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

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Lain Iwakura: Aug 5, 2004; The body exists only to verify one's own existence.; Taco Defender

kastein posted:

Product placement: godlike

I'd be happy if it were that. It's $5.55 in Vancouver. :canada:

# ¿ Sep 10, 2012 18:30

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# ¿ Apr 27, 2024 11:38

Lain Iwakura: Aug 5, 2004; The body exists only to verify one's own existence.; Taco Defender

Veeb0rg posted:

Or a Chevy S10

Is that even road legal?

# ¿ Oct 20, 2012 02:36

Lain Iwakura: Aug 5, 2004; The body exists only to verify one's own existence.; Taco Defender

rscott posted:

It's a Renault Alliance.

When was the last time a Renault was sold in North America?

# ¿ Nov 13, 2012 19:01

Lain Iwakura: Aug 5, 2004; The body exists only to verify one's own existence.; Taco Defender

These videos have scared me into buying a dash cam.

I'm not kidding either:

Lain Iwakura fucked around with this message at 00:05 on Nov 24, 2012

# ¿ Nov 24, 2012 00:01

Lain Iwakura: Aug 5, 2004; The body exists only to verify one's own existence.; Taco Defender

DefaultPeanut posted:

If you want to make sure it works, go drive around Richmond for a while.
Where did you order that from? I am really considering picking one up.

Memory Express. Oddly I have a funny story about Richmond and that very store that ties in very well.

A few years ago my friend and I needed to find some stuff in Richmond and we stopped at Memory Express. We looked around but found nothing so we decided to go to Aberdeen to do the same at NCIX. He got a bit annoyed that I wasn't too interested in driving around in Richmond and wanted to walk instead.

After some pissing and moaning, he agreed to walk with me to Aberdeen with a bit of reluctance. That was the case until we got to Cambie and No. 3 Road when all of a sudden some idiot t-boned a car in the intersection. All I could say was, "now you see why?"

He has never questioned me since.

# ¿ Nov 24, 2012 00:56

Lain Iwakura: Aug 5, 2004; The body exists only to verify one's own existence.; Taco Defender

eberbs posted:

My friend just got into a accident in his 89 Isuzu I-mark. He came around a corner and the steering locked causing him to jump a curb and crash into 2 parked cars. No one was hurt.

I have pictures and video if anyone is interested.
The I-mark received minor damage, the truck will need a entire new rear box and the cavaler will need a quarter panal and hood by the looks of it.

And video of the recovery for those interested.
http://youtu.be/BtODjDIyOoU

Victoria?

# ¿ Jan 18, 2013 16:56

Lain Iwakura: Aug 5, 2004; The body exists only to verify one's own existence.; Taco Defender

Needs sirens.

# ¿ Jan 23, 2013 16:41

Lain Iwakura: Aug 5, 2004; The body exists only to verify one's own existence.; Taco Defender

Found this on the weekend outside of a flea market.

# ¿ Jan 29, 2013 07:04

Lain Iwakura: Aug 5, 2004; The body exists only to verify one's own existence.; Taco Defender

neckbeard posted:

a block over from my place - redneck done wrong

Very familiar neighbourhood there--Bonnie Doon?

# ¿ Feb 6, 2013 18:47

Lain Iwakura: Aug 5, 2004; The body exists only to verify one's own existence.; Taco Defender

Caught this on my way to work this morning:

# ¿ Feb 22, 2013 18:22

Lain Iwakura: Aug 5, 2004; The body exists only to verify one's own existence.; Taco Defender

kastein posted:

Yeah, I'm pretty sure it was

Fortunately it looks like it could be removed from whatever fullsize truck chassis it was haphazardly slapped on top of using only an angle grinder and a few well placed hammer blows.

There's a similar truck down here in Vancouver done with the very same model of truck except blue-coloured.

At least I know there's a twin up north.

# ¿ Apr 20, 2013 21:25

Lain Iwakura: Aug 5, 2004; The body exists only to verify one's own existence.; Taco Defender

Caught this on my way home one night. Basically the SUV drove from somewhere in Alberta to Vancouver (at least 900 KM) and was pulling two large ATVs in a trailer. I'd hate to imagine how hosed the back suspension is from the trip.

# ¿ May 1, 2013 00:54

Lain Iwakura: Aug 5, 2004; The body exists only to verify one's own existence.; Taco Defender

And a bonus!

These were taken while I was the Vancouver International Auto Show last month in the modded section. It's the same car too.

# ¿ May 1, 2013 01:08

Lain Iwakura: Aug 5, 2004; The body exists only to verify one's own existence.; Taco Defender

Yeah...

# ¿ May 27, 2013 18:58

Lain Iwakura: Aug 5, 2004; The body exists only to verify one's own existence.; Taco Defender

# ¿ Jun 3, 2013 18:02

Lain Iwakura: Aug 5, 2004; The body exists only to verify one's own existence.; Taco Defender

Stupid poo poo you pull with your car:
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=04a_1370304152

Yes. That is a tree.

# ¿ Jun 4, 2013 05:59

Lain Iwakura: Aug 5, 2004; The body exists only to verify one's own existence.; Taco Defender

Rhyno posted:

Almost 6 minutes and nothing horrific happens. I expected the car to at least end up on it's roof.

I don't think that the car has enough torque to do anything more than make some leaves fall.

# ¿ Jun 4, 2013 07:00

Lain Iwakura: Aug 5, 2004; The body exists only to verify one's own existence.; Taco Defender

Since we're sharing personal gore photos...

A wheel from a Dodge Ram Super Diesel hitting your windshield at 90 KM/h is always an amusing way to become alert.

# ¿ Jun 20, 2013 19:55

Lain Iwakura: Aug 5, 2004; The body exists only to verify one's own existence.; Taco Defender

Not pictured the stickers on the back.

I saw this and wondered why the hell anyone would buy this. I also don't get what makes it is a MW3 version as the interior just has this dumb logo on the seats.

The compact Porsche Panomera Turbo.

# ¿ Aug 24, 2013 18:58

Lain Iwakura: Aug 5, 2004; The body exists only to verify one's own existence.; Taco Defender

Throatwarbler posted:

I think it was actually a Morris Marina or some such because Hyundai hired a whole bunch of ex-British Leyland people to help them jump right into the first world car market. Another result was that Kia minivan (Carnival?) still using some variant of the Rover K-series V6 engine all the way up to the early 2000s.

Anyway the Stellar and pony were never actually sold in the US, only EU and Canada and I guess AUS/NZ as well.

My mother had a Pony (1988) and it is still being driven by the family friend who eventually bought it off of her.

# ¿ Aug 30, 2013 06:58

Lain Iwakura: Aug 5, 2004; The body exists only to verify one's own existence.; Taco Defender

Some random photos from my phone.

Not the first time I've seen a Porsche badge on a non-Porsche.

I doubt this has ever seen any dirt.

The bumper is barely kept on, but wait...

Weeks later it was gone.

As a bonus, he needs to cut off the tail pipe a bit.

Haven't seen the car as of late but being that it is still dark when I go home, it's not a surprise I miss it.

# ¿ Jan 22, 2014 08:39

Lain Iwakura: Aug 5, 2004; The body exists only to verify one's own existence.; Taco Defender

I had a dealership service team replace my licence plate frame with their own. The kicker? Mine was a brand-less metal one and theirs was poo poo. I asked them to put it back and it turned out that they had tossed it into the bin out back.

They spent 20 mins trying to fish the frame out of the dumpster.

Same dealership did this to my girlfriend who had no frame at all.

# ¿ May 1, 2014 18:45

Lain Iwakura: Aug 5, 2004; The body exists only to verify one's own existence.; Taco Defender

Veganism and SUVs; you shouldn't eat meat but hey never mind the poisoning of the atmosphere.

Generally speaking if you get a boot at the university parking lot, it is probably because you have other tickets owning. The funny thing is that the owner showed up later with a friend who was driving a Honda NSX, arguing outside of it on the phone with whoever--assuming security.

# ¿ May 13, 2014 02:55

Lain Iwakura: Aug 5, 2004; The body exists only to verify one's own existence.; Taco Defender

# ¿ Nov 9, 2014 21:06

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# ¿ Apr 27, 2024 11:38

Lain Iwakura: Aug 5, 2004; The body exists only to verify one's own existence.; Taco Defender

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/rocket-man-sherwood-park-man-builds-his-own-jet-car-1.3665082

quote:

You don't have to be a rocket scientist to understand why Ryan McQueen named his race car "Insanity."

Sleek in cherry red and chrome, with two Rolls Royce jet engines under the hood, she will run at 14,000 pounds of thrust, and burn through 400 litres of jet fuel in two minutes flat.

And its estimated top speed? A white-knuckle, G-force inducing 650 kilometres per hour.

Insanity may be the world's only twin-jet powered super car, McQueen said.

[...]

With only a few lessons from his high school shop class to inform him, he got to work building and designing the car from scratch.

"I didn't have a whole lot of money or a lot of skill. I just learned as I went," McQueen said.

"I didn't know how to weld, engineer, bend tubing, lay up fibreglass or carbon fibre, or even know anything about jet engines."

It took five years to build the mold for the body. Another two years to to construct the fibreglass and carbon fiber frame.

"Since then everything has been YouTube and Google," McQueen said.

"I taught myself to weld. I taught myself metal fabrication. In fact, one of my first projects was my tubing bender to be able to bend the tubing. I needed a tool so I built it."

I cannot wait to see this fired up. :allears:

# ¿ Jul 5, 2016 20:26

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