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http://www.blazetheautobot.com/ I know this guy. 
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"Perelli" 
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Sep 7, 2013 18:14
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HID LEDs huh..
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Sep 7, 2013 19:21
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So it's supposed to be KITT, and a Transformer? Improbable.
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Sep 7, 2013 19:38
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SaNChEzZ posted:HID LEDs huh.. Yeah, they're HID under the HOOD! 
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Sep 7, 2013 19:42
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It's kind of funny how you can look at that website and just know the guy is a complete tool in person.
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Sep 8, 2013 00:03
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Christ I just saw three silver PT Cruisers parked within two blocks of my home.
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Sep 8, 2013 02:22
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Spotted on a 2009-ish CR-V: All four tires were this bald. This rear end in a top hat drives on the same roads as me.
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Sep 8, 2013 03:12
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Dr.Smasher posted:I think that belongs in the Awesome thread. That may not be the consensus in this thread, but I'd drive it. Gat-dayum, that is a piece of work.  Make the top of the tailgate flat, not curved like the original trunklid, and finish up the paint, I'd drive the gently caress out of that.
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Sep 8, 2013 03:40
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Blood Magnet posted:Spotted on a 2009-ish CR-V: As long as it's not raining and they don't drive through a lot of standing water this is not dangerous at all. I run tires pretty drat low when it's not winter
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Sep 8, 2013 04:53
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On the horrible wrapping around to awesome front: Someone in the news has finally noticed the tied up woman tailgate decal. http://www.wptv.com/dpp/news/bound-woman-tailgate-decal-stirs-controversy-in-texas
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Sep 8, 2013 06:13
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aventari posted:As long as it's not raining and they don't drive through a lot of standing water this is not dangerous at all. I run tires pretty drat low when it's not winter It rains every day here during the summer.
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Sep 8, 2013 06:14
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Not that I advocate this in any way, but if you stuck a knife in the sidewall of each of his tires you'd actually be doing that jackass a favor at this point.
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Sep 8, 2013 07:26
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aventari posted:As long as it's not raining and they don't drive through a lot of standing water this is not dangerous at all. I run tires pretty drat low when it's not winter Bullshit. Just because there's a lot of rubber in contact with the road doesn't mean there's good grip. That's dangerous anywhere.
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Sep 8, 2013 09:03
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aventari posted:As long as it's not raining and they don't drive through a lot of standing water this is not dangerous at all. I run tires pretty drat low when it's not winter Speaking of M3 CSLs and their somehow legal tires, I saw one driving in Glasgow years ago in rain that was so bad it was flooding the road, and he was on the slicks. 
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Sep 8, 2013 09:36
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That rubber has been heat cycled to death to get that low, those are not racing slicks.
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Sep 8, 2013 12:41
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Cakefool posted:Bullshit. Just because there's a lot of rubber in contact with the road doesn't mean there's good grip. That's dangerous anywhere. True. And I'd bet money that the inside edge of that tire has some belts showing unless they've been running them very overinflated for a long time.
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Sep 8, 2013 12:42
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I have one tire almost that low (looking for a replacement to match the other 3, think I found one and will be picking it up this week on my way home from work probably) and no, it doesn't grip worth a poo poo. I can get that one spinning about 5 times easier than the other rear if I throw it into a corner, so I have to remember that right corners are granny driving time and left corners are NASCAR style. Even taking into account that the rear right normally lets loose first it handles rather abnormally. I would never lend the car to someone with a tire like this on it because I try not to kill my friends. Buy new tires when they get that low goddammit.
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Sep 8, 2013 13:32
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kastein posted:Buy new tires when they get that low goddammit. But, but, but tires are expensive!
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Sep 8, 2013 14:06
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So is paying someone else's hospital bills because you hydroplaned into them on the freeway. (I have a friend like this, I refuse to ride in his car)
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Sep 8, 2013 14:34
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G-Mach posted:But, but, but tires are expensive! You joke but apparently those rent-to-own **Rimzzz** places have discovered they can make mint by rent-to-owning normal new tires to people who can't pass inspection. It is terrible car stuff and terrible predatory lending all rolled into one!
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Sep 8, 2013 15:11
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Falken posted:Seeing as the "road legal" slicks seen on the M3 CSLs require a signature to BMW that you will not drive it in the wet look better than this... I'll pass. I'm no expert on tires by a long shot, but surely when the rubber gets that low there's going to be little grip. You mean Michelin Pilot Sport Cup+ tyres? They're not slicks. Slicks aren't road legal here, at all, regardless of when you drive. Any tyre with less than 1.6mm over the main 3/4 of the tread is illegal. So if he's driving on flooded roads with Cup+ tyres with over 1.6mm on the main 3/4, he's doing it legally. 
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Sep 8, 2013 15:38
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G-Mach posted:But, but, but tires are expensive! Anyone can afford a set of LingLongs.  http://en.linglong.cn/index.html
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Sep 8, 2013 15:58
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Goober Peas posted:Anyone can afford a set of LingLongs. Or federals for the performance minded cheapskate!
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Sep 8, 2013 18:30
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SaNChEzZ posted:Or federals for the performance minded cheapskate! I liked my 595s for what they were 
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Sep 8, 2013 19:42
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Yeah, I thought the 595s were considered to be perfectly resonable for people who couldn't quite come to terms with shelling out for 888s or AD-08s?
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Sep 8, 2013 20:20
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My Volvo came with "Forceum D800" tires. They say "Made in Indonesia" on the side. As much as I like chirping the tires with moderate acceleration from a stop, I think I'll get new ones when the rain starts.
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Sep 8, 2013 21:04
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Yep, I always use 595s, for just over $50 per 225/45/17 they're a great budget summer tire.
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Sep 8, 2013 21:53
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The Fairlane's rears aren't much better than those CR-V ones. I really need to replace the near bald, multi plugged tyres but they are one of the many "WTF why so much?" parts of the car. If it's any consolation it has grass growing under it in the driveway. It's weird. If I've just been driving the Niva and have to use the Fairlane my reaction every time is disbelief at how awful it feels. Everything is more refined but it also feels like I'm driving it through vague suggestions. It's a better long haul highway car I guess except my lumbar isn't right below my shoulder blades, and for some reason I'm always struggling to stay awake after 1/2 hour. No exhaust leaks. Just mindnumbing.
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Sep 8, 2013 22:02
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My first derail. <sniff>
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Sep 8, 2013 22:15
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Various poo poo I've snapped lately    And this thing. Is Bub Rub getting a kickback off this? 
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Sep 8, 2013 22:22
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A few off of my phone I've been meaning to upload   
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Sep 9, 2013 00:04
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 Step 1 in scaring the poo poo out of anybody who gets in your car to work on it: place mannequin in back seat. Step 2: patience.  Meal for a Volvo, nothing left but skin and bones.
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Sep 9, 2013 01:41
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Even though I'm a fan of GTA, I have a feeling this belongs in this thread. http://www.topgear.com/uk/photos/bravado-banshee-grand-theft-auto-v-2013-09-04?utm_expid=12261766-9.n3UKns_sT6uGHKlagvv2qg.0
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Sep 9, 2013 02:01
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It actually looks pretty drat cool in the pictures.
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Sep 9, 2013 05:05
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Yeah, they did a pretty good job reshaping the Viper into the game car. They could have slapped a front clip on it and called it a day, but they put some work into it.
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Sep 9, 2013 05:23
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Put some standard Caddy tires on this and I'd drive the poo poo out of it. I love bustleback Sevilles.
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Sep 9, 2013 17:50
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 That's one way to get bigger wheels, I suppose.
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A friend of mine is in Dubai at the moment and has just been to see the Rainbow Sheikh's car collection, or at least a chunk of it. Flicking through the admittedly lovely quality pictures among all the horrible rainbow painted piles of gaudy gold and white poo poo is this loving weirdo of a car...
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