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wilfredmerriweathr
Jul 11, 2005
I went to high school with a kid whose parents were extremely well off and he decided he wanted to be a car dealer too.

His dad flexed his networking and got him his first job. Now he sells lambos and Porsches, seems like a sweet gig. Though his wife would be hotter without the massive fake breasts!

I still remember junior year as soon as he got his license he got a brand new wrx.

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Fo3
Feb 14, 2004

RAAAAARGH!!!! GIFT CARDS ARE FUCKING RETARDED!!!!

(I need a hug)

STR posted:

Speaking of Hoovie... he just did some videos for VINwiki.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zn5BVfYx5c

That last vid is worth a watch even for people that already know about hoovies garage.

thechalkoutline
Jul 8, 2006



James May Yaris GRMN unboxing video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qBqvfH2YY4

'I figure orgasm will be achieved about... there'

Boaz MacPhereson
Jul 11, 2006

Day 12045 Ht10hands 180lbs
No Name
No lumps No Bumps Full life Clean
Two good eyes No Busted Limbs
Piss OK Genitals intact
Multiple scars Heals fast
O NEGATIVE HI OCTANE
UNIVERSAL DONOR
Lone Road Warrior Rundown
on the Powder Lakes V8
No guzzoline No supplies
ISOLATE PSYCHOTIC
Keep muzzled...

thechalkoutline posted:

James May Yaris GRMN unboxing video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qBqvfH2YY4

'I figure orgasm will be achieved about... there'

Subscribed.

IOwnCalculus
Apr 2, 2003





thechalkoutline posted:

James May Yaris GRMN unboxing video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qBqvfH2YY4

'I figure orgasm will be achieved about... there'

I'm never looking at a box the same way again.

thechalkoutline
Jul 8, 2006



The near subliminal KILL HIM midway through made me guffaw irl

Uthor
Jul 9, 2006

Gummy Bear Heaven ... It's where I go when the world is too mean.
James May and AvE open boxes in radically different ways.

IOwnCalculus
Apr 2, 2003





Uthor posted:

James May and AvE open boxes in radically different ways.

I suspect if Clarkson did this same video, he would employ an appropriately scaled up version of AvE's method, followed by musing about how the car is actually crap. After the roof was "accidentally" chainsawed off, of course.

Sweevo
Nov 8, 2007

i sometimes throw cables away

i mean straight into the bin without spending 10+ years in the box of might-come-in-handy-someday first

im a fucking monster

thechalkoutline posted:

James May Yaris GRMN unboxing video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qBqvfH2YY4

'I figure orgasm will be achieved about... there'

Front of the car looks like Juggalo makeup.

Olympic Mathlete
Feb 25, 2011

:h:


Sweevo posted:

Front of the car looks like Juggalo makeup.

They should've gone all the way imo...

KozmoNaut
Apr 23, 2008

Happiness is a warm
Turbo Plasma Rifle


James May is the only good thing about late old new Top Gear and The Grand Tour.

Fender Anarchist
May 20, 2009

Fender Anarchist

BOM just uploaded a 40-minute deep dive into the flex drive stuff from the last Binky vid.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tzWC2G3mr0

Rigged Death Trap
Feb 13, 2012

BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP

Compared to all the other machinists on youtube

LOOK AT HOW TINY THAT LATHE IS ITS ADORABLE

spookykid
Apr 28, 2006

I am an awkward fellow
after all
NEW(ish) BLOODMASTERS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDCZ5NJh-TA

Ferremit
Sep 14, 2007
if I haven't posted about MY LANDCRUISER yet, check my bullbars for kangaroo prints

Rigged Death Trap posted:

Compared to all the other machinists on youtube

LOOK AT HOW TINY THAT LATHE IS ITS ADORABLE

It would appear that Nik is allergic to cutting oil though... Sooooo much chatter. I pissed myself laughing at the "I Hope that Abom doesnt see this..." comment.

Thief
Jan 28, 2011

:420::420::420::420::420::420::420::420::420::420::420:
just seeing this for the first time and lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EF8GhC-T_Mo

Wasabi the J
Jan 23, 2008

MOM WAS RIGHT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jIeSgq7ewI

Olympic Mathlete
Feb 25, 2011

:h:



Cool but man that first video was soooooooooooooooooooooooooooo good

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJSakvx3J2E

echomadman
Aug 24, 2004

Nap Ghost
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlYOE2iprPg

slidebite
Nov 6, 2005

Good egg
:colbert:

2 Horsepower

https://youtu.be/7XF-C1Rw85M

CAT INTERCEPTOR
Nov 9, 2004

Basically a male Margaret Thatcher
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ve2hfpMOKnQ&t=55s

MCM presents Turbos and Temples 2

Thief
Jan 28, 2011

:420::420::420::420::420::420::420::420::420::420::420:
marty car mods :unsmith:

its cool to see such a small engine twincharged instead of a Group B deathtrap or spaceship volvo. i don't think i've ever seen one of these things in America but i got to drive a Pao around for a bit and the interior reminds me of it

Seat Safety Switch
May 27, 2008

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

Pillbug

Thief posted:

i got to drive a Pao around for a bit and the interior reminds me of it

The Pao is a rebodied K10 Micra/March. I sure hope the March Superturbo doesn't have the same nightmare e-carb those things have.

Grakkus
Sep 4, 2011

I instantly fell in love with the honk and have launched a doubtless futile search for one to buy :(

wilfredmerriweathr
Jul 11, 2005
Glad I am not the only one who was instantly hooked on the honk.

Mustache Ride
Sep 11, 2001





Well that's quick

Mustache Ride fucked around with this message at 19:03 on Dec 31, 2018

grumplestiltzkin
Jun 7, 2012

Ass, gas, or grass. No one rides for free.
OnStar can't tell the difference between a crash and a race lap

Uthor
Jul 9, 2006

Gummy Bear Heaven ... It's where I go when the world is too mean.
Seems like you are doing alright if you are triggering the accelerometers during a lap!

Fender Anarchist
May 20, 2009

Fender Anarchist

I remember reading in Motor Trend similar issues something like 10-15 years ago, I wanna say it was the then-new C6 but I could be mis remembering. "Just test driving your car for a magazine, ma'am!"

Never change, GM.

Mustache Ride
Sep 11, 2001



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0pNV_FPH10

Uthor
Jul 9, 2006

Gummy Bear Heaven ... It's where I go when the world is too mean.

"don't worry, I have a plan" is an ominous statement.

Hypnolobster
Apr 12, 2007

What this sausage party needs is a big dollop of ketchup! Too bad I didn't make any. :(

Every episodes of project binky just gets more and more confusing as I try and parse what the hell the actual final vision is. I really thought it was going to be a stripped down rally/tarmac car for quite a while but now..

CAT INTERCEPTOR
Nov 9, 2004

Basically a male Margaret Thatcher

Hypnolobster posted:

Every episodes of project binky just gets more and more confusing as I try and parse what the hell the actual final vision is. I really thought it was going to be a stripped down rally/tarmac car for quite a while but now..

Binkys final vision is basically summed up as either "Because we can" and "now we are just showing off because we are just that good"

You Am I
May 20, 2001

Me @ your poasting

Hypnolobster posted:

Every episodes of project binky just gets more and more confusing as I try and parse what the hell the actual final vision is. I really thought it was going to be a stripped down rally/tarmac car for quite a while but now..

They want it as a daily, thus putting in things like air conditioning, electric windows, central locking and other items that the Mini never had at the time.

ishikabibble
Jan 21, 2012

Hypnolobster posted:

Every episodes of project binky just gets more and more confusing as I try and parse what the hell the actual final vision is. I really thought it was going to be a stripped down rally/tarmac car for quite a while but now..

They've said it's just gonna be a road car a bunch in the videos, since trying to make it actually race-worthy is genuine insanity. They did put in plates in case they want to go back and add a cage though.

It is a little bit disappointing seeing dingy grey-beige plastic door bits going on though. I was afraid they'd go to that route when they already used the door handle mechanism from a late-model car and kept all the fake plastic chrome stuff, but maaan it's really gross in like that 00s restomod way.

Mustache Ride
Sep 11, 2001



Yeah I initially had that thought too, but my guess is they'll wrap it in some fancy material and it'll look nice. You can make a plastic piece look nice with enough stuff to cover up the 90s.

Preoptopus
Aug 25, 2008

Три полоски,
три по три полоски

Fender Anarchist posted:

I remember reading in Motor Trend similar issues something like 10-15 years ago, I wanna say it was the then-new C6 but I could be mis remembering. "Just test driving your car for a magazine, ma'am!"

Never change, GM.

And that CTS-V they sent down a drag strip set it off.

re: binky

loving hell, making your own loving trim clip brackets..

Preoptopus fucked around with this message at 03:45 on Jan 1, 2019

the spyder
Feb 18, 2011

CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:

Binkys final vision is basically summed up as either "Because we can" and "now we are just showing off because we are just that good"

No kidding. It's only a matter of time until that crazy accessories system fails and leaves the car stranded. Unless your "daily driver" is under ~1k per year.

Fender Anarchist
May 20, 2009

Fender Anarchist

They've been saying "comfortable for daily use", doesn't necessarily mean it'll be the primary daily driver, just that you could.

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randomidiot
May 12, 2006

by Fluffdaddy

(and can't post for 11 years!)

Preoptopus posted:

And that CTS-V they sent down a drag strip set it off.

There's also the douchebag that put cutouts on a ZL1 and did a high speed run on a public highway with his GF in the car with the cutouts open, and the side curtain bags popped just from the exhaust noise (plus OnStar calling).

... with a welded cage in the car. Those side curtain bags ain't never getting replaced. :v:

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