. With tax. I also like how PA doesn't consider my Bronco a truck and my registration doesn't cost truck-prices.
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Imperador do Brasil posted:I also like how PA doesn't consider my Bronco a truck and my registration doesn't cost truck-prices. Haha yeah only pickup trucks are "trucks" oh wait, vans too. Makes sense, right?
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Imperador do Brasil posted:I also like how PA doesn't consider my Bronco a truck and my registration doesn't cost truck-prices. Station wagon. I did a double take the first time I saw that on a PA title for something that obviously wasn't. But anything over 1/2ton needs a truck tag, even if it's a 2500 Surburban/Expedition/whatever.
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General_Failure posted:I think it was a horrible failure to manufacture a tensioner with a lovely plastic pulley entrapped from the factory. Seems like the going rate for a tensioner is about $350 currently and the belts are about $120. Fuckit. Doesn't your Falcon have a 351 Windsor? There's gotta be something that'll fit from something over here - the Windsor was a popular engine in trucks and land barges, and still remains popular for some swaps. Even with shipping getting a tensioner and belt from overseas sounds a lot cheaper.
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some texas redneck posted:Doesn't your Falcon have a 351 Windsor? There's gotta be something that'll fit from something over here - the Windsor was a popular engine in trucks and land barges, and still remains popular for some swaps. 302 Windsor. Aus spec so there are some differences like head design etc. but the big difference is half the accessory stuff is backward from the U.S. model ones so there's a real trick to telling what's compatible and what isn't. I suppose I could take a photo and shove it in the stupid question thread. I run the engine with the fancy cowling off because its only purpose is really cosmetic, and to prevent anyone accessing the top of the engine when something fucks up. IIRC they used allen or perhaps multihex bits or something for screws. I know it was a bastard to remove.
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# ? Apr 20, 2012 04:59 |
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General_Failure posted:Ouch. Didn't think it was going that way over there too. Wait, where is this? Denmark or Australia? I'm confused.
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# ? Apr 20, 2012 10:22 |
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^^^^ General_Failure is in Australia. Cornelius and I are in Denmark. Ola is in Norway and is making light of Denmarks gigantic amount of coast line for its relatively small area.Splizwarf posted:So pretty much a dick in the butt for anything with a combustion engine? What's the upshot? Yes, apart from scooters and the like, which have a significant amount of their value below the tax limit. The upshot is that we have some of the best social services, free healthcare, public services and well-maintained roads in the world, despite people constantly moaning about them. Spoiled brats, the lot of them. Admittedly, it has been going a bit downhill the last couple of years, along with the rest of the western world.
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# ? Apr 20, 2012 10:25 |
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KozmoNaut posted:The upshot is that we have some of the best social services, free healthcare, public services and well-maintained roads in the world,
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# ? Apr 20, 2012 17:26 |
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Oh hey I have some shameful broken brakes pictures to share:quote:
1999 volvo v70 rear brakes Whoops, all fixed now.
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# ? Apr 21, 2012 18:54 |
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opengl128 posted:Haha yeah only pickup trucks are "trucks" oh wait, vans too. Makes sense, right? Nah, vans are tagged as cars. My 1999 Voyager is a Hxx-xxxx, so cheap registration for me! Also like living in Central PA with no emissions requirements.
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Dradien posted:Nah, vans are tagged as cars. Depends on the state. Vans are tagged as trucks here, as are S-10s and El Caminos and Bronco 2's. randomidiot fucked around with this message at 02:35 on Apr 22, 2012 |
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Cakefool posted:Oh hey I have some shameful broken brakes pictures to share:
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# ? Apr 22, 2012 02:33 |
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Fire Storm posted:I looked and saw that the drivers side rear drum was glowing a very faint dull red. Apparently I didn't properly secure a pin and the brakes were partially engaged all the time. Mitch Hedberg posted:I rent a lot of cars, but I don't always know everything about them. So a lot of times, I drive for like ten miles with the emergency brake on. That doesn't say a lot for me, but it really doesn't say a lot for the emergency brake. It's really not an emergency brake, it's an emergency "make the car smell funny" lever.
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# ? Apr 22, 2012 02:53 |
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So this happened today. At a rallycross. On a WRX. The thing SUCKED dirt in like no ones business. Black poo poo came out of the intercooler. Lets get some gas to clean it out: After running gas through the intercooler and cleaning out the inlet and y pipe, AND doing an oil change (with shinies in the oil), it got bolted back together and we headed home. The wrx went into limp mode. We get to maine and start pulling codes with a code reader. Idle air control valve blah blah blah other codes blah blah blah. Then the turbo started making funny noises. They're driving it 2 hours north. Hopefully it holds together and they can swap a spare turbo on. Whoops!
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# ? Apr 22, 2012 03:10 |
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What the gently caress is going on with the front strut mount there?
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# ? Apr 22, 2012 04:44 |
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bolind posted:^^^not entirely true. Gas is by and large the same price across most of Europe. Makes sense, otherwise people would buy it across the border in massive quantities. This price, however, is around double of the US, and Australia/NZ. Gas prices, especially given our purchasing power, isn't the killer. Actually petrol is getting up close to that in New Zealand - around €1.40/l for 95. Here it is the killer as purchasing power is very low. On the plus side we still have stacks of cheap second hand Japanese imports available, and licensing is only ~€180/year.
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# ? Apr 22, 2012 05:28 |
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BlackMK4 posted:What the gently caress is going on with the front strut mount there? Looks like the suspension was lifted using some form of box like spacers.
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# ? Apr 22, 2012 06:01 |
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This is the 94 dodge 2500 360/nv4500/np231/dana 60/dana 60 parts truck I picked up to use as a drivetrain donor. I paid less than the motor and trans are worth on the open market and drove it home, even came with a plow I should be able to sell. I knew the frame was rotted out but wasn't expecting this kind of horror... looks a bit rotten. Ok, whatever. It bounced and flopped around funny when it hit potholes, so aside from plowing the road to my house with it once, it stayed parked. Today I decided to cut the thing up and pull the parts I want or can sell... (Southerners, close your eyes and hit page down a few times) dragged the bed liner out to find this well, I guess I am not selling the bed. Time to chop it up for scrapmetal. OH GOD I DROVE THIS? A few good kicks later all the rust fell off and the remaining frame metal tore, leaving only the bottom web of the frame rail holding the truck together: I wasn't even wearing steel toes, just regular old leather work boots... around this time aceofsnett showed up so we went 4-wheeling for a while, then got out the sawzall to make sure it would never drive again:
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# ? Apr 22, 2012 06:30 |
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You know, there's a chunk of the Titanic on display in Vegas that looks better.
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# ? Apr 22, 2012 06:40 |
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Jesus was that thing washed in salt water daily?
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You know, a bedless shorty truck like that seems like it would be a lot of (dangerous) fun.
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