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 Way cooler than some overweight truck masquerading as a cadillac
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Hugh G. Rectum posted:
Looks like when Windows XP crashed and you could drag a dialog box across the screen and it'd replicate itself into a weird centipede of windows. Should have called it the Saturn Centipede.
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Feb 27, 2017 13:21
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That's awesome(ly terrible). I can't imagine the plastic panels are bullet proof, though.
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Feb 27, 2017 14:06
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Larrymer posted:That's awesome(ly terrible). I can't imagine the plastic panels are bullet proof, though. But they saved a billion dollars.
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Feb 27, 2017 14:07
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Larrymer posted:That's awesome(ly terrible). I can't imagine the plastic panels are bullet proof, though. Imagine how much nicer the President would be to everyone they meet.
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Feb 27, 2017 15:32
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Wanna go to this park. *edit: dude I know bought an NSX last year and has basically spent the majority of the time taking it all to bits, cleaning and spraying everything before buttoning it all back together. He's pretty meticulous about his cars and it shows.  He's delved into his work's archive and fished out the 3D scan they did of the car when they had it in to get measurements off years ago. He's doing this because he wants to make sure his wheel fitment is perfect and still fully functional because he wants to blat it round some tracks. Olympic Mathlete fucked around with this message at 17:44 on Feb 27, 2017 |
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Feb 27, 2017 16:36
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3D scanning to make sure some wheels fit is swinging deep into the autism spectrum.
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Feb 27, 2017 18:51
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I guess just looking up the stock wheel specs and mounting them on the vehicle is too simple.
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Feb 27, 2017 19:15
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Nah, I think the more autistic thing is to sit on the internet and talk poo poo about people actually doing things in real life.
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Feb 27, 2017 19:23
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It makes sense if he's trying to check clearance at full bump and lock. If it's for geometry, I'd think doing it mathematically is more accurate.
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Feb 27, 2017 19:35
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That and it's his job so he's not doing anything too out of the ordinary, just makes me smile.
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Feb 27, 2017 19:45
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That's pretty awesome. If he's getting paid to do it I guess it's a lot better than taking out the springs and measuring a billion things.
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Feb 27, 2017 19:59
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BlackMK4 posted:Nah, I think the more autistic thing is to sit on the internet and talk poo poo about people actually doing things in real life. Better shut down the forums then.
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Feb 27, 2017 20:07
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um excuse me posted:Better shut down the forums then. Don't worry Lowtax will be doing that shortly regardless.
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Feb 27, 2017 20:07
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How does 3D scanning offer any insight what so ever? That looks like a raw scan with some wheels dropped in. No suspension travel mapped or anything.
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Feb 27, 2017 20:13
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I believe the process was acquire the 3D scan to accurately show where the body actually sits plus the dimensions of all the moving bits and chassis in relation to the bodywork. Add to that the models of the rims and you're as accurate as actually just putting various rims on your car. Designers are a strange breed.
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Feb 27, 2017 20:40
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Thumposaurus posted:In RC chat Finnegan now has an RC Blasphemi That's awesome 
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Feb 27, 2017 22:44
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Olympic Mathlete posted:Wanna go to this park. Oh, now I need to start smooth-talking the wife. She wants a porch/yard swing. I have broken RX-7s.
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Feb 28, 2017 01:00
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So terrible it loops right back around to good. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LC1R0uuLCUY This pretty much sums up my first 240 minus the terrible wheels and exhaust. Especially the shift knob. but ESPECIALLY the busted speedo/odometer Edit: between my Ranger 2.5 and that I really miss driving a tractor. GnarlyCharlie4u fucked around with this message at 07:17 on Feb 28, 2017 |
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Feb 28, 2017 07:15
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I watched that yesterday and outside of the shabby paint and stripped interior I'm surprisingly ok with that. The exhaust is hilarious.
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GnarlyCharlie4u posted:So terrible it loops right back around to good. I don't get it.
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Ormy posted:I don't get it. Spend some time driving lovely, slow, indestructible tractors and you'll get it.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpSrHZnCi-A Tesla battery teardown
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AI Confession time: I love Astro Vans. This might be even better though, particularly if the rear doors still work.   DIAMOND PLATE FOR EVERYONE
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MrYenko posted:AI Confession time: I love Astro Vans. This might be even better though, particularly if the rear doors still work. I would have gone easy on the diamond plate, and used the rear doors with windows, or better still, the Dutch door hatch, but I can't hate on van to pickup conversions. Even the Lumina APV ones.
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Came across some old lathe salesman cars.   more here http://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb/south-bend-lathes/south-bend-lathe-salesmans-car-148876/
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Hugh G. Rectum posted:
At first glance I thought it was James May's Alfa-Saab.
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MrOnBicycle posted:At first glance I thought it was James May's Alfa-Saab. Alfaab.
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Lamborghini Huracan Performante crushed the 918 spyder's Nurburgring lap time with a 6:52:01, and this thing is only supposed to cost $400k. That and the camera being so low to the ground makes this video pants-shittingly fast. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ULSUcERlQQ Edit: So at this point, what is even the point of the Aventador?
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davebo posted:Lamborghini Huracan Performante crushed the 918 spyder's Nurburgring lap time with a 6:52:01, and this thing is only supposed to cost $400k. That and the camera being so low to the ground makes this video pants-shittingly fast. Looks cooler?
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davebo posted:Lamborghini Huracan Performante crushed the 918 spyder's Nurburgring lap time with a 6:52:01, and this thing is only supposed to cost $400k. That and the camera being so low to the ground makes this video pants-shittingly fast. I'm calling shenanigans on this.
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davebo posted:Lamborghini Huracan Performante crushed the 918 spyder's Nurburgring lap time with a 6:52:01, and this thing is only supposed to cost $400k. That and the camera being so low to the ground makes this video pants-shittingly fast. Whatever happened to entry level super cars starting at 120k? Or is that just a price reserved for luxo barges now.
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nm posted:Looks cooler? I do like the Aventador's looks more and that's always been the best reason to have a Lamborghini anyway. Bape Culture posted:I'm calling shenanigans on this. I guess it's not an official time, and I've seen lots of comment section weirdos talking about which specific tires were used with the complaint being that even the grippy ones that are supposed to be on it would have squeal to them, but if it had slicks there'd be more noise on the straight, so I dunno.
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Bape Culture posted:I'm calling shenanigans on this. Almost no Ring time is legit anymore - the cars are specifically prepped to suit the circuit and they don't wear the tyres they would on the road, let alone the same suspension. Ring times have become the new bench racing.
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Preoptopus posted:Whatever happened to entry level super cars starting at 120k? Or is that just a price reserved for luxo barges now. GTR is about all you'll get.
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Preoptopus posted:Whatever happened to entry level super cars starting at 120k? Or is that just a price reserved for luxo barges now. Inflation and the 1%
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To show you how crazy inflation and the distribution of wealth have affected certain items' prices, allow me to quote Netflix's summary of Jurassic Park (1993) "A multimillionaire unveils a theme park..." And then we laugh like the UN laughed at Dr. Evil for asking for a million dollars, and then kind of die inside because even the $1bn USD punchline to that joke is a drop in the bucket to larger governments
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The manpower behind designing a modern supercar has gone way up too. It's no longer a handful of eccentric italians banging sheets of metal into shape around a huge v12. poo poo got real complicated the last 20 years.
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