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Guinness posted:At least you can have a silent smug satisfaction knowing that he isn't turning nearly as hard as he could be if downshifting doesn't spin him into a wall. Yet
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To be fair, downshifting in a turn at non-felony speeds on public roads isn't ever going to cause an issue. Which I assume is where this is happening.
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About a year ago I posted a brief rundown of my Father's insistence on living an episode of Bush Mechanics with an ancient and horrendous VK Commodore. Since then the car finally decided it had enough and simultaneously destroyed its driveline, transmission, clutch and flywheel in what I presumed was the automotive equivilent of a mercy killing, but my dad is addicted to fixing the unthinkable so he transplanted new running gear into a car that was already an automotive disease festival. Most of it can be explained by the odometer:  (This would already be a lot of kilometres for a shitbox like a Commodore if it hadn't rolled over once already.) Rest of the pictures here so not to annihilate the rules: http://imgur.com/a/y9RAj Mechanically, the car is hosed. -Radiator physically fell out of the car due to the mounts rusting away, so was tigwelded back in -Engine has been bored and sleeved with larger pistons because the original pistons had worn the block impressively oval -Power steering fluid keeps disappearing. It doesn't seem to leak anywhere but it just vanishes. So a bottle of fluid is concealed under the cowl for on the road topups. -Fuel injection replaced by carb and air cleaner from a 1980's era Falcon -Head replaced because it was warped from the factory courtesy of GM quality control -Suspension is ruined enough that the car rides extremely hard on bumps and will lean 15 degrees at the suggestion of a corner -Exhaust recirculation system removed and replaced with nothing -Factory original intake/exhaust crossover, which helps with the car's overheating problems and contributes to occasional vapourlock. Interior wise, the car is hosed. -Ignition column starts without a key. This is okay because the key itself is a car thief's hand-filed masterkey -Seats spontaneously disintegrated a while back, so both seats have been replaced by color-clashing seats from different models of Holden -Steering is so worn that the steering wheel is upside down at neutral, but that's okay since it takes about 180 degrees of turning to get any response out of it -EFI choke replaced by automatic choke. Automatic replaced by manual choke attached to hood release handle -Car started to eat batteries while off; added manual battery killswitch -New running gear didn't fit the old pattern. Centre console replaced with nothing -Steering column shroud replaced with nothing -Windows only open half way down. Sometimes they go back up -AC stuck in 'slightly warm, footwell' settings. Interesting and annoying as the AC isn't even connected Makes 80HP at the wheels and gets about 20MPG, but at least the brakes work.
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Spades posted:About a year ago I posted a brief rundown of my Father's insistence on living an episode of Bush Mechanics with an ancient and horrendous VK Commodore. A man needs dash cam footage 
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Spades posted:-Fuel injection replaced by carb and air cleaner from a 1980's era Falcon  Magnificent.
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Apr 23, 2016 14:23
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Apr 23, 2016 17:26
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What does it saaaay?!
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Apr 23, 2016 17:30
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I didn't realize that one of the E30 folks I know has basically a Nazi symbol on the back of their car. It's a 318is that has been essentially destroyed by this person.
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Apr 23, 2016 18:06
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fyodor posted:What does it saaaay?! Something "Royal". It wasn't memorable enough for me to remember. Cascade? Carbide? Not sure. EDIT: I have another shot that's just slightly clearer and it appears to say "Eastside Regal". Probably gang related. inkblottime fucked around with this message at 18:13 on Apr 23, 2016 |
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Apr 23, 2016 18:07
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Lightbulb Out posted:I didn't realize that one of the E30 folks I know has basically a Nazi symbol on the back of their car. It's a 318is that has been essentially destroyed by this person. Nobody can top the casual anti-Semitism of water cooled VW clubs.  Troy and Piers both thought this was a laugh riot back at the frat house.  http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2016/04/are-volkswagen-fanboys-the-most-anti-semitic-car-enthusiasts/
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Spades posted:About a year ago I posted a brief rundown of my Father's insistence on living an episode of Bush Mechanics with an ancient and horrendous VK Commodore.
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inkblottime posted:
They are probably trying to emulate Ryan Tuerck's suspension and wheel setup, but you know, on the street instead of a race track. 
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Apr 23, 2016 18:21
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BoostCreep posted:They are probably trying to emulate Ryan Tuerck's suspension and wheel setup, but you know, on the street instead of a race track. To be fair, that is ryan tuerck's street car.
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Apr 23, 2016 18:33
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Powershift posted:To be fair, that is ryan tuerck's street car. Yes, but driven by Ryan Tuerck.
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Apr 23, 2016 18:37
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It's a sweet drift missile dude! I know the pro FD cars have super wide front tracks for a good reason but I am really not a fan of that look. You'd think they could come up with some better front fenders, but I guess you need to have that rocket bunny kit even if it doesn't cover the tires.
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Apr 23, 2016 18:50
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I assume the front wide track helps when you're dorift-o-ing?
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Apr 23, 2016 18:51
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Spades posted:About a year ago I posted a brief rundown of my Father's insistence on living an episode of Bush Mechanics with an ancient and horrendous VK Commodore. Please tell me the man has it in his will to be buried in that car.
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fyodor posted:I assume the front wide track helps when you're dorift-o-ing? Yeah, if not just for a more stable front end, the wheels have to be physicaily farther out just because steering lock puts them at close to 90 degrees so they need extra clearance. Not my thing but I have a few friends that do drift stuff.
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Apr 23, 2016 19:49
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 Yes, that's two "in loving memory of..." rear window stickers on the same car.
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Geoj posted:Yes, that's two "in loving memory of..." rear window stickers on the same car. The weirdest memorial sticker I've seen only said "I know somebody who died." That's it. No names, dates, anything.
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It has always amused me to assume that when one of those stickers shows a picture of something, it has something to do with how the person died. The other day I saw one with a picture of a sports bike, and another with a picture of an anchor. So the first guy died in a motorcycle accident, and the other one drowned. The guy in the photo above clearly died in a monster truck accident.
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Disgruntled Bovine posted:The guy in the photo above clearly died in a monster truck accident. The most AI way to go.
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Disgruntled Bovine posted:It has always amused me to assume that when one of those stickers shows a picture of something, it has something to do with how the person died. He died how he lived, on the edge of his seat.
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Geoj posted:
Uhhm..so was the Blazer called a Trailblazer at some point?
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gileadexile posted:Uhhm..so was the Blazer called a Trailblazer at some point? Yes it is still manufactured in Thailand and Brazil 
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gileadexile posted:Uhhm..so was the Blazer called a Trailblazer at some point? It was the upscale luxury trim on the S-10 Blazer from 1999-2001, when the GMT360 Trailblazers were released.
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Lightbulb Out posted:I didn't realize that one of the E30 folks I know has basically a Nazi symbol on the back of their car. It's a 318is that has been essentially destroyed by this person. Oh wow yeah that's pretty bad. And in addition there's that eagle in the middle that looks kinda nazi-ish as well
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I saw a sneaky bastard police car yesterday, had someone pulled over... Unmarked silver generic minivan with a stick figure family sticker in the (tinted) back window. Oh and low profile LED reds and blues behind the glass and a couple of barely noticeable low profile antennae on the roof.
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Linedance posted:I saw a sneaky bastard police car yesterday, had someone pulled over... Unmarked silver generic minivan with a stick figure family sticker in the (tinted) back window. Oh and low profile LED reds and blues behind the glass and a couple of barely noticeable low profile antennae on the roof. Yeah, the RCMP here have a grey exploder and beige charger. They also rent vehicles to radio idiots in. In BC, they have this thing, which has a "N" sticker on the back which is supposed to mean new driver. 
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Apr 24, 2016 03:55
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Linedance posted:I saw a sneaky bastard police car yesterday, had someone pulled over... Unmarked silver generic minivan with a stick figure family sticker in the (tinted) back window. Oh and low profile LED reds and blues behind the glass and a couple of barely noticeable low profile antennae on the roof.  GLE 63 AMG, on loan from Mercedes Australia for a year. I can't imagine they're making any money from advertising from it, it must be a tax write-off.
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Seat Safety Switch posted:I don't know what thread to put this in. Golfigrale? Integolfe?
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Seat Safety Switch posted:I don't know what thread to put this in. I've been reading a kit car magazine, and there is some seriously disturbing poo poo that even the internet won't allow. Truly heinous crimes against nature.
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fyodor posted:Golfigrale? Integolfe? Yugo.
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Trying to find if some of the worst are actually on the internet. Have you thought $25,000 was too much for a real, actual, viper? Do you prefer the reliability of the jaguar S-type? Have you suffered a stroke and lost all ability to reason? Well, meet the car of your dreams, for only £15,000, which is a smaller number than 25,000 if you ignore currency conversions, you can build your dream vehicle http://creativesportscars.com.websitebuilder.prositehosting.co.uk/ Unfortunately, the creators of the car don't believe in pixels, so there aren't any decent pictures of the horrible wheel gap, but there's a video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsV1pQByGY4 Yeah, that yellow scaffolding is apparently the chassis. 
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Apr 24, 2016 04:24
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Raluek posted:Looks like his front tire is on backwards, too Oh, i'm sure he'll be dead long before that becomes an issue.
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Geoj posted:
I've been wanting one for a few years now with an obnoxious name on it like "In loving memory, Leonardo Da Vinci, you will be missed," or "William McKinley, taken too soon."
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Powershift posted:Oh, i'm sure he'll be dead long before that becomes an issue. Yeah, just a great indication of the attention to detail on this beast.
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Again, this is something somebody is trying to sell to other people to do to their own car. 
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