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Roadkill is amazing. The segment where they take the General Mayhem on the highway the first time had me rolling. Those moments when they go, "What's that clunk," ponder it for a moment, and then shrug saying "It'll fall off eventually" are the essence of that show. I can't wait to see what they do with the Draguar. 
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El Macho Grande going around corners on its door handles, towing a trailer, is simply amazing.
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"We thought it would handle like a refrigerator full of bowling balls, but it was worse. It handled like a nun carrying a mattress."
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InitialDave posted:
Best part "@JeremyClarkson Sorry neighbour but I think, for once, I got there before you."
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Slavvy posted:Willing to bet that he says 'warp nine...engage!' or something to that effect literally every time he floors it, regardless of whether he has a passenger. But I thought he hated that whole star trek thing.
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If his other appearances have taught me anything it's that Patrick Stewart will do anything to get laid.
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Slavvy posted:If his other appearances have taught me anything it's that Patrick Stewart will do anything to get laid. I don't think Patrick Stewart needs to do anything to get laid.
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Boomerjinks posted:Those moments when they go, "What's that clunk," ponder it for a moment, and then shrug saying "It'll fall off eventually" are the essence of that show. Welcome to my daily commute. 
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atomicthumbs posted:I think this belongs here but I'm not sure Definitely the right thread. What car is that?
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Pham Nuwen posted:Definitely the right thread. E46 BMW. (of course) Every part of me wishes they had hooked up the buttons to do... something.
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Stardotstar posted:E46 BMW. http://www.mazda3forums.com/showthread.php?t=283268
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Stardotstar posted:E46 BMW. Integrate it with this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OJImmdbjiY
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Haha holy poo poo, I remember that was the basis/OP for the original Terrible Car poo poo thread. E: Wait no, that's something different. Still terrible, though. 
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Fucknag posted:Haha holy poo poo, I remember that was the basis/OP for the original Terrible Car poo poo thread. E: Wait no, that's something different. This is not the first nor will it be the last time someone mounts a remote air soft/paintball gun in their grill.
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Rhyno posted:This is not the first nor will it be the last time someone mounts a remote air soft/paintball gun in their grill. This and the vwvortex thread with the guy that rolled his booted-by-HOA car into his garage and was accused of holding the boots hostage are the best car stories.
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atomicthumbs posted:I think this belongs here but I'm not sure loving awesome joystick in a loving awesome car. For sure belongs in this thread.
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atomicthumbs posted:I think this belongs here but I'm not sure Please tell me the buttons do something. I don't care what as long as the trigger makes machine gun sounds.
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Stardotstar posted:E46 BMW. Hydraulic amplifier on the trigger hooked up to the clutch 
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Man imagine having enough cash to own what is basically a car vending machine... Also I hope this works. Why is it always Lambos? https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=756361264382467 Olympic Mathlete fucked around with this message at 15:59 on Apr 7, 2014 |
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Ok, so it was awesome for me. Mike Brewer from Wheeler Dealers was in town filming for his 'Trading Up' series. The local Cars and Coffee organizers asked for 60's and earlier classics and any year Corvette to show up at the normal venue. It ended up being invite only limited 300 cars. I managed to snag an invite for my '61 T-Bird. The weather in Austin was poo poo Sunday morning. We were supposed to get there around 8am but at 7:30 it was still raining. There was a short break in the rain and I made a dash for the Oasis. BTW, in the rain the T-Bird can do some wicked drifts around corners. Everyone showed up by 8:30. At about 8:45 the organizers started yelling that a big storm cell was headed our way with possible hail. Queue nearly 300 cars trying to jam into a parking garage all at once.  Surprisingly it took under 10 minutes and everyone was safe when the rain showed up. No hail though. Texans are paranoid as poo poo about hail. Around 9:30 the film crew showed up and started filming b-roll stuff. About 10AM Mike showed up and started his thing. The intro, shots of him walking around, looking at cars and stuff. Filming in the garage was not fun for the crew. The light sucked and they had no lighting rigs. He stopped to look at my buddy's Camaro while we stood there. We were told don't look at the cameras or Mike. Act like he's just a dude. After that shot he started talking to my buddy off camera and after a few minutes of going over the car offered to buy it on the spot. Not for the show, but for himself. My buddy turned him down even after he raised his offer twice. They moved to the next level to film more 'searching' and the 'offer' on a C3 'Vette. During this part they used the front of my car as a mark for Mike to start walking from. Pictured below.  After filming wrapped I asked Mike for a pic with me, my wife, and the car. He came right over and talked for a bit before heading off to film some more. He was amazingly gracious and took time to listen to all his fan's stories. He spent nearly 30 minutes just taking pics with people. I liked him before on the show, he's even better in person. Hearing some of the behind the scenes stuff and how low budget their show really is was fun.
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Sudden Infant Def Syndrome posted:What is the Camaro that he was so interested in?  '68 with a 383 / 4 speed / Moser 12 bolt. Runs like a raped ape. In person it has a lot of character.
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Check this out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73kALf6IMvM&t=207s (3:27)
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Kill-9 posted:Runs like a raped ape.
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I'm pretty sure it usually means "really fast", since the sheer adrenaline coursing through the ape's body would enable it to run at top speed despite whatever rectal trauma it had suffered. Of course in the long view that may also mean a spectacular breakdown at some point, but it never comes up.
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Slugworth posted:I honestly can't tell if that's a good thing. Like, the ape got raped a bit and then ran away really fast, or the ape got brutally raped and now runs poorly due to the trauma? How raped an ape are we talking? Panty Saluter posted:I'm pretty sure it usually means "really fast", since the sheer adrenaline coursing through the ape's body would enable it to run at top speed despite whatever rectal trauma it had suffered. I've always understood and used it to mean "it's scarily fast". I never really thought about the rectal trauma angle. Are we assuming it's a male ape? Now I'm trying to figure out if a raped ape is faster than a non-raped ape.
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Kill-9 posted:Now I'm trying to figure out if a raped ape is faster than a non-raped ape. Only one way to find out. After the data is collected, we can also compare the scientific results to that wonderful Camaro. Edit: Idiot who types too fast. atothesquiz fucked around with this message at 15:45 on Apr 8, 2014 |
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Kill-9 posted:I've always understood and used it to mean "it's scarily fast". I never really thought about the rectal trauma angle. Are we assuming it's a male ape? Now I'm trying to figure out if a raped ape is faster than a non-raped ape. It's be very expensive if the apes kept running off after each test. You'd need to fit them with a raped ape brake. First automotive GIS result:  You wouldn't want to decelerate the apes too much, so you'd first have to establish a raped ape brake rate.
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atothesquiz posted:Camero Please don't.
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There's a few seconds of neat in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiZx1HKE3UE&t=57s Around the 1:00 mark they film a (wet) burnout, you can see the tire begin to pile up for a few frames before it breaks free and starts to spin. Tires are magic to me.
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Sudden Infant Def Syndrome posted:What is the Camaro that he was so interested in? Found the only pic I could of the other side of the car. With bonus purple Barracuda. Mike Brewer said don't even bother trying to paint match 30 year old paint and leave the primered fender just like it is. He said it tells a story and makes it look more 'authentic'. 
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Beach Bum posted:One of my all-time favorite cars in the SCCA Region I race in just hit a milestone. He had to put a new motor in because he was "only making around 430 at the wheels these days". At first I was like "that car looks familiar, and then I saw the tags and I was like "poo poo, I've seen that car a few times," It is pretty rad and looks monstrously wide in person. for content Here's a dump of some quirky cars.   .jpg?format=1000w) https://static.squarespace.com/static/51c8f3e9e4b0244009e02e90/53431036e4b0907609b1e0a8/53431051e4b03ef52d7a7278/1396904057637/07_2009_64.JPG?format=1000w          
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 Swamp Rat 37 6 motor, 2,000hp in the batteries. Yes, it's electric. Plan is to get Big Daddy the first over 200mph in the 1/4 in an electric car.
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Leroy Diplowski posted:At first I was like "that car looks familiar, and then I saw the tags and I was like "poo poo, I've seen that car a few times," It is pretty rad and looks monstrously wide in person. 
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Slavvy posted:Tailfins
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