Terrible Car Stuff - Im sorry but in this thread we measure cargo capacity in shrimp

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Code Jockey: Jan 24, 2006; 69420 basic bytes free

Maker Of Shoes posted:

Because there's nothing worth showing off under them.

Ho ho.

I'm half tempted to put a nice hardwood floor in the back of the CX-5. I think it'd look rather classy. :wotwot:

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# ? May 27, 2024 14:05

Beach Bum: Jan 13, 2010

IIRC Doccers is putting a hardwood floor in the back of his Volvo.

http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3428752&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=12#post416796245

# ? Jul 18, 2013 17:54

Radio-Controlled: Mar 31, 2005; The man for the job.

Behold!

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# ? Jul 18, 2013 20:32

wilfredmerriweathr: Jul 11, 2005

Whenever I see an old avenger, stratus, 300m, or sebring, I just get irrationally angry that someone would buy one of them.

At least this guy is proud of his purchase?

# ? Jul 18, 2013 20:33

Seat Safety Switch: May 27, 2008; MY RELIGION IS THE SMALL BLOCK V8 AND COMMANDMENTS ONE THROUGH TEN ARE NEVER LIFT.; Pillbug

Where's the giant cloud of white smoke that traditionally follows those cars around?

# ? Jul 18, 2013 20:36

Viking Blood: Jun 17, 2005; The hammer of the Gods will drive our riffs to new lands

scarborough.jpg

# ? Jul 18, 2013 20:58

Sudden Infant Def Syndrome: Oct 2, 2004

That terrible car lives around me in the Upper Gage / Rymal area, but I've never had a camera to get a picture everytime I see it.

There's also a puke green Chrysler 300 with faux-Bentley crap all over it in the area that I see all the time too.

# ? Jul 18, 2013 21:02

Radio-Controlled: Mar 31, 2005; The man for the job.

Sudden Infant Def Syndrome posted:

Hey Hamilton goon.

That terrible car lives around me in the Upper Gage / Rymal area, but I've never had a camera to get a picture everytime I see it.

There's also a puke green Chrysler 300 with faux-Bentley crap all over it in the area that I see all the time too.

Hello to you! :hfive:

I have seen that 300 as well, sad to say.

# ? Jul 18, 2013 21:10

Ulfhednar: Dec 16, 2006; Blood for the Blood God!

I stop by a lot of the local thrift stores, and they are always full of cars that are perfect for this thread.

Almost every panel on this RAV4 was damaged

This guy was loading four pieces of luggage into his MR2 Spyder. He thought it was hilarious when I asked to take a picture of his tetris-skills.

He managed to get them all in, too.

Fart Pipe posted:

I take a picture any time I park next to a Subaru.

I take pictures of most of the Gen 10 Thunderbirds I come across. It lets me know what mine is going to turn into if I'm not careful.

# ? Jul 18, 2013 21:17

Doccers: Aug 15, 2000; Patron Saint of Chickencheese

Beach Bum posted:

IIRC Doccers is putting a hardwood floor in the back of his Volvo.

http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3428752&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=12#post416796245

Nah, I'm just doing carpeting.

# ? Jul 18, 2013 21:57

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Ulfhednar posted:

This guy was loading four pieces of luggage into his MR2 Spyder. He thought it was hilarious when I asked to take a picture of his tetris-skills.

He managed to get them all in, too.

Tony Stark has him beat, in Tetris skills and convertible cool-factor.

# ? Jul 18, 2013 22:41

Tactical Bonnet: Nov 5, 2005; You'd be distressed too if some pile of bones just told you your favorite hat was stupid.

There are no tetris skills involved in stacking 4 flat pieces of map.

# ? Jul 18, 2013 23:04

Git Mah Belt Son: Apr 26, 2003; Happy Happy Gators

I so wish I could have gotten a picture just now. I saw a first today. I saw a guy with a 90s Civic that had EIGHT exhaust tips. Forget dualies or quads, dude has octosaust.

# ? Jul 18, 2013 23:12

randomidiot: May 12, 2006; by Fluffdaddy
(and can't post for 11 years!)

I know a lot of people consider their cars to be women, but this one is taking it a little too far. :nws:

e: alright, who replaced my super sexy avatar? :v:

# ? Jul 18, 2013 23:26

D C: Jun 20, 2004; 1-800-HOTLINEBLING
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Sudden Infant Def Syndrome posted:

Hey Hamilton goon.

That terrible car lives around me in the Upper Gage / Rymal area, but I've never had a camera to get a picture everytime I see it.

There's also a puke green Chrysler 300 with faux-Bentley crap all over it in the area that I see all the time too.

The Hammer is FULL of riced to hell lovely domestics. Usually its Cavaliers though.

I was there last summer for my cousins wedding, and I got a Challenger R/T rental for the weekend. Got so many thumbs up and 'awesome car' comments. Really is a different world.

# ? Jul 18, 2013 23:55

Sockington: Jul 26, 2003

Viking Blood posted:

scarborough.jpg

I laughed.

We're getting enough Hamilton/GTA AI goons in here we should do something like karting with Ziploc or something.

# ? Jul 19, 2013 01:12

solarNativity: Nov 11, 2012

some texas redneck posted:

e: alright, who replaced my super sexy avatar?

It wasn't me but holy poo poo was it creepy. This is marginally better.

# ? Jul 19, 2013 01:30

D C: Jun 20, 2004; 1-800-HOTLINEBLING
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Sockington posted:

I laughed.

We're getting enough Hamilton/GTA AI goons in here we should do something like karting with Ziploc or something.

Speaking of that I drove thru your hood again on Sunday.

# ? Jul 19, 2013 04:07

destructo: Apr 29, 2006

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Z-WRXpoxxg

# ? Jul 19, 2013 14:22

iForge: Oct 28, 2010; Apple's new "iBlacksmith Suite: Professional Edition" features the iForge, iAnvil, and the iHammer.

Here, have some pictures of an impala that has been sitting at my mechanic's shop for the last 6 years. The owner won't come get it apparently.

# ? Jul 19, 2013 22:43

11BulletCatcher: Feb 27, 2010; This Cold Ass Honkey Ain't No Jive Turkey, Ya Dig?

That poor car...

# ? Jul 19, 2013 23:08

randomidiot: May 12, 2006; by Fluffdaddy
(and can't post for 11 years!)

6 years? :stare:

Why hasn't the shop done a mechanic's lien and scrapped it yet?

# ? Jul 19, 2013 23:08

Seat Safety Switch: May 27, 2008; MY RELIGION IS THE SMALL BLOCK V8 AND COMMANDMENTS ONE THROUGH TEN ARE NEVER LIFT.; Pillbug

That reminds me of that episode of Hot Rod Unlimited where they scavenged a '66 Buick that had been sitting in another editor's mom's yard for decades. All of the interior was basically eroded down to the wire mesh holding the seats together.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLWndk3-tuk

# ? Jul 19, 2013 23:26

11BulletCatcher: Feb 27, 2010; This Cold Ass Honkey Ain't No Jive Turkey, Ya Dig?

kastein posted:

I get road raged occasionally (as in others get ragey and go for me, not the other way around) and generally it ends with the other dude being embarrassed.

First time I remember, I was driving my old POS Cherokee. It had been acting up due to a loose ground but I wasn't sure exactly what was going on yet. I pulled up to a traffic light just as it turned red and the drat thing stalled and shut off. Fortunately some other things stopped working at the same time which clued me in as to which ground was loose, so I popped the hood, got out, fixed it, started it back up and drove away, maybe two seconds after the light went green. AKA less time than some lovely drivers take to move when their car works normally. That wasn't fast enough for some dickbag behind me though, the second he saw me get out* he laid on the horn and started flashing his lights and poo poo.

He followed me through a few turns down a quiet road so I wasn't sure if he was following me or not. Took another few random turns and sure enough, he was... so I turned on the dome light and reached into the back seat for my crowbar. For some reason he didn't follow me the next time I turned.

* I'm 6 foot 5 and looked like a cross between a scruffy redneck, a construction site worker, and a biker gang member when this happened. I have no idea why he thought being a dick and then trying to follow me was a wise course of action.

PS: if you have an XJ and the HVAC blower, transmission controller, engine, and transfer case indicator lights all go wonky at the same time, check the ring terminal ground on the left inner fender by the ECU. It's probably loose

I carry a 16 oz rubber mallet in my car now just for this reason. I've been fortunate to avoid most ragers, but I've had a few close encounters enough that I like to be prepared.

# ? Jul 19, 2013 23:28

Zamboni Apocalypse: Dec 29, 2009

iForge posted:

Here, have some pictures of an impala that has been sitting at my mechanic's shop for the last 6 years. The owner won't come get it apparently.

Does it still run? Or was it "Feh, can't afford to get it running, I'll just let it sit"?

# ? Jul 19, 2013 23:28

KoRMaK: Jul 31, 2012

11BulletCatcher posted:

I carry a 16 oz rubber mallet in my car now just for this reason. I've been fortunate to avoid most ragers, but I've had a few close encounters enough that I like to be prepared.

To get the engine running or beat someone back without leaving bruises?

# ? Jul 19, 2013 23:54

iForge: Oct 28, 2010; Apple's new "iBlacksmith Suite: Professional Edition" features the iForge, iAnvil, and the iHammer.

I know the owner. He buys cars at auction and then never does anything with them. Apparently he made a deal with the mechanics old partner to get it running in exchange for 2 other cars that are still sitting there but the deal never went through and the cars are still sitting there. The owner has 8-10 cars out back of his house at any given time in the same or worse condition. Its a huge loving shame

# ? Jul 19, 2013 23:56

TrueChaos: Nov 14, 2006

Sockington posted:

I laughed.

We're getting enough Hamilton/GTA AI goons in here we should do something like karting with Ziploc or something.

I would come down from brockville for this.

# ? Jul 20, 2013 00:01

11BulletCatcher: Feb 27, 2010; This Cold Ass Honkey Ain't No Jive Turkey, Ya Dig?

KoRMaK posted:

To get the engine running or beat someone back without leaving bruises?

Both.

No, seriously, I actually bought in case I needed to press on my crank hub, but fonrtunately was able to avoid that.

# ? Jul 20, 2013 00:15

Astroman: Apr 8, 2001

Seat Safety Switch posted:

That reminds me of that episode of Hot Rod Unlimited where they scavenged a '66 Buick that had been sitting in another editor's mom's yard for decades. All of the interior was basically eroded down to the wire mesh holding the seats together.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLWndk3-tuk

That was...amazing. It's not so much the fact that "anything is fixable," because we've all seen stuff like Mooecow. It's the TIME they did it in. Right up there with the "parking lot engine swap" video.

# ? Jul 20, 2013 18:47

randomidiot: May 12, 2006; by Fluffdaddy
(and can't post for 11 years!)

Come and get this money (this money)
These Benjamins (Benjamins)
But then again I wanna see what you can do
Let me see you work, work, work, work, work
(What you workin' with?)
Ooh baby, don�t stop, drop that, don�t stop
What you workin' with?

# ? Jul 20, 2013 22:13

Dagen H: Mar 19, 2009; Hogertrafikomlaggningen

Quoting the reddit comment? I expected better.

# ? Jul 20, 2013 22:23

randomidiot: May 12, 2006; by Fluffdaddy
(and can't post for 11 years!)

That was my comment on reddit. :colbert:

# ? Jul 20, 2013 22:39

Dagen H: Mar 19, 2009; Hogertrafikomlaggningen

Carry on, then. V :shobon:

# ? Jul 20, 2013 22:41

Literally Lewis Hamilton: Feb 22, 2005

The lesser known Cobalt GT.

Not pictured was huge black plastic "stripes" on the side.

# ? Jul 21, 2013 06:15

kastein: Aug 31, 2011; Moderator at http://www.ridgelineownersclub.com/forums/and soon to be mod of AI. MAKE AI GREAT AGAIN. Motronic for VP.

Holy loving poo poo! :stonk:

Possibly the worst truck suspension and body fabrication I have EVER seen. And I've been watching this thread and the Pirate ghetto fab/hackjobs thread for... years now, and looked through the old taco scary-steering page, so that's saying a lot.

These pictures just keep on delivering horror and nightmares, every time I look at them again I see another horribly wrong thing. Like the way the front lower control arm bushings are tack welded into some rather large eyebolts as "adjusters". I'm not even going to try to list all the things wrong with the suspension on this turd, but I bet I could come up with at least a hundred possibly fatal problems with it.

http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/general-4x4-discussion/849050-ghetto-fab-hack-jobs-321.html#post19744537

I am very happy to see California plates on it because that means it will never make it far enough to crash near me.

# ? Jul 21, 2013 07:42

autism ZX spectrum: Feb 8, 2007; by Lowtax; Fun Shoe

Is it okay if I'm worried about the single tack weld holding the coil spring to the frame (at a weirdo angle, no less)?

# ? Jul 21, 2013 16:27

kastein: Aug 31, 2011; Moderator at http://www.ridgelineownersclub.com/forums/and soon to be mod of AI. MAKE AI GREAT AGAIN. Motronic for VP.

That is one of a very long list of things wrong with that suspension, but yes I would definitely worry about that.

# ? Jul 21, 2013 16:33

Kia Soul Enthusias: May 9, 2004; zoom-zoom; Toilet Rascal

What the hell is that??

# ? Jul 21, 2013 20:36

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# ? May 27, 2024 14:05

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

Nubile Hillock posted:

single tack weld holding the coil spring to the frame

You weren't kidding :staredog:

# ? Jul 21, 2013 21:14

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