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It took me 5 looks to realize he got it almost all down the side as well. My mind had been excluding as a reflection.
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xzzy posted:Parents, only let your kids drive beaters. Funny enough, someone pointed me to an article last week arguing that parents should not give their kids a beater because it is likely to lack modern safety features, which a teen will most likely require, and may save their life. It felt like it was sponsored by ford or something as a way to convince parents they need to buy little Johnnie a brand new 2014 sedan.
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Aug 7, 2014 03:27
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I got a brand new sedan... out of my own money and after driving an 18 year old truck for the first 5 years of my driving career. I wouldn't have had it any other way as I learned how not to drive with it because I was the person you shared a road with. It only recently came full circle when I got rear ended by another driver who was just starting her solo time driving.
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Aug 7, 2014 03:46
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Brigdh posted:Funny enough, someone pointed me to an article last week arguing that parents should not give their kids a beater because it is likely to lack modern safety features, which a teen will most likely require, and may save their life. It felt like it was sponsored by ford or something as a way to convince parents they need to buy little Johnnie a brand new 2014 sedan. Little Johnny is probably way more likely to die as a passenger in one of his buddies' beaters anyway, so pour that money into driving school for his friends and make him buy a car.
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Aug 7, 2014 03:51
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Brigdh posted:Funny enough, someone pointed me to an article last week arguing that parents should not give their kids a beater because it is likely to lack modern safety features, which a teen will most likely require, and may save their life. It felt like it was sponsored by ford or something as a way to convince parents they need to buy little Johnnie a brand new 2014 sedan. Subaru had a bunch of those commercials, to the tone of a parent saying they bought a Subaru because it will be eventually passed on to their kids yadda yadda yadda. My first car was a 1992 Plymouth Acclaim 
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Aug 7, 2014 04:02
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You Am I posted:They almost got it parked within the lines. Then again the Charger next to it has done an awful job as well. Seriously dude, the fuckin wheel broke off the car and they still parked better than charger retard.
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Aug 7, 2014 04:18
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Brigdh posted:Funny enough, someone pointed me to an article last week arguing that parents should not give their kids a beater because it is likely to lack modern safety features, which a teen will most likely require, and may save their life. It felt like it was sponsored by ford or something as a way to convince parents they need to buy little Johnnie a brand new 2014 sedan. There's definitely some truth to it, a 2014 car is a lot more idiot proof than a 2000 car, and a 2000 car is a lot more idiot proof than a 1980 car. But on the other hand if the kid's virtually guaranteed to destroy it being out $3000 is a lot less painful than $30,000. My solution would be the $3000 beater and spend whatever it costs to get them into a performance driving school, maybe to give them better reactions when it all goes to poo poo.
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Aug 7, 2014 04:21
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Willfrey posted:My guess is the driver was drunk, hosed up his ride, parked it and left. He clipped it with his front tire, the front bumper looked untouched so he must of had it cranked over pretty far, in the wrong goddamn lane of a walmart parking lot. Sadly, drunk driving is probably in the number 3 or 4 slot after texting, yelling at a carload of unruly children or the driver having a physical fight with their significant other/spouse while leaving the parking lot. Given it's at Walmart I would also believe fleeing in possession of <$30 in shoplifted merchandise.
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Aug 7, 2014 05:34
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Great Beer posted:Or trying to not get pulled over in the worlds most obvious speed trap. The slight slowdowns to 70 all surround major intersections with lights; there's an actual reason for their existence beyond being speed traps, and they are placed logically. Being honest, I don't think we really have that many speed traps around here. Most reductions in speed have some sort of logic behind them. On the other hand, I can't for the life of me figure out why the speed limit on Glenmore Trail by Macleod stayed the same after they removed several sets of lights and engineered the gently caress out of it.
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Aug 7, 2014 05:39
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I saw a guy today with on a bike loaded with poo poo speeding/weaving in and out of lanes with only one arm on the handles while holding a pack with his other arm.
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Aug 7, 2014 06:24
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Own an Infiniti with adaptive cruise and lane control? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zY_zqEmKV1k Skip to 1:27 for the 
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Aug 7, 2014 12:53
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I didn't see it but heard tale from coworkers of a dude on a Harley getting Hardee's and riding away with the bag in his right hand and the Coke in his left hand. Still trying to figure out the logistics of controlling a bike like that ten years later.
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Aug 7, 2014 12:54
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mungtor posted:Own an Infiniti with adaptive cruise and lane control? Aren't they engineering those systems now so it detects if your hand aren't on the wheel? It'll give warnings then, I don't remember: I think start slowing down.
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Aug 7, 2014 12:58
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mungtor posted:Own an Infiniti with adaptive cruise and lane control? Wow. I think we've reached the point where I have greater faith in a car's electronic brain (brought to you my the motor industry, which their 'great' reputation) than the average driver.
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Aug 7, 2014 13:41
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mungtor posted:Own an Infiniti with adaptive cruise and lane control? Today i learned that according to youtube comments lane assist does not exist. This video was clearly faked using greenscreens and CGI.
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Aug 7, 2014 13:49
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Uthor posted:Aren't they engineering those systems now so it detects if your hand aren't on the wheel? It'll give warnings then, I don't remember: I think start slowing down. I think that after seeing a video like this, Infiniti is likely to engineer in some sort of safeguard to ensure people can't do this. I can't imagine what it'd do if it detected someone getting out of the driver's seat, though...typically if you're using CC you're on the highway, and it couldn't very well instruct the car to quickly brake to a dead stop... Maybe they know that and that's why you CAN get out of the driver's seat while this driving aid is enabled.
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Aug 7, 2014 15:51
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finally, a safe way to have sex in a car without stopping!
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Aug 7, 2014 15:54
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Wasn't there a video of a kid doing that in France recently, and he got hunted down by the police and arrested? This guy is obviously marginally more intelligent for blurring out his face, but then he went and posted it on a youtube account and it's now getting spread all over the internet.
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Aug 7, 2014 16:14
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The bizarre thing is, it isn't like the car can't tell he got out - doesn't the drivers seat have weight sensors for airbags too, or is that only the passenger seat?
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Aug 7, 2014 16:22
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I would expect it's only the passenger seat, the occupancy sensor is probably the seat belt latch on the driver's side.
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Aug 7, 2014 16:23
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Look at this motherfucker parking directly in front of my driveway. WHAT THE gently caress BRO. Luckily there was a space in front of him that was big enough to squeeze my jeep through. After contemplating putting nails under his tires I decided to just leave him a note letting him know that I was inconvenienced and that I think he's an rear end in a top hat.
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Aug 7, 2014 16:36
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Astonishing Wang posted:Look at this motherfucker parking directly in front of my driveway.
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Aug 7, 2014 16:37
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Most areas have laws about blocking driveways, you also could have called the police and if someone bothered to show up they'd get a ticket and potentially towed.
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Aug 7, 2014 16:39
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xzzy posted:Most areas have laws about blocking driveways, you also could have called the police and if someone bothered to show up they'd get a ticket and potentially towed. In my town, they write you a ticket for blocking your own driveway.
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Aug 7, 2014 16:41
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Seat Safety Switch posted:I would expect it's only the passenger seat, the occupancy sensor is probably the seat belt latch on the driver's side. I don't really think there's any need for an occupancy sensor for the driver's side...if the car is in motion, the logic would be that someone is in the driver's seat driving the vehicle (video notwithstanding) and if a collision occurred there's no situation in which the driver's airbag shouldn't go off.
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Aug 7, 2014 16:44
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Cage posted:gently caress that, I would've called the cops/a tow company. Of course I drive a car that sometimes scrapes on speedbumps. xzzy posted:Most areas have laws about blocking driveways, you also could have called the police and if someone bothered to show up they'd get a ticket and potentially towed. I wasn't quite mad enough to cost some random rear end in a top hat $400+ to get his car back from a tow yard. Also I was on my way to work and didn't want to wait around. I probably could've just called it in and left but I didn't feel like dealing with it today, and I WAS able to get out. I just had to drive over the whole front lawn and over the curb between a couple of trees. My note basically said if you do this again you're getting towed. I went too easy, but it's street sweeper day so maybe they can still get a ticket 
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Aug 7, 2014 16:46
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The obvious answer is to buy your own rollback, winch his car up, and then drop it off somewhere random halfway across town.
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Aug 7, 2014 16:48
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Seat Safety Switch posted:I would expect it's only the passenger seat, the occupancy sensor is probably the seat belt latch on the driver's side. They probably assume that if the car is driving along, then the driver's seat is going to be occupied. It's not an unreasonable assumption, really. EDIT: me type slow
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iForge posted:The obvious answer is to buy your own rollback, winch his car up, and then drop it off somewhere random halfway across town. Set of gojacks would be cheaper. Just roll his car into the middle of the nearest intersection and leave it there.
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Aug 7, 2014 16:51
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Astonishing Wang posted:Look at this motherfucker parking directly in front of my driveway. That would be an automatic call the police/tow situation for me. I would take great pleasure in watching it get towed.
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Aug 7, 2014 17:12
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xzzy posted:There's definitely some truth to it, a 2014 car is a lot more idiot proof than a 2000 car, and a 2000 car is a lot more idiot proof than a 1980 car. But on the other hand if the kid's virtually guaranteed to destroy it being out $3000 is a lot less painful than $30,000. Honestly, if you shop carefully, a car with ESC and a bunch of airbags (and good crash test rating) is easily do-able for very little money. You can get a B5.5 passat for like nothing and they're very safe in a crash (and have optional ESC) with the added bonus that it will be broken all the time, so they won't be able top drive it. You can also get a reliable car that has all that stuff for like $5-8k.
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The Midniter posted:I think that after seeing a video like this, Infiniti is likely to engineer in some sort of safeguard to ensure people can't do this. I can't imagine what it'd do if it detected someone getting out of the driver's seat, though...typically if you're using CC you're on the highway, and it couldn't very well instruct the car to quickly brake to a dead stop... It already has a mechanism to detect when your hands are off the wheel. Its easily defeated by taping a beer can to the wheel.
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Aug 7, 2014 19:26
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Brigdh posted:It already has a mechanism to detect when your hands are off the wheel. Its easily defeated by taping a beer can to the wheel. Oh, that's why it says "no soda can required" in the video. I didn't get what it meant by that before. Obviously the detector isn't working / doesn't exist on that Infiniti.
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Aug 7, 2014 20:30
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Astonishing Wang posted:Look at this motherfucker parking directly in front of my driveway. I'd have drug out my 4 ton floor jack, shoved it under the rear of that thing and heaved it's rear end out into the middle of the street.
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Aug 7, 2014 22:25
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trouser chili posted:I'd have drug out my 4 ton floor jack, shoved it under the rear of that thing and heaved it's rear end out into the middle of the street. I'd just drag it with my pickup. If i was in a good mood, i'd put the chain on something solid.
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Aug 7, 2014 22:27
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I feel like you're looking for trouble if you violently drag someones car into the middle of the street, even if they are parked illegally. I did have my tow strap with me, and the thought crossed my mind. For about a second I also thought about putting the fresh dog turd that I was carrying on their hood. How do you even tow a car like that with a strap? I feel like the angle the strap would have to take would just snap through bumper covers.
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Aug 7, 2014 22:47
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I'd go-jack it to another parking spot along the street.
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I'd commit a freaking crime on that car (btw don't ever gently caress with a man's car), screw the cops!!!!!!
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Aug 7, 2014 23:56
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Astonishing Wang posted:How do you even tow a car like that with a strap? I feel like the angle the strap would have to take would just snap through bumper covers. My car has covers over threaded holes in the bumpers and a tow hook in the hatch that I can use if I need to tow it.
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Depending on how much of a hurry I was in, that thing would either get towed, or I'd just jack up the back end and swing it out into the road like a door until I could get past. No vandalism, just get it out of the way. If it gets towed as a result... maybe he shouldn't have been an inconsiderate idiot.
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