Terrible Car Stuff - Im sorry but in this thread we measure cargo capacity in shrimp

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a kitten: Aug 5, 2006

Rhyno posted:

Definitely the wrong thread.

Damnit.

You guys need a thread that's both awesome and awful. :v:

a kitten fucked around with this message at 17:30 on Jul 3, 2016

# ? Jul 3, 2016 17:27

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# ? May 28, 2024 01:47

NoWake: Dec 28, 2008; College Slice

a kitten posted:

You guys need a thread that's both awesome and awful.

That's the Craigslist thread, doubly awesome since most if it's for sale!

# ? Jul 3, 2016 18:23

Top Hats Monthly: Jun 22, 2011; People are people so why should it be, that you and I should get along so awfully blink blink recall STOP IT YOU POSH LITTLE SHIT

The Porsche is basically anime on wheels now

# ? Jul 3, 2016 18:36

Queen_Combat: Jan 15, 2011

Anime was a mistake.

# ? Jul 3, 2016 20:22

Rhyno: Mar 22, 2003; Can't post for 10 years!

Geirskogul posted:

Anime was a mistake.

Should've nuked Japan again.

# ? Jul 3, 2016 20:29

Goober Peas: Jun 30, 2007; Check out my 'Vette, bro

So I was sitting at a stoplight and something bothered me about the car in front of me

They mounted the license plate off-center. I thought it was a fluke, but I started looking at the license plates of all of the newer Beetles. At least locally they're all off-center.

# ? Jul 3, 2016 23:02

BlackMK4: Aug 23, 2006; wat.; Megamarm

Well, if it's like the Golf/GTI it's because the bumper cover doesn't actually have holes for the license plate so you have to drill the loving holes yourself. I was making GBS threads myself and measured 5 times before I drilled mine.

# ? Jul 3, 2016 23:11

You Am I: May 20, 2001; Me @ your poasting

I have also found it an issue with Euro cars that are used to having wide number plates, compared to countries with narrow plates

# ? Jul 4, 2016 00:02

spog: Aug 7, 2004; It's your own bloody fault.

But why so many off-centre?

You don't have to be a master of mechanics to get a small rectangle in the approximate centre of a slightly larger rectangle.

# ? Jul 4, 2016 01:02

Sagebrush: Feb 26, 2012

spog posted:

But why so many off-centre?

You don't have to be a master of mechanics to get a small rectangle in the approximate centre of a slightly larger rectangle.

Well, you know what they say. "Measure once, cut immediately."

# ? Jul 4, 2016 01:30

Memento: Aug 25, 2009; Bleak Gremlin

Rhyno posted:

Should've nuked Japan again.

You guys nuked Japan either too much or not enough.

# ? Jul 4, 2016 01:39

Goober Peas: Jun 30, 2007; Check out my 'Vette, bro

spog posted:

But why so many off-centre?

You don't have to be a master of mechanics to get a small rectangle in the approximate centre of a slightly larger rectangle.

My guess was the local dealer goofed, but there were many different dealer decals in the sample set :shrug:

# ? Jul 4, 2016 01:44

BigPaddy: Jun 30, 2008; That night we performed the rite and opened the gate.
Halfway through, I went to fix us both a coke float.
By the time I got back, he'd gone insane.
Plus, he'd left the gate open and there was evil everywhere.

Memento posted:

You guys nuked Japan either too much or not enough.

If Godzilla is not real then it was not enough.

# ? Jul 4, 2016 01:45

Slavvy: Dec 11, 2012

It's not a one way street.

# ? Jul 4, 2016 04:39

TotalLossBrain: Oct 20, 2010; Hier graben!

Slavvy posted:

It's not a one way street.

Then get out of that lane. :downs:

# ? Jul 4, 2016 07:36

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

Sagebrush posted:

Well, you know what they say. "Measure once, cut immediately."

More like cut once, goof off for the rest of the shift.

# ? Jul 4, 2016 09:44

I Might Be Adam: Jun 12, 2007; Skip the Waves, Syncopate
Forwards Backwards

# ? Jul 4, 2016 17:02

Pham Nuwen: Oct 30, 2010

I Might Be Adam posted:

This is perfect. The rest of the lot is pretty much totally empty but he had to be That Guy and park right up front.

# ? Jul 4, 2016 17:09

xzzy: Mar 5, 2009

I guess dropping $40k+ on a dull and forgettable midlife crisis mobile doesn't include the manual on how to properly baby it.

# ? Jul 4, 2016 17:55

Mercury Ballistic: Nov 14, 2005; not gun related

My moms abused and high milage 2001 Toyota Sienna was recently stolen from her driveway in the DC Metro Area. About a week later she got a call from the Baltimore Impound lot where they had acquired her car. She has no idea how it was recovered, just that she was given a minute or two to recover anything from the vehicle while it was in the lot. Several windows were broke and the windshield was wrecked. The van was filled with lumber apparently and a North Face Jacket. In the breast pocket of the jacket was a filled out application for state healthcare dated to about two weeks earlier. She is more entertained at this point as insurance has already offered her a decent price to take the car for good.

Lastly, a google search of the name showed a person in the area arrested for the triple shooting a few years earlier. I'll update if/when she hears back from the police. Not sure if Fairfax Country will care enough to do anything since the car is recovered.

# ? Jul 4, 2016 18:07

FBS: Apr 27, 2015; The real fun of living wisely is that you get to be smug about it.

kdm tyte

# ? Jul 5, 2016 01:57

BlackMK4: Aug 23, 2006; wat.; Megamarm

I got three brands of seats in my car, whatup

# ? Jul 5, 2016 01:59

I Might Be Adam: Jun 12, 2007; Skip the Waves, Syncopate
Forwards Backwards

Pham Nuwen posted:

This is perfect. The rest of the lot is pretty much totally empty but he had to be That Guy and park right up front.

In their defense, this was toward the middle of the lot and not up front but still. It's a Challenger. Kinda sad when the car you deem to be too nice for other cars to park in proximity of ends up being that.

# ? Jul 5, 2016 02:24

Slavvy: Dec 11, 2012

FBS posted:

kdm tyte

At least it isn't the base model.

# ? Jul 5, 2016 04:11

nm: Jan 28, 2008; "I saw Minos the Space Judge holding a golden sceptre and passing sentence upon the Martians. There he presided, and around him the noble Space Prosecutors sought the firm justice of space law."

BlackMK4 posted:

I got three brands of seats in my car, whatup

The takata sticker is actually a warning label. "Dash may explode at any time."

# ? Jul 5, 2016 04:19

Throatwarbler: Nov 17, 2008; by vyelkin

Ironically Hyundai and Kia are probably the only 2 carmakers of any note in the world not affected by the airbag scandal. Korea is the only major auto market in the world where the Japanese carmakers have almost no presence, because Koreans just really dislike anything Japanese in general and unlike China will actually put their money where their mouth is.

# ? Jul 5, 2016 05:10

davebo: Nov 15, 2006; Parallel lines do meet, but they do it incognito; College Slice

FBS posted:

kdm tyte

Incidentally, my 6 month insurance payments for my 2012 optima sx just shot up by $130 because statistically that specific trim is higher risk now. I'm going to assume it's due to idiots like this buying them used for cheap and wrapping them around a telephone pole trying to drift their front wheel drive family sedan.

# ? Jul 5, 2016 05:21

BoostCreep: May 3, 2004; Might I ask where you keep your forced induction accessories?; Grimey Drawer

nm posted:

The takata sticker is actually a warning label. "Dash may explode at any time."

I assume the Takata is for their racing harnesses that they need in their nearly stock street car. The Sparco, Recaro, and Bride would likely be the three seat manufacturers.

:spergin:

# ? Jul 5, 2016 05:34

Cage: Jul 17, 2003; www.revivethedrive.org

FBS posted:

kdm tyte

Is that license plate behind a tinted cover? I saw one with a pretty dark blue tint the other day that I couldn't believe any cop wouldn't pull over as soon as he/she saw it.

# ? Jul 5, 2016 06:23

BDA: Dec 10, 2007; Extremely grim and evil.

BoostCreep posted:

I assume the Takata is for their racing harnesses that they need in their nearly stock street car. The Sparco, Recaro, and Bride would likely be the three seat manufacturers.

Mugen makes seats, too (or at least sells them) so there could be four. It is a four-seater car after all, maybe he mix-and-matched.

# ? Jul 5, 2016 11:33

NoWake: Dec 28, 2008; College Slice

BoostCreep posted:

I assume the Takata is for their racing harnesses that they need in their nearly stock street car. The Sparco, Recaro, and Bride would likely be the three seat manufacturers.

Maybe they've got kids? It is a 4-door, after all.

# ? Jul 5, 2016 17:52

Lain Iwakura: Aug 5, 2004; The body exists only to verify one's own existence.; Taco Defender

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/rocket-man-sherwood-park-man-builds-his-own-jet-car-1.3665082

quote:

You don't have to be a rocket scientist to understand why Ryan McQueen named his race car "Insanity."

Sleek in cherry red and chrome, with two Rolls Royce jet engines under the hood, she will run at 14,000 pounds of thrust, and burn through 400 litres of jet fuel in two minutes flat.

And its estimated top speed? A white-knuckle, G-force inducing 650 kilometres per hour.

Insanity may be the world's only twin-jet powered super car, McQueen said.

[...]

With only a few lessons from his high school shop class to inform him, he got to work building and designing the car from scratch.

"I didn't have a whole lot of money or a lot of skill. I just learned as I went," McQueen said.

"I didn't know how to weld, engineer, bend tubing, lay up fibreglass or carbon fibre, or even know anything about jet engines."

It took five years to build the mold for the body. Another two years to to construct the fibreglass and carbon fiber frame.

"Since then everything has been YouTube and Google," McQueen said.

"I taught myself to weld. I taught myself metal fabrication. In fact, one of my first projects was my tubing bender to be able to bend the tubing. I needed a tool so I built it."

I cannot wait to see this fired up. :allears:

# ? Jul 5, 2016 20:26

GnarlyCharlie4u: Sep 23, 2007; I have an unhealthy obsession with motorcycles.

Proof

OSI bean dip posted:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/rocket-man-sherwood-park-man-builds-his-own-jet-car-1.3665082

I cannot wait to see this fired up.

This is definitely the wrong thread. That thing may be a deathwish, but it's also a chariot to Valhalla.

# ? Jul 5, 2016 20:29

xzzy: Mar 5, 2009

OSI bean dip posted:

I cannot wait to see this fired up.

There's gonna be fire alright, I just hope it drowns out the screaming.

# ? Jul 5, 2016 20:37

Maker Of Shoes: Sep 4, 2006; AWWWW YISSSSSSSSSS
DIS IS MAH JAM!!!!!!

A+ would test drive

# ? Jul 5, 2016 20:50

th vwls hv scpd: Jul 12, 2006; Developing Smarter Mechanics.
Since 1989.

That man is the embodiment of AI.

# ? Jul 5, 2016 21:16

Octopus Magic: Dec 19, 2003; I HATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU LIKE* AND I NEED TO BE SURE YOU ALL KNOW THAT EVERY TIME I POST

*unless it's a DSM in which case we cool ^_^

OSI bean dip posted:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/rocket-man-sherwood-park-man-builds-his-own-jet-car-1.3665082

I cannot wait to see this fired up.

lol 400+ mph ok dude

# ? Jul 5, 2016 21:27

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

Even if that thing only hits 180 mph it's still a million times more AI than most things in this forum, and I loving love this forum and everything in it.

# ? Jul 5, 2016 21:34

Olympic Mathlete: Feb 25, 2011

I hope he doesn't die driving that thing, it's too awesome and completely the wrong thread.

# ? Jul 5, 2016 21:52

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# ? May 28, 2024 01:47

BOOTY-ADE: Aug 30, 2006; BIG KOOL TELLIN' Y'ALL TO KEEP IT TIGHT

Cage posted:

Is that license plate behind a tinted cover? I saw one with a pretty dark blue tint the other day that I couldn't believe any cop wouldn't pull over as soon as he/she saw it.

You underestimate the laziness of cops

# ? Jul 5, 2016 22:40

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