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BlackMK4 posted:Hahahaha. Here is the motorcycle equivalent: Ninja 250 at Laguna Seca vs liter bikes and poo poo. That was beautiful
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I guess I should have posted an  at the end to clear things up. Im speaking from my experience. Where most cars that are Merican take a flat head screwdriver and patience to change...sorry your car has a poopy design for the struts.
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Dec 31, 2013 17:33
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Beach Bum posted:Thank you for posting this; the lines of the 250 rider were absolutely beautiful and to watch him eat up the other riders in the corners was great. That's what I was thinking. His lines are textbook. It shows that a good line in the corners can really help to make up for lack of straight speed.
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Dec 31, 2013 17:43
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Kill-9 posted:That's what I was thinking. His lines are textbook. It shows that a good line in the corners can really help to make up for lack of straight speed. That, and being a lot more aggressive on the brakes. He was passing a lot of those guys before they even got to the corners because they'd get out of the throttle so early and brake gently.
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Dec 31, 2013 17:56
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Kill-9 posted:That's what I was thinking. His lines are textbook. It shows that a good line in the corners can really help to make up for lack of straight speed. Momentum is everything. Higher average speed > "but I'm real fast on the straights!"
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Dec 31, 2013 18:03
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BlackMK4 posted:Hahahaha. Here is the motorcycle equivalent: Ninja 250 at Laguna Seca vs liter bikes and poo poo. Ahaha, half of the comments are "Man, 250s are so slow I'm thinkin' about getting a 600 for my first bike".
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Dec 31, 2013 18:59
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Phone posted:Ahaha, half of the comments are "Man, 250s are so slow I'm thinkin' about getting a 600 for my first bike". And that will be the last comment he ever makes. I love that guy's lines through turn 1 and 8/9.
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Dec 31, 2013 19:11
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KozmoNaut posted:Haha, that's rich. Volvo 850's have the struts in the same location, I was so dismayed when I noticed. To make it worse because of how they designed the rear interior you have to remove everything from the floor up to get the headliner off  Thankfully they are strong enough to hold the hatch even when it's cold, though sometimes it takes a few extra seconds for them to reach a full strength hold.
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Phone posted:Ahaha, half of the comments are "Man, 250s are so slow I'm thinkin' about getting a 600 for my first bike". It doesn't help that cycle culture is dominated by a vocal subset that doesn't emphasize skill as much as they do "balls" and power, in a platform that should be treated with a more healthy amount of respect. In a car things are dangerous enough, but relatively more survivable than cycles. This leads to new guys coming in and getting ridiculed and ribbed for getting sensible starters, or getting handed bad advice on starters. Wasabi the J fucked around with this message at 20:13 on Dec 31, 2013 |
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8ender posted:Same exact problem, and my E34 has that odd reverse hood hinged at the front, so its like a giant sail. Haha, the hood I was referring to was my e34. What a pain in the rear end.
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Wasabi the J posted:It doesn't help that cycle culture is dominated by a vocal subset that doesn't emphasize skill as much as they do "balls" and power, in a platform that should be treated with a more healthy amount of respect. In a car things are dangerous enough, but relatively more survivable than cycles. poo poo, back when I was in school some guy who rode a GSX-R was talking about how the 600 wasn't even worth considering, that you should get at least the 750 for starters (so you can learn how to handle the power y'know), preferably the 1000, and only the Hayabusa was to be avoided "for the first year or two haha". Even as an avid car enthusiast who is terrified to ever sit on a bike, I knew that was dumb even at the time, and especially now.
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BlackMK4 posted:Hahahaha. Here is the motorcycle equivalent: Ninja 250 at Laguna Seca vs liter bikes and poo poo. In all fairness a 250 is a lot less scary to drive hard than a liter bike 
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Detroit Q. Spider posted:In all fairness a 250 is a lot less scary to drive hard than a liter bike It's more scary to brake that late and carry that much corner speed than to crack into the throttle before apex, get on it hard leaving, and carry the front while still leaned over.
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BlackMK4 posted:It's more scary to brake that late and carry that much corner speed than to crack into the throttle before apex, get on it hard leaving, and carry the front while still leaned over. Meanwhile, for  :  
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Wasabi the J posted:It doesn't help that cycle culture is dominated by a vocal subset that doesn't emphasize skill as much as they do "balls" and power, in a platform that should be treated with a more healthy amount of respect. In a car things are dangerous enough, but relatively more survivable than cycles. That mindset is present with anything involving an engine, up to and including lawnmowers and under-sink garbage disposalls
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InitialDave posted:Meanwhile, for
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Rugoberta Munchu posted:That last one is pretty convincing in GIF form, but it's more of a special effects success than a driving failure. I guess that one as being fake rather than a real incident
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BlackMK4 posted:It's more scary to brake that late and carry that much corner speed than to crack into the throttle before apex, get on it hard leaving, and carry the front while still leaned over. I find smaller bikes more frightening at high corner speeds because my mind is saying "THE TYRES ARE SMALLER THEREFORE THEY HAVE LESS GRIP SLOW DOWN". Is this an IED somehow buried under the tarmac or something?
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Slavvy posted:I find smaller bikes more frightening at high corner speeds because my mind is saying "THE TYRES ARE SMALLER THEREFORE THEY HAVE LESS GRIP SLOW DOWN". IIRC it's actually that glued-dirt hardpack stuff.
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Slavvy posted:Is this an IED somehow buried under the tarmac or something? If I remember correctly it was an IED placed in a culvert under the road and was too deep to explode quickly, instead pushing the ground up.
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Snowdens Secret posted:That mindset is present with anything involving an engine, up to and including lawnmowers and under-sink garbage disposalls And even things without engines - The firearms community is rife with this kind of poo poo, as is practically every other subculture. I'm sure that someone out there is convinced that you hosed up your furniture choices, since everyone's first desk seating should be the Styleron Ecochair.
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Exit Strategy posted:And even things without engines - The firearms community is rife with this kind of poo poo, as is practically every other subculture. I'm sure that someone out there is convinced that you hosed up your furniture choices, since everyone's first desk seating should be the Styleron Ecochair. Is that a Poang?, what are you, in college? You've got a mortgage for christssakes.
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Exit Strategy posted:And even things without engines - The firearms community Firearms are heat engines 
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JackRabbitStorm posted:
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Jan 3, 2014 02:52
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I wonder what that sounds like when it drives in reverse.
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He could have at least used washers.
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JackRabbitStorm posted:
How. How. How. Just... how. That poo poo doesn't happen overnight.
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those are just shuffle bolts. on a shuffle wheel
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Mcqueen posted:those are just shuffle bolts. the better to help you shuffle off that pesky mortal coil
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 Babyseat in the back.
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It's been mentioned that this is a Supra kit?? The gently caress?
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FatCow posted:
Is that a 2010-ish Nissan Altima? My parents had their wheels replaced under warranty due to being a bad casting from China. They only had a hairline crack, not a catastrophic failure like that one. 88h88 posted:It's been mentioned that this is a Supra kit?? The gently caress? I swear there are almost no aftermarket add-ons for the Supra that don't look like total rear end.
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88h88 posted:It's been mentioned that this is a Supra kit?? The gently caress? http://www.carscoops.com/2011/01/veilside-4509-gtr-is-toyota-supra-iv.html?m=1 Wrong thread in my opinion Nocheez posted:Is that a 2010-ish Nissan Altima? My parents had their wheels replaced under warranty due to being a bad casting from China. They only had a hairline crack, not a catastrophic failure like that one. It's an RX-8.
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Nocheez posted:Is that a 2010-ish Nissan Altima? My parents had their wheels replaced under warranty due to being a bad casting from China. They only had a hairline crack, not a catastrophic failure like that one. It was an RX-8.
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FatCow posted:It was an RX-8. Durrr. I should've at least looked at the fender instead of focusing on the (blurry) wheels.
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88h88 posted:It's been mentioned that this is a Supra kit?? The gently caress? Veilside ruins everything it touches.
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I feel like I should be doing lines of coke off that car's rear end....It is not a good feeling.
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