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Mister Kingdom posted:Go Chariot or go home. Go Mobile or go home  
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loving amateur night up in here... But now we're turning this thread into the other thread. Switching back to terrible:  This truck gets posted every so often with comments relating to imminent suspension failure. What sort of black magic has been keeping this thing afloat for so many years? Maybe he doesn't really drive it anywhere?
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Apr 25, 2013 23:33
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Related videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEg0P3aDvgg I appreciate the fact that he picked an appropriate powerplant to propel the 600lbs of metal+rubber that are those wheels.
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Apr 25, 2013 23:43
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I'm genuinely trying to figure out the hub/axle setup here. Is it a FWD and the mechanicals barely clear the inner edge of the wheel? I can't imagine how fast he goes through tires or how terrible the stopping distance is.
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Apr 25, 2013 23:47
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 Caught this in the wild the other day. Apparently it's a thing? The front end looks like this: 
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Apr 26, 2013 02:28
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This should explain it a little: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plymouth_Superbird
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Apr 26, 2013 02:32
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It's the same situation as the Doritos Locos Tacos flavored Doritos, but with the Plymouth Superbird and the movie Cars. At least, that's what it looks like. A copy of a movie copy.
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I know about the Superbird, but it strikes me kinda like those Trans Am conversions on the 5th gen Camaro. E: Besides, if you're gonna do that, why not stick with the Dodge Brand and make a retro Charger Daytona?
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I kind of like both the TA and Superbird conversions, plus they usually have some crazy power under the hood. I'm pretty sure you can get Daytonas, too. In the interests of full disclosure my DD is a Ram Daytona, so my tastes are suspect.
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Apr 26, 2013 03:08
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The kits can be purchased here.
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Gorilla Salad posted:For a movie that was so thoroughly panned when it came out and lost so much money at the box office (cost $65m, made back $33m), it's amazing how whenever someone posts a picture of an unpainted vaguely van-shaped vehicle there will be a comment referencing Herkimer Battle Jitneys. Mystery Men was panned??????? Shows just how bad critics are.
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Coronet XX posted:The kits can be purchased here.  Someone paid eighteen thousand dollars for that kit?!?!
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Fucknag posted:
I would hate to think how much it cost the company to get that kit approved by the authorities, and designing it to work with all the safety gear in it
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Apr 26, 2013 05:13
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Boomerjinks posted:Turbo Herkimer from the Mystery Men sequel I can only watch in my mind. That looks kind of like the 'Pussy Wagon' truck from Kill Bill...
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Apr 26, 2013 09:32
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  I've found this beauty on my way from work, I was in a hurry so I couldn't snap more pictures.
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Apr 26, 2013 14:05
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I wonder if they owned my beater truck previously? Bodywork: window screening, gobbed on bondo that looks like it was applied with an eggbeater, and HOUSE PAINT. HOUSE PAINT!@  loving... HOUSE PAINT!  It looks better with it scraped off and gaping rust holes than it did with it "fixed".
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Apr 26, 2013 14:38
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Humbug Scoolbus posted:Go Mobile or go home Posting Gerry Anderson creations in the terrible car stuff thread doesn't make sense as he is AI as gently caress. In Gerry Anderson's vision of the future hypersonic planes perform emergency landings on trucks with slicks fatter than drag cars:  Transportation companies blast their way through mountain ranges with mortar nukes:  Six-lane free-ways including medians and shoulders are laid with a single monstrous vehicle:  And the upper-class ladies of the establishment ride around in six-wheel bubble-dome canopy Rolls:  Sorry, I never got over Gerry's death. May he rest in peace and may I stay out of AI.
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cheese-cube posted:Sorry, I never got over Gerry's death. May he rest in peace and may I stay out of AI. I met Gerry at Pinewood one day a couple of years back - up until his death he still had an office there. He was a really nice, humble guy. He was trying to get another model-based show off the ground, apparently, but I guess there was never a chance of that happening. Him and Derek Meddings both being dead is a real loss 
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Apr 26, 2013 17:45
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Fucknag posted:
Small price to pay for flip up headlights.
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Apr 26, 2013 21:28
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  Two amps, two 12" subs and NOS
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Apr 28, 2013 13:02
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Dang, all I got is an umbrella and a couple of Trader Joes bags.
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KozmoNaut posted:
And a 12" box! 
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I saw a C5 Corvette last night that left me in disbelief, which takes a lot considering there are some terrible Corvettes around here. It had this V12 badge  followed by a TIMBO badge  and topped off with this amazing spoiler.  I would hope they were trolling with the badges but it takes some serious commitment to drill into your decklid for that kind of monstrosity. He turned around a corner just as I realized what I was looking at, I wish I could have got a shot of it.
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FuzzKill posted:I saw a C5 Corvette last night that left me in disbelief, which takes a lot considering there are some terrible Corvettes around here. Has anyone actually ever taken those wings into a wind tunnel and actually seen if they do gently caress all?
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CommieGIR posted:Has anyone actually ever taken those wings into a wind tunnel and actually seen if they do gently caress all? They do have an effect. The effect is separating ricers, and people otherwise too stupid to know any better, from their money. 
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CommieGIR posted:Has anyone actually ever taken those wings into a wind tunnel and actually seen if they do gently caress all? If they did (what one would presume they are supposed to) they would crush the deck lid. I don't think you need a wind tunnel to figure that out.
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Motronic posted:If they did (what one would presume they are supposed to) they would crush the deck lid. I don't think you need a wind tunnel to figure that out. Or that pushing down on the back of a FWD car isn't the most effective way to go fast.
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Apr 29, 2013 05:30
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Not that those wings aren't stupid, but aerodynamics have almost nothing to do with the driving wheels.
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SaNChEzZ posted:Related videos: I wanna see this guy take a corner at 10mph and flip the car
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Apr 29, 2013 07:26
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While that is a dumb wing, the generalizations of aerodynamics and misinformation about it, are about only two steps ahead.
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Octopus Magic posted:While that is a dumb wing, the generalizations of aerodynamics and misinformation about it, are about only two steps ahead. Where do non-contributing snide remarks fall? Edit: V Fair enough, I was just hoping to prod some actual information to explain it, rather than a "Look at these foolish plebs!" *adjusts fedora* Godholio fucked around with this message at 19:17 on Apr 29, 2013 |
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Apr 29, 2013 17:56
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Godholio posted:Where do non-contributing snide remarks fall? Only slightly ahead of posting about posting.  Saw this a while back. The cuts in the grille to clear the lights look like they'd been made with a Leatherman. Why didn't they just bolt the lights an inch further forward? 
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Apr 29, 2013 18:22
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They probably run into a lot of things, hence why they need extra light.
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Godholio posted:Fair enough, I was just hoping to prod some actual information to explain it, rather than a "Look at these foolish plebs!" *adjusts fedora* The common anti-ricer sentiment with "LOL YOU PUT WINGS ON YOUR NON-DRIVEN WHEELS" is that wings are only beneficial on wheels that are getting driven. The flawed logic for thinking this way could be either that they're just useful in helping put power down, or that only a RWD can kick the rear end-end out. The reality is that there are plenty of ways a FWD car can experience oversteer, and depending on the car, its intended use, and what modifications are allowable or desirable in said use, there absolutely can be a case made for adding downforce to the rear of a FWD car. More terrible:  Fisker Karma. Belongs in this thread due to the fact that apparently this car represents a ~$500k loss for the company, and that somehow while the Volt isn't allowed to get the alt-fuel plate in AZ, the Karma can - despite getting only 20MPG in range-extension mode.
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ai.jpg In this thread because safety
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blk posted:ai.jpg I can't believe that truck isn't completely bottomed out.
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blk posted:ai.jpg Was it a crash and the pickup's driver just didn't notice?
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