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Seen in Austin. The pic doesn't do all the paste on 'chrome' accents any justice.
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I saw some awesome CARma on my way in to work today. It was a crappy old eclipse, painted exactly like the car from the first  movie. Except he had apparently rammed into something so he had a lovely black primer hood on it. He also had severe damage to his manifold as the car was on the shoulder smoking like crazy as he tried to pour water into the radiator  Couldn't pull my phone out in time.
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Oct 9, 2012 19:48
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veedubfreak posted:I saw some awesome CARma on my way in to work today. It was a crappy old eclipse, painted exactly like the car from the first Did a portion of his runningboard/floorboard fall out?
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kastein posted:More pics from the junkyard crawl. I don't know if there are any insane rabid VW fanboys on this forum, but if there are someone needs to buy them this as a title because it's cracking me the hell up.
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Oct 9, 2012 21:11
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http://www.cars.com/go/search/emailToFriendRedirect.jsp?paId=458250426&id=91506131 SPECIAL EDITION Also,  explanation:This is a bone stock 2008 Cayman 2.7 that has been tarted up in an attempt to look like a 1.5th generation 2009 Cayman S. -Fake aftermarket side stripe -Fake aftermarket exhaust -Fake black-on-black racing stripes attempting to rip off Design Edition cayman (which have hilariously been already wrecked by stone chips) -Fake Special Edition badge on dashboard from what I assume is a 1930's Cadillac, -Fake 'S' badge on the back which is from a Cayenne S rather than a Cayman S and hasn't even been re-aligned to center on the hatch -Fake carbon fibre wrap in interior (Porsche doesn't offer interior CF in the places this has been applied, and theirs is real CF rather than a wrap) -Somebody left their red licorice wrapped around the gearstick console (The biggest offense, of course, is that somebody has nicked the accident triangle from the front boot.) The 'M3 Badge' effect comes to Porsche too!
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Oct 9, 2012 21:29
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Spades posted:-Fake black-on-black racing stripes attempting to rip off Design Edition cayman (which have hilariously been already wrecked by stone chips) It's worse than black on black. it's carbon fiber stickers.
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Oct 9, 2012 21:42
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GutBomb posted:It's worse than black on black. it's carbon fiber stickers.   When it comes to blinged out and tarted up, this car is now through the hookerglass Spades fucked around with this message at 21:50 on Oct 9, 2012 |
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Oct 9, 2012 21:45
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So I saw this on the way up to Austin, driving on 290. It's an old rear end corolla, not sure of the year though. This guy played way too much Vigilante 8.
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Oct 10, 2012 16:50
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Supershuttle posted:So I saw this on the way up to Austin, driving on 290. It's an old rear end corolla, not sure of the year though. This guy played way too much Vigilante 8.
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Oct 10, 2012 17:23
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Supershuttle posted:So I saw this on the way up to Austin, driving on 290. It's an old rear end corolla, not sure of the year though. This guy played way too much Vigilante 8. Wrong thread <  >
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Oct 10, 2012 22:02
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SyHopeful posted:Wrong thread < Quite honestly I was having a moral dilemma myself on what thread it belonged in. I ended up in this thread because it also had an ebay fart can.
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Oct 10, 2012 22:55
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Spades posted:http://www.cars.com/go/search/emailToFriendRedirect.jsp?paId=458250426&id=91506131 If it makes you feel better I fail cars on these guys in post sale inspection all the time. Usually Range Rovers. Working at an auction is cool.
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Landy body on ACVW chassis: yes Fake rust, shipping pallet-cum-tonneau cover, exhaust stacks: nope
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Oct 11, 2012 12:57
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Apparently it's 'real' rust in that it's a paint that rusts, or something. On the wood.
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Oct 11, 2012 12:59
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And the aluminum body. Also +1 for the chopped top, but it's not enough. Be nice to see a show-quality version of this.
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But, but, aluminum? I'm so torn here. The fake rust thing is poo poo. Do the job right with a good paint job, lose those ridiculous stacks and the wood pallet for a bed top and I might start to like it. Unlikely though.
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PreacherNutshot posted:I'm sorry about your cars, but what do you mean "I can't even get the police to come out"? As in "sorry, today's Larry's birthday and we're not going on calls until the cake gets cut" or "You live in a lovely neighborhood, what did you expect?" We have a case number and everything now and insurance is dealing with it. Just saw the quotes. Dude managed about $20k worth of damage, yay! They might just write off the Sonic. We'll see.
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Oct 11, 2012 16:51
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Poor Herbie. I wonder if someone will impulse buy it, and then wonder WTF they have done.
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I was just wondering what the Optima would look like if I lowered it so much it became undriveable and tried to give it a batman theme, and thankfully DC Comics have teamed up with Kia to make that dream come true. I'm surprised they didn't use the SXL model with the LED running lights over the fog lights. There could have been even more yellow light!
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Queensland Police came up with another gem today:
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Oct 12, 2012 07:41
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Is that the GTO equivalent with a hitch on it? Or just some other Holden?
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JP Money posted:Is that the GTO equivalent with a hitch on it? Or just some other Holden? VZ commodore. Note the 4 doors.
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Hmm looks close enough. Not something you'd see very often on this side of the world on a car like that (if that is the V8 LS version anyway.)
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JP Money posted:Is that the GTO equivalent with a hitch on it? Or just some other Holden? The gold one with the Camry on it? That's a Ford Falcon. e: none of those cars is a VZ. The cop car is a current model VE Series 2 Commodore, a base model one, most likely with a DI 3ltr V6/6spd auto, possibly with the optional DI 3.6 (not sure what the VE2 cop cars use). 2ndclasscitizen fucked around with this message at 08:27 on Oct 12, 2012 |
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2ndclasscitizen posted:The gold one with the Camry on it? That's a Ford Falcon. Is it? I suck at Australian cars.
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nm posted:Is it? I suck at Australian cars. The Falcon is Ford's competitor to the Commodore.
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2ndclasscitizen posted:The Falcon is Ford's competitor to the Commodore. Yes, I know. I don't suck that much.
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Ok so just a V6 family car? I just noticed the Toyota has a hitch mount too. Is this super common in Australia?
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My understanding is that in not-North America, utility hauling is done with car and trailer, rather than wastefully operating a pickup/ute/van that only meets its potential once or twice a year. E: Private individuals, not commercial enterprises. Dagen H fucked around with this message at 09:35 on Oct 12, 2012 |
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JP Money posted:Ok so just a V6 family car? I just noticed the Toyota has a hitch mount too. Is this super common in Australia? I6, but essentially yes. Bucephalus posted:My understanding is that in not-North America, utility hauling is done with car and trailer, rather than wastefully operating a pickup/ute/van that only meets its potential once or twice a year. Correct.
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Bucephalus posted:My understanding is that in not-North America, utility hauling is done with car and trailer, rather than wastefully operating a pickup/ute/van that only meets its potential once or twice a year.
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Collateral Damage posted:On the other hand people solo commute to work in big rear end station wagons, because once a year they need to haul their family and everything they own on the state-mandated camping trip that contributes to a third of all the divorces in this country.
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I see cars with hitches all the time in the States. 
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Godholio posted:I see cars with hitches all the time in the States. I sure don't in the D.C. area, but I'm curious about Australia. When I do see cars with hitches they're often aftermarket ones installed below the rear bumper, but I notice that Falcon has it tastefully done below the bumper but above the rear body kit. If they're so common there, do pretty much all dealers just have them as factory options or is it usually after market hitches?
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davebo posted:I sure don't in the D.C. area, but I'm curious about Australia. When I do see cars with hitches they're often aftermarket ones installed below the rear bumper, but I notice that Falcon has it tastefully done below the bumper but above the rear body kit. If they're so common there, do pretty much all dealers just have them as factory options or is it usually after market hitches?
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Wrar posted:drat near everything I saw in Australia had a hitch on it. All over Europe too. For some reason the same car I drive is rated to pull 2500 pounds in Europe. Here I think it's rated for 1000. It's because people in the US are loving retarded and would have no issues trying to pull something twice the actual rating, kill the transmission then try to go get it warrantied.
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veedubfreak posted:All over Europe too. For some reason the same car I drive is rated to pull 2500 pounds in Europe. Here I think it's rated for 1000. It's because people in the US are loving retarded and would have no issues trying to pull something twice the actual rating, kill the transmission then try to go get it warrantied. I also suspect a factor is the lack of serious inspection like TUV or MOT. No company wants to be liable (well, at least be sued) when rust eats the crap out of a unibody and someone tows the limit. edit: typo nm fucked around with this message at 22:46 on Oct 12, 2012 |
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nm posted:Note that many European cars have subtle differences that allow greater towing. For example, in B5 Passats, the V6 passats came with bigger front brakes in the US. Not only that, but speed is a massive factor in towing, and most European countries limit cars towing trailers to FIFTY miles per hour. it's scary enough seeing inexperienced drivers try to hold on to hold onto small pickups towing trailers at 65mph, let alone a loving passat. I don't care what the European tow rating is, or what people think the tow ratings should be, i don't want to see a god drat focus flying down the highway at 85mph towing this, which is within the European focus's towing capacity. 
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