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Pham Nuwen posted:Do you have a thread about it? I... Could get behind the idea if I move somewhere with a little more space, even though it's surely a path of pain, frustration, and expense. How much did it cost? How's the diesel consumption? I sorta like the idea of hauling everything I own at once. Or just setting up a rolling party on the back. Can you get an average-sized sedan up in there? Sorta, it is in hibernation right now because I don't have the money for the next step yet. Cost: 2500, but I got lucky. 350 in fuel to drive it home 550 miles. They usually sell for 5-10k depending on options and condition. It gets around 5mpg, loaded or empty. It fits anything up to 7x14 feet that weighs less than 10,000lbs offroad or 20,000lbs onroad. I bought it because I will be able to drive my offroad jeep into the bed and take off, and it was cheaper and far more badass than an $8k diesel pickup used and a $2k trailer. then it turned into a project because I can't leave anything alone.
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If someone gave me a Murano CrossCabriolet for free I would ironically drive it every day. What an amazingly bad car.
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Jan 26, 2014 20:42
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Where was the cross cabriolet designed anyway? Who is the culprit and what the gently caress were they thinking? I remember first seeing a picture and from that angle I wasn't convinced it was all that hideous but then I went looking for other shots and holy gently caress it's hideous. The front end protrudes like some kind of tumourous growth, it sits precariously high and looks like a Sebring from behind and uses similar lights to the 370Z which brings that car down with it. It's SO loving HUGE too and the least said about the soft top the better, I've seen pushchairs/strollers with better looking hoods. AND it's 40k+ AND only gets like 21mpg? It's amazing, it does absolutely nothing even remotely well except look hideous as gently caress which it excels at. If you gave me one I'd insure it and then get some little ratfuck kids to set fire to it and buy anything else. I'm amazed they've sold even a handful of those things.
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Jan 26, 2014 21:17
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Das Volk posted:They have to disassemble so much of the car it hardly looks like anything anymore from this angle. Unbelievable. Hahahahahaha
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Jan 26, 2014 21:25
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That looks more like the inside of a tape deck than a car.
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Jan 26, 2014 21:27
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88h88 posted:Where was the cross cabriolet designed anyway? Who is the culprit and what the gently caress were they thinking? I went to go price one out on Nissan's site to see just how expensive they could get with all the options/accessories ($46K) and found that this is an accessory that Nissan offers on most of their SUVs  I hate the stereotype of Americans being all fatasses, but goddammit...
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Jan 26, 2014 21:51
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neckbeard posted:I went to go price one out on Nissan's site to see just how expensive they could get with all the options/accessories ($46K) and found that this is an accessory that Nissan offers on most of their SUVs I bet there are some mega fatties that have to chain more than one of these together to get the proper breathing room. I wonder what the record is.
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Jan 26, 2014 22:07
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neckbeard posted:I went to go price one out on Nissan's site to see just how expensive they could get with all the options/accessories ($46K) and found that this is an accessory that Nissan offers on most of their SUVs Huh, I could actually see that being useful for regular sized people. We've crammed three adults in the back of my parents' Forester and there is always much cursing and twisting trying to find the slots for the seat belts. They're embedded in the seat some (so they fold flat when not in use) and are difficult to reach if you need to squeeze past another person's hip.
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Jan 26, 2014 22:44
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neckbeard posted:I went to go price one out on Nissan's site to see just how expensive they could get with all the options/accessories ($46K) and found that this is an accessory that Nissan offers on most of their SUVs Nearly every cop I've ever met has one of these to plug in (to turn off the seat belt dinger). On patrol you're just in and out of the car too much and all the poo poo on your duty belt gets hung up on the seat belt if you actually use it.
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Jan 26, 2014 22:58
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neckbeard posted:I went to go price one out on Nissan's site to see just how expensive they could get with all the options/accessories ($46K) and found that this is an accessory that Nissan offers on most of their SUVs "HOG STRAP $46". I've only seen one power convertible mechanism in my life, it's for a 1964 Galaxie and everything is behind the backseat and trim like that. Tear out the rear speaker (center mounted), remove the seat, and there's the hydraulic pump for it. The hydraulic rams are on either side, behind the side trim panels. 50 years of progress and creature comforts equals more parts, but that just doesn't seem unreasonable. I still would like every single one of those to break.
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Jan 27, 2014 03:46
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Still not as ridiculous as those old pickups International used to make. And I ain't talking about the 1000 series or whatever. 
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Jan 27, 2014 04:05
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ultimateforce posted:If someone gave me a Murano CrossCabriolet for free I would ironically drive it every day. What an amazingly bad car. neckbeard posted:this is an accessory that Nissan offers on most of their SUVs
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Jan 27, 2014 04:09
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Motronic posted:Nearly every cop I've ever met has one of these to plug in (to turn off the seat belt dinger). Yeah, I can understand it's a hassle. But then again, http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/12/31/toronto-police-officer-killed-in-on-duty-car-crash-was-not-wearing-a-seatbelt-chief-says/
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TrueChaos posted:Yeah, I can understand it's a hassle. But then again, http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/12/31/toronto-police-officer-killed-in-on-duty-car-crash-was-not-wearing-a-seatbelt-chief-says/ I hear you. I'm not trying to justify anything for them.....just saying what the guys I know do.
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Jan 27, 2014 05:27
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Mighty Horse posted:Some handicap people use segways to get around.. they can stand fine but walking is difficult for some people with specific issues. Oh, I stand corrected (for lack of a better phrase).
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Jan 27, 2014 05:30
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I have to use one of these whenever I go karting because I'm too tall for 90% of the seatbelts 
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Jan 27, 2014 08:55
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Motronic posted:Nearly every cop I've ever met has one of these to plug in (to turn off the seat belt dinger). Now that's a good idea. I loving HATE the seatbelt chime. If I get into a car and it starts making an alarm noise, I expect it to be something important, like my car has just given birth to my air-conditioner or I'm on fire. Being the owner of many lovely cars in my time, my seatbelt is always the last thing I put on before I drive and that beeping just gets right under my skin. I currently use a seatbelt clip which prevent the seatbelt from fully retracting and it does stop the chimes.  The downside is that this leaves the drat belt too long and it's always getting caught in the door when I get out and is slowly damaging the belt. Now I'm going to have to decide if I'm willing to take the hit to my dignity and buy one of those extenders. EDIT - aannnd it doesn't work on my car  I just tried the idea out by removing the clips from my seatbelt and fully retracting it. Then I plugged in the belt from the passenger side into the driver's side buckle and the car still beeped when I turned the engine on. Oh well, I'll just have to deal with a too-long seatbelt. Megillah Gorilla fucked around with this message at 10:04 on Jan 27, 2014 |
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Gorilla Salad posted:
If it irks you that badly, just unplug the sensor. Fucknag posted:Still not as ridiculous as those old pickups International used to make. Those are actually useful.
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Jan 27, 2014 10:23
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Safety Dance posted:If it irks you that badly, just unplug the sensor. It would involve pulling the interior off the side of the car to get at the plugs attached to the seat belt tensioner 
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Jan 27, 2014 10:50
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Gorilla Salad posted:It would involve pulling the interior off the side of the car to get at the plugs attached to the seat belt tensioner Most cars that cover is held on with barely more than some plastic clips, takes like five seconds to remove. If it really bugs you that much. I just waited long enough for the buzzer in my car to die.
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Jan 27, 2014 11:25
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Safety Dance posted:If it irks you that badly, just unplug the sensor. For what? I'm genuinely curious, I never knew such a thing existed. It looks pretty awesome but what can you really use it for, aside from simultaneously transporting four people and towing an enormous trailer?
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Jan 27, 2014 11:39
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Where can I buy one of those? I have a broken one, never could figure out what they're called.
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Gorilla Salad posted:I loving HATE the seatbelt chime. Does your car have a way to stop it? My car has a "code" where you turn the key to on, off, on and hit the trip reset or something to that effect to turn off the annoyance.
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Jan 27, 2014 13:57
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Front wheel drive?  Three out of four? That's like 75%, that's a passing grade.
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FogHelmut posted:Where can I buy one of those? I have a broken one, never could figure out what they're called. Seat Belt Stop Clips aka Seat Belt Stoppers Sudden Infant Def Syndrome posted:Does your car have a way to stop it? My car has a "code" where you turn the key to on, off, on and hit the trip reset or something to that effect to turn off the annoyance. I've been hunting around with google since I last posted here and I found this in the US versions of my car's manual. I don't know if it'll work on my Australian version (and it's not included in my manual) and it's after midnight here so I won't be checking until tomorrow. This is some insane voodoo poo poo: 
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Jan 27, 2014 14:43
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Slavvy posted:For what? I'm genuinely curious, I never knew such a thing existed. It looks pretty awesome but what can you really use it for, aside from simultaneously transporting four people and towing an enormous trailer? Pretty much. Let's say you own a company that operates a 10 ton piece of very niche equipment (for installing radio antennas or inspecting bridges or laying trans-continental fiber optic cable or something like that). You want to be able to load up a crew and drive a thousand miles to the jobsite. An actual tractor trailer would require someone with a Commercial Driver's License, and you'd have to comply with a ton of extra laws. A big truck like that fills the gap between big-rear end pickup truck and tractor trailer nicely. International didn't build those with the intent of selling them to everyday scrubs like you and me. They're very purpose-built.
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Gorilla Salad posted:some insane voodoo poo poo Holy poo poo. To think I thought turning off the traction control in my Volvo was needlessly complex. That's some next level fuckery right there. That said, I'm betting it isn't even possible to turn off the seat belt minder in my Volvo, so at least they give you the option, even if it does require some serious voodoo poo poo.
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Jan 27, 2014 14:53
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Outside of the DBW not being 1:1 with the TB, the Mazda2 only requires a 20 second jig that is mostly waiting to allow left-foot braking. Fully depress gas + brake, turn on the electronics, wait between 10-30 seconds, turn on car.
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That's good to know. The Mazda2 cries out for left foot braking like no other car I've ever seen. The Subarus will disable the seatbelt chime if you buckle and unbuckle your seatbelt a shitload of times in a row.
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Gorilla Salad posted:Now that's a good idea. Why not simply put the seat belt on before starting the car?
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Cocoa Crispies posted:Why not simply put the seat belt on before starting the car? Because humans only have two hands, and we enter our cars with keys in one of them. Buckling is easier with empty hands, and if you're gonna put the key in the ignition you might as well start the car too.
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Jan 27, 2014 18:42
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This is why I like driving cars from the '60s. Health and saftey chime? You could probably find room under my solid steering column, next to the single-circuit brakes. 
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I like the seatbelt chime. Don't much feel like getting a ticket for my passenger not wearing a belt, and "sorry, mind putting your belt on? That stupid chiming is gonna keep going otherwise" seems like a reasonable request to people who otherwise wouldn't wear one. Alternatively, I could hang out with more reasonable people, but you play the cards you were given.
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Seat Safety Switch posted:
Easier way to disable it on some Subarus is to pull apart the receiver and flip the switch in there. Getting the buckle/unbuckle trick to work can be a pain sometimes and resets if your battery dies. Slugworth posted:I like the seatbelt chime. Don't much feel like getting a ticket for my passenger not wearing a belt, and "sorry, mind putting your belt on? That stupid chiming is gonna keep going otherwise" seems like a reasonable request to people who otherwise wouldn't wear one.
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My usual response to "I'm don't wear seatbelts." is "You do if you're going to ride in my car." That said, everyone I hang out with these days wears them anyway. edit: Buckle up your beer, if you have to make an emergency stop it'll fall on the floor and get all foamy!
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Benefits of having an old Honda: Seatbelt chime only works for the driver (by design or by age, I don't know), and the chime is one of the least incessant and noisy chimes I have heard in a car ever. Also, I'm pretty sure the voodoo magic to outright disable chimes are legitimate voodoo magic so the idiots the chime is designed to inform don't disable the chime.
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Tha Chodesweller posted:Also, I'm pretty sure the voodoo magic to outright disable chimes are legitimate voodoo magic so the idiots the chime is designed to inform don't disable the chime. Or it was the only way for engineers to get the disable feature into the car without spending more money on hardware or risking people entering the sequence unintentionally. I don't mind the chime too much, but it would be better if it only woke up after the car was put into drive. A lot of passenger seat belt alerts don't trigger until the vehicle is over 10 mph, for example. It functions as a reminder without being annoying about it.
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Tactical Bonnet posted:My usual response to "I'm don't wear seatbelts." is "You do if you're going to ride in my car." My usual response to that is "Shut up, you're drunk. Put on the goddamn seatbelt" 
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dphi posted:
Either you have a huge dog or your car has some really overly sensitive sensors. I have yet to have the passenger seatbelt sensor go off unless there is a person in the seat. Also, my dog gets seatbelted in the car, so that solves the problem as well.
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KozmoNaut posted:My usual response to that is "Shut up, you're drunk. Put on the goddamn seatbelt" My response used to be to turn and brake sharply enough to bounce them around inside the cabin, but I've since mellowed out.
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