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Motronic posted:In my experience, they are mentioned....but it's really not a big deal. What is specifically trained for are plasticars like Saturns. It's difficult to get a purchase anywhere for prying (big old real thick metal cars are much easier with spreaders because you don't tend to tear holes in it as you spread) and they have lots of hardened steel rods and stuff (for side impact protection) that our tools simply don't like cutting through. I remember we had a tool job on a Saturn once nobody had any idea where to start until my partner and I (both Saturn owners) made a few suggestions. Those plastic door skins are sweet when you need to change one but not so much when you need to get a halligan on something. I think they just ended up rolling the roof because it was easier than spreading the door.
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8th-samurai posted:I think they just ended up rolling the roof because it was easier than spreading the door. I have taken the roof on countless Saturn rescues, simply because it's a known amount of time/effort. With as many as we cut up in training, and even with the help of Saturn (they used to have cut-away cars they would bring to our training on occasion, and factory reps/engineers would help us with the best strategies and tactics) going in though the side ended up only one of two ways: comes right apart or absolutely refuses to come apart. You never know which. One particularly nasty rescue I had to to both doors and the roof for, as we needed to roll the dash due to foot/leg entrapment. Both doors were fighting my guys, and the roof was off LONG before either door was popped and off the car. And this is with the roof team working around paramedics and two door teams. That pretty much said it all to me as to strategy going forward on those cars.
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Seat Safety Switch posted:Maybe he was just watching Root Bear intently to set him up for a new hidden-camera show where people present mechanics with half-assed modification work and see what they do. If that's true, then I'm long overdue for a serious paycheck.  Also, I found this "lug wrench" while cleaning up around the shop: 
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Sep 15, 2012 23:56
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Root Bear posted:Also, I found this "lug wrench" while cleaning up around the shop: 
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Root Bear posted:If that's true, then I'm long overdue for a serious paycheck. It'll probably come in handy in the next week.
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Sep 16, 2012 02:11
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That's more of a murder weapon than a tool.
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Rhyno posted:That's more of a murder weapon than a tool. Tomato, Tomah-to. edit for content:  WHY those loving cheap-looking poo poo wheels on such a beautiful machine? HandlingByJebus fucked around with this message at 05:04 on Sep 16, 2012 |
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Seat Safety Switch posted:Maybe he was just watching Root Bear intently to set him up for a new hidden-camera show where people present mechanics with half-assed modification work and see what they do. I would watch the hell out of this.
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sofullofhate posted:Tomato, Tomah-to. http://badcopnodonuts.com/wp-content/uploads/Screen-shot-2011-02-09-at-5.41.50-PM.png They're terrible chromed/polished though...
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amenenema posted:http://badcopnodonuts.com/wp-content/uploads/Screen-shot-2011-02-09-at-5.41.50-PM.png Should've been clearer. I understand the reference, but they do not suit the 458 in any way. Especially with the horrible chrome / polish - and the fact that they're rip-offs, not centre-attach Ferrari mags.
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Polished they look terrible, but I liked them when I first saw 'em in this colour:
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Hello Spaceman posted:Polished they look terrible, but I liked them when I first saw 'em in this colour: Oh. Well, then. That's very pretty. :/
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sofullofhate posted:WHY those loving cheap-looking poo poo wheels on such a beautiful machine? Nobody ever said having big piles of money to burn and good taste were mutually exclusive...
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Geoj posted:Nobody ever said having big piles of money to burn and good taste were mutually exclusive... If I was that rich, I wouldn't give a drat about other people's opinions on my good taste (or lack thereof).
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KozmoNaut posted:If I was that rich, I wouldn't give a drat about other people's opinions on my good taste (or lack thereof).
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KozmoNaut posted:If I was that rich, I wouldn't give a drat about other people's opinions on my good taste (or lack thereof). You want to be this guy? 
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad posted:You want to be this guy? No, because I'm not a fat sack of worthless poo poo. But he does not give a poo poo what anyone else thinks, I'll give him that.
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"Yeah, whenever I go to track days and miss the apex (and get stuck) I need 2 tow vehicles, one for the car and one for the awesome" .... - This loving guy: 
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The fake decals are everywhere. From this years' Goodguys West Coast Nationals where the minute attention to detail is what gets you the title. The decal by the wheel is a Mercedes V8 Kompressor badge, and he has a Ford Racing crate V8
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I don't think this is a good way to transport bumpers from LA to Phoenix.
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IOwnCalculus posted:I don't think this is a good way to transport bumpers from LA to Phoenix. I was going around the east side of Cincinnati on 275 about 5 or so years ago, and there was a 1st-gen Stratus ahead of me with a smashed-up front end, but had a new color-mismatched hood badly tied to the roof for future replacement. Several seconds after passing him, I look in my mirror to see the ropes come loose, and the hood loving sail 15 feet in the air above him, arcing gracefully backwards before slamming down on the highway as traffic scattered all over the place. It was amazing that no one crashed.
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Sep 18, 2012 05:56
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IOwnCalculus posted:I don't think this is a good way to transport
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 nearly had a horrible mechanical failure. U-joint cap spit out as I was accelerating up an entrance ramp onto the highway, fortunately I recognized the bang and lurch for what it was and pulled over immediately. Put a few layers of aluminum foil tape around it to keep the axleshaft from flopping about and then very, very slowly and carefully limped it to the nearest hardware store to buy tools to repair it properly. No worries, the tape did not have to handle actual torque loads, just had to support the inner axleshaft and keep it centered in the steering knuckle so it wouldn't smack into things.
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JaysonAych posted:I was going around the east side of Cincinnati on 275 about 5 or so years ago, and there was a 1st-gen Stratus ahead of me with a smashed-up front end, but had a new color-mismatched hood badly tied to the roof for future replacement. Several seconds after passing him, I look in my mirror to see the ropes come loose, and the hood loving sail 15 feet in the air above him, arcing gracefully backwards before slamming down on the highway as traffic scattered all over the place. It was amazing that no one crashed. Replace "bumber" with "box spring" and I've seen this more than once on the US60 and I-10. Also, one couch that nearly killed me. 
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Sorry for the crappy image quality, but it was raining and I was trying not to be too bad of a driver. Yes, it says HENTAI.
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The Antipop posted:Sorry for the crappy image quality, but it was raining and I was trying not to be too bad of a driver. Oh dear god that's a seminole state parking sticker. THAT GUY LIVES NEAR ME. 
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IOwnCalculus posted:I don't think this is a good way to transport bumpers from LA to Phoenix. I thought that was a horse. I scrolled down too quickly, and thought I saw a horse, kicking and thrashing, tied to the top of a Cavalier. 
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To be fair, that scenario might be safer.
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I saw a guy driving an altima with a sheet of cementboard (literally, 1/2" sheet of cement with fiberglass mesh embedded in each face) tied to the roof with a single loop of twine through the doors... and a beach towel to keep it from damaging the paint. It was flapping up and down wildly at the front edge and beating the roof senseless. Just as I passed him it finally snapped and the front half folded over, tore off, and slammed down on the hatch lid. I can only imagine what that did to his paint, hell, it probably dented the sheetmetal.
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kastein posted:I saw a guy driving an altima with a sheet of cementboard (literally, 1/2" sheet of cement with fiberglass mesh embedded in each face) tied to the roof with a single loop of twine through the doors... and a beach towel to keep it from damaging the paint. Do we have any insurance adjusters around on the forums? Would be great to hear some stories of how morons try to explain huge fuckups when they want insurance to pay for it.
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Insurance still covers it...
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Previa_fun posted:I thought that was a horse. I scrolled down too quickly, and thought I saw a horse, kicking and thrashing, tied to the top of a Cavalier. It was flapping around pretty good, so when approaching it from the back we had a hard time figuring out what the hell it was.
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The Antipop posted:Sorry for the crappy image quality, but it was raining and I was trying not to be too bad of a driver. I like it.
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assfucker420 posted:I like it. *checks name* That figures.
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I took this picture some years ago sitting in traffic. Some strange things came out of that DaimlerChrysler merger.
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It's gonna be awesome when that dude buys an account and posts his engine-swap project.
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IOwnCalculus posted:I don't think this is a good way to transport bumpers from LA to Phoenix.  Note the bonus lawnmower
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dissss posted:
I once moved a Christmas Tree on my Jeep like that. three blocks
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dissss posted:
Did they drive in reverse all the way to where ever they were going? Unless they Ace Ventura'd it home, how the hell did they see forward...
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Fermunky posted:Did they drive in reverse all the way to where ever they were going? Unless they Ace Ventura'd it home, how the hell did they see forward... I'm imagining the lawn mower is on top so the guy standing up on the roof shouting directions has something to hang on it. They didn't actually need to move the lawn mower, just couldn't find anything else to use as a hand hold.
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