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Dave Inc. posted:If you've never been to an industrial factory you should give it a shot. It's like they're made for killing careless people. Like a janitor at one of our plants who was cleaning around a machine mid-production without securing her hair or wearing the protective headgear (as required) and was scalped. 
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The Scientist posted:
I see this same kind of driving in Memphis on a regular basis.
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Valt posted:This whole page is a mechanical failure.   Guy's Trailblazer grenaded its transmission http://forums.trailvoy.com/showthread.php?t=22724
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For the love of God, can we please shut up about Dodge Neons and post pictures?
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More, you say?   From a last Gen Landcruiser, I believe. Don't remember where I found these...they've been hanging out in a picture folder.
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MrLonghair posted:Ever wonder how much of a beating a shipping container can take? I bet that was one hell of a ride down from inside the crane's bridge!
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Sockington posted:Move it to the Jetski thread. I want to hear more of this. Are socks allowed on Jet skis?
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kastein posted:Saw this this morning on the way to CT... Several years ago on our street, a garbage truck ran its compacting cycle and ended up depositing its contents in the street. The bottom of the truck had reached its corrosion threshold and the compact cycle pushed the contents out the bottom. The smell was foul, and it was fun watching the city workers shovel the garbage into another truck.
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I could go for airbags that shoot confetti and glitter. Fireworks, not so much.
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Bovril Delight posted:Not a mechanical failure but I saw the price for a replacement front bumper on an 06 Elise today. Over 6k. Ha! You think that's bad, check out the replacement cost for the rear bumper. 
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Bovril Delight posted:Fill me in! A buddy of mine got tapped by a grandma in a parking lot in his 05. 12k for a new rear clamshell, including labor.
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leica posted:Jesus, I'll stick with Miatas. I always thought I'd be able to afford to buy an Elise one day, but I sure as hell won't be able to afford to own one Excerpts on Elise ownership from Grassroots' forum: "There just seem to be too many drawbacks to daily driving one. Bumped in parking lot? Car is totaled. Run over a speed bump too fast? Car is totaled. Scrape too hard on driveway? Car is totaled. Run over a board? Car is totaled. Hit a possum or roadkill? Car is totaled. It's awesome in theory, but the reality is that you have to have the right kind of driveway, the right kind of neighborhood, you have to scope out parking lots and make sure you can enter and exit without messing up your car, and you HAVE to use heart healthy parking. God help you if it's a small parking lot." "Very good points, rotard. I'm not sure people realize how easy it is to damage a clamshell beyond (reasonable) repair, and how breathtakingly expensive they are to replace. For that reason alone, I would never daily drive one... and it is a big factor in why I don't own one right now. FYI folks, rotard is almost not exaggerating. While a busted clamshell on its own won't total the car, you're looking at $5k+ just in paint and parts, never mind the labor, for something as simple as a parking lot bump. If anything underneath it gets damaged... look out. EDIT: Yes, full coverage is a must. However, I can't imagine your insurance company hanging onto you after more than one pricey repair." http://grassrootsmotorsports.com/forum/grm/quickly-school-me-in-lotus-elises-2005/42507/page1/
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Doesn't the Honda Fit have its tank under the floor beneath the front seats?
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14 INCH DETECTIVE posted:From Facebook. "Looks like we got ourselves a sinker..."
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Lord Gaga posted:Horrible engineering failure: 'Modofocation'  (I bet it's hooked to a manuel transmission)  Goober Peas fucked around with this message at 00:34 on Apr 9, 2013 |
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You'd feel that one pop on the Richter scale.
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zundfolge posted:P0171, you say? It looks like a Volvo brownie 
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Astroman posted:http://www.gmpartsdirect.com/ or google "gm oem parts" and a bunch of others come up. Click "browse catalog" at the bottom, put in make, model, and year and a list comes up of various systems (engine, brakes, body, etc). Then click on "available parts diagrams." A little late, but jumping on the 'don't buy from these guys' bandwagon. It took 10 business days for them to give me a tracking number on a part that was "in stock" that they "shipped" the day after I placed the order. Goober Peas fucked around with this message at 01:41 on Sep 15, 2013 |
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BraveUlysses posted:Weld in a new floorpan. Or hire Fred and Wilma
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Seat Safety Switch posted:I like how they called it the Toyota MasterAce in Japan, but presumably someone in marketing noticed that it's uncomfortably close to "master race" and so rechristened it to "Van" when it came to North America. Actually, it was "Van Wagon" when first released in '84, then they decided that was too close to "Vanagon" then called it "Van". Our family bought one when the first came out in '84, and I drove it after selling my '76 Continental. Beige with Wine interior. 5-speed, Dual HVAC, and our first car with a cassette player. Many, many, many hours spent in the back of it on family vacations throughout the 80s. It was a nightmare to work on, and ate batteries and alternators on an annual basis from new. It had almost 400000 miles on it when I sold it and bought my grandma's '89 SHO.
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SuperDucky posted:Your grandma seems like a cool bro. She was -- her last car was a del Sol Si 
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CornHolio posted:My sister-in-law saw this driving down the road over the weekend. World's largest wiper blade 
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Slavvy posted:Wait, what?? Really? Which parts of an e55 amg are shared with a Ford? I've never heard of this. "Half the parts" = one specific part - the intercooler pump made by Bosch. http://mbworld.org/forums/sl55-amg-sl63-amg-sl65-amg-r230/211741-intercooler-pump-replacement.html Throatwarbler posts 
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One more derail on mid 80s - mid 90s Ford. The polycarbonate plastic they used for their bumpers didn't age well. New, they were pretty strong. They integrated the facia and reinforcements into one molded unit and mounted them to struts. They became brittle after about 10 years and any sort of impact made them crack and shatter.
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The two pictures on this page were getting lonely. I hope this helps.
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Saga posted:Isn't it the 75 where you drive with your arms straight out and feet strangely offset to one side? Now we know why; it's to avoid shrapnel. Yes - the 75 is an ergonomic disaster. The steering wheel is always too far and the pedals too close. The steering wheel always blocks a portion of the speedo and tach. The rear compartment power window switches are right behind where the front passengers elbows land on the center console. The front compartment rear window switches are on the overhead console. The front window switches are directly below them on the lower console. The u-shaped parking brake looks cool, bites fingers and knuckles. Etc.
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I have an issue with the spare being under the load floor. Murphy's law says I'll have a ton of bricks in the bed when I get a flat.
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wolrah posted:vs. 
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Metal Geir Skogul posted:Iirc they were designed from the ground up as fleet wheelchair/medical transport vehicles? Yes, and it manages to contain the same awkward styling elements of the Ridgeline. Or vice versa.
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Whether he is or isn't, he certainly feels skeezy. I subscribed anticipating further skoodyfrood
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That explains his curmudgeoness
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Yu-Gi-Ho! posted:Hmm.. how does the stop/start work on the newest GMs when the ac is on? I heard the latest Malibus doing the auto start bit in the middle of summer with the windows up. I'm guessing they just cycle the engine back on when the evap temp gets too high? I have no idea if they had auto climate control or not, but I know it gets muggy as gently caress in a hurry in every car I've had with ac if the fan keeps running after the compressor cuts out/engine stalls/etc. On my Lacrosse, there are 3 A/C modes - off, Eco, Max If set to off, autostop will keep the engine off until the battery reserve drops to 12v, then the engine kicks on. If set to Eco, autostop will keep the engine off until above, or the measured in-cabin temperature or humidity delta hits a certain threshold If set to Max, above except the delta threshold is significantly less Max defrost will override autostop, but you have to manually select it (system reverts back to previous climate control setting after you stop the car and exit) In any mode if you change the gear shift selection or any climate control setting (temperature, fan speed, mode) the engine kicks back on. I keep mine on Eco, and only on the hottest/most humid days do I even notice. About that time the engine kicks on. It's a pretty slick setup.
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I'll stick to my owner's manual recommendation of 5 years/100000 miles, if that is ok. edit: It's DexCool
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IOwnCalculus posted:I'll give you that, but excluding the unmitigated garbage that is Dexcool, are there any documented cases of vehicles following the factory intervals for antifreeze changes and still running into problems? My WJ only has a 30k interval (and rarely goes that long without having some other reason to dump the radiator anyway), but the CR-V just called for its first change just shy of 5 years and the antifreeze that came out is visibly indistinguishable from what went in. No sediment or anything, even after letting it settle for a week. I realize antifreeze can cause problems without looking lovely, but I'd expect some sort of particulate evidence of those problems. Just because we like to dog on Dexcool - I'd like to offer the below article as a counterpoint. Author does a nice job of concisely laying out the issues, and aligns with just about every Google on DexCool. http://ricksfreeautorepairadvice.com/is-dexcool-bad/ The only thing he misses on: He calls out the 3.1/3.4 engines correctly, but misses the 3.8. It's a good read and should stir interesting conversation.
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You haven't lived until you've had to piss in a radiator while on the side of a deserted road.
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It escaped alright
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Didn't the Chevy Spark have a CVT final drive?
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Shrugs Not Drugs posted:Not really fair to fault GM for having belt-driven A/C on a non-hybrid, especially when Toyota's straight gassers are the same way. Electric automotive A/C compressors are expensive yo. You forget the irrational hatred of GM in the AI part of somethingawful.com
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InitialDave posted:
I love what you do for me...Toyota!
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