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 Saw this one on I-5. The cloth was to cover up the damage I guess? Only its end wasn't secure so it was just flapping around. Guy was going 80mph, making sudden lane changes, and passing on the right when he didn't need to.
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Sappo569 posted:
Expanding foam is so loving flammable. I love this thing even if it's been posted before.
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PCOS Bill posted:I've never seen a high end car not driven like that. A couple years ago I'm sitting at a stoplight on a busy 4-way intersection during rush hour. The cross street's lights turn yellow, then red. Just as our left turn arrow turns green, a bright red Ferrari 458 blows through the intersection at WOT, had to have been going more than 100, maybe faster. He must have really been trying to "beat" that light. Obviously horribly unsafe and the driver is a shithead for doing it, but I can't say it didn't make my morning.
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I hate wheeler dealers. If we all had ed china willing to do shitloads of free mechanical work for us, we'd all be able to turn a profit flipping cars.
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AlternateAccount posted:I hate wheeler dealers. If we all had ed china willing to do shitloads of free mechanical work for us, we'd all be able to turn a profit flipping cars. "Oi mate I just stripped me auto down to the frame and spent 300 hours boxing the frame and repairing rust, should be able to flip this for a pretty penny!" I think that show is interesting enough but it's so far out of the scope of reality that it's absurd.
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Ok good. Glad someone else brought this up. Every time I watch this poo poo it bugs me to no end that he thinks selling a car for 1000 dollars more than he "spent" fixing it is a good profit. Poor tall guy must never get paid for any of his labor.
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I was talking about it the other day. I'm not sure who the target audience really is, I mean if i had a garage full of tools, a lift, and even that crazy expensive A/C charger poo poo and ECU diag stuff then i'd probably know what i'm doing to fix a car and wouldnt need a show to tell me i could simply change the transmission oil to fix a clunky gear change. If i didn't have any of that stuff, then what loving use is the show as it's telling me "if you were already stupidly rich enough to buy all these tools, and mechanically knowledgeable then you could fix your poo poo at home" It's almost as bad as the old British gameshow "Bullseye" where even if you didn't win the presenter would cry out "And look at what you COULD have won" while showing a disheartened contestant the brand new yacht they could have won if only they, you know, won.
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Apr 25, 2014 18:12
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blech... I think I may vomit. https://www.facebook.com/CenCalTrucks "cencal trucks" is even worse than your average bro truck style.
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Apr 25, 2014 19:04
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We're all about $4,000 in front shocks alone!
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Apr 25, 2014 19:07
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kastein posted:blech... I think I may vomit. These are the kind of dudes that would jump a Raptor off a dirt jump going 60mph.
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Apr 25, 2014 19:08
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kastein posted:blech... I think I may vomit. At least they admit that their trucks are worthless at anything except looking stupid. From the FB page quote:this is a page of mostly trucks in central california! It is all about the big lift big wheels small tires powdercoat and chrome! all about show!
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Apr 25, 2014 19:20
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Baller Witness Bro posted:These are the kind of dudes that would jump a Raptor off a dirt jump going 60mph. If a Raptor could handle such a thing, I'd be lining up for my turn.
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Apr 25, 2014 19:39
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Baller Witness Bro posted:These are the kind of dudes that would jump a Raptor off a dirt jump going 60mph. I'd do that given the chance.
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Apr 25, 2014 19:47
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Sudden Infant Def Syndrome posted:I'd do that given the chance. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKQdlXvbWSU In case no one has seen this video yet. It's pretty awesome (mostly because the guy destroys his truck).
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Apr 25, 2014 19:52
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Every time that video comes up I can't help but wonder what happened to the bodies of the morons that were inside. It seems like the best case is a concussion, a more typical result would be a bunch of fractures or sprained muscles. Even with the airbags going off they must have been ragdolled pretty hard.
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That reminds me of another awesome "idiots with flashy trucks breaking them badly" video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCfgx_krIo0 Apparently those ultra blingy four-figure-per-corner bypass shocks were mounted to the axle housing with a single tab... and a bolt... in single shear. So the second it hit the ground, they tore off and/or the bolts broke. Whoops  Money can't buy intelligence. Fabrication skill doesn't imply engineering skill, either. As for the guys in the last video, their spines have got to be killing them. The raptor has nice suspension but once you're on the bumpstops and there's still energy to be expended, only bad things happen. And airbags don't keep you from getting a spinal compression injury!
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I always wondered if the Raptors were serious or just for looks. That answers that
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Apr 25, 2014 20:16
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They're serious, but they aren't loving trophy trucks.
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Apr 25, 2014 20:20
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CommieGIR posted:I always wondered if the Raptors were seriius or just for looks. That answers that Trophy trucks are tube frames and barely can handle that even with 3+ feet of suspension travel, nothing with a license plate short of a dirtbike could ever survive that kind of abuse. The forces involved are nuts.
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DJ Commie posted:Trophy trucks are tube frames and barely can handle that even with 3+ feet of suspension travel, nothing with a license plate short of a dirtbike could ever survive that kind of abuse. The forces involved are nuts. You're talking out of your rear end man. What the hell makes you think a full set of Fox shocks couldn't support a factory stock F150? They're used for racing in the desert!
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Apr 25, 2014 20:22
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CommieGIR posted:I always wondered if the Raptors were seriius or just for looks. That answers that Oh come on, that doesn't answer anything. Even at Baja they don't do jumps that big, it would destroy a trophy truck. That was like driving off a two story building at 50+ mph, no car is going to survive that. He was supposed to hit the down ramp, which gives you some gradual energy expenditure. He overshot it by like 50 feet, because GOTTA GO FAST AS I CAN. subx fucked around with this message at 20:27 on Apr 25, 2014 |
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Here's what a proper landing looks like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgEteLYwFZs&t=83s Note that he's not slamming cockeyed onto flat, hard ground at ~30mph vertical speed. (Note that this guy has some less-good jumps earlier in the video)
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Apr 25, 2014 20:53
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Baller Witness Bro posted:These are the kind of dudes that would jump a Raptor off a dirt jump going 60mph. There's nothing wrong with that. Bitching that you broke it after doing so is the problem. CommieGIR posted:I always wondered if the Raptors were serious or just for looks. That answers that They're serious trucks for seriously little money. It's a $45k truck that will do 85% or more of what a $200,000 prerunner will do. Very few people have a need for this, or even understand it's implications and limitations.
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Nocheez posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKQdlXvbWSU The best part is, I bet he tried to claim insurance on it.
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Baller Witness Bro posted:"Oi mate I just stripped me auto down to the frame and spent 300 hours boxing the frame and repairing rust, should be able to flip this for a pretty penny!" I enjoy the show just to watch Edd do his thing. In the early series, they would choose cars that needed realistic repairs. The last few years have been ridiculous like the Bentley they got and did a full color change.
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^Or the TVR that needed a full-on chassis swap.
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Bucephalus posted:^Or the TVR that needed a full-on chassis swap. That was pretty cool, but drat.
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veedubfreak posted:The best part is, I bet he tried to claim insurance on it.
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I like watching Edd fix the cars and I have learned to tune Mike out for the most part. It would be nice if they mixed up the exotica with everyday cars again though. I guess the Syrena kinda counts on that front. 
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Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:Wasn't the story on that video that the guy actually sued Ford because he thought the Raptor could safely do that? No, those were the idiots that hit a cattle crossing at ~70mph and bent their frames when the rears bottomed out.
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Mister Kingdom posted:I enjoy the show just to watch Edd do his thing. In the early series, they would choose cars that needed realistic repairs. The last few years have been ridiculous like the Bentley they got and did a full color change. Yeah, I mean it's TV. A show with just Edd restoring old beautiful cars and showing what was involved and MAYBE EVEN HERE AND THERE making the case that certain repairs needn't be seen as impossible and that sometimes cars are more salvageable than they seem.
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Delivery McGee posted:My local one: Renton, WA isn't loving around. 
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Crikey, speed limit 5? I didn't know you could get a sign labeled that low. Thats slower than a parking lot....
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Apr 26, 2014 04:13
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gently caress. 8 feet? My living room's taller than that.
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Apr 26, 2014 04:18
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Why wouldn't they just put in a railway crossing...
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AlternateAccount posted:Yeah, I mean it's TV. A show with just Edd restoring old beautiful cars and showing what was involved and MAYBE EVEN HERE AND THERE making the case that certain repairs needn't be seen as impossible and that sometimes cars are more salvageable than they seem. Some goon posted before that they swapped cars during some shows. Anybody know if this is true?
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Apr 26, 2014 04:22
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Slavvy posted:Why wouldn't they just put in a railway crossing... Or dig down a little bit and make the road lower.
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Apr 26, 2014 04:32
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Slavvy posted:Why wouldn't they just put in a railway crossing... Because the low crossing is a good deal more ammusing
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I'm 2,000 miles away and know nothing about the area, but my guess is the underpass was constructed specifically to connect the neighborhoods on either side of the tracks. The pavement, bridge, landscaping and concrete all look like they were recently placed. The shallow underpass is good for bikes, people, cars and sane pickups, everything else should just use the state route one block to the west. There had to be a reason the cut for the road couldn't have gone deeper, maybe existing sewer lines or proximity to driveway. Also, the powers that be must have wanted to connect the neighborhoods badly enough that a "nope, can't be done, bridge would be too low" from the county engineer wasn't an acceptable response.
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I like how Google Street View doesn't go under it, because the Street View car is too tall.
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