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some texas redneck posted:Texas privatized custom plates awhile back, pretty sure that's the only reason we get so many choices. Yeah, that not being able to get 7 letters on a custom plate pisses me off. They also made the standard TX plate incredibly boring. It's white with black letters, for gently caress's sake. The only decoration is the little Texas start in the corner. We used to have cowboys and space shuttles, drat it! e: also, goddamn on that truck jump. Fell asleep at the wheel, I'd guess?
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That or drunk. That stretch of road isn't exactly taxing.
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Aug 20, 2013 21:36
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Maker Of Shoes posted:That or drunk. That stretch of road isn't exactly taxing. Intoxicated, according to the article.
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Aug 20, 2013 21:38
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Vine is complete rammel, so thanks for posting that 
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Aug 20, 2013 21:46
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Maker Of Shoes posted:https://vine.co/v/hMLVA1emhej Holy shitballs that's amazing to watch in a loop. I wonder if he was in a different truck like an SVT Raptor or if he was going faster if he would have cleared it. He made it a good 90% of the way. It reminds me of that high speed chase with the 3rd gen F-Body that drills the median and soars into the overpass. Anyone have that handy?
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Aug 20, 2013 22:00
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Somewhat Heroic posted:Holy shitballs that's amazing to watch in a loop. I wonder if he was in a different truck like an SVT Raptor or if he was going faster if he would have cleared it. He made it a good 90% of the way. It reminds me of that high speed chase with the 3rd gen F-Body that drills the median and soars into the overpass. Anyone have that handy? I guess the real question becomes how hosed up do you have to be to drive down a median at what looks like 60 plus. With a trailer in tow no less.
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Aug 20, 2013 22:22
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Somewhat Heroic posted:Holy shitballs that's amazing to watch in a loop. I wonder if he was in a different truck like an SVT Raptor or if he was going faster if he would have cleared it. He made it a good 90% of the way. It reminds me of that high speed chase with the 3rd gen F-Body that drills the median and soars into the overpass. Anyone have that handy? I only have this version saved: 
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Aug 20, 2013 22:52
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Valt posted:I guess the real question becomes how hosed up do you have to be to drive down a median at what looks like 60 plus. With a trailer in tow no less. Meth. Not even once.
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Aug 20, 2013 22:58
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Someone photoshop some Sonic The Hedgehog rings onto this
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Aug 20, 2013 23:09
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Deeters posted:I only have this version saved: Everyone is a winner.
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Aug 20, 2013 23:18
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Deeters posted:I only have this version saved: Thaaat's the one. It's only enhanced with the knight rider opening. Thinking about it more I bet he could have cleared more real estate if the trailer wasn't attached.
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Aug 20, 2013 23:27
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joat mon posted:There's definitely something to be said for air bags and crumple zones. Definitely. I walked away from this unharmed:  (I made it out before the fire got too bad..)
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Aug 20, 2013 23:42
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Mooseykins posted:Definitely. Was the engine torn out in the crash or did it fall out afterwards from the fire or relocation?
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Aug 20, 2013 23:46
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General_Failure posted:Was the engine torn out in the crash or did it fall out afterwards from the fire or relocation? It fell out afterwards when it was unloaded from the truck. There was nothing left to hold it in, the gearbox melted so the mount on that side was AWOL. As was the gearbox and.. most of my beloved car. *cries*
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Aug 21, 2013 00:56
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Mooseykins posted:It fell out afterwards when it was unloaded from the truck. There was nothing left to hold it in, the gearbox melted so the mount on that side was AWOL. As was the gearbox and.. most of my beloved car. Ouch. But I am glad that the engine wasn't torn out with enough force to end up underneath. That would have been bad.
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Aug 21, 2013 01:04
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General_Failure posted:Ouch. But I am glad that the engine wasn't torn out with enough force to end up underneath. That would have been bad. That's actually the designed failure method for most modern cars, isn't it? It takes a hell of a lot of energy to do so, which becomes energy that isn't being dissipated through the fleshy things inside the car.
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Aug 21, 2013 01:05
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IOwnCalculus posted:That's actually the designed failure method for most modern cars, isn't it? It takes a hell of a lot of energy to do so, which becomes energy that isn't being dissipated through the fleshy things inside the car. I believe so. Hence my comment. The energy wasn't enough to have done so, so the crash would have been hopefully less severe than one that would have dislodged the engine.
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Aug 21, 2013 01:08
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Terrible Robot posted:Kinda surprised at how well the AE86 seems to have held up, all things considered. Although it does look like somebody went through the windshield. oooh diamond racing wheels with 0 offset - those were cool on honda-tech a few years ago
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Aug 21, 2013 01:20
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Zamboni Apocalypse posted:Looks like big American iron from the '60s or so - two-door for sure, might have a back seat. Appears to be a '63-'64 Pontiac Bonneville
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Aug 21, 2013 02:21
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Photoshopped, everyone knows old body-on-frame American cars are more solid and durable than those unibody European pieces of crap.  Seriously, this is an even more vivid demonstration than that vid from a few years back where they filmed an offset crash between an 09 Malibu and a 59 Bel Air.
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Aug 21, 2013 02:55
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Mooseykins posted:I walked away from this unharmed: You can't post that without some kind of backstory.  I keep hearing the horn from the Dukes of Hazard car(s).
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Aug 21, 2013 03:10
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 Way too many of these driving around this area....
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Aug 21, 2013 04:31
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Give it Washington plates, and I'm right back home in Bellingham. 
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Aug 21, 2013 04:56
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No grateful dead sticker, no sale.
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Aug 21, 2013 07:11
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Fucknag posted:Photoshopped, everyone knows old body-on-frame American cars are more solid and durable than those unibody European pieces of crap. People say this unironically where I work PT (Home Depot) and then get all racist on me about the "hispanic ethnicity" day-laborers in the parking lot. In Phoenix. I'm from Idaho where this racism was rampant, and it is way worse down here in Arizona, which I didn't think was possible before I move down. Not a day goes by I don't want to choke a bitch.
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Aug 21, 2013 07:24
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A reminder that the contemporary 'European piece of crap' that stereotype was based on was some paragon of safety like a Deux Chevaux, MG, Fiat or very generously something like a Peugot 204. All cars that if surviving to present-day would crumple like tinfoil if you taped a note to them written in Impact font
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Aug 21, 2013 07:50
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Mooseykins posted:It fell out afterwards when it was unloaded from the truck. There was nothing left to hold it in, the gearbox melted so the mount on that side was AWOL. As was the gearbox and.. most of my beloved car. fwiw, you are lucky to be alive, because jesus christ
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Aug 21, 2013 08:16
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Aug 21, 2013 08:25
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This has made me incredibly angry.
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Aug 21, 2013 08:27
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Awaiting the inevitable Romney jokes
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Aug 21, 2013 08:35
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It's ancient. Like, pre-Fark ancient.
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Aug 21, 2013 08:38
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Is this in Europe somewhere? A reverse image search turned up this.  Don't know if it should be in this thread or not.
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Aug 21, 2013 13:13
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SierraEchoBravo posted:Is this in Europe somewhere? Looks like east Asia, going by the oriental writing on the tanker body in one pic. SierraEchoBravo posted:A reverse image search turned up this. That looks like the old Mercedes-Benz concept truck. Colani: http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2006/12/concept-truck-by-luigi-colani.html
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Aug 21, 2013 13:21
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Tough call. Everything that dude designs looks like it came from the streamlined future.  He's apparently more of a sculptor and futurist than a real car designer, and I've never really been sure if I like his designs or not. e;fb
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Aug 21, 2013 13:26
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It looks like something that would be at home in the more recent Star Wars movies.
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Aug 21, 2013 13:33
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IIRC if I recall correctly he designed the Eifelland Formula 1 car, which looked pretty neat but was a massive failure otherwise. He did not understand aerodynamics very well.
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Aug 21, 2013 14:30
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SierraEchoBravo posted:It looks like something that would be at home in the more recent Star Wars movies. Speed Racer
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Aug 21, 2013 15:56
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SierraEchoBravo posted:Is this in Europe somewhere? I'd guess SE Asia. The dog looks like a Korean Jindo, or other similar Asian breed. And it's not Japan, because they drive on the left.
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Aug 21, 2013 16:05
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rear end in a top hat casserole posted:I'd guess SE Asia. The dog looks like a Korean Jindo, or other similar Asian breed. And it's not Japan, because they drive on the left. There's Korean on the placard on the side of the truck in the bottom left picture.
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Random idiot pulls up to some people hanging out in a parking lot and starts spouting poo poo that he wants to race in his mum's CX9. Says that he had a 400hp RSX until of course he totalled it. He gets asked about said RSX and what he did to get 400hp out of it and "I don't want to talk about it". What a bunch of dicks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XszCEElIiKE Have this too. 
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