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Who needs safety standards when you can get your 3-wheeled car classified as a motorcycle?  Edit: I have to wonder, since seatbelt laws don't apply to motorcycles, would you be required to wear one? Conversely, I guess that helmet requiring states would require you to wear a helmet in this thing. xergm fucked around with this message at 16:37 on May 5, 2015 |
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Having seen one in person, I can guarantee helmets are required. Because you sure as hell don't want anyone to recognize you.
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Throatwarbler posted:In the US, vehicles over a certain GWVR are considered differently by the EPA, so on 3/4t and above trucks you can have diesel engines and whatnot, and they don't have to provide any fuel economy information for consumers. NOT A PICTURE OF A HORRIBLE MECHANICAL FAILURE xergm posted:Who needs safety standards when you can get your 3-wheeled car classified as a motorcycle? Horrible mechanical failure in the making:  Actual mechanical failure: 
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May 5, 2015 17:14
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^^ is that a new kind of vtec where the stroke get varied?
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IOwnCalculus posted:NOT A PICTURE OF A HORRIBLE MECHANICAL FAILURE I can totally read this.
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IOwnCalculus posted:NOT A PICTURE OF A HORRIBLE MECHANICAL FAILURE Call me crazy, but I love that Polaris' look, it's like a Morgan trike and the SSV Normandy had a baby. Shame they're $20k and apparently super unsafe E:  +  = 
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May 5, 2015 18:24
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`Nemesis posted:Does every part on a car need to last the lifetime of the vehicle? At what point is it acceptable to expect that things will need occasional replacement? Well, actually...
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May 5, 2015 18:46
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SEKCobra posted:I can totally read this. tl;dr: Everyone immediately stop driving your Slingshots, as they suffer from Wheel Fall Off Syndrome. Also some of the roll bars are made of cheese.
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May 5, 2015 19:58
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SEKCobra posted:I can totally read this. Bad bearings in the steering rack, potential "unexpected loss of steering control". Also, may or may not have defective "roll hoops" which I assume are a flavor of swaybar. I can read it without zoom on a Galaxy S5, might be time for some glasses. 
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May 5, 2015 20:35
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May 5, 2015 20:39
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I actually saw this exact issues on a minivan going down i-75 South. Loaded with kids.
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May 5, 2015 20:40
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CommieGIR posted:I actually saw this exact issues on a minivan going down i-75 South. I was driving and couldn't get a picture.. but saw a dad driving a minivan with kids.. on a highway... with a driver door that was being held closed with the force of his arm.. at one point it was open and in my lane while he was turning.
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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Automotive Insanity > Post Pictures of Horrible
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May 5, 2015 21:33
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I wish I could've gotten a picture of it but a few months back I saw a Suburban (or some other big GMC suv) on the freeway with a hot tub shell on top of it. The shell was tied to the car at one single point, by a strap from the front bumper up over the hood to the tub liner. What else was holding it on? Why, the 4 rather burly gentlemen in the vehicle reaching out of their open windows (including the driver) and, presumably, keeping the tub in place with a death grip and sheer force of will.
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May 5, 2015 21:59
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I wonder if the owner of that vehicle is blaming the road conditions for their lovely ride. "I paid my taxes why is this road so bumpy.  "
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May 5, 2015 21:59
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kastein posted:You probably know more about this than I do but I am pretty sure texas and rhode island are the only states with no points system, thus why he hasn't lost his license. We do have a points system, but you can take defensive driving once a year, and do deferred adjudication once a year (90 day probation). Most of his tickets are red light tickets though. So thus, no points.
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May 5, 2015 23:36
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xergm posted:Who needs safety standards when you can get your 3-wheeled car classified as a motorcycle? At my second job, we make the hood and hoodliner/skeleton. I can say, conclusively, gently caress anyone who buys those. Stop buying them so we don't slash our arms to ribbons making parts for them.
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May 6, 2015 00:21
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gently caress that thing,, I'd have this  lovely walk around video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdvkrOrr5bU
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May 6, 2015 00:49
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fakeaccount posted:This deserves some kind of award. Has a bigger failure ever occurred? Don't loving get me started on that v6.
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May 6, 2015 01:26
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xzzy posted:I wonder if the owner of that vehicle is blaming the road conditions for their lovely ride. That's the Tappan Zee Bridge, it'll eat rally car suspensions for lunch. So, y'know, I'd give him points for trying that excuse.
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Fire Storm posted:HEY NOW, what's wrong with using a F750 SUV for day to day travel!?! (At least it's not a semi-SUV?) You laugh, but I see a guy on my daily commute who daily drives one of these.
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May 6, 2015 01:46
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I would drive it. (I'm a terrible person)
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May 6, 2015 01:53
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Somewhere in Orlando there's a guy with a big yellow bro-trucked version of one of those. I see it in traffic every once in a while. drat thing's lifted and looks like it'll tip over standing still.
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May 6, 2015 02:00
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xsf421 posted:You laugh, but I see a guy on my daily commute who daily drives one of these. http://f650pickups.com/  And many, many more. These are $150k+ trucks for people who never intend to haul anything   
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May 6, 2015 02:04
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I like how they tacked a pontoon boat on top. I also like how it costs about four times more than a real RV.
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May 6, 2015 02:20
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Tried looking this guy up again  He put pickups on GMC box truck frames. Doesnt look like business is booming.
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May 6, 2015 02:40
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My favorite was a bright yellow F650 just like the ones in the ad above with 'Tonka' written on the tailgate.
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May 6, 2015 04:03
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Preoptopus posted:Tried looking this guy up again idk, I'm far from a truck enthusiast, but that thing is pretty cool.
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Safety Dance posted:I like how they tacked a pontoon boat on top. I also like how it costs about four times more than a real RV. Everyone jokes about old big body-on-frame V8 sedans as being land yachts, but we are looking at the real thing there. Every aspect fits.
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May 6, 2015 08:27
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Took the term "land yacht" a little too literally.
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Sappo569 posted:[These are $150k+ trucks for people who never intend to haul anything All I can hear is the Regular Car Reviews guys going "Its a car you can poop in!"
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That's not a boat car, this is a boat cat. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUzqXJjpq94
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May 6, 2015 17:15
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Somebody mention boat-cars?
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PainterofCrap posted:Somebody mention boat-cars? There was a modern version of this in dupont registry ads circa-2001, and i keep remembering it and searching, but there doesn't seem to be anything about it anywhere on the internet.
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PainterofCrap posted:Somebody mention boat-cars? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRGFdmj2fOo 
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Does the camera man have parkinsons?
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veedubfreak posted:Does the camera man have parkinsons? Bare feet on sunny summer concrete.
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Christ getting the front wheels wet on the tow vehicle auuuuugh
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