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I need a definitive answer; Is the VL Calais a good car or do people just like it ironically?
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animeliker posted:I need a definitive answer; Is the VL Calais a good car or do people just like it ironically? It's certainly good compared to what came before and after. I guess it's like those US turbo Buicks - you can get big power relatively easily
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Apr 5, 2014 03:41
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The RB30 was a solid mill*, but the main reason it's so well regarded is because it replaced the hopelessly obsolete 202, and was a better motor than the still-carburettor 250 in the Falcon of the day. If you're looking for a project, sure. DD? There have been better, cheaper and more abundant cars made in the intervening 25 years. *: A few skyline guys run the RB30 because it takes boost like a champ.
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Apr 5, 2014 04:06
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I live nowhere near Australia or NZ so I can't obtain one easily; I just like the way they look (the Calais in particular) but they have this reputation on the internet of being a "Bogan" car.
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Apr 5, 2014 04:21
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Slavvy posted:Every falcon since the AU has used the AU body shell. The more you know. No it hasn't. It ended with the introduction of the FG in 2008. AU  BA/BF (still using AU)  FG Falcon (completely new) 
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Apr 5, 2014 04:45
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edit: ^^^^^^^huh, I was certain they were the same. Googling doesn't show anything one way or the other, but just by looking at them you appear to be correct. Calais was pretty much just a trim spec for the VL commy, everything is interchangeable and they were mechanically identical. The VL has the distinction of being the only nissan-powered commodore; the predecessor was the terrible 202 as IPCRESS said, the successor was the humdrum GM 3800. For that reason alone they're somewhat more sought-after than the models immediately before and after. I had a mate with a hosed old VL that he ragged on mercilessly. Eventually that car got an LSD+disc rear axle, manual trans and an RB25DET. They aren't bad, I guess, if you like cheap GM cars. Very rugged yet poorly made. All commodores are bogan cars, it's just a matter of time before the price of any given generation sinks to an affordable level for the average bogan. Ditto falcons. Slavvy fucked around with this message at 05:51 on Apr 5, 2014 |
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Apr 5, 2014 04:45
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go_banana posted:No it hasn't. It ended with the introduction of the FG in 2008. The FG unibody looks just the same as the other two, just with a different front fascia bolted on, to me.
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Apr 5, 2014 05:33
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It is technically all new - none of the panels will interchange any more.
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Apr 5, 2014 05:56
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Captain Trips posted:
You can order Minis from the factory with lots of different vinyl options. There's one parked on the street by me but the red on the Union Jack on the roof is all bleached from the sun.
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Apr 5, 2014 10:17
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Slavvy posted:The aprilia SRV 850 is a significantly larger and more powerful scooter and costs even more than that. Not sure what your point is, maxi scooters are A Thing and have been for a long time. I can't find it now, but I'm pretty sure I've seen a video of an old-school Vespa with a Ducati or Aprilia 750cc twin under the seat (as opposed to the one I can find, with a Gixxer 750 in the footwell, but that's more an under-framed motorcycle than an overpowered scooter. The one I remember had the engine in the proper place for a scooter, it just stuck out a bit. A very big bit.) CharlesM posted:You can order Minis from the factory with lots of different vinyl options. There's one parked on the street by me but the red on the Union Jack on the roof is all bleached from the sun. Chillbro Baggins fucked around with this message at 12:18 on Apr 5, 2014 |
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Apr 5, 2014 12:14
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Bad Angus! Bad!
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Spot the terrible:
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Apr 6, 2014 04:07
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That bolt is optional anyways.
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Apr 6, 2014 04:13
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Powershift posted:That bolt is optional anyways. Technically every part of a car can be optional.
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Apr 6, 2014 05:28
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Rhyno posted:Technically every part of a car can be optional.
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Apr 6, 2014 05:30
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Slavvy posted:It's a falcon.  I see that now. We don't get those over here in the states, so I thought it was an oval orgy taurus, as that's what it looks closest to.
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Apr 6, 2014 06:00
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Captain Trips posted:
This made me think to GIS for a Burberry mini cooper, which would belong in this thread. But instead I found this, which certainly does not. 
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Apr 6, 2014 06:46
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You mean the GLC's c(h)avalier?
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Apr 6, 2014 11:05
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Powershift posted:not really. If both wishbone bolts were missing, there would be a serious problem. I said nothing about the car remaining safe or functional.
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Apr 6, 2014 17:34
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CharlesM posted:You can order Minis from the factory with lots of different vinyl options. There's one parked on the street by me but the red on the Union Jack on the roof is all bleached from the sun. I think the fact that a German car has a factory option to put the British flag on its roof is a terrible car thing in and of itself.
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Apr 7, 2014 19:47
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Hikaki posted:I think the fact that a German car has a factory option to put the British flag on its roof is a terrible car thing in and of itself. Makes em easier to spot for the Stuka's to dive bomb them.
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Apr 7, 2014 19:55
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CommieGIR posted:Makes em easier to spot for the Stuka's to dive bomb them. That would require modern-day Germany to make a Stuka equivalent that stays in the air until its first Service A appointment. On the plus side the pilots will be comforted by rich leather and the finest plastic trim clips that money can buy on their way to the grave.
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Apr 7, 2014 19:59
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Seat Safety Switch posted:That would require modern-day Germany to make a Stuka equivalent that stays in the air until its first Service A appointment. ...into a tree...backwards...on fire...
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Apr 7, 2014 20:58
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anonumos posted:...into a tree...backwards...on fire... Like there's any other way you'd want to go if you got to choose the method of conveyance 
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Apr 7, 2014 21:19
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I wish I could have taken a picture of it, but I saw a GT-R with the wost bodykit ever. It's like the guy just glued random bits of plastic on it. The front GT-R logo was a bright red and white glowing LED you could see from far away, that's what caught my eye.
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Apr 7, 2014 22:04
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It came from the hotel parking lot.   
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Apr 8, 2014 01:46
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Frinkahedron posted:It came from the hotel parking lot. Yeah, this owns bones, though. 
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Apr 8, 2014 01:59
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 Looks pretty secure to me. I like the large appliance just hanging off the tailgate, with just some rope holding it on.
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Apr 8, 2014 03:04
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Blood Magnet posted:
I can't help but believe that, with the proper Tetris skills, all of that stuff could have been loaded safely.
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Apr 8, 2014 03:12
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Frinkahedron posted:It came from the hotel parking lot. Hotel parking lot? There is no way this isn't owned by a pimp.
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Apr 8, 2014 03:15
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Mister Kingdom posted:I can't help but believe that, with the proper Tetris skills, all of that stuff could have been loaded safely. No way, when you're cruising neighborhoods on garbage day looking for scrap metal you don't got time to load it properly. Every second wasted is another second some other scrapper will have an opportunity to collect and that's lost wages man.
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Apr 8, 2014 03:20
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One clever scrapper around here built this huge chain link cage around the bed of his truck so he can just chuck stuff in with wild abandon. It's the craziest looking thing full of scrap.
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Apr 8, 2014 03:23
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Blood Magnet posted:
I like how the rope is under a inclined tube frame that will help push it down out of the way of the other pieces.
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Apr 8, 2014 03:24
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I think I found the owner. 
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Apr 8, 2014 04:42
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Insert "keep_sharpies_away_from_mexicans.jpg" (on mobile or I'd do it) (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Apr 8, 2014 04:47
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some texas redneck posted:I think I found the owner. I'm looking for a challenge, so I'd like to armwrestle this person.
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Apr 8, 2014 06:11
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cormorant posted:I'm looking for a challenge, so I'd like to armwrestle this person. It's likely her arm composition is 95% fat so unless you're a noodly-armed teen I doubt you'd have much trouble winning.
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Apr 8, 2014 13:06
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88h88 posted:It's likely her arm composition is 95% fat so unless you're a noodly-armed teen I doubt you'd have much trouble winning. She still needs muscle to get all that mass moving.
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Apr 8, 2014 13:22
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Nocheez posted:She still needs muscle to get all that mass moving. People shaped like that only have leg muscles. Arms don't require muscle to shovel food into your gaping maw. But it does take a lot of muscle to move that lumbering 350 pounds of fat around.
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Apr 8, 2014 14:52
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Blood Magnet posted:
Ooh they used rope! Fancy. Most of the small trucks overfilled with probably stolen bikes in SoCal just use good old gravity and the fact that there is so much intertwined metal that it if they did fall off they'd have to do it as one huge connected pile. Like a rat king of bikes.
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I'm loving this http://www.ktvu.com/news/news/crime-law/vandals-target-smart-cars-san-francisco/nfTJb/
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