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NoWake posted:I was supposed to start my drive from Chicago -> Alaska today, but work decided they'd rather me stay at my desk 3 extra days, fly me out, and pay $3,300 on a Turo rental and $3,500 on AirBNB. Unrelated to anything but that decal is hilarious.
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Boaz MacPhereson posted:Unrelated to anything but that decal is hilarious. haha thanks, the best is when whoever passes me cranes their head over to look at the front (it's a 1st gen Colorado)
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BOOTY-ADE posted:More like Will.u.stop, amirite? I actually like Wil.I.ams Delorean. Yup that's a sixxer for me I guess...
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NoWake posted:haha thanks, the best is when whoever passes me cranes their head over to look at the front (it's a 1st gen Colorado) I thought so based on the tails. Good poo poo.
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Humphreys posted:I actually like Wil.I.ams Delorean. This is the correct thread for this opinion.
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I'm not exactly outing myself as a mall crawler here, as we all know I crawl some motherfuckin malls.. but I've had rotopax on my Jeep for a while now. I've had to use them about once? This could just be that I wheel around socal and america has gas stations with mcdonalds every 20feet. The situation in somewhere like Australia is going to be VERY different. The rest of the time I basically use them to minmax the cheap fuel situation in different states. 4gal more of cheap fuel? gently caress it, I'll take it. These overlander types are definitely marks being industrially milked hard though. Yes, your taco needs an entire bed cage with billet machined latches and 12 rotopax and a RTT and custom tire carrier. Don't leave the dealer lot without them, you won't survive.  But its $15k of bolt on accessories that add weight and Link has a bewildering adventure getting stuck on small piles of mud.
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Humphreys posted:I actually like Wil.I.ams Delorean. This opinion is terrible and hence right thread
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BRINGING IT BACK AROUND TO WIRING (sorta) Was trying to troubleshoot why my rear defroster doesn't work. I should not have removed that panel. I knew the car had been hit at some point, but....   I normally have a really good eye for accident damage.. the only thing that stood out to me was the fact that the back window wasn't tinted. All the body lines are perfect. I eventually noticed one curve in the C-pillar looks a little off (probably bondo under it), then a friend pointed out the LR door and quarter panel's paint don't quite match.  Oh well.. $2500 car with AC that turns the interior into a meat locker on a 100F day, and a V8 with a little bit of grunt. It drives straight enough. Guessing the other part of that wire is buried somewhere in the quarter panel. It almost looks like they put the body itself on a frame rack (despite it being body on frame) and yanked it back into shape by the C pillar.  It being only chewed up around the window opening kinda supports that.
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Humphreys posted:I actually like Wil.I.ams Delorean. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAyKJAtDNCw
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:This opinion is terrible and hence right thread Shut up, you're not even my real dad! (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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I saw a little old guy on a crusty little motorbike a while back with what liked like a 5l rotopak style fuel can, I imagine he ran out the reserve too many times.
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Apologies if this has been posted before but I’ve learned of a wonderful YouTube channel that’s basically the U.K. version of 11 ft 8”. Except inverted and full of water. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rd2c1YVHn6Y
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I guess much like in the US, people don't realize water doesn't compress?  e: it's kinda funny that you can tell the exact moment a lot of those engines nope out of that too. That jerk when the engine locks up/throws a rod/etc... randomidiot fucked around with this message at 11:40 on Jul 26, 2021 |
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Lord Ludikrous posted:Apologies if this has been posted before but I’ve learned of a wonderful YouTube channel that’s basically the U.K. version of 11 ft 8”. Except inverted and full of water. Speed! https://youtu.be/rd2c1YVHn6Y?t=205
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In college (Philly Area) there was this road in the Main Line, Hagys Ford Road or something. Had a stream running across it. So I'm with my girlfriend, it's winter, and I have to drive across it. I had a '68 Mercedes 200 Sedan (manual) and I drove thru it fast and then up the hill that follows. Then I realize the hill is all ice and the car starts to slide backwards. I don't panic. I stay off the brakes (dad had a parking garage in Manhattan, I could drive backwards like a pro) and being the good physics student I was, I figured the running water meant I could use the brakes when I hit the stream. So when that happens I hit the brakes so hard I actually blew out one of the lines. Still managed to creep back to West Philly and replaced the line myself.
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STR posted:I guess much like in the US, people don't realize water doesn't compress? I thought it would be people assuming their SUV/crossover is an invincible off roading machine and paying the price, but there’s quite a few low slung saloons and small hatchbacks so it’s just idiots failing to drive to the conditions. My favourite ones are when the vehicle makes it through much to the drivers jubilation only for it to conk out 20 metres up the road.
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Well that's one way to keep the intake out of the water!
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cakesmith handyman posted:I saw a little old guy on a crusty little motorbike a while back with what liked like a 5l rotopak style fuel can, I imagine he ran out the reserve too many times. Or he just doesn’t want to stop at a gas station daily. What gets me about those rotopaks is that I see them on vehicles that can easily go 600+ miles per tank. My FJ40, OTOH, got around 12mpg with a 12 gallon tank. A lot of those overlanders, if they ever do anything, would be better served with a larger fuel tank. That wouldn’t be very visible, though.
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I wonder if they have depth markers anywhere at that ford.
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Dave Inc. posted:I wonder if they have depth markers anywhere at that ford. It does, quite a prominent one actually, but it’s under where the cammer normally stands.
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If you can't see this sign, the water's too deep
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VideoGameVet posted:In college (Philly Area) there was this road in the Main Line, Hagys Ford Road or something. Had a stream running across it. That's the Mill Creek Ford on Righter's Mill Rd right off Milk Creek Rd. I'm surprised it was even open for you as they usually close it off in the winter. I've driven over it a number of times and never fail to shock myself by how weird it feels to plow into even shallow water.  note the sign
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Scratch Monkey posted:That's the Mill Creek Ford on Righter's Mill Rd right off Milk Creek Rd. I'm surprised it was even open for you as they usually close it off in the winter. I've driven over it a number of times and never fail to shock myself by how weird it feels to plow into even shallow water. Yep, I think that's it. The sign wasn't there in 1978. And they didn't close it during winter. I also cycled thru there on occasion. Decent climb after that water.
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Motronic posted:I've never spilled more gas than I have with the crop of "spill proof" metal OSHA cans they forced contractors to use in the early 2000s-ish. If I ever have to replace the old school 5-gallon jugs I still have, that’s what I’m going with. As it is, I had to get a pack of the replacement vents when the retainer on mine broke, and eventually the vent cap went walk about. You can also buy “normal” spouts for the “safety” cans (that are, in my experience, *less* safe, since you spill gas everywhere trying to get it to pour…)
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The pervasive thought sat in my cart for a couple of days and I now have one of those coming and a draft post for nextdoor to give away the three lovely cans I have. Started with one lovely can that I got for the mower. Then came a good old metal eagle can that's only a gallon. Then I got a lovely 5 gallon can for truck stuff, then a lovely metal 5 gallon can that I hoped would be better and wasn't. At this rate I'm going to own 13 more gas cans before I die.
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I bought a 2.5 gallon, metal jerry can years ago. I still love it. Never using plastic again.
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Apparently Mitsubish made a special Sport edition of the Space Star:    On the other hand it's like 850kg (1900lbs?) and like $10k so maybe with an ebay turbo it'd be so bad it's good almost
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This seems.... bad? https://twitter.com/deesix/status/1420172102326374402?s=19 https://twitter.com/deesix/status/1420215824510439424?s=19
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My wife told me our '15 Forester was "shaky" on the highway, and since we just had tires put on it, I suggested she go to the tire place and make sure things are balanced, etc. I was thinking it could be a ball joint but might as well have the place check it out and make a diagnosis. So they check it out and sure enough a ball joint is worn and they give her a quote to fix which she sends to me and they want $360 for a new lower control arm, which I google the part number and they have it in stock at the ORiley's next door to the tire place for $150. Rock Auto has it for $82. They also quoted $450 for the labor and 'warranty'. Plus they would refill the radiator coolant for $170 and sell us $100 worth of air filters. Oh and the rear brakes need new pads for $240 (+120 labor) So that's what I'll be working on this weekend.
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Olympic Mathlete posted:This seems.... bad? Tesla car enjoyer/wanter, Tesla cult hater here I'm about 99% sure it's bogus or someone misunderstanding something they did. Ignoring the misuse of terms: "shift panel", "auto-pilot" for the two tap feature (two tap is technically FSD, the cars always come with basic autopilot on a single tap of the shifter stalk) The pricing for FSD after delivery I don't think has creeped up that high, but I don't have a Tesla to check with in the app but more importantly, the upgrade isn't accessible at all from the car, and when you buy the upgrade in the app the car has to be in park and connected to wifi, as switching over to FSD requires rebooting the car to switch over to the FSD software branch. Raymond T. Racing fucked around with this message at 17:07 on Jul 28, 2021 |
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FSD is showing as $5k on my app.
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If you are a Tesla cult hater why are you immediately jumping to defend the company and discount this guy's reported experience
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Olympic Mathlete posted:This seems.... bad? This seems like something you could complain to the cc company about and let the lawyers deal with it.
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Sagebrush posted:If you are a Tesla cult hater why are you immediately jumping to defend the company and discount this guy's reported experience because i hate outright lying about a situation just as much as the cult of tesla and tbh it's ridiculous that they charge so much for the FSD package given how not great it is, but like just making up stories is dumb
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Buff Hardback posted:and tbh it's ridiculous that they charge so much for the FSD package given how not great it is, but like just making up stories is dumb There’s a thread on the TMC forums right now from someone who ponied up $200 for the subscription that basically says “thanks for making it a $200 subscription so I know now not to give you clowns $10k for this garbage.” The resulting thread is amazing.
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MrYenko posted:There’s a thread on the TMC forums right now from someone who ponied up $200 for the subscription that basically says “thanks for making it a $200 subscription so I know now not to give you clowns $10k for this garbage.” The resulting thread is amazing. Is it this one? https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/threads/so-happy-for-the-subscription.235044/
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MattO posted:My wife told me our '15 Forester was "shaky" on the highway, and since we just had tires put on it, I suggested she go to the tire place and make sure things are balanced, etc. Labor I get, but that parts markup is impressively "gently caress you."
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That is the "Customer doesn't know what a part number and or google is" price.
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Yeah, who knows how much oreillys discounts it too. Changed the oil on the ecoboost for the first time since we had it. Hey Ford, maybe next time you can have the drain plug angle down a bit so it doesn't shoot 3 feet out sideways. And make the oil filter location easier next time. What a farce that was, and of course ended up with the hulk twisting it on the last time. And another rant, got it from a ford dealer. Had an omnicraft (Ford) filter which I had no idea existed. Anyways it was smaller than the Motorcraft required one.
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Darchangel posted:Labor I get, but that parts markup is impressively "gently caress you." And then they wonder why people want to supply their own parts. Colostomy Bag posted:Yeah, who knows how much oreillys discounts it too. Ford loves putting filters in some pretty "gently caress you" locations. This is the ecoboost escape. it's pointing straight at the rad surrouned by all sorts of poo poo. 
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