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Adiabatic posted:The issue is that 1991 NSX's are totally in that price range too ...... Can you afford both?
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# ? Jun 5, 2019 07:59 |
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Adiabatic posted:The issue is that 1991 NSX's are totally in that price range too You're god drat right they are. Buy one and let me live vicariously through you.
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# ? Jun 5, 2019 08:28 |
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https://www.beverlyhillscarclub.com/1987-porsche-carrera-coupe-c-9924.htm
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# ? Jun 5, 2019 10:07 |
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Adiabatic posted:The issue is that 1991 NSX's are totally in that price range too Cheap to maintain, reliable as hell, nice to drive even as a daily but it isn't a Porsche. There's one local with 350k+ miles on it which sees track days on a regular basis as well as being the guys daily. He loves it and hasn't had any issues. I almost got one but went with the M3 instead. That said air cooled 911's have a very distinct sound and feel that is near impossible to find anywhere else.
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# ? Jun 5, 2019 10:19 |
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Adiabatic posted:I have not driven one. I really really very want to drive one but nobody in their right mind would let me unless I were very serious I imagine. Too bad you're not near Ohio. My cousin's husband has a '93 RS America.
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# ? Jun 5, 2019 11:34 |
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You Am I posted:Not to get into gun control and Americans, etc, but that's loving horrible that you need to do active shooter drills. Try this: Toddlers in my son's daycare are given lollipops during drills at school, so they don't cry and give away their hiding places to hypothetical gunmen.
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# ? Jun 5, 2019 12:30 |
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It's a fairly standard US corporate thing now too. We go through a whole 'assess escape barricade defend" spiel before any event when 10 or more people are present.
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# ? Jun 5, 2019 12:39 |
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Jesus christ.... The last semi mandatory training session we got was why everyone should get a flu jab because how close we work with the public! Large events for us start with a "This is where the fire exit is, and we acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which we meet today..."
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# ? Jun 5, 2019 12:59 |
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Ferremit posted:Jesus christ.... The last semi mandatory training session we got was why everyone should get a flu jab because how close we work with the public! Yeah, the whole active shooter thing is part of the 5 minute "in the event of a fire...earthquake...severe weather" intro along with "here are where the restrooms and break rooms are" that we are expected to give.
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# ? Jun 5, 2019 13:02 |
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Adiabatic posted:I have not driven one. I really really very want to drive one but nobody in their right mind would let me unless I were very serious I imagine. you need to find a friend, i drove a buddy's kind of ratty G series and it was glorious even if the car stalled every time you stopped completely. I was always kind of a Porsche hater but after that I understood better.
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# ? Jun 5, 2019 13:32 |
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Goober Peas posted:Yeah, the whole active shooter thing is part of the 5 minute "in the event of a fire...earthquake...severe weather" intro along with "here are where the restrooms and break rooms are" that we are expected to give. Yeah, it's on our safety briefing for new people on site as well. Hasn't ever come up, but after people tried to shoot up YouTube a lot of tech companies picked it up.
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# ? Jun 5, 2019 14:13 |
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I feel like you haven't really made it as a true American institution until some fevered ego rakes your building with small arms fire at least once every few years.
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# ? Jun 5, 2019 15:41 |
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Remind me not to ever get hurt while hiking https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhKZCy41g5w
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# ? Jun 5, 2019 16:04 |
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Applebees Appetizer posted:Remind me not to ever get hurt while hiking Meh, you can get killed minding your own business on the road, too. (ridiculous rear end in a top hat driver obliterating traffic at about 2:15) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNRxup0WhMo
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# ? Jun 5, 2019 16:16 |
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Adiabatic posted:Why in the gently caress am I looking at Porsches? Adiabatic posted:I should clarify air-cooled 911s. Find a green one that's on the Sockington scale, change username to NumbersMatching911, attempt to turbocharge it using scrap metal and found objects.
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# ? Jun 5, 2019 16:40 |
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I had an interesting argument with my boss today. He claims that GM's 3800 series engine is overall more reliable than the AMC 4.0 used in Cherokees and Wranglers. Numbers for 'reliability' are difficult to find for something like that but he did work for years designing pistons and testing engines, including for the 3800. Is there any data to support either argument that isn't in some proprietary archives or something? meatpimp posted:Meh, you can get killed minding your own business on the road, too. (ridiculous rear end in a top hat driver obliterating traffic at about 2:15) JESUS loving CHRIST CornHolio fucked around with this message at 17:00 on Jun 5, 2019 |
# ? Jun 5, 2019 16:53 |
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Seems impossible to prove. First you have to define what components and what constitutes reliability - are we talking about just engine internals, or does Chrysler's poo poo engine management system count against the 4.0? The easiest metric would be figuring out what percentage of vehicles built with 3800s are still on the road, versus the percentage of vehicles built with 4.0s. But that's going to take into account a lot more than just the engine, and I'd expect that metric to heavily favor Jeep because the number of people keeping Jeeps running out of desire instead of necessity is much larger than the number of people keeping 3800s on the road.
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# ? Jun 5, 2019 16:58 |
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moar random old newpaper clippings: Print out for coloring: Vauxhall North America: 1970:
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# ? Jun 5, 2019 17:19 |
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CornHolio posted:I had an interesting argument with my boss today. He claims that GM's 3800 series engine is overall more reliable than the AMC 4.0 used in Cherokees and Wranglers. Numbers for 'reliability' are difficult to find for something like that but he did work for years designing pistons and testing engines, including for the 3800. You can't just agree that they're both really reliable? Seems like trying to figure out which cracker is the "most crispy".
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# ? Jun 5, 2019 17:20 |
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CornHolio posted:JESUS loving CHRIST Cripes, I can't even tell what kind of car that really smashed up one is. Think it's safe to assume the fatality was in that one. e: well gently caress, what's left of her is visible briefly randomidiot fucked around with this message at 17:38 on Jun 5, 2019 |
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STR posted:Cripes, I can't even tell what kind of car that really smashed up one is. I think it was a Volvo. But there's only so much "safety" you can have with a full sized pickup doing 70 over your speed hitting you from the rear with no braking.
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# ? Jun 5, 2019 17:30 |
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It was a Nissan Altima, and it killed the driver. That is some final destination poo poo, even on the off chance she happened to look in her mirror and see the truck, she would have had almost no time to react.
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# ? Jun 5, 2019 17:32 |
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Applebees Appetizer posted:Remind me not to ever get hurt while hiking I’m hosed because that poo poo made me laugh, but I wonder what it was like? I mean how long could you stay conscious at that spin velocity and what the gently caress is going through your head as you just start spinning faster and faster knowing that you are strapped in and can’t do anything about it?
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# ? Jun 5, 2019 17:39 |
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MomJeans420 posted:It was a Nissan Altima, and it killed the driver. That is some final destination poo poo, even on the off chance she happened to look in her mirror and see the truck, she would have had almost no time to react. Wow, I saw the fender wrapping up into the A-pillar and thought Volvo. It was one of the few identifiable pieces of bodywork left.
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# ? Jun 5, 2019 17:43 |
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Yeah I noticed a Nissan centercap on a wheel in a news article about it. The headlight was saying Altima or Volvo before I saw that.
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# ? Jun 5, 2019 17:45 |
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STR posted:Cripes, I can't even tell what kind of car that really smashed up one is. I'll admit I was watching for a body, but I didn't see anything that was identifiable as a body, unless that weird shape in the backseat-ish area of the car was her. edit: Must be, I think I can see a hand and a belt and a neck. No, uh, nothing above the neck though. CornHolio fucked around with this message at 18:04 on Jun 5, 2019 |
# ? Jun 5, 2019 18:01 |
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I hope that rear end in a top hat rots in prison for the rest of his life
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# ? Jun 5, 2019 18:14 |
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He apparently has a pretty colorful criminal history.CornHolio posted:I'll admit I was watching for a body, but I didn't see anything that was identifiable as a body, unless that weird shape in the backseat-ish area of the car was her. Yuuuup. Several of the comments mention the same thing and even where to look.
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# ? Jun 5, 2019 18:16 |
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STR posted:He apparently has a pretty colorful criminal history. Dude it really loving bothers me that one minute that's a person, somebody with family, ambitions, needs...and literally a few frames later it's a chunk of meat. Life and death are loving weird.
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# ? Jun 5, 2019 18:42 |
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meatpimp posted:Meh, you can get killed minding your own business on the road, too. (ridiculous rear end in a top hat driver obliterating traffic at about 2:15) Mother of God. W... where is/are the occupant(s) of the silver car? That... just wow. Is that the rear end in a top hat trying to walk away on the other side of the barrier and collapsing @ 2:50? That's the whole top of the silver car wadded up in front of the truck isn't it? STR posted:Cripes, I can't even tell what kind of car that really smashed up one is. Ah. Yeah, I see it. Jesus. news article posted:The driver of the Silverado, 25-year-old Javier Caldera, was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of drugs, the Highway Patrol said in a statement. The resident of Auburn, Washington, was uninjured in the crash. Holy poo poo. If there was any justice, he would have been in a little sedan smashing into a giant pickup instead. gently caress that guy. edit: oh, wow - another car launched into the parking garage off the highway. edit again: yeah, you can see the car that went into the building shooting off ot the right after impact @ about 2:27. Darchangel fucked around with this message at 19:03 on Jun 5, 2019 |
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CornHolio posted:Dude it really loving bothers me that one minute that's a person, somebody with family, ambitions, needs...and literally a few frames later it's a chunk of meat. True that. And through no fault of their own - just in the wrong place at the wrong time, with respect to their involvement.
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# ? Jun 5, 2019 18:59 |
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Darchangel posted:Holy poo poo. If there was any justice, he would have been in a little sedan smashing into a giant pickup instead. gently caress that guy. That's how it always seems to go in drunk driver crashes.
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# ? Jun 5, 2019 19:19 |
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CornHolio posted:Dude it really loving bothers me that one minute that's a person, somebody with family, ambitions, needs...and literally a few frames later it's a chunk of meat. Yeah I think about that a lot too, and you can swing any way you want with it philosophically. Maybe nothing matters. Maybe everything matters. Probably somewhere in between, like most things.
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# ? Jun 5, 2019 21:36 |
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Just noticed a large tree had fallen in the back yard, right in the spot where I was working this week. That's a hint to take a break if I ever seen one.
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# ? Jun 5, 2019 21:54 |
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meatpimp posted:Meh, you can get killed minding your own business on the road, too. (ridiculous rear end in a top hat driver obliterating traffic at about 2:15) This fucker is getting 25 years minimum in state prison. RIP that innocent driver, jesus loving christ.
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# ? Jun 5, 2019 23:33 |
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I have a Jeep Cherokee with 2685 miles on it this week as a rental. Any guesses on how many things are already broken?
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# ? Jun 6, 2019 00:59 |
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The missus' sister bought a "certified" 2018 former rental Corolla with 25k on it. The problem was a basketball sized hole where the spare tire should have been
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# ? Jun 6, 2019 01:06 |
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I'm googling "what does a blinking odometer mean" I fully expect this car to end up towed back to the airport at some point this week.
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# ? Jun 6, 2019 01:11 |
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Modus Man posted:I’m hosed because that poo poo made me laugh, but I wonder what it was like? I mean how long could you stay conscious at that spin velocity and what the gently caress is going through your head as you just start spinning faster and faster knowing that you are strapped in and can’t do anything about it? And on top of that imagine being 74 years old. It looks funny as hell but at the same time you know it's a loving nightmare for that poor woman. Good thing she didn't asphyxiate on her own vomit, I sure as hell would have puked and choked to death in that situation.
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Applebees Appetizer posted:And on top of that imagine being 74 years old. It looks funny as hell but at the same time you know it's a loving nightmare for that poor woman. Good thing she didn't asphyxiate on her own vomit, I sure as hell would have puked and choked to death in that situation. Nah, inertia would have propelled it straight out, no chance to aspirate. ... until 360 degrees later when you ran back into it.
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