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If you buy a Toyota, they actually work.
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we missed a few:        for shame skipping the NSX.Do hideaway headlights count? 
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Jan 4, 2019 16:42
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xzzy posted:Now someone go over to the mechanical failures thread and post a bunch of gifs of what these lights do after a few years of regular use. They're for the most part incredibly simple mechanisms, so I'd be surprised if the failure rate was really any more than any other car part... My car's 32 years old this year, if you were to compare a gif of the pop up mechanism from then to now, it'd look the same. The 2 other cars at my place with pop ups are the same. I'm not sure how you'd break them tbh. GnarlyCharlie4u posted:
Any lights that aren't just sat there in plain view count.
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Olympic Mathlete posted:
what about videogames?  - bonus points if you can name the game.oh a video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRQ-nbhwrEI GnarlyCharlie4u fucked around with this message at 17:25 on Jan 4, 2019 |
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Jan 4, 2019 17:22
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Nocheez posted:If you buy a Toyota, they actually work. Yup, I’ve never had any issues with Toyota flip up lights. I even hit a deer with my celica with them up once and they still worked flawlessly.
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GnarlyCharlie4u posted:what about videogames? Too easy. I'll let someone else guess.
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I gotta know what this is from?
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slothrop posted:I gotta know what this is from? Corvette apparently! quote:Another new for 1968 feature was hide-away windshield wipers. Like the headlights, they were vacuum operated and both aesthetic and aerodynamic advantages were the goal. Unlike the headlights however, their operation was not reliable.  http://japanesenostalgiccar.com/subaru-third-eye-passing-lamp/ Aftermarket grille for a Mk2 Golf. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbYiADDUmX0
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Olympic Mathlete posted:
I'm not much of a vw guy normally but this is really good.
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xzzy posted:Now someone go over to the mechanical failures thread and post a bunch of gifs of what these lights do after a few years of regular use. Nocheez posted:If you buy a Toyota, they actually work. I can say with some authority that the Mazda and Toyota ones are remarkably reliable. I've never had one of my *7* RX-7s actually fail. They get wobbly when the nylon bushings in the actuator arms crumble, though they still continue to work. There's a guy on RX7Club and eBay 3D printing replacement headlight and wiper arm bushings. My '87 Corolla seems fine so far. Most of them that you see permanently or partially popped up are horrible owner failures. Olympic Mathlete posted:Corvette apparently! OK, those are cool.
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Jan 4, 2019 18:19
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GnarlyCharlie4u posted:Do hideaway headlights count? So masterful how after the hideaways flip up that top edge matches the rest perfectly
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Jan 4, 2019 18:26
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I rebuilt the headlights and chase taillights on a Cougar just like that, all old school cams and relays.
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Finger Prince posted:What's this one? The light covers are gorgeous! A kaiju getting ready to attack
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Fayez Butts posted:So masterful how after the hideaways flip up that top edge matches the rest perfectly I miss my dad's Eliminator 
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GnarlyCharlie4u posted:what about videogames? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwANhLpT25Q Edit: Apparently there was a sequel! 
Fifty Three fucked around with this message at 19:30 on Jan 4, 2019 |
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Jan 4, 2019 19:25
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https://gfycat.com/GlitteringRedKitty Pop down headlights!
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INCHI DICKARI posted:I miss my dad's Eliminator It's a beautiful car
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No popups on this, but I couldn't resist posting this work of art: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4f6rCx8_zEU 
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Fifty Three posted:Lotus Turbo Challenge, and the theme song was loving amazing. One of my favorite videogame songs from my childhood. IIRC, the Megadrive version was a port of the sequel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQSsq7HCNHw But there was a third one as well.
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This has always been one of my favourite pop- mechanisms in a car. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alJZ4nlyDvQ Supposed to drop down over (I think) 45km/h but trivially easy to rig up with a switch in the cabin.
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Itzena posted:IIRC, the Megadrive version was a port of the sequel.  v
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T1g4h posted:No popups on this, but I couldn't resist posting this work of art: God drat. Built in his parent's side yard. Steel flares made by hand with a hammer, dolly, bead roller and a shrinker-stretcher. drat! I say. That thing is gorgeous. I love the look of the bundle of snakes. I need to buy myself a bead roller, shrinker-stretcher, TIG, plasma cutter... Maybe I should start with buying a gas bottle for my MIG.
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xzzy posted:Now someone go over to the mechanical failures thread and post a bunch of gifs of what these lights do after a few years of regular use. Not a gif, but she's mine.  This doesn't happen as often as it used to...and I have no idea why. I never fixed it. Godholio fucked around with this message at 23:45 on Jan 4, 2019 |
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this was just posted on a russian page i visit https://i.imgur.com/NZU4CoX.mp4 hideaway/popup love is universal
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https://twitter.com/sean_tagg/status/1081075648322449408  
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Godholio posted:Not a gif, but she's mine. The programmers dilemma. Which is worse: it's broken and I don't know why, or it's fixed and I don't know why.
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As Nero Danced posted:The programmers dilemma. Which is worse: it's broken and I don't know why, or it's fixed and I don't know why. It's broken and I don't know why is the expected state. It's fixed and I don't know why means it's actually still broken, but now I can't easily troubleshoot it and it's going to fail at some inconvenient point in the future. In fact, it will probably fail again while I'm working on something unrelated causing an 'it's broken and I don't know why' situation.
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I love "It's broken and I've exhausted all the reasons why weeks ago, so now I'm just guessing." Because it can only lead to "It's fixed and I think I know why, but it might actually still be broken"
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Page 951: the most satisfying page. but why have two moving parts when you can have 18? "takes-off-bifocals.gif" snugglz fucked around with this message at 07:58 on Jan 5, 2019 |
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Jan 5, 2019 07:54
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...why? those covers look like they were clear when they were new.
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fakeaccount posted:...why? those covers look like they were clear when they were new. Because the US has some duuuumb laws concerning vehicle lighting.
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snugglz posted:Page 951: the most satisfying page. but why have two moving parts when you can have 18? My mom’s car has headlights that turn when you turn the wheel. It’s kinda handy but I can only imagine the problems that are bound to occur with them.
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fakeaccount posted:...why? those covers look like they were clear when they were new. Because at the time clear covers over headlights were illegal in the US. This is also why Euro imports often had different headlight setups in the US market. Like the Citreon DS or why the Ferrari Daytona switched to pop-ups.
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DiggityDoink posted:My mom’s car has headlights that turn when you turn the wheel. It’s kinda handy but I can only imagine the problems that are bound to occur with them. She owns a Tucker? Neat!!
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wesleywillis posted:She owns a Tucker? Neat!! Active headlights. They're getting more common, as it's pretty easy with LEDs. My car has them as well. It's pretty cool to have them illuminate around a corner rather than straight ahead.
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Adaptive headlights own. They sound like a gimmick but they really do make a big difference on dark winding roads where you can really see them working. The ones on my e46 work really well, and I’m glad they are becoming fairly common on new cars.
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Cars and coffee today, $150,000 hybrid   Carbon fiber for days
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That is how the BMW i3 is too  Also, I don't hate it, I'd drive one
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I like it. I also think the original Insight is cool and pretty, though. Also it's a VW diesel from 2013 
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