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Aug 30, 2014 13:31
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 Despite a flat front right, the driver arrived, unlocked (the padlock) and drove off. Database lists the plates as stolen from a Volvo. Typical day in my town.
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Aug 30, 2014 15:09
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I saw the first car I've ever wanted to U-turn and take pictures of (but I couldn't). It was a Festiva with what looked like a polka dot paint job, but as I got closer, I realized they were actually a bunch of ICP hatchet men. It headed into my neighborhood, and I plan on finding it again.
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Aug 30, 2014 22:06
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Captain Trips posted:
Don't ya just hate it when you suddenly realise the model of car you drive has been mostly relegated to barely maintained beater status? It happened with my Integra and damned if it isn't happening with my V35 Skyline.
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Aug 30, 2014 23:08
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dissss posted:Don't ya just hate it when you suddenly realise the model of car you drive has been mostly relegated to barely maintained beater status? When I was car shopping a few years ago I was looking at G35 coupes and every single one listed on Autotrader or Craigslist had a salvage title. Every single one. This has caused me to come to the conclusion that the only people who buy G35s are the kind of JDM-boner shitlords who call their car a Skyline and promptly wreck it trying to Wangan Midnight it up.
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Aug 30, 2014 23:14
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HotCanadianChick posted:When I was car shopping a few years ago I was looking at G35 coupes and every single one listed on Autotrader or Craigslist had a salvage title. Every single one. More like they were leased by older people, then came off lease cheaper than a 350/370, on top of being somewhat fancy. It put them smack dab in the price range of early 20s guys who have nothing better to do than doriftuuuu them or donk them.
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Aug 30, 2014 23:22
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Terrible Car poo poo: Rental Car Edition
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Aug 31, 2014 02:38
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MetaJew posted:Terrible Car poo poo: Rental Car Edition Wow. That looks like nothing so much as a piece of chewed bubblegum.
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Aug 31, 2014 02:40
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Boat posted:Wow. That looks like nothing so much as a piece of chewed bubblegum. The Mocha Latte gloss paint looked awful, and the interior colors weren't much better. Fiat/Chrysler also chose to do some sort of goofy two-tone interior that made the steering wheel look like it had a cheap vinyl cover around it:  I couldn't for the life of me locate a dimmer for the dash lights which was pretty frustrating, and a lot of the other interior pieces felt very cheap. For example: It uses the same behind-the-steering-wheel pads/buttons to control the radio as the Jeep Wrangler I had been driving all week (also a rental), and the HVAC knobs were so loose that they felt like they might fall off.
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Aug 31, 2014 03:04
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Apparently there was once a NASCAR version of Raybestos service-grade (i.e. cheapest poo poo possible) brake pads (and in fact the original part # has been covered up with a sticker referencing the normal Raybestos part # - original is NAR956C, new one is SGD956C). Even came with a sweet NASCAR Performance sticker! They were listed as Wholesaler Closeout on Rockauto for a whopping $6.95.  And of course, no shims, no wear indicator, and no NASCAR logo etched into the backing plate. I'm actually wondering if these are even right - I got 4 identical pads, I'm used to slightly different inner and outer pads. I guess I'll find out tomorrow! it's terrible because NASCAR put their logo on the worst version of a name brand part
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Aug 31, 2014 09:29
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Appropriate. NASCAR is the worst form of motorsport.
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Aug 31, 2014 12:29
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Canadian Tire has a whole line of Nascar branded car parts. Nascar Advantage, but it's really just MOOG parts.
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Crustashio posted:Canadian Tire has a whole line of Nascar branded car parts. Nascar Advantage, but it's really just MOOG parts.
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Aug 31, 2014 23:13
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dissss posted:Don't ya just hate it when you suddenly realise the model of car you drive has been mostly relegated to barely maintained beater status? Remember the days when you saw a Skyline and didn't instantly burst out laughing? Every one I see is slammed to hell now with a comically large exhaust and a home spray can paint job.
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Aug 31, 2014 23:49
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  Snapped this today in Seattle. Ride the Ducks truck just rolled right over the poor Civic.
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Sep 1, 2014 05:52
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There are DUKW's elsewhere besides the Wisconsin Dells?
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G-Mach posted:There are DUKW's elsewhere besides the Wisconsin Dells? There are also DUKW's in Boston
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Sep 1, 2014 05:58
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Soarer posted:
Every time I see one of those drat things in traffic I imagine exactly this. Except with me on my motorcycle. *shudder*
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G-Mach posted:There are DUKW's elsewhere besides the Wisconsin Dells? Stone Mountain Park, outside out Atlanta.
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Sep 1, 2014 06:04
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You can find DUKWs basically anywhere tourists like that has a river these days. There was one in liverpool called The Yellow Duckmarine. It sank. HorseLord fucked around with this message at 06:08 on Sep 1, 2014 |
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Sep 1, 2014 06:05
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There is precisely zero damage to the DUKW, like the paint isn't even scratched. gently caress getting hit by that thing.
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Sep 1, 2014 06:05
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On the flipside, one of those got hit by a giant boat in Philly and two people died!
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G-Mach posted:There are DUKW's elsewhere besides the Wisconsin Dells? Lots of them in DC. 'Dippy Duck driver' was my go-to answer when girls in DC bars asked me what I did.
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Sep 1, 2014 06:24
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Soarer posted:
Huh. Looks like a Del Sol.
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Sep 1, 2014 06:31
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They were built to land on the beaches at Normandy, they aren't exactly delicate on the front.
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Sep 1, 2014 06:33
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Can anyone explain to me what ride the ducks is?
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Sep 1, 2014 07:42
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Slavvy posted:Can anyone explain to me what ride the ducks is? Tourists clamber into amphibious milsurp vehicles and get shown the town and the water front. It's all harmless and boring stuff http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duck_tour
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Slavvy posted:Can anyone explain to me what ride the ducks is? Just going by what I can see, I imagine a sightseeing tour where it goes into the water for part of the route?
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Sep 1, 2014 07:49
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Then there is this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQ1e-4lzbkk http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/08/us/08boat.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
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Sep 1, 2014 07:53
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They have them in Dublin as well. You're not supposed to get on drunk at 10am but about half the passengers are.
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MetaJew posted:The Mocha Latte gloss paint looked awful, and the interior colors weren't much better. I had to drive one of these pieces of poo poo. The dimmer controls are right where they should be; buried in a menu, that you select by pushing the MENU key by the hazards
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Sep 1, 2014 11:08
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Fiat basically does one thing right: Affordable small cars that are fun to chuck around like a mad Italian, always bouncing off the rev limiter. Every single time they try to move into building larger cars, the results are poo poo. The Multipla was basically the only exception, and it still failed because of how frightfully ugly it was.
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As a multipla owner I concur with that post, they are astonishingly practical cars and surprisingly little has fallen off mine or broken, but they are far uglier them a PT cruiser.
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Cakefool posted:You're not supposed to get on drunk at 10am but about half the passengers are. Cakefool posted:Dublin  KozmoNaut posted:Fiat basically does one thing right: Affordable small cars that are fun to chuck around like a mad Italian, always bouncing off the rev limiter.
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Sep 1, 2014 18:32
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Speak of the devil, spotted this on an Abarth 500
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InitialDave posted:
I made my wife squeal drifting the multipla through Devon country roads. To be honest I was nearly squealing myself, it's a top heavy pig.
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Cakefool posted:I made my wife squeal drifting the multipla through Devon country roads. To be honest I was nearly squealing myself, it's a top heavy pig.
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Sep 1, 2014 22:02
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I maintain the Kia Sedona 3.5/3.8 is an absolute weapon in the right hands. I raced and won against an RX8 in one, once.
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I've posted this picture before, but it seemed appropriate to the current conversation.
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