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iospace posted:Boomer? do you even have to ask?
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Proud Christian Mom posted:Guy I know bought a fully loaded F-350 dually for the express purpose of trailering his Harley to Sturgis every year. So that is literally the only reason? If yes, that is laughable overkill but gets a nice ride out of it and sadly we won't see a pic of a Harley strapped to the roof of a Chevy Cobalt. I was impressed the other day when I waltzed out of the grocery store and noticed around $50 of duct tape attaching a bumper/trunk on a Buick I was impressed. The color match impressed me. edit: Then realized how many times the word impressed was used. 
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Aug 30, 2019 15:21
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iospace posted:Boomer? Lmao no he's a late 30s oilfield worker Colostomy Bag posted:So that is literally the only reason? If yes, that is laughable overkill but gets a nice ride out of it and sadly we won't see a pic of a Harley strapped to the roof of a Chevy Cobalt. Yes, this is literally the only thing it pulls. It replaced his 2 year old Chevy 2500HD diesel. Proud Christian Mom fucked around with this message at 15:35 on Aug 30, 2019 |
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Aug 30, 2019 15:32
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Proud Christian Mom posted:Lmao no he's a late 30s oilfield worker I’ll make a bet at 100:1 odds that he owns that truck to fit in with the other oil field guys, and uses the Harley as the excuse as to why he can’t own a smaller truck to his family and friends. It’s loving wild seeing how suburban men are tricked into truck ownership as a proof of masculinity.
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Aug 30, 2019 16:10
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Geoj posted:"What do you mean a severely twisted frame due to overloading isn't covered under the factory warranty?!?" I'm sure the thought process is something like "If this was a problem, they'd have figured out some way to stop you from doing it."
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Aug 30, 2019 16:26
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Ripoff posted:I’ll make a bet at 100:1 odds that he owns that truck to fit in with the other oil field guys, and uses the Harley as the excuse as to why he can’t own a smaller truck to his family and friends. hello and welcome to Texas
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Aug 30, 2019 17:03
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My wife's not a car person at all and doesn't notice them, but as we were driving through Texas she commented that even the sorority girls there seemed to all have lifted trucks. No Jettas allowed in Texas I guess
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Aug 30, 2019 17:44
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I knew a kid in highschool who worked for an excavation company, where naturally all the employees drive immaculate trucks that never see a drop of dirt in their lives. He ended up basically mortgaging a bare bones F-350 for no reason at all except to fit in the truck club. Didn't work on the side with it, nothing to tow with it. Just bought a manual everything but the transmission for way more than he could afford truck for no reason at all. It must be a truck thing, I just don't understand.
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Aug 30, 2019 22:25
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Saw the most useless wipers on the road the other day. They have obviously been used, but why? Was there glass there before? Did they take out the glass, put in the metal, and put the wipers back in? Why? Or it was made with the metal put in by the factory, and Vinny the foreman said, "This model has wipers in the back, put 'em in!" "But, sir..." "Just do it."
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Sep 3, 2019 09:27
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If timg don't work here's a link: http://imgur.com/gallery/LOEHLb2
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Sep 3, 2019 09:28
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It’s a vinyl wrap and someone accidentally hit the wipers one time.
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Sep 3, 2019 11:07
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That van is Ford's effort to avoid the "chicken tax".
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Sep 3, 2019 13:16
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That's my understanding as well. Ford will go so far as to make them with seats in them, ship them to the US, rip the seats out and sell them as stripped cargo vans.
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Sep 3, 2019 14:23
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Yeah, it is. Hell many many years ago there was a news piece on it. Rip out the interior, the windows (hence the wipers), etc. I couldn't believe it.
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Sep 3, 2019 14:27
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slidebite posted:That's my understanding as well. Ford will go so far as to make them with seats in them, ship them to the US, rip the seats out and sell them as stripped cargo vans. And then destroy the brand-new seats. Apparently it's too expensive to send them back, and the chicken tax prohibits selling them.
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Sep 3, 2019 14:35
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One Nut Wonder posted:Saw the most useless wipers on the road the other day. timg tags are for the image itself, not the imgur gallery page. right click->copy image location 
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Sep 3, 2019 14:39
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big crush on Chad OMG posted:someone accidentally hit the wipers one time. In some newer cars, the rear wiper comes on automatically if the front wipers are on and you put it in reverse. Could be like that.
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Sep 4, 2019 05:19
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FuturePastNow posted:In some newer cars, the rear wiper comes on automatically if the front wipers are on and you put it in reverse. Could be like that. My Fiesta does this, so it's definitely plausible that a Transit Connect (which is related to the Focus platform) would do the same.
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Sep 4, 2019 16:08
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FuturePastNow posted:In some newer cars, the rear wiper comes on automatically if the front wipers are on and you put it in reverse. Could be like that. Wow, that's really cool!
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Sep 4, 2019 16:19
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MomJeans420 posted:My wife's not a car person at all and doesn't notice them, but as we were driving through Texas she commented that even the sorority girls there seemed to all have lifted trucks. No Jettas allowed in Texas I guess A few months ago I went to central Texas to visit some family.. It felt very weird being there in a Chevy Volt. When I parked at the local HEB, my car was all but invisible among the sea of trucks.
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FuturePastNow posted:In some newer cars, the rear wiper comes on automatically if the front wipers are on and you put it in reverse. Could be like that. You can drop the "newer", my 2002 model Saab does that.
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Sep 6, 2019 18:39
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gently caress you, guy who uses a trailer with walls made of grating to haul gravel.
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Sep 6, 2019 21:32
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That guy could buy a couple 10 buck tarps and some tie straps, but that would be too easy
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Sep 6, 2019 21:36
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Craptacular posted:gently caress you, guy who uses a trailer with walls made of grating to haul gravel. Hi welcome to my life of driving in Texas
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Sep 7, 2019 02:11
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Proud Christian Mom posted:Hi welcome to my life of driving in Texas
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Sep 7, 2019 03:43
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Seriously. There are so many trucks dragging those trailers around here (Dallas).
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Sep 7, 2019 07:21
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These are the milling machines you share the road with: https://m.facebook.com/groups/389467538451511?view=permalink&id=471720633559534
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Sep 9, 2019 03:14
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That would have made a racket
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Sep 9, 2019 04:07
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slidebite posted:That would have made a racket No I think they're used for making industrial parts or something.
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Sep 9, 2019 05:06
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Looks like it's making potholes now.
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Sep 10, 2019 09:58
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I wasn't able to get a picture of it, but last night I went by a Cadillac XLR with a license plate that read "LOLITA". Just why? Checking a creepy box that I didn't even know you could check?
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Sep 10, 2019 13:30
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nadmonk posted:I wasn't able to get a picture of it, but last night I went by a Cadillac XLR with a license plate that read "LOLITA". Could just be the owner's pet name. Adding -ita to the end of a female name is an endearment thing. So, take Lola (a not-uncommon name) and add -ita, Lolita. My sweet little Lola. If this is not entirely correct I'm remembering a conversation that happened years ago.
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Sep 10, 2019 16:46
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Specifically it is the Spanish feminine dimunitive - you can add it to any feminine word or name to mean that name/thing, but small and/or cute. Probably for Spanish-speaking people that would not raise any eyebrows and is indeed commonly used in girls' names.
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It's also a specific nickname for Dolores. Dolores -> Lola -> (add -ita for dimunitive/small/cute) Lolita. Honestly, I'd be more surprised if the owner HAD read the book than if their legal name was Dolores.
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Sep 10, 2019 17:38
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Irony is the name based on the plate wouldn't be legal to drive.
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so I was sitting in traffic a few nights ago behind a new(ish) Jeep Compass the reflection of my headlights off the back of it seemed brighter than normal - so much so that I checked to see if I'd my hi-beams on (they weren't) was sat behind another one of those Jeeps on the drive to work today and I think I figured it out.  if that is an intentional safety factor to keep people from following too closely then I give a grudging  to the engineering team
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buttcrackmenace posted:so I was sitting in traffic a few nights ago behind a new(ish) Jeep Compass Are you talking about the concave shape?
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yes to clarify - when right behind the Jeep (as pictured above) everything was fine - but when approx 15 feet away the angle was just right to reflect my headlights right back at me..
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Sep 10, 2019 18:48
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If it was engineered it'd have to be to target a specific vehicle (which would be hilarious and awesome), because the height of car headlights is not uniform. I've never noticed any glare like that when tailing one of those and I run with DRL's.
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I've often given thought to something like an Arduino controlled reflector that automatically returns high beams to sender with some kind of light sensors and stepper motors or some such thing. Convince people very politely to back the gently caress off.
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