Post awesome AI car shit:First time Ive seen a Golf with a hole in one like that

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jamal: Apr 15, 2003; I'll set the building on fire

I can't tell for sure, but it doesn't look like the main hoop is one continuous bend or that it goes all the way to the floor. Plus there is no diagonal in the hoop, no a-pillar bars, and that door bar isn't really attached to anything else.

# ? Jan 28, 2013 22:31

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# ? Apr 25, 2024 23:48

jammyozzy: Dec 7, 2006; Is that a challenge?

You're right, those two vertical tubes arch over the door & down the A-pillar and that cross piece is welded on at the top to make the main hoop. I think it does go to the floor at least, my phone camera is a POS but the vertical tubes continue down inside those panels that cover their bottom halves. The door bar makes a 90° bend outwards just behind the door to meet them inside that panel, and I think the other end is just welded straight to the floor.

# ? Jan 28, 2013 22:40

NitroSpazzz: Dec 9, 2006; You don't need style when you've got strength!

jammyozzy posted:

Is that a s-bend in the cage tubing or am I seeing things. Is the hoop around the door one piece and the roof bar welded onto that? I don't know a lot about cages but that thing is scary.

edit:ignore top bar comment, I was right sadly.

# ? Jan 28, 2013 23:07

CAT INTERCEPTOR: Nov 9, 2004; Basically a male Margaret Thatcher

jammyozzy posted:

Let's play guess the (awesome) car!

I'm anxiously awaiting CT's analysis of that cage. Nothing's been cut out of it by the way, that's the entire cage.

Ooooooh, is that a Metro 6r4? Yes, Group B wasnt exactly the greatest at safety to say the least. They barely put cages in and it was legal (!) to run without a cage only a year or two before.

# ? Jan 28, 2013 23:18

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

What better package for 600hp of violently turbocharged rally car?

# ? Jan 28, 2013 23:18

InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007; I Want To Believe.

Sagebrush posted:

I'd imagine it's pretty damned good. Not for the competitive rock-crawling kind of offroading, necessarily, but for smashing through rough fields and climbing ledges and fording rivers, like you'd actually want in the military. Really good ground clearance, self-inflating tires, a shitload of torque, and with the snorkel I think it can ford like five and a half feet of water.

Yeah, I wouldn't want an H1 for general off-roading in the UK. However, if I had to choose something in which to place a squaddie and say "You need to be twenty miles over there and there aren't any roads", it'd probably be just what I needed.

Cakefool posted:

What better package for 600hp of violently turbocharged rally car?

Supposedly the crews would put on massively-soundproofed ex-RAF helmets as soon as the scrutineers weren't looking, so they didn't have total deafness to go along with the "I went for a short drive and now I've been pissing blood for two days" stories.

# ? Jan 28, 2013 23:25

Seizure Meat: Jul 23, 2008; by Smythe

The spectators are supposed to function as the main impact absorption for a Group B car.

# ? Jan 28, 2013 23:53

NitroSpazzz: Dec 9, 2006; You don't need style when you've got strength!

Here's a different type of metro with a cage

# ? Jan 29, 2013 01:26

oh dope: Nov 2, 2006; No guilt, it feeds in plain sight

T1g4h posted:

Hey AI, I found a beautiful piece of work that one of you needs to come rescue because I am in love with her and currently broke:

Be still my beating heart

Apologies for my ignorance, but what is this?

# ? Jan 29, 2013 01:39

T1g4h: Aug 6, 2008; I AM THE SCALES OF JUSTICE, CONDUCTOR OF THE CHOIR OF DEATH!

Dead Blue Sky posted:

Apologies for my ignorance, but what is this?

1959 Dodge Custom Royal. Looked to be mostly intact, minus some front trim, and the headlights / taillights.

EDIT: Here's the tail, for those curious.

T1g4h fucked around with this message at 01:45 on Jan 29, 2013

# ? Jan 29, 2013 01:43

Liver Disaster: Mar 31, 2012; no more tears

I need to get a garage just so I can take on projects like that, what a gorgeous car.

# ? Jan 29, 2013 01:48

Octopus Magic: Dec 19, 2003; I HATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU LIKE* AND I NEED TO BE SURE YOU ALL KNOW THAT EVERY TIME I POST

*unless it's a DSM in which case we cool ^_^

jammyozzy posted:

Let's play guess the (awesome) car!

I'm anxiously awaiting CT's analysis of that cage. Nothing's been cut out of it by the way, that's the entire cage.

I love how NHRA and anyone thinks those dorky little door bars do anything

# ? Jan 29, 2013 02:03

CAT INTERCEPTOR: Nov 9, 2004; Basically a male Margaret Thatcher

Cakefool posted:

What better package for 600hp of violently turbocharged rally car?

Well in this case a NA 400hp V6. A very, VERY loud V6.

quote:

I love how NHRA and anyone thinks those dorky little door bars do anything

They do work and they are actually more for making sure the floor doesnt crumple under the drivers feet, rather than intrusion. Not as well as alternative designs, but that bar isnt a worthless piece of metal as you seem to think.

# ? Jan 29, 2013 02:13

GnarlyCharlie4u: Sep 23, 2007; I have an unhealthy obsession with motorcycles.

Proof

satnav is probably my favorite button.

# ? Jan 29, 2013 03:21

Devyl: Mar 27, 2005; It slices!

It dices!

It makes Julienne fries!

Please make my life complete by telling me that isn't a photoshop. I love the thought of hitting the straights at 160+ and mashing the banana button.

Thanks for the new wallpaper

Devyl fucked around with this message at 03:28 on Jan 29, 2013

# ? Jan 29, 2013 03:25

GnarlyCharlie4u: Sep 23, 2007; I have an unhealthy obsession with motorcycles.

Proof

Devyl posted:

Please make my life complete by telling me that isn't a photoshop. I love the thought of hitting the straights at 160+ and mashing the banana button.

I'll just not say anything and we can both live in bliss.

# ? Jan 29, 2013 03:28

Fayez Butts: Aug 24, 2006

I think it's stickers.

# ? Jan 29, 2013 03:28

Raw_Beef: Jul 2, 2004; We know what you been up to and my advice on that little venture is to pack it in. It won't work. It will all end in tears.

goobernoodles posted:

I doubt this is real but I keep passing by this Xterra and had to snap a pic. There is what appears to be a submersible vehicle of sorts on top with two pontoons with propellers and a periscope/snorkely thing on top. I guess the guy is probably just going for a yellow submarine theme, but I have visions of it driving into water and having a buddy shove off from the roof.

I have seen this vehicle as well in Seattle, on Barton ave near 35th. Its been that way for years, and ive never understood why. I also concluded it must be some kind of detatchable water vehicle, or just total nonsense.

I think I saw a dodge like that in a barn in Yakima Wa. Totally awesome, way cooler than a 59 cad. I'm pretty sure that car is the basis for the chyrsalis motors highwayman.

Raw_Beef fucked around with this message at 04:22 on Jan 29, 2013

# ? Jan 29, 2013 04:15

Apollodorus: Feb 13, 2010; TEST YOUR MIGHT

A craigslist 280Z

# ? Jan 29, 2013 05:22

Darchangel: Feb 12, 2009; Tell him about the blower!

blk posted:

Not sure if awful or awesome; leaning towards awesome.

"This means something. This is important."

Oh, God. Not only is that thing in Texas, it's from my home town.

# ? Jan 29, 2013 06:46

Darchangel: Feb 12, 2009; Tell him about the blower!

NitroSpazzz posted:

Here's a different type of metro with a cage

I want one.
Lemons racer?

# ? Jan 29, 2013 06:59

Sagebrush: Feb 26, 2012

NitroSpazzz posted:

Here's a different type of metro with a cage

Well that is just going to be shitloads of fun.

# ? Jan 29, 2013 07:14

Throatwarbler: Nov 17, 2008; by vyelkin

I didn't see this posted although this is a bit old, Edmunds has posted suspension walkarounds for the new Viper and Grand Cherokee SRT8

http://www.edmunds.com/car-reviews/track-tests/2013-srt-viper-gts-suspension-walkaround.html

http://www.edmunds.com/car-reviews/track-tests/2012-jeep-grand-cherokee-srt8-suspension-walkaround.html

The Viper has remote shock resevoirs which was surprising.

# ? Jan 29, 2013 07:30

You Am I: May 20, 2001; Me @ your poasting

Throatwarbler posted:

I didn't see this posted although this is a bit old, Edmunds has posted suspension walkarounds for the new Viper and Grand Cherokee SRT8

http://www.edmunds.com/car-reviews/track-tests/2013-srt-viper-gts-suspension-walkaround.html

http://www.edmunds.com/car-reviews/track-tests/2012-jeep-grand-cherokee-srt8-suspension-walkaround.html

The Viper has remote shock resevoirs which was surprising.

Those are pretty well written write ups. I wish more car magazines would go into detail about stuff like that

# ? Jan 29, 2013 07:51

Daveh: Jan 18, 2005; You know what? You know what you're putting into our bodies? Death! Delicious, strawberry-flavored death!

Devyl posted:

Please make my life complete by telling me that isn't a photoshop. I love the thought of hitting the straights at 160+ and mashing the banana button.

Thanks for the new wallpaper

It's not a photoshop, but it is stickers. The Lotus F1 team launched their 2013 car yesterday, and that was the steering wheel.
My favourite button is the Jenson button.

# ? Jan 29, 2013 09:11

Collateral Damage: Jun 13, 2009

GnarlyCharlie4u posted:

satnav is probably my favorite button.

Obviously the red button should have had "Go fasta" on it.

# ? Jan 29, 2013 09:48

Das Volk: Nov 19, 2002; by Cyrano4747

That '59 has an even more evil face than its 1958 cousin that made those famous:

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# ? Jan 29, 2013 11:33

drgitlin: Jul 25, 2003; luv 2 get custom titles from a forum that goes into revolt when its told to stop using a bad word.

jamal posted:

I can't tell for sure, but it doesn't look like the main hoop is one continuous bend or that it goes all the way to the floor. Plus there is no diagonal in the hoop, no a-pillar bars, and that door bar isn't really attached to anything else.

And people think we should bring back Group B!

# ? Jan 29, 2013 13:31

CommieGIR: Aug 22, 2006; The blue glow is a feature, not a bug; Pillbug

drgitlin posted:

And people think we should bring back Group B!

But we should!

# ? Jan 29, 2013 15:14

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NitroSpazzz posted:

Here's a different type of metro with a cage

Wait wait wait. Is this running chain-drive AWD from a bike engine? That is awesome.

# ? Jan 29, 2013 15:33

GramCracker: Oct 8, 2005; beauty by stroll

drgitlin posted:

And people think we should bring back Group B!

We absolutely should. It was one of the best classes of racing competition this world has ever seen. Think about how much faster those cars would be with today's technology; they would make the 80's Group B cars look like they were moving in reverse.

# ? Jan 29, 2013 16:01

jammyozzy: Dec 7, 2006; Is that a challenge?

I don't remember where I read it, it might even have been here but apparently the previous generation of WRC cars were quicker along stages than group B cars, thanks to advances in tyres, aero, active differentials etc. I can't find any data to back that up though so take it with a pinch of salt. I can't imagine the speed a modern rally car could carry along a stage with >500hp motivating it.

# ? Jan 29, 2013 16:39

GramCracker: Oct 8, 2005; beauty by stroll

To me this story is VERY awesome and pretty AI.

On sunday my friend and I were discussing car compliments from random people and got onto the subject of how neat it would be to get a compliment from a police officer...a day later I got my first COPliment.

My car for reference:

So I pull up to a gas pump at my favorite local watering hole, hop out and start doing all the credit card bullshit with the gas pump. I'm about to pick my octane when I notice a police cruiser pull up in front of my car. I glance over and the cop had rolled down his window and goes, "Nice Imola." I was soo shocked, my face went from this:

to this:

and I immediately blurt out, "You know what this is?! That's awesome!"

So we end up bullshitting for a solid 10 minutes about my car and his (turns out he has a silver B5 S4), what coilovers I'm running because he's thinking of getting a set for his car, and what exhaust I have, if its tuned, that he knows Rich from European Performance Labs and so on and so forth. Turns out to be a really cool guy and he also owns an E90 M3. So he leaves because he got a call from dispatch, which means I can actually pump my gas now.

I fill the car up and and screwing the gas cap back on and when I look up to walk around to the drivers side of the car, the cop has come back and is just sitting there next to me. I was a bit shocked so I go, "Hey man, whats up?" He leans over and goes, "Listen I didn't want to leave but I had to respond to a call. I really wanted to follow you out of here and listen to the ASP exhaust!" My face has to look this dumb:

I literally could not believe what I heard. So he says that he hasn't heard an ASP exhaust and that he wanted to follow me down the road for a minute to hear it. So we pull out of the gas station and I rip through 1st gear.

Now, I couldn't see in the cop car so I can't 100% confirm this part, but I'm pretty sure this is an accurate reenactment of what went on in his cop cruiser when I wrung out 1st:

So the cop pulls up next to me, give me a thumbs up and a honk and took off.

Consider my mind blown in the most awesome way possible.

Bonus photo of cop's M3

# ? Jan 29, 2013 17:40

Blooot: Mar 19, 2001

jammyozzy posted:

I don't remember where I read it, it might even have been here but apparently the previous generation of WRC cars were quicker along stages than group B cars, thanks to advances in tyres, aero, active differentials etc. I can't find any data to back that up though so take it with a pinch of salt. I can't imagine the speed a modern rally car could carry along a stage with >500hp motivating it.

The closest thing that exists would probably be Tajima's Pikes Peak racer from 2011. If extrapolated to WRC, add a bunch more development and resources = Automotive Insanity.

# ? Jan 29, 2013 18:32

Hello Spaceman: Jan 18, 2005; hop, skip, and jumpgate

GramCracker posted:

To me this story is VERY awesome and pretty AI.

On sunday my friend and I were discussing car compliments from random people and got onto the subject of how neat it would be to get a compliment from a police officer...a day later I got my first COPliment.

My car for reference:

So I pull up to a gas pump at my favorite local watering hole, hop out and start doing all the credit card bullshit with the gas pump. I'm about to pick my octane when I notice a police cruiser pull up in front of my car. I glance over and the cop had rolled down his window and goes, "Nice Imola." I was soo shocked, my face went from this: to this: and I immediately blurt out, "You know what this is?! That's awesome!"

So we end up bullshitting for a solid 10 minutes about my car and his (turns out he has a silver B5 S4), what coilovers I'm running because he's thinking of getting a set for his car, and what exhaust I have, if its tuned, that he knows Rich from European Performance Labs and so on and so forth. Turns out to be a really cool guy and he also owns an E90 M3. So he leaves because he got a call from dispatch, which means I can actually pump my gas now.

I fill the car up and and screwing the gas cap back on and when I look up to walk around to the drivers side of the car, the cop has come back and is just sitting there next to me. I was a bit shocked so I go, "Hey man, whats up?" He leans over and goes, "Listen I didn't want to leave but I had to respond to a call. I really wanted to follow you out of here and listen to the ASP exhaust!" My face has to look this dumb: I literally could not believe what I heard. So he says that he hasn't heard an ASP exhaust and that he wanted to follow me down the road for a minute to hear it. So we pull out of the gas station and I rip through 1st gear.

Now, I couldn't see in the cop car so I can't 100% confirm this part, but I'm pretty sure this is an accurate reenactment of what went on in his cop cruiser when I wrung out 1st: So the cop pulls up next to me, give me a thumbs up and a honk and took off.

Consider my mind blown in the most awesome way possible.

Bonus photo of cop's M3

That is an awesome story.

I had an Audi R8 Spyder on test for a bit, about two years ago. I was driving on the highway and needed to get some petrol. Took an offramp, turned left, and there's a roadblock. Now, for reference, I live in South Africa. The police here usually pull over young guys in fast cars because they're looking to find something wrong so they can fish for a bribe. They check my license, run the car's plates, and it checks out. Then a bunch of them start checking out the car and chatting to me about it, how fast it is, all of that stuff. They're just some guys interested in a cool car, too.

Before they let me go the one cop tells asks, "Hey, don't you wanna burn it up down this stretch?" as he aims at a crowded one-way road with about 3 lanes.
I reply, "With all this traffic?"
He stops to think, calls the other cops on the scene - about 7 in total - and mouths off in Xhosa. Seven cops abandon their posts (writing fines up for other drivers behind me), and jump into the road. They stop traffic across all three lanes, and the guy who's standing next to me says, "Ok, make some noise. Do about 130 (km/h) until that traffic light over there".

I obliged.

# ? Jan 29, 2013 18:55

Fermunky: May 30, 2003; The monkey is NOT impressed...

Jesus, that would have me nervous.

# ? Jan 29, 2013 20:24

Krakkles: May 5, 2003

Pussy.

# ? Jan 29, 2013 21:59

InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007; I Want To Believe.

I have fond memories of South Yorkshire Police drag racing their Saab 9000 against my dad's at the traffic lights.

# ? Jan 29, 2013 22:01

Root Bear: Nov 15, 2004; DARKEST SKETCH

Figures the first and probably the only time I'll ever get to work on an actual GT500 is after some jerk plows it into a curb. I got the pleasure of picking up where the body/frame shop left off: