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Very timely.... salvage of the TK Bremen, which ran aground in France. http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2012/01/salvaging-the-tk-bremen/100231/ Captain dropped anchor in a storm but the anchors dragged across the bottom and it went ashore.
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opengl128 posted:loving hell. No annual inspections in your state? Wisconsin doesn't have an inspection of any sort (either)... you see some interesting heaps rolling around as a result. Or not rolling around, just sideways on the shoulder with broken tie rods after hitting a pothole.
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some texas redneck posted:Mother of god. Despite the appearance, that is a rural road. My understanding is that it developed a ridge which led to Wisc DOT putting out those ridge signs. Later on as it got hotter the road actually buckled causing that accident. We're not used to heat like this in Wisconsin....
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Godholio posted:I'm sure it's very common for customers to cross-shop M3s and Suburbans. The point was not that the vehicles are comparable, but that the generalization that (all) DBW is crap is a false one. The DBW system in the Suburban probably does suck, but it sucks because it's GM and not because it's DBW.
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Not everyone is following that... every hydrant around here is top to bottom red.
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Is that a Mazda engine by any chance? There was a recall on Protege's due to those little screws coming out and doing exactly that.
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Two Finger posted:Do you need me to start posting some ship-based failures? Please. Always love seeing maritime disasters... I think it's that they're always much bigger in scale.
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EVA BRAUN BLOWJOBS posted:That video led me to this wonderful clip. That actually seems rather deliberate.
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Farking Bastage posted:How can something that is shorter than the ink pen in the background and no more than 3-4" inches tall weigh 20 pounds without either being pure tungsten, lead, or a Meteorite. Even the first two is a stretch. I think that's an optical illusion. The better size reference is the very blurry Canon lens cap (round black thing) in the second photo. That hunk is pretty big!
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Hey look someone who has worse welds than Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester!
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It's not like anyone on the line would know any better, they just do what the computer tells them to do. It sounds like this was a widespread problem, so it was probably some fuckup by someone doing the computer programming of what should be put in where. I like the letter, they at least tried to put some levity in the situation. I would have liked to have seen a blanket offer for a loaner/rental vehicle though, considering this was anticipated to take two days and it was their own error.
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Polymerized Cum posted:If the same quality assurance and inspection standards applied to your car as they did a commercial aircraft, they would never allow us to drive. A entry level car would also cost $250k new. http://www.cessna.com/single-engine/skyhawk
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Frinkahedron posted:
Hurricane Katrina
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I always rent from Penske... the equipment has always been in good shape and with my AAA discount they're not a whole lot more expensive than the uhaul garbage.
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DefaultPeanut posted:Warranty flat rate time ? Image was lifted from Reddit, but the poster there said book time was 9 hours heh.
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2011 Camaro heater core replacement... also from Reddit where the OP said that the windshield has to be removed to get the dash out. 
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Warning, I'd guess this dude had some pretty serious injuries from this, but nothing gory is shown. Tire explosion caught on video: http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=9b7_1388141366
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Order soon, there is proposed regulation capping personal lasers at 500mw or something like that.
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Whoops http://www.jsonline.com/multimedia/photos/tipped-crane-crushes-two-cars-b99266733z1-258669371.html Slide show/gallery
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Aug 1, 2014 01:33
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Found another pic of that truck/bridge impact.
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Tactical Bonnet posted:If that's a high enough speed bridge I bet some people did. That's the Leo Frigo Memorial Bridge in Green Bay, WI. Chemical contamination in the soil caused the concrete to basically fail and the sag was indeed sudden. The bridge carries I-43 so it's likely a 55 mph zone there. This happened last fall, repairs are already completed
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The picture is too confusing without the explanation, but   http://www.reddit.com/r/Justrolledintotheshop/comments/2gkmbl/one_of_the_most_truly_evil_jobs_weve_had_in_while/
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I know I am like five pages late for rental car chat, but let's have a review: Mazda 2: godawful Mitsubishi Galant: really bad Chevy Cruze: pretty good actually, not terribly fun though VW Jetta: drives nice, lacked features Nissan Sentra: tied for worst rental with Galant. The 2 gets a pass because it's a lower tier rental than everything else Mazda 3: fine, legroom sucks Ford Focus 4 door: pretty decent, great gas mileage Honda Civic Eco: pretty good The Cruze is actually my favorite because it had the most extra features, but if I was going to buy one of these it would be the Honda most likely. I also daily drive a Ford Escape awd, ecoboost turbo, and I actually like it a lot. Granted I do not pay for maintenance but the thing has serious power and pretty good features, wouldn't want to pay the asking price myself though.
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the spyder posted:What's your MPG on the AWD Ecoboost excape? I'm looking at one this weekend, seeing as I need a 4 door car now. It has a sweet spot between 65 and 70 where it can get close to 30mpg, anything above it and you're getting around 23-26. City mileage is decent for an suv but certainly not great. It has great power though and zero turbo lag.
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Jan 3, 2015 03:06
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zip tie on the drive shaft or CV stick random wheel weights in random places (on the wheels).
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Preoptopus posted:Why not just take the valve core out? Because that would make sense and then we couldn't collectively piss our pants and try to out do each other in our expressions of pathetic terror.
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Booourns posted:I'd prefer if people would stop using this as a random chat thread honestly. Says the guy who hasn't posted a single picture in the entire 524 page thread Be the change you wish to see on the forums
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Powershift posted:There is no god, only rust. I sent my Protege to the scrap yard for less than that, dear rust
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Nah someone had bondo'd over the rust to make it look better, probably so they could sell it off and make it someone elses problem. The PO is always a motherfucker.
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some texas redneck posted:Along these lines, all of my smoke detectors are of the ionization type (so radioactive). http://about.usps.com/postal-bulletin/2012/pb22334/html/cover_025.htm lol option: don't bother with looking up the brand, just mail them off to one of the manufacturers and don't use a return address.
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Midjack posted:Lol if you think anyone will ship a box with no return address. What is the USPS gonna do if you toss the box in a mail collection bin? Nothing.
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I really doubt the UPSP goes through that amount of trouble, either way you have won the game of hot potato. who cares if they xray the package, at this point it is not your problem.
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Does every part on a car need to last the lifetime of the vehicle? At what point is it acceptable to expect that things will need occasional replacement? This seems like a lot of teeth gnashing over something pretty minor.
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Black88GTA posted:The only way I can think that this would make sense is if the fuse box internals changed from normal size fuses to minis at some point during the model run, and someone with the newer type lost the lid / acquired the car used without it, and junkyarded a replacement that happened to be from an older car? Is this even a thing that ever happens? The fuse size did change during the model run, but Toyota didn't update the cover or the spares. Came like that from the factory.
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