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T1g4h posted:Cubes are always terrible. I cannot stand those, xBs, or Kia Souls. Inexpensive, economical, and practical hatchbacks are never terrible.
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PCOS Bill posted:Inexpensive, economical, and practical hatchbacks are never terrible. With styling like that, i'm gonna have to disagree.
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Sep 22, 2014 12:28
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Somewhat Heroic posted:I'm going to give this a pass for the subtlety and for it being a white car. Here in Utah the plates are now a mix of letters and numbers. It used to be 3 numbers (space) 3 letters. I was kind of torn between this being awesome or terrible, but if you're smart enough to make that joke, you're smart enough to get the first bit on the plate then finish it off with a sharpie after.
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Sep 22, 2014 13:46
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I love this one if only for how individual it is... The yellow thing around the intake is a Lego head Lego bucket.  Shifter   It has bags too and this is the reservoir in the boot/trunk: 
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Sep 22, 2014 13:47
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Disgruntled Bovine posted:
What is the obsession with putting C4 Corvette wheels on stanced cars?
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Sep 22, 2014 16:11
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I assume they're dirt cheap to get ahold of.
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Sep 22, 2014 16:25
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The Royal Nonesuch posted:Don't lie; you whispered sweet nothings in it's rear window. I don't really like wranglers actually  This only belongs in this thread because he didn't park as close to the jackass in the 'vette as he should have.  e: err, zombie outbreak response team sticker on back window. Owner is a stupid manchild and this belongs in this thread for two reasons I guess.
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Sep 22, 2014 17:53
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T1g4h posted:Cubes are always terrible. I cannot stand those, xBs, or Kia Souls. http://www.diymobileaudio.com/forum/build-logs-project-install-gallery/142923-scipunk-steampunk-themed-scion-low-end-audio-now.html   I actually don't hate the door panels.
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Sep 22, 2014 18:49
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xzzy posted:I assume they're dirt cheap to get ahold of. Cheap and wide. I almost put a set on my e34.
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Sep 22, 2014 19:04
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PCOS Bill posted:Inexpensive, economical, and practical hatchbacks are never terrible. In a world where there's a number of inexpensive, economical, and practical hatchbacks that don't look like...that: Yes, the xB/Soul/Cube is pretty loving terrible.
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Sep 22, 2014 20:35
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Whenever I go to see my brother we take the multipla and park it in front of his house, because the looks upset him so much. I can see why someone would choose a soul or xb, is what I'm saying.
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Sep 22, 2014 20:38
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rear end in a top hat Bicycle posted:Cheap and wide. I almost put a set on my e34. I actually think the C4 wheels are very nice looking, it's just odd that the stancecrew seems to be enthralled by them.
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Sep 22, 2014 22:53
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I thought this license plate would apply as terrible.
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Sep 23, 2014 00:17
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An ex-lady friend just texted me because her 97 Explorer just overheated and died in the middle of rush hour. Her dad said that you are supposed to pour water on an engine when it overheats to cool it down, so she bought a gallon of water, popped the hood, and dumped it on the engine. Notice I said ex-lady friend. Amazing how car dumb the general population is. Edit: Just two weeks ago I said she should sell the thing while it still runs since it's at 205k miles and probably won't make it much longer without a pretty expensive problem. I said the same thing to my brother months before his 02 Outback blew a head gasket. Moral of the story: LISTEN TO YOUR CAR GUY FRIENDS. BoostCreep fucked around with this message at 04:15 on Sep 23, 2014 |
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Sep 23, 2014 04:13
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BoostCreep posted:An ex-lady friend just texted me because her 97 Explorer just overheated and died in the middle of rush hour. Her dad said that you are supposed to pour water on an engine when it overheats to cool it down, so she bought a gallon of water, popped the hood, and dumped it on the engine.
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Sep 23, 2014 05:00
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BoostCreep posted:An ex-lady friend just texted me because her 97 Explorer just overheated and died in the middle of rush hour. Her dad said that you are supposed to pour water on an engine when it overheats to cool it down, so she bought a gallon of water, popped the hood, and dumped it on the engine. Did she die or did dumping a gallon of water on a hot engine make her grow a penis?
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Sep 23, 2014 05:02
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I would guess that by the time she walked to a store to get a gallon of water and walked back, the engine had cooled enough that it didn't crack anything. Still stupid though. Unless she had a gallon of water in the trunk for the eventuality. 
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BoostCreep posted:An ex-lady friend just texted me because her 97 Explorer just overheated and died in the middle of rush hour. Her dad said that you are supposed to pour water on an engine when it overheats to cool it down, so she bought a gallon of water, popped the hood, and dumped it on the engine. I ran across a coworker on the side of the road the other day. Car had died out of nowhere, his limited english told me it was "too hot". The overflow was empty, but I didn't hear anything odd. I jumped in, turned on the key, and the temp gauge was sitting right at 1/3. Wouldn't turn over... until I put it in park, then it fired right up.  Gauge was at the same mark when he pulled back into the parking lot at work (half a mile down the road), but it was boiling and spitting rusty water out of the overflow.  I was amazed it hasn't dropped a valve yet (this is the 3rd time it's died from overheating in the past month), but apparently all of the Contours got a Zetec engine; I assumed it was the CVH.
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xzzy posted:I would guess that by the time she walked to a store to get a gallon of water and walked back, the engine had cooled enough that it didn't crack anything. Still stupid though. It happened on Sunset Blvd in the middle of Los Angeles. She couldn't have been more than a few blocks from a gas station or 7-11. She did say a huge blast of steam came off the engine, so it was definitely still pretty hot. Obviously the exhaust manifolds.
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some texas redneck posted:Gauge was at the same mark when he pulled back into the parking lot at work (half a mile down the road), but it was boiling and spitting rusty water out of the overflow. When my Vauxhall nova (lovely stereotypical boy racer hatchback) overheated and died in the
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Sep 23, 2014 11:35
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n80hyokbPMQ It looks like they've done this a couple times.
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Sep 23, 2014 15:30
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GnarlyCharlie4u posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n80hyokbPMQ That is dedication to a look, for sure.
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Sep 23, 2014 15:54
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sofullofhate posted:That is dedication to a look, for sure. It's a lifestyle man, you wouldnt understand. 
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sofullofhate posted:That is dedication to a look, for sure. Is one guy wearing socks pulled up over track pants?
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Sep 23, 2014 16:59
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Snowdens Secret posted:Is one guy wearing socks pulled up over track pants? It's a lifestyle man, you wouldnt understand.
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Tire blew out and I got stuck on this tiny-rear end shoulder Least I had my camp chair and Kindle while AAA came.
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Wasabi the J posted:Tire blew out and I got stuck on this tiny-rear end shoulder You don't carry a spare?
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Astonishing Wang posted:You don't carry a spare? There wasn't room in the trunk for a spare tire and a spare life, I assume.
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I couldn't get a picture but yesterday I saw an EA or EB Ford Falcon with a set of correct or perhaps slightly larger diameter mud tyres on it and a worklight on the back. I hope these people spend their time thrashing it mercilessly around the bush. Awesome thing to do to a terrible car. Only thing better is landfill.
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Astonishing Wang posted:You don't carry a spare? I do, but AAA could move it to a safer place and swap it for free so I just called them.
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Astonishing Wang posted:You don't carry a spare? His travelling companion would escape if he opened the trunk.
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aventari posted:You don't belong here We don't have an Automotive Sensibility subforum, so here I shall stay with my terrible car stuff.
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Being fully-prepared for everything is for going offroad or into the wilderness. Use AAA if poo poo happens in a city where poo poo isn't going down, your life will be easier and there's no street cred to gain changing a tire on the side of a busy road.
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Wasabi the J posted:We don't have an Automotive Sensibility subforum, so here I shall stay with my terrible car stuff. Well I do own automotivesanity.com
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yeah I'm as gearhead as they come but I ain't changing a tire on the interstate if I can help it
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I'd rather change a transmission than a tire on the side of the road, at least then I'm under the truck instead of between it and the lane-wandering retards texting in the right lane. I've seen two of them literally centered on the white solid line (well, mostly, wandering a few feet to each side) in the last day. That's instant death and/or fireball when they plow into you and sideswipe your broken down car at 65.
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I once came across a guy changing a tire in the middle of a 3 lame highway. It was in a spot with no shoulder but he could have driven about 500ft to an offramp. Lots of traffic around him doing 80-100km/h.
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Sep 24, 2014 18:25
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Slightly torn on this one, but I'll put it here since I found it on Stanceworks...   It's a Toyota Celica with a kit
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dphi posted:Slightly torn on this one, but I'll put it here since I found it on Stanceworks... Can't hate it. Looks well done.
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