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Preoptopus posted:Im fascinated with japans chicano subculture. I have so many conflicting feelings as a non-spanish speaking mexican born american guero. but all of me agrees their lowriders are clean as gently caress.
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Wasabi the J posted:I have so many conflicting feelings as a non-spanish speaking mexican born american guero. It's weird but awesome. They sure as poo poo respect the rides.
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There’s definitely some weird, cool stuff over there. I came across an American car club meet in Kobe when I was living there a couple of years back. I’ll have to try dig out those photos
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I think a more practical solution instead of banning would be to limit the acceleration and top speed of heavy vehicles. The scale could extend through the whole vehicle range and you could create a formula for it. The maximum allowed acceleration for a vehicle could be such, that after a 200 meter acceleration it needs to be able stop within XX meters. They would still be available, but at least they would be less desirable for those without a real need. Amusingly this system is sort of in use in Finland. A car magazine recently had a review of Ford Ranger Raptor and that specimen was registered as a commercial truck for tax reasons, so the speed was limited to 89 km/h and it was equipped with heavier duty suspension. So a potential customers needs to consider whether they have a slow vehicle with harsher ride, pay tens of thousands more, or if they should just get a small sports car.
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Preoptopus posted:Im fascinated with japans chicano subculture. Moco Channel catches them occasionally in Shibuya. 1 min 30 for the hearse lowrider. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNYapcq1hdk Fuckin' Sent
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Olympic Mathlete posted:Friend took her Civic Alf to Dynotorque today to get a bit of work done. Needs the radiator adjusting and some brake hard lines made up. The workshop is full of fun... Kinda want an LS-swapped classic Chevy van. Or an LS Astro van. ryanrs posted:The entire interior is upholstered, except for the one place your face will be in an accident, which is made of metal chain. ... have you never seen a lowrider before? This is absolutely par for the course. You want safety go buy a new Prius or some other boring thing. um excuse me posted:So I have a rule of thumb on whether or not cars like this fit in one or the other. This is a road car, which means if there is anything that makes it a hazard to the occupants or other drivers, it's terrible. Why is it bad that occupants can't just enjoy the car they've made? Because if some 16 year old is involved in an at fault accident and kills the other occupants in this death trap, it's going to gently caress them up for the rest of their life. You must be fun at parties. Do you know how many airbags anything made before 1990 has? Guess how many padded steering wheels anything made before, say, 1986. Shoulder belts before 1975? um excuse me posted:I do not own a pickup nor have plans to, go hot wild on that one. Might as well cram SUVs in there too. If it were up to me, it would be illegal to privately own anything over 4000 pounds. *Really* fun at parties. Just for reference, the current Charger, Challenger, and stablemate 300C weigh more than 4000 pounds. My own 1970 Cutlass weighs 3860 pounds, and it's an "intermediate" sized car of the era. Cage posted:why do you hate crown victorias/grand marquis/town cars? Hey, my Crown Vic only weighs... oh. 4101 pounds Well, at least my '79 RX-7 makes up for it by only weighing 2600 pounds or so. Y not indeed.
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Saddam's Lagonda is kinda swagged out. https://twitter.com/mwoodski/status/1468639219115569166?s=20 And some more art for your eyes. https://twitter.com/halcyonphoto/status/1468589000805994500?s=20 Olympic Mathlete fucked around with this message at 19:33 on Dec 8, 2021 |
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Darchangel posted:You must be fun at parties. Keeping people and the planet alive is a controversial position, I know.
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um excuse me posted:Keeping people and the planet alive is a controversial position, I know. Yeah, OK.
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um excuse me posted:Keeping people and the planet alive is a controversial position, I know.
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um excuse me posted:I do not own a pickup nor have plans to, go hot wild on that one. Might as well cram SUVs in there too. If it were up to me, it would be illegal to privately own anything over 4000 pounds. Darchangel posted:*Really* fun at parties. 
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How unsafe does something need to be before it becomes uncool? Are we talking like anything pre 2000 or is it more of a sliding scale?
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Galler posted:How unsafe does something need to be before it becomes uncool? Are we talking like anything pre 2000 or is it more of a sliding scale? Sliding scale for sure as T-Buckets are death traps but have wrapped back around to very cool. http://www.speedhunters.com/2017/05/a-fresh-spin-on-hot-rodding/  
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slidebite posted:What are your thoughts on motorcycles? They should be what you get before you can get a car. Or at least licensing should start at an earlier age and cost less (free, ideally). They teach you to be extremely wary of pedestrians, road conditions, and other drivers. They cost less, take up less space, and have unlimited visibility. Start on a 250 and work your way up, or go to a car from there. But this is in my imaginary world where cars are lighter and road are designed to be more multimodal, especially in cities. Where being a pedestrian, cyclist, or motorcycle rider isn't a death sentence.
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um excuse me posted:They should be what you get before you can get a car. Or at least licensing should start at an earlier age and cost less (free, ideally). They teach you to be extremely wary of pedestrians, road conditions, and other drivers. They cost less, take up less space, and have unlimited visibility. Start on a 250 and work your way up, or go to a car from there. But this is in my imaginary world where cars are lighter and road are designed to be more multimodal, especially in cities. Where being a pedestrian, cyclist, or motorcycle rider isn't a death sentence. Motorcycles are demonstrably more dangerous to operators and produce more emissions by weight than most cars so good job quote:Keeping people and the planet alive
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Okay per unit weight or are you ignoring that? Also like I said there needs to be systemic change in the way we view and design transportation infrastructure. Where everyone in a car will have been given context to their motorcycle years, view the road with more caution and treat other bikers with more respect. And this isn't a systemic change just to accommodate motorcycles. This is a change that is needed anyways.
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You do realize the reason cars weigh so much now is largely due to your stated goal of "keeping people alive", right?
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WARNING: Unsafe vehicle below. https://www.mecum.com/lots/FL0122-485657/1962-chevrolet-corvair-pickup/   
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Don't post porn here.
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Powershift posted:WARNING: Unsafe vehicle below. This thing fucks.
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Hey AI, you want to know what else is awesome? Playing The Sheep Game! (click here to play today!) We're just under two weeks to the deadline of December 20th to get your Sheep Game entries in, and so far we are way down on entries compared to normal - the last two years we've had over 60 participants, this year we are on track for less than 40...this is disappointing AI, we can do better than this! Come take part in this end of the year tradition and have a little fun with your fellow posters, as we've done for the last seven years!
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McTinkerson posted:Sliding scale for sure as T-Buckets are death traps but have wrapped back around to very cool. I would absolutely build something like that. I'd sure as hell drive it. Have I posted the '68 Nova with a 13B REW here before? Should I? Powershift posted:WARNING: Unsafe vehicle below. Dang. The factory layout is *perfect* for an electric motor. That is completely badass.
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Powershift posted:WARNING: Unsafe vehicle below. Why does that look like there's an exhaust on the motor?
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Large Testicles posted:Why does that look like there's an exhaust on the motor? It draws fresh air in to cool the motor.  
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Powershift posted:It draws fresh air in to cool the motor. Ok, that was my other thought if it wasn't an exhaust.
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Powershift posted:WARNING: Unsafe vehicle below. I feel like there's a difference between stupidly unsafe and awesomely unsafe. I see cell balancers and a manzanita charger tucked in there. Looks like a really well done homebrew conversion. I wonder if it can suck juice out of public chargers?
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ryanrs posted:I feel like there's a difference between stupidly unsafe and awesomely unsafe. I see cell balancers and a manzanita charger tucked in there. Looks like a really well done homebrew conversion. I wonder if it can suck juice out of public chargers? I was more referring to the lack of airbags. The conversion looks very well done.
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If I just got my motorcycle license and can't drive a car yet, am I required to get snow tires for it? Does that even exist for motorcycles? Or am I just not allowed to drive in winter?
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Darchangel posted:Have I posted the '68 Nova with a 13B REW here before? Why are you asking?  I want to see this thing 
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Riding in the snow is for experienced riders, and even then very few do it. It's not actually fun to be out in 60 mph, 20 F wind. Also, you gotta ask yourself how badly do you really want to be riding with cars in reduced visibility, reduced traction conditions? Out on a frozen lake is totally different tho https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxSiH5VonTE
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T1g4h posted:Why are you asking? http://build-threads.com/build-threads/13bt-rotary-chevy-nova/ https://youtu.be/EUhz2MjT1fE There’s a link to the full thread on RX-7Club.com at the end of the build-threads article.
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wesleywillis posted:If I just got my motorcycle license and can't drive a car yet, am I required to get snow tires for it? Motorcycles are typically exempt from mandated snow tire/chain laws. I am 99% sure that is the case in bc.
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I don't even like riding in the rain on something that doesn't have offroad tires. The off ramp to my house has this metal expansion thing that goes across the whole lane in the middle of the turn and the one time I got caught in a storm on my bike, as soon as I hit that piece of metal with my rear, I did damned near a 180. This was while I was already going slow as gently caress.
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Large Testicles posted:I don't even like riding in the rain on something that doesn't have offroad tires. The off ramp to my house has this metal expansion thing that goes across the whole lane in the middle of the turn and the one time I got caught in a storm on my bike, as soon as I hit that piece of metal with my rear, I did damned near a 180. This was while I was already going slow as gently caress. I’m beginning to doubt your username
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I give all such claims the benefit of the doubt after seeing the pig.
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That was actually in response to the goon that said people shouldn't be allowed to drive cars before they drive a motorcycle.
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What I said was more along the lines of "should be able to drive motorcycles before cars". You wouldn't be forced to learn on a motorcycle any more than you would be forced to learn how to drive a car. You could just do it sooner.
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This one goes out to all the truck owners... https://twitter.com/maryellen/status/1468973582508167178?s=20
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Olympic Mathlete posted:This one goes out to all the truck owners... There's a pickup I see in my apartment complex that has a pristine bed, and a bike rack mounted in the trailer hitch more often than not. I get it, there are valid reasons they might not want their bike in the bed (harder to secure maybe, or if they put other stuff in the bed, whatever) but I still die a little inside every time I see it.
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