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david_a posted:That’s a Focus, right? Judging by the hubcaps it’s not even once of the fast ones. What’s the realistic max speed on of those can get up to? mazda 3
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david_a posted:That’s a Focus, right? Judging by the hubcaps it’s not even once of the fast ones. What’s the realistic max speed on of those can get up to? I think it's an early Mazda3 sedan. e:fb
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david_a posted:That’s a Focus, right? Judging by the hubcaps it’s not even once of the fast ones. What’s the realistic max speed on of those can get up to? Cars are a bit overpowered these days, my crapbox 2008 yaris could top 100 with enough runway and it had a modest 1 liter engine. Not that you should, it got super floaty that fast and didn't want to keep going in a straight line, but that's plenty of speed to shishkebab yourself.
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Apr 30, 2018 17:40
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Geez. I'm guessing he was a drunk driver? 
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Finger Prince posted:Jesus, not even a Tesla autopilot could manage that amount of carnage! Machines still have a long way to go to match the capabilities of a human driver.
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xzzy posted:Cars are a bit overpowered these days, my crapbox 2008 yaris could top 100 with enough runway and it had a modest 1 liter engine. Not that you should, it got super floaty that fast and didn't want to keep going in a straight line, but that's plenty of speed to shishkebab yourself.
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david_a posted:That’s a Focus, right? Judging by the hubcaps it’s not even once of the fast ones. What’s the realistic max speed on of those can get up to? Looks like a 1st gen Mazda 3 sedan. Also yeah, how fast would they have been going to accomplish this level of destruction?
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Apr 30, 2018 19:59
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There's something surreal about the condition of the doors/front quarter panel section. it's as if that part hadn't been touched at all.
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Apr 30, 2018 20:06
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WacZ7wlwta4&t=180s
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fakeaccount posted:There's something surreal about the condition of the doors/front quarter panel section. it's as if that part hadn't been touched at all. I half expected one of the photos to show the driver sitting unharmed on an intact seat, stuck against the start of the barrier, 400m behind the wreckage with a Wiley Coyote look on his face.
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Apr 30, 2018 23:58
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https://twitter.com/drgitlin/status/990700882206617602 GTC4 Lusso T, electronics shat the bed when I was doing 5 mph. Luckily I was only a couple of miles from home, it limped back at 30 mph.
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May 1, 2018 01:24
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quote:These pictures were taken only after the deceased was removed from the scene. I want to know more about this removal process.
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May 1, 2018 01:26
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Buy stock in that seatbelt company, holy poo poo.
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May 1, 2018 01:30
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drgitlin posted:https://twitter.com/drgitlin/status/990700882206617602 I wonder if it was just a dirty wheel speed sensor or something.
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May 1, 2018 01:31
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StormDrain posted:I want to know more about this removal process. I think you might need to speak to Kärcher to get a special tool you can use for this.
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May 1, 2018 01:50
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StormDrain posted:I want to know more about this removal process. Part of that removal process could be why the only photos are from the passenger side of the wreckage. I'm guessing there may be more than just skid-marks from the mangled car on the other side of that wall... 
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May 1, 2018 02:11
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Root Bear posted:Part of that removal process could be why the only photos are from the passenger side of the wreckage. I'm guessing there may be more than just skid-marks from the mangled car on the other side of that wall... The driver was intact aside from a dismembered foot Amazing really.
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drgitlin posted:https://twitter.com/drgitlin/status/990700882206617602 Did you try turning it off and back on again?
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May 1, 2018 04:32
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For a good while I thought this was 2 cars
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May 1, 2018 05:11
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Zaphod42 posted:For a good while I thought this was 2 cars And emergency response probably thought there were two bodies looking at that wreckage!
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big crush on Chad OMG posted:Just a heads up that rental coverage only applies if you put in a claim, and a pothole hit is usually an at fault collision loss. Deductible applies. Guess who got hit by a garbage truck recently.... made a claim on roadside to get the car towed home... and took out a rental claim?  Also, my insurance is up for renewal. I'm getting horrific quotes for state minimum liability alone when I call around (1.5-10x what I was paying for full coverage - yes, 10x), my own insurance is quoting me an equally terrifying amount, and it now looks like I made 3 claims in one day (even though I cancelled the tow and wound up limping it home).  Since the liability claim is still open (since lawyers), there's no telling what's gonna eventually happen.
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Seat Safety Switch posted:I wonder if it was just a dirty wheel speed sensor or something. That’s a possibility, or maybe a fuse. The press office said they’d let me know. Shame, as it was a pretty good car up to that point.
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May 1, 2018 11:40
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spog posted:I half expected one of the photos to show the driver sitting unharmed on an intact seat, stuck against the start of the barrier, 400m behind the wreckage with a Wiley Coyote look on his face. See the patches of yellow on the detached car chunk where that seatbelt attaches? I think that's foam from the seat cushions.
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May 1, 2018 11:41
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jamal posted:Did you try turning it off and back on again? Yep. Didn’t help. Even letting it sit overnight didn’t solve the problem. It happened on Sunday and was going back on Monday anyway, so not too inconvenient, although I feel bad for a neighbor I’d promised to give a ride to.
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May 1, 2018 11:42
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STR posted:Guess who got hit by a garbage truck recently.... made a claim on roadside to get the car towed home... and took out a rental claim? Well...the good news is most insurance companies only consider one incident per calendar day as chargeable, as in it would impact your rate. This is because if you got into an accident and got 3 tickets, you’d get a massive whammie if they charged everything. Texas rates have gone up pretty hard in the last 6-12 months. An independent agent may be your best bet to find one of the smaller carriers with a competitive rate.
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Rhyno posted:My wife and her friend went to get dinner, she called me 5 minutes later because she hit a pot hole and her car made a deafening BANG sound. I showed up and it was riding way too low. I figured the whole rear was broken but it wasn't nearly as bad as I thought. So a part of the spring perch popped out and is missing. But the place we use for all her work is being great, they ordered the part and are not charging us for the labor. The manager is slightly concerned that one of his techs might have hosed up the car before he quit so they're covering their butts. And my wife's step mom lent us her CRV so we didn't have to shell out for the rental. Working out so far.
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Here's another insane wreck https://twitter.com/ffxfirerescue/status/989976811466616833?s=20 Looks so bizzare with the engine just sitting there on 2 wheels
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One weird trick: buy a vehicle with an internal combustion engine and fill up the tank with fuel at one of the millions of gas stations lining the road. Looks like an Idaho plate to me, not sure why anyone would buy an EV in a region known for everything being 200 miles away.
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That's just....ahh...erm...whut?
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xzzy posted:One weird trick: buy a vehicle with an internal combustion engine and fill up the tank with fuel at one of the millions of gas stations lining the road. Not enough "nuclear winter haze blue" at the bottom. That's a Utah plate. Still the same sentiment, though. Also, what happens when he, on the brakes (because he said it's a brake-activated switch thing whatever, and he's pushing against his brakes) jacknifes?
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It's basically a perpetual motion machine. Until it jacknifes going around some downhill corner. 
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Zaphod42 posted:Here's another insane wreck I just had a terrifying idea for a Hoverboard.
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ComfyPants posted:I just had a terrifying idea for a Hoverboard. It's like that wacky concept motorcycle with a viper engine: too stupid an idea to not try. Blue Footed Booby fucked around with this message at 01:02 on May 2, 2018 |
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I mean, it's colossally* stupid, but there's something so hideously anti-ingenious about it that I have to say wrong thread. Dude tows an engine, wasting tons of power so that he can get back that power through an ICE backup that will happily power him off the road in a corner. It's beautiful. * Holy poo poo I can't spell colossally, typing it out was like brute force hacking a word against spell check.
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Blue Footed Booby posted:It's like that wacky concept motorcycle with a viper engine: too stupid an idea to not try. the tomahawk is pretty as gently caress though from a visual standpoint, well i suppose depending on your tastes.
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So by having a complete extra engine pushing the car whilst braking to recharge the motor he can get 200 miles more out of it? Assuming the tank capacity is right and the mpg stats are right he'd be better off by 272 miles if he just put the gas straight into the Prius. What an incredible moron. *edit: it ain't a Prius. Still though.
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Olympic Mathlete posted:So by having a complete extra engine pushing the car whilst braking to recharge the motor he can get 200 miles more out of it? It's a gag. Really good one too.
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Jonny Nox posted:It's a gag. It's been done before, long ago, with a different EV and a different VW motor as the pusher. This guy at least has some better reasoning to the setup.. guy above thinks he's getting free mileage pushing against the brakes. quote:Electric vehicles are great for around-town driving. Clean, quiet, and up to the task of keeping up with urban traffic. Longer trips can be difficult. What's needed is a way to convert the EV into a hybrid for longer distances. Enter the EV pusher trailer, which allows me to have an internal combustion engine to drive the EV forward longer distances when needed, but is detachable for around town use when I want to drive as a pure electric vehicle. 
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https://jalopnik.com/man-dies-after-crash-in-home-built-honda-civic-based-ka-1825681533
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