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Good jokes get made more often, albeit you have to sift through more poo poo to find them. I think Abe said that they nuked old GBS because anything born from it would be better than the RSS feed it had become. No offense to anyone, but you joined SA for the wrong reason if you thought the old GBS was good. The new one isn't good, either, but it's certainly better. 
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I guess picking clashing colors is not at all a surprise for a person who willingly owns and customizes one of those.
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May 30, 2014 16:45
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Delivery McGee posted:Studebaker Wagonaire: So Studebaker made the original XUV. GMC's version didn't quite make it. 
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May 30, 2014 17:22
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rcman50166 posted:Good jokes get made more often, albeit you have to sift through more poo poo to find them. At least the poo poo in the old GBS was idiots being earnest instead of the professional shitposting crew that is slowly turning it into a BYOB-lite.
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May 30, 2014 17:57
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bung posted:So Studebaker made the original XUV. GMC's version didn't quite make it. Holy poo poo I forgot about this, it's an even worse Avalanche.
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May 30, 2014 18:24
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Liquid Communism posted:At least the poo poo in the old GBS was idiots being earnest instead of the professional shitposting crew that is slowly turning it into a BYOB-lite. Leave newGBS running a few more months Then permaban everyone who posted there more than elsewhere
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May 30, 2014 18:33
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I don't care if he was speeding, this pedestrian better get the book thrown at them: http://metro.co.uk/2014/05/30/angry-pedestrian-throws-rock-at-speeding-lamborghini-aventador-4744959/
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May 30, 2014 18:43
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Old GBS was kinda cool like 5 years ago, but had become a place full of thin skinned retards who wanted to be offended about things and SJW about everything. gently caress that noise, that's what tumblr is for. A girl I briefly dated last fall got an HHR as a rental car when hers was totaled. Said it was a total piece of poo poo and she hated it. I ended up with a Kia Soul rental in 2012... couldn't stand the thing, even aside from the fact that it looks like the rear end end of a large caterpillar with those eyespot taillights.
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May 30, 2014 18:44
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kastein posted:A girl I briefly dated last fall got an HHR as a rental car when hers was totaled. Said it was a total piece of poo poo and she hated it. I had an HHR a couple of years ago for a rental while my Fusion was having its transmission rebuilt. Piece of poo poo. Right now my current fleet car is having its engine rebuilt (2.4 Ecotec with excessive oil consumption) and the dealer gave me a base-model Sonic. Likewise, piece of poo poo but at least its moderately fuel efficient. To be fair, when was the last time GM turned out a decent compact that didn't suffer from design and/or engineering flaws?
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May 30, 2014 18:51
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Precisely never.
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May 30, 2014 18:53
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Krakkles posted:I don't care if he was speeding, this pedestrian better get the book thrown at them: Something similar to this happened in Indianapolis last year but the dude used a BB gun instead of a rock. Kids kept using his street to race and he lost his poo poo one day. Now, would we care as much if the dude was driving a Maxima?
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May 30, 2014 18:54
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^Counterpoint: would the pedestrian have cared as much?Geoj posted:
I've never heard anything super bad about the Monza. v  v
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May 30, 2014 18:55
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Rhyno posted:Something similar to this happened in Indianapolis last year but the dude used a BB gun instead of a rock. Kids kept using his street to race and he lost his poo poo one day. The pedestrian might not have cared as much, which is a further reason they should be pressed with any and all charges which can be imagined.
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May 30, 2014 18:57
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Krakkles posted:I would still care just as much, yes. I have had people throw things at my car before, and it's not only severely uncool, it's dangerous. I agree, and the owner of the Lambo needs to lose his license for driving like a complete loving idiot on public streets.
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May 30, 2014 19:13
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Assuming he was and that guy didn't have an aggressive case of old man 
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May 30, 2014 19:19
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Yeah, I'm not really sure a 0-60 run (looks like he did two gear changes then slowed down, but yes, a guess) on a 3 lanes each direction road qualifies as driving like a complete loving idiot. Even if he was driving like a complete loving idiot, call the cops. Violence isn't the solution to this.
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May 30, 2014 19:20
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Krakkles posted:Even if he was driving like a complete loving idiot, call the cops. 911 dispatcher: "did the speeding car cause an accident resulting in an injury? No? Have a nice day, sir. *click*"
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May 30, 2014 19:41
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If he launched properly after the lunatic with the rock stopped him, he could have outran the rock.
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May 30, 2014 19:51
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Geoj posted:911 dispatcher: "did the speeding car cause an accident resulting in an injury? No? Have a nice day, sir. *click*" *gets mad, attempts to hurt people* It's up to the cops to enforce the law, not stupid men with rocks. That's part of the point of living in a civilized society. Powershift posted:If he launched properly after the lunatic with the rock stopped him, he could have outran the rock. 
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May 30, 2014 19:53
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rcman50166 posted:Assuming he was and that guy didn't have an aggressive case of old man Did you not see the beginning of the video? He was definitely hooning it out on the roadway.
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May 30, 2014 19:58
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Krakkles posted:*gets mad, attempts to hurt people* Throwing a rock at the side of a car is infinitely worse than driving at highway speeds in a residential area.
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May 30, 2014 20:00
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Geoj posted:Throwing a rock at the side of a car is infinitely worse than driving at highway speeds in a residential area.
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May 30, 2014 20:01
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Society has decided that violence against people or property is a bad thing and you shouldn't do it, so people should probably cut it out. It's also decided driving like a shitcock is a bad thing but trying to prevent it doesn't legalize violence.
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May 30, 2014 20:04
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Fucknag posted:^Counterpoint: would the pedestrian have cared as much? Didn't those have the problematic Vega motors? I was going to say the Chevy II was a pretty successful, pretty well thought-of compact.
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May 30, 2014 20:05
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Guy in the blue shirt needs to see criminal charges (or at least a drat good beating) and to have to pay for the damage. What's perhaps worse in one sense is that almost no non-car-people realise that eggs damage paintwork, so while people will understand why throwing a rock is wrong, they won't understand why throwing an egg (or something else) is just the same thing on a smaller scale, as opposed to a harmless prank that can be dealt with by hosing it off. Same for letting tyres down. Also, you do not gently caress with someone's car. This is a pretty basic rule. InitialDave fucked around with this message at 20:37 on May 30, 2014 |
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May 30, 2014 20:12
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http://www.teamyarpirate.com/clutch.jpg warning: huge image backstory: had to store my motorcycle for winter, needed someone to drive me back while I rode motorcycle, friend volunteered. I gave him the choice of driving wrx wagon or prius, he chose the wagon. He had owned a car with a manual transmission for a few years before, so I assumed he knew how to drive. When we got to the farm where I was to store the bike, my car reeked of burned clutch. I drove home, very cautiously (since it was slipping in first gear, eesh.) My friend (farm owner, not clutch-burner) welded this trophy together for him out of the clutch we pulled out.
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May 30, 2014 20:18
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YarPirate posted:http://www.teamyarpirate.com/clutch.jpg Did he pay for the new clutch?
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May 30, 2014 20:25
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InitialDave posted:Guy in the blue shirt needs to see criminal charges (or at least a drat good beating) and to have to pay for the damage. Yes, Pulp Fiction was a good movie.
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May 30, 2014 20:27
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I can't fathom why you'd gently caress with someone in a Lambo in this way. Obviously they have money to blow and I doubt many owners are gonna be shy about lawyering up and suing the gently caress out of someone that dents their car. I can imagine the repair costs for a big rear end rock hitting a door panel even on say, a Honda Civic, are more than one would think. Replacing the skin + paint on a lambo is probably in "outrageously hosed in the rear end in a top hat" territory. I'm not sure the video looks too good for the Lambo owner since he probably did break the speed limits of that area but that's not exactly cause for vigilante justice from Charles Bronson with a rock.
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May 30, 2014 20:30
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PCOS Bill posted:Did he pay for the new clutch? When I told him how much it would cost total, he got really sheepish and apologized. A few weeks later he offered to pay for a fraction of what it would end up costing, and I turned it down because I wasn't really hurting for money. Shaming him with the trophy was payment enough, IMO.
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May 30, 2014 20:31
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I had a fun night a few weeks back. A buddy of mine didn't look too good after an evening of beer and whiskey with some friends so I offered to drive him home in his car and have my wife pick me up at his place and take me back to my car. He drives a 90s subaru wagon that he absolutely adores and will not get rid of. Fine by me but when I pushed in the clutch to get the car in reverse, I'm having a hard time without the transmission grinding. He says, "no worries, it's a little rough, you need to push the clutch harder". So I jammed the poo poo out of it and still nothing. gently caress it, I leave it in neutral and allow the car to coast out of the inclined parking garage spot. Then I realize that it's hard to shift into other gears too. "You really gotta push the gently caress out of the clutch", he says. I get it in first and I tell him that I think it's time for a new clutch. He then tells me that it's brand new. His clutch had a sweet spot of about 3 inches or so after pushing in 8 inches of "nothing" feeling. Once you hit that sweet spot, you had to jam even harder to get that additional 1 inch for maximum clutch engaging. I get used to it but as I'm merging onto a freeway, I look down and realize his speedo doesn't work either. Jesus. How in the hell does he make a daily driver out of this car? I drive a manual transmission as well and no, that kind of clutch play would not be acceptable on a daily basis.
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May 30, 2014 20:34
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So how does he operate a clutch? Just leave the pedal half pressed for the entire trip? edit - re: wrx clutch ruiner guy
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May 30, 2014 20:35
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joat mon posted:Yes, Pulp Fiction was a good movie.
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May 30, 2014 20:36
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I don't know, if I started from the top of the released position, it felt dead forever until I finally felt some resistance about 4 inches from pushing it all the way and then, I painfully buried my foot into the floor board in an attempt to get it to fully engage. ahh, saw your edit now.
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May 30, 2014 20:38
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YarPirate posted:http://www.teamyarpirate.com/clutch.jpg There is no way all of that damage happened from one ride home though. That's completely hosed up. There's got to be more to it than a guy who is somewhat proficient with a manual giving you a ride home.
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GutBomb posted:There is no way all of that damage happened from one ride home though. That's completely hosed up. There's got to be more to it than a guy who is somewhat proficient with a manual giving you a ride home.
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xzzy posted:So how does he operate a clutch? Just leave the pedal half pressed for the entire trip? Yeah, I'm pretty sure he engages / disengages the clutch with his foot still on the accelerator. I learned afterward that he starts from a stop with like 4k revs, too. Edit: quote:There is no way all of that damage happened from one ride home though. That's completely hosed up. There's got to be more to it than a guy who is somewhat proficient with a manual giving you a ride home. The drive was ~11 miles during heavy traffic, so there was a lot of stopping/going. When we got the transmission free of the engine, there was about a grapefruit sized ball of what I assume fiberglass from the clutch that had stripped from the disk that fell out onto the floor. Sorta looked like a bird's nest. The previous owner of my car (bought it in 2012) replaced the clutch a year before I got it with ~75k miles on it with an OEM (exedy) one. Granted they aren't exactly renowned for their longevity, it should have definitely lasted longer than it did. YarPirate fucked around with this message at 20:45 on May 30, 2014 |
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May 30, 2014 20:41
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InitialDave posted:*shrug* My opinions on the relative worth I place on my cars verus people who would vandalise them rarely go down well.  "Vigilante justice is in no way justified against shitbags who
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May 30, 2014 20:47
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Geoj posted:
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Krakkles posted:I don't care if he was speeding, this pedestrian better get the book thrown at them: I think the pedestrian should get a loving medal, and his very own set of stop sticks.
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