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Yeah, so here's the thing, the perspective makes it looks super weird. Because the front wheels are behind the driver. And behind the camera. I only learned this from driving fire trucks. It's weird but you get used to it right quick.
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Lol I figured it was a really short bus with a really good driver, never even crossed my mind that it was sped up.
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Motronic posted:Yeah, so here's the thing, the perspective makes it looks super weird. Because the front wheels are behind the driver. And behind the camera. Yeah, Cab over is honestly feels surprisingly "nimble. At least that was my impression for the big army trucks I drove.
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Wasabi the J posted:Yeah, Cab over is honestly feels surprisingly "nimble. At least that was my impression for the big army trucks I drove. They just suck when you hit a bump because you get thrown even higher. First time I drove one, I went over a lovely railroad crossing and was unpleasantly surprised. The front visibility and turning radius on the thing were great though.
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Old vehicles restored to stock like that are extremely my jam
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Just looking at the gives me motion sickness. I love it.
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wesleywillis posted:They just suck when you hit a bump because you get thrown even higher. First time I drove one, I went over a lovely railroad crossing and was unpleasantly surprised. You don't say? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1Q4qs2Ljyc
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I’ve got a ton of miles in Japanese cabover vans (Nissan Largo, Homy, Caravan, Mitsubishi L300/Delica, Mazda Bongo, Toyota LiteAce/HiAce) from growing up with one as a family hauler, to riding in friends, renting them to move poo poo, and driving passenger minivans at work, and yeah, if you’ve never driven one it’s a real weird feeling at first, but like someone said above, they do feel surprisingly nimble. Given that the front of the vehicle is literally inches in front of your feet, you can also hurl them around in the city with remarkable precision. Edit: obviously, in tradesman/courier spec, this means you can deftly balance them inches from the rear bumper of the car in front while bouncing off the rev limiter, as befits a company car. The top one was our family ride, in that colour with those steelies, complete with panoramic roof and red velour captains chairs that converted into a bed and factory curtains. JDM as gently caress. 
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Nov 1, 2020 09:25
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I love those but man my knees hurt from just looking at it.
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Erulisse posted:I love those but man my knees hurt from just looking at it. The good news is in the case of an accident your knees can’t hurt since they’ll end up in the hospital incinerator.
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BuckyDoneGun posted:The good news is in the case of an accident your knees can’t hurt since they’ll end up in the hospital incinerator. There is a chance they could fly off and hit a nearby pedestrian.
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Big Taint posted:There is a chance they could fly off and hit a nearby pedestrian. 
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A bloody mist can't hurt no one. At least physically
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Deeters posted:I thought the real version was pretty impressive too: This is a famous mountain road called Irohazaka. There are a total of 48 curves between the separate up and down roads, each corresponding to a character of the basic hiragana characters that make up the Japanese language. (including a few ones that are no longer used) It's about a 2-3 drive from Tokyo, depending on traffic. The way up is dual-lane to allow passing of slower traffic, the way down is single-lane as you see in the bus video. On weekends the dual-lane road up is more of a parking lot with the number of day trippers going to the scenic lake at the top. There's lots of buses of all sizes, as well as lots of cyclists tackling the climb as well. And you better believe the cops keep a good eye on the place. It's not quite the Initial D heaven you might imagine, but a beautiful road nonetheless. You have to go to different mountain passes to find the drift marks. 
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I wish I knew more! https://twitter.com/CBJMerkle/status/1323052651118997504?s=19 
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  Also: Wasabi the J posted:https://twitter.com/imBINGnotGOOGLE/status/1322237611302391818?s=09 Night On Fire is an excellent selection for that, a welcome change from Running in the 90s.
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Awesome because it kinda sucks. https://twitter.com/rogergarbow/status/1323426650030329857?s=20
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxDYWWD6wNE For those who don't visit the chat thread  Annoying AI:Secret Santa Reminder I’m going to keep bothering ya’ll until I get at least 50 signups. There are a multitude of prizes to be won this year, including actual honest to god single malt scotch whisky. Come along, celebrate our great forum and have some fun. https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3946227 slothrop fucked around with this message at 05:13 on Nov 3, 2020 |
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slothrop posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxDYWWD6wNE Nice 404
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Motronic posted:Nice 404 Fixed, thank you.
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This article talks about the restoration a bit - http://www.autos.ca/classic-cars/motoring-memories-the-labatt-streamliners-1937-1947/ There were still some restrictions on alcohol advertising in Canada in the period after prohibition. Some beer companies got around this by using extravagantly designed streamliner deliver trucks that got a lot of attention. The restorers of that Labatts truck found an original trailer but couldn't get an original tractor so that one is built from a normal White cabover truck. The reverse engineered the bodywork from photographs and built most of it from scratch. Huge long article about the designer - http://www.coachbuilt.com/des/d/desakhnoffsky/desakhnoffsky.htm
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Darchangel posted:Now *that* is a sleeper. It has officially surpassed the Dyno Motorsports Camry. https://www.instagram.com/p/BDE_w_jSgo9/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
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Erulisse posted:my fav part of this corolla That's just fuckin' dishonest and I love it. Reminds me of a Sigma estate that got posted a long time back with a BMW engine swapped into it, with the original tailpipe welded on top of the new exhaust, so it stuck out the back in the factory location in all its 1.75" glory.
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But with those tires (and I'm assuming it's still FWD) can it even hook up at all?
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MomJeans420 posted:But with those tires (and I'm assuming it's still FWD) can it even hook up at all? It’s possible it’s got JDM 4wd bits in it I guess. But yeah, my 2002 Corolla had 120hp when it was factory fresh and it spins the 185 Bridgestones on it fairly easily.
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Left Ventricle posted:That's just fuckin' dishonest and I love it. Reminds me of a Sigma estate that got posted a long time back with a BMW engine swapped into it, with the original tailpipe welded on top of the new exhaust, so it stuck out the back in the factory location in all its 1.75" glory. I thought it had a LSx V8 in it
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Left Ventricle posted:That's just fuckin' dishonest and I love it. Reminds me of a Sigma estate that got posted a long time back with a BMW engine swapped into it, with the original tailpipe welded on top of the new exhaust, so it stuck out the back in the factory location in all its 1.75" glory. I think I remember that, it was downright deceitful and gloriously so. Wait, may have been a Nissan drivetrain
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MomJeans420 posted:But with those tires (and I'm assuming it's still FWD) can it even hook up at all? From a stop no way, it's certainly not a drag racing sleeper, more like a sleeper that leaves you in the dust from 55 mph. Even then it probably has issues hooking up, it probably has an LSD in it I'm sure.
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Mister Kingdom posted:I saw this in the wild today. What the hell is it? It looks like an 8th gen. Daihatsu Hijet. I've seen a lot of kei vans done up like VW buses but this is the first time I've seen one with a Mercedes badge.
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