Post awesome AI car shit:First time Ive seen a Golf with a hole in one like that

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Seizure Meat: Jul 23, 2008; by Smythe

This guy is cooler than you. It is he who flicks the cigarette.

# ? Jan 7, 2013 15:48

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# ? May 14, 2024 07:21

Octopus Magic: Dec 19, 2003; I HATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU LIKE* AND I NEED TO BE SURE YOU ALL KNOW THAT EVERY TIME I POST

*unless it's a DSM in which case we cool ^_^

To be fair I stay about 8 inches off the curb when I parallel park also. :ohdear:

# ? Jan 7, 2013 15:56

meatpimp: May 15, 2004; Psst -- Wanna buy

EVERYWHERE
some high-quality thread's DESTROYED!

Ok, who's trolling the Kroger parking lot?

# ? Jan 7, 2013 16:14

PhotoKirk: Jul 2, 2007; insert witty text here

meatpimp posted:

Ok, who's trolling the Kroger parking lot?

A dinky donk?

# ? Jan 7, 2013 17:57

InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007; I Want To Believe.

VodeAndreas posted:

I drove by a Gallardo a couple of days ago that was so scared of the curb when parking that he was covering about a third of the traffic lane instead... Surely that has a higher likelyhood of someone clipping you and doing more damage than the curb ever could.

I know it's a wide car but the parking spot was more than large enough for it.

Octopus Magic posted:

To be fair I stay about 8 inches off the curb when I parallel park also.

Look closer.

# ? Jan 7, 2013 18:39

veedubfreak: Apr 2, 2005; by Smythe

VikingSkull posted:

The government has a thing for muscle cars. The even inadvertently killed the first wave of muscle cars with one!

Link

Can you please explain why a car needs to chase a jet?

# ? Jan 7, 2013 18:42

jammyozzy: Dec 7, 2006; Is that a challenge?

veedubfreak posted:

Can you please explain why a car needs to chase a jet?

Direct from the link you didn't click:

Car and Driver posted:

Soon after its formation in late 1970, the EPA was tasked with finding the leading causes of environmental air pollution. There was plenty of speculation as to the source or sources, but data needed to be collected to test the various theories. For example, was car exhaust or exhaust from airliners more to blame for poor air quality? Some thought the heavy metals in wear particles from bias-ply tires and asbestos brake dust were contributing to the problem. The EPA needed to find out what constituted the greatest threat to public health and do it in a cost-effective way.

John Moran was the EPA section chief in North Carolina at the time and the person who conceived the Plymouth Superbird project. We spoke to Moran, who has since retired, to get the inside story.

After wrapping his head around the vast amount of data that needed to be collected, Moran recalled, he realized that designing individual lab tests would cost a small fortune. Simply putting a jet engine in a test cell to collect exhaust samples could have cost well into six figures.

Moran reasoned that it would be cheaper and more accurate to collect the air samples in the field. To do this, the EPA would need a car that was capable of following a jet on takeoff. Chrysler had already done extensive wind-tunnel testing of the Superbird and the positive results�the aforementioned top speed and high-speed stability�made it the logical choice. Moran wrote up the proposal and sent it to the purchasing department. Legendary NASCAR builder Ray Nichels won the contract with the low bid of $25,000 to acquire and prep the car�when new, the Superbird�s base price was $4298.

# ? Jan 7, 2013 18:45

Sudden Infant Def Syndrome: Oct 2, 2004

veedubfreak posted:

Can you please explain why a car needs to chase a jet?

It's grabbing air samples from the engine of the jet. There's more detail in the link.

# ? Jan 7, 2013 18:46

Bape Culture: Sep 13, 2006

I'm meeting this guy in the next few weeks.

# ? Jan 7, 2013 18:51

Devyl: Mar 27, 2005; It slices!

It dices!

It makes Julienne fries!

Get tons of pics of the McLaren F1 next to it. Also, you must drive it. For all of us.

# ? Jan 7, 2013 19:06

Bape Culture: Sep 13, 2006

There's Zondas and F50s and Lambos and poo poo too. I'm pumped as h*ck.

# ? Jan 7, 2013 20:05

davebo: Nov 15, 2006; Parallel lines do meet, but they do it incognito; College Slice

Preoptopus posted:

One exists and your in the auction world, so thats already a better chance than most.
http://automotivemileposts.com/mark31970dualcowlphaetonshowcar.html

The whole tiny windshield long car reminded me of the Monte Carlo in "romeo + juliet"

It's weird but with different wheels I'd probably drive it.

# ? Jan 7, 2013 20:31

Solar Coaster: Sep 2, 2009

Throatwarbler posted:

If I ever bought a Pagani I would also never take the plastic wrap off and just drive it like that.

I never realized this was a thing but the US Air Force operates Pontiac G8 GTs as "chase cars" to assist with U2s taking off.

They are being replaced with Camaros.

http://www.latimes.com/business/autos/la-fi-hy-autos-u2-chase-cars-20121119,0,2750231.story

veedubfreak posted:

Can you please explain why a car needs to chase a jet?

James May did a great explanation here:

"So difficult to land, that it needs extra eyes below"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvExCo43aq0&t=105s

Solar Coaster fucked around with this message at 21:49 on Jan 7, 2013

# ? Jan 7, 2013 21:45

INCHI DICKARI: Aug 23, 2006; by FactsAreUseless

# ? Jan 7, 2013 22:14

General_Failure: Apr 17, 2005

14 INCH GRANDPA posted:

That thing looks both as dangerous and as fun as all hell. I'd love to give it a go.

# ? Jan 7, 2013 22:29

Wombot: Sep 11, 2001

Lotta Leafs:

She's got'em lining up for more! Grandma Gone Wild!

# ? Jan 8, 2013 02:14

GramCracker: Oct 8, 2005; beauty by stroll

Umm yea, I'm just going to leave this here... :hawaaaafap:

A Sprint Blue B8 S4 Avant

# ? Jan 8, 2013 02:17

INCHI DICKARI: Aug 23, 2006; by FactsAreUseless

# ? Jan 8, 2013 04:30

Preoptopus: Aug 25, 2008; Ð¢ÑÐ¸ Ð¿Ð¾Ð»Ð¾ÑÐºÐ¸,
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I need these in big if anyone can find them

# ? Jan 8, 2013 04:34

Devyl: Mar 27, 2005; It slices!

It dices!

It makes Julienne fries!

# ? Jan 8, 2013 04:42

Fender Anarchist: May 20, 2009; Fender Anarchist

14 INCH GRANDPA posted:

I'm sorry, is that a slant 6 with ITBs?

# ? Jan 8, 2013 05:56

cursedshitbox: May 20, 2012; Your rear-end wont survive my hammering.; Fun Shoe

Not any slant 6, but a chryco slant 6.
Motorcycle carburetors too.

# ? Jan 8, 2013 06:01

Preoptopus: Aug 25, 2008; Ð¢ÑÐ¸ Ð¿Ð¾Ð»Ð¾ÑÐºÐ¸,
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My buddy is on an extended holiday in Hawaii right now, (the bastard)
and based on his latest FB post, I'd say he ran into Lobsterboy's Hawaiian cousin.

# ? Jan 8, 2013 06:32

Slavvy: Dec 11, 2012

VodeAndreas posted:

I drove by a Gallardo a couple of days ago that was so scared of the curb when parking that he was covering about a third of the traffic lane instead... Surely that has a higher likelyhood of someone clipping you and doing more damage than the curb ever could.

I know it's a wide car but the parking spot was more than large enough for it.

He's referring to the building marked 'bond street' I think.

# ? Jan 8, 2013 06:59

Megillah Gorilla: Sep 22, 2003; If only all of life's problems could be solved by smoking a professor of ancient evil texts.; Bread Liar

So it seems some guy has decided to join two Jeeps together to make a larger one.

No, not like that, the other way.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fy6IHPriDQ

# ? Jan 8, 2013 07:34

KozmoNaut: Apr 23, 2008; Happiness is a warm
Turbo Plasma Rifle

Gorilla Salad posted:

So it seems some guy has decided to join two Jeeps together to make a larger one.

No, not like that, the other way.

They should have called it the Jeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep.

# ? Jan 8, 2013 09:12

Dagen H: Mar 19, 2009; Hogertrafikomlaggningen

14 INCH GRANDPA posted:

You can't run pods on CV carbs :arghfist:

# ? Jan 8, 2013 11:32

PopeOnARope: Jul 23, 2007; Hey! Quit touching my junk!

Gorilla Salad posted:

So it seems some guy has decided to join two Jeeps together to make a larger one.

No, not like that, the other way.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fy6IHPriDQ

For some reason, still having one spare tire made this for me.

# ? Jan 8, 2013 11:48

Dagen H: Mar 19, 2009; Hogertrafikomlaggningen

Is it rolling on ag flotation tires?

# ? Jan 8, 2013 11:53

Sir Cornelius: Oct 30, 2011

You can, provided that the rear is sufficiently supported. I'm a lot more skeptical about the mounting angle. He's using about half of his float-bowl volume. Christ, I'm glad I don't have to tune that thing.

# ? Jan 8, 2013 11:57

Dagen H: Mar 19, 2009; Hogertrafikomlaggningen

I was being facetious, hence the "downs" smiley.

Might those be Yammy downdraughts?

# ? Jan 8, 2013 12:03

Olympic Mathlete: Feb 25, 2011

KozmoNaut posted:

They should have called it the Jeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep.

This is the first thing that came to my mind too. It needs to be done.

# ? Jan 8, 2013 12:06

PhotoKirk: Jul 2, 2007; insert witty text here

Gorilla Salad posted:

So it seems some guy has decided to join two Jeeps together to make a larger one.

No, not like that, the other way.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fy6IHPriDQ

Red Green did it first.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaUvZP4QXLA

:colbert:

# ? Jan 8, 2013 14:09

Aurune: Jun 17, 2006

Wombot posted:

Lotta Leafs:

All in Leaf blue.

A red Leaf drove past me the other day. My friend in the passenger seat turned to me and said "I thought they only came in blue?".

Also, I want that S4 Avant to have my babies.

# ? Jan 8, 2013 14:56

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