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KozmoNaut posted:Someone mentioned people trying to commit insurance fraud by throwing themselves on the hoods of cars. Here's a compilation: The part at 3 minutes in almost had me in tears. Given the state of driving in Russia, I've always wondered why the drivers don't just haul off and smack the scammers. Finally one did. I know it's wrong to laugh at what is basically an assault, but I can well imagine how pissed I would be if someone tried that on with me. Add to that the fact that all Russians seem at least slightly insane (and drunk) at all times, I'm surprised more videos of the accident scammers don't end with the 'victim' getting kicked in the head and thrown into the gutter.
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I'm riding in a Rangie with a 3" lift on 33s and this thing towered over me this morning. Damnit, camera, focus on the truck not the windshield!  Front driveshaft geometry is haaard! And it needs more blocks.
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Nov 23, 2012 15:49
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Kill-9 posted:
Probably 90% of the superlifted trucks like that I see here in the south are missing the front driveshaft. Also love how the springs have been re-arched so much that the shackle is now pointing at the (toothpick sized) axle.
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Nov 23, 2012 16:18
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Gorilla Salad posted:The part at 3 minutes in almost had me in tears. Given the state of driving in Russia, I've always wondered why the drivers don't just haul off and smack the scammers. It saddens me that people have to resort to these kinds of scams involving an enormous amount of personal danger to themselves and pressure on the drivers, in order to eke out a living. Then again, some of them are just doing it because it's profitable. gently caress them.
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Nov 23, 2012 16:45
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KozmoNaut posted:Someone mentioned people trying to commit insurance fraud by throwing themselves on the hoods of cars. Here's a compilation: In Russia, insurance fraud isn't just a popular career path, it's a tool that casual drivers use every day as an expression of anger on the roads: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Er_fQDxnKAE
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Nov 23, 2012 17:23
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I think I'll be stopping for new wipers on the way home tonite. Also, why can't Austin traffic at 8am on a weekday always be like this?
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Nov 23, 2012 19:01
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Get some of the newer flat type. They're a little more, but work really well.
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InitialDave posted:Get some of the newer flat type. They're a little more, but work really well. They never have on my Volvo 850 or Fiero. The beam would lose its pressure somewhere and leave a spot completely unwiped.
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Nov 23, 2012 20:20
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astrollinthepork posted:They never have on my Volvo 850 or Fiero. The beam would lose its pressure somewhere and leave a spot completely unwiped. The spring in the wiper arm really keeps these working, if its weak, the new wipers won't work well at all.
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Nov 23, 2012 20:36
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astrollinthepork posted:They never have on my Volvo 850 or Fiero. The beam would lose its pressure somewhere and leave a spot completely unwiped. They work fine on my '99 V70, your springs may be knackered.
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Nov 23, 2012 23:05
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Gorilla Salad posted:Given the state of driving in Russia This Youtube channel has an amazing amount of dashcam footage, almost all from Russia (or at least Eastern Europe): http://www.youtube.com/user/CarCrashCompilation I love how everyone sounds just like a character from S.T.A.L.K.E.R
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Nov 23, 2012 23:16
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Wait, we're talking about Russian drivers now? Ok. Here are some compilations of Russian drivers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXz4P6EpX3s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pM7n5QteKTY Half of the second one is Need for Speed: Russia
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Nov 23, 2012 23:42
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This one is seriously lacking in the stupid (or awesome?) driver crashing.
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Nov 23, 2012 23:56
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These videos have scared me into buying a dash cam. I'm not kidding either: 
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Nov 24, 2012 00:01
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OSI bean dip posted:These videos have scared me into buying a dash cam. The insurance scam videos make me feel that way. Good thing I'll be getting a gopro when I get a bike  e: Ooops, I got my tabs mixed up, this video was already posted a page ago. My bad! M42 fucked around with this message at 01:29 on Nov 24, 2012 |
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Nov 24, 2012 00:11
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OSI bean dip posted:These videos have scared me into buying a dash cam. If you want to make sure it works, go drive around Richmond for a while. Where did you order that from? I am really considering picking one up.
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Nov 24, 2012 00:34
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DefaultPeanut posted:If you want to make sure it works, go drive around Richmond for a while. Memory Express. Oddly I have a funny story about Richmond and that very store that ties in very well. A few years ago my friend and I needed to find some stuff in Richmond and we stopped at Memory Express. We looked around but found nothing so we decided to go to Aberdeen to do the same at NCIX. He got a bit annoyed that I wasn't too interested in driving around in Richmond and wanted to walk instead. After some pissing and moaning, he agreed to walk with me to Aberdeen with a bit of reluctance. That was the case until we got to Cambie and No. 3 Road when all of a sudden some idiot t-boned a car in the intersection. All I could say was, "now you see why?" He has never questioned me since.
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M42 posted:Wait, we're talking about Russian drivers now? Ok. Here are some compilations of Russian drivers. Any thread with Russian driving videos needs these though: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_3uQrJLVug https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YD0evP6dCJg I love how the laugh is exactly the same
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M42 posted:The insurance scam videos make me feel that way: So is THAT how the Russians are getting all those fancy exotics? I love how 3 minutes in, the guy just decks the scam artist.
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Kill-9 posted:I'm riding in a Rangie with a 3" lift on 33s and this thing towered over me this morning. Wasn't that year of Tahoe originally independent front suspension?
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Darchangel posted:Wasn't that year of Tahoe originally independent front suspension? Correct. It's hard to tell in these pics, but I can only begin to imagine the elaborate steering linkage it must have now. 
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Nov 24, 2012 03:03
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Root Bear posted:Correct. It's hard to tell in these pics, but I can only begin to imagine the elaborate steering linkage it must have now. Steering gear ripped off of a solid front axle vehicle? They're all basically the same; it might even be the same gear from the vehicle that donated the front axle.
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A lot of them have different steering column/input shaft spline setups and bolt patterns. I can only imagine what he came up with for that... I think the worst I've ever seen was pics of an S10 someone had solid axle swapped with a dana 30 frontend out of a cherokee. The pitman arm on an S10 swings the opposite direction from the one on a cherokee. The guy who did the swap didn't think about that till it was too late... and so turning the steering wheel left made the truck turn right   He was daily driving it that way.
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Nov 24, 2012 03:38
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Root Bear posted:Correct. It's hard to tell in these pics, but I can only begin to imagine the elaborate steering linkage it must have now. I really tried to get a shot of the steering. I wanted to see what he'd done there. Sadly, that blurry shot of the suspension was all I got. I didn't realize that until I'd gotten to work.
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Nov 24, 2012 04:37
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Big wing, small car Also what a terrible parking job considering the road isn't exactly wide 
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Nov 24, 2012 05:46
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Shifty Pony posted:Nope! I paid barely twice that for my 2008 Corolla.
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kastein posted:A lot of them have different steering column/input shaft spline setups and bolt patterns. I can only imagine what he came up with for that... I was just talking about the steering box down, never considered mating a steering wheel to it.
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Want to carry some cargo, but all you have is a Geo Metro? You're tall and need more headroom, and all you've got is a Geo Metro? There's a solution! In case you can't tell because of the grainy film, that's a plywood cargo platform with eye bolts in the sides and the antenna mounted on it, built into the roof of a Geo Metro.
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Nov 24, 2012 11:37
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OSI bean dip posted:Memory Express. Oddly I have a funny story about Richmond and that very store that ties in very well. 5 years in Richmond, zero accidents, am I lucky?
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Nov 24, 2012 12:11
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D C posted:5 years in Richmond, zero accidents, am I lucky? Borrowed time.
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Zorilla posted:I've wasted entire mornings watching TNL's "Driving in Europe" and "We Love Russia" series. The world has become a brighter place for me, because I now realise that somewhere in Russia there's a guy rocking around in his audi with a leopard in the passenger seat and he does not give a gently caress.
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I don't understand why the dude in the blue car cuts off the other guy then goes after him with a pipe? He got what he deserved, but what was his beef in the first place?
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PromethiumX posted:I don't understand why the dude in the blue car cuts off the other guy then goes after him with a pipe? He got what he deserved, but what was his beef in the first place? Only thing that I can gather is that he was behind him when he had to stop for the Toyota had to slam on it's breaks and felt insulted somehow.
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I was confused about that too until someone pointed out in the comments:quote:I am as well. Though if you look close past 4:10, a cat almost gets hit by the white car in front, and the guy filming seems to swerve as the cat disappears in front of the cars. It's possible he or the the white car hit the cat and the cat owner was near his car and only had time to see the dead cat and them both driving away so he gave chase and angrily picked the wrong car.
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D C posted:5 years in Richmond, zero accidents, am I lucky? DefaultPeanut posted:Borrowed time. Holy poo poo yes. Please don't take up motorcycling. 
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A friend replaced the "clutch" in his Jetta. I put the word clutch in quotes, because, well: 
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Oh that must've been fun for a while.
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nitrogen posted:A friend replaced the "clutch" in his Jetta.  How in the gently caress do you even do that?
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With extreme prejudice 
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some texas redneck posted:
Precision German mechanical failures.
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