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Finger Prince posted:Well given that it's got a 2015 front end installed, it's only been in that state for 2 years tops. Probably less. So make that 119k on the original 2009 in the first 6 or so years of its life, pre-donking. I would agree, probably bought for cheap as a very high mileage late model driven by some sort of executive or salesperson, then turned into that pretty recently.
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InitialDave posted:Yes, the Lamborghini has rollover protection that fires out: Your Google-fu is stronger than mine. `Nemesis posted:I did this once to power a big rear end inverter so I could run a fog machine inside my car. Stupid teenager poo poo. Now you can achieve the same effect by vaping angry.
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Lol, I did that when I locked the keys in my Prelude earlier this year.
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On the subject of convertible rollover bars, here's the Volvo ones when they deploy:  The best part of this 1st gen system is they're spring loaded, and you can just reset them by releasing a ratcheting hook and pushing them back down.
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LloydDobler posted:On the subject of convertible rollover bars, here's the Volvo ones when they deploy: Can they deploy in situations other than a rollover?
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One final note on American car shows, if I hear "Wahr 'em up, fahr 'em up, yer good to go" one more time 
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Garage2Roadtrip posted:Can they deploy in situations other than a rollover? I can't find the video, but there's a cockpit video of them deploying when the car gets weightless for a moment over a crest.
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LloydDobler posted:On the subject of convertible rollover bars, here's the Volvo ones when they deploy: these are the same ones in the Astons. Early db9s had a problem of them deploying after hitting a particularly nasty bump
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Is that the regular window glass? It looks like it flexes... more than I would expect.
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I had someone try to steal my very first car, a lovely little Laser, by doing that. I was so annoyed; the door seal was never the same after that and always let huge amounts of road noise in. They didn't succeed because the interior lock pin and handle had both broken off. What I'll never understand is why anyone would try to steal such a broken down shitbox as that car was.
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Memento posted:Is that the regular window glass? It looks like it flexes... more than I would expect. I'd contend that it's just regular glass, and that the bottom of the window is at or above the pivot point of him bending the upper frame, so in reality he's able to just bend a couple of small pieces of formed sheet metal at the front and back of the door right at the front and back corners of the bottom of the glass. I don't think I can do that with the Starion because it has a lockup pin in the upper door frame.
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Oh man thats loving great! I broke a quarter window in my truck after locking the keys in it last month 
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I learned just how expensive quarter windows are compared to the regular windows when I locked my keys in my car in the middle of nowhere. I could have replaced 2 1/2 regular windows for what that tiny little piece cost.
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I was expecting the guy to fall in that hole or whatever it is next to the door.
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slidebite posted:I was expecting the guy to fall in that hole or whatever it is next to the door. I was sure that was what was going to happen.
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Yu-Gi-Ho! posted:I learned just how expensive quarter windows are compared to the regular windows when I locked my keys in my car in the middle of nowhere. I could have replaced 2 1/2 regular windows for what that tiny little piece cost. Yeah, that seems the be the case with a lot of cars. My theory is that the door glass is more often broken, therefore more available, and easier to replace to boot. Half the time, the *windshield* is cheaper.
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One of the bigger auto news sites ran a story where they advised you to always break the biggest piece of glass if possible because the tiny piece will probably be impossible to replace.
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Someone dig up that video of some drunk idiots trying to smash open a side window of an Audi for like 30 minutes and getting nowhere.
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Darchangel posted:Half the time, the *windshield* is cheaper.
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I guess i should mention that in taxachusetts all glass replacements are covered by insurance with no deductible 
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Even if it's a barracuda?
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Good question, I will check edit: Ok, i did a little googling and I couldnt find specifics for antique or classic cars. If you're interested i will call my insurance company tomorrow and find out. I know my dad's 46 ford business coupe would not fall under the general glass deductible waiver that seems to be standard in MA, but I think he had to get an agreed value insurance plan or something like that. violentlycitrus fucked around with this message at 04:26 on Aug 31, 2017 |
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There is no actual law in MA about that. It is true that the state used to set all insurance rates but now 0 deductible is simply an option that the insurance companies all provide there. No requirement for it. Or for more depth: http://www.carinsurance.com/windshield-law-massachusetts.aspx Also it was only for people with comprehensive coverage anyway because the glass is covered under that.
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GutBomb posted:There is no actual law in MA about that. It is true that the state used to set all insurance rates but now 0 deductible is simply an option that the insurance companies all provide there. No requirement for it. Or for more depth: http://www.carinsurance.com/windshield-law-massachusetts.aspx No deductible riders on auto glass are available in the taxually backwards state of Tennessee, as well.
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geonetix posted:Explosive bolts is weirdly Mercedes, didn't the SLS AMG come with those Well yeah think about how uniquely hosed you'd be if you rolled a car with gullwing doors. Pretty sure both doors are immediately blown off the hinges so you don't get trapped and die. None of this pussy "extendable metal post behind the headrest so you get some extra headroom" garbage.
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xzzy posted:Someone dig up that video of some drunk idiots trying to smash open a side window of an Audi for like 30 minutes and getting nowhere. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Bw39SIiHrQ Remember, you need something with a point on it. Also, wow, typing "breaking car window with head" brings up more results than I could have loving imagined.
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violentlycitrus posted:I guess i should mention that in taxachusetts all glass replacements are covered by insurance with no deductible this is wrong of course, it isn't mandatory any more since the deregulation
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sandoz posted:this is wrong of course, it isn't mandatory any more since the deregulation You are right, of course. I did correct myself upthread a little bit tho. e: actually i didnt correct myself all the way, of course, but i got it now. Sorry thread violentlycitrus fucked around with this message at 17:53 on Aug 31, 2017 |
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 "Needs a sump" .... "Coilovers" 
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I don't understand why he didn't just slow down a bit, it almost unfucked itself but he kept accelerating.
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Breakfast Feud posted:I don't understand why he didn't just slow down a bit, it almost unfucked itself but he kept accelerating.
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As soon as I saw the length of that thing and all of the heavy poo poo on the back of it I was pretty sure he was hosed. http://i.imgur.com/3PQFK7Y.mp4
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Memento posted:As soon as I saw the length of that thing and all of the heavy poo poo on the back of it I was pretty sure he was hosed. yeah my first thought was "huh looks like someone didnt watch the uhaul loading video"
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I had something similar happen to me when I was towing a trailer (~8000lbs) with an f350 diesel minus the actual crash part. It was slippery (winter) and I was getting on the highway, I hit the floor with the gas and the back end came loose. The truck we normally pulled that trailer with, was...... under powered to say the least, as in you had to keep it floored just to keep up with traffic on the highway. So, thats what I was used to doing. Trailer swerved side to side as a result, and i used a combination of actuating the trailer brakes with the slidy thing on the brake controller and letting off the gas on the truck. Right thing to do or just lucky?
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wesleywillis posted:I had something similar happen to me when I was towing a trailer (~8000lbs) with an f350 diesel minus the actual crash part. It was slippery (winter) and I was getting on the highway, I hit the floor with the gas and the back end came loose. The truck we normally pulled that trailer with, was...... under powered to say the least, as in you had to keep it floored just to keep up with traffic on the highway. So, thats what I was used to doing. Trailer swerved side to side as a result, and i used a combination of actuating the trailer brakes with the slidy thing on the brake controller and letting off the gas on the truck. Right thing to do. The trailer brakes made the trailer's weight shift towards the truck and "pulled" it away, resisting the oscillation. Good instinct. Nice save.
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Tractor-trailer driver was on the ball, there. I bet he was watching that guy wobble his way up beside him alllll the way, and was ready to dive right when it came.
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wesleywillis posted:I had something similar happen to me when I was towing a trailer (~8000lbs) with an f350 diesel minus the actual crash part. It was slippery (winter) and I was getting on the highway, I hit the floor with the gas and the back end came loose. The truck we normally pulled that trailer with, was...... under powered to say the least, as in you had to keep it floored just to keep up with traffic on the highway. So, thats what I was used to doing. Trailer swerved side to side as a result, and i used a combination of actuating the trailer brakes with the slidy thing on the brake controller and letting off the gas on the truck. You did good. You shifted the weight. Here's the screwed up thing. Think how many trailers with poo poo-rear end wiring, brakes, drivers that have no clue about anything including a trailer are on the roads.
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About once every two months I have someone wanting to take their 7 blade trailer connector and hook it up to a 4 flat connector on their truck/suv. They get mad when I tell them they don't make them for safety reasons.
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