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What a K-car Chrysler New Yorker looks like under its landau roof:
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Rugoberta Munchu posted:What a K-car Chrysler New Yorker looks like under its landau roof: So it's just slapped together with whatever bits of metal they found lying around the plant?
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Mister Kingdom posted:So it's just slapped together with whatever bits of metal they found lying around the plant? It's like that's what Chrysler is all about...
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May 20, 2014 12:51
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CommieGIR posted:
 Lexus Optitron gauges ftw. I miss my LS400. 
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May 20, 2014 13:59
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 oh, Idaho.  oh, Ireland.
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May 20, 2014 14:38
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Idaho does have some justification to exist.. I saw a Commodore 64 in a second hand store, with its box and all accessories inside. $25.  So if you want decrepit electronics that could be a good place to look.
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May 20, 2014 14:40
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Idaho also has the best political debates running now too!
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad posted:
That is one tiny cow. Seriously, even for a calf, that is super-tiny.
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May 20, 2014 16:11
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Jesus, I've been in this thread for too long. I spent a solid minute looking at the stickers and license plate, trying to find the terribleness, before I even noticed the sheep.
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May 20, 2014 16:23
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Captain Trips posted:Jesus, I've been in this thread for too long. I spent a solid minute looking at the stickers and license plate, trying to find the terribleness, before I even noticed the sheep. That's because it's in the wrong thread, carsheep is awesome.
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May 20, 2014 16:46
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Really, if you aren't doing insane poo poo with your Outback you should probably sell it to someone who will and buy an Impreza.
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May 20, 2014 16:48
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Terrible car stuff, my supra was hit a while back and I just sold the replacement car (no car now) which is motivation to fix it. Went to try to fix the control arm mount seen here: Crossmember is also bent  That's terrible car stuff right there.e: there's jackstands out of frame, jack is there just in case, I'm not that terrible.
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May 20, 2014 16:57
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Yeah that's terrible car stuff in any other car. I kinda expect it from an Outback, even here in Seattle. I would be utterly unsurprised to see a dude driving around Seattle in an Outback with a few goats in the back.
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May 20, 2014 16:58
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reuters posted:General Motors Co said on Tuesday it is recalling another 2.42 million vehicles in the United States, raising the number of vehicles it has recalled so far this year to more than 15 million.
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May 20, 2014 17:31
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quote:GM said there have been no fatalities associated with the latest recalls. lmao
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May 20, 2014 17:36
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This should probably go in the horrible mechanical thread, but I don't keep up with that one so meh. And it happened while it was already on the ground, so technically it was an automobile at this point. Apparently the prevailing theory is that the right gear broke just after landing. My brother pitched into a ditch because it just suddenly steered right while taxing. The left gear was removed to put it on the trailer. Sucks though cause my grandfather is 89 and the plane probably won't be repaired any time soon
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May 20, 2014 18:04
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Terrible car stuff, with a twist: modern cars. Remember old cars where you could roll down the window and rest your arm on the window, finding that perfect spot where wind would shoot up your shirt sleeve and cool you off? Then you could lean forward in your seat a bit and cool off your back too? That poo poo is impossible in modern cars. I tried it today because it was the first warm day of the year and it reminded me how much I miss it. Leaning forward means I can't see the speedometer anymore and my head almost hits the headliner. There's also the problem that crumple zones means no one can design a door anymore where it's comfortable to rest your arm on the sill, it's either too much of a stretch or you can't hang your arm out comfortably or whatever. Plus the bucket seats tend to swallow you up and make it uncomfortable to try and sit any other way. Basically safety has ruined summer driving. 
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May 20, 2014 19:39
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Sitting in the back seat, and not being able to roll the window all the way down. 
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May 20, 2014 19:43
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xzzy posted:Terrible car stuff, with a twist: modern cars.
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xzzy posted:Remember old cars where you could roll down the window and rest your arm on the window, finding that perfect spot where wind would shoot up your shirt sleeve and cool you off? Then you could lean forward in your seat a bit and cool off your back too? This plus a vent window = paradise. I can't wait to use my vents again.
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May 20, 2014 19:47
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In older cars you can also roll the windows down to get a nice breeze without creating a horrible wind tunnel pointing directly at your face. I can cruise with them down all day in my Celica and barely have to touch my hair when I get out. New car? I look like I just stuck a fork in an electrical socket.
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May 20, 2014 19:50
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That's the price we pay for aerodynamic cars that get better gas mileage
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May 20, 2014 19:56
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I want the 60's back, please. I don't care if I get impaled by my steering column, I want the perfect breeze.
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May 20, 2014 20:01
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I was just driving down the Highway to the Danger Zone the other day when...  Sorry for the image quality, driving into the sun when I saw this guy.
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May 20, 2014 20:21
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Excuse me, that is clearly an F-18 and not an F-14, therefor your Danger Zone reference does not apply. Furthermore, I Also, i'm curious as to how that affects handling. I bet it's real fun in high winds
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May 20, 2014 20:43
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xzzy posted:Terrible car stuff, with a twist: modern cars. Lies. I can rest my arm on my door with the window down just fine. Stop driving cars that have tank windows.
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More details from today's GM recall:quote:GM also put a stop-sale order on the 2015 Cadillac Escalade and Escalade ESV full-size SUVs, recalling about 1,500 vehicles because the passenger side air bags may not deploy properly in an accident. The company said it has emailed the 224 customers who had taken delivery of the vehicles, telling them not to let passengers sit in the front passenger seat until the repair has been made. http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/05/20/us-gm-recall-idUSBREA4J0L320140520 America's #1 automaker 
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May 20, 2014 21:25
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And to think the US government took a 61% ownership of that company to keep it afloat 5 years ago.
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May 20, 2014 21:26
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New GM: same as the old GM.
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xzzy posted:Terrible car stuff, with a twist: modern cars. loving this. My 2001 Accent window was great for it; being a 2-door, the window was extra long so your arm wasn't hitting the back of the windowframe, and the sill was low enough to comfortably drive. I used to get horribly sunburned on my left arm because I'd drive all the way across the US with my arm on the windowsill. The Honda Fit I got after it, my fiance's Toyota Camry, all have windows that are far too high. 62 Studebaker is good for it, and the '90 Crown Vic I had in high school was good too. Can you get a '90 Crown Victoria with a manual? I should just go find one of those.
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Pham Nuwen posted:Can you get a '90 Crown Victoria with a manual? I should just go find one of those. I was gonna say the Crown Victoria Sport came in manual, but looking now it just had a floor shifter and I guess I transposed them in my head. Panther cars are all pretty good for cruising though, a Police Interceptor (or Mercury Marauder  ) would probably be right up your alley. Body-on-frame means they don't rely on the body/doors for rigidity, so the doors are still pretty low and relatively thin.
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dubzee posted:More details from today's GM recall: the first phrase that comes to mind when I think GM now is "rolling sarcophagus"
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Fucknag posted:I was gonna say the Crown Victoria Sport came in manual, but looking now it just had a floor shifter and I guess I transposed them in my head. http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/cto/4473891597.html 
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atomicthumbs posted:the first phrase that comes to mind when I think GM now is "rolling sarcophagus" I'm a huge fan of "Kevorkianesque" and have been trying to find a way to work it into conversation at work.
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Guinness posted:New GM: same as the old GM. To be fair, most of the recalls so far are from pre bankruptcy cars.
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xzzy posted:And to think the US government took a 61% ownership of that company to keep it afloat 5 years ago. A match made in heaven.
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Larrymer posted:To be fair, most of the recalls so far are from pre bankruptcy cars. Yeah, and they at least appear to be attempting to get all of their skeletons out of the closet at once, so in 2 years people will forget it ever happened, and don't have to have the issue brought up again every 6 months when another one of their kevorkianesque vehicles murders an adorable family. Can anybody here, honestly, off the top of their head, remember what vehicle that police officer and his family who sparked toyotas recall woes were in when it scattered them all over a field? The GM thing might sting for a little longer because of the buzz words that will likely make it into regular usage like "you're toast" and "corvair-like"
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Powershift posted:Yeah, and they at least appear to be attempting to get all of their skeletons out of the closet at once, so in 2 years people will forget it ever happened, and don't have to have the issue brought up again every 6 months when another one of their kevorkianesque vehicles murders an adorable family. It was an ES350.
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Larrymer posted:To be fair, most of the recalls so far are from pre bankruptcy cars. The issues seem like they were known while GM was still majority government-owned and the legal ramifications if they were covered up with the intent of getting and keeping the stock price up until the selloff are decidedly ugly
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Snowdens Secret posted:The issues seem like they were known while GM was still majority government-owned and the legal ramifications if they were covered up with the intent of getting and keeping the stock price up until the selloff are decidedly ugly Yeah, someone from the government or a large corporation is going to go to jail because a bunch of people died.  If that's how it comes out, it's just going to be one more thing for fox news to ignore, cnn to fumble, and jon stewart to make a funny face at.
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