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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad posted:Rich showoffs are terrible car stuff. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/10898305/Rich-kid-of-Instagram-sees-cars-worth-500000-torched-by-arsonists.html Are they sure the Lamborghini and Ferrari was arson?
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Slavvy posted:I've fitted my share of absolutely lethal chinese tyres to lovely econoboxes and I can categorically say that I'd rather have the 'good' tyres on the front. Maybe american roads are of a different surface but sticking supercats, ling-longs or blacklions on an otherwise competent FWD car makes you instantly sledge at the slightest hint of rain. I'm not meaning 'some understeer' that you can control by buttoning off, I'm meaning you enter a roundabout and the car just continues to travel at a tangent regardless of your inputs. You have to manually straighten the wheel into the slide, apply the brakes, then resume turning. This is just wrong and you are probably responsible for a small handful of accidents already. Fresh tires go on the back, understeer is much safer than oversteer, especially for low-skill drivers.
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If you ever need an illustration why you want better tires in the rear, load up Forza and adjust the brake bias to 60% rear or higher. Good luck not spinning out!
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88h88 posted:I guess someone doesn't have insurance... That's a terrible car stuff. Probably does but it's still a huge loss out of pocket.
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Jun 18, 2014 15:37
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Insurance companies will always get their money back.. they'll just squeeze it out of you over the years with increased rates.
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Would the insurance company pay up before the culprits were caught? They might argue the owners were attempting to commit fraud
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freelop posted:Would the insurance company pay up before the culprits were caught? It wouldn't be a particularly useful service if you had to catch the responsible parties before paying out. Most of the time the criminals aren't caught, or if they are, they don't have enough money to make the claimant whole, which is exactly why we have insurance.
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smax posted:I'm pretty sure that (1) you should put the tires with the most traction in the rear, regardless of FWD or RWD, (2) that tire showing its steel belts is a VERY bad idea to run on, and (3) that car will most likely commit a murder-suicide sometime in the near future. I'll give him more poo poo about at least getting a used tire put on ASAP. And we'll switch the good tires to the back. GENDERWEIRD GREEDO posted:It's kinda nice to be able to call at least one of these people a moron somewhat directly, even if they're not the only one driving cars that will put a family of 4 in the wrong section of the newspaper. I told him he's retarded for not taking better care of his car in general, but that the tire was seriously hosed up. The clear coat is all peeling away and there's messed up tinting on the windows that he can't see through so he drives with the windows down. He just doesn't care about the car, as long as it gets him to work and around town. Larrymer posted:I think you guys are overdoing it. This is probably the average used car owner that's too poor to just buy a new one every few years. At least he bought new brake pads 
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So what are you supposed to do when you rotate the tires? The higher traction tires are going to go to the front eventually...
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad posted:Rich showoffs are terrible car stuff. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/10898305/Rich-kid-of-Instagram-sees-cars-worth-500000-torched-by-arsonists.html The arson is bad, the guy was kinda douchey, but completely undeserving of arson.
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Neptr posted:So what are you supposed to do when you rotate the tires? The higher traction tires are going to go to the front eventually... Rotate them often enough that wear is relatively even. I think the "put the new tires on the rear wheels" advice meant is for when you're combining a worn pair of tires with a completely new pair. If you rotate your tires regularly, it won't ever be an issue. I rotate mine front to back when I switch between my summer wheels and winter wheels, and I've only ever seen less than 1mm wear difference between front and rear.
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Wasabi the J posted:The arson is bad, the guy was kinda douchey, but completely undeserving of arson. Yeah gently caress, the guy's a douche, but burning some property doesn't suddenly make everything okay.
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freelop posted:Would the insurance company pay up before the culprits were caught? Fire claims usually require a pretty in depth investigation for that reason.
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KozmoNaut posted:Rotate them often enough that wear is relatively even. I have almost 3mm more wear on my fronts right now because the assholes put the ones that were already worn the most BACK on the front of the car after removing my snows. Gonna have to get out and rotate them again this weekend I think to get them back to being close. Can't wait until I no longer own a fwd car. I miss drifting my bug on wet roads 
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Them see through pads yo! Very hot with the kids in Japan right now.
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Wasabi the J posted:The arson is bad, the guy was kinda douchey, but completely undeserving of arson. If the thread on pistonheads is to be believed, the guy's dad (who actually owns the cars) is some kind of big druglord who also at some point probably murdered a 16 year old hooker. Counterpoint: the source for that information sounds suspiciously like stormfront.
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Preoptopus posted:Them see through pads yo! Very hot with the kids in Japan right now. My buddy was hella ahead of the curve then, I took that picture nearly two years ago 
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"I hit a big pothole and now my car pulls and I think I smell gas leaking."    
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Jun 19, 2014 05:16
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Saw this on my way home from work today.
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freelop posted:They might argue the owners were attempting to commit fraud "Suddenly my whole fleet is being targeted by arsonists, send checks plz" sets off some obvious insurance fraud bells. Unless that's fairly normal for West Midlands, if it was a French suburb I'd just assume it was within the car-burning baseline
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Billy Zane posted:Saw this on my way home from work today. How. Just...how? How did they decide to do this in the presence of other people and noone had them committed?
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smax posted:Because your car is much more likely to spin uncontrollably if you have no traction in the back. It's a bit more complex than that, but I'm phoneposting. New tires on front = Porsche simulator, got it. Reminds me of the time one of the Motor Trend youtube shows (I think) put two donut spares on the back of a reasonably powerful RWD and simulated the tail-happiness of the much more powerful version. (edit: I was wrong, the post below has it.) Why do they say 2/32" in that video? Most rulers are marked in 16ths, of which 2/32 makes one, a fact a lot of people running two poo poo tires might not realize. Because engineers writing it, I guess. Of course, I always used the penny gauge (if the tread doesn't cover the space between the top edge and Abe's hair, you probably won't pass inspection.) On that note, are there a lot of cars in Arizona running on completely bald tires? Very little rain, no safety inspection ... Safety Dance posted:So the way I see it, new tires on the front makes it easier to drift your Mercury Cougar. Fun story: the one time I accidentally skidded accidentally (somebody changed lanes into me, I swerved and braked without thinking, wonky front brakes flung me into the median), I instinctively slammed it into a bootleg turn. My reasoning was that I was going into oncoming traffic either way, and I'd rather take the hit from the back -- it was a '71 Nova with rudimentary seatbelts (didn't even retract, there were clips above the doors to hold the shoulder belts when not in use, but it had decent headrests). I ended up parked neatly on the inside shoulder with the engine off (apparently the 307 couldn't handle the Powerglide trying to turn it backwards when the rear tires hooked up), as if I'd pulled over from the direction I was now facing. I restarted the engine, drove a quarter-mile to the turnaround spot, and went on my way. Billy Zane posted:Saw this on my way home from work today. Chillbro Baggins fucked around with this message at 13:31 on Jun 20, 2014 |
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Bad Angus! Bad!
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Delivery McGee posted:New tires on front = Porsche simulator, got it. Reminds me of the time one of the Motor Trend youtube shows (I think) put two donut spares on the back of a reasonably powerful RWD and simulated the tail-happiness of the much more powerful version. I don't know if this was the video you were thinking of, but it's hilarious. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPh90yNX-mY
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That's the one. Must've been in the "related" for a MT video.
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Astonishing Wang, tell your broke rear end buddy that he should hit up an enthusiast forum for whatever make/model he has and see if he can buy some crummy old stock wheels with serviceable tires on them for peanuts. I can get stock size XJ tires on wheels for like 40-100 bucks a full set on NAXJA from guys doing offroad builds, and have done so. If 4 is too pricey, he can probably pick up a good used tire or two for 20-40 each at the local you-pull.
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This E36 wagon (not sure whether it's 325td or tds, but it's a manual) is currently on sale and can be bought for €3950. I am not really tempted though.   
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Tonton Macoute posted:This E36 wagon (not sure whether it's 325td or tds, but it's a manual) is currently on sale and can be bought for €3950. I am not really tempted though. I know. With offroader-gap like that, what's the point?
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I wonder if the thought process was something like "hmm, you know what this poo poo brown car needs? pearlescent blue highlights, it'll be perfect!" Time and money later, "oh god what have I done, sell it quick!"
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The blue is kinda weird but goddamn that brown looks good.
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Tonton Macoute posted:This E36 wagon (not sure whether it's 325td or tds, but it's a manual) is currently on sale and can be bought for €3950. I am not really tempted though. Swap the wheels/tires to something not stretched and blue, dip the blue lip with matte black, krylon the rack black and I'd rock the poo poo out of it.
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I like the AC Schnitzer wheels (right?) but not in that metallic blue and not with the stupid stretched tires and stanced look. Yeesh.
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kastein posted:Astonishing Wang, tell your broke rear end buddy that he should hit up an enthusiast forum for whatever make/model he has and see if he can buy some crummy old stock wheels with serviceable tires on them for peanuts. I can get stock size XJ tires on wheels for like 40-100 bucks a full set on NAXJA from guys doing offroad builds, and have done so. If 4 is too pricey, he can probably pick up a good used tire or two for 20-40 each at the local you-pull. I'll do that - thanks
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Slavvy posted:How. Just...how? How did they decide to do this in the presence of other people and noone had them committed? You're not seeing the plate then? plywoody? i'd hope they're taking the mick
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KozmoNaut posted:I don't know if this was the video you were thinking of, but it's hilarious. Ive got an automotive axiom about handling: For a constant suspension setup having less grip makes a car handle better. Consider that with less grip you get less weight transfer effects, less body roll, less brake dive, ect.
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I love that wagon. I'd drive that every single day. Also that woody Prius is really terrible but I dig the whitewalls.
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SanitysEdge posted:Ive got an automotive axiom about handling: For a constant suspension setup having less grip makes a car handle better. The BRZ/FRS seems to confirm this.
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Tonton Macoute posted:This E36 wagon (not sure whether it's 325td or tds, but it's a manual) is currently on sale and can be bought for €3950. I am not really tempted though. If that splitter was black and it was lower this would loving rule
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Tonton Macoute posted:This E36 wagon (not sure whether it's 325td or tds, but it's a manual) is currently on sale and can be bought for €3950. I am not really tempted though. I love that brown, but not with those blue highlights. Arctic white with the same blue though? I'd rock that in a loving heartbeat.
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Funnily enough, this wonderfully sanctimonious "safety" advert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MD8BkIgp9Fo Now has both ratings and comments disabled. It was linked on Jalopnik, meaning an awful lot of people that actually know something about cars/driving found it, with predictable results.
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InitialDave posted:Funnily enough, this wonderfully sanctimonious "safety" advert: That is a really awful advertisement. Apparently, children dying in car accidents equal man running off road and rolling over a group of school kids.
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