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blindjoe posted:Motorhomes always seem like a worse idea - when you get to your destination with a truck/trailer, you can unhook the truck and use it like a normal vehicle. I thought the motorhome was supposed to sit while the kids refused to ride in it, then sit until it was sold cheap so someone could put the 440 into an old muscle car that would eventually run?
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I don't like this countdown thing. It feels ominous. gently caress you, Lowtax
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# ? May 8, 2020 22:07 |
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Alarbus posted:I thought the motorhome was supposed to sit while the kids refused to ride in it, then sit until it was sold cheap so someone could put the 440 into an old muscle car that would eventually run? Kids or Wife, one or the other.
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# ? May 8, 2020 22:11 |
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Beach Bum posted:I don't like this countdown thing. It feels ominous. gently caress you, Lowtax What are you talking about?
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# ? May 9, 2020 01:00 |
Nidhg00670000 posted:Usually, they are also about as safe in a crash as a wet paper bag. A paper bag constructed by a bunch of methheads.
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# ? May 9, 2020 01:56 |
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You Am I posted:What are you talking about? Earlier there was a countdown at the top of the page. It is gone now.
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# ? May 9, 2020 02:14 |
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Looking at the way motorhomes and trailers are put together makes me physically uncomfortable. I've built shipping crates more structural than most of those things and people spend 5, even 6 figures on them? loving HARD pass, sorry. Now, buying them after other people have soaked up all the depreciation, topgear/reaver roundy round racing them, then ripping the motor out and putting it in something more deserving? Sure. https://youtu.be/ohkAxbeMxVo
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# ? May 9, 2020 03:05 |
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*Astromonica plays* Even MORE annoyingly there is one cylinder firing now so I now know I have fuel, spark, compression AND engine timing. gently caress THIS CAR
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# ? May 9, 2020 03:32 |
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I was out shopping today and came across these two cars The green one is a Suzuki Cappuccino with a TVR badge on it, and the yellow is a Suzuki Mightyboy
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# ? May 9, 2020 03:35 |
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You Am I posted:I was out shopping today and came across these two cars I'll take cars I cannot fit in for 500 thanks Alex. (saying that I did own a Toyota Sera, and a 1989 TX3 Laser)
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# ? May 9, 2020 04:57 |
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Enjoy some motorhome crash testing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuNOarORALM
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# ? May 9, 2020 06:23 |
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You Am I posted:I was out shopping today and came across these two cars Both of those are parked in a single (half depth) American-sized parking space.
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# ? May 9, 2020 06:52 |
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MrOnBicycle posted:Enjoy some motorhome crash testing: I'm the completely useless airbags
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# ? May 9, 2020 06:56 |
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That's 1960's Volkswagen levels of crash safety.
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# ? May 9, 2020 10:40 |
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MrOnBicycle posted:Enjoy some motorhome crash testing: Dunno if enjoy is the right word..... more like cringing at how bad they both did. How on earth is that second one even close to have being allowed to be on sale new in 2017?!?! quote:That's 1960's Volkswagen levels of crash safety. Dont insult the Volkswagen like that. Those RV's are way worse
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# ? May 9, 2020 10:41 |
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Wife's been talking about the Sprinter and similar RV conversions...some of them do look nice but man that's a good chunk of money for something I really doubt we would use that often. I'm pushing for renting a few times a year instead, has to be better than maintaining and storing yet another vehicle. Had a local shop do an initial corner balance and alignment on the Formula Ford this week so that's one step closer to being ready for when tracks open back up. I've been bombarded by track day and racing organizations in the past week or so about things opening back up and days available but I'm still leery about it. Dad's offered to drive their RV down and go with me, handling all the tech inspection and registration stuff to help me stay away from people. I'm 50/50 on whether it's worth it, Wife is against it.
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# ? May 9, 2020 11:33 |
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MrOnBicycle posted:Enjoy some motorhome crash testing: I like how the chassis tries to exit out the rear. I don't like how they use the passengers as crumple zones.
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# ? May 9, 2020 12:32 |
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:Dunno if enjoy is the right word..... more like cringing at how bad they both did. How on earth is that second one even close to have being allowed to be on sale new in 2017?!?! quote:The Transport Administration decided to take a closer look and opened an in-depth study on motorhomes safety. They selected two types of motorhomes, one semi-integrated and one fully integrated. https://newmobility.news/2019/05/24/motorhomes-show-appallingly-poor-crash-test-results/ So apart from the fact that nothing inside behind the passengers seems to even consider safety (eg that bulkhead right behind the drivers head), I suspect there’s still a “commercial vehicle” loophole at play here. While commercial vans have gotten safer and do have airbags and other avoidance tech, they still don’t seem to have to meet the same standards as passenger cars and are still dangerous as gently caress, even before the motor home guys get to them. I mean when they talk about the body ripping off the chassis - isn’t that what still happens with literally every body on frame vehicle, from Land Rovers to F250 to semi trucks, in a big enough impact?
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# ? May 9, 2020 12:42 |
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BuckyDoneGun posted:https://newmobility.news/2019/05/24/motorhomes-show-appallingly-poor-crash-test-results/ Given that the second RV is literally half made from wood, I would imagine that it would take a significantly bigger impact to rip a F250's body off its chassis. I'm pretty sure even a Model T would be safer in crash at this point.
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# ? May 9, 2020 13:40 |
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RV crash safety is pretty horribe. But as a compensation link: https://mubi.com - for once sponsored videos actually led to something good. 30 day trial of movies that are chosen by the site. Watching some random french film about a german officer living with a french family during the war and it's good. Well worth a sign up if you are bored and feeling like watching some movies that aren't super anglosaxian / american. Also, I just walked past a 70's GTV 2000 which rekindled my need for a GTV6. MrOnBicycle fucked around with this message at 14:02 on May 9, 2020 |
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:Given that the second RV is literally half made from wood, I would imagine that it would take a significantly bigger impact to rip a F250's body off its chassis. I'm pretty sure even a Model T would be safer in crash at this point. The other half is compacted cardboard to look like wood.
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# ? May 9, 2020 15:28 |
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MrOnBicycle posted:Enjoy some motorhome crash testing: I'll just stay in a hotel. Really, unless you're using an RV every other week or actually living in it what's the point. For the ridiculous prices of RVs these days you could stay in nice hotels at the destination you wanted to go to and rent a drat car if you need one. If I feel the need to go camping I'll use a tent.
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# ? May 9, 2020 15:33 |
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Applebees Appetizer posted:I'll just stay in a hotel. Look at this guy, talking like we still lived in the time of aeroplanes.
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# ? May 9, 2020 15:49 |
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I can still drive my (safe) car, just like an RV, to any destination and stay at a hotel with solid walls and a real bathroom
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# ? May 9, 2020 16:25 |
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This is a strange conversation given that we know a forward control camper fixes all these problems with cardboard construction
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# ? May 9, 2020 16:30 |
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taqueso posted:This is a strange conversation given that we know a
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# ? May 9, 2020 16:53 |
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Ether Frenzy posted:It's a lot easier to wreck a million dollar car if you're a billionaire, it's true! So along these lines, woke up today and decided by first and best course of action was to tweet to Elon. Conveniently my wife wasn't awake yet to stop me! https://twitter.com/dorashan/status/1259140320094064640?s=20 Would be about as surreal as as anything the simulation's thrown at me to see Elon come back at me.
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Tremek posted:So along these lines, woke up today and decided by first and best course of action was to tweet to Elon. Conveniently my wife wasn't awake yet to stop me! On the Elon front, did everyone else read the WSJ story yesterday that Elon is fantastically cash poor. To the point that he has 3 homes in the LA area on the market, plus he has $1 billion in stock options open, but he needs ~$600M cash to exercise them... and he doesn't have the scratch. What he does have is 20% Tesla stock which he needs for his controlling interest, but has that leveraged, too... I've said for years that Musk is going to go down as a genius or a huckster, and the resolution is going to be binary.
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# ? May 9, 2020 17:42 |
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So is that why he tried to ruin the value of Tesla stock?
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# ? May 9, 2020 17:45 |
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taqueso posted:This is a strange conversation given that we know a forward control camper fixes all these problems with cardboard construction i think it would all be down to what I hit. if I hit anything higher than a car infront of me at speed I am probably hosed! There is one layer of aluminium and a single horizontal steel between me and the world above the chassis. Someone rolled one like mine in a 60 mph emergency motorway stop avoiding someone else and was badly concussed by flying interior debris but not otherwise injured and the body maintained most of its shape. Chassis was reusable! I also went to look at another one that was hit head on by a drunk driver in a car doing 30-40mph or so. Car went underneath the chassis and broke the front axle off and pushed it right back. No serious injury to the forward control driver! Chassis was repairable!
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# ? May 9, 2020 18:00 |
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I just found this on one of my Japanese campers. Dear God where have you been all of my life? Get one of these in 10 too and I can do everything I need on my imports. Is this a thing I was just not aware of?
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# ? May 9, 2020 22:20 |
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Humphreys posted:I'll take cars I cannot fit in for 500 thanks Alex.
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# ? May 9, 2020 23:52 |
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Can I just say that this travel plan is an incredibly stupid, dangerous and selfish thing to be even considering in this climate?
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# ? May 10, 2020 00:03 |
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Bless him 😅 https://twitter.com/takiinoue/status/1259161407783919621?s=19
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# ? May 10, 2020 00:29 |
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meatpimp posted:I've said for years that Musk is going to go down as a genius or a huckster, and the resolution is going to be binary. He's not a king nerd any more, he's crossed into being just another Celebrity.
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# ? May 10, 2020 00:30 |
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Liquid Communism posted:I'd assume not, almost every conversion on one of those I've seen compromises the not great to begin with structural integrity enough that anything but sitting in place is a collapse risk. Shipping containers don't have great structural integrity? Aren't they designed to stack 20 high on rough oceans?
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MrChips posted:Can I just say that this travel plan is an incredibly stupid, dangerous and selfish thing to be even considering in this climate? Alright that's quite enough pearl clutching. It's not significantly worse than being inside a house, grocery shopping periodically, and occasionally going to the park or on a drive. Safety Dance fucked around with this message at 01:21 on May 10, 2020 |
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stevobob posted:Shipping containers don't have great structural integrity? Aren't they designed to stack 20 high on rough oceans? Yeah, but he's saying once they're converted into house pieces, they lose their integrity.
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# ? May 10, 2020 01:32 |
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Tremek posted:So along these lines, woke up today and decided by first and best course of action was to tweet to Elon. Conveniently my wife wasn't awake yet to stop me! Shoot your shot my man. It sounds like an awesome adventure the kids will remember forever. For everyone else wondering about safety of RVs should just do as I do and get a roof tent. I got a luggable loo and a privacy tent that has been 100 times better than any vault toilet I’ve seen.
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Safety Dance posted:Alright that's quite enough pearl clutching. It's not significantly worse than being inside a house, grocery shopping periodically, and occasionally going to the park or on a drive. It is a LOT worse than being isolated in your home. For starters, a significant number of people who have this virus will never show any symptoms of it, yet they can still spread it to others very easily, potentially spreading this poo poo all over the country. And if you happen to make a stop in a small town, you've probably just spread the virus to people who live somewhere likely without any effective healthcare means to deal with an outbreak. Additionally, if someone on this trip gets sick, that's putting an additional burden on someone else's healthcare system. Finally, I don't know how it is in that failed state you call the United States, but pretty much everywhere else in the world, if you travel somewhere from out of your region/state/province/whatever, you are required to self-isolate for 14 days, or 14 days after the last symptoms if you happen to be sick, so what even is the point of traveling anywhere right now, or any time in the near future? But yes I will continue pearl-clutching. rear end in a top hat.
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