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I will say the worse at performance a car is the more I'll forgive style over function on stuff like wheels and ride height.
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Free possum!  A friend has just seen this boy here https://twitter.com/ohgodwhatdoiput/status/1507416176913051651?t=1_BnJ0JeTEBjovOm6GJXnQ&s=19
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I don't know exactly what it was, but it was huge and it was awesome. (Outback for scale)
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Going to say 79 D300 Crew Cab.
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We had a '77 Chevy crew cab 1 ton 4wd with full length bed, later sold it and bought a '86 f350 crew cab with full length bed and 4wd with lockers, 460v8. I ended up welding a gooseneck trailer hitch adapter for it and then we towed a 30' sailboat over the Colorado Rockies with a carburetor. Did not like that, only time I've used 4wd L on the highway. Do not recommend. It later became my first car when I turned 16, was 24' long and got about 8mpg with a tailwind, would not go through most drive through windows Edit: f350 had a cop spotlight on the lower driver's side windshield for god knows why, plus the hi beam switch was a foot pedal with the world's most satisfying click, plus 1/4" rubber mats, was maybe a logging truck in a previous life Hadlock fucked around with this message at 01:33 on Mar 29, 2022 |
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It seems like spotlights were just more popular back in thebday. My dad's 80 something GMC Stakebed also had a spotlight I don't think I ever saw in action.
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I'm going to devise a floor switch high beam kit and retire Every 3 you buy I'll throw in a suicide knob for the steering wheel. 
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BigPaddy posted:Going to say 79 D300 Crew Cab. Almost dead on, the grille would make that a 74-76
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StormDrain posted:It seems like spotlights were just more popular back in thebday. My dad's 80 something GMC Stakebed also had a spotlight I don't think I ever saw in action. I turned mine on (the resting position being pointed at the driver's chest) and promptly blinded myself, never bothered to gently caress with that thing again. 1 million candlepower or something ridiculous like that, 24 inches from your eyeballs probably real easy to find your keys if you drop them though
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slidebite posted:I'm going to devise a floor switch high beam kit and retire My wife had shoulder surgery and I managed to find a suicide knob for her 2003 MB C240. It worked.
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Suburban Dad posted:Please expand and elaborate on this hot take No. OK, a little. The Corvette is a Personal Sports Coupe, not really a sports car, at least by the 3rd, maybe 2nd generation. Don't get me wrong - I like them, but they're no MG or Miata. It's a V8 2-seat cruiser, or, for the current and recent models, getting close to an exotic. It's debatable, certainly. My personal definition of a sports car says the 'Vette is too heavy, luxurious, and V8 to be a "sports car." I'm not sure where that puts MGB-V8s, Sunbeam Tigers, and Austin Healeys with V8s... Olympic Mathlete posted:Free possum! Dakar Supra! (?) BigPaddy posted:Going to say 79 D300 Crew Cab. Best part is they used that same basic body all the way up '91 (maybe '92?). My dad's '91 3/4-ton Cummins looks just like that, though extended rather than double cab, with an updated grill with square headlights. Buddy of mine has a crewcab '81-'87 Chevy 1-ton dually Camper Special with a 454. That thing is huge. I've never seen it move, but I'd guess maybe 9MPG on a good day, unloaded. He's also got a single-cab shortbed of the same generation, and keeps joking about putting the single cab on the 1-ton chassis, and lengthening the bed to 10'. I'm OK with that if he puts the crewcab on the sing SWB chassis and shortens the bed like an Explorer Sportrac. Hadlock posted:I turned mine on (the resting position being pointed at the driver's chest) and promptly blinded myself, never bothered to gently caress with that thing again. 1 million candlepower or something ridiculous like that, 24 inches from your eyeballs ...you're supposed to turn it around first. The one on my Crown Vic needs the sliding contacts cleaned. It's a little flaky when rotated. I have actually used it when driving out in the very dark sticks. Better than high beams!
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I wonder if people who get pedantic about the use of "sport" as a descriptor when it comes to cars also get similarly put out by the existence of sports jackets.
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Darchangel posted:'Vette is too heavy, luxurious Luxurious parts bin interior that begins rattling and squeaking before the warranty runs out. Yes, that's that stuff.
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Motronic posted:Luxurious parts bin interior that begins rattling and squeaking before the warranty runs out. Yes, that's that stuff. Came here to post this. My Z06 was a lot of things, but luxurious certainly wasn’t one of them.
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Pretty sure I mentioned this previously, but my 1999 996 has less interior squeaks and rattles than my 2019 Silverado. And the 996 wasn't exactly renowned for a high end interior.
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 Amsterdam before cycle paths were installed.
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slidebite posted:Pretty sure I mentioned this previously, but my 1999 996 has less interior squeaks and rattles than my 2019 Silverado. This probably has more to do with the fact that a full sized pickup truck puts chassis rigidity somewhere lower on the priority list compared to a 911.
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Floppy chassis made out of noodles is the best for hauling 14 tons.
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Finger Prince posted:This probably has more to do with the fact that a full sized pickup truck puts chassis rigidity somewhere lower on the priority list compared to a 911.
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Darchangel posted:Best part is they used that same basic body all the way up '91 (maybe '92?). My dad's '91 3/4-ton Cummins looks just like that, though extended rather than double cab, with an updated grill with square headlights. You can really tell that it's an ancient chassis design too, my old '89 Cummins was definitely in the hearing damage range at interstate speeds just from road noise, with a relatively quiet exhaust. More often than not my buddy that I always ended up doing cross country trips with broke out the ear defenders.
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LimaBiker posted:
Wrong thread. I mean yeah there are awesome cars in that photo but a city flooded with cars is pretty terrible.
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slidebite posted:A modern pick up truck is built on a pretty rigid frame and they actually ride pretty well, but I'm talking just general poor quality of interior in general. Yup on both points. My '70 C10 frame is so noodly that if you jack it up from one side of the front crossmember instead of the center, you'll flex the frame enough that you can get one wheel off with the other firmly planted. My '18 Canyon, thanks to the wonders of modern engineering, is so stiff that if you pick it up from anywhere along the front (other than the control arms) both wheels come up. The ride quality on the Canyon is fine in most cases, it's not so rough that it justifies way more interior rattles. And yes, there are a couple of rattles on mine already, compared to my '13 CR-V that had none even after far more miles. Strangely enough the cabin of a cheap domestic diesel pickup is actually significantly quieter at highway speeds than that CR-V was. We're not talking early-GMT400 levels of plastic resonating on every bump here.
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Motronic posted:Luxurious parts bin interior that begins rattling and squeaking before the warranty runs out. Yes, that's that stuff. Fine. Attempted luxury.
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Finger Prince posted:I wonder if people who get pedantic about the use of "sport" as a descriptor when it comes to cars also get similarly put out by the existence of sports jackets. It's a personal definition/line I draw. You don't like it? Don't draw it there. You won't offend me. I've always been amused by sports jackets - why do they even call them that? BTW - a hot dog is a sandwich.
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Darchangel posted:I've always been amused by sports jackets - why do they even call them that? Because they were originally designed for sport, specifically hunting. Modern sport jackets have often lost some of the features that were originally present, but the origin is the same.
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Darchangel posted:I've always been amused by sports jackets - why do they even call them that? From when it was appropriate to wear for certain sports for a certain (british) class. Things like horseback riding, hunting and skeet.
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Shai-Hulud posted:Wrong thread. I mean yeah there are awesome cars in that photo but a city flooded with cars is pretty terrible. I think the awesome part is to see how stuff has improved for both drivers and cyclists in 40ish years time.
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LimaBiker posted:I think the awesome part is to see how stuff has improved for both drivers and cyclists in 40ish years time. Well post an "after" picture to compare it too then!
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Shai-Hulud posted:Well post an "after" picture to compare it too then! 
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Ew, the Netherlands is all lumpy now.
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Toyota made a 2+2 MR aerocabin convertible concept which kinda bangs. https://twitter.com/strange_car/status/1509562121025363968?s=20&t=4FFY7Pwx41EXUAyHJ2Oeyw Also found out in 1991 they designed this superlight (992lbs/450kg) FR sports car powered by a little supercharged 804cc 2 stroke. The AXV-IV  
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Olympic Mathlete posted:Toyota made a 2+2 MR aerocabin convertible concept which kinda bangs. It's almost, kinda, sorta, like they passed on the design and then the Fiat coupe came out a couple of years later.
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Olympic Mathlete posted:Also found out in 1991 they designed this superlight (992lbs/450kg) FR sports car powered by a little supercharged 804cc 2 stroke. The AXV-IV
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Finger Prince posted:It's almost, kinda, sorta, like they passed on the design and then the Fiat coupe came out a couple of years later. Barchetta, the couple is very different from that design.
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SlowBloke posted:Barchetta, the couple is very different from that design.  Good call. Especially in orange. 
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Discuss the looks all you want but nobody has mentioned the weight whilst being more of a car than a Caterham? This is the future we should've had!! Anyway, this is cool. https://twitter.com/livinlikelalli/status/1509875513275437062?s=20&t=QwuQXt9sDtR6Ty12VB7fbA *edit: more heat https://twitter.com/f_Sil80/status/1509725379455746054?s=20&t=As7fgHHEnnGHd_5b_xuMiA Olympic Mathlete fucked around with this message at 16:10 on Apr 1, 2022 |
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Olympic Mathlete posted:Anyway, this is cool. It's like if someone looked at a 3D model that I created and took the coloring as literal.
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Finger Prince posted:
Must be what the Weinermobile looks like when they remove the hot dog for maintenance.
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Someone in my neighborhood has this amazing awesomeness in their driveway all of a sudden. I showed my wife and she immediately said, "No, do not buy one of those." They aren't even for sale.
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