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One more for Mechanical Failures. Where else does nuclear disaster chat go?
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Aug 20, 2012 14:47
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You're the best mod; I wish you were my daddy.
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Aug 20, 2012 17:36
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MetaJew posted:I can't believe anyone would ...that, last I heard, was still sitting in the dealer's showroom priced at $80K.
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Sep 7, 2012 14:16
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lazer_chicken posted:It's crazy because I've had people honestly try to tell me that the price of gas is the same as ever once you adjust for inflation. This is total horse poo poo, I don't know where people come up with this stuff. I distinctly remember getting gas for $1.12 per gallon in 2002 and that comes out to about $1.40 today. Right when the war in Iraq started in 2003 I distinctly remember being mortified at $1.43 per gallon (which was the highest I had ever seen) and that comes out to about $1.75 today. Really only recently (in the 2000s) has the price of gas in the US risen significantly faster than inflation. In fact, we can draw a strong correlation between Wars on Terror™ and high gas prices.
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Sep 10, 2012 20:02
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dissss posted:
I once moved a Christmas Tree on my Jeep like that. three blocks
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Sep 19, 2012 13:54
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Unless he has a microcontroller in there that adds his speed to the perceived speed of the radar gun. Edit: Either way, I would treat that as a game and try to get the highest score without killing myself.
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Sep 20, 2012 15:22
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Lightbulb Out posted:All the ones I have seen tell me to SLOW even when I'm going exactly the speed limit. That's because the limit is slow. Speed up, broheim!
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Sep 20, 2012 15:35
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assfucker420 posted:To be fair most men don't have any idea what those mean either. The only time I've been in a car that just gave up the ghost on the highway was when my friend ignored his oil light for a few months and his engine seized with his dipstick dry as a bone. Most women I know might not know what the various lights mean, but at least they say, "Ugh, I guess I gotta go fix it," as opposed to ignoring the problem.
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Sep 22, 2012 20:50
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There should be a service called "My Friend Who's Good With Cars," where, for like $20 a month, a car-knowledgeable person will come by once a quarter and take 'er for a spin, perform a basic inspection, provide recommendations and note the mileage. They'll call you up and remind you about oil changes, and you can call them up and ask even the most retarded car-related question and receive an honest answer with no judgement.
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Sep 22, 2012 22:24
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Devyl posted:Also notice the impressive lack of tread on the front tires. They're slicks. HOW IS HE GOING TO RUN 9'S WITHOUT SLICKS?
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Oct 2, 2012 13:26
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The Blue L-Block posted:I was going to take a picture of this ridiculous Beetle I saw last Friday. Big metal spoiler, flame decals, and dollar signs painted all over the windows. I shudder to think it was actually for sale. Unfortunately, I got distracted because I spent some time extricating this nice surprise someone left me in my driver's side door lock. Could it be that some dude thought your Accord was his Accord and snapped his key in your lock before realizing, "Wait, this isn't my car."
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Oct 17, 2012 13:30
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Three-Phase posted:I wonder if I could do this with my Honda Fit! I love the logic here. "So new rollover standards say that a car should be able to withstand 1.5 times its weight on its roof? Good, we'll shoot for just a skoch under that."
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Oct 22, 2012 10:56
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Fermunky posted:Not a single "wrong thread" comment? I so want one of these right the hell now. kastein posted:I got really confused for a second because a lot of the things from the last two pages simply don't belong in this thread. Astroman posted:This looks like something I'd be toodling around a post apocalyptic landscape in, going from one dystopian city to another, destroying evil computers and having wacky adventures while wearing polyester jumpsuits. 88h88 posted:I too just wanted to declare my love for that van... Code Jockey posted:Oh my god I want this so much it hurts Maker Of Shoes posted:My God. That is the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. I think it's been covered.
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Oct 22, 2012 14:02
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Rorac posted:
Whenever I wish this on another driver, I always feel guilty and scale it back to "I hope you get a hell of a door ding from a shopping cart."
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Oct 25, 2012 14:02
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gently caress you, Mustang-haver. I hope you wrap that car around a tree.
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veedubfreak posted:Sometimes having 19" 235/35 series tires scare me. I can't even imagine driving on a tire with literally less than an inch of sidewall. That's like 1.3 inches of sidewall, though, isn't it?
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Nov 9, 2012 16:17
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Drunken Lullabies posted:http://www.imgur.com/P5v58.jpeg That's half the reason God gave teenagers lovely, 20 year old station wagons.
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Nov 28, 2012 21:41
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Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:Not exactly a Mechanical Failure, not exactly a Cycle Picture. Not all that exciting, but pretty weird, a pretty bad idea, and I'd never seen it before. Do you think maybe they're race takeoffs that he carved treads into to make them less insane in the wet?
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Nov 29, 2012 15:02
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VikingSkull posted:I watched a guy start an F250 from outside the truck by reaching in and pushing the clutch with his hand. He didn't know it was in reverse, it jumped backwards, knocked him down, and the left front wheel caught his leg and wrapped him up. It started doing reverse donuts while dragging him and ripping apart his leg. Yikes. Was something holding the throttle open, or was it doing this at idle?
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Dec 1, 2012 12:48
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grumplestiltzkin posted:
The thumbnail makes it look like it's raining really hard.
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Dec 3, 2012 02:47
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InitialDave posted:I don't think British car guys should be lumped in with the others. Spend enough time in a parking lot with your bonnet up, and you're going to learn to keep a folding chair with you for next time. That's why I kept a folding chair and a book in my Jeep.
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Dec 10, 2012 18:50
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Linedance posted:is that what that referred to? I thought it was inches of wheel diameter or inches of suspension lift or something. A marathon is 26.2 miles. A half-marathon is 13.1.  
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Dec 13, 2012 15:06
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Shifty Pony posted:Don't visit Asheville NC then. The standard vehicle you will encounter there is a Subaru wagon with the entire rear end of the car covered by stickers, at least one of which must be a "coexist" or "critical thinking: the real national deficit" sticker. KEEP ASHVILLE WEIRD
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Dec 13, 2012 19:00
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IOwnCalculus posted:The doors are really throwing me for a loop. They're a mile wide and obviously heavily modified... and yet the NA Miata doorhandles remain Why mess with perfection?
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Dec 15, 2012 01:57
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I think there comes a point when the Chevy bro should have realized he was just going to go for a ride, and popped it into neutral.
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Dec 17, 2012 15:54
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Shifty Pony posted:And what the gently caress was up with the window control placement? Dead center on the dash in between the two center vents. Not on the console, center of the loving dash where it was guaranteed to be the most incontinent thing in the car or either the passenger or the drive to reach short of putting the passenger control in the driver door and vice-versa. Don't Minis have their window controls in the same place?
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Feb 27, 2013 15:48
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Giblet Plus! posted:That car is probably faster and better handling than a real Countach. Just look at it: Why are there tennis balls in the velocity stacks?
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Mar 4, 2013 16:16
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I guess he only booked the lathe for like 5 minutes.
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May 7, 2013 01:00
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Previa_fun posted:Is there any truth to the rumor that red/yellow/brightly-colored cars are more expensive to insure? They're more likely to be ticketed for a given infraction. On the other hand, I'm reasonably certain my insurer doesn't know what color my car is (i.e. they never asked).
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May 15, 2013 19:56
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Rhyno posted:There were "DARE Days" at the school where everyone would wear their shirts and I was the only one without one. Did you go to school in an alternate universe where every teenage ever wouldn't immediately say, "gently caress this poo poo," to wearing a DARE t-shirt?
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May 22, 2013 22:13
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If someone were to thermite that truck, it would be justifiable autocide.
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Jun 21, 2013 16:22
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 Either a really nice sleeper, or I doubt it.
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Jun 26, 2013 22:41
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Sinestro posted:Actually, if it is the one with the 3.6 V6, then it is more than possible. http://www.capa.com.au/kits_holden_ve_v6.htm With the single eeny weeny exhaust? Like I said, either a very very clean sleeper or a funny license plate coincidence.
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Jun 27, 2013 02:28
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Can-Ams are OK if the rider is actually handicapped. Not everyone has the time/money to build a wheelchair-ready sidecar hack for a Ducati Monster.
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Jun 28, 2013 17:17
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Fart Pipe posted:No doubt, there is a Murano convertible at one of the places I work at and I never thought I would see one in person. The Murano Crosscab is so close but still so far from being good. I'd love to see a convertible small SUV with actual offroad chops, like the Bronco or the Scout. (Yes, I love the Wrangler dearly, but I'd love to see some competition in that field.)
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Jul 7, 2013 07:27
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Bajaha posted:I want to know who looks at that and thinks "Job well done" The guy who got the commission selling duct tape to idiots.
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Jul 14, 2013 17:41
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Powershift posted:While looking for prices, i found something truly terrible. I rented one for a business trip to Charlotte. It's about as fun and interesting to drive as you'd imagine, but it takes curbs like a champ (when its turning radius proves lacking).
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Jul 17, 2013 13:52
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Nubile Hillock posted:Just noticed the padlock by the sway bar bushing. What the gently caress. It kinda looks like what a cotter pin would look like if photographed head on and not bent back like it should be.
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Jul 22, 2013 00:35
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Carteret posted:Because the guy doesn't know how to properly use a cotter pin. there's a hole through the bolt, locking it in the crown nut. You are supposed to put the entire pin through the hole, but this guy only put one of the legs through with the other leg over the top of the nut. As installed, that bitch could just wiggle out. The suspension won't last long enough for that to happen. Oh yeah. I don't know why my explanation made sense in my head, but you're right.
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Jul 22, 2013 01:13
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MetaJew posted:Huh. Well he replaced the wheels, he couldn't keep the original wheel rims.
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Aug 10, 2013 13:11
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Geirskogul posted:
Bondukkake. Or, like, there's another similar car out there, and when they get together it's bondo-swap.avi.
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