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aventari posted:Then when you pick them up, all four look like this Careless installation on the balancer. Newer machines have a rubber guard that goes over the cup so that doesn't happen, and a bearing between the cup and the... handle... thing so it spins there instead of dragging the cup across your wheel and scratching it. Also I use an impact gun to tighten lug nuts. But I turn it to the lowest setting and use the thinnest torque stick we have. Basically just enough to snug them and hold the wheel on until it's on the ground and I can set the final torque by hand. The other techs give me endless poo poo for it, but I've never* broken a stud or wheel bolt.  I mean, by company policy we hand torque every car, but a torque wrench only tells you it's tight enough, doesn't do any good if it's too tight. *While installing wheels. I've had to intentionally break a few that were siezed on/crossthreaded already when the car came in. We're an express shop, so neither management nor the customers are willing to wait a few days with PB blaster like we would on our own vehicles in here.
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So this one's on me... I've known I needed to do my rear brakes for a while, but a side of thyroid cancer treatment and terrible weather when I did feel up to doing the job meant I put it off for several months. Long story short, I've been driving around with scraping grinding noises from my right rear wheel for a while. Then my ABS light turned on. Today was finally my chance - right weather, right tools, right energy level. Old pads, or more accurately backing plate and pad:  The rotor was a complete motherfucker to get off, but after three attempts with the "screw a bolt at the thing from the caliper mounts" method, it popped off. Then I found out 1) why my ABS light came on, and 2) where all that metal missing from the backing plate went:  So now I have a new appreciation for myself saying "Fix your drat car!" at people whose cars sound like bolts in a meat grinder. Also shame. Lots of shame.
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Mooseykins posted:I've never been able to take Wranglers seriously since i saw Clueless as a kid. For me it was the bros in highschool with hemp bracelets, visors with their frosted hair sticking out the top, and driving around doorless with their foot out the door.
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fknlo posted:Just the thing to go with my flaming dragon shirt? So help me, I kind of like the grille & the gold gauge trim. Everything else is hideous.
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Boat posted:So help me, I kind of like the grille & the gold gauge trim. Everything else is hideous. Yeah, take away anything dragony and the gold steering wheel and door accents, and I think it's not too shabby. Also, wasn't "dragoning" a thing about having sex with a car?
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I sat in traffic behind this guy for a while and I'm still not exactly sure what happened here. 
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aventari posted:You'd think this would work wouldn't you? This is why we can't have nice things. I have driven away from a shop with loose lugs, and missing ones. I haven't had any stripped irreparably yet, but it's common that they just don't get done right.
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I'm not sure if this is terrible or awesome. The more I saw it the more it grew on me. click for big.
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tobu posted:I'm not sure if this is terrible or awesome. The more I saw it the more it grew on me. There's one of those down the road from my house at a building site, at first I thought it was interestingly weird but now I just think it looks ugly.
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Sudden Infant Def Syndrome posted:Yeah, take away anything dragony and the gold steering wheel and door accents, and I think it's not too shabby. ...well, you asked.  http://dragonshavingsexwithcars.tumblr.com/ I think there was a GBS post with most of these at some point.
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Boat posted:...well, you asked. That last one with the Camaro is the worst, if only because the dude starts critiquing it like it's serious art. "The artists’ decision to use the Chevy Camaro in this picture, then, becomes obvious, but the brilliance of detail that he brings into this work cannot be neglected. The wood grain in the back walls is sumptuous and provides a contrast with the purple of the car, representing both the kingly nature of the vehicle and its dignified sensuality."
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 I have over $4000 in that pile of parts.
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ultimateforce posted:
And you'll have $1000 more in it again before you sell it all for $2000!
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Almost there!!
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Ror posted:I sat in traffic behind this guy for a while and I'm still not exactly sure what happened here. The white picket fence and foliage makes this pretty awesome in my opinion. Also the two right-side light assemblies with one upside-down. Dude gives no fucks whatsoever.  tobu posted:I'm not sure if this is terrible or awesome. The more I saw it the more it grew on me. It looks like he was going for the HMMWV look  but ended up looking like a Pontiac Aztek on steroids.
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Bad Angus! Bad!
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Ygolonac posted:
Is this a thing now?  I got a bunch of stuff that I don't think I've put in here yet, apologies for any reposts:       
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tobu posted:I'm not sure if this is terrible or awesome. The more I saw it the more it grew on me. It's an aero top, they make a couple mpg improvement.
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Am I missing something? A dog is in the back of a pickup 
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So I did a thing in east Europe.
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Pham Nuwen posted:Am I missing something? A dog is in the back of a pickup Driving at 50 mi/hr down a hilly road. Is this normal for you? e: VVV That was the first and only time I've ever seen it, wow, I had no idea it was a normal thing. Cacafuego fucked around with this message at 00:03 on Sep 15, 2013 |
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Cacafuego posted:Driving at 50 mi/hr down a hilly road. Is this normal for you? And riding on the toolbox. Yes, very normal when I was living in North Carolina. I'm not saying it's a good idea, but it's pretty normal for a house dog down there. Hunting dogs go in a dog box so they don't take off after poo poo as you drive down the road.
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Pretty normal in Australia...
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Cacafuego posted:Driving at 50 mi/hr down a hilly road. Is this normal for you? People do it all the time in rural areas. It isn't safe and my friends dog has 3 legs to prove that, but people do it anyways. My dog only gets to ride in the bed if I am driving around the property. Otherwise she goes in the cab. Go to page 16 of this PDF for an article about a photgrapher who does pictures of truck dogs. http://www.cenizojournal.com/cenizo-2013-02.pdf
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I know this has been a thing for years, but I never understood why. There has never been any connection in either business or design between Bentley and Chrysler, it's like sticking a farting fairy on the hood of a Chevy Impala.
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Uhh, didn't Chrysler license the front design from Bentley for that car?
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revmoo posted:Uhh, didn't Chrysler license the front design from Bentley for that car? I don't think so. If you were Bentley, would you let them?
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revmoo posted:Uhh, didn't Chrysler license the front design from Bentley for that car? I don't believe so. Chrysler just ganked the big mesh grill and a sort-of-similar front end design.
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it seems even less likely that they'd license it, given that Chrysler was merged with Daimler-Benz at the time, and Bentley is a VAG product.
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Atticus_1354 posted:People do it all the time in rural areas. It isn't safe and my friends dog has 3 legs to prove that, but people do it anyways. My dog only gets to ride in the bed if I am driving around the property. Otherwise she goes in the cab. Very common in Texas. When I still had the pickup my dogs got to ride in back all the time. They loved it. I had a tie-down point in the middle of the bed at the front. They were leashed to the truck so they couldn't jump/fall out. Just enough slack to get their head and shoulders over the side for that sweet, sweet 50mph breeze in the face. Yeah, there's zero protection from a wreck but if they were riding inside there wouldn't be much more.
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Linedance posted:a VAG product. Never not going to make me snigger.
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Cakefool posted:Never not going to make me snigger. Aren't we all a VAG product? 
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The 300 is commonly called the "Baby Bentley" so of course people stick the badge on there.
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Goober Peas posted:Aren't we all a VAG product? Unless you were artificially inseminated and caesarean born, yup.
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Rhyno posted:The 300 is commonly called the "Baby Bentley" so of course people stick the badge on there. By who??? It's nothing like a Bentley.
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Mooseykins posted:By who??? It's nothing like a Bentley. Not to you or me or anyone who knows anything about cars but this is a thing. https://www.google.com/search?q=bab...6&bih=643&dpr=1
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Kill-9 posted:Very common in Texas. When I still had the pickup my dogs got to ride in back all the time. They loved it. Yeah I am in Texas also, but it happens all over the place. Also my dog was raised in my lifted Cherokee so she is used to being inside and now that I have a truck she is old and would rather sleep in the car. 
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Rhyno posted:Not to you or me or anyone who knows anything about cars but this is a thing. 
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