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How is the (crookedly cut) rear hatch staying in place?
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Mar 12, 2017 01:11
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Collateral Damage posted:Neat idea, terrible execution. Pretty much, but now I'm imagining a 6x6 Smart with all six wheels on a long-travel suspension that lets the cabin lean through turns like a motorcycle.
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Mar 12, 2017 02:15
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TotalLossBrain posted:How is the (crookedly cut) rear hatch staying in place? Mostly habit.
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Mar 12, 2017 05:09
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MrYenko posted:Pretty much, but now I'm imagining a 6x6 Smart with all six wheels on a long-travel suspension that lets the cabin lean through turns like a motorcycle. 
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Mar 12, 2017 07:44
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I'd drive this.
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Mar 12, 2017 08:52
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Vincent Van Goatse posted:I'd drive this. TO WARSAW!
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Mar 12, 2017 08:54
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Please tell me you have to get in through the sunroof.
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Mar 12, 2017 11:37
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 i thought "cool" and im looking at a smart car what is happening to mewrongo thread for that little pocket tank
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Mar 12, 2017 12:12
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dpack_1 posted:Please tell me you have to get in through the sunroof. Turns out that pic is a Photoshop.  Guess we'll all just have to buy tankettes  Edit: wait, I thought I'd found that exact photo with regular wheels, but on closer inspection there are other differences. Disappointment averted? 
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Mar 12, 2017 14:44
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The L3/35 tankette is my favorite tiny tank. It was so small that the driver and gunner had to sit slightly offset or they couldn't fit their shoulders side by side. The Renault UE is another one, where neither crewman could actually fit their head inside the tank, so they had a steel cupola they could close over their heads like a helmet. Though to be fair it wasn't intended as a combat vehicle.
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Mar 12, 2017 16:04
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Blue Footed Booby posted:Turns out that pic is a Photoshop. well, there's always this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9CLX4F58EM i'm surprised it has enough grunt to do much of anything with those treads on the back.
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Mar 12, 2017 17:13
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Bud K ninja sword posted:
As a bonus, the Wiesel is powered by an Audi 2.1l 5 cylinder.
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Mar 12, 2017 17:44
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https://youtu.be/SIxamgy3LgU Lada on tank tracks
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Mar 12, 2017 17:48
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I don't know.
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Mar 12, 2017 18:16
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CommieGIR posted:As a bonus, the Wiesel is powered by an Audi 2.1l 5 cylinder. I'd DD a Wiesel.
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Mar 12, 2017 18:32
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Lime Tonics posted:I don't know.  The front wheels are locked for steering and provide drive only.
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Mar 12, 2017 19:42
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The Shelby Cobra RAV4 It's hard to see but it was a metallic snakeskin wrap being driven by a guy who looked like Bernie Sanders and going 10 MPH under the limit.
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Mar 13, 2017 00:21
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That car looks like it's being downloaded into the matrix or some cool poo poo.
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Mar 13, 2017 02:30
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ComfyPants posted:The Shelby Cobra RAV4 Did he jump out at the next set of lights, suplex a bunch of passers by for pocket change and then bo-duk-en through the windscreen of a police car?
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Mar 13, 2017 11:38
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ComfyPants posted:There are laws in Europe prescribing that there may have to be a break in the middle of the taillamps depending on the visible area of the lamps: http://jalopnik.com/heres-why-the-bugatti-chiron-can-have-a-single-strip-of-1763770609 The rest of these rules are also why car design has gotten so loving boring. A few of my friends are at university doing transport design and cars have gotten so ridiculously locked down in terms of safety standards that everything ends up looking like everything else. The only fun a designer can get these days is doing concept cars because the days of actual nice looking cars are long gone at least until someone invests a load of cash into alternative build materials...
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Mar 13, 2017 11:44
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I fell down the Wikipedia hole and ended up here where I found this. I'd be shocked if this hasn't been posted before, but just look at this little guy:   e: clearly the wrong thread. Faster Blaster fucked around with this message at 14:13 on Mar 13, 2017 |
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Mar 13, 2017 14:06
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InitialDave posted:You should see what they built to test out their rear-steering design on Thrust SSC: That is the most British thing I have ever seen.
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Mar 13, 2017 14:51
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http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/i-ve-lost-45-years-of-work-alta-car-collector-loses-3m-collection-to-fire-1.3321597 It hurts Why would you keep 3 million dollars worth of cars in a dairy barn without insurance. why would you keep 3 million dollars worth of anything in a dairy barn without insurance.
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Mar 13, 2017 16:35
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Memento posted:It's a Ford Ka, so that's not even remotely possible. You shut your mouth. I still miss my Ka; such sublime handling. Preoptopus posted:That is the most British thing I have ever seen. I interviewed Ron Ayers a couple of years ago and this came up; they had to go with rear-wheel steering for Thrust SSC because of the placement of the engines. Bloodhound uses a much more normal steering set up. drgitlin fucked around with this message at 02:39 on Mar 14, 2017 |
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Mar 14, 2017 02:37
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCu33eLc2tI
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Mar 14, 2017 19:10
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Powershift posted:http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/i-ve-lost-45-years-of-work-alta-car-collector-loses-3m-collection-to-fire-1.3321597 Because you spend all your money on the cars.
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Mar 15, 2017 07:32
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Powershift posted:http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/i-ve-lost-45-years-of-work-alta-car-collector-loses-3m-collection-to-fire-1.3321597 That's terrible. Also he's a loving idiot.
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Mar 15, 2017 13:23
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Without pictures I'm going to assume he's just a car hoarder and that 3 million dollar stash was mostly rust and pigeon poo poo.
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Mar 15, 2017 17:24
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Olympic Mathlete posted:The rest of these rules are also why car design has gotten so loving boring. A few of my friends are at university doing transport design and cars have gotten so ridiculously locked down in terms of safety standards that everything ends up looking like everything else. The only fun a designer can get these days is doing concept cars because the days of actual nice looking cars are long gone at least until someone invests a load of cash into alternative build materials... Could you do an effortpost about what those things are? I kind of intuitively get how pedestrian safety standard have ruined the possibility of having awesome
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Mar 15, 2017 19:52
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I didn't know a gaping hexagonal grille was a safety structure.
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Mar 15, 2017 20:02
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If it's literally the only place left for designers to put poo poo, you get all the design there. Explains Lexus.
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Mar 17, 2017 01:27
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Terrible car stuff: My parents are selling their Alfa Romero because they reaslized it's too expensive to maintain. (good idea) "Oh and we are getting a Mercedes 200 series Kompressor" Dammit. Lucky I live to far away to be their go-to to do maintenance.
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Mar 17, 2017 12:34
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Alfa Romero's about to make you his bitch
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Mar 17, 2017 12:39
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Rigged Death Trap posted:Alfa Romero's about to make you his bitch succhiare it giù
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Mar 17, 2017 14:12
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Terrible car stuff: This early z is sitting behind the main building of a long term storage lot in Issaquah. Body looks straight, but is a solid layer of surface rust. All 4 wheels are flat, but are on sweet 70's era mags. Pretty sure it is a 240 going by the rear bumper. It's sitting behind an 80's era Jag with flat tires. I only noticed it when on the walking trail that goes behind the yard. I want to rescue it and make it happy again.  
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Mar 17, 2017 19:12
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Meydey posted:Terrible car stuff: 
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Looks like a truck rental place, maybe you can walk in and ask to buy it. 
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