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mobby_6kl posted:Here's a cool car I haven't seen before (because only 1 exists): Skoda 1100 OHC Coupe This poo poo looks like a cartoon in the best possible way.
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Olympic Mathlete posted:Unfortunately not, bud. I didn't know there was much of a Cape Town representation here! Lovely part of the world. I'll be back at some point though for sure. next time. I live in California in the summers and Cape town in… the summers. charmed life I guess
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snugglz posted:next time. I live in California in the summers and Cape town in… the summers. charmed life I guess This was my first time spending Christmas somewhere warm and I can absolutely see the attraction. Christmas day on a beach in 30+ degree weather? I could get used to it! How long have you been flying back and forth from the two spots?
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Boaz MacPhereson posted:This poo poo looks like a cartoon in the best possible way. TBH time to change the thread title but I dont have any idea what to. Either this or a suggestion? Whomever comes up with the next title gets free change to their avatar / title / gang tags
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wrt battery chat last page - Replacing "gas tanks" is the future of racing!
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Have all the race cars powered from overhead wires like in the Super Mario Bros. movie
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freelop posted:Have all the race cars powered from overhead wires like in the Super Mario Bros. movie ok make them like dodgems with a weirdo carnie that puts cars back on track if they go off.
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mobby_6kl posted:Awww We just use, or used, since we're having trouble getting them now, T-series and X1s as well as Dell Latitudes. The T490 and it's contemporary X1 used the same battery by the way. I'm not sure of the point of the X1, since it was only a few millimeters smaller than the T490s in every direction, maybe 2mm thinner. More/better configs, maybe? We've only gotten a few of the new X1s (9th gen?) and T14s. I can't recall if those still have two batteries, but the earlier Ts did, which was handy. Our asset tags are the same size, but white, printed on site with actual machine info and issue date, which is neat. Previous job had silver pre-printed ones that just had a number. I would drive that.
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In a world where this is possible, we're stuck with Blazers and EcoSports.
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Ror posted:
I've been trapped in an airbnb the last week and a half and have basically been binge watching these videos for the entire time This guy walks through grinding and welding (and more grinding) up a basic ladder frame and aluminum tray, rivets etc. His fabrication skills leave a lot to be desired but he's doing this in his garage with his 8-10 year old son, and later builds one for his 70 year old dad so I guess the lesson here is that even with poor to medium fabrication skills it's doable https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05rTCGFQnck The initial series is about 9 x 10 minute videos, and if you look through his video library he sort of figures out how the front end suspension geometry should work and by the time he's building his dad a kart and his son outgrows his first kart so he builds him a new one and he's worked out most of the kinks following the Stephenson formula which is the 1x3 steel tubing frame, live rear axle and leaf spring front suspension, 200cc motor Lots of technical detail at a "I'm a dad in my garage with a harbor freight welder and a harbor freight 4 inch grinder and we're gonna make a go kart" perspective, very approachable. He even lists off all the part numbers and websites he uses, I don't know if he could spoon feed it to you any better I have access to a real garage for the first time in years looking at fabricating up a frame with a bunch of harbor freight welding equipment
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and it seems surprisingly cheap for an auto hobby. Wiki says that circa 2012 they should cost about 2 grand to build which sounded optimistic, but I found a good article from 2021: 
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E39s are indestructible tanks, I know
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Large Testicles posted:It’s like a baby killdozer Hopefully not driven by an unhinged rear end in a top hat
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Humphreys posted:Hopefully not driven by an unhinged rear end in a top hat Is an E39, so it most certainly is.
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Crank up the speakers for this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_p1DEmmJdHE Edit: The entire channel is wonderful. Edit 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doFDGBbx9WE McTinkerson fucked around with this message at 16:17 on Feb 10, 2022 |
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McTinkerson posted:Crank up the speakers for this. That 355 is porn. This channel loving rules. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RR0pcrt9nY
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:TBH time to change the thread title but I dont have any idea what to. Humphreys posted:Hopefully not driven by an unhinged rear end in a top hat
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 I was riding my bike. Then i found a Trabi. It's tiny!  It's a Trabant 1.1, one of the last ones produced. IIRC in 1989 they finally decided to replace the 600cc two stroke engine with a Volkswagen Polo sourced 1100cc 4 stroke. With a whopping 40hp, it was considerably faster than the 26hp two stroke powered car. It was a final attempt to make their plastic 1960s car ready for the change to capitalism. Of course, no one in their right minds bought one after the Wall fell and western cars became available. LimaBiker fucked around with this message at 15:16 on Feb 11, 2022 |
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LimaBiker posted:
My dad has a friend who owns the convertible version of that car, with doors. Bought it for a song in '92. It is a strangely cherished vehicle. Right lane on the Autobahn and the left lanes slow down to flash the peace sign at you before rocketing away. Cute, slow, and more than a little scary.
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Tiny cars are the best and custodians of them rule very hard. 
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I'm not sure there's anything great or awesome about the Trabant though
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mobby_6kl posted:I'm not sure there's anything great or awesome about the Trabant though Wrap-around effect. It's so awful in every respect it becomes cool.
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Deteriorata posted:Wrap-around effect. It's so awful in every respect it becomes cool. This combined with the fact that somebody's out there driving it makes it the right thread.
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One of the prime directives of a car guy is to respect someone who puts effort into the car they love. Even if it’s a Trabant. Especially if it’s a Trabant.
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MrYenko posted:One of the prime directives of a car guy is to respect someone who puts proper effort into the car they love.
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OK so I've just found out about this product from years ago  Info: https://www.ign.com/articles/2004/08/11/turboxs-dtec  
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Boaz MacPhereson posted:That 355 is porn. This channel loving rules. Great car, but what the heck is a "13B 3-rotor"? I think it's a 3-rotor by the exhaust note, but that would be a 20B. It could be a 13B with an excellent exhaust, but that would be a 2-rotor. Either way, it sound great! edit: three ignition boxes, so leaning toward 3-rotor, but you can do three ignitions for a 2-rotor, too (L1, L2 direct fire, and both trailing) edit 2: the editing: Comments say it's a one-off 3-rotor using 13B housings, which I've seen before with the "Not-20B" from NZ. I guess a custom center plate and eccentric shaft? MrYenko posted:One of the prime directives of a car guy is to respect someone who puts effort into the car they love. But what about a PT Cruiser? Darchangel fucked around with this message at 21:15 on Feb 11, 2022 |
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Darchangel posted:But what about a PT Cruiser? I didn’t say respect can’t be given right alongside condemnation.
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This thing was in absolutely beautiful condition, both inside and out. Original radio and all. Definitely of someone who put a lot of effort into it. I also know a guy with a Wartburg and a 2 stroke Trabi. I was gonna get to drive the Trabi but it failed its MOT/APK and then C19 hit and then i lost contact with him 
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Olympic Mathlete posted:OK so I've just found out about this product from years ago This owns.
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mobby_6kl posted:I'm not sure there's anything great or awesome about the Trabant though But it's a big block Trabant with 4 on the floor! But yeah the awesome part is someone keeping one running, in seemingly good shape, 30 years after it was 30 years out of date.
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Olympic Mathlete posted:OK so I've just found out about this product from years ago I was able to find it on their website still: https://turboxs.com/engine-management/123-dtec-software-manuals-discontinued.html
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Humphreys posted:Hopefully not driven by an unhinged rear end in a top hat *looks at abundant moss around the car*
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Olympic Mathlete posted:OK so I've just found out about this product from years ago OMG, you almost gave me a heartattack! I saw first picture and thought you'd FOUND one and was holding it! I've been low-key looking for one for a long time.
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:TBH time to change the thread title but I dont have any idea what to. MrYenko posted:Even if it’s a Trabant.
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Nice! MrYenko and ili can get title choice change of your choice.
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Humphreys posted:OMG, you almost gave me a heartattack! I saw first picture and thought you'd FOUND one and was holding it! I've been low-key looking for one for a long time. Sadly I only have the GBA SP part of the kit. What an incredibly stupid but very cool little mod. The company it seems we're talking about the possibility of doing a DS version but it looks like the move to wireless connection for gaming killed that one unfortunately.
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Can youi make it flash up DANGER TO MANIFOLD In tiny letters?
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Olympic Mathlete posted:OK so I've just found out about this product from years ago Lol this rules
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