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Geirskogul posted:Cragar SS wheels were/are used on everything from old Mustangs to new Challengers. Do new challengers have rusty drum brakes? Douchebag level: audi. 
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Powershift posted:Do new challengers have rusty drum brakes? What are those... personal lockable stalls or something? I'm assuming you undo the lock, and the yellow bars lower down like the one on the right What's the point of doing the lock back up once your car is parked... so many questions
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Sappo569 posted:What are those... personal lockable stalls or something? It'd be harder to steal without loving it up is my thought.
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Nov 24, 2015 03:46
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It's probably a pay-by-the-hour parking lot, like in Japan. When you drive in, the little gate comes up, locking your car in. When you pay, the gate comes down. Audi guy went in diagonally because Audi owners are irredeemable douchebags.
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We get a f350 dually longbed quad cab school bus motherfucker that comes around every now and then. Today it was on the schedule for "tire blew out"    This is some ladies truck she uses for the roofing company she owns and I guess her boyfriend helps out with. Well as she arrived to survey the damage, the truth came out that homie borrowed the truck last night unbeknownst to her and clearly hit something on the highway like a dividing barrier most likely from the other scrapes,and blowing the front tire. So he drove it like 2 miles on the highway, off the onramp and another half mile to a grocery store parking lot. One can assume alcohol was involved. The way she let him have it in our shop, he would be better off sittin in the drunk tank. Preoptopus fucked around with this message at 05:02 on Nov 24, 2015 |
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Nov 24, 2015 04:56
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Preoptopus posted:The way she let him have it in our shop, he would be better off sittin in the drunk tank. A+ story otherwise
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Seat Safety Switch posted:It's probably a pay-by-the-hour parking lot, like in Japan. When you drive in, the little gate comes up, locking your car in. When you pay, the gate comes down. I've seen a lot of those where it would be super easy to just jump the curb and escape without paying, but apparently there are countries where the people don't just 24/7 try to screw the system. If that was America or Canada everyone would be the Audi guy.
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Preoptopus posted:We get a f350 dually longbed quad cab school bus motherfucker that comes around every now and then. Today it was on the schedule for "tire blew out" American highways must be absolutely dreadful from the number of pictures like that I've seen.
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Nov 24, 2015 06:03
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Slavvy posted:American highways must be absolutely dreadful from the number of pictures like that I've seen. The highways are fine, it's all the assholes on them that are the problem.
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EKDS5k posted:I've seen a lot of those where it would be super easy to just jump the curb and escape without paying, but apparently there are countries where the people don't just 24/7 try to screw the system. If that was America or Canada everyone would be the Audi guy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vS1PlOue9Sk There's another video I'm thinking of, but couldn't find it.
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CharlesM posted:There's another video I'm thinking of, but couldn't find it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eQZLd6AABE
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re. rustchat -- today one of my brake lines blew up just as I got off the freeway. Came to a stop at the end of the offramp and the pedal went right to the floor. Luckily nothing bad happened and this is your regular reminder that AAA Plus is always worth the cost. Got the car to the garage with brake fluid pouring out all over the bed of the tow truck. Mechanic calls me an hour later. First question: "is this car from around here?" (California). Sigh. No, it spent its first six years in the northeast. "Oh, yeah, cause your lines are just rusted right through."  saltCharlesM posted:Reason to own a F40: free parking. I've been to a few parking garages where they have a prominent  MOTORCYCLES PARK FREE sign for I assume this same reason.
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Terrible owner stuff
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I would share that, but I'm scared that one of my non-car guy friends would actually do it.
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Nov 24, 2015 22:41
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Raluek posted:The highways are fine... Look at this guy who's never driven in Michigan.
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CroatianAlzheimers posted:Look at this guy who's never driven in Michigan. He said American, not third world.
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Not sure which thread I should post it in, but I came across this just now and had to share. Decided on this one because while the idea seems solid, the guy seems a bit unhinged. Dude wants to make a turbine/electric-powered LLV replacement. Because a jet will run on anything, so it solves our reliance on oil/is better for the environment! I'm pretty sure he's missed a few reasons why turbine-powered cars and alternative fuels never really took off. As far as I know, the failure of the former wasn't because of torque issues (that's why he thinks turbine cars failed, and his is better because it's a turboshaft turning a generator to run electric motors, I'm pretty sure there's a reason that's not common outside emergency backup generators either -- didn't they try it on locomotives once?).
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Bad Angus! Bad!
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if he put sugar in the gas tank... why is the oil pan full of sugar?
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Delivery McGee posted:Not sure which thread I should post it in, but I came across this just now and had to share. Decided on this one because while the idea seems solid, the guy seems a bit unhinged. Dude wants to make a turbine/electric-powered LLV replacement. Because a jet will run on anything, so it solves our reliance on oil/is better for the environment! mail guy just tosses your mail onto your lawn as he rolls by because throttling back up after stopping takes too long
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GnarlyCharlie4u posted:if he put sugar in the gas tank... why is the oil pan full of sugar? I feel like the sugar would just get trapped in the fuel filter/pump and that'd be it.
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atomicthumbs posted:mail guy just tosses your mail onto your lawn as he rolls by because throttling back up after stopping takes too long Apparently they use J57s in backup gensets for exactly the opposite reason, amusingly -- diesel gensets take a good ten minutes to warm up before you can load them, a jet is at 90-something % throttle and ready for more the instant it fires. (Source: that jet mechanic on youtube, I forget which video.)
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Raluek posted:He said American, not third world. Truer than you know.
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Delivery McGee posted:Apparently they use J57s in backup gensets for exactly the opposite reason, amusingly -- diesel gensets take a good ten minutes to warm up before you can load them, a jet is at 90-something % throttle and ready for more the instant it fires. (Source: that jet mechanic on youtube, I forget which video.) Backup diesel gensets are ready to load up in under 10 seconds.
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Delivery McGee posted:As far as I know, the failure of the former wasn't because of torque issues (that's why he thinks turbine cars failed, and his is better because it's a turboshaft turning a generator to run electric motors, I'm pretty sure there's a reason that's not common outside emergency backup generators either -- didn't they try it on locomotives once?). I think it's more the "ridiculously loud" and "fuckoff hot exhaust" issues.
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Melting bumpers of people behind you, apparently. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2A5ijU3Ivs quote:After Chrysler finished the user program and other public displays of the cars, 46 of them were destroyed. Chrysler announced that this was necessary to avoid a stiff tariff, but that was only part of the story. The destruction of the cars was in line with the automobile industry's practice of not selling non-production or prototype cars to the public. This practice was also later used by General Motors with its EV1. Wrong thread, though. Awesome car stuff. Except for what Chrysler did with the 46 of them. E: the melting bumper was from his original EcoJet car, not the Chrysler Turbine. My bad. Queen_Combat fucked around with this message at 04:16 on Nov 25, 2015 |
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nollij posted:Backup diesel gensets are ready to load up in under 10 seconds. Yeah, but it can't be good for 'em. Sorry, I was taken in by jet propaganda  Boat posted:I think it's more the "ridiculously loud" and "fuckoff hot exhaust" issues. Kinda want to see the turbine equivalent of the Merlin-powered Beast. A 4000hp GE T64 out of a CH-53E ought to do nicely. Or maybe not: quote:Specific fuel consumption: 0.48 lb/hp-hr It'd get from truckstop to truckstop really fuckin' fast, though, assuming there was no traffic. If there's a red light, you might run out of fuel.
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Delivery McGee posted:the US military figured out multifuel diesels in the '50s, didn't they? Yes, sorta, well, they asked White/Continental to figure it out. It's neither powerful nor efficient. If you want an 1800lb engine that makes 190hp, 425 foot pounds peak, has a safe maximum speed of 2400rpm and a short-term redline of 2600rpm, and gets 5mpg no matter what you do with it, multifuel diesel is for you. Otherwise, stick to a gas or diesel engine designed in the last 20 years. PS: I have one, it's a white/continental LDS-465-1A. I'll quite gladly trade it for a reasonable condition 12 valve 6BTA5.9 Cummins*, complete, with a #2 or #1 SAE flywheel housing. I'll even toss some money in on the deal. * a 6CTA8.3 would also be welcome 
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Geirskogul posted:Melting bumpers of people behind you, apparently. That dash, instruments, console, switches, trans tunnel, the interior in general of the chrysler turbine though...
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Fo3 posted:That dash, instruments, console, switches, the interior in general of the chrysler turbine though... I showed this video to a friend of mine fairly recently and all he could say was "...why aren't car interiors this pretty these days?" The inside of an awful lot of American cars around this are are genuine works of art, whenever there's a car show local to me I make a beeline for the US stuff of this sort of era because I know the interior is going to be pretty special if only because of the colours used.
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Night Danger Moose posted:I would share that, but I'm scared that one of my non-car guy friends would actually do it. Same. A few months ago a very close friend of mine brought me his car to put in a new battery. I pop the hood and tell him to get the new battery he bought. The battery he brought me was massive. Like big enough he asked me where my furniture dolly was. He drives a beat up 90 something Corolla. Uh, dude, this isn't going to work.  - "Really? I don't want to replace the battery for as long as possible so I bought the biggest one they had."Bless his heart he's the nicest guy I know but jfc.
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Maker Of Shoes posted:Same. A few months ago a very close friend of mine brought me his car to put in a new battery. I pop the hood and tell him to get the new battery he bought. The battery he brought me was massive. Like big enough he asked me where my furniture dolly was. He drives a beat up 90 something Corolla. Uh, dude, this isn't going to work. I'll admit: I tend to measure my battery trays and get the biggest battery I can fit.
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CommieGIR posted:I'll admit: I tend to measure my battery trays and get the biggest battery I can fit. Always done the same because I've always owned rotaries or ford falcons, and back in the day, a couple of amps with decent front split speakers and a sub.
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CommieGIR posted:I'll admit: I tend to measure my battery trays and get the biggest battery I can fit. But you know what you're doing.
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You don't even really have to know what you're doing, just stop and think "hmm there are a lot of different physical dimensions being offered for sale here, perhaps I should check my car to see if it needs a particular size." I mean no one tries cramming D batteries into their TV remote, why would they ever think that a car could accept whatever you throw at it?
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xzzy posted:You don't even really have to know what you're doing, just stop and think "hmm there are a lot of different physical dimensions being offered for sale here, perhaps I should check my car to see if it needs a particular size." Cars are boxes of space wizardry and voodoo. Best to not think about it too much. /doesn'tchangeoilfor20k
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xzzy posted:You don't even really have to know what you're doing, just stop and think "hmm there are a lot of different physical dimensions being offered for sale here, perhaps I should check my car to see if it needs a particular size." 
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CroatianAlzheimers posted:Look at this guy who's never driven in Michigan. Two seasons. Winter and Road Construction. Either lovely, or lovely _and_ slows you down.
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Troll? Nobody is that dumb and posts about it... right?
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I can't imagine that someone that dumb would actually know how to drain the oil out of their engine. There are zillions of examples online of people putting Things That Are Not Oil into the Oil Hole, though.
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