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Home Depot is the dumbass, underachieving little brother of Lowes. As a friend so eloquently puts it, "HD is not about fixing poo poo anymore, rather, about buying poorly built poo poo to fix problems that don't exist."
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An Isuzu that's not that one commercial truck: the rarest car of them all.
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Sep 3, 2014 05:35
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Hikaki posted:An Isuzu that's not that one commercial truck: the rarest car of them all. Someone near me drives a P'up. I should get a photo the next time I see it.
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Sep 3, 2014 05:45
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Theres a few Vehicrosses up here I never manage to snap a pictre of.
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Sep 3, 2014 05:50
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There's a white Isuzu Axiom parked at the Mexican place on N 36th (up the street from Roxy's) edit: Tacos Guaymas
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It's an old post, but...Farmland Park posted:A mailman in Norway bought a Lambo Gallardo, nope, not a lottery winner or anything like that. He saved up some money and took a mortgage on his house to afford it. Next to the Lambo is his work... cart/truck thingy. It looks like an early version of what The Norwegian Post uses in cities now: The Loyds Paxster.  Road legal, 45 Km/h, 200 Kg payload, electric. I thought they were modified golf carts but apparently they're designed from the ground up as delivery vehicles. We're a strange country though. With clean hydroelectric power and good incentives on electric cars (no VAT, free tolls, drive legally in the bus lanes) you won't see statistics like these anywhere else:  That's right. By the end of June this year, the Tesla Model S is in second place behind the Golf; the Nissan Leaf in fifth; and the hideous but material-wise brilliant i3 sold 1124 examples. I think that's awesome car poo poo, even though I like petrol. Oh, and the most expensive, fully-loaded Model S is around 760,000 NOK here. That's $120,000. The cheapest barebones model is $75,000. F4rt5 fucked around with this message at 09:42 on Sep 3, 2014 |
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Sep 3, 2014 09:39
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atomicthumbs posted:Someone near me drives a P'up. I should get a photo the next time I see it. My coworker drives what's quite possibly the Best P'up. http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2946804/1986-isuzu-regular-cab/ I keep telling him I'll buy it in a second if he ever decides to sell it. 
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Previa_fun posted:My coworker drives what's quite possibly the Best P'up. I forgot cardomain was still a thing. I remember looking at it in high school
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kastein posted:stolen from IRC: In a scene from Transporter 4, Jason Statham shoots down an enemy MiG with his tailpipe-mounted ack ack gun.
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Sep 3, 2014 15:57
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AirRaid posted:This was at the bottom of the last page and might have been lost, but I need to ask - does the flame at the exhaust indicate that he's still got his foot on the gas? Or only that he's very recently taken it off? Surprised I didn't see a more goony response. In rally it could very well be an anti-lag system or "bang-bang unit". Some fuel gets tossed into the exhaust and ignited to keep the turbo spooled at maximum speed, even while the driver's foot is off the gas. So the flames most likely indicate his foot recently came off the gas and the bang-bang is still running. Although yes, it could just be some regular backfire. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antilag_system
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Timmy Cruise posted:Wow this is perfect to me. 142 I assume? Correct, and a '74 judging by the dash, grille, and rear bumper.
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Sep 3, 2014 19:13
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revdrkevind posted:Surprised I didn't see a more goony response. In rally it could very well be an anti-lag system or "bang-bang unit". Some fuel gets tossed into the exhaust and ignited to keep the turbo spooled at maximum speed, even while the driver's foot is off the gas. So the flames most likely indicate his foot recently came off the gas and the bang-bang is still running. Although yes, it could just be some regular backfire. 
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When in doubt, power out 
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revdrkevind posted:Surprised I didn't see a more goony response. In rally it could very well be an anti-lag system or "bang-bang unit". Some fuel gets tossed into the exhaust and ignited to keep the turbo spooled at maximum speed, even while the driver's foot is off the gas. So the flames most likely indicate his foot recently came off the gas and the bang-bang is still running. Although yes, it could just be some regular backfire. A more  description of anti-lag (aka "flat shifter"): the fuel dumping is accomplished by disabling ignition when shifting at WOT. When the clutch is depressed and the throttle is left wide-open (detection methods differ by implementation), ignition is cut but nothing else; this results in fuel injectors (or carb, if you're super old school) continuing to provide fuel to a turning engine, which mixture either self-ignites in the combustion chamber or on contact with the headers / hot side of the turbo. Very low efficiency combustion, but enough to keep the turbo spooled, so the second the clutch is let back out the car is at full throttle with a spooled turbo - but during the shift, the engine is creating very little torque, so very fast shifts are much less damaging to the transmission. The little flames and "pop pop" sound on upshifts characteristic of WRC cars is the result of this external combustion.Additional  for at-home use: building a flat-shifter is easy as hell! A couple of momentary SPST switches, a 555 timer, a voltage regulator, a FET, a handful of caps / resistors and a relay are all you need. My '91 Legacy turbo was an absolute hoot to flatshift.PS: your cats will not survive this PPS: not recommended on downshifts
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Sep 3, 2014 21:18
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Terrible Robot posted:When in doubt, power out I live my life by this.
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Sep 3, 2014 21:18
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sofullofhate posted:
addendum: Your turbo will hate you for it too. Turbo temps skyrocket when using an anti-lag system and they tend not to last long. For a rally team, not a huge deal, for your average DD, changing turbo's as they burn up get's expensive.
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Sep 3, 2014 21:36
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BlackMK4 posted:That is Darius Khashabi's 240Z. I checked that guy's ride out. drat is it sweet. See, I like that, it's the best: this dude knows cars & likes working on em. That's similar to myself: I did a headgasket on my Subaru, using my friend's engine hoist to lift the engine & having a shop by my college do the grinding. I also did the shocks at my garage at home. And the CV's. And the bearings [ok, my buddy's shop did the bearings]. That is the car I used to pick up chicks to go on dates with. That is the semester I pulled a 3.5 in engineering.  I see that @Shrapnig is not a fan of badass black cars. Probably one of those guys who has never opened his hood. Well this one will really get his goat lol  That is a black Ferrari S550 [I think? not sure]. I am a real big fan of these.. I'm guessing I probably would not be able to afford one but they are cool looking. Men who drive these can really get with some hot babes. A3th3r fucked around with this message at 18:40 on Sep 6, 2014 |
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Sep 3, 2014 21:54
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Yup, that's a 550/575 of some sort
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Sep 3, 2014 22:25
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And given (what appears to be) all the paint chips in the hood, it's a heavily driven 550/575. Which is the best kind of Ferrari, regardless of model.
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Sep 3, 2014 22:27
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lol I just noticed it has a 'cage, too dude owns
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A3th3r posted:I checked that guy's ride out. drat is it sweet. See, what I like is that the guy did all of his own work. This is a guy who knows cars & likes working on em. I like that because that's the greatest. That's similar to myself: I did a headgasket on my Subaru, using an engine hoist to lift the engine & having a shop by my college do the grinding. I also did the shocks at my garage at home. And the CV's. And the bearings [ok, my buddy's shop did the bearings]. That is the car I used to pick up chicks to go on dates with. That is the semester I pulled a 3.5 in engineering. Jesus dude resize those.
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Sep 4, 2014 00:12
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Why do you keep talking like you're on twitter? Use the quote button, dude.
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sofullofhate posted:A more Newer anti-lag systems are far more ridiculous: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_qCd6Lx7pE You may notice that the Subaru now sounds like a jet engine. That is because it now has a jet engine.  good article here The "rocket" system is a pulse jet that is mounted between the turbine and header. It runs off gasoline and uncooled charge air and is the raddest god damned thing ever.
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Sep 4, 2014 05:05
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"How can we make a turbo way less fuel efficient and way more awesome?"
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Sep 4, 2014 05:10
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atomicthumbs posted:There were many boring cars at Home Depot today, but one caught my eye. Gemini! 
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razorscooter posted:Newer anti-lag systems are far more ridiculous: I need this in my life. Fighter jet with wheels would be badass.
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Chiwie posted:I need this in my life. Fighter jet with wheels would be badass. Saab fan, huh?
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razorscooter posted:Newer anti-lag systems are far more ridiculous: That is loving amazing and thank you for the learning and the photo. Because holy poo poo. Holy poo poo, a pulse jet. Subaru strapped a V1 engine on to keep the turbo spooled. I'm in complete awe of this incredible level of insanity.
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razorscooter posted:Newer anti-lag systems are far more ridiculous: That is the coolest thing I've read in a while.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2yn0CoH4fM
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XtaC posted:Gemini! They even sold the Diesel Gemini in Australia. I think it was the slowest car on sale at the time, as it was a naturally aspirated diesel
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Sep 5, 2014 00:50
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razorscooter posted:Newer anti-lag systems are far more ridiculous: fuuuuuuuuuuuck 
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Sep 5, 2014 01:27
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XtaC posted:Gemini! I bought a gemini out of the paper as a paddock basher for 50 bucks and it was an absolute underpowered blast until some oval office found it where I had hidden it under a tree and set fire to it. It was not awesome AI poo poo.
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Sep 5, 2014 02:00
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Hold my beer and watch this.
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Sep 5, 2014 03:35
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The effect cars have on people: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDHpvTDJMrc
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Sep 5, 2014 03:42
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BoostCreep posted:The effect cars have on people: I, uh. Something in my eye.  ninja edit: calling my mom now
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Forum Hussy posted:Some of our customers will leave their keys with us to have their vehicles driven to their plane. The other day, one of them left the keys to this: I saw this car at music city tinting in cool springs last year when my boss was having his Maserati worked on. It sounded bad rear end!
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BoostCreep posted:The effect cars have on people: What do Volvo Amazon wagons go for? (Mom's red one was totaled by a drunk driver 30 years ago and she never forgot about it).
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