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It seems to have been modified for a very specific reason, but I can't figure out what that reason is. Those look like deep fryer baskets packed into the back.
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This would actually make a really good parts delivery vehicle.
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GnarlyCharlie4u posted:This would actually make a really good parts delivery vehicle. Sure, provided the parts you need happen to be the front two thirds of a Ford Focus.
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Dec 9, 2016 20:23
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I wanted to give the dude a thumbs up but he wouldn't look at me 
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Dec 9, 2016 20:46
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I appreciate that they made sure to add the Focus badge on the new tailgate.
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Dec 9, 2016 21:53
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I wonder what the side hatch is for.
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TotalLossBrain posted:I wonder what the side hatch is for. The fuel filler cap on a Focus is on the right hand side, but that's, you know, on a car that hasn't been demolished from the C-pillar back. So it could be the fuel filler cap?
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Dec 9, 2016 22:48
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The actual "bed" wasn't very large, it looks like there would be a lot of space left on either side of it. I think those boxes are to allow more storage in that otherwise wasted space.
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Dec 9, 2016 22:49
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A secure storage box, how neat.
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If that was a hatchback, there would be a recess where those side bins are that are now covered up by the sides of the bed, so that would be an interesting storage solution. I can't hate it. Even though it's not the most professional looking thing, someone got rear-ended and said, "Aw dammit, now I gotta turn it into a Ranchero," and actually did a half-decent job and hooked up a proper set of lights and added side pockets, whereas I would cry and call USAA.
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Terrible car stuff: Holden just unveiled their new Commodore:  http://www.carsguide.com.au/car-news/2018-holden-commodore-revealed-47908 Even the current one is erring on being too 'euro' in styling. The biggest changes to the classic Aussie Commodore: No more V8 option, no RWD and no manual transmission.
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Humphreys posted:Terrible car stuff: Holden just took all the fun out of their cars. That is the terrible car stuff.
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Humphreys posted:Terrible car stuff: That's dreadful. I'm thinking of pickup up a late VZ/early VE ute soon, because I'd like having a ute to haul poo poo around, and it looks like sooner rather than later is a good idea before other people have the same idea for different reasons.
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Memento posted:That's dreadful. If you go the VE route - don't go 07-08. Make sure it's a Series 2. Trust me, I bought a Series 1 ex cop car Sportwagon. EDIT: I am also terrible, rocking up in a busted old VY to the last Peter Brock Museum tour where the ticket of entry was owning a HDT (don't worry about how I was invited). Humphreys fucked around with this message at 07:28 on Dec 10, 2016 |
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Throatwarbler posted:It was almost certainly written off in a rear end accident. Absolutely. And since it's likely a former rental, the owning company bought it for dirt cheap to begin with. They get them pretty much at cost. Even ignoring typical laughable GM panel gap, you can tell that thing has been hit real hard just by looking at the doors on the drivers side. I'd guess it was hit hard on the drivers side rear, between the pics and video, since the only visible body filler seems to be on the drivers side, and the video from the passenger side seems to show the doors and panels lining up properly. Nothing on the drivers side lines up, even the rear wheel looks like it's a bit off. It's pre-facelift, so model year should be 2011-2013.  fake edit: just looked at GM's website, for 2016 and above there's L, LS, 1LT, 2LT, hybrid, and premier. I'm guessing the L is now the former LS, the LS is a mix of L and 1LT features, etc. The L is the only one with hubcaps, the rest have alloys. e2: LS adds backup camera, streaming music, and alloys. So yeah... pretty much what a 1LT was on the prior generation.
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Humphreys posted:Terrible car stuff: Looks like the Chrysler 200 in a way. 
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Yu-Gi-Ho! posted:Absolutely. And since it's likely a former rental, the owning company bought it for dirt cheap to begin with. They get them pretty much at cost. That's a lot of GM research about a Ford Focus, yo. 
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Seat Safety Switch posted:Nothing can possibly be a worse infantry vehicle than the Bombardier/VW Iltis that we use. i bought one of these a few years back. i was originally keeping an eye out for a niva, but this thing popped up nearby for real cheap, so i checked it out and fell in love. i came real close to buying a second one as a project vehicle. i'm the terrible car stuff. CommieGIR posted:And Audi prepped Iltis raced in the Dakar rally. won it, actually. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_Paris%96Dakar_Rally MA-Horus posted:I have a buddy who bought a surplus one, and a wrecked Jetta TDI and transplanted the engine. It now has a hilarious amount of grunt. oh, god. Gomi Day fucked around with this message at 20:27 on Dec 10, 2016 |
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Humphreys posted:Terrible car stuff: Just going to be a rebadged opel insignia / buick regal, eh? Edit: yep: http://jalopnik.com/i-am-decades-from-retirement-yet-suddenly-interested-in-1789761670
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I think it's actually good looking. The fact that it's no longer a RWD with an available V8 also means that I'm no longer interested in it. Good job GM, you chucklefucks.
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 right click "copy image location" to get the url of the image itself.
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That can't have cost less than getting the actual AC repaired right?
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So you're assuming they bought all the parts with that outcome in mind, instead of looking around the yard and realizing they had a rusty old window AC and some OSB and a generator for when the power company cuts them off
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I'd have also accepted "they probably stole everything aside from the van."
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Rhyno posted:That can't have cost less than getting the actual AC repaired right? Well old mate there had all those parts sitting around in the yard outside his double-wide, and fabricobbled it up himself, so this whole "cost" thing you brought up is kind of irrelevant. Edit: beaten, and yeah that too. Humphreys, thanks for the tip on the ute, going to start looking in the new year. I like new car day, it's been a while. Memento fucked around with this message at 23:03 on Dec 10, 2016 |
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Dec 10, 2016 23:01
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Those dual-zone climate control systems can be a total pain.
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Deteriorata posted:
Thank you, on mobile this is somewhat finicky
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Humphreys posted:Terrible car stuff: I don't know why Holden didn't follow Ford Australia's lead with killing off the nameplate. The Falcon nameplate will no longer be used in Australia, the same thing should've happened once the last VF Commodore rolls down the production line
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 Imagine a line of 12-15 saturns, all SCs or SLs with a single vue for good measure, with this, king poo poo of turd mountain at the end. Elmnt80 fucked around with this message at 04:45 on Dec 11, 2016 |
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You Am I posted:I don't know why Holden didn't follow Ford Australia's lead with killing off the nameplate. The Falcon nameplate will no longer be used in Australia, the same thing should've happened once the last VF Commodore rolls down the production line Really it's the Commodore going back to its roots. The Falcon and Commodore eventually ended up very similar but they came from a completely different starting place.
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It's funny, the Falcon (as I understand) was supposed to be a small-ish economy car in the US in the 60s, when compared to things like Galaxies and Bel-Airs, but we took it and made it loving massive in the 70s and into the 80s and used it for all sorts of luxury and performance things. If we want to talk about dumb loving things the car industry has done in this country, the two dumbest spring to mind: Holden deciding that they needed a "world car" and then deciding the Camira (  ) was it, and then Toyota deciding in the late 90s that Australians didn't want powerful 6-cylinder rear wheel drive cars and that the Avalon was the future. Toyota even went so far as to take out a memorial notice in newspapers heralding "The death of rear wheel drive". Idiots.
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That's mainly because Toyota didn't have a RWD (and hadn't since the Camry took over from the Cressida). I never saw the point of the Avalon in the AU/NZ market though - just because you have tooling left over from an old model doesn't mean it's a good idea to take it to the other side of the world and set up an assembly line. Funnily enough my father worked for GMH (in New Zealand) though the 80s and had a string of Camiras as company cars. One of them was a Japanese built (NZ market only) JJ which turned out to be a decent car but the locally assembled ones were all pretty drat awful. Tellingly he's never had another GM product although my grandfather who was also a GM employee has suffered through a string of Vectras and Astras for some misguided loyalty related reason. e. For you non Australians the Camira was the downunder version of the J platform (i.e. Cavalier) just with a tiny engine. dissss fucked around with this message at 02:21 on Dec 11, 2016 |
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I learned to drive on a Camira manual that had a crack in the firewall where the clutch pedal bolted up to it. The friction point was like a choose-your-own-adventure. Upside is I can basically drive anything now no matter how bad the clutch is.
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Memento posted:Humphreys, thanks for the tip on the ute, going to start looking in the new year. I like new car day, it's been a while. Oh and for the love of all that is holy - make sure you actually get the spare wheel. If you are anywhere near the NSW/QLD border and buying from a dealership - just take a peak under the tray. I know of a person (now in jail) that decided that sneaking into dealership lots at night and stealing the alloy spares and selling them off on ebay/facebook was a brilliant idea.
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MrYenko posted:I think it's actually good looking. Yeah, this. Looks good but otherwise is everything I don't want. Why the gently caress is everything going AWD when it just adds weight and complexity and dulls the driving experience (i.e. can't do donuts or burnouts easily).
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Aw, it's just excited. "OHBOYOHBOYOHBOY WE'RE GOING TO HOME DEPOT!"
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