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Feb 11, 2013 22:43
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Way back on page 21 someone posted this Previa: Turns out it regularly shows up in one of the UCF parking lots. I might try to snap a picture if I see it again. First time I saw it I thought "wait a second, wasn't this posted on AI?" Zeether fucked around with this message at 03:09 on Feb 12, 2013 |
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Feb 12, 2013 03:04
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Zeether posted:Way back on page 21 someone posted this Previa: I'll bet if you asked the owner why he's driving this, he'll say, "Well, it's gets me where I want to go." I've driven worse-looking cars.
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Feb 12, 2013 03:15
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I was going to post this in the Awesome Car Stuff thread until the owner started talking about why it looks like that @ 6:28 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcjpXbMiCtg
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Feb 12, 2013 03:33
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Mister Kingdom posted:I'll bet if you asked the owner why he's driving this, he'll say, "Well, it's gets me where I want to go." I drove a rusty Subaru for years because it didn't break down and owed me nothing (and I owed nothing on it). There is a quiet dignity in this.
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Feb 12, 2013 03:38
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I did that wooden bumper thing once. Not to my own car, one of my coworkers was in an accident and it ripped the bumper cover clean off. She drover he car like that for 3 weeks so one night I dashed home, grabbed a 2x4 and some zip ties and wrote BUMPER with a backwards R on it. I think she drove it for two more days before noticing.
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Feb 12, 2013 03:43
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Polymerized Cum posted:I drove a rusty Subaru for years because it didn't break down and owed me nothing (and I owed nothing on it). There is a quiet dignity in this. There's a difference between a decent beater and a monstrosity with bull horns, a wooden plank bumper, and what may be fire damage to the rest of the front end.
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Feb 12, 2013 04:03
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Godholio posted:There's a difference between a decent beater and a monstrosity with bull horns, a wooden plank bumper, and what may be fire damage to the rest of the front end. Yes - A decent beater is  , that right there is "I WILL PAY YOU TO GET THIS OUT OF MY YARD"That can be kind of important if you're eating-out-of-the-trash broke in college. I personally wasn't, but there were a couple guys on my floor freshman year that were just... 
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Feb 12, 2013 04:10
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Black88GTA posted:Yes - A decent beater is I paid $1 for a rusty-as-all-gently caress VW Beetle. I drove it for a year. I have no regrets since it saved me from the city bus (where I was always really early for work or slightly late and a ten minute trip would take an hour).
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Feb 12, 2013 04:20
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Here's a guy who actually took his Raptor offroad. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKQdlXvbWSU
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Feb 12, 2013 04:22
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 I hate to think of what he pays for insurance now..
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Feb 12, 2013 04:31
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Deeters posted:Here's a guy who actually took his Raptor offroad. There are a lot of people who take their Raptors offroad. Not all of them are rear end munches that think a factory truck, even a special vehicle team one, should exempt them from breakage when driving it like a $400,000 pre-runner. For what it is the couple I've been in and the one I've driven were pretty drat awesome. And my close friend who bought one 4 (5?) years ago is waiting on his new one from the factory now. Should be in the in the next three months. His old one will be traded in and cost him well under $3k a year to drive all said and done (yes, depreciation included).
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Feb 12, 2013 04:50
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some texas redneck posted:
I don't think he does now. Feet don't need insuring. I love how it got the characteristic arching in the middle on impact. This should be mandatory for all Fords straight after production. It'll force them to make durable vehicles.
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Feb 12, 2013 04:52
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General_Failure posted:I don't think he does now. Feet don't need insuring. I love how it got the characteristic arching in the middle on impact. The Raptor is a pretty drat good truck. But like Motronic said, a lot of people think "  I paid for a super badass truck, it can do anything! Hey I know I'll go jump some dunes doing 60 HEY HOLD MY BEER FOR A MINUTE OK?"
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Feb 12, 2013 04:57
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General_Failure posted:
Throw ANY factory truck off that jump and see what happens.
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Feb 12, 2013 06:04
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Godholio posted:Throw ANY factory truck off that jump and see what happens. Can we attach one dodge via chain to the bumper of a Ford Raptor and watch it drag the Dodge over the jump as fast as it can? I'd probably pitch in a buck or two to watch.
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Feb 12, 2013 06:10
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JP Money posted:Can we attach one dodge via chain to the bumper of a Ford Raptor and watch it drag the Dodge over the jump as fast as it can? I'd probably pitch in a buck or two to watch. as long as it's one with a manual transmission and I get to pillage the wreckage, I'm down for this.
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Feb 12, 2013 06:47
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Geirskogul posted:The nissan isn't the most interesting thing in that pic. Is there a person sitting backwards on the motorcycle in front of you? I see an exhaust pipe, but the arm is bent towards the camera. And, if that's the case, why is the shoe pointed away? This is pretty much par for the course in Southeast Asia. When I was in Cambodia last year, the record was 6 people on a moped, 5 people in a single-cab Hilux and four people on a pushbike. Actually, the Hilux might have been in Thailand. Either way, no-one cars about minor traffic violations like having your entire extended family on your moped.
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Feb 12, 2013 10:20
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tbb9 posted:
What exactly is the thought process behind skinning the fuel door? I never understood why people do this poo poo. If I had it my way I'd hide that fucker behind a tail light or something on my car. Why do people like bringing attention to it.
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Feb 12, 2013 16:06
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veedubfreak posted:What exactly is the thought process behind skinning the fuel door? I never understood why people do this poo poo. If I had it my way I'd hide that fucker behind a tail light or something on my car. Why do people like bringing attention to it. It's easier than skinning an entire fender? Same reason why people get fiberglass hoods and stuff - you can take the piece off easily without any cutting or welding. Oh and the new Ford Focus was designed with you in mind.
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Feb 12, 2013 16:14
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MikeyTsi posted:http://jalopnik.com/ten-car-mods-that-make-people-think-you-re-an-rear end in a top hat-123108858 They show a pillar full of DEFI gauges and say it looks like JC Whitney? Oh okay.
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Feb 12, 2013 16:37
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Throatwarbler posted:It's easier than skinning an entire fender? Same reason why people get fiberglass hoods and stuff - you can take the piece off easily without any cutting or welding.
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Feb 12, 2013 18:02
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Octopus Magic posted:They show a pillar full of DEFI gauges and say it looks like JC Whitney? Oh okay. The only reason to read Jalopnik these days is to catch Alex Lloyd's articles, where even then the commenters will start bitching about how "they're all about him". You know, articles that he's writing about his personal experience as a professional race car driver.
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Feb 12, 2013 18:06
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I don't really get the bad rap A-pillar gauge pods get. Sure a lot of ricers use them, but they actually do serve a purpose (unlike a lot of other poo poo ricers do.)
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Feb 12, 2013 18:09
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Cage posted:My mom has a 2013 Focus, I havent filled it up yet for her yet but whats up with the gas door? They kind of tucked it into the tail light lines to hide it. Pretty clever I think. 
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Feb 12, 2013 18:16
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I think it's just the installation that raises a flag. A lot of the ones I've seen are lovely, hacked in gauges that are barely secured to the pillar. It's akin to putting a 7 inch tach on your stock d16 civic as if you needed that much notice to shift, ever. If they're on a fast enough or a very well built car I think they get a pass but when they get put on either mostly-stock or hacked together cars they just add to the embarrassment.
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Feb 12, 2013 18:16
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Quit giving attention whores attention for attention whoring. Instead, LOOK AT ME! LOOK AT WHAT I'M POSTING!    http://autobotanik.livejournal.com/34093.html How the gently caress could this be worth the cost?
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Feb 12, 2013 18:18
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Low labor rates, low material cost, and massive vehicle history fraud.
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Feb 12, 2013 18:37
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veedubfreak posted:Why do people like bringing attention to it.  It roughly translates as "Please be gentle when you put it in". 
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Feb 12, 2013 18:48
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InitialDave posted:That's not bringing attention to a fuel flap. This is bringing attention to a fuel flap: Now I remember why I stopped watching anime about five years ago. These motherfuckers right here.
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Feb 12, 2013 18:58
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InitialDave posted:It roughly translates as "Please be gentle when you put it in".
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Feb 12, 2013 20:57
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Geirskogul posted:Now I remember why I stopped watching anime about five years ago. These motherfuckers right here. Physical fucked around with this message at 21:13 on Feb 12, 2013 |
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Feb 12, 2013 21:07
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Physical posted:I never understood how people could not be aware of how anime looks like thinly veiled child-porn, and how by associating with it you look like a pedo. I know they aren't naked, but geez the implication of such young characters being sexualized is disturbing. Thinly veiled?
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Feb 12, 2013 21:10
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JP Money posted:I think it's just the installation that raises a flag. A lot of the ones I've seen are lovely, hacked in gauges that are barely secured to the pillar. It's akin to putting a 7 inch tach on your stock d16 civic as if you needed that much notice to shift, ever. I'd say it depends on the gauges being used. With manufacturers eliminating all but the bare essentials, and even turning most of those into mechanical idiot lights (temperature gauges that are pegged in the middle unless the engine is dead cold or catastrophically overheating, fuel gauges that only really tell you when the tank is full, half or empty and guess for everything else, oil pressure gauges that extrapolate data based on engine RPM and temperature) I can understand wanting to install aftermarket coolant/oil temperature, voltage/ammeter or oil pressure gauges on an otherwise stock or lightly modded car. OTOH, I'll agree if we're talking about putting a boost gauge, pyrometer, A/F R (without wideband O2 sensor, of course) or GPS speedometer on a bone stock econobox. Geoj fucked around with this message at 22:28 on Feb 12, 2013 |
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Feb 12, 2013 22:22
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Octopus Magic posted:They show a pillar full of DEFI gauges and say it looks like JC Whitney? Oh okay. I also enjoy how they say "no exhausts" and show what appears to be a picture of a purpose built autoX civic.
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Feb 13, 2013 00:23
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Collateral Damage posted:Redditor spotted. Physical posted:I never understood how people could not be aware of how anime looks like thinly veiled child-porn, and how by associating with it you look like a pedo. I know they aren't naked, but geez the implication of it makes it impossible for me to watch.
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Feb 13, 2013 00:23
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  Was being driven by some 80 year old man. Not sure how he gets away with the red emergency flashers either.
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Feb 13, 2013 00:31
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I think red flashers like that aren't illegal to possess, but they are illegal to actually use on a public road.
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Feb 13, 2013 00:55
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IOwnCalculus posted:I think red flashers like that aren't illegal to possess, but they are illegal to actually use on a public road. In Indiana they don't care until you put them on an Impala or a Crown Vic.
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Feb 13, 2013 00:59
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DJ Commie posted:Low labor rates, low material cost, and massive vehicle history fraud. Also, from everything I can see, that shop does drat good work. Granted, the car is probably not as safe as the day it rolled off the line, but I would bet it's a major step up from most of what is rolling down Russian roads. As far as cost:benefit ratio, it's likely safe to assume that car markets east of the former Iron Curtain operate a bit differently from those in the USA/Western Europe.
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Feb 13, 2013 01:20
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