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PCOS Bill posted:I have no use for a tailgating truck with its own speaker panels in the bed but that's cool as hell. I saw a YouTube and it's really hollow sound. It would be ok for hearing an announcer but any music played through it would sound like junk. Pretty sure I would just open the two front doors and blast it out of the door speakers with proper bass
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As long as it sounded better than portable Bluetooth speakers that would be an incredibly useful feature for tailgating. Especially if they were waterproof
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Jun 10, 2016 02:44
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Portable Bluetooth speakers have actually come a long way... My Logitech UE Boom kicks rear end, though you gotta get em on sale.
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Jun 10, 2016 06:05
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Bose gets hated on by my buddy got their portable BT speaker and when he had music playing through it I thought it was coming out of the studio monitors he had it sitting on top of. So much bass out of a tiny box.
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Jun 10, 2016 07:07
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Laserface posted:So much fake bass out of a tiny box.
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Jun 10, 2016 08:44
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What we need is a tonneau cover with a bunch of woofers mounted in it, to turn the whole bed into a giant bass box.
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Jun 10, 2016 10:02
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Just go full retard.
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Jun 10, 2016 10:44
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I can't hate on that.KozmoNaut posted:So much fake bass out of a tiny box. In what way do you mean, specifically?
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Bose tends to rely on psycho-acoustics in their kit, so rather than the actual equipment being up to the task of reproducing fundamental frequencies they use the harmonics of the frequencies so it 'sounds' like bass when it's not actually producing much of it. I went on a large PA set up training course recently and the Bose guys there were claiming all sorts of poo poo that's not true like their brand new, technologically impossible to make until this year, line array-able point source speakers which I've had versions of sat in my garage for years. They claim a lot of poo poo that's outright lies and are one of many reasons why I loving hate the audio industry. Anyway, fundamentals >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> harmonics, if you're somewhat of a purist. It's kinda like those things they put in cars to rattle the windscreen to pretend like it's got a bigger meatier engine.
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Jun 10, 2016 13:52
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Oh, I know Bose is full of poo poo. I was just curious about exactly what he meant. Thanks.
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Jun 10, 2016 14:12
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I know Bose marketing is full of poo poo and they're probably overpriced but I like the sound so  Their aviation headsets are bad rear end, though.
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Jun 10, 2016 15:06
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The Jeep Compass can be optioned with a tailgate speaker thing that looks like this. You are now subscribed to Jeep Compass facts.
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Jun 10, 2016 15:38
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Throatwarbler posted:The Jeep Compass can be optioned with a tailgate speaker thing that looks like this. Wasn't one of the key selling points a heated and/or chilled cupholder?
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Jun 10, 2016 15:52
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As Nero Danced posted:Wasn't one of the key selling points a heated and/or chilled cupholder? I don't remember it being a "key" selling feature but yeah Chrysler was one of the first companies to put those out and now most other makers have the same thing. It varied, on most cars it was just a vent that goes to the glovebox where there was a space to hold a water bottle, on some cars it went to the cupholder too. Just AC, I don't think any of them did heat, at least not at the beginning.
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Jun 10, 2016 16:04
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As Nero Danced posted:Wasn't one of the key selling points a heated and/or chilled cupholder? My parents had a Dodge Caliber at one point. That was an awful car, but my Dr Pepper stayed ~15° below ambient!
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MrYenko posted:My parents had a Dodge Caliber at one point. That was an awful car, but my Dr Pepper stayed ~15° below ambient! It makes waiting for the tow truck more pleasant.
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As Nero Danced posted:Wasn't one of the key selling points a heated and/or chilled cupholder? My Kia has an air conditioning vent in the glovebox that I've never once opened. Is this a feature people use? When I want to keep a drink cool I put one of those $2 refreezable plastic things in an REI lunchbag someone got me and it's great without getting soda can condensation dripping all over my registration and car manual.
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Jun 10, 2016 18:23
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I'm not going to lie - I like the Bose 901 speakers.
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Jun 10, 2016 19:23
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I think it was Ford that just went ahead and put a whole mini-fridge in the Flex. I don't remember if it was phase change or peltier based though
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Jun 10, 2016 19:39
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davebo posted:My Kia has an air conditioning vent in the glovebox that I've never once opened. Is this a feature people use? When I want to keep a drink cool I put one of those $2 refreezable plastic things in an REI lunchbag someone got me and it's great without getting soda can condensation dripping all over my registration and car manual. The one in the Journey was a separate compartment at the top of the dash on the passenger side just for drinks, you got another glovebox on the underside for your docs.
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Jun 10, 2016 19:45
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Saabs had cooled gloveboxes, sort of
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Goober Peas posted:I'm not going to lie - I like the Bose 901 speakers. My dad's got a pair of the Series IIs from like 1972 and they still sound great.
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Jun 10, 2016 21:18
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S13 Nissan Silvia offered a fridge in the glovebox as an option which was super rare. It fits 2x330ml cans so it's pointlessly small but pretty sweet.
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How dumb would it be to get a Jeep Grand Cherokee AWD with a Hemi V8? I only live a few blocks from a huge "automall" where it could go back for weekly repair visits.
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Keyser S0ze posted:How dumb would it be to get a Jeep Grand Cherokee AWD with a Hemi V8? I only live a few blocks from a huge "automall" where it could go back for weekly repair visits. Unless it's massively better than the Durango I'd rather punch myself in the dick with a Nokia.
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Would only be worthwhile if you get the SRT8. Otherwise a Toyota would get the job done and also need no repairs until the heat death of the universe.
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You guys are no fun. I figure the Hemi would be more fun in a 5,000 lb SUV although reviews of the new V6 seem like they are much much better than previous versions. I haven't had my rear end handed to me by a car since my 1990's Jeeps (even when those were new).
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Keyser S0ze posted:How dumb would it be to get a Jeep Grand Cherokee AWD with a Hemi V8? I only live a few blocks from a huge "automall" where it could go back for weekly repair visits. I have 18k miles in my JGC while redlining multiple times and day and blasting down terrible access roads without a single rattle or maintenance besides oil changes at 6k. Almost any car these days is much more reliable than people expect.
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Did you guys know the 1 ton Suburban is back? Fleet only tho http://www.gmfleet.com/chevrolet/suburban-hd-heavy-duty-suv.html
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Throatwarbler posted:Did you guys know the 1 ton Suburban is back? Fleet only tho Feel like I see these everywhere in DC, but I may be confusing it with one of the many similar trucks. All in black, naturally.
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fyodor posted:Dirty sensor? What do you think it is? A camera? A tape recorder? Isn't it like sonar and radar and predator heat vision simultaneously? On the Subarus it's two cameras that get confused in the snow or if the windshield gets cracked or dirty. I recently rode in a coworkers base model Mercedes that punted a shopping cart and now ironically shrieks the parking alarm every time the speed drops below 30 unless the alarm is disabled on each startup. It still feels like early tech to me. Doing an ad where a lady narrowly avoids culpability for vehicular homicide is premature and only encourages distracted driving by normalizing it.
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Throatwarbler posted:Did you guys know the 1 ton Suburban is back? Fleet only tho Aren't those mostly meant for armored car conversions and stuff
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Mange Mite posted:Aren't those mostly meant for armored car conversions and stuff By the fact it refers to up-armoring every other word I would say yes.
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I'm curious if it is meant for up armoring why they don't use the diesel engine. If you're in a truck that's going to get shot at you would think diesel would be a better thing to have than gas, also after up armouring the 26 gal or whatever they have for the gas engine is going to give the truck a range of like 120 miles.
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Has anyone posted about the fiat 124? Lots of reviews for it are pouring out. The regular version is an interesting car, $25k (probably $24k invoice) for a car that you can easily chip to 200whp/200ftlb tq because its the same 1.4l turbo as the 500 abarth engine. I think it looks really nice in certain colors too, doesnt suffer from the miatas weird tiny rear-end and microscopic headlights in the front. Surprisingly most reviewers also prefer it handling wise over the miata, better steering, and less body roll. Its less comfortable but not sure i would care. Kind of a total game changer, theres now a $25,000 italian roadster made in a japanese factory that weighs 2500lbs and you can easily get 200hp out of it  You can also spend $3,000 ($28,195) more for the abarth version which comes with upgraded crazy boy racer interior, typical brap brap abarth exhaust, bilstein shocks and better sway bars, but for some stupid reason it only comes with 5 more hp, so you would definitely have to chip it. The looks are a little much with the black hood, but id have to see it in person to determine if i'd feel like a tool driving it around. I think the most subtle version is gray with the hood that jalopnik drove http://jalopnik.com/the-2017-fiat-124-spider-really-is-better-than-the-miat-1781392740 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GglRPaz0Yo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFw29Fy78aY I feel like in a couple of years buying one of these used is going to be by far the best bang for your buck, hats off to fiat for this interesting frankenstein car Oh yeah ford also announced the AWD fusion sport with V6 ecoboost twin turbo making 325hp and 380ft/lb of torque for $34,350... which im sure you could also chip it and make a shitload of power. coolskillrex remix fucked around with this message at 20:48 on Jun 11, 2016 |
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coolskillrex remix posted:
Livernois is advertising +100hp and +115tq at the wheels for a tune on the Edge Sport (claimed 225/254 hp/tq at the wheels stock)
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I wonder what the suspensions tweaks involved? They have to have done that, right? edit: looks like magnetic ride adjustment with different damping options. Dang It Bhabhi! fucked around with this message at 03:12 on Jun 12, 2016 |
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lol https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayOhO3D_90Y
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Holy poo poo  
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