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KozmoNaut posted:Serious brown pants time: Not that this was the case here as thats pretty loving terrible, but I don't know how many loving times I'll be sitting with blinker on waiting for someone to let me in, and everyone just forces there way around. Eventually I run out of room. On ramps are the worst, people actually pull out from behind me, and then sit beside me in the lane I'm supposed to be merging into. My truck weighs 140,000lbs. Is 84.5' long and has over 88,000lbs of Methanol as payload with bright flammable placards on the sides, and these pieces of poo poo just cruise beside me while 5 or 6 bright rear end LED turn signal lights blink in their faces.
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Dec 8, 2012 23:41
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jonathan posted:Not that this was the case here as thats pretty loving terrible, but I don't know how many loving times I'll be sitting with blinker on waiting for someone to let me in, and everyone just forces there way around. Eventually I run out of room. On ramps are the worst, people actually pull out from behind me, and then sit beside me in the lane I'm supposed to be merging into. I'd let you through. It pisses me off when people do that to trucks. But conversely when a truck driver is just a dick and forces me off the road for some reason I don't like that. The vast majority are good but there are always some. People still act like dicks to truck drivers around here even though there are quite a large number with "explosives" placards on them
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Dec 8, 2012 23:44
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General_Failure posted:People still act like dicks to truck drivers around here even though there are quite a large number with "explosives" placards on them They seem used to it. I saw a double trailer trying to pass a slow-as-hell Uhaul a couple weeks ago, and he slowed down just expecting me to force him to hold back. When I gave him the 'go' double flash, it may have taken an extra fifteen seconds of my life behind him, but he didn't have to gear down and hold it for the annoying hill he was going over. I got a four flash 'thank you', when I am used to two. He even stuck his arm out and waved as I went by after he pulled around it. There's nothing wrong with being courteous.. or forbid, civil.
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Dec 8, 2012 23:49
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Agreed, I usually let truckers go if it's not going to completely destroy the flow of traffic. I got road raged pretty hard last year when I let a trucker into my lane (3-2 merge/zipper in rush hour in a construction zone, he'd been stuck for a while because no one was letting him in) - the guy in the luxobarge behind me flipped out, started honking and flipping me off, etc. He passed me and brake-checked me the second we got out of the construction zone, fortunately I saw that coming so I had already downshifted and hit the brakes... then he threw his dunkies coffee out the window at me. I was driving a beat up rusty truck with a cracked windshield and a quarter inch thick layer of mud, so I swerved, caught it on the hood, and waved. For some reason he didn't think that was quite as funny as I did.
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Dec 8, 2012 23:55
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KozmoNaut posted:Serious brown pants time: I'm wondering how the red Volvo fared, as he was starting a pretty decent swerve.
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KozmoNaut posted:Serious brown pants time: Plenty more where that came from too: http://youtu.be/i5vVgbilhKA (4:25 is crazy) e. Warning there are definitely some fatalities in there
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Dec 9, 2012 02:10
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Im not much for Magazine produced car shows on youtube, but this specific episode could be the best car show I have ever seen. (Pump gas IHRA pro stock style mountain motors on street tires in Australia) Also watch passed the credits for loud whipple charged whiney donuts. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYeBHtoxs7g
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Dec 9, 2012 02:45
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blk posted:Vanboat! That is some M.A.S.K. level awesomeness right there!
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Dec 9, 2012 05:06
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CharlesM posted:I'm wondering how the red Volvo fared, as he was starting a pretty decent swerve. Pretty sure he collided with at least the car the video was taken from (seeing as the windshield cracks just as the truck passes it, that's probably a pretty solid hit) and possibly the truck next to him.
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Dec 9, 2012 05:08
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Only a crappy VH model Commodore, but it's cool as poo poo   
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Dec 9, 2012 05:33
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dissss posted:Plenty more where that came from too: http://youtu.be/i5vVgbilhKA (4:25 is crazy) What happened to that truck carrying what appear to be train axles? Did the trailer crack in half from weight or something?
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Dec 9, 2012 05:39
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Looks (and sounds) like a tire blowout.
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Dec 9, 2012 06:30
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kastein posted:Pretty sure he collided with at least the car the video was taken from (seeing as the windshield cracks just as the truck passes it, that's probably a pretty solid hit) and possibly the truck next to him. Yeah, I gathered that much, it's the next part that could be really bad (or maybe not).
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Dec 9, 2012 06:47
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dissss posted:Plenty more where that came from too: http://youtu.be/i5vVgbilhKA (4:25 is crazy) I am amazed the cars that are filming don't all get rear-ended when they stop to avoid an accident in these videos...
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Dec 9, 2012 07:11
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jonathan posted:Im not much for Magazine produced car shows on youtube, but this specific episode could be the best car show I have ever seen. gently caress. Yes.
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Dec 9, 2012 07:54
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jonathan posted:Im not much for Magazine produced car shows on youtube, but this specific episode could be the best car show I have ever seen. I posted it in the Youtube thread as well, it's just completely awesome. I'm not much for magazine-produced shows either, but Roadkill is absolutely one of the best car-related shows on Youtube, right along with Chris Harris On Cars and Mighty Car Mods. Freiburger and Finnegan have awesome chemistry and a complete lack of common sense that just makes you want to hang out and do stupid car poo poo with them.
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Dec 9, 2012 09:48
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jonathan posted:Im not much for Magazine produced car shows on youtube, but this specific episode could be the best car show I have ever seen. Yeah, I watched that. Let me tell you there are plenty of Kangaroos in that area BTW! Of course, they are only out at dusk/night/dawn, they stay out of the sun during the day. I used to live near there and have hit 3 in big vans with bullbars (fitted for that reason). Had friends with cars get written off hitting them, including a R33 GTS-T, and I almost wrote off my RX3 hitting one once - saw it in time and avoided hitting it. Wanneroo, near where they shot, and getting between there and where the track was (Barbagello raceway) is loaded with them. No koalas though, they were in Western Australia (and Queensland earlier). Koalas are in the south eastern states. Kind of annoyed I heard nothing before that they were coming. Edit: Waited ages for the next Roadkill show (I only really like Roadkill as a youtube magazine show too), and they were up the road from where I live. Late edit: Don't really need to quote the video. Fo3 fucked around with this message at 13:37 on Dec 9, 2012 |
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Dec 9, 2012 13:21
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KozmoNaut posted:Serious brown pants time: The guy in the oncoming Volvo F16 (or F12?) reacted pretty fast. Probably saved his life.
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Dec 9, 2012 13:47
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Yeah, the guy in the oncoming volvo definitely saved the video owners rear end. Hope that the oncoming volvo driver (and the other driver they hit), didn't end up badly themselves.
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Dec 9, 2012 15:33
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KozmoNaut posted:I posted it in the Youtube thread as well, it's just completely awesome. Hot Rod and Hot Rod Deluxe are the only two magazines I still buy. Roadkill is awesome because they captured the feel of the magazine and put it to film. I just wish 90's era Car Craft had a show that good, Car Craft was basically AI in print form back then. "Hey we found this car in a junkyard, let's throw nitrous at it until it explodes"
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Dec 9, 2012 15:40
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dissss posted:Plenty more where that came from too: http://youtu.be/i5vVgbilhKA (4:25 is crazy) I love how calm the Russian drivers are. I wish I knew what they are saying.
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Dec 9, 2012 15:55
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rear end in a top hat Bicycle posted:I love how calm the Russian drivers are. I wish I knew what they are saying. In Soviet Russia, truck drives you! Seriously though I would never drive in Russia after seeing the madness that I've seen on Youtube.
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Dec 9, 2012 20:46
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dissss posted:Plenty more where that came from too: http://youtu.be/i5vVgbilhKA (4:25 is crazy) Is it me or does the clip that starts at 1:15 showcase some terrible driving and then some amazing driving at 1:29? Looks like another van/truck was going way too fast and just manages to avoid an accident with quite a bit of sliding...
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Dec 9, 2012 21:34
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KozmoNaut posted:Serious brown pants time: As amazing as this looks, the video it's from is at about half the speed of the gif. Didn't stop me watching 40 minutes of Russian dash cam footage 
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Dec 9, 2012 22:18
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Das Volk posted:In Soviet Russia, truck drives you! I was joking with my friend that it's like driving in Grand Theft Auto in real life.
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Dec 9, 2012 23:00
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I watched a few of the videos that were related to that one. I think the best ones were the slow motion asian ones. You can see the accident coming, but nothing is done to stop it. That, and noone dies; some of those videos show Cherokee-sized vehicles getting t-boned and it's very clear that the occupants all died (you don't live through your vehicle being shredded like paper).
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Dec 9, 2012 23:52
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VikingSkull posted:Hot Rod and Hot Rod Deluxe are the only two magazines I still buy. Roadkill is awesome because they captured the feel of the magazine and put it to film. Amazed at how much technical detail there is in the magazine compared to the "import" magazines on the shelves. Long articles, too. Worth it!
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Dec 9, 2012 23:58
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I subscribe to Modified Magazine for tech articles and get a random other car magazine for ideas from the store. I like classic Hot Rod and truck magazines for looking at suspension ideas.
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Dec 10, 2012 00:17
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Seat Safety Switch posted:I picked up Hot Rod off a newsstand a few months ago solely because of Roadkill. Hot Rod Deluxe is where it's at. No really tech stuff, but tons of photo nostalgia and more gassers than you can shake a Moon tank at.
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I buy Hot Rod and HR Deluxe when I've got spare money, there's not really a better car mag. Super Street  has an annual that focuses exclusively on classic Japanese sports cars that is actually really good, it doesn't have any of the regular mags stupidity (or at least, a whole lot less of it). I just wish they would make it a more regular thing, I'd probably get a subscription.
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Dec 10, 2012 00:24
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ultimateforce posted:I subscribe to Modified Magazine for tech articles and get a random other car magazine for ideas from the store. I like classic Hot Rod and truck magazines for looking at suspension ideas. I can never take modified mag seriously after this: http://grooveshark.com/#!/album/Modified+Magazine/5567654 just listen to the first one.
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Dec 10, 2012 00:27
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kastein posted:Agreed, I usually let truckers go if it's not going to completely destroy the flow of traffic. I got road raged pretty hard last year when I let a trucker into my lane (3-2 merge/zipper in rush hour in a construction zone, he'd been stuck for a while because no one was letting him in) - the guy in the luxobarge behind me flipped out, started honking and flipping me off, etc. He passed me and brake-checked me the second we got out of the construction zone, fortunately I saw that coming so I had already downshifted and hit the brakes... then he threw his dunkies coffee out the window at me. i always let trucks in because I know driving a truck is difficult and a lot of people are assholes to truckers. It pisses off people behind me but I don't care.
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A friend linked me to this picture. I'm really hoping someone here knows something about it because I have no clue what this thing is.
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jonathan posted:I did a similar thing in my first car. 100mph indicated in a 1974 Datsun 710. Olive green with tan plastic and vinyl interior. And mine was 120mph in a 63 Impala with a 283 on my second week driving ever. I can't wait to ge back to that car.
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Smug Mug posted:A friend linked me to this picture. I'm really hoping someone here knows something about it because I have no clue what this thing is. I've no idea what that is but holy poo poo futuristic and awesome. I also love that in your photo is another guy photographing it.
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