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Midjack posted:Wikipedia claims they're stripped and crushed in front of UPS employees once at EOL. For some reason, I have this mental image of a weary UPS guy on his last day at work. They bring him into a room and through a window is his delivery truck. His daily partner for so long. His friend, his companion, his rock. This is the vehicle that helped put his kids through college, put a down payment on a house and financed that new pool that Frank down the street is so jealous of. Then they begin strapping him into a chair clockwork orange style and force him to watch as the vehicle is stripped and then crushed in front of him. As tears of sadness run down his face, they unstrap him from the chair, hand him his final paycheck and wish him a happy retirement.
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Elmnt80 posted:For some reason, I have this mental image of a weary UPS guy on his last day at work. They bring him into a room and through a window is his delivery truck. His daily partner for so long. His friend, his companion, his rock. This is the vehicle that helped put his kids through college, put a down payment on a house and financed that new pool that Frank down the street is so jealous of. Then they begin strapping him into a chair clockwork orange style and force him to watch as the vehicle is stripped and then crushed in front of him. As tears of sadness run down his face, they unstrap him from the chair, hand him his final paycheck and wish him a happy retirement. Pretty sure they make a cheap watch out of the scraps which he's forced to wear to remind him of the impermanence and futility of existence for the remainder of his days too.
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Jul 12, 2015 00:04
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Captain Postal posted:Pretty sure they make a cheap watch out of the scraps that he's forced to wear to remind him of the impermanence and futility of existence for the remainder of his days too. They just order one and make him sign for it before checking to see if it survived the journey intact.
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Jul 12, 2015 00:05
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Is there any particular reason UPS doesn't want their trucks to make it to a secondhand market? If it's just a question of they only retire vehicles that are no longer safe to operate that's one thing, but the fact that they need an employee present at the crushing seems a little excessive.
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Jul 12, 2015 03:23
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Booblord Zagats posted:I've seen G2 Tiburons do this before. Turns out the paper thin plastic guarding the electrical system from a blown out tire isn;t that well thought out Eek. I have a 08 Tiburon which i assume is G2?
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Jul 12, 2015 03:27
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I just want to add that UPS trucks and their drivers are impressively competent in the snow. We'll get some stupid amount of snow that even the bro trucks are afraid to go out in and yet there's the UPS guy hauling rear end with a 1 storey high wake of powder behind him.
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8ender posted:I just want to add that UPS trucks and their drivers are impressively competent in the snow. We'll get some stupid amount of snow that even the bro trucks are afraid to go out in and yet there's the UPS guy hauling rear end with a 1 storey high wake of powder behind him. Couple years ago I saw a FedEx truck centre punch a UPS truck on dry roads in broad daylight. Just-in-time cross-courier delivery, I guess.
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Jul 12, 2015 06:19
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For a brief moment this man is seeing the secrets of the universe
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xzzy posted:Is there any particular reason UPS doesn't want their trucks to make it to a secondhand market? If it's just a question of they only retire vehicles that are no longer safe to operate that's one thing, but the fact that they need an employee present at the crushing seems a little excessive. Probably something like the MUTT - "This vehicle is, in fact, dangerously unsafe and can't be safely used by folks lacking ~specialised training~; crush 'em". The training amounts to kegel exercises so you don't poo poo yourself when the vehicle rolls over, allowing salvage of the upholstry for depot spares. (I don't know).
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Jul 12, 2015 07:05
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If we're talking about unobtanium vehicles, why hasn't the gama goat been mentioned? I hear that thing's unsafe as gently caress too... 
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Jul 12, 2015 12:42
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8ender posted:I just want to add that UPS trucks and their drivers are impressively competent in the snow. We'll get some stupid amount of snow that even the bro trucks are afraid to go out in and yet there's the UPS guy hauling rear end with a 1 storey high wake of powder behind him. UPS drivers are just impressively competent at pretty much everything. I swear to god they are some of the best drivers on the road and they always, always have a smile on their face. Except the UPS semis, those are a different story.
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IPCRESS posted:Probably something like the MUTT - "This vehicle is, in fact, dangerously unsafe and can't be safely used by folks lacking ~specialised training~; crush 'em". This is probably true... ups doesnt want the added liability of being a truck dealer. Their truck is also kind of their brand.. so they are probably looking to keep the look exclusive to UPS and not Eds Crack Filling: concrete repair.
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Jul 12, 2015 14:01
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Slavvy posted:I got told this by a Mercedes Benz technical assistance guy so I don't know if it's true first hand: evidently the first generation ML in the north american market had an all-white wiring loom with the terminal connector locations and function of the individual wires stencilled on each wire, like a built-in wiring diagram. It was meant to aid diagnosis or some other germanlogic poo poo and was brutally expensive to make, which gives it the flavour of being true. Freightliner has been doing this since the late '80s, so I imagine the global Merc heavy trucks have been doing it at least that long and I'd be shocked if that hadn't made its way into a lot of other Merc products. It aids diagnosis massively, but that's mainly because monocolor wire is extremely effective at scaring away all the people who shouldn't be loving with electrical stuff so you spend less time correcting hamfisted repair attempts. The markings do have a tendency to be not entirely permanent though (because we all know Mercedes to pick only the very finest wire suppliers  ).
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Jul 12, 2015 14:25
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tater_salad posted:This is probably true... ups doesnt want the added liability of being a truck dealer. They are weird about their trucks. Policy is for the logo to be painted over asap in case of an accident so nobody sees a UPS truck being towed anywhere.
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Jul 12, 2015 15:30
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I wonder why they are so controlling about that.
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UPS as far as I can tell have a huge hard on for their brand. There's always been a story on the Internet and in shops about a large number of UPS uniforms that had either been stolen or misdelivered or otherwise erroneously purchased by an outside party on ebay. UPS almost instantly bought them up as that story goes because they were trying to protect their image as reliable dependable couriers.
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Jul 12, 2015 16:39
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BloodBag posted:If we're talking about unobtanium vehicles, why hasn't the gama goat been mentioned? I hear that thing's unsafe as gently caress too... gently caress the GAMA Goat. gently caress it raw. That is the most worthless vehicle I've ever had the displeasure to drive or ride in. They were such pieces of poo poo that when they were retired for HMMWVs, our maintenance sergeant got down on his knees and wept in joy. Unsafe, unreliable, and trying to do any fording or amphibious work (It supposedly floats IF all the seals are intact which of course they aren't) was an exercise in frustration. If anybody wants one, they are an idiot and you can use that for a reference test.
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Jul 12, 2015 17:55
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wilfredmerriweathr posted:UPS drivers are just impressively competent at pretty much everything. I swear to god they are some of the best drivers on the road and they always, always have a smile on their face. They also run informal contests to see who can wear their shorts the furthest into winter. This is actually not an uncommon challenge among delivery companies, but the first time I heard about it was UPS drivers in Alaska, they got a story in the local news because one guy made it through one particular January where the area had an average temperature of -5F. I can take cold better than many but working a delivery van for 8 hours in subzero temps with shorts on would probably do me in.
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It looks like the typical design-by-committee military vehicle. Once upon a time it was probably a simple, robust transport vehicle on some bright young engineer's drawing board, but its conception as an ARPA project left it ultimately doomed to feature creep like "unified-vehicle modularity", "multi mission capability" and other buzzwords. Of course every time ARPA tossed a new spec change their way the manufacturer happily nodded with dollar signs lit up in their eyes, while the original designer quietly wept at his drawing board. Speaking of, is it too early to post the F-35 in this thread?
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Jul 12, 2015 18:09
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Everyone watch The Pentagon Wars, and weep realizing that every military vehicle is designed like that.
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Jul 12, 2015 18:47
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People think The Pentagon Wars is a comedy but it's really a documentary.
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Humbug Scoolbus posted:gently caress the GAMA Goat. gently caress it raw. That is the most worthless vehicle I've ever had the displeasure to drive or ride in. They were such pieces of poo poo that when they were retired for HMMWVs, our maintenance sergeant got down on his knees and wept in joy. Unsafe, unreliable, and trying to do any fording or amphibious work (It supposedly floats IF all the seals are intact which of course they aren't) was an exercise in frustration. I've never heard of or seen one of these but it looks like a video game vehicle. Like, it is laid out in a way that defies common sense and is purely designed to look whacky and futuristic.
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Geirskogul posted:Everyone watch The Pentagon Wars, and weep realizing that every https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDYpRhoZqBY
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BloodBag posted:If we're talking about unobtanium vehicles, why hasn't the gama goat been mentioned? I hear that thing's unsafe as gently caress too... I don't know why the combination of camo paint and bright orange "here I am!" lights amuses me so much, but it does.
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Jul 12, 2015 20:12
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Lights were retrofitted because the camo was too good.
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Splizwarf posted:Lights were retrofitted because the camo was too good. They heard "I can't see our troops driving these much longer", and they came up with a solution.
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They really are complete garbage. We used them in the 82nd and they were total poo poo. I did like the PAM for it though https://archive.org/stream/PAM750-31#page/n0/mode/2up
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xzzy posted:Is there any particular reason UPS doesn't want their trucks to make it to a secondhand market? If it's just a question of they only retire vehicles that are no longer safe to operate that's one thing, but the fact that they need an employee present at the crushing seems a little excessive. When my dad worked for them they were still running trucks from like the '40s, so they keep them around for a while too.
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Jul 12, 2015 23:15
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When I worked on the tarmac for ups at a major airport we used a super old one for a crew shuttle. It was awesome and really fun to drive around.
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Alereon posted:Fixed this for you. Also, I was going to link to the clip, but gently caress that here's the full movie on Youtube: I've been meaning to watch this forever and finally did. It's really fantastic, and the fact that it's (mostly) true makes it even better.
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Alereon posted:Fixed this for you. Also, I was going to link to the clip, but gently caress that here's the full movie on Youtube: Also available to stream if you've got Amazon Prime.
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Great watch on a Lazy Sunday afternoon, thanks thread. The only horrible mechanical failures I have to show would be receipts for my goddamn service b maintenence that are almost as high as my rent.... And the fact that a single window button costs near $360 to replace! WTF? just give me another button, don't replace the entire drat switch assembly
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Godholio posted:Also available to stream if you've got Amazon Prime. And on HBONow
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Xlyfindel posted:Great watch on a Lazy Sunday afternoon, thanks thread. The only horrible mechanical failures I have to show would be receipts for my goddamn service b maintenence that are almost as high as my rent.... And the fact that a single window button costs near $360 to replace! WTF? just give me another button, don't replace the entire drat switch assembly Junkyards, man...junkyards. Also ebay.
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14 INCH SLIT posted:That's not a horrible electrical failure, this is a horrible electrical failure. I'd like to imagine this car tripped up on its own wiring, like a fat kid tripping up on his shoe laces.
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Tubesock Holocaust posted:I'd like to imagine this car tripped up on its own wiring, like a fat kid tripping up on his shoe laces. It's more like a fat kid tripping over a curb and his spinal column falls out.
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Jul 13, 2015 09:08
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Collateral Damage posted:Speaking of, is it too early to post the F-35 in this thread? No. I was so excited about the original JSF bakeoff between Boeing and Lockheed. Then it started circling the drain during the development phase - keep in mind the contract was awarded in 2001 - the original development contracts were awarded in 1996. So we got the shittiest airplane ever, which won over  the derpiest airplane ever. 
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