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Scirocco Griffon posted:I'm willing to bet that illest, No Fear, Fox Racing and the Lowrider logo are all on page one of every vinyl sticker shop's clipart book, right above the generic tribal dragon, Confederate flag and Calvin peeing on (insert manufacturer logo here). I didn't know they were making a live action Roger Rabbit movie
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KozmoNaut posted:What's that stupid sunglasses and fedora-wearing badly-mustachioed 'thing' in the trunk supposed to be? I've seen it somewhere before, but I can't place it.
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Fun fact: in the Fokker Tri-plane, the engine and propeller are bolted together, and the engine rotates http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6xX0zSvp7w CommieGIR fucked around with this message at 03:14 on May 7, 2013 |
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Polymerized Cum posted:I didn't know they were making a live action Roger Rabbit movie The first Roger Rabbit is live action.
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KozmoNaut posted:What's that stupid sunglasses and fedora-wearing badly-mustachioed 'thing' in the trunk supposed to be? I've seen it somewhere before, but I can't place it. I don't care what anyone says, the Lowrider Man in and of itself is not terrible car stuff. If this is wrong, I don't want to be right.
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CommieGIR posted:Fun fact: in the Fokker Tri-plane, the engine and propeller are bolted together, and the engine rotates Rotary engines are awesome and discussion of them is probably best suited for the other thread but a rotary (not Wankel) swapped car would probably fit in this thread what with the total loss oiling system and all. If I recall most rotary engines have only a few throttle settings (WOT, half throttle, and idle for example) and throttle is varied by which magnetos are on. Previa_fun fucked around with this message at 03:34 on May 7, 2013 |
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CommieGIR posted:Fun fact: in the Fokker Tri-plane, the engine and propeller are bolted together, and the engine rotates Almost all of the aircooled rotaries were set up that way. Plus, the motors were lubricated via a "lost-oil" system with castor oil, which meant the pilots were constantly inhaling it...which meant that they constantly had the shits. A different breed of men. edit: standard VW power PainterofCrap fucked around with this message at 03:39 on May 7, 2013 |
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PainterofCrap posted:Almost all of the aircooled rotaries were set up that way. Plus, the motors were lubricated via a "lost-oil" system with castor oil, which meant the pilots were constantly inhaling it...which meant that they constantly had the shits. What? That is news to me.
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CommieGIR posted:What? That is news to me. Century of flight posted:There are other reasons that would have tended against the use of the rotary into more modern times and the greatest of these would be its enormous appetite for oil. The fuel was mixed with air as it was introduced through a primitive "carburettor" - usually in the tail end of the crankshaft. Via this route it made its way to the crankcase where is picked up all of the oil that was loose. When the fuel mixture was introduced to the combustion chamber it was very much a mix of fuel, air, and castor oil. http://www.century-of-flight.net/new%20site/frames/rotary%20engines_frame.htm
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FIRST TIME posted:I don't care what anyone says, the Lowrider Man in and of itself is not terrible car stuff. Some of us actually own lowriders. Acid ectched windows, Luxor wheels, mini truck that scrapes anything over an inch tall - check.
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Toucan Sam posted:Some of us actually own lowriders. You haven't posted about this in a long time, get your rear end over to the "Post You Ride" thread!
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# ? May 7, 2013 05:06 |
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That Camaro a year or so ago at least had the decency of looking like a life sized Hot Wheels, but this just made an already undesirable car worse.
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Zlatan Imhobitch posted:Pinifarina. Ah yes, the Rolls Royce Phugly
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# ? May 7, 2013 06:49 |
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Spotted this today, didn't have time to grab the Canon.
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Managed to spot this prime example of british engineering (Rover 600, could be a 620Ti) outside Halfords the other day.
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Devyl posted:Spotted this today, didn't have time to grab the Canon. These sort of people are on my poo poo list. I hate the people who have the dog cages in the back of their truck like that, this is even worse... And people wonder why pitbulls have a bad rep, because of dog owners like this idiot.
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FIRST TIME posted:I don't care what anyone says, the Lowrider Man in and of itself is not terrible car stuff. It's not wrong at all, lowriders are awesome. But putting a lowrider logo on the God-King Emperor of Rice's fake-rear end FWD Celica dragster, that's terrible on a whole new level. Actually, my first thought was "Why the hell is there an effigy of Sergeant Angel Batista in the trunk of that Celica?"
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Zlatan Imhobitch posted:Pinifarina. Ah, Pininfarina. They've created some stunners, but they've missed the mark a lot as well. Some of these are actually pretty cool.
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Today I saw this and figured you all would probably like it, so I snapped a picture. Greetings, from Sunny Florida!
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# ? May 8, 2013 01:39 |
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I'm getting a real Citroen vibe from this.
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# ? May 8, 2013 01:43 |
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I'm getting wood. I want it. What is it? Looks like Studebaker Commander greenhouse...
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PainterofCrap posted:I'm getting wood. According to HairyNipple! it's some variety of Pininfarina thing. I just went to confirm / deny. The lines don't match a Citroen. But I did learn that Citroen released cars with a Wankel rotary.
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a cat irl posted:Today I saw this and figured you all would probably like it, so I snapped a picture. 1982 Toyota Corolla?
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I'm going to go wash and wax my car now. Like, right now.
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a cat irl posted:Today I saw this and figured you all would probably like it, so I snapped a picture. drat, that's some gnarly rust even compared to the northeast. What did they do, park it in the ocean after taking a wire wheel to random spots on the body?
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PainterofCrap posted:I'm getting wood. It's called the Pininfarina X. loving bizzare! That Link posted:The Pininfarina X (sometimes referred to as the PFX) was a peculiar concept car which appeared in 1960.
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Anghammarad posted:Managed to spot this prime example of british engineering (Rover 600, could be a 620Ti) outside Halfords the other day. Driving this car is not revenge. It's Punishment.
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HairyNipple! posted:Ah, Pininfarina. They've created some stunners, but they've missed the mark a lot as well. Some of these are actually pretty cool. My favorite recent Pininfarina design... wikipedia posted:The cabinetry was designed by the Italian automotive design firm Pininfarina, via their Pininfarina Extra industrial and product design subsidiary.[6] Technologies involved include microdispensing technology and proprietary PurePour technology. Both technologies were originally developed to deliver precise doses of drugs.[1] One Freestyle unit with a similar footprint to a current vending machine can dispense 126 kinds of carbonated and non-carbonated beverages from one freestanding unit. Microdosing blends one or more concentrated ingredients in 46 US fl oz (1.36 L) packets with water and sweetener at the point where the beverage is dispensed,[4] thus avoiding the use of traditional 5 US gal (18.9 L) boxes of syrup (also known as a bag-in-a-box).[7] Cartridges store concentrated ingredients in the dispenser cabinet and are RFID enabled. The machine uses RFID chips to detect its supplies and to radio resupplying needs to other units. The traditional ice cube dispenser remains.[8] The maximum rate of output is 95 drinks per hour.[4] There's one at my local Noodles & Co, and it USED to have a really awesome pininfarina badge on it, but some jerk broke it off trying to steal it.
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I want one of those in my kitchen and I don't even drink pop anymore.
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MrSaturn posted:My favorite recent Pininfarina design... These are in a local chain of movie theaters...they're pretty cool.
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MrSaturn posted:My favorite recent Pininfarina design... Oh man... They have those at all the casinos & Burger Kings here. They're cool as hell.
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MrSaturn posted:My favorite recent Pininfarina design... The last fast food place I worked at had one of those. They're really neat, for the most part. Lower maintenance than a traditional fountain, but they actually track the serial # of every cartridge.. and like an inkjet printer, they said "gently caress you, I'm empty" long before a cartridge is completely empty (and the cartridges look like giant inkjet printer cartridges). They actually mix the sweetener with the syrup (so one cartridge gives you both regular and diet) instead of having the sweetener mixed into the syrup before you get it. They require an internet connection, and they're supposed to automatically order supplies for you (that part didn't work so well when I worked there). The cartridges are a super concentrated version of the normal bag in box syrup, without sweetener. You do have to keep a rack full of sweeteners nearby (high fructose corn syrup in most of them, aspartame in the rest), plumbed into it like a normal bag in box fountain. And when they break, holy poo poo they really really break. I'm pretty sure that's why nearly every place I've seen with them has at least two machines..
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How much you want to bet they didn't even wait for the orange spraypaint to dry before realizing it looked like crap and trying to cover it up with the silver? The mismatched rims and off-the-shelf Autozone spoiler are pretty much standard fare for a late '90s Eclipse though.
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# ? May 8, 2013 08:21 |
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Saw this in my apartment complex today. This is sort-of terrible car stuff:
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HairyNipple! posted:Ah, Pininfarina. They've created some stunners, but they've missed the mark a lot as well. Some of these are actually pretty cool. Pininfarina, you say? (Hyundai Matrix, styled by Pininfarina)
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terrible car stuff
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some texas redneck posted:The last fast food place I worked at had one of those. They're really neat, for the most part. I still think they are the most awesome fountain machine ever made
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Anghammarad posted:Managed to spot this prime example of british engineering (Rover 600, could be a 620Ti) outside Halfords the other day. This didn't happen to be in southampton did it? Pretty sure I've seen that driving around too!
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CommieGIR posted:I still think they are the most awesome fountain machine ever made The problem with them is that they can only serve one person at a time, and that person will now spend 4x as long picking a drink. The normal dispensers can at least have more than one cup going at once and it's very easy to pick your drink. I like the idea (although I hate the touchscreen that has no feedback) but there's always a line now.
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