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"50 Min and I have to start over. I'm pissed off" That pretty much sums up all mechanical work I've ever done the first time around. Edit Content This looks perfectly safe... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9Xhuj_1dZM Preoptopus fucked around with this message at 00:20 on Aug 1, 2012 |
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MrZig posted:Ken Block testing in Finland with a helmet camera. Really cool. Related video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpDSPhECTSA
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When I was in aviation maintenance school our final project for lockwire was two bolts inside a coffee can. It took me the whole 7 hour class day to do it and that was quite simple compared to this guys task.
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Aug 1, 2012 14:22
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Previa_fun posted:http://youtu.be/hcxHQXYU-Os wow gently caress everything about this. I made it to :44 before I said "NOPE, gently caress THIS. A MILLION TIMES, NO." Okay I tried watching the vid again. I made it to the part where he starts to pass the wire under the oil jet, and it's just too painful. I cringed every time the picks slipped off the wire. GnarlyCharlie4u fucked around with this message at 16:26 on Aug 1, 2012 |
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Aug 1, 2012 16:22
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Wow. Soccer moms trying to buy Urban SUVs beware. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaYFLb8WMGM
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Aug 1, 2012 16:54
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Tuco posted:Wow. Soccer moms trying to buy Urban SUVs beware. I like the attempt at 2:11 best. Its like the car jumps for joy because it didnt blow a tire. 
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Aug 1, 2012 18:55
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Holy poo poo, I thought maybe they re-played the tire blowout a bunch until the end where they said it happened 7 times.
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Aug 1, 2012 19:33
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVHxatK1nWE&t=27s A car fire is extinguished. with poo poo
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mobby_6kl posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVHxatK1nWE&t=27s wow I didn't think you could get a worse smell than a car fire. I was wrong, very very, wrong.
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MrZig posted:Ken Block testing in Finland with a helmet camera. Really cool. Strike Finland off the lists of rallies to do
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Aug 2, 2012 03:04
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjVWoRXUKV8 Oblivious lady gets a little too close to the action during pit stop...
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgsS3zMrlEs Here's a Focus ST.
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Throatwarbler posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgsS3zMrlEs I really liked that when the M3 came up they just said that it costs more and not place some arbitrary and obnoxious stat comparing the two to each other. Focus ST has 3 more cup holders than an M3
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I'm... undecided on the "torque steer compensation". I really liked the design of the revoknuckles, and while I'm sure the TSC system is very effective, I can't help but feel that a design that is intended to eliminate the issue, rather than a secondary system to cancel it out, is the better solution. And why the variable rack and overboost? Why not a static, middling-quick ratio, and if the engine will take 20psi, just have 20psi?
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Aug 2, 2012 21:43
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The engine probably can't take 20 psi for extended periods. It's actually pretty smart because it will keep fuel usage down and streetability up. I know Nelson Racing Engines has used staged boost levels on a lot of their street car builds. Now the ST doesn't have a twin turbo v8, but I'd imagine it's similar thinking. e- speaking of, NRE is at it again. Seizure Meat fucked around with this message at 22:47 on Aug 2, 2012 |
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VikingSkull posted:The engine probably can't take 20 psi for extended periods. It's actually pretty smart because it will keep fuel usage down and streetability up. I know Nelson Racing Engines has used staged boost levels on a lot of their street car builds. Dick Keinath is smiling down from heaven.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RK-qTwvxqY That sound. 
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I love it, sounds like someone is pulling on a thousand screaming panther's tails in the halls of Odin's mansion. Anyone else here follow MZPRacevideo? They always have some great sound-only, hi-def videos of cars racing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvDD8V9Liq8 I like this one because the guy holds his finger against his rear-view mirror because its vibrating like hell. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ey0VzvJG0RU I love watching these cars get thrown around and still stick.
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God, the noise at 0:20 sounds like the car's about to break out in some crazy experimental guitar solo.
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I like to think the cop at the end is chasing the F1 car.
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Tuco posted:Wow. Soccer moms trying to buy Urban SUVs beware.
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That Jeep vid looked official to me until I saw the passenger with the bicycle helmet. Really? They should all be wearing actual helmets in that test.
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The bike helmet thing is pretty common in certain situations, I've seen people do the same thing with off-roading, where they wanted a little bit of extra protection without losing any peripheral vision, and it's up to them, I suppose. They're not wearing them to give the same protection as a proper helmet, just to avoid hurting themselves by bouncing their heads off the window or pillar as the car lurches. It's not meant to save their lives or prevent injury, just to take the edge off a painful bump. Given the nature of the test, I'm not so sure that's sensible, and I think an open-face helmet would be a good idea, but I know that there has been advice (e.g. from the SCCA) that you shouldn't wear a full-face helmet in a car with airbags, though what numbers that's based on isn't clear to me. After that first "Oh poo poo we're going over" moment, I think I'd have switched to a real helmet... Edit: Also, I think I'm in the "Test looks mildly rigged, and what did you think would happen if you did that in an SUV?" camp. InitialDave fucked around with this message at 14:09 on Aug 4, 2012 |
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InitialDave posted:
Right but other SUVs were able to pass. According to what they say it sounds like most SUVs made in the past 10 years have done pretty well passing.
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Sadi posted:Right but other SUVs were able to pass. According to what they say it sounds like most SUVs made in the past 10 years have done pretty well passing. Tekne posted:While I'm no fan of SUVs, this smells really fishy, as he cuts the turn a lot harder and faster in the Grand Cherokee than he did in the videos with the VW Touareg and the Volvo XC70; the lack of recording instrumentation on the steering column is also curious. Then you have the fact that neither Chrysler's engineers or the German magazine that recently did the same test could produce these results. The Hilux had the same problem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZF8N9NItHI And then Citroen's Nemo micro-MPV goes completely tits up, even though the identical-but-for-ESP Fiat is fine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcM9hkWrImU Now, I agree that it's not good that the Jeep behaves that way, but it's being used in a manner that isn't appropriate. The comparison should be made while also taking into account the relative off-road abilities of the vehicles, as that's what has to be balanced against the on-road performance, and I'm not convinced that the Volvo and VW are going to be as good in the dirt as a Jeep or Land Rover. What's really damning is the tyres popping on the subsequent tests. That should never happen.
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I heard you got wheels, so I got you some wheels for your wheels! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fr0XeWUUxzE&t=139s 
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Randy Pobst drives the C63 Black around Laguna Seca: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVAGPXTJ3CA&t=330s 
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Must be a rental because I can't imagine any Ferrari owner would give a poo poo about a parking ticket, especially one worth risking a beatdown by NYPD. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lKwkn6JT74
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In my mind, trying to drive away from it was not giving a poo poo about it. According to the Jalopnik article, that car was parked in a hotel valet zone by the valets, so the hothead owner should have gone in and yelled at the valets.
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Love how the cop milks it, then scratches the poo poo out of his car. As much as I like what happened, I can't imagine that a Ferrari has enough weight to make you hobble around like that, especially when he was wearing those huge shitkickers.
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Aug 5, 2012 19:33
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I've had 13 tickets dismissed, some of them legit, some of them not. I never once tried to drive over someone was in the way because I got a ticket I thought I didn't deserve.
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Aug 5, 2012 19:42
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Youtube always knows just what I want to watch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEYeMpeRQF0 The second clip is pretty epic.
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thecobra posted:Youtube always knows just what I want to watch. I also love the very last clip
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thecobra posted:Love how the cop milks it, then scratches the poo poo out of his car. As much as I like what happened, I can't imagine that a Ferrari has enough weight to make you hobble around like that, especially when he was wearing those huge shitkickers.
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Lord Gaga posted:I've had 13 tickets dismissed, some of them legit, some of them not. I never once tried to drive over someone was in the way because I got a ticket I thought I didn't deserve. Are the cops a little rough with him? Maybe. I'm not sure. Looking at it from a point of view of "This person drove his car over my foot for a parking ticket. Not sure what he'll do when we arrest him for a felony", I can understand their decision to go for the more forceful approach.
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InitialDave posted:Yeah, that's the point. Even taking the very best possible view of the guy, he moved the car without due care for the guy being stood there, and at that point it becomes his fault. Keep in mind, this is NYPD, which is especially proud of their "Stop and Frisk" program, where they literally stop people and frisk them with 9 out of 10 stops resulting in no problems found. To actually do something that stupid, not in front of but TO an NYPD officer? He's lucky that is all he got. The cop stepped in front of the car to be an obvious impediment to the driver, who was a complete rear end in a top hat. drat, it's a sad day when I'm even remotely on NYPD's side. I wonder what the bodywork cost will be on the Ferrari, I saw the scratches on the rear quarter at the end of the video, I'd have to think there's at least paint transfer and possibly dented metal where the door hit the cab.
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"Oh poo poo cops, better brake!"
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InitialDave posted:I see both sides of these kinds of things, because my brother's a copper, but my attitude is always that if you want to fight the police, go right ahead - but in court, not on the street. Take your ticket, politely explain that you do not believe you should be ticketed because XXXXX, then decide whether it's worth the hassle of fighting it later. quote:Property damage while in the process of arresting someone? How does that usually go? I'd imagine if he's aquitted of the charge, he can sue them for the repair cost, otherwise I can't imagine he'll get anywhere. That repair is all on the car owner. There's no claim against the city/PD. Lesson? Don't be a dick about a $125 ticket when you're driving an expensive car. And the police are actively writing a ticket. And people are filming.
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Hot lap at the Nurburgring https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2cOOGY5-XU
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