Terrible Car Stuff - Im sorry but in this thread we measure cargo capacity in shrimp

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Pine Cone Jones: Dec 6, 2009; You throw me the acorn, I throw you the whip!

Saw this in the parking lot of the shopette, not shown is the "Unfading" sticker across the top of the windshield.

# ¿ Aug 26, 2012 01:24

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# ¿ Apr 28, 2024 15:24

Pine Cone Jones: Dec 6, 2009; You throw me the acorn, I throw you the whip!

"Stunting Real Tactics"

# ¿ Jan 10, 2013 20:11

Pine Cone Jones: Dec 6, 2009; You throw me the acorn, I throw you the whip!

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cummins-recall-epa/cummins-to-recall-500000-u-s-trucks-over-faulty-emissions-part-idUSKBN1KL2E3

WASHINGTON/DETROIT (Reuters) - Cummins Inc has agreed to recall about 500,000 medium- and heavy-duty trucks in the United States to correct a faulty emissions control system in the engines it made for the trucks, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Tuesday

# ¿ Aug 4, 2018 12:08

Pine Cone Jones: Dec 6, 2009; You throw me the acorn, I throw you the whip!

I often make bad decisions in my life, is it a totally horrible idea to buy a manual without knowing how to drive stick and just make myself learn it then? I mean, I am pretty dumb.

# ¿ Nov 13, 2018 16:57

Pine Cone Jones: Dec 6, 2009; You throw me the acorn, I throw you the whip!

That's what I've been thinking, just worried about damaging the clutch on a new car, hopefully the new si's are idiot proof enough that I wouldn't do too much to it.

# ¿ Nov 13, 2018 17:08

Pine Cone Jones: Dec 6, 2009; You throw me the acorn, I throw you the whip!

sandoz posted:

do you seriously not know one single person who drives a manual that will give you a quick lesson/practice?

my '18 Si has a very easy clutch and shifter but i would not want to learn stick driving it or any brand new car off the lot

Unfortunately both of my fiance's cars aren't inspected and he's a little unwilling to let me drive either of them until they're more fixed.

# ¿ Nov 13, 2018 17:26

Pine Cone Jones: Dec 6, 2009; You throw me the acorn, I throw you the whip!

Thank you for the advice, I won't be pulling the trigger on getting a new car until December at the earliest right now, but it has made the decision easier.

# ¿ Nov 13, 2018 19:51

Pine Cone Jones: Dec 6, 2009; You throw me the acorn, I throw you the whip!

It was the parts they had laying around?

# ¿ Nov 10, 2020 02:15

Pine Cone Jones: Dec 6, 2009; You throw me the acorn, I throw you the whip!

What is up with the stupid gear dials or switches?

# ¿ Nov 13, 2020 00:05

Pine Cone Jones: Dec 6, 2009; You throw me the acorn, I throw you the whip!

I have a stupid hope that something will be done to curb trucks getting so needlessly big, but I know better than that. I can only hope that dipshits won't be able to afford their payments for now.

# ¿ Dec 17, 2020 12:50

Pine Cone Jones: Dec 6, 2009; You throw me the acorn, I throw you the whip!

Darchangel posted:

My '70 Cutlass, and, interestingly, my former '90 RX-7, had crotch blower vents. They are blissful in a hot Texas summer.

In terrible news, Corvette SUV:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-14/gm-said-to-work-on-expanding-corvette-line-with-crossover-suv

See, Ford? See what you started with the "Mustang" Mach-E?

I'm a broken record about my hate of suv's and crossovers, but why the gently caress does everything have to be a crossover or suv.

# ¿ Jan 15, 2021 18:26

Pine Cone Jones: Dec 6, 2009; You throw me the acorn, I throw you the whip!

charliemonster42 posted:

Loss of taste is a COVID symptom, I’d be worried, too.

I feel like it wraps back around to great, because it's over the top and I don't believe it's meant to be serious. I'm also swamp trash too, so take my opinion with a pound of salt.

# ¿ Feb 9, 2021 12:51

Pine Cone Jones: Dec 6, 2009; You throw me the acorn, I throw you the whip!

I love cars, motorcycles, anything that's motorized or has wheels really, but I can't understate how much I loving hate brotrucks. It's gotten to the point to where I just see every crossover or suv in the same lens as brotrucks now. I wish there was something that could be done to get them off the road and get the drivers of them into therapy or at least to understand how much of a shitstain they are.

# ¿ Mar 18, 2021 13:27

Pine Cone Jones: Dec 6, 2009; You throw me the acorn, I throw you the whip!

Speaking of big trucks, one of my coworkers bought a big bro truck, and my supervisor at the time lives/works on a family farm and had a beat to hell dually. My supervisor used to walk out every morning when my coworker came in and folded in his tow mirrors, it was always amusing how mad he got. Kid never towed anything.

# ¿ Mar 18, 2021 15:24

Pine Cone Jones: Dec 6, 2009; You throw me the acorn, I throw you the whip!

The truck cost and loan terms baffle me. I'm paying about 260 a month for my gti and that's on the upper limit of what I'd consider reasonable. I've been lucky enough to have a decent paying job where that payment is more than reasonable. How in the world are people dealing with payments of 700 or more a month? That's more than my share of the mortgage.

# ¿ Mar 18, 2021 19:26

Pine Cone Jones: Dec 6, 2009; You throw me the acorn, I throw you the whip!

Speedbumps should be illegal.

# ¿ Apr 8, 2021 18:12

Pine Cone Jones: Dec 6, 2009; You throw me the acorn, I throw you the whip!

I am terrible car stuff. Bucket seats hurt my hips now and am unsure why.

# ¿ Apr 24, 2021 00:35

Pine Cone Jones: Dec 6, 2009; You throw me the acorn, I throw you the whip!

Here in central PA, it's kind of baffling to me to see so many car lots near empty, it seems like only the Nissan and Chrysler dealers have a decent amount of inventory, granted probably for good reason. I know it's a dumb question, but are that many more people buying cars than average right now or is supply just that hosed?

# ¿ Jun 17, 2021 13:53

Pine Cone Jones: Dec 6, 2009; You throw me the acorn, I throw you the whip!

Applebees Appetizer posted:

Yes please.

But the Ford Maverick will have to do for now I guess, it's the closest thing to what I want in terms of efficiency and utility, kinda looking forward to driving one and hoping I wont be completely disappointed.

I wish the maverick wasn't a four door, I'd like a standard cab or extended at most, but I feel like I'm in the minority of people who don't like four door/crew cab trucks.

# ¿ Jul 16, 2021 21:26

Pine Cone Jones: Dec 6, 2009; You throw me the acorn, I throw you the whip!

Head Bee Guy posted:

yeah gently caress that poo poo.

If you have more than one friend or coworker, they gotta ride in the bed.

my husband gives me the same poo poo about disliking crew cabs, it's a weird aesthetic thing of mine and reminds me of doing dumb poo poo as teenagers in single cab trucks, nostalgia is weird.

# ¿ Jul 16, 2021 22:30

Pine Cone Jones: Dec 6, 2009; You throw me the acorn, I throw you the whip!

honda whisperer posted:

Ooh did you get a new one? Probably not the thread for it but I'd read a goon take on it. Hell we might have enough people in here for a 86/brz: it's like a Miata or s2000 but isn't thread.

I'd be interested, even if buying a new one is currently just a daydream.

# ¿ Dec 17, 2021 01:02

Pine Cone Jones: Dec 6, 2009; You throw me the acorn, I throw you the whip!

Man, I know it's dumb of me, but every time I see a new BRZ regardless of circumstance I want one.

# ¿ Jan 12, 2022 16:05

Pine Cone Jones: Dec 6, 2009; You throw me the acorn, I throw you the whip!

BraveUlysses posted:

they're great OP

That does look great. I'd love to get one, but buying a car is probably a bit silly right now,. How is the stereo in it though? I think outside of ride quality, the stereo would be my biggest concern moving from my gti.

# ¿ Jan 12, 2022 16:38

Pine Cone Jones: Dec 6, 2009; You throw me the acorn, I throw you the whip!

I know AvE is a chud, but his latest video is especially bad. gently caress him.

# ¿ Feb 1, 2022 00:32

Pine Cone Jones: Dec 6, 2009; You throw me the acorn, I throw you the whip!

MetaJew posted:

I didn't know he was a chud but I also haven't watched his videos in a few years. What'd he do? Was he in the convoy?

https://youtu.be/mTbewfX3q34

If you don't want to click it, it's a short video seemingly endorsing the convoy poo poo in Canada

Pine Cone Jones fucked around with this message at 01:19 on Feb 1, 2022

# ¿ Feb 1, 2022 01:03

Pine Cone Jones: Dec 6, 2009; You throw me the acorn, I throw you the whip!

Sagebrush posted:

i've been saying for fuckin years that the guy was a chud, ever since he started selling those rulers graduated in "oval office hairs" (blonde/redhead/brunette/mediterranean, naturally), and everyone was like nooo that's just how shop guys talk, quit being so sensitive, it's all part of his act

gently caress him. i have relatives in ottawa and they said some of the trucks in the convoy are flying literal nazi flags. gently caress him

There were most definitely nazi flags in the convoy from what I saw.

# ¿ Feb 1, 2022 03:08

Pine Cone Jones: Dec 6, 2009; You throw me the acorn, I throw you the whip!

Every time I see a dodge ram now, I think about naked cowboys at ram ranch.

# ¿ Feb 17, 2022 21:50

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# ¿ Apr 28, 2024 15:24

Pine Cone Jones: Dec 6, 2009; You throw me the acorn, I throw you the whip!

Scratch Monkey posted:

which one? there were 18

I dunno, I was too distracted with Steve

# ¿ Feb 17, 2022 22:01

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