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xzzy posted:Let me guess, the brakes on this work by sticking a leg over the cowling and pressing the wood block into the tire with a foot? No, that's the suspension.
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xzzy posted:Just drive the exact same roads every day so you can map out the risky spots mentally and can spot potholes as they develop. A pothole developed last year next to a manhole cover at the end of my street, and I ran into it on my bike a couple of times and nearly died because the steel edge of the manhole was sticking right out and it was like running into a wall. I filled out the online "report a pothole" form, two days later there was paint around the hole, and a few days after that it was filled. Some cities actually work, I guess? Of course a few weeks later it collapsed again and they had to tear up the whole street bc it turned out the sewer had been improperly installed and there was a giant sinkhole just about ready to swallow the road but 
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wayfinder posted:Indonesian "Extreme Vespa" mods 
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Those are awesome but holy poo poo that front fork The body language of "check out my mad tyte ride" truly is universal isn't it.
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Sagebrush posted:A pothole developed last year next to a manhole cover at the end of my street, and I ran into it on my bike a couple of times and nearly died because the steel edge of the manhole was sticking right out and it was like running into a wall. I filled out the online "report a pothole" form, two days later there was paint around the hole, and a few days after that it was filled. Some cities actually work, I guess? poo poo dude, well done! The bureaucrat who specced that online form and allocated the resources to make it work can cruise on that accomplishment straight through to retirement!
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I can't wait to see how much this goes for https://bringatrailer.com/listing/2001-acura-integra-type-r-14/
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BlackMK4 posted:I can't wait to see how much this goes for lmao he bought it for 34.5 a year ago and put 600 miles on it. Neat cars, sure, but holy poo poo that's some brain smoothing right there.
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Like the comments said, a pristine one went for 40k recently, so maybe this seller is ready to try to do a small flip. The trend page shows that you can get ones for <20k or mid 20s for a nicer one: https://bringatrailer.com/listing/2000-acura-integra-type-r-7/ IMO, the last couple are flukes, not a reflection of some huge spike of nostalgia for these.
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BlackMK4 posted:I can't wait to see how much this goes for I guess I haven't been to BaT in awhile, but has it been all auctions for awhile? I thought I used to scroll through and it was interesting to see what people were asking for whatever random car, now it's just auctions.
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boxen posted:I guess I haven't been to BaT in awhile, but has it been all auctions for awhile? I thought I used to scroll through and it was interesting to see what people were asking for whatever random car, now it's just auctions. I think it's been on the auction format for a couple years now. They tried it for a few cars informally, and then switched over. It's been about fairly exclusive mostly unmodified cars, much to the dismay of the old guard who just wanted to see real oddball barn finds. Which is somewhat better served by BarnFinds now: https://barnfinds.com/bf-auction-1984-ford-mustang-svo/
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https://barnfinds.com/250000-1974-amc-matador-brougham/ 401, 4-speed Matador coupe at a crack pipe price
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kimbo305 posted:I think it's been on the auction format for a couple years now. They tried it for a few cars informally, and then switched over. https://barnfinds.com/jolly-green-giant-1973-imperial-lebaron/ Aww yeah, that's my poo poo.
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Dan Edmunds installed some aftermarket shocks on their longterm Tacoma: https://www.edmunds.com/toyota/tacoma/2016/long-term-road-test/2016-toyota-tacoma-bilstein-shock-absorber-upgrade.html Soothing as far as wrenching journals go, but it's made sweeter by the backstory -- Edmunds used to be a suspension engineer at Toyota, and begged them to put bigger shocks on the first TRD Tacoma. But they'd only spring for 36mm for the rears, a spec they kept through 20 years of TRD Tacomas. https://www.edmunds.com/toyota/tacoma/2016/long-term-road-test/2016-toyota-tacoma-making-sense-of-our-death-valley-results.html
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kimbo305 posted:Dan Edmunds installed some aftermarket shocks on their longterm Tacoma: From Facebook: quote:FIRST OFF, gently caress YOU MOTHERFUCKERS
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Maker Of Shoes posted:lmao he bought it for 34.5 a year ago and put 600 miles on it. Neat cars, sure, but holy poo poo that's some brain smoothing right there. He put 600 miles on it since 2016, when he bought it off BaT for 36K, it now has 63K miles. Not as astounding but still out there. What gets me is how lucky original owner is; buy a car and drive it until you're content and sell it for almost a 50% increase over sticker, less than 10 years later.
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Gay Weed Dad posted:He put 600 miles on it since 2016, when he bought it off BaT for 36K, it now has 63K miles. Not as astounding but still out there. What gets me is how lucky original owner is; buy a car and drive it until you're content and sell it for almost a 50% increase over sticker, less than 10 years later. I guess if you're the kinda guy who would only drive it 6k miles/year this could be you I bought my 08 987 in 2015 with 24k miles on it, which is like 3.5k miles/year It now has 77k on the odo...
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thechalkoutline posted:I guess if you're the kinda guy who would only drive it 6k miles/year this could be you *shrug* I don't think I drive my daily drivers much farther than that in a year, but I don't live that far from work. 6K a year is a hell of alot farther than other classic car guys I know drive their rides. The listing is also in Missouri, so it's probable he didn't drive it at all for several months of the year. In other news, new Roadkill on Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_doGRULWycw
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Found a few pictures that are suitable for 4k wallpapers: https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1...2fb4ccfb064ad16 https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1...59fd88ed1ccc0cf https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1...1e236d386ec2ecc https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1...a6a72d23a8cb4cc https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1...e277282cb8b5ad7
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thechalkoutline posted:I guess if you're the kinda guy who would only drive it 6k miles/year this could be you Clearly the solution would have been to buy ten and spread out the driving evenly so you put 4.3k kms on them per year.
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wayfinder posted:Found a few pictures that are suitable for 4k wallpapers: Every now and then I check by GM and Ford's press media pages just to see what high-res photos they have and I just came across this which is very seasonal.  If anyone wants more Ford GT photos they're at https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/multimedia/album/2017/2017-ford-gt.html
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davebo posted:If anyone wants more Ford GT photos they're at https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/multimedia/album/2017/2017-ford-gt.html 
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Crossposting from the GBS FTP thread: https://www.liveleak.com/view?i=127_1512075582 A good dog for destroying a Chrysler product. Also a good cop for not shooting the dog.
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The dog had a history of attacking cats, it was almost certainly trying to wreck those kittens.
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Car Bros update https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCOu8JcfD5c
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davebo posted:Every now and then I check by GM and Ford's press media pages just to see what high-res photos they have and I just came across this which is very seasonal.
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I love it. last time it was "we're going to make a new version of the old car with retro styling like the mustang." This time they said "gently caress it, full on race car from scratch." Not that the last one wasn't an awesome car. A friend's dad in college had one along with a zo6. I got to drive the corvette but only rode in the gt. jamal fucked around with this message at 06:57 on Dec 6, 2017 |
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I really love how tightly packaged the rear is around the motor and wheels. I'm sure that flying buttress has aero and stiffness benefits, but it's also to keep the car from looking that much more radical.
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slidebite posted:I suspect I'm in the minority, but I prefer the look of the last GT over this one. This is the correct opinion; The last GT was an awesome car. This one is triple-distilled awesome, and it’s great to see a major US manufacturer really throw caution to the wind and stick their dick in Ferrari’s eye-hole.
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As a modernisation of the GT40, I prefer the new one. I think the previous one, though cool, didn't quite go far enough in either direction: My choice would be to have both the new one and an original (or one of the really good replicas). I think Ford made the right decision to turn the wick up on everything with it.
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Will.i.am account spotted
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Metal Geir Skogul posted:Will.i.am account spotted thats no where near ghastly enough for that
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It's pretty loving ghastly. Purple steelies with fake tri-spoke knock-offs, stupid miniaturized not-Rolls-Royce headlights, random French Yellow running lights, and xzibit "yo, we heard you like aero" buttresses. The body line from the rear of the front wheel arch to the flank looks like it's either going to break in half, or that the car is a Go-Bot transformer. The front grille has an upturned frown that doesn't follow any other line on the car. It should have been horizontal, or something, and the car looks like it's the Thing, but frowning.
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Metal Geir Skogul posted:It's pretty loving ghastly. Purple steelies with fake tri-spoke knock-offs, stupid miniaturized not-Rolls-Royce headlights, random French Yellow running lights, and xzibit "yo, we heard you like aero" buttresses.  but i like purple  the yellow lights are horrid sure, but i wouldnt mind seeing a side profile to determine whether dat rear end is quite as outrageous as it looks from front corner view.
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Metal Geir Skogul posted:It's pretty loving ghastly. Purple steelies with fake tri-spoke knock-offs, stupid miniaturized not-Rolls-Royce headlights, random French Yellow running lights, and xzibit "yo, we heard you like aero" buttresses. The body line from the rear of the front wheel arch to the flank looks like it's either going to break in half, or that the car is a Go-Bot transformer. The front grille has an upturned frown that doesn't follow any other line on the car. It should have been horizontal, or something, and the car looks like it's the Thing, but frowning. Yes, we know that 22-year-old, very 90s concept cars age badly. It was revolutionary at the time, even if you don’t consider the small team and short turnaround time. Every other car at the time was a mess of awful blobs and curves. This was space-age in comparison.
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My lasting memory of the GT90 is that it looked cool, and a wheel fell off at a press event.
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sneakyfrog posted:
 Saints yo!The butt is just right for a mid range supercar IMO:  Though the side view is pretty proportioned  still, I think it aged better than a lot of other 90s stuff and I'd drive it every day 
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yeah id just ditch those wheels and put some 3rd Street purple 5 spokes on em mobby_6kl posted:
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The rear makes it look like a bad fiero based it car.
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That car does not belong in this thread. It's horrible from every angle.
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