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What country/region are you from, if I may ask? Around here the FD ambulances are "Medic-[firehouse number]," on the radio. So the ambulance sharing a roof with THE FOAMINATOR has "M-7" painted on the front.
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Jul 1, 2017 08:53
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Bad Angus! Bad!
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hackbunny posted:Watching Goodwood too. How the hell do you drive a Lotus 56? (reminder: turbine, direct drive awd, 140 mph at idle, no engine braking) I can't even start to imagine Relevant to this the latest episode of Adam Carrolas Car Cast podcast has them talking to JR Granatelli about turbine cars. He mentions you have to stand on the brake and floor it anytime you want to go anywhere. This is a guy as a kid who would drive ex-indy car turbine cars around town for fun.
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Jul 1, 2017 11:07
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Delivery McGee posted:What country/region are you from, if I may ask? Around here the FD ambulances are "Medic-[firehouse number]," on the radio. So the ambulance sharing a roof with THE FOAMINATOR has "M-7" painted on the front. In much of the US, fire engine crews act as rescue as well. They won't transport, obviously, but they'll respond as needed. In Nevada, fire stations are FAR more common than ambulance...places.
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Jul 1, 2017 15:51
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Delivery McGee posted:Edit: Speaking of which, I have a few photos of fire apparati: They should see a professional about that weak stream.
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Jul 1, 2017 16:50
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TotalLossBrain posted:Some stuff I've seen locally recently. The best quality, least expensive and best taken care of imports from Japan are all retired firetrucks.  1986 Hilux, 6835 miles, 3500 USD.  1985 Hilux, 5592 miles, 3600 USD. Buy one and rip the modifications off and have a bitchin' truck that everyone lusts after from the time they lusted over it on the cheap and in phenomenal shape. I bet that (guessing) kei firetruck Hijet has around 15k miles on it if that.
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Jul 1, 2017 16:58
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What does it normally cost to ship and federalize?
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Jul 1, 2017 17:05
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KakerMix posted:Buy one What's the site for those again? quote:rip the modifications off
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Jul 1, 2017 18:20
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Presto posted:Atomic batteries to power! That's beautifully done. Probably nicer than the actual prop!
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Jul 2, 2017 03:25
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BlackMK4 posted:What does it normally cost to ship and federalize? No federalizations of its over 25 years old. States are a little more picky regarding emissions, etc., but it's legal to import without modification. Shopping is like $1000-1500 or so if I recall correctly. It helps if you can get in with a batch of other cars coming in with an importer.
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Jul 2, 2017 03:28
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Snowy posted:What's the site for those again? Japanese Classics is the only one I'm aware of.
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Jul 2, 2017 04:56
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Snowy posted:What's the site for those again? Also I only suggested ripping the fire engine modifications off of the things because what can you do with a Japanese fire engine? I'm interested in having an unmolested, taken care of 80s Japanese truck or van that I could use, you know? BlackMK4 posted:What does it normally cost to ship and federalize? Darchangel posted:No federalizations of its over 25 years old. States are a little more picky regarding emissions, etc., but it's legal to import without modification. This, rolling 25 year exemption rule based on the month it was manufactured. Generally the only state that is a toss up is California but that's only because they are the most strict. Federally anything 25 years to the month of manufacture is exempt from any and all federalization rules. Depending on who you go with and what port you are bringing it to you are looking at around 1000~ dollars to get it to the country for a kei class car, more for larger vehicles. I have this hitting Jacksonville, FL on the 15th of this month that I have to go pickup. I'll know more about the nebulous importation procedure after that but so far it's been smooth sailing as long as you are patient.  EDIT Crossposting from the craigslist thread 
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Jul 2, 2017 04:58
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KakerMix posted:Federally anything 25 years to the month of manufacture is exempt from any and all federalization rules. Next year  
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Jul 2, 2017 05:43
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Did they never make it to America? They were twelve-for-ten-cents here in the 90s.
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Jul 2, 2017 05:56
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No. America never gets the cool little motorcycles because Americans only want stupid overweight chromed-out chopperchopperchoppers.
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Jul 2, 2017 06:04
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Sagebrush posted:No. America never gets the cool little motorcycles because Americans only want stupid overweight chromed-out chopperchopperchoppers. *Watches a swarm of crotch rockets go down the main highway* Yup, choppers only.
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Jul 2, 2017 06:07
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Sagebrush posted:No. America never gets the cool little motorcycles because Americans only want stupid overweight chromed-out chopperchopperchoppers. Same reason small cars are less great in most of the country.
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Jul 2, 2017 06:12
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Sagebrush posted:No. America never gets the cool little motorcycles because Americans only want stupid overweight chromed-out chopperchopperchoppers. The ratio of sport bikes to harley-type cruisers going up and down my road every day disagrees with you, and I live in a pretty redneck area.
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Jul 2, 2017 06:17
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We don't get the awesome smaller displacement sportbikes in America though because every squidbro has gotta have his leaderbike or all his friends will think he's a pussy. That may finally be changing a little bit recently, but the small displacement bikes in the US still have a lot of cheap-out parts compared to the big ones.
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Jul 2, 2017 06:23
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Whatever, the only bikes worth buying are supernakeds like the Tuono V4R, Superduke R, S1000R, etc. Comfort, power wheelies while still leaned over, and cheap insurance.
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Jul 2, 2017 06:40
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Darchangel posted:That's beautifully done. Probably nicer than the actual prop! It may be the actual prop. Those were taken in Centreville, VA, and the original car from the show is now owned by a guy in VA.
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Jul 2, 2017 06:45
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Guinness posted:We don't get the awesome smaller displacement sportbikes in America though because every squidbro has gotta have his leaderbike or all his friends will think he's a pussy. Maybe they only bothered sending them here because of our learner laws when you start riding. When I got my license it was "spend three years riding a sub-250cc bike before you can ride anything larger". Now it's actual power:weight ratios you have to stay under.
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Jul 2, 2017 07:15
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They introduced the power:weight laws once people like Aprillia started to jam headlights onto their little RS125 and RS250 GP racebikes and called em Learner Bikes, with pretty predictable outcomes for learner riders...
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Jul 2, 2017 08:40
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Yeah I had an RGV 250 as my first bike. Super good fun. I actually bought it because it was the physically largest learner bike I could find; sitting on a CBR250 made me feel like I was going to seize my back, and I'm only 6'1".
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Jul 2, 2017 08:55
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In the land of the free you can get your license at 16 and hop on a liter bike. in some states you don't even need a helmet. Just your wife beater, shorts and sandals and you're good to go. You commies do way too much to keep idiots in the gene pool.
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Jul 2, 2017 08:55
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Well helmets is the only safety gear we mandate. Last Christmas Eve I saw a guy riding a ZX-14R wearing a helmet and gym shorts. That was it.
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Jul 2, 2017 09:00
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There's an Australian guy in CA who once posted about the squids there riding their GSXRs wearing "thongs and singlets," and while that just turns out to be Aussie slang for flip-flops and a tank-top, I personally choose to believe that the idiots gixxahbros down under ride around in spandex wrestling uniforms and ladies' underwear.
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Jul 2, 2017 09:08
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Thongs, singlets and stubbies is a sentence that every Australian will not only instantly understand, but be able to picture the person wearing them. Anyway, I thought this was pretty sweet. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJCWIx35edQ
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Jul 2, 2017 09:18
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Powershift posted:In the land of the free you can get your license at 16 and hop on a liter bike. in some states you don't even need a helmet. Just your wife beater, shorts and sandals and you're good to go. Bike idiot evolution is lamarckian The idiocy is stronger in those that do survive.
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Jul 2, 2017 10:49
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Sagebrush posted:Yeah. Early aircraft turbines had crazy spool-up times, like up to 30 seconds to go from idle to full power, and if you advanced the throttle any faster they'd either flame out or catch fire.  That's loving crazy...
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Jul 2, 2017 14:18
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Presto posted:It may be the actual prop. Those were taken in Centreville, VA, and the original car from the show is now owned by a guy in VA. I can't wrap my brain around the idea of someone buying the original loving Batmobile, tagging it, and driving it on the street.
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Jul 2, 2017 15:58
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Godholio posted:I can't wrap my brain around the idea of someone buying the original loving Batmobile, tagging it, and driving it on the street. poo poo, I would. Incidentally, the license plate was "BATMAN" because of course it is.
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Jul 2, 2017 16:25
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Powershift posted:You commies do way too much to keep idiots in the gene pool. we make up for it with our savage medical system. we dont kill people we just enslave them to medical debt
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Jul 2, 2017 16:32
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Presto posted:poo poo, I would. Incidentally, the license plate was "BATMAN" because of course it is. "Ohh, it's that batmobile."
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Jul 2, 2017 19:43
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Darchangel posted:That's beautifully done. Probably nicer than the actual prop! The original 60s Batmobile was actually a hand-built-by-Ghia Lincoln show car prototype that then went to famous car customizer George Barris to get done up for the show.  I imagine the original prop is pure quality.
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Jul 2, 2017 20:01
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Presto posted:poo poo, I would. Incidentally, the license plate was "BATMAN" because of course it is. I would too, but most collectors treat each car as if it's a snowflake that'll melt on pavement.
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Jul 2, 2017 20:52
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Wether or not that Batmobile is original or a brilliant copy, the fact it's tagged and driving on the street blows my mind. Just how goddamn awesome would that be to drive??
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Jul 3, 2017 00:17
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Imagine that I posted Baby Driver because that whole movie is very AI.
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Jul 3, 2017 04:09
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Yeah, the stunts in the first sequence were pretty juicy. I want to see the double j turn type thing they did in the alley on loop because seeing it once isn't enough to appreciate it.
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xzzy posted:Yeah, the stunts in the first sequence were pretty juicy. If the article I read was correct it was all physically done, too. no CGI at all.
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