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His Divine Shadow posted:I saw a hummer last night. It wasn't that big compared to some SUVs and trucks I see. I remember when the Hummer was talked about when it was new because of how big and wasteful it was. Which Hummer. The H1 (original) Hummer and the new EV are loving gigantic. Literally the largest passenger vehicle on the road. The H2 and LOL H3 are "Tahoe" and "Trailblazer" respectively. slidebite posted:Off the top of my head, I suspect convenience store/liquor store clerk are also higher. Firemen, I'll allow an ego. They actually save lives, and I'm assuming a lot of the ego/bravado is dealing with the potential danger of the job. Takes a certain personality, yanno?
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Mar 4, 2024 16:50
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Darchangel posted:Which Hummer. The H1 (original) Hummer and the new EV are loving gigantic. Literally the largest passenger vehicle on the road. Full size pick ups are so stupidly large that the HEV isn't particularly noteworthy for anything other than its weight 
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Mar 4, 2024 17:03
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You Am I posted:After 45 years, I have finally made my way to Australian Motorsport Holy Ground: Awesome! One of the best tracks in the world.
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Mar 4, 2024 17:14
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The Door Frame posted:Full size pick ups are so stupidly large that the HEV isn't particularly noteworthy for anything other than its weight It's 80-loving-7 inches wide. Granted, that's only 6" wider than a Silverado, but still noticable. Jesus Christ how did this come to be? My 1970 Olds Cutlass is only 76.2" wide including the door handles. A squarebody is 79.6" sans any mirrors, so new pickup is actually about the same. Mainly taller, and a *much* higher hood line/grille (as that video posted in the Terrible Cars thread detailed.)
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Mar 4, 2024 21:42
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Trucks are gonna get to the point that the beds are so wide and short that a 4x8 sheet will fit in the bed again
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Mar 4, 2024 21:44
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Darchangel posted:The H2 and LOL H3 are "Tahoe" and "Trailblazer" respectively. The H3 is actually slightly smaller than a Trailblazer, it shares more with the first-gen Colorado/Canyon than the TB. cursedshitbox posted:Trucks are gonna get to the point that the beds are so wide and short that a 4x8 sheet will fit in the bed again Introducing the 2034 Chevrolet Chode
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Mar 4, 2024 21:53
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Not if they keep on the H2 SUT plan, that bed was 34.7 inches long.
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Mar 4, 2024 21:57
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I'll just have to buy a 911 if my golf bag won't fit in a full-sized pickup.
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Mar 4, 2024 22:03
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The Door Frame posted:Full size pick ups are so stupidly large that the HEV isn't particularly noteworthy for anything other than its weight And accelerating 0-60 in 3.1 seconds in "Watts-to-Freedom" mode!
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Mar 4, 2024 22:28
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Elviscat posted:And accelerating 0-60 in 3.1 seconds in "Watts-to-Freedom" mode! Let's see, if force = mass x acceleration, 9000 pounds = 19,800 kg, 0-60 MPH in 3.1s = uh... 1 mile per second = 5280 ft/s = 1609.3 m/s so... 1906.3 m/s in 3.1s = 519 m/s2 Force = 19800 x 519 = 10.3 Million Newtons? Did I do that right? Approximations of course. I can't be arsed to look up the exact weight. I have no idea how much force that really is, but I assume that it's enough to take a fair amount of Armco with it when it plows into the railing.
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Mar 5, 2024 01:42
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Darchangel posted:Let's see, if force = mass x acceleration, 9000 pounds = 19,800 kg, 0-60 MPH in 3.1s = uh... A kilo’s heavier than a pound, .454 kg/lb. And 60 miles per hour is 26.8 m/s. You forgot to convert to miles per second first. So much much lower, appx 35kN, 7940 lbf. Momentum is another story. Snapshot fucked around with this message at 02:37 on Mar 5, 2024 |
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Mar 5, 2024 02:22
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Darchangel posted:It's 80-loving-7 inches wide. Granted, that's only 6" wider than a Silverado, but still noticable. Yeah, my 77 Mk V is 79.7 before mirrors and is what everyone would consider “a tank.” 87 inches wide is just unmanageable. It won’t fit in a lot of places (read: drivethru)
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Mar 5, 2024 03:43
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It's only 9" smaller than your average 8' two way city street. It's gonna eat mirrors all day long
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Mar 5, 2024 03:50
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I want to see it on an European city street. Why would anyone want a daily that feels like driving a dually with a service body on it?
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Mar 5, 2024 14:47
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Dr. Lunchables posted:Yeah, my 77 Mk V is 79.7 before mirrors and is what everyone would consider “a tank.” 87 inches wide is just unmanageable. It won’t fit in a lot of places (read: drivethru) If it’s anything like my Mark IV, the mirrors aren’t even the widest part of the car. It’s about 80” wide at the arches and maybe 74” at the mirrors.
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Mar 5, 2024 17:00
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Snapshot posted:A kilo’s heavier than a pound, .454 kg/lb. And 60 miles per hour is 26.8 m/s. You forgot to convert to miles per second first. So much much lower, appx 35kN, 7940 lbf. Momentum is another story. Durr, 2.2 kg/lb, not the other way around.  I did convert to miles per second - almost. 60 MPH = 1 mile/minute, not 1 mile/s. It was late in the day. Shut up. Dr. Lunchables posted:Yeah, my 77 Mk V is 79.7 before mirrors and is what everyone would consider “a tank.” 87 inches wide is just unmanageable. It won’t fit in a lot of places (read: drivethru) Meanwhile, I can reach the passenger window crank while belted into the driver's seat in my '79 RX-7, never mind a '60s Triumph Sprite that you basically wear like pants.
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Mar 5, 2024 18:25
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Been thinking about maybe getting V6 Camry, 2012-2014 SE or 2015-2017 XSE "sport" models with low miles. Would probably have to travel to get one they are like the hen's teeth of Camrys lol
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Mar 5, 2024 18:59
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Darchangel posted:Durr, 2.2 kg/lb, not the other way around. No, you’re backwards now; it’s 2.2 lb per kilogram, and 1lb is equal to roughly 454 grams. Imperador do Brasil fucked around with this message at 20:44 on Mar 5, 2024 |
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Mar 5, 2024 20:41
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Applebees Appetizer posted:Been thinking about maybe getting V6 Camry, 2012-2014 SE or 2015-2017 XSE "sport" models with low miles. FWIW I had a 2012 XLE Camry. It was a comfortable commuter.
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Mar 5, 2024 21:43
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Applebees Appetizer posted:Been thinking about maybe getting V6 Camry, 2012-2014 SE or 2015-2017 XSE "sport" models with low miles. While very few Camry buyers opted for the V6, the Lexus ES came with the V6 standard. It'll be trivially easy to buy an ES, especially in the state of Florida.
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Mar 5, 2024 22:28
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Has anyone used Amayama for parts to be shipped from Japan? Or have trustworthy suggestions? I'm trying to find this very specific exhaust pipe for a customer's T100 that's super discontinued and I can't find it anywhere else. 17410-0W031 if anyone is interested.
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Mar 5, 2024 22:33
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Godzilla07 posted:While very few Camry buyers opted for the V6, the Lexus ES came with the V6 standard. It'll be trivially easy to buy an ES, especially in the state of Florida. Well aware. However it's pretty soft, more of a grandpa car and the dashboards are wacky. I like the more sporty interior and simple dash in the XSE Camrys much better and the dampers are tuned a bit tighter, I'd like the least amount of float as possible lol.
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Mar 5, 2024 23:05
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ehhh seems like youd be better off buying something actually sporty?
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Mar 5, 2024 23:10
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Also alternatively put different shocks in the ES, a 10-12 year old car is very likely due for a suspension refresh anyway.
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Mar 5, 2024 23:27
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OBAMNA PHONE posted:ehhh seems like youd be better off buying something actually sporty? I just want a plain and simple cheapish sedan that has the 3.5 V6 in it, with a simple dash layout before things started getting dumb with touch screens. I really like the sporty-ish XSE black interiors (with alcantera seats and door panels! lol) but it seems that 80% of them are all four cylinders. And if I got a Lexus I'd just get the GS, no point getting the ES if I'm gonna go that route. My wife just got a new IS350F and I really like that motor now 
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Mar 6, 2024 00:56
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Powershift posted:If it’s anything like my Mark IV, the mirrors aren’t even the widest part of the car. It’s about 80” wide at the arches and maybe 74” at the mirrors. They reduced the fender flare while making the car larger/squarer for ‘77-79. They leaned real hard into right angles, with curves reserved for the ol trunk bulge alone. The mirror is still the widest part, though thankfully there’s only one. I think it sits around 83” wide with the mirror.
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Mar 6, 2024 01:20
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Night Danger Moose posted:Has anyone used Amayama for parts to be shipped from Japan? Or have trustworthy suggestions? I'm trying to find this very specific exhaust pipe for a customer's T100 that's super discontinued and I can't find it anywhere else. 17410-0W031 if anyone is interested. I’ve used Amayama a couple times and been happy.
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Mar 6, 2024 06:04
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Imperador do Brasil posted:No, you’re backwards now; it’s 2.2 lb per kilogram, and 1lb is equal to roughly 454 grams. OK, so I got that right in the first place. Man, fatigue from the damned tooth infection is killing me. I know this stuff, really! I did muster enough energy to start refurbishing the trailer I brought home over the weekend. Cut some extraneous rusty bolts off that used to hod the decking, etc., straightened both fenders out (one was really mangled, but actually came around OK) and got started on surface rust removal for painting. It got dark, but I got like 1/4 of it wire brushed and Rustoleum Rust Resolver coated:  I somehow did not take pictures - before or after - or the fenders.
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Mar 6, 2024 19:32
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My two year old is going through it. This morning's tantrum started when I wouldn't let him play in the cat's water bowl and just escalated from there. We're trying to teach him not to throw things, and it's not going great.
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Mar 10, 2024 19:38
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Spent a couple of hours building this little guy today.  I really need a display shelf of some sort for these things.
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Mar 10, 2024 20:12
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BuckyDoneGun posted:https://www.google.co.nz/maps/@-33.44677,149.5592915,181m/data=!3m1!1e3?entry=ttu why millimeters. I'd get even centimeters but why millimeters.
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Mar 11, 2024 02:43
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Wistful of Dollars posted:why millimeters. Another example of how terrible and counterintuitive the metric system is.
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Mar 11, 2024 02:48
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There is such a thing as being too precise
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Mar 11, 2024 03:13
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Imperador do Brasil posted:Spent a couple of hours building this little guy today. Same. I have models, LEGO, and figures all over, including a large amount that have been packed in boxes for the last 20 years.
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Mar 11, 2024 17:05
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The Door Frame posted:It's only 9" smaller than your average 8' two way city street. It's gonna eat mirrors all day long 12 yards long, 2 lanes wide, 65 tons of American Pride!
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Mar 12, 2024 02:02
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The Door Frame posted:There is such a thing as being too precise two significant figures seems about right
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Mar 12, 2024 05:00
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Wistful of Dollars posted:why millimeters.
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Mar 12, 2024 06:38
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Darchangel posted:Same. I have models, LEGO, and figures all over, including a large amount that have been packed in boxes for the last 20 years. I have too much too. And now I went and got myself an old Retail Xbox Kiosk standup system to cleanup and build a custom modded system to demo a heap of games
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The Door Frame posted:There is such a thing as being too precise Like the sub-micron Cybertruck body panels; now we can see how warped the universe is around the truck.
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