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I was a tech for Audi for three years. VAG makes lovely goddamn cars. They drive nice, they look nice but they break and no one can fix them.
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I don't know how the hell you can drive like this, the rear shocks in my car were worn out and I just had them replaced today because it felt like the uncle buck car. Just...jesus... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVBCSTQJHlg
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Sep 1, 2013 04:07
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Huggable Bear King posted:I don't know how the hell you can drive like this, the rear shocks in my car were worn out and I just had them replaced today because it felt like the uncle buck car. Just...jesus... Brianne Corn can do it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-i2_g33wXQ
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Sep 1, 2013 04:09
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Bugdrvr posted:I was a tech for Audi for three years. VAG makes lovely goddamn cars. They drive nice, they look nice but they break and no one can fix them. Its what they get for ditching the 20v Inline 5
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Sep 1, 2013 04:58
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 Months later, and my hand is still two different colours from the burns. Bugdrvr posted:I was a tech for Audi for three years. VAG makes lovely goddamn cars. They drive nice, they look nice but they break and no one can fix them. No, they're the best cars in the world.  (I love mine, i will defend them to the death..) Mooseykins fucked around with this message at 05:53 on Sep 1, 2013 |
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Sep 1, 2013 05:43
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Horrible landscape failue: 
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Sep 1, 2013 08:15
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oh poo poo oh poo poo oh poo poo
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Sep 1, 2013 08:24
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I wonder if they were doing that thing where you rest your palms on the wheel and breath out an "oh poo poo" while staring straight ahead in disbelief and didn't even notice dumpster boulder having second thoughts at the last moment.
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Sep 1, 2013 09:01
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Rugoberta Munchu posted:I wonder if they were doing that thing where you rest your palms on the wheel and breath out an "oh poo poo" while staring straight ahead in disbelief and didn't even notice dumpster boulder having second thoughts at the last moment. They have very quick reflexes on the hazard lights, in any case.
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Sep 1, 2013 09:32
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My friend today borrowed his parents decrepit chrysler minivan to shuttle everyone to to the movies. It rained quite a bit, so he had the wipers on. The wipers on the van are mounted on the outsides of the windshield and face in, something got them out of sync, and they collided with each other on the downstroke: 
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Sep 1, 2013 09:37
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InitialDave posted:Horrible landscape failue: Holy loving poo poo.
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Sep 1, 2013 09:43
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The video... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52o7rz0zvv8 It takes a really long time.
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Sep 1, 2013 10:02
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Huggable Bear King posted:I don't know how the hell you can drive like this, the rear shocks in my car were worn out and I just had them replaced today because it felt like the uncle buck car. Just...jesus... The suspension, if it wasn't hosed before this, is definitely hosed now. But that looks more like it was caused by horribly out of balance tires. The dealer tags just make it even better,  says that's from the seediest of the tote the note lots on Harry Hines, and that they paid something like $8k @ 25% APR. That looks like an 03 or 04..
randomidiot fucked around with this message at 11:09 on Sep 1, 2013 |
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Sep 1, 2013 11:04
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atomicthumbs posted:They have very quick reflexes on the hazard lights, in any case. If its a relatively modern car it might automatically activate the emergency lights during hard braking or due to it being moved violently to the side (collision detection), i've already seen it several times on the highway when people emergency brake for something, the hazards pop on automatically to alert others.
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Sep 1, 2013 12:38
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Gorillian Dollars posted:If its a relatively modern car it might automatically activate the emergency lights during hard braking or due to it being moved violently to the side (collision detection), i've already seen it several times on the highway when people emergency brake for something, the hazards pop on automatically to alert others. Just before the big boulder lands a pretty large piece of debris obviously hits the car as you can see the rear lights get pushed sideways across the road. It doesn't look like they are going fast enough for it to be the braking that sets them off.
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Sep 1, 2013 13:17
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Looks to me like he's just pumping the brakes. I may be wrong, but as far as I know the hazards flash the taillights, lights staying on and flashing brighter is brake lights.
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Sep 1, 2013 13:33
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Bad Angus! Bad!
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Backstory, I bought a 1999 GMC Safari to tow my rally car with, because I'm poor like that. That was about a year and a half, maybe two years ago. At the time I bought it, the rotors needed to be replaced so I did them. I looked at the pads at the time. There was plenty of meat left and they looked good, so I didn't bother replacing them. About 1 rally ago, the van started pulling a bit to the left under hard braking, there was vibration under braking and the braking performance just felt underwhelming. So, I figured it was time to replace the pads, and I also replaced one caliper where the bleeder valve was stuck and rounded out. I replaced the other caliper at some point due to it sticking as well. When I pulled out the RH side pads (on the bottom), gently caress me...  Again, there was absolutely no bad noise under braking. Only the symptoms described. loving van. Thank goodness for Rock Auto or this van would have cost me a fortune by now.
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Sep 1, 2013 14:21
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There's still plenty of meat on those backing plates.
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Sep 1, 2013 17:09
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I've blown up enough two strokes to know that I'm looking at a CR125. Did the rod run out of hours or did you twist it to 14,000?
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Sep 1, 2013 17:33
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Delivery McGee posted:Looks to me like he's just pumping the brakes. I may be wrong, but as far as I know the hazards flash the taillights, lights staying on and flashing brighter is brake lights. You've been driving American cars for too long. Cars with separate amber turn signals will usually use those as the hazard flashers, with the separate red tail lights serving the brake and running-light functions.
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Sep 1, 2013 17:48
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murphle posted:You've been driving American cars for too long. Cars with separate amber turn signals will usually use those as the hazard flashers, with the separate red tail lights serving the brake and running-light functions. The hazards are going. Many modern cars activate the hazards when a they detect a crash event of some description, I imagine a 5 series BMW would.
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Sep 1, 2013 23:13
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It just so happens I came across a crashed current-model 5-series on Wednesday, and yes, they do.
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Sep 1, 2013 23:41
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The driver hit the hazards so the boulder would see it, duh.
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Sep 2, 2013 00:01
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otaku69 posted:i had an srt-4, and i had no idea about that hidden one, it was never talked about on the other forums i went to. People wrecked them before getting to an age point where they would begin to sag. There's at least four good stops left in those. Quit yer bitchin
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Sep 2, 2013 03:54
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Used Sunlight sales posted:I've blown up enough two strokes to know that I'm looking at a CR125. I don't see any heat discoloration on the crank so I'm guessing the latter. (And I think it's from a YZ125)
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Sep 2, 2013 04:33
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murphle posted:You've been driving American cars for too long. Cars with separate amber turn signals will usually use those as the hazard flashers, with the separate red tail lights serving the brake and running-light functions. Even a lot of American cars split the brake and turn signals now. My car (a GM, so pretty American) most definitely has separate bulbs for each, though the turn signals still have a red lens on the rear (top bulb = turn, lower bulb = brake/running). No idea if the accident response (OnStar) activates the hazards though.
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Sep 2, 2013 04:41
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Seat Safety Switch posted:Brianne Corn can do it. lol holy poo poo! wow shocks are important, I'm uh glad I got that done. My dad was making fun of me calling it the "uncle buck" car for reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFV9WVZ4cek
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Sep 2, 2013 04:47
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I can't believe a car that large was ever called a "coupe".
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Sep 2, 2013 05:26
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Measly Twerp posted:I can't believe a car that large was ever called a "coupe". How many doors does it have?
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Sep 2, 2013 06:17
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Seat Safety Switch posted:Brianne Corn can do it. Her loving laughs after each stop makes that loving video great.
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Sep 2, 2013 06:21
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Fucknag posted:How many doors does it have? It could probably have six normal sized doors instead of two.
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Sep 2, 2013 06:33
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Measly Twerp posted:It could probably have six normal sized doors instead of two. I haven't read anywhere that it was ever called a coupe, I think the uploader of the video just mistitled it (the footage is dubbed in German, appropriately enough). That thing would have been called a 2 door hardtop. The old American taxonomy for sedan and coupe was based on interior volume not the number of doors.
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Sep 2, 2013 06:50
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Measly Twerp posted:I can't believe a car that large was ever called a "coupe". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Naf5uJYGoiU
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Sep 2, 2013 06:51
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Throatwarbler posted:I haven't read anywhere that it was ever called a coupe, I think the uploader of the video just mistitled it (the footage is dubbed in German, appropriately enough). That thing would have been called a 2 door hardtop. The old American taxonomy for sedan and coupe was based on interior volume not the number of doors. If I remember correctly, whether or not the car has fixed pillars also matters. A two door car with pillars would still be called a sedan, whereas a pillarless one would be called a hardtop, and if it was of small interior volume it could also be called a coupe. I think?
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Sep 2, 2013 08:07
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Going along these same lines, how would you describe my car? (not trying to argue, I'm honestly not sure exactly what it falls into outside of marketing speak) Its official model designation is "Ion Quad Coupe". There's also no B pillar, and the rear doors can't open unless the front doors are open. Not sure if the "quad" refers to the doors, or how many seats (the back seat is 1+1 instead of a bench, it has a hard plastic bin in the middle instead). The sedan version had a normal B pillar and the normal 4 doors, and the sedan had 3 seat belts + bench in the back instead of the 1+1. Those doors do enable me to carry absurd amounts of stuff that should never fit in such a small car, at least. 
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Sep 2, 2013 11:24
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Raluek posted:If I remember correctly, whether or not the car has fixed pillars also matters. A two door car with pillars would still be called a sedan, whereas a pillarless one would be called a hardtop, and if it was of small interior volume it could also be called a coupe. I think? I think it goes: Has pillars, 2 doors? It's a tudor. Pillarless, 2 doors? Coupé. Pillarless, 4 (or more) doors? Rollover Deathtrap.
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Sep 2, 2013 11:34
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So what the hell class is the Velostar, with it's asymmetrical 3-door hilarity? Other than 'hatchback' of course.
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Sep 2, 2013 12:57
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xp67 posted:So what the hell class is the Velostar, with it's asymmetrical 3-door hilarity? "lovely" seems to sum it up.
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Sep 2, 2013 14:00
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My grandparents had one of these: Yeah it has two doors but once you're over 19 feet it's not really a coupe anymore. edit: on topic coupe with mechanical failure... 
dubzee fucked around with this message at 14:20 on Sep 2, 2013 |
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Sep 2, 2013 14:12
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Source: Local car forum "So got around to doing the LCA bushings on the new whip (NJJack's Del Sol). Before (no I did not remove any bushing before taking the pic though some fell off):"   When I saw the pics I was half convinced I was already in this thread 
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