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DesperateDan posted:
On my way home last week, one of the manhole covers was missing on the freeway. ON THE FREEWAY. I saw it laying upside down about 1/2 mile up the road, I feel sorry for anyone that managed to hit that. When I drove past it I was like "was that cover missing?" Then I see the cover up the road with some truck parked next to it. Not sure what was going on, but man that could have ruined someone's day.
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That was a goddamned shitshow when it happened. It took DPD over an hour (I think several hours?) to even think about shutting down I-35E (the highway you can see in pretty much every angle), and if I remember right, at least one cylinder entered a building (I want to say Reunion Arena?). It's amazing nobody was killed in that. And when they say "minutes from downtown", they meant "downtown is just on the other side of I-35E". The Dallas county jail is also nearby.
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Sep 15, 2015 00:51
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Sorry for the lovely pictures, taken from my phone. And the interior pic is taken squeezing my arm inside the door and praying, cause my bike is way too close to the door to lean in. Race car bro! The driver side is worse, but I can't get in there at the moment.  Who needs freeze plugs? This car apparently has a bent rod, likely from this. Once I can pull the clutch, going to tear down the motor. It has aftermarket pistons that are going to a friend, then I'm going to get the block hot tanked and possibly turn it into a table.  Mechanical success  I'm a few months past 28, and got this little bro in 7th grade.Edit: apologies if the pictures are huge, I'm on mobile. If they are then tell me how to fix them and I will.p iwentdoodie fucked around with this message at 05:45 on Sep 15, 2015 |
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Sep 15, 2015 05:10
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If you're phone posting, always use timg tags instead of just img tags.
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Sep 15, 2015 05:32
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EightBit posted:If you're phone posting, always use timg tags instead of just img tags. Better? I have my phone set to take them at a smaller size, but who the gently caress knows anymore.
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Sep 15, 2015 05:45
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You can also just add a lowercase L to the url, just before the .jpg or .png or whatever.
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Sep 15, 2015 06:02
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Ola posted:This happened in Bergen, Norway earlier this month. The video of this accident has been released. You'll have to click through, but it's worth it. http://www.bt.no/nyheter/lokalt/Her-kommer-konteineren-i-bakken-3439800.html While nobody was seriously injured, the experience was no doubt traumatic. The idiot who operated the crane tried to lift 2400 kg with configuration capable of 1600 kg...
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Sep 15, 2015 09:57
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 Yes that's a pickup bed in the back. No I have no clue why.
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Sep 15, 2015 15:24
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tater_salad posted:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flower_car
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Sep 15, 2015 15:25
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I saw a BMW X6 with camber so bad in the rear that the brand newish tires had already worn through to the cords on the inside near the sidewall. Also, on the way home I saw some goofy Dodge Magnum with a bunch of trash on the roof.
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Sep 15, 2015 15:53
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Interesting never seen one before.. thought it was a custom commissioned job for a person. Edit: I kind of assumed that it was done for a funeral home when I did it.. but it had no funeral home name on it, and geenrally they wouldn't stick bumper stickers on them. tater_salad fucked around with this message at 18:31 on Sep 15, 2015 |
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Sep 15, 2015 17:40
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Biscuit Joiner posted:
I love the canister that rockets up and out of the frame, never to be seen again. God knows where it came down, or what it lit on fire. Also, the camera guy deciding maaaaaybe it's time to move back.
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Sep 15, 2015 17:43
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tater_salad posted:Interesting never seen one before.. thought it was a custom commissioned job for a person. I'd guess that is now in the hands of a private party. I base that guess solely on the bitchin FSM-fish decal
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Sep 15, 2015 22:31
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tater_salad posted:No I have no clue why. It looks cool    
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Sep 15, 2015 22:45
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I have never seen one of those before, and now I want one. Goddamnit.
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Sep 15, 2015 22:57
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Godholio posted:I have never seen one of those before, and now I want one. Every man should have owned an ute during their adulthood.
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Sep 15, 2015 23:47
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Godholio posted:I have never seen one of those before, and now I want one. Pictorial database of Cadillac Professional cars by year Pictorial database of Cadillac Dream cars by year
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Sep 16, 2015 00:12
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Preoptopus posted:It looks cool oh my god how do i find one of these. I guess I'd have to hotrod the hell out of it/drop an LS in to avoid having to start wearing doc martens and smoking cloves? Because goddamn I want to go load up a bunch of lumber at home depot with that thing.
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Sep 16, 2015 01:18
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Nah. This is the wrong thread for this discussion, but what you should do is build up a turbo'd 500cid Caddy motor for it, like the Coupe de Kille It uses the LS1 electrics and coils and such.
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Sep 16, 2015 01:24
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Yay, I have some content for this thread!  Oh, poo poo. I have content for this thread.  Original harmonic balancer on my 1992 Buick Century 3.3.  Only the belt tension is keeping it on at this point. It even runs!
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Sep 16, 2015 01:27
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On my 88 Delta 88 with the 3800, the second the harmonic balancer developed the tiniest crack it was like I had replaced the engine with a paint shaker full of lead.
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Sep 16, 2015 01:28
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Geirskogul posted:On my 88 Delta 88 with the 3800, the second the harmonic balancer developed the tiniest crack it was like I had replaced the engine with a paint shaker full of lead. So it wasn't noticeable at all then?
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Sep 16, 2015 01:35
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The Royal Nonesuch posted:oh my god how do i find one of these. These have been a thing down under since about the 1920's. Over here the current top line GM offering comes with a 376ci LS3 and can be had for a shade under $50K USD.
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Raluek posted:Nah. This is the wrong thread for this discussion, but what you should do is build up a turbo'd 500cid Caddy motor for it, like the Coupe de Kille This should have been the new ecto-1.
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Sep 16, 2015 01:50
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homebrew posted:These have been a thing down under since about the 1920's. We had these before, they just went out of style. But they were Fords and Chevys, from Cadillacs. And for drat sure not LAND YACHT Cadillacs. Edit: And these absolutely do not belong in this thread.
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Sep 16, 2015 01:52
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xzzy posted:This should have been the new ecto-1. The ecto-1 is a 15-30 year old junker they bought with the money they scraped together, not a classic. It's the only thing I approve of in the new movie.
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Sep 16, 2015 01:55
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Godholio posted:I have never seen one of those before, and now I want one. Well, it is an achievable goal in life depending on how picky you are. http://www.parkssuperior.com/car_listing.htm?cc=Pre-Owned&ct=Flower%20Car There's one up now that is really a mechanical failure because it's awfully done.
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Sep 16, 2015 02:44
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homebrew posted:These have been a thing down under since about the 1920's. Flower cars generally don't have a tailgate, like a ute. The US had the Chevy El Camino (also, GMC Sprint/Caballero) from 1959-1987 (there was a short break in the early sixties,) and the Ford Ranchero from 1957-1979. The two of them were what Australia is familiar with as the ute. Pontiac came a gnats rear end from bringing it back to the states in 2010, but in true GM fashion, they axed the entire brand just as something good was coming. 
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MrYenko posted:Pontiac came a gnats rear end from bringing it back to the states in 2010, but in true GM fashion, they axed the entire brand just as something good was coming. There's a rumor every few years about it coming back and it never happens. Last time it was that Holden ute that recently ended production. Latest is that it's a 2016 model based on the Camaro. I'll believe it when I see it.
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RIP G8 ST
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Slavvy posted:So it wasn't noticeable at all then? I actually owned this exact car and it ran smooth, even after I jumped it and hosed up the front end alignment. It was a legit, unintentioned 16 year old dumb poo poo maneuver that had all four in the air. Took off on a grass ramp and landed on pavement, because I tried to pass on the shoulder, which ended with a great little jump before joining a wider street. Good times, that car was a champ until my mom hit a street sign 4x4 with it, and then my sister hit a deer with it. Still ran great, but the car was beat to gently caress.
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I'm pretty convinced that the 3.8 is almost on par with the Jeep 4.0 in terms of durability. Except it actually puts out a really shocking amount of power for what it is, at least in later versions (we had a 99 Olds with it at one point, drat thing just got up and MOVED when you wanted it to... too bad the rest of the car was complete poo poo).
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Sep 16, 2015 06:41
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The 3.8 is the only good part of any car that had the 3.8. Yes, including the 3000GT (gently caress that car). But it's a damned good, if heavy, part.
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Sep 16, 2015 06:44
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The Oldsmobile it was in had gone through an a/c compressor, a HVAC blower motor, three or four climate control panels, two door cards (pleather started falling off), I lost count of how many window switches, and a water pump... Mom bought it in 2000 with full service history and 30k (my uncle worked at the dealer that originally sold it, dealer did all maintenance on it; it was his daughter's car since new, and she was well into her 30s at the time). Traded it in at 50k for the Toyota she still has, and it had multiple interior panels that were held on with tape by then. The 2003 Toyota has needed less work over its 13 years since purchase than the Oldsmobile needed in 2 years. Though it does piss oil everywhere, and the Olds actually got much better mileage on the highway and about the same with city driving.
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Geirskogul posted:The ecto-1 is a 15-30 year old junker they bought with the money they scraped together, not a classic. It's the only thing I approve of in the new movie. the ecto 1 is actually a subaru outback man, dunno what you're on about
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;e Not the stupid poo poo thread apparently. REDjackeT fucked around with this message at 07:26 on Sep 16, 2015 |
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Sep 16, 2015 07:16
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This is not hilarious.
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Sep 16, 2015 07:17
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Geirskogul posted:The 3.8 is the only good part of any car that had the 3.8. Yes, including the 3000GT (gently caress that car). But it's a damned good, if heavy, part. Uuhhh the 3000GT never got any 3.8l engine, never mind a 40 year old GM pushrod one.  That being said, gently caress the 3000GT.
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Okay either I was thinking of the grand prix, or confusing an engine swap thread. Either way, gently caress the 3000gt.
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