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InterceptorV8 posted:http://youtu.be/_JQdxC63vCQ You win.
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Yeah something like this happened on our highway a few years ago. Someone was on the way to the dump, didn't bother securing his washer-dryer set in his pickup and poo poo out a top-load washer onto the left lane of the highway right after a blind corner. IIRC a Golf caught it in the nose and seriously injured the driver. A lot of people have called me old fashioned for wanting blatantly ignorant sociopaths like that to have their hands cut off, but I think if anything it doesn't go far enough. While not a mechanical failure, here's a video from another part of that highway. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyVk126eilE TONGUE WEIGHT WHAT'S THAT? Seat Safety Switch fucked around with this message at 03:49 on Feb 17, 2013 |
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Expedition? Or Explorer? I have an Explorer but for some reason I can't tell with the image. Either way, I think a loving oven destroying your engine on the freeway is up there with "log falling off of a logging truck and careening through the windshield" on my pant-making GBS threads list. Not quite as high, but very close.
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Feb 17, 2013 04:47
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I'd rather take an oven to the nose than a piece of lumber or a sheet of plywood, since those can loving take your head off, but drat, I think I'll go with "none of the above" thanks.
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Geirskogul posted:Expedition? Or Explorer? I have an Explorer but for some reason I can't tell with the image. I was thinking Ford SUV but the C pillar looks wrong versus my quick GIS.
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Seat Safety Switch posted:Yeah something like this happened on our highway a few years ago. Someone was on the way to the dump, didn't bother securing his washer-dryer set in his pickup and poo poo out a top-load washer onto the left lane of the highway right after a blind corner. IIRC a Golf caught it in the nose and seriously injured the driver. Doublepostan' "Tankslappers" can happen with cars, too. I had a similar (but not as retarded) thing happen just recently while towing a motorcycle on a motorcycle trailer behind my Subaru. Jackass in the left lane decided to merge right into the corner of the trailer, causing it to whip side-to-side two or three times. I recovered (  ) by dropping it into fourth and speeding up to straighten it out (really, I was just trying to get away from the crazy person), but unfortunately the rear end who caused it sped off at 90+ mph into rush-hour traffic.Pictures of the dents on both sides of the Subie:   
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Good recovery. I always figured hammering it and trying to get up as much speed as possible was the way to tuck it back into shape but I dunno if I would be able to react fast enough to catch it.
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Previa_fun posted:I was thinking Ford SUV but the C pillar looks wrong versus my quick GIS. It's an Explorer.
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Feb 17, 2013 05:52
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"Tried to buy it for a good price but the discount for the salvage title was already baked in"
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Seat Safety Switch posted:Good recovery. I always figured hammering it and trying to get up as much speed as possible was the way to tuck it back into shape but I dunno if I would be able to react fast enough to catch it. The camping and caravanning club (UK) actually recommends "firm, steady acceleration" to recover from "dangerous oscillation". The only problem with that is everyone considers themselves an expert & therefore tows >100% of their vehicle weight, meaning acceleration is not an option.
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Cakefool posted:The camping and caravanning club (UK) actually recommends "firm, steady acceleration" to recover from "dangerous oscillation". The only problem with that is everyone considers themselves an expert & therefore tows >100% of their vehicle weight, meaning acceleration is not an option. Are they the ones that recommended the first generation Kia Cerato as a suitable tow vehicle?
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dissss posted:Are they the ones that recommended the first generation Kia Cerato as a suitable tow vehicle? Now, there is NOTHING wrong with the kia cer....wait, first generation? Sweet lord.
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IIRC, UK passenger car with a trailer means you're legally limited to 80kph. I remember someone telling me the Euro focus has a tow weight equal to its own mass for this reason.
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dissss posted:Are they the ones that recommended the first generation Kia Cerato as a suitable tow vehicle? Yup. Falkenbok posted:IIRC, UK passenger car with a trailer means you're legally limited to 80kph. I remember someone telling me the Euro focus has a tow weight equal to its own mass for this reason. 60mph on a motorway, 50 on a 60 posted dual carriageway. Also max 750kg unbraked trailers.
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Feb 17, 2013 10:57
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I can't help but look at that and think 'photoshop'. Not that I doubt the damage. I'd buy that a stove could indeed do that kind of damage to an SUV. It's just that the stove looks a little too perfect. I can't believe it would stay in one piece, let alone without any visible scratches or the like after falling off a vehicle and impacting another vehicle. Seriously, it looks like I could take it off and put it in my kitchen as if I'd just bought it.
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It looks like they took the bumper/grille/engine/trans out and set the oven in the hollow because they're taking it all to the scrapyard dude.
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Feb 18, 2013 09:04
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And in two posts this thread took a turn into bizarro-world.
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It might, if I had any idea what the heck I was looking at.
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Feb 18, 2013 19:10
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I would hazard a guess at the engine room fire on the cruise ship recently. Carnival Triumph IIRC.
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Splizwarf posted:It might, if I had any idea what the heck I was looking at. That's the smoke from the engine fire on Carnival Triumph. My lens was a little fogged from the cold air.
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Feb 18, 2013 19:54
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You should post it in a smaller resolution so we really can't make anything out.
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Nitr0 posted:You should post it in a smaller resolution so we really can't make anything out.  Happy?
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PhotoKirk posted:That's the smoke from the engine fire on Carnival Triumph. My lens was a little fogged from the cold air. So then I assume you were on it. I've always cruised on Carnival and still will, but man that seemed pretty lovely. Edit: Pun was not intended.
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Fermunky posted:So then I assume you were on it. I've always cruised on Carnival and still will, but man that seemed pretty lovely.
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PhotoKirk posted:
So what actually ignited? I thought it was a fire in the electrical generating system?
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nmfree posted:I don't think anyone would have dumped on you for that. Bullshit, that stinks.
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CommieGIR posted:So what actually ignited? I thought it was a fire in the electrical generating system? CNN posted:Washington (CNN) -- The fire that crippled the Carnival cruise ship Triumph started with a leak in a fuel-oil return line running from one of the ship's engines, the U.S. Coast Guard said Monday.
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Few things from around the yard. Sorry for the crappy pictures from my phone. Hitatchi 350 excavator. Isuzu 7.8L diesel  Volvo A30D brake disk. How does is even crack like that? Long run down a hill with the brakes on, and hit cold water?  D9L V-12.  Someone thought half a bottle of ether was a good idea. You could honestly stick your arm in one side of the block out the other.    A30D turbo failure  
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Is it on fire there? That's how much cruise ships normally smoke when they are setting in port. The big spoiler thing is where all the different engine exhausts come out. obso fucked around with this message at 05:59 on Feb 19, 2013 |
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obso posted:I don't think it's on fire there. That's just how much cruise ships normally smoke when they are setting in port. Those big spoiler things is where all the different engine exhausts come out. Um, she was on fire. That was about 15 minutes after the firefighting teams were dispatched to the engine room.
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Yeah I see some coming off the roof behind the GIANT tv there. But all of the black smoke up top looks normal.
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Jork Juggler posted:Something about those median cables really bothers me. It seems like they would perform well when arresting a vehicle, but perform terribly in many other ways. I suppose the benefits of reducing head-on collisions outweigh the danger posed to people outside of a car. I can't imagine what those things would do to a motorcyclist. As a motorcyclist, they look like guillotines through a helmet. But so do the single guardrails that are a foot off the ground.
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Feb 19, 2013 06:16
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I don't think that's the right way to do the Ranger front end swap.
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No picture yet, but it looks like the previous owner welded the harmonic balancer onto the crankshaft of my 327. Hopefully it's just welded to the remains of the bolt, and not the crank. Even if it is, what are the chances that it's a lovely weld with no penetration, since the early 327 has a forged crank and I'm sure they did no pre-heating?
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I'd ask myself why he would do it to start with. hosed keyway?
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I thought maybe the bolt broke in the crank, and the welder was closer than the machine shop. That's why maybe it's just welded to what's left of the bolt. Maybe.
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It's like a really tame version of that classic set of pictures of the people who ran over a mattress and didn't bother stopping.  
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