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Darchangel posted:Jesus, what a little homicidal dick. Fast forward ten years and he'll have a brotruck.
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tuna posted:I just learned that there are absolutely no rollover standards on modern cars. RIP anyone in a convertible during a rollover. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lE88-6TmEA Best part was watching the Peugeot's hubcap skip along the ground just barely avoiding getting smashed. 
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revmoo posted:The Miata rollover test videos are horrifying. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfWjXzvVoL0  i'm pretty sure i don't want to drive a convertible anymore
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Wrecking at high speed is generally a bad thing regardless of the vehicle in use. Only difference between a hardtop and a convertible is that your arms don't get crushed by the car as it flips around and your face doesn't get the belt sander effect as it grinds into the asphalt. But you're still probably hosed.
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xzzy posted:Wrecking at high speed is generally a bad thing regardless of the vehicle in use. I'm 6'5'' so if i roll over the slightest compression of the roof will probably deal me some cranial/neck trauma, so the convertible will only kill me somewhat faster. Like you said the limbs flailing out is what scares the poo poo out of me.
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Good thing is, when you're spinning that fast that suddenly, you're likely unconscious pretty fast.
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Wasabi the J posted:Good thing is, when you're spinning that fast that suddenly, you're likely unconscious pretty fast. HE was surely out pretty quick, he was limp when it rolled onto his arm/hand.
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surebet posted:I'm 6'5'' so if i roll over the slightest compression of the roof will probably deal me some cranial/neck trauma, so the convertible will only kill me somewhat faster. Like you said the limbs flailing out is what scares the poo poo out of me. Limbs flailing out is going to happen too on a tin top if you have your window open, the glass breaks, the door breaks and flies off, and you come loose in your belt. That MX5 roll cage held up well, better than most tin tops, and if you don't have window netting and doors welded like a nascar, nothing is going to help or change the risk anyway except never exceeding 20mph. CommieGIR posted:HE was surely out pretty quick, he was limp when it rolled onto his arm/hand. I thought the same, but on the second replay it looked to me that his arm/hand was visible inside the cage and not being rolled on, could be wrong though. VV E: on the last roll his hand definitely inside you can see the black tubing over it, but the last rock and settle it does look under. Fo3 fucked around with this message at 18:13 on Jan 2, 2015 |
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Fo3 posted:I though the same, but on the second replay it looked to me that his arm/hand was visible inside the cage and not being rolled on, could be wrong though. His arm is sticking out over the right hand side of the top of the cage, and it rolls onto his wrist. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfWjXzvVoL0#t=14 However, it looks like it was his own fault, he tried to pass on the inside of the turn, big no no. CommieGIR fucked around with this message at 18:12 on Jan 2, 2015 |
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I knew a guy several years ago that was driving his sandrail on a public road, he got a little too careless with the throttle and flipped it. His arm ended up between the cage and road. he didn't lose his arm, but man the scar was god drat ugly as gently caress.
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don't drift the corner when you don't need too, the other guys are carrying their speed thru the turn handling the APEX, that guy was stupid it forced the blue car to go to the inside he still would have possibly hit the red car going on the outside cuz of his speed since he was drifting the corner. Playboy Dummy.....red car slowing down progress don't drift the corner unless the ppl behind you are not going to apex that corner Very very selfish on the part of the red car in my opinion.....
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BlackMK4 posted:don't drift the corner when you don't need too, At least reformat if you're going to copy/paste poorly written youtube comments.
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CommieGIR posted:However, it looks like it was his own fault, he tried to pass on the inside of the turn, big no no. It was (very evidently) a bad call, but I can see why he'd do it.
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It's very easy to arm chair QB when you're not in the car where the incident happens in a split second and you've never been in an actual wheel to wheel race. Racing incident. The thing to take away from that video is ARM RESTRAINTS.
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BlackMK4 posted:It's very easy to arm chair QB when you're not in the car and it happens in a split second and you're in the mindstate of someone that is actually racing. Nope I'm a bonafide expert, Zanardi never should have made that pass and should have been penalized because,
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BlackMK4 posted:It's very easy to arm chair QB when you're not in the car where the incident happens in a split second and you've never been in an actual wheel to wheel race. I don't understand because any open top series usually requires them in NA. Spec miata here runs hardtops with nets.
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Somewhat unsure if this is correct content for this thread, let me know if you're ok with less "here's a thing that's terrible because (technical reason)" and more "this is funny and it has cars in it" stuff.    Bonus not-a-car-but-still-has-wheels 
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I wonder what that silver car is, looks neat.
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Funny thing is, that rider probably would have been fine doing literally any other thing than standing on the brakes when that front wheel hit that cone
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How does a cone do that?! It looks like someone is dragging it by a string. Maybe it's just the timing of the GIF but it looks like a magic cone.
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FuzzKill posted:How does a cone do that?! It looks like someone is dragging it by a string. Maybe it's just the timing of the GIF but it looks like a magic cone. High wind out of the left. You can see a banner blowing.
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That wind probably had a bit of help making the rider fall over.
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No one chucked bricks at me, so have some more, courtesy of the OSHA thread:  If this is on a closed track, wrong thread, if not, 
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Seat Safety Switch posted:I wonder what that silver car is, looks neat.
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Seat Safety Switch posted:I wonder what that silver car is, looks neat. It's a lada 112. I got into a lada taxi once, and the rear door didn't open more than about 30 degrees, you had to squeeze in and out with the metal creaking like you were squishing a pop can. surebet posted:No one chucked bricks at me, so have some more, courtesy of the OSHA thread: If it's stupid and it works, it's not stupid.
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I'll bet this is down to some autist autocrosser lightening his wheel hubs or using spacers or some poo poo.
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Slavvy posted:I'll bet this is down to some autist autocrosser lightening his wheel hubs or using spacers or some poo poo.
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Slavvy posted:I'll bet this is down to some autist autocrosser lightening his wheel hubs or using spacers or some poo poo. Or he just forgot to torque his wheels.
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InitialDave posted:I think he used imperial-threaded hardware on his lugs by mistake. Yeah wrong size lug nuts is what I heard too.
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I'm familiar with the Samara from this Cold War Motors video, but the 112 is new to me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Il1IHduNBlw Headlight wipers, motherfucker! Powershift posted:It's a lada 112. I got into a lada taxi once, and the rear door didn't open more than about 30 degrees, you had to squeeze in and out with the metal creaking like you were squishing a pop can. 
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That's tafheet. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tafheet quote:Tafheet (تفحيط), or Hajwalah (هجولة) popularly known elsewhere in the world as Arab, Saudi or Middle East drifting, is an illegal street racing phenomenon commonly believed to be started in the late 1970s that involves trying to "drift" cars; to drive cars that are generally non-modified factory setup rental cars at very high speeds, around 160 – 260 km/h (100 - 161 mph), across wide highways throwing the car left and right. In the process, racers often drive dangerously close to traffic, barriers, and spectators watching from the sides without any protection.
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So, first major snowstorm of the year here (Texas panhandle), and I decided to try out deliberately activating the ABS for better braking. And that poo poo is the loving truth, on slick ice ABS is way better at braking that I am. Thank you AI for showing me the light.
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Have you been driving without ABS this whole time? 
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Seat Safety Switch posted:I'm familiar with the Samara from this Cold War Motors video, but the 112 is new to me Watch a few of those Russian dashcam compilations - about every forth car is one of them (or the sedan or wagon model) As for truly bad cars there are still thousands of these things on the roads in Malaysia:  It's 2000s Malaysian update of a 1990s Malaysian update of a 1980s Japanese design that wasn't even very good at the time. You can imagine just how bad they were by the end of their production run.
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Fayez Butts posted:Have you been driving without ABS this whole time? Yes? This is the first time I've even owned a vehicle with ABS. Blame my love of 70's trucks for my ignorance. (I miss hooning around on ice in my truck. Empty roads at 3 am + cheap all-seasons + questionable brakes + stroked 350 - fucks given =  )
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The Arab drifting thing... yeah they don't take any safety precautions at all. Which leads to terrible results. ( , violent rollover with woefully inadequate restraints, do the math.)When that was posted in the OSHA thread, this reply was made: PhotoKirk posted:Middle East disarmament is on a roll.
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dissss posted:Watch a few of those Russian dashcam compilations - about every forth car is one of them (or the sedan or wagon model) Aren't most protons just straight-up a license built Mitsu lancer? Also, can't you get one in ute format?
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They sell Protons here - They used to say 'Suspension by Lotus' on them. The ute was called the Jumbuck but I think they are called the Arena in other markets. Its basically a lancer based ute built with kitchen foil. It got a one star rating for safety. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAZKPGI1r7Q edit: looks like the new protons have a much better safety rating but still look like someone described a corolla down the phone to them. tobu fucked around with this message at 23:14 on Jan 3, 2015 |
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tobu posted:They sell Protons here - They used to say 'Suspension by Lotus' on them.  Is there a reason no air bags deployed?!
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