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Rhyno
Mar 22, 2003
Probation
Can't post for 10 years!
Oh my goodness.

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Shai-Hulud
Jul 10, 2008

But it feels so right!
Lipstick Apathy

Colostomy Bag posted:

Bonus points for having the GM mark of excellence in the picture.

The oil hasn't even reached the GM! Its pretty much above expected specifications!

Powershift
Nov 23, 2009


There it is, Alberta.jpg



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rV_SzwUReok

Luxrage
Jan 2, 2017

I have no idea what I'm doing!

A few pages ago someone asked if people still drive Chevy SSs (Chevy S-S-es?) I drove past this a few days ago and tried to swing back for pictures. I didn't have time to stop by, but it was an entirely SS show:



Finger Prince
Jan 5, 2007



I dunno... Could use a sketchy lift that offers no additional ground clearance but highly variable road tracking.

Powershift
Nov 23, 2009


Luxrage posted:

A few pages ago someone asked if people still drive Chevy SSs (Chevy S-S-es?) I drove past this a few days ago and tried to swing back for pictures. I didn't have time to stop by, but it was an entirely SS show:





those are SSRs(S-S-arse?)

Memento
Aug 25, 2009


Bleak Gremlin

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


Today, I saw an air-cooled 911 was being loaded onto a flatbed on the side of the road :smith:

Queen_Combat
Jan 15, 2011

iospace posted:

Today, I saw an air-cooled 911 was being loaded onto a flatbed on the side of the road :smith:

Nah, that's the normal part of life for them.

Rather a car be driven and occasionally break down than be a garage queen :unsmith:

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


Metal Geir Skogul posted:

Nah, that's the normal part of life for them.

Rather a car be driven and occasionally break down than be a garage queen :unsmith:

That's true. Still made me frown but alas, it was being driven like it should be.

Sagebrush
Feb 26, 2012

Agreed. Cars are machines, machines break, but also machines can be fixed. As long as the car isn't going to a scrap yard I'm glad to see it being worked on.

Powershift
Nov 23, 2009


iospace posted:

Today, I saw an air-cooled 911 was being loaded onto a flatbed on the side of the road :smith:

That's fine.

The real problem is when you see one being loaded onto two flatbeds.

Humbug Scoolbus
Apr 25, 2008

The scarlet letter was her passport into regions where other women dared not tread. Shame, Despair, Solitude! These had been her teachers, stern and wild ones, and they had made her strong, but taught her much amiss.
Clapping Larry

Powershift posted:

That's fine.

The real problem is when you see one being loaded onto two flatbeds.

Or scraped up by a front end loader

TehRedWheelbarrow
Mar 16, 2011



Fan of Britches
or a pt cruiser not on fire

Revvik
Jul 29, 2006
Fun Shoe


Personal terrible car stuff. The K&N filter on the short-ram intake (lol) for my xB (loving why) was so brittle and dried out that it snapped off at the base and was crushed under my wheels.

My journey of reversing ‘tuner’ neglect continues.

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


Revvik posted:



Personal terrible car stuff. The K&N filter on the short-ram intake (lol) for my xB (loving why) was so brittle and dried out that it snapped off at the base and was crushed under my wheels.

My journey of reversing ‘tuner’ neglect continues.

The box said ten horsepower!

The Door Frame
Dec 5, 2011

I don't know man everytime I go to the gym here there are like two huge dudes with raging high and tights snorting Nitro-tech off of each other's rock hard abs.
Thuh bohx sed 10 hursepowehrr

Humphreys
Jan 26, 2013

We conceived a way to use my mother as a porn mule


Revvik posted:



Personal terrible car stuff. The K&N filter on the short-ram intake (lol) for my xB (loving why) was so brittle and dried out that it snapped off at the base and was crushed under my wheels.

My journey of reversing ‘tuner’ neglect continues.

Are we talking 'XB' like this?:



Then shame on you!

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


The Door Frame posted:

Thuh bohx sed 10 hursepowehrr



I'm the starbucks sticker

thechalkoutline
Jul 8, 2006



I can't decide whether I'm the license plate protector or the bumper spikes

Olympic Mathlete
Feb 25, 2011

:h:


The box said 'Batmobile'

Mister Kingdom
Dec 14, 2005

And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

Is that one of those Pokemons I keep hearing about?

Rigged Death Trap
Feb 13, 2012

BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP

The Door Frame posted:

Thuh bohx sed 10 hursepowehrr



I loving object to this poo poo

Revvik
Jul 29, 2006
Fun Shoe

Humphreys posted:

Are we talking 'XB' like this?:



Then shame on you!



You’re optimistic, I like that.

Collateral Damage
Jun 13, 2009

thechalkoutline posted:

I can't decide whether I'm the license plate protector or the bumper spikes
License plate protector? Is that like the car equivalent of a pocket protector?

Queen-Of-Hearts
Mar 17, 2009

"I want to break your heart💔 and give you mine🫀"




Blue On Blue posted:

Yeah like someone already pointed out, I wasn't showing the 300 in relation to the above other car, but to show off the horrible choice of grill badge


While I do enjoy a loud exhaust (on the right car, with the right engine pushing it) I can say with a clear conscious that I am finally old enough to be that un-cool guy that hates loud droning exhaust on poo poo boxes

Then again did they EVER sound good to anyone except the person driving it?



NOT 4 U, REYES! :tizzy:

Imperador do Brasil
Nov 18, 2005
Rotor-rific



Minor idiocy in the parking garage today. The hatched area is the end of the row in the garage, right by the entrance and furthest away from the door to the hospital. It used to be a spot but people kept running into cars parked there so they made it a no-parking area. If you zoom in closely you can see the handicap placard in the windshield. There were at least six open handicap spots by the door...

GabbiLB
Jul 14, 2004

~toot~
Maybe that person is mentally handicap.

Teach
Mar 28, 2008


Pillbug
Didn't know which thread to put this in, so...

Was driving down a backstreet here in Doha over the weekend and doubled back to snatch these pictures before the owner chased me away.





I was genuinely interested to see what engine it had. Turns out it's a Flintstones special?



This was the other one.



I have no idea. I sometimes see the oddest things on the road here.

randomidiot
May 12, 2006

by Fluffdaddy

(and can't post for 11 years!)

Collateral Damage posted:

License plate protector? Is that like the car equivalent of a pocket protector?

Hey now, you better not get caught driving through tolls with one of those, mister. Some of those make it difficult for the cameras to get a picture of your plate. :colbert:

(probably not that one though... that one probably is a pocket protector)

Seat Safety Switch
May 27, 2008

MY RELIGION IS THE SMALL BLOCK V8 AND COMMANDMENTS ONE THROUGH TEN ARE NEVER LIFT.

Pillbug

Teach posted:

Didn't know which thread to put this in, so...

Was driving down a backstreet here in Doha over the weekend and doubled back to snatch these pictures before the owner chased me away.

Dope choices. Make friends with the owner - you speak good English, you understand our way of life in Whitedonia, you can get parts.

`Nemesis
Dec 30, 2000

railroad graffiti
"Tire light is on"

TotalLossBrain
Oct 20, 2010

Hier graben!
How do you accomplish that accidentally?

Dagen H
Mar 19, 2009

Hogertrafikomlaggningen
Pump it up 'til there's no sidewall bulge.

MRC48B
Apr 2, 2012

Attach a clip on schraeder thing to your harbor frieght air compressor and let er rip.

xzzy
Mar 5, 2009

I'd run away and call in a sniper to put a hole in it from a mile away.

slidebite
Nov 6, 2005

Good egg
:colbert:

`Nemesis posted:

"Tire light is on"



Out of curiosity, what were the others at?

Seat Safety Switch
May 27, 2008

MY RELIGION IS THE SMALL BLOCK V8 AND COMMANDMENTS ONE THROUGH TEN ARE NEVER LIFT.

Pillbug

`Nemesis posted:

"Tire light is on"



I didn't realize the TPMS turned the light on for too much pressure too.

"Keep filling it up until the light goes away!"

Falken
Jan 26, 2004

Do you feel like a hero yet?

`Nemesis posted:

"Tire light is on"


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItnJbsljcE4&t=291s

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randomidiot
May 12, 2006

by Fluffdaddy

(and can't post for 11 years!)

Seat Safety Switch posted:

I didn't realize the TPMS turned the light on for too much pressure too.

"Keep filling it up until the light goes away!"

Depends on the implementation, some cars only trigger the light for low pressure. Some trigger it for high pressure too. Some will implement an actual pressure readout on the driver info display or odometer (GM is pretty good about this, even the later Cobalts could show you real time tire pressure on the DIC.. or maybe it was the Cruze that started doing that?).

A coworker's 06 Prius only throws the light if a tire is low. Well, used to.. it's on all the time now, one of the sensors is dead and he doesn't want to put any more money into the car (300k, and he just replaced it with a 2017 Prius).

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