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Das Volk posted:It's a tremendous mess, I couldn't work out whether my UK M3 measured in US or Imperial MPG, fuel's dispensed in litres, speed in MPH, temperature depends on whether you're talking to someone born before 1970 or not, even a pint was a bit suspect at times due to metric markings. I can see why the US didn't get past the initial stages of attempting metrication, we'd have the same poo poo too. Well it's because in classic 60 & 70s Britain style the government half assed it because they were all too busy loving kids or something. Christ even the Irish managed to do it properly. Being born in the 80s means fun mental conversion time, which is why distances on my GPS are in km but the speeds are in MPH.
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88h88 posted:This behaviour... Here's a location in Boston where you HAVE to drive like that depending on where you're going.  If you're going on North Beacon and you want to CONTINUE GOING on North Beacon (check it out, the street does almost an 180) you have to dive across three lanes of people going straight onto Soliders Field.
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88h88 posted:Er. Nah. How do those tires even hold air?
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Darchangel posted:Edit: nope, not the place for chiropractic back and forth. Fatty riding shotgun?
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CommieGIR posted:No bias due to family connections, right? Holy poo poo, it's like Mad Max meets Ghostbusters meets Back to the Future 
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This photo was taken on February 5th: This photo was taken on February 21st:  This is a Walmart parking lot in New Hampshire. I like the valiant effort made by the plow guys to not completely bury it, up until the point that we got 2 feet overnight after which they said "gently caress it." It's actually still there, and still partially buried.
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Mar 27, 2015 04:45
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So, free truck?
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Joke's on you guys, the owner is camped out in the back. ... frozen to death.
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some texas redneck posted:Joke's on you guys, the owner is camped out in the back. This is an awesome av / post combo.
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some texas redneck posted:Joke's on you guys, the owner is camped out in the back. Well at least he'll stay fresh until spring 
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some texas redneck posted:Joke's on you guys, the owner is camped out in the back.
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Leaving D.C. last night after a long annoying day I managed to run right through the biggest pothole I've ever encountered. Ended up changing to the donut spare on the side of the beltway. Had too much going on today so I took my other car and haven't even looked at the wheel yet. I'm ready for new tires since they were horrible to begin with, but if the wheel itself is damaged I might consider getting 17" wheels I like instead of replacing the 18" it came with. My old car had 17's and I never had a problem the 10+ years I had it, meanwhile I've managed to get curb rash a few times in the less than 3 years I've had this car. I think 17" is the sweet spot for daily driving. So replacing the wheels is unrelated to terrible car stuff, just the pothole. But if anyone has recommendations for wheels that would look good on a blue 2012 Kia Optima I'd love to hear them.
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davebo posted:Leaving D.C. last night after a long annoying day I managed to run right through the biggest pothole I've ever encountered. Ended up changing to the donut spare on the side of the beltway. Had too much going on today so I took my other car and haven't even looked at the wheel yet. I'm ready for new tires since they were horrible to begin with, but if the wheel itself is damaged I might consider getting 17" wheels I like instead of replacing the 18" it came with. My old car had 17's and I never had a problem the 10+ years I had it, meanwhile I've managed to get curb rash a few times in the less than 3 years I've had this car. I think 17" is the sweet spot for daily driving. There are ways to submit claims when you are damaged by things like potholes that are the city's responsibility. There are ways in California anyway, but I believe the city has to have been made aware of the problem and not fixed it. If your wheel and tire are hosed it might be worth looking into. A friend of mine is an attorney, working for a city in the San Diego area and she got reimbursed a couple of times for things like this. She probably took on a pretty litigious tone in her claim form though...
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davebo posted:My old car had 17's and I never had a problem the 10+ years I had it, meanwhile I've managed to get curb rash a few times in the less than 3 years I've had this car. I think 17" is the sweet spot for daily driving. The way to not curb rash is to avoid driving into curbs - changing down to some 17" wheels isn't going to help at all.
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dissss posted:The way to not curb rash is to avoid driving into curbs - changing down to some 17" wheels isn't going to help at all. Well that's absolutely true, but I don't really care if I have a little rub mark on a black tire that will eventually be replaced due to normal wear, whereas on a shiny rim its pretty obvious. Astonishing Wang posted:There are ways to submit claims when you are damaged by things like potholes that are the city's responsibility. There are ways in California anyway, but I believe the city has to have been made aware of the problem and not fixed it. If your wheel and tire are hosed it might be worth looking into. A friend of mine is an attorney, working for a city in the San Diego area and she got reimbursed a couple of times for things like this. She probably took on a pretty litigious tone in her claim form though... Thanks for mentioning that. A coworker said the same thing and I already investigated how it works in D.C. (and the different offices you contact in VA and MD.) Found lots of articles online with comment sections full of people being given the runaround then giving up. Apparently unless you actually stop your car, get out in the middle of traffic and take a photo of your car next tot he pothole it's pretty tough to make a claim. Edit: vv that's true, and now that I think of it my old wheels never touching the curb had to do with how far out the tires stuck out from the rim, whereas on these the rim is about dead even, so that's something for me to think about. What are the odds that half an inch would have saved me on a pothole this size anyway? davebo fucked around with this message at 00:30 on Mar 28, 2015 |
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davebo posted:Well that's absolutely true, but I don't really care if I have a little rub mark on a black tire that will eventually be replaced due to normal wear, whereas on a shiny rim its pretty obvious. I guess but bear in mind you'll only get like an extra .5" of sidewall so it isn't likely to help a lot.
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dissss posted:I guess but bear in mind you'll only get like an extra .5" of sidewall so it isn't likely to help a lot. 
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dissss posted:The way to not curb rash is to avoid driving into curbs - changing down to some 17" wheels isn't going to help at all. Pretty much this. The greater Philly area has hosed up both my 17s, and the 16s I run for winter. Downsizing isn't going to do poo poo. Sorry!
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Mar 28, 2015 03:16
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BMW mule t-bones police van, tips it over Wonderful!
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They've just taken market research one step further. They were testing the car in it's natural circumstances.
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Mar 28, 2015 21:41
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Cakefool posted:Seems legit. I just don't know why they drew the line where they did and didn't commit to replacing the C300 badge with C63 at least. Or my favorite is when they just remove the last digit and add the AMG badge in the right location (e.g. now I have a C30 AMG!)
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In my dreams we live in a universe where FF7 is actually a giant honeypot and everyone who pays to see it at the theater is gassed when they enter.
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Slavvy posted:In my dreams we live in a universe where FF7 is actually a giant honeypot and everyone who pays to see it at the theater is gassed when they enter. Why do you hate fun movies?
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Slavvy posted:In my dreams we live in a universe where FF7 is actually a giant honeypot and everyone who pays to see it at the theater is gassed when they enter.
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PCOS Bill posted:Why do you hate fun movies? I don't, I hate audiences.
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Slavvy posted:I don't, I hate audiences.
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InitialDave posted:Oh, people? Yeah, gently caress people. I read this in the "D'ya like daags" voice from Snatch.
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Dannywilson posted:I read this in the "D'ya like daags" voice from Snatch. Content: 
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I've seen 5 of those movies. None of them were fun. Not like Days of Thunder.
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MX-5 anime titties edition
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InitialDave posted:Content:
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PCOS Bill posted:Why do you hate fun movies? I hated them all.
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SperginMcBadposter posted:MX-5 anime titties edition I want that ute. ... wrapped in the anime titty vinyl wrap.
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SperginMcBadposter posted:MX-5 anime titties edition There has to be some sort of law about that right? It's fuzzy to separate art from "art" but there's got to be something stopping people from wrapping their cars in say, hardcore porn, and driving around?
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here in Australia titty wrapping you car is fine... having a blow off valve and your a loving criminal scum
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Bajaha posted:There has to be some sort of law about that right? It's fuzzy to separate art from "art" but there's got to be something stopping people from wrapping their cars in say, hardcore porn, and driving around? It's tasteless but I don't see any actual nudity.
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blakeg posted:here in Australia titty wrapping you car is fine... having a blow off valve and your a loving criminal scum Or replace your gear knob with one that doesn't have the shift pattern printed on it (this one even featured on a recent Highway Patrol episode)
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