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1500quidporsche posted:I've got zero 4x4 knowledge, but wouldn't it just be easier to remove the axles and not risk locking up your front axle? Yes. You'd have to separate the outer CV cups from the shafts and reinstall them with the axle nut to prevent the unit bearing from falling apart (the torque on the axle nut is the only thing keeping the inner and outer bearing races held onto the hub flange, other than a fairly mild pressfit) but otherwise that's a solid plan. And in fact is what I would do if I was faced with this problem and had to still drive it. I'm betting there is a crack in the transfer case housing as well, though. Most transfer cases don't like 3 feet of driveshaft flailing around wildly and smashing into things while attached to them.
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Data Graham posted:You talking about the one prior to the mid-2000s retro redesign? He was talking about an 09, I was saying good thing you didn't try the 90's one. I really like the last gen ones personally, especially at US prices. A V6 track package for the price of a poverty spec Astra would suit me down to the ground.
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Wild EEPROM posted:Why is it that only Lexus has managed to make cars that are both good at crash protection and have any form of visibility these days? Subaru has huge windows.
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InitialDave posted:Yeah, my Zoe has those as well. How do you like the Zoe? Had been thinking about one but the lack of a normal three pin socket charge option would remove the option of charging at work.
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FogHelmut posted:Subaru has huge windows. VW still knows how to make proper greenhouses too. It's mostly just American cars that have decided to go with the tank slits. Only real blindspot on my Golf is the C pillar, and once I got my mirrors set right, it's not even that bad.
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It's because driving in the United States is a truly terrifying experience and you really want as much sheet metal between you and everyone else as possible.
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ExplodingSims posted:But that's like...work...man. I'm guessing the dude drives the thing like 4 times a year to plow snow, so he probably wants to put 0 time or money into it. Those of y'all who live where it snows all the time have some interesting priorities.
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revmoo posted:It's because driving in the United States is a truly terrifying experience and you really want as much sheet metal between you and everyone else as possible. Ford thought this would be the perfect city car.  http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_SYNus Yes, it's a bank vault on wheels.
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An easy way to tell if you hosed up naming a thing is if the wiki article's first paragraph is an explanation of the pronunciation. If a car named that actually hit the streets I'd make endless booger jokes.
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Uthor posted:Ford thought this would be the perfect city car. I kinda like it, but I like the Flex too, so I'm not to be trusted.
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Saga posted:How do you like the Zoe? There is a 3-pin plug cable available, but it costs about £500 (the aftermarket ones cost about the same).
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veedubfreak posted:VW still knows how to make proper greenhouses too. It's mostly just American cars that have decided to go with the tank slits. VW also likes to put big fuckoff headrests on all the seats, so I am still not quite used to trying to look out the back and have 50% of the view covered with those.
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veedubfreak posted:They should have gone with the Ford Knox.
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AlternateAccount posted:VW also likes to put big fuckoff headrests on all the seats, so I am still not quite used to trying to look out the back and have 50% of the view covered with those. Don't forget that they designed the rear headrests on my jetta sportwagen to not be removable, making it a total bitch to fold the rear seats flat.
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Grandmas car wouldnt start. I had a look, timing belt stripped, welp. Hours later: Ok, it's out. Rockers arms and cams are out to get more room to get to the head bolts. Yes, it has DOHC and rockers. Yes, that is metal shavings everywhere.  And yes, all the valves, ALL the valves are bent and stuck open because of it. How does that even happen? 
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I apparently ran something through the snowblower that I wasn't supposed to. 
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BraveUlysses posted:Don't forget that they designed the rear headrests on my jetta sportwagen to not be removable, making it a total bitch to fold the rear seats flat. Do they flip or what? I can remove them on my golf, but then again the rear seats will fold down even without removing the headrests. I constantly carry computer parts and monitors in mine, so the rear seats stay down most of the time.
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The PT Cruiser’s tiny rear window is no accident. Chrysler’s consultant, anthropologist Clotaire Rapaille, told them that large windows make people feel exposed and vulnerable. That wouldn’t do, so the PT Cruiser got a window the size of a peephole. This is presented in marketing circles as a success story. e: citation Platystemon fucked around with this message at 20:03 on Feb 6, 2015 |
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Lightbulb Out posted:I apparently ran something through the snowblower that I wasn't supposed to. 
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veedubfreak posted:Do they flip or what? I can remove them on my golf, but then again the rear seats will fold down even without removing the headrests. I constantly carry computer parts and monitors in mine, so the rear seats stay down most of the time. Nope, you can modify them to remove a pin which prevents them from being removed.
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Platystemon posted:The PT Cruiser’s tiny rear window is no accident. Chrysler’s consultant, anthropologist Clotaire Rapaille, told them that large windows make people feel exposed and vulnerable. That wouldn’t do, so the PT Cruiser got a window the size of a peephole. From the citation: quote:The general sentiment was that the participants wanted more of a sport-utility vehicle. "It's a jungle out there," says Rapaille, recalling the message. "It's Mad Max. People want to kill me, rape me." The consultant's message to the designers: "Give me a big thing like a tank." The 'us' in SYNus is for "Urban Sanctuary" SYNus Wiki posted:The SYNus was designed to maximize safety, and derives its aesthetic from modern bank vaults.[citation needed] The car's windows and frame are bullet-resistant. It has no rear window, and instead displays a video feed on a large LCD monitor installed in the back of the car's interior. Also, when in "lockdown mode" steel shutters close around the front windshield, windows and the exterior lights. What a bunch of pussies we are.
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Platystemon posted:The PT Cruiser’s tiny rear window is no accident. Chrysler’s consultant, anthropologist Clotaire Rapaille, told them that large windows make people feel exposed and vulnerable. That wouldn’t do, so the PT Cruiser got a window the size of a peephole. Holy gently caress. This is incredible. We should just make all economies run on marketing alone and forget about the actual products seeing as so much more effort is put into that field than the engineering side of things. If you look at this line chart, it makes perfect sense! It worked for Harley Davidson.
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Slavvy posted:Holy gently caress. This is incredible. This is where the american automakers failed compared to the italians. When your making a car and some judgment call has to be made the Americans will endlessly pour over some person with an arts degree's opinion. The Italians will just yell until they get their way. What was the fiat where they found the car ran better with the boot lid open so just left it that way?
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Slavvy posted:Holy gently caress. This is incredible. And anyone making pickup trucks.
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BraveUlysses posted:Don't forget that they designed the rear headrests on my jetta sportwagen to not be removable, making it a total bitch to fold the rear seats flat. Your doing it wrong. The headrests for the back seat in my JSW are currently sitting in the shed since they drove me crazy. They are a bitch to remove, but you just need to put a really small flathead screwdriver in the tiny hole on the side that does not have the push button and pull. Took me a while to figure out and I had to resort to actually reading the manual to figure it out. veedubfreak posted:Do they flip or what? I can remove them on my golf, but then again the rear seats will fold down even without removing the headrests. I constantly carry computer parts and monitors in mine, so the rear seats stay down most of the time. If you want them to fold flat you have to flip up the bottom of the seat and then fold the back down after you removed the head rests. BraveUlysses posted:Nope, you can modify them to remove a pin which prevents them from being removed. What year is yours? My 2013 does not have this issue......
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1500quidporsche posted:This is where the american automakers failed compared to the italians. When your making a car and some judgment call has to be made the Americans will endlessly pour over some person with an arts degree's opinion. The Italians will just yell until they get their way. What was the fiat where they found the car ran better with the boot lid open so just left it that way? Fiat 500 Abarth.  Suffered from overheating issues, so those little metal scaffolds became part of the product. Perfection!
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Negromancer posted:Your doing it wrong. The headrests for the back seat in my JSW are currently sitting in the shed since they drove me crazy. They are a bitch to remove, but you just need to put a really small flathead screwdriver in the tiny hole on the side that does not have the push button and pull. Took me a while to figure out and I had to resort to actually reading the manual to figure it out. I didn't know about that, but this is the pin I was referencing: http://www.golfmk6.com/forums/showthread.php?t=34784 you can remove the pin so that you don't need to use the screw driver to pull them out. I had it mixed up going from my memory.
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 This is what happens when a Tecumseh HM100 gets starved for oil at full-tilt. My poor old Snowblower, gonna fit a Predator 13hp to it now!
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El Jebus posted:I'm surprised we even have windows at all at this point, everyone I see is staring at their Try driving a modern Camaro. I really WANT to like that car, I think it looks cool on the outside, but holy poo poo, that thing is like a WW2 bunker inside. I swear the windows are like 4" tall in there. ExplodingSims fucked around with this message at 00:43 on Feb 7, 2015 |
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sharkytm posted:
Every small engine I've ever had that spectacularly failed on me was a techumseh. Kohler or an I/C briggs...not so much
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Guess what the Durango chose to do   Squealing brakes  
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OFFICER 13 INCH posted:Guess what the Durango chose to do What did the Durango chose to do??? Can I get a red circle? Wasabi the J fucked around with this message at 01:38 on Feb 7, 2015 |
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Suicide slowly and painfully by the look.
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