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Atticus_1354 posted:This is really popular with Mexican drivers around here and after a good rain all the trucks are covered with mud because the tires just throw all the mud from the road straight on the truck. I just don't get it. Offsetting the rollover risk of adding height, maybe?
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I honestly thought that was a gasser until I clicked the thumbnail.Atticus_1354 posted:This is really popular with Mexican drivers around here and after a good rain all the trucks are covered with mud because the tires just throw all the mud from the road straight on the truck. I just don't get it. The Niva did that with the wheels that came with it. First puddle in the dirt I drove through mud got flung all over it, roof and all. Surprised me for sure.
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Wasabi the J posted:Offsetting the rollover risk of adding height, maybe? But most of them are stock height or even lowered. Maybe I just don't get it because I am outside the culture.
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rear end in a top hat casserole posted:They're still looking for the chairs.
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Atticus_1354 posted:This is really popular with Mexican drivers around here and after a good rain all the trucks are covered with mud because the tires just throw all the mud from the road straight on the truck. I just don't get it. This is why I carry lots of pennies in my car. For assholes who think its "cool" to have 6 inches of tire outside of the fender, and gravel trucks that never close their loving gate properly after dumping and spew poo poo all over the road. Flip a few pennies out the sunroof. Not responsible for my broken windshields indeed.
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veedubfreak posted:This is why I carry lots of pennies in my car. For assholes who think its "cool" to have 6 inches of tire outside of the fender, and gravel trucks that never close their loving gate properly after dumping and spew poo poo all over the road. Flip a few pennies out the sunroof. Not responsible for my broken windshields indeed. Are you under the impression that this is a reasonable thing to do?
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Sep 12, 2013 15:08
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veedubfreak posted:This is why I carry lots of pennies in my car. For assholes who think its "cool" to have 6 inches of tire outside of the fender, and gravel trucks that never close their loving gate properly after dumping and spew poo poo all over the road. Flip a few pennies out the sunroof. Not responsible for my broken windshields indeed. Well at least this post is in the right thread.
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Sep 12, 2013 15:09
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veedubfreak posted:This is why I carry lots of pennies in my car. For assholes who think its "cool" to have 6 inches of tire outside of the fender, and gravel trucks that never close their loving gate properly after dumping and spew poo poo all over the road. Flip a few pennies out the sunroof. Not responsible for my broken windshields indeed. Can't wait for someone to kick your teeth down your throat hahaha. What a dweeby thing to do.
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Sep 12, 2013 15:10
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Oh my god I bet he was totally serious! Let's track him down and administer some internet justice!
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Sep 12, 2013 15:19
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Pain machine, et. al.
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I guess you could call his actions a penny ante response.  Also: Canada no longer has pennies. Americans shouldn't be wasting them - one day your government will take them away too.
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Sep 12, 2013 16:53
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Seat Safety Switch posted:I guess you could call his actions a penny ante response. When my Great Uncle died we found two garbage cans full of pennies in his basement. I'm good for a while.
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Sep 12, 2013 18:08
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Rhyno posted:When my Great Uncle died we found two garbage cans full of pennies in his basement. I'm good for a while. You should have welded those together and created a new
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West SAAB Story posted:You should have welded those together and created a new He always said he hated pennies and he was gonna melt them down and make something out of them one day.
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Rhyno posted:When my Great Uncle died we found two garbage cans full of pennies in his basement. I'm good for a while. I just did a rough calculation and assuming it's a big 55 gallon can that's like ~$8500. You should probably just go cash that poo poo in.
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Rhyno posted:He always said he hated pennies and he was gonna melt them down and make something out of them one day. Such a good idea..
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JP Money posted:I just did a rough calculation and assuming it's a big 55 gallon can that's like ~$8500. You should probably just go cash that poo poo in. We did. It was close to $5000 but we found a poo poo load of rare coins at the bottom of the bins. In the end the total take was like $7K and we kept about four gallons worth for some reason. I think my mother still has them.
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Rhyno posted:We did. It was close to $5000 but we found a poo poo load of rare coins at the bottom of the bins. In the end the total take was like $7K and we kept about four gallons worth for some reason. I think my mother still has them. Make a penny floor in your bathroom. 
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Sep 12, 2013 19:15
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Sounds like something I would've seen a local news piece about. Did anyone do a story about it?
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Sep 12, 2013 19:17
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Ulfhednar posted:Found these two on imgur's homepage: My buddy with giant 4x4 tires has to do this to test emissions. They dyno the cars here and big mud tires don't stay on the rollers or fit in the safety rollers.
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Slim Pickens posted:Sounds like something I would've seen a local news piece about. Did anyone do a story about it? No. This was almost ten years ago in a Chicago suburb. My aunt wanted to call the news but we didn't want attention. Also he had a heart attack in his kitchen, fell over and smashed his head open on the stove so the place looked like a murder had taken place so we didn't want to have to explain that either.
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Sep 12, 2013 21:57
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Rhyno posted:No. This was almost ten years ago in a Chicago suburb. My aunt wanted to call the news but we didn't want attention. People have been murdered for less... we're watching you.
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The 5th lug is just for show.  He had bling rims on the other side. I don't know what brand, They were black and had a bunch of alloy spokes (not to be confused with bicycle spoke style bling rims). 
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Just what is it about PT Cruisers that inspire people? You certainly don't see lots pictures of Chevy HHRs decked out in psuedo-50s plastic parts. If I'm wrong on that one, please don't correct me!  Edit: Removed license plates Ulfhednar fucked around with this message at 02:28 on Sep 13, 2013 |
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Ulfhednar posted:Just what is it about PT Cruisers that inspire people? You certainly don't see lots pictures of Chevy HHRs decked out in psuedo-50s plastic parts. If I'm wrong on that one, please don't correct me! But I have to correct you. http://cache.jalopnik.com/cars/other_hhr_woody.jpg http://www.customshop.org/images/chevyhhr003gm10138.jpg http://www.ssrfanatic.com/forum/attachments/f4/111146d1318691623-over-hhr-forum-chevrolet-hhr-panel-picture-2845.jpg http://remarkablecars.com/wiki/images/thumb/6/67/Chevy-2006-hhr-custom-1153.JPG/600px-Chevy-2006-hhr-custom-1153.JPG Some don't look nearly as lovely though: http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/03/d8/99/03d899f167eeea1baef6901ffb428aad.jpg Doesn't excuse the fake side-exhausts-bolted-shut-look. (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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 Local cops just put this on Facebook. 
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Lurch posted:
Awww, they should have just tailed him until he took a turn and smashed out some windows, then pulled him over.
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SocketSeven posted:The 5th lug is just for show. Allow me to explain this one. He took the car to his local tire monkey and they stripped out one of the lugs. VWs use lug bolts and most tire monkeys use air tools and then strip out the drum/rotor. How do I know? Because it happened to me, not once, not twice, but 3 loving times so far. When getting tires done, watch the tire monkeys, because if they do strip the poo poo, they won't loving tell you and you only find out when you go to put your summer wheels back on the car. My 11 already had to have both rear hubs replaced (paid for by the owner of said monkey) because they managed to strip a lug on both rear hubs.
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Wasabi the J posted:
Lake Pipes. 
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This is why I bring my rims/tires to the tire shop and have that poo poo done, then go home and put them on myself. If someone is going to gently caress up my car it is going to be me, dammit.
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Boaz MacPhereson posted:Lake Pipes. I'm sorry to tell you, but Victoria has a hernia
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kastein posted:This is why I bring my rims/tires to the tire shop and have that poo poo done, then go home and put them on myself. If someone is going to gently caress up my car it is going to be me, dammit. This only works if you have a 2nd car that can be driven to the shop. Some of us only have 1 car on the road 
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veedubfreak posted:Allow me to explain this one. He took the car to his local tire monkey and they stripped out one of the lugs. VWs use lug bolts and most tire monkeys use air tools and then strip out the drum/rotor. How do I know? Because it happened to me, not once, not twice, but 3 loving times so far. When getting tires done, watch the tire monkeys, because if they do strip the poo poo, they won't loving tell you and you only find out when you go to put your summer wheels back on the car. My 11 already had to have both rear hubs replaced (paid for by the owner of said monkey) because they managed to strip a lug on both rear hubs. I was wondering about the bolts too, but concluded they HAD to be proper lugs of some sort, rather the just some random bolts that were sitting around a garage and had the right threads. NOBODY is so dumb as to regular old bolts as wheel lugs, right? right!?
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SocketSeven posted:I was wondering about the bolts too, but concluded they HAD to be proper lugs of some sort, rather the just some random bolts that were sitting around a garage and had the right threads. NOBODY is so dumb as to regular old bolts as wheel lugs, right? right!? They appear to be the proper lug bolts. They have a certain taper to them also for the steel wheels. I don't remember off the top of my head if they are ball seat or not.
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veedubfreak posted:This only works if you have a 2nd car that can be driven to the shop. Some of us only have 1 car on the road It works if you have a second set of wheels, too.
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veedubfreak posted:Allow me to explain this one. He took the car to his local tire monkey and they stripped out one of the lugs. VWs use lug bolts and most tire monkeys use air tools and then strip out the drum/rotor. How do I know? Because it happened to me, not once, not twice, but 3 loving times so far. When getting tires done, watch the tire monkeys, because if they do strip the poo poo, they won't loving tell you and you only find out when you go to put your summer wheels back on the car. My 11 already had to have both rear hubs replaced (paid for by the owner of said monkey) because they managed to strip a lug on both rear hubs. The hubs on Chrysler PL cars are notoriously weak so I make a habit of going to tire shops during non peak hours and request they use a torque wrench instead of air tools. Watch them write it down before handing it to the tech then stand at the glass. I try to tip the tech a few bucks on the down low if I like the shop and plan on returning (tips are probably not super kosher at a lot of places). First few years I went through half a dozen hubs from techs breaking my wheel studs and now I have a handful of shops I use regularly and I don't even have to ask any more. I'd do it myself but I have one car and a bad back.
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       quote:Following the Polar Edition in Europe, the Jeep Wrangler receives another special edition model - this time in North America. Jeep has decided to build the Wrangler Dragon Design concept that was on display last year at the Auto China 2012. Just the thing to go with my flaming dragon shirt? 
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kastein posted:This is why I bring my rims/tires to the tire shop and have that poo poo done, then go home and put them on myself. If someone is going to gently caress up my car it is going to be me, dammit. You'd think this would work wouldn't you? I also go the extra mile of washing and waxing my wheels that I bring in just to show them that I care about my wheels and want them treated well Then I tell the guy at the counter to please not scratch them as they are nearly new and I've had wheels scratched before. They always say the same thing,  "We are very careful sir, we don't scratch or blemish anything" Then when you pick them up, all four look like this 
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fknlo posted:Just the thing to go with my flaming dragon shirt? I've never been able to take Wranglers seriously since i saw Clueless as a kid.
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