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Nija posted:Here is my most recent questionable decision. Nice ride, it looks super clean which is becoming more and more rare with those cars. It's a hell of a lot of vehicle for the money.
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BrokenKnucklez posted:Raise you 16 hp single cylinder and 22 HP v twin ohv goodness. 22hp V-twin? Is that the biggest Predator? (I just slapped a 420cc 13hp Predator on that tractor I posted)
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# ? Nov 3, 2015 15:38 |
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The v twin is the Kawasaki engine. Liquid cooled, everything. Fucker is so god drat smooth when it runs, and ultra quiet.
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# ? Nov 3, 2015 17:06 |
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BrokenKnucklez posted:The v twin is the Kawasaki engine. Liquid cooled, everything. Fucker is so god drat smooth when it runs, and ultra quiet. Those are ridiculously nice running engines! Just make sure you regularly change the oil and especially adjust the valves on schedule. Those like to tighten up and burn exhaust valves.
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chrisgt posted:Those are ridiculously nice running engines! Just make sure you regularly change the oil and especially adjust the valves on schedule. Those like to tighten up and burn exhaust valves. They like to burn up starters, too, or at least mine does.
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# ? Nov 4, 2015 21:14 |
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wallaka posted:They like to burn up starters, too, or at least mine does. I have 2 and one of them has been making bad noises from the starter since 300ish hours and now its just over 1000 so I guess Ive been lucky. Ive been waiting for it to fail for years but it just keeps starting.
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# ? Nov 4, 2015 22:31 |
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My mom, being the hick she is, went and sprung for one of these. http://www.badboymowers.com/ For her whopping 3 acres she has to mow twice a year cause Texas is always in a drought.
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# ? Nov 4, 2015 23:09 |
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veedubfreak posted:My mom, being the hick she is, went and sprung for one of these. http://www.badboymowers.com/ For her whopping 3 acres she has to mow twice a year cause Texas is always in a drought. Nothing wrong with a bit of overkill . I'm using a 27hp Mower for ~3 acres of lawn.
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# ? Nov 5, 2015 02:23 |
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This thread got hijacked by lawn mowers when only a page ago it was all about silver C5's. I'm bringing sexy back. I love your fat rear end.
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# ? Nov 5, 2015 07:23 |
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Agreed, not enough vette posting. It's reached "Amazing weather for the next 8 months" season here in AZ so I'm doing a lot more of this: Re-discovered the wonders of parking garage meets exhaust the other night. Blame Pyrrhus fucked around with this message at 23:54 on Nov 5, 2015 |
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Linux Nazi posted:It's reached "Amazing weather for the next 8 months" season here in AZ so I'm doing a lot more of this: Nice.
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# ? Nov 6, 2015 00:50 |
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White with black wheels is the best C7 look imo
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# ? Nov 6, 2015 00:58 |
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Too bad you pull the "keep driving until you hear the cruch" method of parking.
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# ? Nov 6, 2015 02:11 |
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D C posted:Too bad you pull the "keep driving until you hear the cruch" method of parking. Maybe it's a lease?
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# ? Nov 6, 2015 02:24 |
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D C posted:Too bad you pull the "keep driving until you hear the cruch" method of parking. It's barely touching the wheel guards. On the z51 that lip doesn't span the entire car, just a few in front of the wheels. Nothing is crunching.
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# ? Nov 6, 2015 02:58 |
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Do the exhaust tips really not clear a concrete parking divider? IIRC, my C6Z had no problem getting over it, much to the fortune of every inattentive lot valet who parked it. The Corvette's short and pinched rear also makes it pretty easy to parallel park -- you can go in at a steeper angle and touch just tire, and then turn over to finish it up.
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# ? Nov 6, 2015 03:22 |
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Linux Nazi posted:It's barely touching the wheel guards. On the z51 that lip doesn't span the entire car, just a few in front of the wheels. Nothing is crunching. I almost always back the car into the parking spot. On 2016s you got those fancy curb cam thingies on the front that tell you if you're about to need a new front fascia. 2015s don't have that. Here are some vettes. Every time I park next to the Z06, I feel like my Z51 looks childish. And here are some more vettes (and a random Lambo that's not on fire for some reason): This is probably not a vette: I don't think this is a vette either:
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# ? Nov 6, 2015 05:17 |
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veedubfreak posted:My mom, being the hick she is, went and sprung for one of these. http://www.badboymowers.com/ For her whopping 3 acres she has to mow twice a year cause Texas is always in a drought. MOW WITH AN ATTITUDE
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# ? Nov 6, 2015 05:28 |
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shodanjr_gr posted:I almost always back the car into the parking spot. On 2016s you got those fancy curb cam thingies on the front that tell you if you're about to need a new front fascia. 2015s don't have that. You put a front plate on your Corvette?
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# ? Nov 7, 2015 00:47 |
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Das Volk posted:You put a front plate on your Corvette? If you live in a state where you have to it's kind of a thing you have to do
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# ? Nov 7, 2015 02:15 |
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PCOS Bill posted:If you live in a state where you have to it's kind of a thing you have to do I live in California and own... uh.... a lot of cars. None of them have front plates
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# ? Nov 7, 2015 04:58 |
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Instead of doing the smart thing and buying another old Subaru, or bankrupt european brand, I did something stupid. I bought a reliable, economic car with a 5 year warranty. 2015 Civic EX Sedan, with the 5 speed M/T. Took it for a little road trip, and put 500 clicks on it yesterday and had a lot of fun on some twisty coast roads. Might lower it in the spring, but otherwise she's gonna stay stock. VVVVVVVVVVTEEEEEC.
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# ? Nov 7, 2015 05:02 |
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eyebeem posted:I live in California and own... uh.... a lot of cars. None of them have front plates Yeah, but you don't even have to run plates in Cali.
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# ? Nov 7, 2015 05:03 |
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kimbo305 posted:Yeah, but you don't even have to run plates in Cali. Sorry, what?
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# ? Nov 7, 2015 05:06 |
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The law in California is really lax about license plates when it comes to plates for a newly purchased car. I believe it might be up to six months before you'll receive your permanent plates, so people just never put plates on their car. I think I also read that the fine for no plates is actually cheaper than having out of date or old registration.
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# ? Nov 7, 2015 06:53 |
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MetaJew posted:The law in California is really lax about license plates when it comes to plates for a newly purchased car. I believe it might be up to six months before you'll receive your permanent plates, so people just never put plates on their car. I think I also read that the fine for no plates is actually cheaper than having out of date or old registration. It's $10 a pop for a front plate, and in most cases you have to take the car to a CHP/Police station and have the ticket verified, aka prove that you have a plate on the car. Usually a plate in the front window with a dumbfounded "there's no place to put it on" gets you gone. I haven't had a front plate on any of my cars in the last 5 years or so and have paid my fair share of , but gently caress drilling holes in your bumper when they're not there from the get-go. I ran one for a while on the supra, then the plate mount bracket broke off and I'll be damned if I'm going to pay someone to tack it back on. If you buy a new car, keep it clean and leave the temp reg in the window you can usually get away with it for a while, albeit if you get pulled over 2 years later with the temp reg in the window you'll have some 'splainin to do.
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# ? Nov 7, 2015 07:22 |
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Das Volk posted:You put a front plate on your Corvette? I've found that the police around here (South Bay/Silicon Valley) are looking for ANY excuse to pull you over, especially at the peak "ticket writing" periods (Friday/Saturday night). Heck, I was just pulled over tonight and the LEO made a point of checking out my front license plate. I hate how that it looks and it kills me every time I look at the front of the car so I might take it off or swap it for a holder that's less offensive (although I think that anything that actually mounted in the middle of the air duct opening would probably not be legal due to minimum height restrictions or something).
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# ? Nov 7, 2015 11:27 |
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shodanjr_gr posted:I've found that the police around here (South Bay/Silicon Valley) are looking for ANY excuse to pull you over, especially at the peak "ticket writing" periods (Friday/Saturday night). Heck, I was just pulled over tonight and the LEO made a point of checking out my front license plate. This will look slightly better, but still bad: http://www.corvetteforum.com/forums/c7-z06-discussion/3644620-tow-hook-license-plate-bracket.html
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# ? Nov 7, 2015 18:02 |
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I'm probably a more extreme example here but I never had a plate on the gray M3, and I lived in the east bay and peninsula while I owned the car. I didn't even know where the plate was when I traded the car in. Historically I've done it for plausible deniability, but once I figure out a good custom plate for the new Viper I will put one on the rear, since I can't exactly pull the whole "it wasn't me" routine anymore. I also just joined 11-99 so hopefully it will balance out.
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# ? Nov 7, 2015 18:46 |
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MetaJew posted:This will look slightly better, but still bad: I have the same thing, works great. With C7 for scale:
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# ? Nov 7, 2015 19:03 |
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I don't have a front plate on either car but keep them available on suction cups for when I street park - Portland meter matrons will give you a ticket if it's not on display on the outside of the car (dashboard doesn't count). I've been pulled over by two different police agencies here and neither officer mentioned it (and didn't cite me for anything else - if I had gotten a citation they may have added it; who knows). It's highly variable by agency and jurisdiction. I wonder if the police who enforce it do so out of frustration with having their default LIDAR target removed and having to go for headlights instead.
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# ? Nov 7, 2015 19:45 |
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Took the C5 for a nice long drive. Yes its got a rattly GM mess of an interior, I don't care, it's a frickin blast.
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# ? Nov 7, 2015 20:35 |
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A guy at an apartment I used to live at had a black C5 with the plate "GETMWET". He weighed like 350lbs or more and had a handicap placard.
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# ? Nov 7, 2015 20:41 |
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He had to lube up to get in?
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# ? Nov 7, 2015 21:31 |
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gently caress front plate requirements. I had a cop stop out west for no front plate and he somehow failed to read INDIANA when he pulled up behind me.
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# ? Nov 7, 2015 22:02 |
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Wild mode engaged (dual mode exhaust fuse pulled) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3dkn658V4o
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# ? Nov 8, 2015 00:06 |
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Well since we've been talking about front plate attachments, I just happened to notice one of the most awkward ones I've seen tonight and took a photo. Belongs in terrible car poo poo but since we've been talking about it here: You just wanted to out-leaf my C5 photo. And you did.
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# ? Nov 8, 2015 08:33 |
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Rhyno posted:gently caress front plate requirements. I had a cop stop out west for no front plate and he somehow failed to read INDIANA when he pulled up behind me. No, gently caress the car companies that can't design a front bumper to take a number plate. That said, the US states should have a thin number plate option like what most states in Australia have.
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# ? Nov 8, 2015 10:37 |
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davebo posted:Well since we've been talking about front plate attachments, I just happened to notice one of the most awkward ones I've seen tonight and took a photo. Belongs in terrible car poo poo but since we've been talking about it here: This is what my CPe plate mount looks like, on my MS3. Is that bad?
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# ? Nov 8, 2015 11:37 |
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You Am I posted:No, gently caress the car companies that can't design a front bumper to take a number plate.
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# ? Nov 8, 2015 18:07 |