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88h88 posted:How much quicker is a P85d over an S model? I've been in an S and it was fun as gently caress. My dad has a P85d on order, it comes April 21st. I'll make a video and see if I can find a vBox.  It's not as quick as his other car to 60, at least on paper.
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Butt Wizard posted:Does anyone want to know what a 25 year old R32 GTR looks like when it's in 4.5B condition out of Japan? gently caress man, don't start me. I've halfway convinced myself that one of these is going to be my next major purchase; fortunately I'm spoiled for choice being in Australia. The main issue here is trying to find one that's close to stock without being modified to poo poo by some knuckle-dragger. There's 8 GT-Rs within an hour's drive of me right now. Plus some GTS-T and GT-T models, but who wants them.
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Memento posted:gently caress man, don't start me. I've halfway convinced myself that one of these is going to be my next major purchase; fortunately I'm spoiled for choice being in Australia. The main issue here is trying to find one that's close to stock without being modified to poo poo by some knuckle-dragger. There's 8 GT-Rs within an hour's drive of me right now. Plus some GTS-T and GT-T models, but who wants them. Yea, the Aus/NZ import rules make this poo poo so tempting. I've brought two in for Japan now for my father and I'd do it again in a heartbeat. Beats the hell out of paying twice as much for cars that have done four times the distance and molested to hell and back.
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Throatwarbler posted:
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Darchangel posted:How the hell do people drive crowding the steering wheel like that? You'll understand when you're 80. Edit: I've also found that it's a "people who give no fucks about cars or actually operating one well" thing.
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Rhyno posted:You'll understand when you're 80. One of my best friends in High School used to drive his Toyota Corolla like that at the ripe age of 16. He was a really, really nerdy Asian guy, and it did not help his image at all.
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For me it's the old Kenny W900s that are the epitome of "truck" Especially with the V12 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtIyn_U5eBY `murica 
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eyebeem posted:One of my best friends in High School used to drive his Toyota Corolla like that at the ripe age of 16. He was a really, really nerdy Asian guy, and it did not help his image at all. Since I'm the go-to "help me find where this noise is coming from in my car" guy these days I encounter it a lot. I guess they think if their eyes are closer to the road they'll drive better?
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Mooseykins posted:For American conventionals, for me it would have to be a Kenworth C500. both awesome and relevant to the start of the conversation, until 2012, if you ordered a C500 as a cabover, they used the old school K series cab.  now they use a lame as gently caress daf cab  and this is just neat 
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Powershift posted:both awesome and relevant to the start of the conversation, until 2012, if you ordered a C500 as a cabover, they used the old school K series cab. They use those bottom ones to move land rigs in Saudi Arabia. They're very, very big.
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originalnickname posted:They use those bottom ones to move land rigs in Saudi Arabia. They're very, very big. When the ground is hard enough, they use similar trucks here  When it's not, they use things like this  
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Powershift posted:both awesome and relevant to the start of the conversation, until 2012, if you ordered a C500 as a cabover, they used the old school K series cab. Kenworth Australia does the K200, which I guess is the spiritual successor for the C500: http://www.kenworth.com.au/model-range/model-range/k200/
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T1g4h posted:This is seriously cool. Got any more info? it's a foremost husky, just google image serch, there are tons of fuckawesome variants. i've driven it's smaller cousin, the nodwell. the nodwell you steer with 2 sticks, shift by flooring it, and the engine is about 4 inches from your right elbow. The huskys have a steering wheel and obviously more room for the engine.   You Am I posted:Kenworth Australia does the K200, which I guess is the spiritual successor for the C500: sucessor to the K100. The C500 is the conventional heavy frame truck and had the K100 cab as an option.
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Powershift posted:it's a foremost husky, just google image serch, there are tons of fuckawesome variants. i've driven it's smaller cousin, the nodwell. the nodwell you steer with 2 sticks, shift by flooring it, and the engine is about 4 inches from your right elbow. The huskys have a steering wheel and obviously more room for the engine. Yeah I'm a big loving fan of vehicles that you need a helicopter headset to operate.
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Mr. Wiggles posted:For me it's the old Kenny W900s that are the epitome of "truck" I love W900s. They just look mean as gently caress. The Aussies get a cool Kenworth; the SAR. (Short-nose, Austraila-market, Right-hand-drive.)  Powershift posted:and this is just neat YES YES YES. Oilfield porn: Same truck:    I wish i worked in the oilfield. Powershift posted:When the ground is hard enough, they use similar trucks here Is "here" Canadaland?
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Mooseykins posted:I wish i worked in the oilfield. I've posted a bunch of stuff about my work in the oilfield. Here is my truck, slightly cleaner than normal. 
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Memento posted:Yeah I'm a big loving fan of vehicles that you need a helicopter headset to operate. Oh so you'd love this thing then  So loving loud and so much vibration my teeth rattled for an hour afterwards.
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Powershift posted:Yes it most definitely is. That's the kind of job i really want. Do i have to marry my crazy Canadian ex in order to get in and drive a truck in mud and finish every sentence with "eh"?
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Mooseykins posted:That's the kind of job i really want. No, you can leave them to rot alone. Driving is considered a skilled trade now so if you get a license in wherever you are, you can get fast tracked for a work permit and head on up to play in the mud.
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Powershift posted:No, you can leave them to rot alone. Driving is considered a skilled trade now so if you get a license in wherever you are, you can get fast tracked for a work permit and head on up to play in the mud. I spoke to her last night and she seems to think we're back in a relationship. She left me a couple years ago because i spent 500 on myself and bought an Audi. Wut? Bitches be crazy. Yeah, i was looking into the critera for it, but need to already have experience in driving commercial vehicles with 3 or more axles, which ain't so easy to get to. I could emigrate there as i'm a qualified mechanic, but gently caress doing that again. 8 years of that poo poo was enough. More AI porn: Kassbohrer Pistenbully, tracked.. thing for.. stuff? The use them on Ski resorts for loving everything and they're just generally awesome. 
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Rhyno posted:Oh so you'd love this thing then
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Powershift posted:When the ground is hard enough, they use similar trucks here I was on a rig crew south of G.P. when we were on a lease with like 10 springs. We moved off with that commander in the centre picture, it made ruts so deep you could barely see the top of my hard hat when I was standing in them, amazing machine.
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eriddy posted:What is that? I hope it is a railmounted crime fighting vehicle that can jump over obstacles but that's usually never what things are... That would be my father's rail speeder. They were used for rail repair and inspection back in the day before high-railers became the norm. He's part of an organization that restores and uses them. It's pretty amazing, he rebuilt it by himself in our garage years ago. You sit above the engine which has a wooden cover with no sound dampening. 
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BlackMK4 posted:My dad has a P85d on order, it comes April 21st. I'll make a video and see if I can find a vBox. I'll bite: what's his other car that's quicker to 60 than a P85? 
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Rhyno posted:That would be my father's rail speeder. They were used for rail repair and inspection back in the day before high-railers became the norm. He's part of an organization that restores and uses them. It's pretty amazing, he rebuilt it by himself in our garage years ago. You sit above the engine which has a wooden cover with no sound dampening. Good thing rails don't have much traction, cause with that dinky weelbase and tall center of gravity braking and accelerating look like they'd be hilarious otherwise.
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Fucknag posted:Good thing rails don't have much traction, cause with that dinky weelbase and tall center of gravity braking and accelerating look like they'd be hilarious otherwise. The NARCOA regulation prohibits them from going above 20 mph I think. And it's pretty deceptive. The lower carriage is where all the weigh is, the cab is all fiberglass. I was able to fit it off the car with little effort when the restoration began. There is absolutely no structural support so if it somehow flipped over he'd be dead. He also has the added weight of a non stock turntable that lifts the car off the ground and allows him to quickly spin around for the return trip. The other guys have to use the two extendable arms and wrestle the drat things around and back onto the tracks.
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Post more big trucks. They are boss as hell. But minus the trash can.
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Mcqueen posted:Post more big trucks. They are boss as hell. As you wish!     
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I setup air suspensions for these at an old job, they have an unusual drive setup to accommodate the rear engine and 6x6
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The Mercedes-Benz Zetros. For when a Unimog just isn't quite big enough to get the job done.        This is what i want, the ultimate motorhome. 
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Giblet Plus! posted:I setup air suspensions for these at an old job, they have an unusual drive setup to accommodate the rear engine and 6x6 I always wondered why your concrete trucks were "backwards". Almost all of ours are 8x4 twin steers like this: 
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Mooseykins posted:I always wondered why your concrete trucks were "backwards". Almost all of ours are 8x4 twin steers like this: Because it's a lot easier to place the front end on target than the back end. With modern concrete pumpers it rarely matters these days.
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Russian Ladoga Trophy. Awesome off-road challenge, typical crazy Russian hardcore poo poo. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=629cqckSudI
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Powershift posted:Because it's a lot easier to place the front end on target than the back end. With modern concrete pumpers it rarely matters these days. Something something.. Canadian drivers.. something something.. How about this for a big truck, Faun Goliath. Powered by a 19-litre Cummins V12, usually found in mining equipment. Rated for 1,000 tonnes gross train weight. 
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Mooseykins posted:I always wondered why your concrete trucks were "backwards". Almost all of ours are 8x4 twin steers like this: It's to allow the driver to also operate the concrete dump. Saves on labor costs.
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