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This is hilarious http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=460_1470473770
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https://fat.gfycat.com/BreakablePaltryAdmiralbutterfly.mp4 *pop*
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Aug 7, 2016 04:02
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^^^ What the hell?
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Aug 7, 2016 04:06
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The Locator posted:^^^ What the hell? 99% sure brake overheated the wheel and the tire exploded. The black poo poo would be brake dust and rubber.
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Aug 7, 2016 04:13
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Seems like that would damage the fender.
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Aug 7, 2016 04:25
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Well there wasn't any fire or anything else when it happened. Not too much else to go boom like that. Also that sheet metal isn't that thick, so in theory an exploding tire could do that damage.
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Aug 7, 2016 04:54
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Ghost of Dale Earnhardt strikes!
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loving trackside IEDs, man.
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Aug 7, 2016 06:49
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Update on exploding car: team says the caliper broke and was grinding the wheel. The explosion was indeed the tire going boom. Nascar released the car back to the team.
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Aug 7, 2016 17:05
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iwentdoodie posted:Well there wasn't any fire or anything else when it happened. Not too much else to go boom like that. Not even metal, NASCAR runs fairly thin fiberglass bodies, no wheel wells afaik.
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Aug 7, 2016 17:41
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iwentdoodie posted:Update on exploding car: team says the caliper broke and was grinding the wheel. The explosion was indeed the tire going boom. Nascar released the car back to the team. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_g6UswiRCF0
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Aug 7, 2016 18:56
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Nope, car/motorcycle tires do not have that feature.
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Aug 7, 2016 19:00
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Enourmo posted:Not even metal, NASCAR runs fairly thin fiberglass bodies, no wheel wells afaik. Unless it changed for this year, only the hood and deck lid are composite. Most other body panels are sheet metal, per the newest rules. Theres a reason that bashing your hip into the rear fenders for aero dents is still a thing, and it's not something that's possible with a composite.
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Aug 7, 2016 19:09
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BlackMK4 posted:Nope, car/motorcycle tires do not have that feature. And it probably wouldn't have helped if the caliper was dragging on the tire and eating away the rubber.
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Ola posted:And it probably wouldn't have helped if the caliper was dragging on the tire and eating away the rubber. My understanding is that the caliper was dragging on the wheel and that the heat did the tire in.
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Aug 7, 2016 21:44
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If you've ever wondered what an EXTERNAL Combustion engine would look like
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Johnny Aztec posted:If you've ever wondered what an EXTERNAL Combustion engine would look like  ?
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NitroSpazzz posted:Stolen from Facebook to stop you guys from rambling on about DPF and regen poo poo forever... To be fair:  Speaking of which: nhtsa posted:SUMMARY:
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H110Hawk posted:http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/owners/SearchResults?refurl=email&searchType=ID&targetCategory=R&searchCriteria.nhtsa_ids=16V517 This sounds like an unlikely scenario causing an unlikely scenario resulting in an even less likely event. Good on them for recognising the problem. They're just gonna ziptie and sleeve the wires though, aren't they? 
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ShittyPostmakerPro posted:This sounds like an unlikely scenario causing an unlikely scenario resulting in an even less likely event. Good on them for recognising the problem. They're just gonna ziptie and sleeve the wires though, aren't they? They'll probably source the OE-quality zipties from Chrysler.
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ShittyPostmakerPro posted:This sounds like an unlikely scenario causing an unlikely scenario resulting in an even less likely event. Good on them for recognising the problem. They're just gonna ziptie and sleeve the wires though, aren't they? These chains of unlikely events are responsible for some of the worst disasters See: Lac-Megantic. Only difference is here, they've identified a problem and are actively taking steps to prevent it from happening/again.
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ShittyPostmakerPro posted:This sounds like an unlikely scenario causing an unlikely scenario resulting in an even less likely event. Good on them for recognising the problem. They're just gonna ziptie and sleeve the wires though, aren't they? long as the conductor isn't already nicked, there's no real problem with that fix.
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MrYenko posted:They'll probably source the OE-quality zipties from Chrysler. No way. They need those for 200 interiors.
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Jonny 290 posted:No way. They need those for 200 interiors. You wish the 200's interiors were held together by zip ties. That's high quality Chrysler hopes and bubble gum on those things.
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Aug 9, 2016 19:32
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Veeb0rg posted:You wish the 200's interiors were held together by zip ties. That's high quality Chrysler hopes and bubble gum on those things. I had a 30,000mi 200 as a rental car 2 weeks ago. When I returned it and pointed out everything wrong, the enterprise guy said they shouldn't have rented it out (but no discount for me). I know 30k rental car mi is like 100k in regular miles, but that thing was junk. We just didn't notice until we hit the road.
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nm posted:I had a 30,000mi 200 as a rental car 2 weeks ago. When I returned it and pointed out everything wrong, the enterprise guy said they shouldn't have rented it out (but no discount for me). I had two rental 200s go to poo poo in short order. first one had under 100 miles on it, yet somehow had a faulty right rear wheelbearing. Took it back the next day, swapped it for another 200. Cannae remember the exact mileage, but it was less than 10K. This one had the roof shell and headliner partially detach and drop onto my fuckin head whilst cruising at 70+ on the Jersey parkway I have not set foot in a 200 since
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My Emerald Club profile notes contain the line "CUSTOMER REFUSES ALL CHRYSLER PRODUCTS"
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How about pending mechanical failures? This Caravan, for example (aside from being a Chrysler product):  The soon-to-be failure:  Two out of five lugnuts on the right front. I waited around for a few minutes to see if anyone would turn up asking me why I'm taking pictures of their van, but 
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I've seen that in a rental car I had just signed off to pick up. The guy at the counter said "well I could take one nut off all of the other wheels, that way you've got 4/4/4/5 nuts on!". Needless to say I didn't take it. It was a Mitsubishi Magna. That's like a Chrysler, right?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jp_0zhVFQuk
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buttcrackmenace posted:My Emerald Club profile notes contain the line "CUSTOMER REFUSES ALL CHRYSLER PRODUCTS" I would like an exception for hemi products. The challenger rt I got upgraded to was hilarious. I'm sure it would have broken quickly, but v8 rental car sofa. Truely the fastest car in the world.
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nm posted:I would like an exception for hemi products. My last rental was a charger sxt with awd. It was a fun drive but the seats were horrible rocks. They had a charger rt sitting in the rental line when I turned the car in. if there had been an rt available when I picked up I certainly would have taken it.
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My last rental was a dodge journey which had the stupid loving compartment under the passenger seat which meant the passenger seat was hard as hell, and way too high. I ended up driving the last 900km straight because i couldn't sit in the passenger seat.
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The chrysler 200 I got had 27k on the odometer and still felt tight as a drum. If you asked me, I would have guessed they had just gotten in. It seemed like it was a slightly more upspec model rather than the poverty/rental spec, so maybe that had something to do with it. v v
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nm posted:I had a 30,000mi 200 as a rental car 2 weeks ago. When I returned it and pointed out everything wrong, the enterprise guy said they shouldn't have rented it out (but no discount for me). All the rental cars I've driven have had less than 5,000 miles on them. The only 30,000+ mile rental car I've run into was a 2014 or 2015 Corolla, but the guy at the counter wouldn't let me have it because it was 200 miles shy of its "let's dump this bitch at auction" threshold. e: the trip would have had to been less than 200 miles total. 90s Solo Cup fucked around with this message at 07:37 on Aug 10, 2016 |
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Elmnt80 posted:The chrysler 200 I got had 27k on the odometer and still felt tight as a drum. If you asked me, I would have guessed they had just gotten in. It seemed like it was a slightly more upspec model rather than the poverty/rental spec, so maybe that had something to do with it. v Buddy of mine got one with 400 miles on it, was driving from Norfolk, VA to Chicago. Transmission poo poo itself in West Virginia, in the middle of nowhere. When he called for a tow, they told him three hours. A state trooper came by and took him to the local station to wait, because "a man that looks like you ain't gonna last too long here on the side of the road...no offense." So basically a lovely Chrysler could have gotten my buddy into being the victim of a hate crime according to the cops.
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iwentdoodie posted:Buddy of mine got one with 400 miles on it, was driving from Norfolk, VA to Chicago. On a scale of FFFFFF to 000000, how black was your friend?
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Tubesock Holocaust posted:All the rental cars I've driven have had less than 5,000 miles on them. The only 30,000+ mile rental car I've run into was a 2014 or 2015 Corolla, but the guy at the counter wouldn't let me have it unless it was 200 miles shy of its "let's dump this bitch at auction" threshold. In Australia I had a Ford Fairlane that was at least 2 years old (as it was 2009 and they stopped making them in 2007) and had a lot of KMs. It was clearly the "lets give these to these loving americans who are doing a one-way across australia" car. It was actually in pretty decent shape (other than the exterior, which was beat). A floaty, gigantic boat, but pretty sure it came like that. It was actually a great road trip vehicle.
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Platystemon posted:On a scale of FFFFFF to 000000, how black was your friend? I was thinking more along the lines of "hey, remember that scene in Deliverance? Yeah, that poo poo happens in these parts." The Pantone skintone guide works better than hex codes, fyi.
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