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Xarthor posted:I don't know if this exactly fits the topic but a buddy of mine was bragging on Facebook that he's now slammed his car so much the wheel is sticking out farther than the wheel arch. Seems like a good way to gently caress up the wheel arch of your car, but maybe I'm wrong. If they try to drive it like that their Juststance Lifestyle will be Karless.
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Dec 17, 2013 22:34
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Xarthor posted:I don't know if this exactly fits the topic but a buddy of mine was bragging on Facebook that he's now slammed his car so much the wheel is sticking out farther than the wheel arch. Seems like a good way to gently caress up the wheel arch of your car, but maybe I'm wrong. This has to be on bags.
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Dec 17, 2013 23:12
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Godholio posted:Optimus Prime, NOOOOOOO!
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Dec 17, 2013 23:25
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Chinatown posted:This has to be on bags. Or coils at a car show. Looks like Autorama in Houston.
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Dec 17, 2013 23:55
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Powershift posted:
Looks like we found the problem behind Maximum Overdrive after all.
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Dec 18, 2013 00:00
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angryhampster posted:Shifter didn't work? Flipping to neutral and coming to an uneventful stop would have been an easier method.. Yeah it would have been an easier method if it did anything but rev the gently caress out of the engine even more. Xarthor posted:I don't know if this exactly fits the topic but a buddy of mine was bragging on Facebook that he's now slammed his car so much the wheel is sticking out farther than the wheel arch. Seems like a good way to gently caress up the wheel arch of your car, but maybe I'm wrong. Why did this horrible thing get allowed into the George R Brown, I assume for the Auto Rama? Bone_Enterprise fucked around with this message at 02:59 on Dec 18, 2013 |
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Dec 18, 2013 02:56
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Driving home on Sunday we saw this pass by. I wanted to follow but the lady was all "you can do stupid poo poo when you drive." Looks like an HHR that's being abused into a Buick of some sort.
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Dec 18, 2013 03:00
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Bone_Enterprise posted:Yeah it would have been an easier method if it did anything but rev the gently caress out of the engine even more. The engine will deal with being wanged off the rev limiter for 15-20 seconds until you can shut it down.
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Dec 18, 2013 03:19
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Rhyno posted:Driving home on Sunday we saw this pass by. 
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Dec 18, 2013 03:21
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Detroit Q. Spider posted:The engine will deal with being wanged off the rev limiter for 15-20 seconds until you can shut it down. That was not thought of at the time when this occurred 8 years ago or whatever the gently caress it has been now, that vehicle has long since been crushed, I will remember that next time I am in a death machine that does not want to disengage its cruise control that is stuck on accelerate.
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Dec 18, 2013 03:23
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Stuck throttles are a not too uncommon thing on motorcycles for a couple reasons, the correct way to deal with them is always to clutch in (generally followed by hitting the engine kill switch) and get the bike safely stopped, but almost every stuck throttle story has someone locking the brakes / jumping off the bike / doing something else crazy that makes the situation worse.
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Dec 18, 2013 03:44
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Xarthor posted:I don't know if this exactly fits the topic but a buddy of mine was bragging on Facebook that he's now slammed his car so much the wheel is sticking out farther than the wheel arch. Seems like a good way to gently caress up the wheel arch of your car, but maybe I'm wrong. Surely the body would machine the tire off the wheel?
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Dec 18, 2013 12:43
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When the ship is sunk, everyone knows how she might have been saved. When you're in that moment, it's hard to be thorough and logical.
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Dec 18, 2013 14:53
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Xarthor posted:I don't know if this exactly fits the topic but a buddy of mine was bragging on Facebook that he's now slammed his car so much the wheel is sticking out farther than the wheel arch. Seems like a good way to gently caress up the wheel arch of your car, but maybe I'm wrong. I'm pretty sure this is a car I see around Allen and on 75. That guy drives like a shitheel, and I don't think it's on bags. The last time I saw it driving you could barely see the tires below the wheel arch.
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Dec 18, 2013 16:53
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rear end in a top hat Bicycle posted:When the ship is sunk, everyone knows how she might have been saved. (I drive a manual) 
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Dec 18, 2013 17:18
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I'd just turn it off. Not having power steering for a few hundred feet is far better than a holed block or overheating my brakes and hitting something.
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Dec 18, 2013 17:22
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Yes, but when you turn the engine off, your brakes are going to be poo poo also. The wonders of power assisted brakes. At least with new cars and drive by wire, there is basically 0 chance of hurting the engine as it just cuts fuel when it hits redline.
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Dec 18, 2013 17:30
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Cruseydr posted:I think everybody who drives a manual regularly would have no problem putting their car into neutral in this kind of situation. Of course this leads to the thinking that everybody else would do the exact same thing, even though the solution might not occur to someone if they only drive automatics. I drive autos and know how to slap up to get neutral.
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Dec 18, 2013 17:33
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veedubfreak posted:Yes, but when you turn the engine off, your brakes are going to be poo poo also. The wonders of power assisted brakes. Unless your booster is garbage, you get at least one, sometimes two applications that still have full assist without the engine continuing to run.
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Dec 18, 2013 18:03
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And even after that, they will work, you just have to put a lot of foot into it. Which usually isn't a problem as your pucker factor approaches 10.
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Dec 18, 2013 22:24
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If people learn to make a firm yes/no decision and properly stand on the pedal until the car comes to a halt, you probably wouldn't hear a whole lot of drama about jammed throttles on autos or "unintended acceleration" in general.
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Dec 18, 2013 22:30
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InitialDave posted:If people learn to make a firm yes/no decision and properly stand on the pedal until the car comes to a halt, you probably wouldn't hear a whole lot of drama about jammed throttles on autos or "unintended acceleration" in general. Yes, but most people are morons and can't decide what lane they want to be in during traffic, and that's when they aren't in OH poo poo mode. Can you really expect the average American driver to have any capabilities outside of press gas go and press brake stop?
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Dec 18, 2013 22:35
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InitialDave posted:If people learn to make a firm yes/no decision and properly stand on the pedal until the car comes to a halt, you probably wouldn't hear a whole lot of drama about jammed throttles on autos or "unintended acceleration" in general. Suicide is painless / it brings on many changes / And I can take or leave it if I please
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Dec 18, 2013 22:36
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veedubfreak posted:Yes, but when you turn the engine off, your brakes are going to be poo poo also. The wonders of power assisted brakes. With drive by wire, most non-sporty cars cut throttle when you touch the brake pedal anyway and if the situation persists enter limp mode. edit: fixed yoda grammar. Slavvy fucked around with this message at 23:36 on Dec 18, 2013 |
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Dec 18, 2013 22:43
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InitialDave posted:If people learn to make a firm yes/no decision and properly stand on the pedal until the car comes to a halt, you probably wouldn't hear a whole lot of drama about jammed throttles on autos or "unintended acceleration" in general. Pretty much this. Car and Driver did a test and the only time they could make a car truly not stop was by getting a Taurus up to 120MPH and then holding the brakes and throttle at the same time. Even then, it was hardly a runaway situation; it got down to 10MPH. But, if you're wishy-washy about it and don't get on the brakes like you loving mean it (or get on them, then get off, then on, etc) I could easily see a situation where you do burn the brakes up and can't stop.
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Dec 18, 2013 22:55
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veedubfreak posted:Yes, but when you turn the engine off, your brakes are going to be poo poo also. The wonders of power assisted brakes. It's been that way for years. My 15 year old mechanical linkage vehicle cuts fuel at 7200 RPM. As far as I know fuel cut has been a thing for many decades at this point - probably came in shortly after EFI, I would think.
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Dec 19, 2013 02:15
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Detroit Q. Spider posted:It's been that way for years. My 15 year old mechanical linkage vehicle cuts fuel at 7200 RPM. As far as I know fuel cut has been a thing for many decades at this point - probably came in shortly after EFI, I would think. My 95 Jetta still had the old school rev limiter.
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Dec 19, 2013 15:55
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Wasabi the J posted:I drive autos and know how to slap up to get neutral. Amen.I had a throttle spring fly completely off the engine and my impala started flying down the road and screaming. Simply throw the two speed into neutral and turn off, easy as hell. Had to use a bed spring in the trunk until I got to autozone.
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Dec 19, 2013 16:53
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These wheels.  "Blows Carla" http://i.imgur.com/5La4SmR.jpg
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Dec 19, 2013 23:57
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Rhyno posted:Driving home on Sunday we saw this pass by. Looks like they're partway through remaking the Mutts Cutts van: 
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Dec 20, 2013 00:38
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Cruseydr posted:I think everybody who drives a manual regularly would have no problem putting their car into neutral in this kind of situation. As someone who both drives manual and has had a throttle stick wide loving open, I can confirm the first thing that came to mind was "oh gently caress, shove it in neutral and shut off the ignition". Worked just fine. Managed to redneck it enough to where it "idled" at 4000, just controlled speed by my choice of gear to get it home.I no longer ignore accelerator pedals that stick at random.  Throttle cable had chewed through the firewall grommet and frayed, finally sticking WFO.
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Dec 20, 2013 07:27
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Cruseydr posted:I think everybody who drives a manual regularly would have no problem putting their car into neutral in this kind of situation. Of course this leads to the thinking that everybody else would do the exact same thing, even though the solution might not occur to someone if they only drive automatics. My driver's ed teacher told a story of a past student, back in the days before automatic transmissions had safeties built in, who had a stuck throttle or something that required shifting into neutral while at highway speed. The student missed N and went all the way to P. But hey, it stopped the car!
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Dec 20, 2013 09:07
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Bad Angus! Bad!
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That's not how it works, but apocryphal tales are fun.
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Dec 20, 2013 09:59
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Geirskogul posted:That's not how it works, but apocryphal tales are fun. I managed to do this in my 95 Jeep Cherokee. I don't know if it's supposed to be possible, but I shifted the automatic transmission into reverse or something. Locked up the tires at about 65 mph on the highway and scared the ever-loving poo poo out of myself. I shoved it back into neutral and coasted to the shoulder. To this day I don't know what damage it did, but that truck ran several more weeks before I traded it in (presumably the dealer scrapped it; the salesman told me his mechanic said the engine was blown - I could have sworn it was the transmission).
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Dec 20, 2013 13:21
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Group A is the best group. I just bought this two weeks ago:  and tonight we just secured this:  Two of the greatest cars ever built. Nothing has come close to them since.
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Dec 20, 2013 13:36
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That Celica is beautiful. Take good care of her!
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Dec 20, 2013 13:43
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Nocheez posted:That Celica is beautiful. Take good care of her! I will! Spent forever waiting for an authentic WRC Homologation edition to come up. Now if I can get the factory-spec anti-lag to work... :P
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Dec 20, 2013 13:56
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Butt Wizard posted:Group A is the best group. Those are both great but why are they in this thread? This is for terrible stuff! Those are not terrible.
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drgitlin posted:Those are both great but why are they in this thread? This is for terrible stuff! Those are not terrible. Import goods and services tax 
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