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The Germans issued the challenge with their fart-sucking, perfume-dispensing S-class seats; Americans answered it with the motorized cup holder.
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What if you only wanted to open it halfway though?
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Mar 29, 2014 10:07
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Only one drink? Y'all ain't from around here, are ya?
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Mar 29, 2014 10:48
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Ziploc posted:Why does this exist? So that you can bring it in bitching to the dealer when your overflowing ashtray cup finally delivers enough ash and cellophane into the already syrup covered motors and the motherfucker seizes on you.
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Mar 29, 2014 22:41
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I just don't get that motorised cupholder lid at all. The amount of effort it takes to get the thing moving looks to be the same as what it would take to just open it normally in the first place. Not to mention I just wouldn't trust it. What if you went to close it with a coffee in there? Would the lid stop or would it crush the lovely cardboard cup and you'd end up with coffee everywhere?
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Mar 30, 2014 04:59
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I imagine it's got some sort of auto-stop mechanism like windows do, where it stops if the computer senses resistance.
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Mar 30, 2014 08:30
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Fucknag posted:I imagine it's got some sort of auto-stop mechanism like windows do, where it stops if the computer senses resistance. Ever get your fingers caught in one? It's not that simple, haha.
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Mar 30, 2014 15:15
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VikingSkull posted:Ever get your fingers caught in one? It's not that simple, haha. Ive accidentally closed one on my head while trying to start the car through the window.Fuckers got some torque to them.
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Mar 30, 2014 15:21
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Yeah, I don't think resistance is what stops them, they only stop once it recognizes that upward movement is prevented. By then, serious pain has occurred.
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Mar 30, 2014 15:24
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Yeah, I've seen fingers broken by those. Even as an EE (hell, especially as an EE) I'd never want a motorized center console lid. That's a solution looking for a problem, and it's not even a good solution.
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Mar 30, 2014 15:27
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kastein posted:Even as an EE (hell, especially as an EE) I'd never want a motorized center console lid. That's a solution looking for a problem, and it's not even a good solution. Which encapsulates Cadillac / GM thinking right now. Like the STS I had -- main outside door handles have no mechanical linkage to the doors, instead, you pull the handle which triggers a microswitch. Microswitch triggers a popper that opens the door... which sucks for 2 reasons a) when you pull the door handle, there's an annoying delay between when you pull the handle and the door opening and b) the microswitches fail and you're hosed. 
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meatpimp posted:Which encapsulates Cadillac / GM thinking right now. Like the STS I had -- main outside door handles have no mechanical linkage to the doors, instead, you pull the handle which triggers a microswitch. Microswitch triggers a popper that opens the door... which sucks for 2 reasons a) when you pull the door handle, there's an annoying delay between when you pull the handle and the door opening and b) the microswitches fail and you're hosed. The upside to this is it would be easy as hell to shave the door handles and get remote poppers. e: Content...turn up your speakers and enjoy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bu3S_huKihY angryhampster fucked around with this message at 22:27 on Mar 30, 2014 |
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Mar 30, 2014 22:03
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bung posted:From the schadenfreude thread. Payoff at 1:20. Why does every douchebag driver grip the wheel with 1 hand at the 12 o'clock position? It's terrible for control isn't that comfortable and makes you look like a douchebag.
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Mar 31, 2014 15:04
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New Mighty Car Mods! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnP5p85yNdA I never realised how spoilt I was with my 944 bonnet/hood until right now. Hi Sheryl! Wait what.
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Mar 31, 2014 15:59
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Moog grew on me a lot this episode.
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Mar 31, 2014 16:41
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Comma Chameleon posted:Why does every douchebag driver grip the wheel with 1 hand at the 12 o'clock position? It's terrible for control isn't that comfortable and makes you look like a douchebag. It is comfortable and there's plenty of control? Cruising on the highway isnt exactly driving on the Nurburgring
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Mar 31, 2014 16:45
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Seat Safety Switch posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcjC00J8FaM I sent this to my wife. Her response? "Oh, I saw that thing on the 101 heading towards Scottsdale, figured it was just some idiots in a piece of junk." Well, she's not wrong there!
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Measly Twerp posted:New Mighty Car Mods! Something tells me the first episode ate a bit of the budget.
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Leno finally finished his hot rod Lotus Elan Nothing like putting an Elan on a diet and adding power  There's a bunch of videos going through the restoration process at his website, too. Now that he's off of TV, I hope he goes more into the Garage stuff. It's amazing how much I hated him, until I started watching the car poo poo he does. Now I think he's one of the coolest celebrities ever. He's much, much better at hosting auto poo poo than he was as a comedian. Seizure Meat fucked around with this message at 01:59 on Apr 1, 2014 |
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Apr 1, 2014 01:38
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"nurembergring"
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Hahaha, yeah I caught that. You'd figure that a guy who can rebuild a Lotus Elan like that could pronounce the loving place!
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Apr 1, 2014 02:44
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfS8iz2NaLE
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Apr 1, 2014 02:45
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Good.
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Holy poo poo, it didn't catch fire.
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Apr 1, 2014 03:19
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What kind of Mazda is that?
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It's a Mazda5, isn't it? e- no I don't think it is
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It's a 1st-gen Premacy; the second and third gens are called the 5 in North America. So yes and no.
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Ok, that makes sense. The shape was familiar but the lack of rear sliding door tracks threw me.
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Don't read the comments.
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Fucknag posted:It's a 1st-gen Premacy; the second and third gens are called the 5 in North America. I think it's a 2nd gen Mazda 2, the taillights are wrong for a Premacy.
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KozmoNaut posted:Don't read the comments. I went hunting through them to try and figure out what that Mazda was and all I found was the expected blend of class warfare, omfg-cool-car-so-it's-ok-to-drive-like-a-knob crowd, false-spine antagonists and incest enthusiasts.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7013GeiGAU I don't think he likes it.
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Measly Twerp posted:New Mighty Car Mods!
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McLaren 650S: Track Driving, Sliding & Tech Interview - Chris Harris On Cars https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMB4TS6sCYo Thing looks mental.
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Those brake rotors are pornographically large.
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Does anybody have that clip from a movie where a gangster rams a tailgater off the road with a souped up merc?
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Torn Quad Jones posted:Does anybody have that clip from a movie where a gangster rams a tailgater off the road with a souped up merc? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5I7lXV9b88
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRNoRlLlsD8 Enjoy the wonderful sound of the BRM V16. It's a 1.5L V16 that revs to 12,000 and makes 600hp courtesy of a supercharger and methanol fuel. From 1953.
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Enzenx posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRNoRlLlsD8 It is my layman understanding that the car suffered from fueling issues during the recording? How wrong am I? And some content. Here are some guys not worried about getting some sand in their https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaPCi4sEDfk Intro ends at 1:48. Edit: For those that like V8s more than turbo I6s. FF to 14:00. Fattig fucked around with this message at 09:34 on Apr 6, 2014 |
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Enzenx posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRNoRlLlsD8 I first got an mp3 of that in 2005 or something and it has been one of my favourite things ever since. That fly-by gives me the biggest chills imaginable and it is without a doubt the sexiest sounding engine I've ever heard.
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