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Olympic Mathlete posted:Then other factories get the design, tweak it so they can make it cheaper and get more profit and so on and so forth... I have a book from a guy that used to help run some manufacturing spots years ago. It was pretty interesting. Is that book easily available?
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STR posted:Is that book easily available? It's called Poorly Made In China, it wasn't hard to find for me back then and seems as easily available now.
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Feb 10, 2023 08:57
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Thanks. Yeah Amazon has it new, used, ebook, etc. Looks like Austin Public Library has it, but only 1 copy that isn't due back for a bit (the library for my suburb doesn't have it). Looks like the only way to read it in the next few weeks is if I buy the Kindle version. Cheap enough, so meh, I'll grab it. Kindle is usually my last resort; there's plenty of used copies, but I'm looking at Feb 21st at the earliest.
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Olympic Mathlete posted:Also this is lame. BMW ain't done gently caress all interesting with the brand and certainly nothing actually Mini so just let China make these tiny EVs, they're far more interesting than anything you're going to do, lads. Darchangel posted:So is BMW claiming trademark violation or patent violation? Because if it's patent - their patent ran out before BMW even bought Mini, at least in the US. It's kinda understandable since BMW and Great Wall Motors are launching the Spotlight Minis soon and spent something around a billion on a new plant that's scheduled to churn out something around 200,000 cars per year. All other things considered, China is nothing if not protective of its own investments, and a Chinese company going "oh, you were planning to build a whole bunch of joint-venture Mini EVs? lol we'll do that too" is the kind of strategy that'll get China to actually police their own hard.
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MrYenko posted:When they do, it’s from the roof down, especially the drip rails; Generally from being parked near the ocean regularly. Even if it wasn’t, once the sun burns the paint off it starts to rust from the roofskin down. Yeah, I had an XJ that had rusted drip rails before but it was just surface rust. Not too many cars have drip rails anymore tho. And it seems like every old work van or truck has a roof with surface rust all over it 
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Just saw a Volvo with a light up grille emblem. Impressively tacky.
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Nuevo posted:Just saw a Volvo with a light up grille emblem. I've seen a few Mercedes products with that. I hate it.
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wesleywillis posted:I've seen a few Mercedes products with that. I've seen a few Mercs with it as well, I think its an option?
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Nuevo posted:Just saw a Volvo with a light up grille emblem. I saw a Ford Ranger witht he light up "FORD" on the grill last night. Looked like poo poo
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Feb 15, 2023 01:46
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Guessing not a single naysayer here enjoys an rgb keyboard…. Philistines
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That Works posted:Guessing not a single naysayer here enjoys an rgb keyboard…. Coloured lights on a PC case were poo poo in the 90s and nothing has changed.
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Olympic Mathlete posted:It's called Poorly Made In China, it wasn't hard to find for me back then and seems as easily available now. I read that a while ago and it was good.
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Olympic Mathlete posted:Coloured lights on a PC case were poo poo in the 90s and nothing has changed. Truth.
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CommieGIR posted:I've seen a few Mercs with it as well, I think its an option? Ya and it's like at least $500 
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Olympic Mathlete posted:Coloured lights on a PC case were poo poo in the 90s and nothing has changed. They are awful
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:I saw a Ford Ranger witht he light up "FORD" on the grill last night. Looked like poo poo I know it looks like poo poo, but what about the light up grill? 
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CommieGIR posted:I've seen a few Mercs with it as well, I think its an option? Indeed it is, it's the "let the poors know you're better than them even at night" option. Just the tackiest poo poo imaginable.
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Isn't it an option on only the lowest trim levels? I seem to remember something about that.
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STR posted:Isn't it an option on only the lowest trim levels? I seem to remember something about that. I think it used to be-- with the higher trim levels having the big tacky Merc badge that concealed a radar array thing.
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If your computer doesn't look like a rainbow UFO I feel bad for you.
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STR posted:Isn't it an option on only the lowest trim levels? I seem to remember something about that. i think it started on the C class (the cheaper of the models for some time) But looking at suppliers and ebay / alibaba you can get it for any model I surprisingly enough haven't seen it live except maybe once, I guess even the cheapest owners realize just how incredibly tacky it is
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Feb 15, 2023 05:10
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i love my rainbow color changing ram sticks
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That Works posted:Guessing not a single naysayer here enjoys an rgb keyboard…. G and B no thank you but i do enjoy electronics that only light up R. I have a big box of red LEDs of every possible format so that I can replace those horrible blue and white ones in new electronics with calming, soothing red
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opengl posted:Indeed it is, it's the "let the poors know you're better than them even at night" option. Just the tackiest poo poo imaginable. The star from MB sold mainly on the entry level cars (CLA and GLA) rarely on the C-class and basically never on anything nicer than that.
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Manufacturers lighting up their logos on the grille is some 2010's macbook poo poo and even Apple moved away from that years ago
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I can only ever think of those lovely little cars with lit up badges that they destroy by the dozen in one of the Tim Burton Batman movies. I think they were mk2 Polos
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It came from Reddit... (Try to guess the car) quote:
A follow up post said the repair estimate was $10k-$30k
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This guy must be her super hot sex idiot
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LMAO imagine taking the keys to a GT3 that you dont own and deciding that how you will use it is offroad
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That sounds like a fake as hell story because no way you could drive a GT3 into a field and then successfully drive out of said field
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It's remarkable that it says "my girlfriend" and not "my ex girlfriend" NGL, I thought for sure it was a Jeep E: imagine being so entitled that this is your take away from ruining someone's very expensive track car "I said I did not know maintenance was part of the deal and that I felt tricked." The Door Frame fucked around with this message at 17:29 on Feb 15, 2023 |
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Applebees Appetizer posted:That sounds like a fake as hell story because no way you could drive a GT3 into a field and then successfully drive out of said field Yeah that thing would be stuck almost the instant it leaves pavement.
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Also, left it dirty, but you know, the normal amount of dirty for a GT3. As for field, could be possible if we're talking a well-groomed acreage, maybe a farmers field if its particularly flat. Guess would depend on where exactly they are and the quality of fields available around there. Either way, entertaining enough, I want to believe.
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Zero One posted:It came from Reddit... Link please
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Bajaha posted:Also, left it dirty, but you know, the normal amount of dirty for a GT3. I've never come across a field that a GT3 could possibly navigate, it would have to be flat as pavement which would be leagues better than most dirt roads as well
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Applebees Appetizer posted:I've never come across a field that a GT3 could possibly navigate, it would have to be flat as pavement which would be leagues better than most dirt roads as well It'd be leagues better than most paved roads too. Even in cities that aren't #pittsburgh levels of road terror there's still tons of dips, speed bumps, and all sorts of other things that are just begging to tear off that front splitter.
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A lot of Jeep aftermarket stuff is ugly, but this is something I haven't seen before. Grille scoop + angry eyes combo? What could it possibly be scooping to? Well besides nothing, obviously.
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Applebees Appetizer posted:I've never come across a field that a GT3 could possibly navigate, it would have to be flat as pavement which would be leagues better than most dirt roads as well like, Pebble Beach concours d'elegance, maybe
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weg posted:A lot of Jeep aftermarket stuff is ugly, but this is something I haven't seen before. I can't remember the last time I saw a Jeep in the wild I liked. And by "I liked", I mean 1/2 the size of the current monstrosities, with top and doors off.
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