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NitroSpazzz posted:
If that isn't AI as gently caress, I don't know what is.
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go3 posted:you are aware that things occasionally fail Either way, if my new $70,000 performance car died on its second track day, fire or no fire, I'm running back to that dealership, pissed as hell. E: And this is why you refresh before posting Phanatic posted:Doesn't sound like he's *buying* a newer one, it sounds like the dealership has in mind exactly what you're saying and is throwing a newer one at him. The Door Frame fucked around with this message at 18:39 on Aug 2, 2016 |
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Phanatic posted:Doesn't sound like he's *buying* a newer one, it sounds like the dealership has in mind exactly what you're saying and is throwing a newer one at him. I thought that, but it is a bit ambiguous. I bet there is a clause in the small print that invalidates any warranty if you take it on a racetrack.
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spog posted:I thought that, but it is a bit ambiguous. Sure, but I'm sure ford sees a PR nightmare with a low mile car exploding doing what they advertised it doing. However, I few companies have explictly included track as covered by warranty on very special cars (some version of the corvette IIRC?).
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I think it would be as much about getting the car back and diagnosing the failure before it happens again and becomes a trend, and builds a reputation. The alternative, obviously, is just slapping Ferrari badges on future GT350s. They had the engine covered, now they've got the flammability aspect under control. If 9 out of every 10 cars off the line was red, it would be 100% Ferrari.
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nm posted:Sure, but I'm sure ford sees a PR nightmare with a low mile car exploding doing what they advertised it doing. Ford should be used to PR nightmares by now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHcdM7bBHCU That being said, what Ford is doing right now is insanely cool. Considering what they were selling in 2005, how cool is it that they have the GT, Raptor, 2 Halo versions of the Mustang, 2 Halo Focuses, and the Fiesta ST on or about right now.
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Powershift posted:I think it would be as much about getting the car back and diagnosing the failure before it happens again and becomes a trend, and builds a reputation. Dude you are on a roll today.
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Jonny Nox posted:Ford should be used to PR nightmares by now. Don't forget the 325hp AWD Fusion starting this year.
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Horrible Pneumatic Failure. Found this stuck in the gas station air pump. Someone must have been in a rush. 
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Ola posted:Horrible Pneumatic Failure. Found this stuck in the gas station air pump. Someone must have been in a rush. I wish I had snapped a picture of it but yesterday I saw someone on the side of the road pulling a tire pressure gauge out of their flat tire.
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This is actually an awesome mechanical failure, but we don't have a thread for that. http://i.imgur.com/i57cSbP.gifv
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Aug 2, 2016 22:36
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xzzy posted:This is actually an awesome mechanical failure, but we don't have a thread for that. It's beautiful.
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Aug 2, 2016 22:42
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That reminds me of calculus class somehow...
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Aug 2, 2016 23:05
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Oh boy, get ready for a whole new type of 11'8:" videos. Cause soon we may have a rolling 11'8" http://gizmodo.com/china-actually-b...dium=socialflow
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Aug 2, 2016 23:32
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xzzy posted:This is actually an awesome mechanical failure, but we don't have a thread for that. How is smoke making it out of the tip of one blade? Not that I'm complaining - that poo poo looks awesome
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xzzy posted:This is actually an awesome mechanical failure, but we don't have a thread for that. And people say that they don't beautify the countryside. So how... how do you stop it? I remember seeing a wind farm on the horizon during a road trip at night, and all of the synchronized blinking lights were so eerie. Definitely better than featureless black expanse that the plains usually are, but so unsettling until you get closer
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Given the video it's from, you let it go boom. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5COAi6KM8o
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Usually those failures are caused by the brake system failing. The problem resolves itself when the windmill falls apart. I wonder if the land lease covers destroying farmer brown's corn field when it falls over.
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The Door Frame posted:And people say that they don't beautify the countryside. So how... how do you stop it? One of my favorite places in the world is outside of three hills, alberta. You are driving through absolute blackness, and you crest over the top of a big hill, and you see all the lights from the windmills blinking creating almost a grid, you can see the contours of the landscape based on the lights on the top like an old video game. Also near halkirk alberta, they are huge windmills and are close to both sides of the road, so when you're driving out there and everything is covered in frost and it's just you and these behemoths. It's the most "yeah, it's the future now" you can get.
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We got a decent wind farm about 45 minutes from me.. I've considered going out there during the Perseids and try to do something unique with a picture but never actually done it. There's a bigger one along I-65 in Indiana but it's a couple hours away. Can't do it this year because I'm going to be in new mexico that weekend.
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ExplodingSims posted:Oh boy, get ready for a whole new type of 11'8:" videos. Cause soon we may have a rolling 11'8" Very close to the stupidest thing I've ever seen. There are so many unsolvable things there I don't even know where to start. It reminds me of the crazy larger-than-life nazi projects that made no sense at all. 
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Slavvy posted:Very close to the stupidest thing I've ever seen. There are so many unsolvable things there I don't even know where to start. It reminds me of the crazy larger-than-life nazi projects that made no sense at all. I thought that was some Dahir Insaat poo poo for a minute, but that's apparently real? 
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In communist china, traffic lights stop for bus! Seriously, what is going on with those?
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They've been talking about this elevated bus since 2010 if I recall correctly. I thought it was vaporware, some stupid poo poo to make it look like someone cared about fixing problems, kind of like how people talk up mag lev trains in the US solving city-to-city transit issues back in 1995 or whatever. gently caress, we must have had a mag-lev train taking you from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh right around the corner for about 10 years in PA, in a "It's totally gonna happen, guys" kind of way. Here the Chinese actually built their thing, and goddamn I can't wait until some pube who can't stay in his/her lane is blocking the "bus" and causing a whole litany of issues.
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Ripoff posted:Here the Chinese actually built their thing, and goddamn I can't wait until some pube who can't stay in his/her lane is blocking the "bus" and causing a whole litany of issues. Something is either going to crash into it or catch on fire underneath it... CommieGIR fucked around with this message at 03:12 on Aug 3, 2016 |
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CommieGIR posted:Something is either going to crash into it or catch on fire underneath it... Either that or this motherfucker shows up and the bus meets its match. 
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Ripoff posted:Either that or this motherfucker shows up and the bus meets its match. He could just stab the throttle, do a wheelie, and limbo under.
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ShittyPostmakerPro posted:How is smoke making it out of the tip of one blade? The blades on those things are hollow, so the smoke is probably chimney-ing up the blade and feeding the fire in the genset.
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Now they get to run people over without it showing up on liveleak.
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Slavvy posted:Very close to the stupidest thing I've ever seen. There are so many unsolvable things there I don't even know where to start. It reminds me of the crazy larger-than-life nazi projects that made no sense at all. Windshield bigger than entire car, single wiper.
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xzzy posted:Usually those failures are caused by the brake system failing. The problem resolves itself when the windmill falls apart. The one in the background is on fire too. Having a hard time believing that two of them would fail and catch on fire at the same time without some human intervention.
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CommieGIR posted:Something is either going to crash into it or catch on fire underneath it... Well they certainly like executing or imprisoning citizens and harvesting them for their organs, so there's always that solution for anyone unlucky enough to hit the dumb thing. However you would think in a planned economy without any of that pesky eminent domain stuff they wouldn't have to bother with stupid poo poo like this.
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You wouldn't think they'd have to deal with "nail houses" either but welp. http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/19/asia/gallery/china-nail-houses/
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The Locator posted:The one in the background is on fire too. Having a hard time believing that two of them would fail and catch on fire at the same time without some human intervention. possibly a software glitch that didn't' feather the blades correctly, or allowed them to over-speed and couldn't stop them. edit: Maybe the guy from office space messed up on the decimal point.
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Just like Superman 3.
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Data Graham posted:You wouldn't think they'd have to deal with "nail houses" either but welp. The horrible mechanical failure is trying to look at that website on mobile. Couldn't scroll down the page without clicking on an ad.
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Memento posted:The horrible mechanical failure is trying to look at that website on mobile. Couldn't scroll down the page without clicking on an ad. Working as intended.
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Powershift posted:One of my favorite places in the world is outside of three hills, alberta. You are driving through absolute blackness, and you crest over the top of a big hill, and you see all the lights from the windmills blinking creating almost a grid, you can see the contours of the landscape based on the lights on the top like an old video game. You get the same effect from the air if you fly into Denver after dark.
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Geirskogul posted:From the picture it doesn't even look based on the more robust Type 4 engine, instead a Type 1 that they added a water jacket to (like, literally just added it). This is from several hundred replies back but I just caught it and my reply adds something fun. For anyone not in the know, google VW's "Bastard 40," aka the motor my Bus came with.
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