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InitialDave
Jun 14, 2007

I Want To Believe.
Why? The way you describe it, the cyclist was the one at fault. If they ran a red into oncoming traffic, that's their own drat problem.

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AirRaid
Dec 21, 2004

Nose Manual + Super Sonic Spin Attack
Not sure what thread this goes in, really.



In case a finnish goon wants to buy it... http://www.nettiauto.com/volkswagen/kupla/5988948

TRANS AM 20000
Apr 17, 2010


Time to punch it!



I think this might belong here, but it could be wrong thread material.

CroatianAlzheimers
Jun 15, 2009

I can't remember why I'm mad at you...


General Wiggles posted:



I think this might belong here, but it could be wrong thread material.

It looks shocked, like the automotive equivalent of :stare:

rscott
Dec 10, 2009
Just imagine what those googily eyes look like going down the road, bouncing everywhere

TRANS AM 20000
Apr 17, 2010


Time to punch it!

CroatianAlzheimers posted:

It looks shocked, like the automotive equivalent of :stare:

Looking at it now, it looks remarkably like my Tony Turbo car that I got from a Chevron gas station many years ago, just slightly more... surprised.

Uthor
Jul 9, 2006

Gummy Bear Heaven ... It's where I go when the world is too mean.

rscott posted:

Just imagine what those googily eyes look like going down the road, bouncing everywhere

They're G meters used to tell how fast you are going around a corner.

Rnr
Sep 5, 2003

some sort of irredeemable trash person
Changing brakes on wife's ancient Fiat and... god damned wasp queen hibernating inside

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.
You know what kills wasps in a millisecond? Brakleen.

Also, on an unrelated note, it looks like those brakes really need cleaning :unsmigghh:

PainterofCrap
Oct 17, 2002

hey bebe



Rnr posted:

Changing brakes on wife's ancient Fiat and... god damned wasp queen hibernating inside



That looks like a bald-faced hornet, I had a large nest of them in my yard. I have the nest in my office now, mounted.

Seconding Brakleen if you want to go that route. Judging by the crud, that wheel cylinder has got to go.

Rnr
Sep 5, 2003

some sort of irredeemable trash person

PainterofCrap posted:

That looks like a bald-faced hornet, I had a large nest of them in my yard. I have the nest in my office now, mounted.

Seconding Brakleen if you want to go that route. Judging by the crud, that wheel cylinder has got to go.

To be sure, the brakes would need replacement of virtually all parts to tip top, but my aim was just to make the car brake with confidence again (or send it to the junk yard failing that). I was successful, but new parts look so out of place here...



Note, to any other idiots doing the same job: buy tools for handling the springs, they may be old but god drat do they not want to go back into the holes...

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.
I'm not sure how to embed a facebook video but boy howdy is this ever terrible.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151750010227972

Boaz MacPhereson
Jul 11, 2006

Day 12045 Ht10hands 180lbs
No Name
No lumps No Bumps Full life Clean
Two good eyes No Busted Limbs
Piss OK Genitals intact
Multiple scars Heals fast
O NEGATIVE HI OCTANE
UNIVERSAL DONOR
Lone Road Warrior Rundown
on the Powder Lakes V8
No guzzoline No supplies
ISOLATE PSYCHOTIC
Keep muzzled...

Rnr posted:

Changing brakes on wife's ancient Fiat and... god damned wasp queen hibernating inside



Only thing worse than drum brakes? Drum brakes with wasps in them. That's like some kind of sick joke.

anonumos
Jul 14, 2005

Fuck it.
I saw the cutest van today. The red-text stickers say

"I love cats
Taste like chicken"

And

"Here
kitty kitty"

:iiam:





Edit: It had massive tires on it, and a surprisingly modest lift. Maybe he's not finished with his broseph conversion, yet?

anonumos fucked around with this message at 00:40 on Oct 27, 2013

razorscooter
Nov 5, 2008


Nice truck nuts.

Queen_Combat
Jan 15, 2011
Terrible biek stuff? Here's what I've been working on the past week or so.

I







may



be





retarded






It's so bad but I can't stop now

Rugoberta Munchu
Jun 5, 2003

Do you want a hupyrolysege slcorpselong?
You hated camouflage with a black seat so you made it black with a camouflage seat.

Did you spray paint the chain?

Queen_Combat
Jan 15, 2011
It's getting a new front and rear sprocket and a new chain anyway in a day or two. I go through chains fairly fast (3-8k at most) even with a scottoiler-style setup because O and X-ring chains don't fit on the front sprocket at all, so I have to use a plain one.


EDITVVVVV: it was just green, a shiny olive. But over a few years, even with waxing and buffing, the India paint chalked up badly, and it turned three different shades of green (four if you count the oil stained spots). So, I stripped and/or cleaned the paint, scuffed it up, and gave it a coat of that appliance epoxy. It used to be a beautiful OD green, though the tank was always a slightly different color due to repairs that were done early on:

Queen_Combat fucked around with this message at 02:40 on Oct 27, 2013

Pham Nuwen
Oct 30, 2010



Rugoberta Munchu posted:

You hated camouflage with a black seat so you made it black with a camouflage seat.

Did you spray paint the chain?

I thought it was originally just green and the darker patches were oil leaks :v:

Baller Witness Bro
Nov 16, 2006

Hey FedEx, how dare you deliver something before your "delivered by" time.
This one's for you Viggen.

Rugoberta Munchu
Jun 5, 2003

Do you want a hupyrolysege slcorpselong?
Reminds me of this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wU22qYQEkg

Uthor
Jul 9, 2006

Gummy Bear Heaven ... It's where I go when the world is too mean.
Looks like dazzle camouflage.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dazzle_camouflage

cakesmith handyman
Jul 22, 2007

Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

JP Money posted:

This one's for you Viggen.



I must be terrible car stuff, because I really like this.

Wasabi the J
Jan 23, 2008

MOM WAS RIGHT

Cakefool posted:

I must be terrible car stuff, because I really like this.

I feel the same, and I normally hate camouflage on anything (thanks military).

Here, have one that's actually bad looking.

G-Mach
Feb 6, 2011

Dazzle camouflage looks really cool.

cakesmith handyman
Jul 22, 2007

Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

Wasabi the J posted:

I feel the same, and I normally hate camouflage on anything (thanks military).

Here, have one that's actually bad looking.



This could be partly redeemed with unit markings, brush guards over the lights, those fake bead lockers kastein linked earlier, whip aerials and smoke launchers.

Partly.

Humbug Scoolbus
Apr 25, 2008

The scarlet letter was her passport into regions where other women dared not tread. Shame, Despair, Solitude! These had been her teachers, stern and wild ones, and they had made her strong, but taught her much amiss.
Clapping Larry

Cakefool posted:

This could be partly redeemed with unit markings, brush guards over the lights, those fake bead lockers kastein linked earlier, whip aerials and smoke launchers.

Partly.

And a turret...

CroatianAlzheimers
Jun 15, 2009

I can't remember why I'm mad at you...


Humbug Scoolbus posted:

And a turret...

You rang?

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 definitely in the wrong thread.

CroatianAlzheimers
Jun 15, 2009

I can't remember why I'm mad at you...


kastein posted:

That is definitely in the wrong thread.

No, no it really isn't. Leonard Part 6

Root Bear
Nov 15, 2004

DARKEST SKETCH

AirRaid posted:

Not sure what thread this goes in, really.



In case a finnish goon wants to buy it... http://www.nettiauto.com/volkswagen/kupla/5988948


Even though it's not the same vehicle, I was instantly reminded of this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UD0s8JkdVi0

PainterofCrap
Oct 17, 2002

hey bebe



Hmmm... I was reminded of:

Humbug Scoolbus
Apr 25, 2008

The scarlet letter was her passport into regions where other women dared not tread. Shame, Despair, Solitude! These had been her teachers, stern and wild ones, and they had made her strong, but taught her much amiss.
Clapping Larry

That makes it all better.

Viggen
Sep 10, 2010

by XyloJW

JP Money posted:

This one's for you Viggen.



It needs more pink and yellow abstract objects. :colbert:

General_Failure
Apr 17, 2005

West SAAB Story posted:

It needs more pink and yellow abstract objects. :colbert:

Throw in some drop shadows too.

randomidiot
May 12, 2006

by Fluffdaddy

(and can't post for 11 years!)

JP Money posted:

This NEVER would have happened if he would've just drifted in a big circle around their car until they decided to give him their number. loving rookies.

You mean like this?

Kenny Rogers
Sep 7, 2007

Chapter One:
When I first saw Sparky, he reminded me of my favorite comb. He was missing a lot of teeth.
Looking for some terrible FWD drifting to counterpoint the F350 drifting, I found 10 minutes worth of "poo poo You Wish You Actually Saw On America's Got Car Chases".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daQNuKjTKv8

Deeters
Aug 21, 2007


No picture, but yesterday I was behind someone driving an Explorer Sport Trac with a dog carrier on the trailer hitch. I'm really hoping it was empty.

Viggen
Sep 10, 2010

by XyloJW
Presented without commentary. Feel free to make your own.



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Paul Boz_
Dec 21, 2003

Sin City

Kenny Rogers posted:

Looking for some terrible FWD drifting to counterpoint the F350 drifting, I found 10 minutes worth of "poo poo You Wish You Actually Saw On America's Got Car Chases".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daQNuKjTKv8

Never seen that before, awesome. I love Tiff. He is :smug: personified.

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