opengl128 posted:

I think this is the first time in recorded history that somebody was filming an event like this and kept the camera pointed at the subject rather then aiming it at their feet once it went bad. I guess it helps it was most likely a professional.

Root Bear posted:

It's got whiskers

amenenema posted:

Or the difference between full-time and part-time 4wd. I have to explain it often when people see the shift lever.

kastein posted:

Apparently you only have lovely adjustable wrenches.

The most awesome adjustable wrench in existence:


http://www.amazon.com/Stanley-85-610-10-Inch-MaxGrip-Adjustable/dp/B00009OYGZ

I used one on a rusted-on fastener (around 18mm original head size, it was rusted down to around 17.25mm and barely hexagonal) holding an early 90s F350 track bar bracket to the engine cradle at the junkyard today. Grabbed that fucker tight with it, even though it was barely recognizable, and held tight while I used a breaker bar on the bolt from the other side.

This tool has saved my rear end 3-4 times now and is easily worth (IMO) three times what they are asking.

Motronic posted:

All I remember being told in fire school is that they "chemically interrupt the chain reaction". Whenever I was told something like this in fire school I made a mental note "the instruction has no idea how this works scientifically, but at least they know how it works functionally."

Wikipedia posted:

At high temperatures, halons decompose to release halogen atoms that combine readily with active hydrogen atoms, quenching flame propagation reaction even when adequate fuel, oxygen, and heat remains. The chemical reaction in a flame proceeds as a free radical chain reaction; by sequestering the radicals which propagate the reaction, halons are able to "poison" the fire at much lower concentrations than are required by fire suppressants using the more traditional methods of cooling, oxygen deprivation, or fuel dilution.... Halon 1301 causes only slight giddiness at its effective concentration of 5%, and even at 15% persons remain conscious but impaired and suffer no long term effects. (Experimental animals have also been exposed to 2% concentrations of Halon 1301 for 30 hours per week for 4 months, with no discernible health effects at all.)

OSI bean dip posted:

This appeared on my Facebook feed this morning.

Fucknag posted:

CroatianAlzheimers posted:

What about the girl? What happened to her?

Slavvy posted:

I really want to know how this is possible. You read about it, and hear about it, and see those fluff pieces on the news where some geriatric plowed through the front of a gas station, but how does it really happen? How? You have thousands of hours of driving a car, every car is basically the same, your body is as accustomed to where the brake is as it is to wiping your rear end or turning the tap the right way to make water come out. On top of which, you have to hold down the gas for a sustained period of time AND jam it to the floor to get truly spectacular results.

I don't get it.

muike posted:

ONE TWO THREE he's out for the count!!!

Munin posted:

"Guys, could we have some stairs please? We want to get out of here. Guys? Guys... Oh, putain!"

The Midniter posted:

Would there be any way to repair that rim or is it fubar?

Fo3 posted:

Why would you want a new rim under warranty?
A NAIL went through the rim. How does that happen and how weak and soft are those rims?
I'd rather get new rims that are impervious to nails, ie decent normal rims.

kastein posted:

Horrible decision results in horrible mechanical failure.



Don't use trailer tow balls as recovery points.

blugu64 posted:

I've always thought it'd be fun to make an antifreeze flavored snow cone. Just look at this and tell me it's a bad idea.

Friar Zucchini posted:

And this, ladies and gentlemen, is what anti-materiel rifles are for. Pop the fucker from a mile away, if you're lucky you'll have time to duck before the shrapnel hits.

Ferremit posted:

This is more a design failure on my behalf...



would have been reasonably convinced that 6mm plate steel would stop a .243 winchester round at 100m!

MotoMind posted:

burned bodies

MiNDRiVE posted:

Have they never seen the wars in the stars before?

Darchangel posted:

That is art. What does that even sound like?

Wild EEPROM posted:

These cheap assed owners are not just limited to cars. Somehow they think paying any amount of money means that they have things that last forever, and will bring up price at any opportunity.

"I paid $500 for this laptop why doesn't it work"

"Why can't my XYZ do this, it cost $1500."

"What do you mean my iPad can't do ___, it cost $500."

"Why do I have to perform ABC maintenance on my car, it's a BMW. And BMWs are expensive. Do you know how much I paid for this?"

"Do you like my coffee table? It only cost $3000 but that's alright I can afford that."


These are also the people who always refer to all of their items by name: "oh I left my iPhone in my bmw."

Seat Safety Switch posted:

I got a lot of surprise from one of my coworkers when I told them I replaced my blown struts with $100 used parts I got off the local ricer forums over the weekend. Admittedly, not very smart, but it was cheap - and my dad taught me that being cheap is a kind of smart.

Wide eyed horror at the concept of being able to replace one of the largest and most exposed parts of the car besides the wheel, and then surprise that you can get out of any car service for under a thousand bucks. I felt like a wizard when really I was just some retard who turned a buncha nuts. Putting up drywall is harder.

IOwnCalculus posted:

This is how it starts. Four years later you're standing in your car's engine bay, wondering how it all went so wrong right.

tater_salad posted:

Driver reports that car makes fillings fall out under braking.

States that brakes were done not that long ago, must be suspension or something

The Aviation Herald posted:

Accident: Delta B752 near Atlanta on Mar 16th 2014, dropped upper wing panel in flight

By Simon Hradecky, created Monday, Mar 17th 2014 11:31Z, last updated Monday, Mar 17th 2014 11:31Z
A Delta Airlines Boeing 757-200, registration N675DL performing flight DL-2412 from Orlando,FL to Atlanta,GA (USA) with 179 passengers and 6 crew, was enroute nearing top of descent when a panel on the upper side of the right hand wing came loose, a leak occurred and the aircraft began to buffet. The crew declared emergency and continued to Atlanta where the aircraft landed safely on runway 09L and stopped on the runway.

The airline reported the detached panel did not impair the aircraft's ability to fly. The aircraft landed safely and taxied to the gate. The cause of the panel separating is being investigated.

Passenger photo enroute (Photo: Trevor Sinclair):

KodiakRS posted:

Republic Airlines places orange cones around the engines on their airplanes while they're parked. This is to prevent people from running baggage carts, fuel trucks, and other ground support equipment into the expensive engines.



Which makes the following video not only a massive failure but extremely ironic as well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1CgHaQVIP8

two forty posted:

Salt sucks, but spinning out and breaking bones and/or dying sucks worse. Cars are expendable and if you live where they salt the roads you accept rust and deal with it. The vitriol against salt in this thread is remarkable. You value your stupid $4,000 Miata more than your health/life? That's also why people up north with genuinely nice, unique, or special cars have winter beaters.

Kill-9 posted:

Well, I think I know why I have no oil pressure in the Thunderbird.

Powershift posted:

Spiders isn't even on the list? they like to hide in dark spaces like the footwell, and your car doesn't have a roof to keep them out.

CommieGIR posted:

I snickered pretty hard as the generators kicked on and the servers went from on, to off, to on again and the DBA had a heart attack. We killed two power supplies doing that quick transition from on to off to on again.

Hillridge posted:

That thing is waaaaaay more than just a 10/100 NIC.

kastein posted:

Just gonna whore this pic out again

Slung Blade posted:

gently caress it man, you've got a big lathe and a bunch of beefy steel rods laying around.

Spin your own! (weld on the flanges though)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=um-biLfru-c

Slim Pickens posted:

Is it a failure if it still runs?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89AxuhEHc3o