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exempt posted:After proving I could drive a manual in his Willy's he let me drive the Thing. It's pronounced like Willis. There is no apostrophe. Saw this chromed-out Lexus today, snapped a quick and dirty shot from the passenger seat: 
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Dec 15, 2013 06:57
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Unexpectedly awesome Saturday evening: Buddy who I didn't know was a car guy was doing a master / slave cylinder on his '88 Lotus Esprit turbo and needed a hand. Popped over to help. Quickly got to this point:  loving English engineers. Who thought it would be a good idea to force you to disassemble the brake master cylinder / booster to get the clutch master cylinder off of their common mounting bracket? A little brute force and ignorance got us there. But wow, that was a rude surprise. I thought German engineers were bastards.
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Dec 15, 2013 08:15
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Looks like it was originally designed to use an unassisted master cylinder, and they painted themselves into a corner when they added the servo.
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Dec 15, 2013 13:34
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Dec 16, 2013 00:50
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Almost passed out from excitement when I saw someone had posted this to the Lego cuusoo site.  Of course, there was only one thing I could look up after seeing this.  Unfortunately a rendering is all I could find. No idea why it says "Slave 1" on there.
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Dec 16, 2013 04:50
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Boomerjinks posted:Almost passed out from excitement when I saw someone had posted this to the Lego cuusoo site. Are you able to link a photo of the actual vehicle, for the uninitiated? I really don't know what that's meant to be, it seems preposterous.
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Dec 16, 2013 05:13
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Slavvy posted:Are you able to link a photo of the actual vehicle, for the uninitiated? I really don't know what that's meant to be, it seems preposterous. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctic_Snow_Cruiser
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Dec 16, 2013 05:38
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They seriously took an Antarctic specific vehicle to Antarctica using some kind of weird rear end treadless swamp tires and without testing the tires on snow and ice first? One would think that big ol knobby tires with spikes would have been the first thing they considered when they were thinking about what kind of tires to use.
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Dec 16, 2013 06:01
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Mercury Ballistic posted:My dad worked as a surveyor in Iraq back in the early 1960's They drove all over the desert in Chevy Pickups with Bedouin as their guides/navigators since there were no roads. He took all these pics and developed them in his tent on dark nights. Geez, look at that frame twist! I need this, and a car to back it up.
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Dec 16, 2013 07:11
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How to load logs onto a truck if you're Russian: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oBO8yt9Btk
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Dec 16, 2013 15:38
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Boomerjinks posted:
A Futurliner! I got a buddy that's on a crew that's doing a ground up restoration on one of those. Futurliner #3 to be exact. I always look forward to his updates on Facebook. I really need to get up to Salt Lake so I can drop by the shop and see it in person. http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2013/06/21/most-original-unrestored-futurliner-goes-under-the-knife-for-full-restoration/ http://i.imgur.com/t8U7kvE.jpg
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Dec 16, 2013 16:02
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Boomerjinks posted:Almost passed out from excitement when I saw someone had posted this to the Lego cuusoo site. If you put it up on it's rear it kinda looks like slave I if you fold out the storage doors 
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Dec 16, 2013 16:16
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This Snow Cruiser is the best thing I've ever seen. 
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Dec 17, 2013 03:12
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echoplex posted:This Snow Cruiser is the best thing I've ever seen. It looks like something out of thunderbirds, I'd love to see it in a museum wikipedia posted:....the vehicle most likely is either at the bottom of the Southern Ocean or buried deep under snow and ice. Oh 
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Dec 17, 2013 13:45
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Gorilla Salad posted:How to load logs onto a truck if you're Russian: One of the related videos... http://youtu.be/mvxeYBJIreE Not car related but 
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Dec 18, 2013 05:15
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Jealous Cow posted:One of the related videos... Not ashamed (ok maybe a little), but I followed the very same related video. I think we're what's wrong with youtube's suggestion engine.
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Dec 18, 2013 05:20
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Darchangel posted:Geez, look at that frame twist!  I seriously thought the reason the bumper was all off-kilter like that was that they had crashed. Holy poo poo.
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Dec 18, 2013 05:21
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Dec 18, 2013 16:48
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I couldn't get a picture because my phone was in my pocket, but on the way home last night from work, I saw a pristine, completely bone stock Fiero. It was like going back in time 20 years.
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Dec 18, 2013 17:43
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echoplex posted:This Snow Cruiser is the best thing I've ever seen. Convertible police car as well, photo is all kinds of weird.
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Dec 18, 2013 18:18
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veedubfreak posted:I couldn't get a picture because my phone was in my pocket, but on the way home last night from work, I saw a pristine, completely bone stock Fiero. It was like going back in time 20 years. 29-25 years  I have fond childhood memories in my mom's 2M4 including the times someone tried to hot wire it, and the time we ran over a javelina and nearly wrecked. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-26I2Xr5_Ng Wasabi the J fucked around with this message at 18:22 on Dec 18, 2013 |
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Dec 18, 2013 18:19
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veedubfreak posted:I couldn't get a picture because my phone was in my pocket, but on the way home last night from work, I saw a pristine, completely bone stock Fiero. It was like going back in time 20 years. My buddy has an (except for the radio) otherwise completely stock '88 Formula Fiero. It's hardly pristine, but all things considered, it's not bad. Daily drives it, too. Now if I can only get him to sell it to me like he was originally supposed too. He's fallen in love with it, though.
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Dec 18, 2013 18:24
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Great car or greatest car?
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Dec 19, 2013 02:34
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From my facebook (posted by the owner)
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Dec 19, 2013 03:32
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Shrapnac posted:Great car or greatest car? Not even the greatest Penthouse car. 
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Dec 19, 2013 03:35
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Shrapnac posted:Great car or greatest car? Joe Porsche or Joest Porsche?
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Dec 19, 2013 03:59
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nm posted:From my facebook (posted by the owner) Good. I also really like those wheels for some reason.
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Dec 19, 2013 04:21
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Kakairo posted:Not even the greatest Penthouse car. It's a Pooh Jeans M1 with Penthouse as an auxiliary sponsor, not a Penthouse car you philistine.
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Dec 19, 2013 05:13
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nm posted:From my facebook (posted by the owner) His detailer is gonna have a field day (I love seeing cars like that actually used)
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Dec 19, 2013 05:15
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Shrapnac posted:It's a Pooh Jeans M1 with Penthouse as an auxiliary sponsor, not a Penthouse car you philistine. Silly old Pooh Bear
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Dec 19, 2013 16:12
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So this is awesome...quote:McLaren has revealed that it’s working on a futuristic replacement for the humble windscreen wiper. http://www.carthrottle.com/mclarens-force-field-tech-could-kill-the-humble-windscreen-wiper/
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Dec 19, 2013 16:13
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As cool as that sounds, what the hell happens when you expose it to the frozen north where you're windshield gets covered in thick heavy snow and ice. It might not stick the windshield but it will for sure pile up on it. I know this probably won't be an issue for a McLaren, or most other supercars, since I doubt there's many that have even seen snow, but if it ends up being mainstream in 5-10 years time I'm curious how it would handle that situation
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Dec 19, 2013 16:40
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Bajaha posted:As cool as that sounds, what the hell happens when you expose it to the frozen north where you're windshield gets covered in thick heavy snow and ice. It might not stick the windshield but it will for sure pile up on it. I know this probably won't be an issue for a McLaren, or most other supercars, since I doubt there's many that have even seen snow, but if it ends up being mainstream in 5-10 years time I'm curious how it would handle that situation Heated windshield/defrost? It would pre pretty drat cool if this tech works and can be made cheap enough to show up in regular cars. Although I'd imagine you'd need to clean the windscreen by hand after the car has been sitting and collets dust/leaves/bird poo poo.
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Dec 19, 2013 16:51
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I won't be impressed until the windshield can repel bird poo poo with its force-field.
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Dec 19, 2013 16:55
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nm posted:From my facebook (posted by the owner)
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Dec 19, 2013 16:59
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Super Aggro Crag posted:So this is awesome... Reminds me of the Top Gear 'drive across Italy in expensive cars' episode and Jeremy had a weird tangent about Lamborghini using lasers to zap water off the windshield. Edit: vvvv Yep. Maker Of Shoes fucked around with this message at 21:03 on Dec 19, 2013 |
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Dec 19, 2013 18:33
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Maker Of Shoes posted:Reminds me of the Top Gear 'drive across Italy in expensive cars' episode and Jeremy had a weird tangent about Lamborghini using lasers to zap water off the windshield. Wasn't May driving a McLaren in that episode too?
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Dec 19, 2013 19:56
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GentlemanofLeisure posted:Haha that makes so little sense to me that at first I didn't see it. I was like "Yeah, a Lambo. Ok, it's at Kroger and it's parked kinda funny. Wait...is that a TREE?" oh gently caress, I didn't catch that, thought that was just a shrub in the background
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Dec 19, 2013 21:00
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I invented that 10 years ago. Thin sheet of air blown at high pressure up the windshield from the base. Warm air would be drawn from the engine compartment, improving cooling and would thaw any ice.
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