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You Am I posted:Since they got rid of Fixed that for you. I miss my Legacy GT. As a BMW owner (  ) I never thought I'd say that, but I really do. gently caress characterless execubarges.
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sofullofhate posted:Fixed that for you. You think BMWs are characterless? Try a Mercedes. 
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My Outback Sport has a hood scoop and vents. Sorry you guys are poor. You can actually unbolt the vents to get some more airflow but I don't really see the point.
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Seat Safety Switch posted:My Outback Sport has a hood scoop and vents. Sorry you guys are poor. They also leak water onto things in the engine bay if you take the covers off.
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MrYenko posted:You think BMWs are characterless? Try a Mercedes. It could be more like a Toyota. Just an appliance with no speed or corning and beige-ness every where.
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Hey, some budget cars (Toyota Corolla, etc) have more personality than the expensive luxurydouchemobiles do. There's an odd quirkyness that comes from trying to do things excessively well, but on a very tight budget. Quintuple-use armrest/"oh poo poo" handles/door handles/umbrella holders/ashtrays do require a bit of design forethought, and sometimes it's things like that giving cars more personality than a slab of wood or carbon fiber over a designed-by-robots-in-helvetica stereo/nav system button grid.
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Geirskogul posted:Hey, some budget cars (Toyota Corolla, etc) have more personality than the expensive luxurydouchemobiles do. There's an odd quirkyness that comes from trying to do things excessively well, but on a very tight budget. Quintuple-use armrest/"oh poo poo" handles/door handles/umbrella holders/ashtrays do require a bit of design forethought, and sometimes it's things like that giving cars more personality than a slab of wood or carbon fiber over a designed-by-robots-in-helvetica stereo/nav system button grid. No argument here, but he's talking about Toyota's mass market sedans which are built to be inoffensive to as many people as possible. No risks allowed. It's the definition of automotive appliance, and it sells a lot of cars. But no one's going to get enthusiastic about it... German luxobarges at least are able to have stupid engines and ridiculous gearboxes in them, sometimes. edit: By the way, it's been awhile since someone posted a horrible mechanical failure. I'm gonna look for something stupid on my phone. I might still have one or two. Jonny Nox fucked around with this message at 17:03 on Apr 2, 2013 |
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Double Posting like a Rebel. There's one thing I can tell you about EZouts... 
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BrokenKnucklez posted:It could be more like a Toyota. Just an appliance with no speed or corning and beige-ness every where. Hey, my Toyota has cornering and no beigeness anywhere! (Not much speed, though.)
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Not entirely sure if this is the right thread for this, but here it is anyway. Something far worse than that other house that shall remain unmentioned... quote:I bring you this for your viewing pleasure. Constructikons and do-it-your-selfers may get an extra special kick out of this one. http://www.bcsportbikes.com/forum/s...l=1#post1733445 http://www.bcsportbikes.com/forum/s...l=1#post1733713 http://www.bcsportbikes.com/forum/s...l=1#post1734063 http://www.bcsportbikes.com/forum/s...l=1#post1734534 http://www.bcsportbikes.com/forum/s...l=1#post1735835 Highlights include:      The horror...
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I think that goes here but goddamn! That's some uh... skilled framing work.
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kastein posted:I think that goes here but goddamn! That's some uh... skilled framing work. Since I don't wander over to that forum much, I'm glad it popped up here. It makes me feel better about myself, in a way that I never knew possible.
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Looks better than most of the B-Huts in Afghanistan.
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Legacy GT the customer said started making funny noises.
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People have a strange definition of "funny." Maybe one person's "funny" is my "horrifying."
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14 INCH DETECTIVE posted:Legacy GT the customer said started making funny noises. The engine wasn't sobbing and pleading to be put out of its misery?
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Far as I know the Subaru drove here under its own power. Also, "put it back together the customer doesn't want to do anything"  
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stuck caliper slide? That's not too far from vane-y goodness.
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14 INCH DETECTIVE posted:Legacy GT the customer said started making funny noises. Banjo bolt filter kills again. The engine won't be far behind 
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A 2000-ish Infiniti G35x gets towed in. The front end makes a loud and horrendous clunking noise on every turn and shook pretty hard on acceleration. I didn't have the time for any more pictures, but the both the front yoke as well as the drive shaft itself were battered into uselessness by what was left of the worn joint and had to be replaced entirely:  Common sense would indicate that there was plenty of advance warning before it got this bad, more proof that turning up the radio doesn't fix the odd noises coming from your front end. Some people insist on learning the hard way 
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14 INCH DETECTIVE posted:Far as I know the Subaru drove here under its own power. Also, gently caress super duties.
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Wish I'd gotten a shot of the other side, but.. Mechanical failure waiting to happen. Both rear wheels were / /
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Holy gently caress. "Yeah, it leans into the next lane when there's a bend in the road."
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The result of a tire blow out going down the drag strip, in my buddy's car: Lost a tire at almost 130. Hit the wall, did a 540 and ended up running a 10.3 @ 113 mph while crossing the finish line with two flat tires, missing body panels, a missing wheel and facing the wrong way. Never entered the other lane and he walked out without a scratch on him, though his back is hurting today (happened on Wednesday). Dizman fucked around with this message at 16:58 on Apr 6, 2013 |
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Does the time count if he never entered the other lane?
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I've always wondered that. If on the strip you hit ludicrous speed and some how end up going over the line backwards, yet traveling at plaid do the bits and pieces of your car that are maintaining momentum qualify as a full run?
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Grumbletron 4000 posted:I've always wondered that. If on the strip you hit ludicrous speed and some how end up going over the line backwards, yet traveling at plaid do the bits and pieces of your car that are maintaining momentum qualify as a full run? yeah, same as a run where you lift mid-track to avoid needing a cage counts as a full run 
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Dizman posted:The result of a tire blow out going down the drag strip, in my buddy's car:  That.. really doesn't look bad at all for 130. Or 100. Or hell, 70. I'm sure it's good and hosed, but the fact that he walked out of that with nothing more than whiplash is just amazing.
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some texas redneck posted:
That car doesn't look all that hosed. Sure it looks awful because it has lost the fender and door skin, but that's purely cosmetic
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I thought the chassis was rather difficult to repair on them? Admittedly, I really don't know poo poo about frame/chassis work.  I'd just think that kind of hit would have done some  damage to the chassis.Still looks incredible for what it went through.
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some texas redneck posted:I thought the chassis was rather difficult to repair on them? Remember though that the shell is fiberglass; doesn't take as severe a hit to tear stuff off. Plus the whole body lifts off, so any chassis repair work would be easy access and thus somewhat cheaper... relatively speaking.
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Isn't the shell bonded onto the 'frame' in a really difficult to remove way in the new cars? I know on the old ones (at least C3 and prior) it was basically a bolt on body on frame affair like a Vic. I don't see how they could make a true unibody with a fiberglass body, so it's probably still the same, I just don't know how you separate and rebond the parts as J. Random Bodyshop. Seat Safety Switch fucked around with this message at 05:09 on Apr 6, 2013 |
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There is a steel unibody (aluminum in the case of the C6 Z06 and ZR1). On a normal car the weight of the car sits on the suspension which goes to the springs and shock towers and the body. Corvettes don't have normal springs or shock towers though, they have a transverse leaf spring which becomes the stressed member instead of the body, so the weight of the car isn't resting on the body in the same way. So when the car gets hit in the wheel (I guess) the force is going into the leaf springs instead of the unibody. I guess you could call the leaf springs and the drivetrain tunnel running down the middle attached to the engine and rear end the "frame". Throatwarbler fucked around with this message at 05:18 on Apr 6, 2013 |
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Seat Safety Switch posted:Isn't the shell bonded onto the 'frame' in a really difficult to remove way in the new cars? I know on the old ones (at least C3 and prior) it was basically a bolt on body on frame affair like a Vic. Pretty sure it still is "body on frame", just nowadays the frame looks like this:  I know most Chevy dealerships can do it. Lift the car on a special low-profile lift, unbolt the body, use the lift to raise the body up, roll the chassis out and set the body down on a special cart made for the purpose. E: See, it's even got frame rails!
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No, that's called a unibody.
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 Roomies FZR. He flushed the cooling system and now we get to put a new HG on it. weeeeee
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