Terrible Car Stuff - Im sorry but in this thread we measure cargo capacity in shrimp

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OBAMNA PHONE: Aug 7, 2002

Vincent Van Goatse posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3y9D9Aatl0E

lmao this is a great ep

# ? Feb 25, 2023 02:32

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# ? May 27, 2024 23:19

Data Graham: Dec 28, 2009; 📈📊🍪😋

everdave posted:

No one in a right mind thinks a screen to adjust volume is better than a physical knob, unless they are a physical knob

That sounds self defeating

# ? Feb 25, 2023 04:19

Just-In-Timeberlake: Aug 18, 2003

OBAMNA PHONE posted:

lmao this is a great ep

I can never decide which is my favorite one

the guy who pulled apart the engine and painted everything yellow is up there for sure

# ? Feb 25, 2023 14:07

Mozi: Apr 4, 2004; Forms change so fast
Time is moving past
Memory is smoke
Gonna get wider when I die; Nap Ghost

Yeah, everyone knows red paint is at least 5% faster than yellow.

# ? Feb 25, 2023 16:27

The Door Frame: Dec 5, 2011; I don't know man everytime I go to the gym here there are like two huge dudes with raging high and tights snorting Nitro-tech off of each other's rock hard abs.

Mozi posted:

Yeah, everyone knows red paint is at least 5% faster than yellow.

But yellow gives you more Dakka

# ? Feb 25, 2023 16:32

ssb: Feb 16, 2006; WOULD YOU ACCOMPANY ME ON A BRISK WALK? I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK WITH YOU!!

Rotten posted:

Must be a Subaru thing. They were always in my wife�s forester.

I think it was Mazda something-or-others that spiders loved and they would make webs in the evap lines, completely blocking them.

# ? Feb 25, 2023 17:00

Fifty Three: Oct 29, 2007

Guinness posted:

Fumigate it again, Terminix

# ? Feb 25, 2023 19:57

ili: Jul 26, 2003

ssb posted:

I think it was Mazda something-or-others that spiders loved and they would make webs in the evap lines, completely blocking them.

Mazda 6s apparently, there was a certain species of spider that just loved the smell of petrol.

# ? Feb 26, 2023 04:35

Olympic Mathlete: Feb 25, 2011

Ran out of talent on the expressway

https://twitter.com/Axfp_8/status/1629789864324653062?t=IxOJNn_K_Fk9OCqv2yX_8A&s=19

# ? Feb 26, 2023 13:12

Ghost Leviathan: Mar 2, 2017; Exploration is ill-advised.

slidebite posted:

Needs some longhorns mounted on the front

Once took a Texan to a wedding...

# ? Feb 26, 2023 13:32

randomidiot: May 12, 2006; by Fluffdaddy
(and can't post for 11 years!)

Why the hell does a stereo in a cargo van need Facebook built in? :psyduck:

# ? Feb 26, 2023 17:42

Colostomy Bag: Jan 11, 2016; C-Bangin' it

To use marketplace to sell white boxed speakers out of the back of the van.

# ? Feb 26, 2023 18:22

Blue On Blue: Nov 14, 2012

STR posted:

Why the hell does a stereo in a cargo van need Facebook built in?

this must have been during the 'infotainment' craze when all car manufacturers were trying to cram as MUCH useless poo poo into their head units as possible, because the KIDS wanted to be able to check their facebook (marketing folks and engineers forget about cellphones) while waiting to pick someone up outside the local hotdog place.. OH poo poo JIM we need voice control for maps too so they can say HEY FORD WHERE CAN I GET A GLIZZY YO

queue much laughing from the suits in the room

# ? Feb 26, 2023 19:00

Beve Stuscemi: Jun 6, 2001

Or someone jailbroke the head unit to bypass the manufacturer stuff and exposed the android stuff behind it

# ? Feb 26, 2023 19:33

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

This goes kind of beyond the thread but with the discussion of Toyota wiring and now head units, does anyone make a worthwhile replacement for the Prius big giant touchscreen interface?

I've got a 2017 Prius Prime and while I love the car overall I really hate the giant touch panel, doubly so during early morning sun and its a perfect reflector for sunlight right under my sunglasses while driving etc.

# ? Feb 26, 2023 19:54

Blue On Blue: Nov 14, 2012

That Works posted:

This goes kind of beyond the thread but with the discussion of Toyota wiring and now head units, does anyone make a worthwhile replacement for the Prius big giant touchscreen interface?

I've got a 2017 Prius Prime and while I love the car overall I really hate the giant touch panel, doubly so during early morning sun and its a perfect reflector for sunlight right under my sunglasses while driving etc.

is it a higher trim level that gets you that big touch screen?

it's possible someone with a lower trim level would be looking for the big touch screen upgrade, you might be able to work out a swap deal with them but you'd have to wade through Prius forums and the like

# ? Feb 26, 2023 20:11

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

Blue On Blue posted:

is it a higher trim level that gets you that big touch screen?

it's possible someone with a lower trim level would be looking for the big touch screen upgrade, you might be able to work out a swap deal with them but you'd have to wade through Prius forums and the like

iirc the Prime versions start with 1-2 higher levels of trim from the base.

That might be possible but before I get too into the weeds I'd like to know if a retrofit was even possible / feasible or if its way bigger of an undertaking than I'd expect. I figure if there was someone doing it aftermarket there'd be some literature or a video on it. Cursory searching a few weeks ago when I was annoyed about it didn't show anything promising but I wasn't trying too hard.

# ? Feb 26, 2023 20:39

Blue On Blue: Nov 14, 2012

That Works posted:

iirc the Prime versions start with 1-2 higher levels of trim from the base.

That might be possible but before I get too into the weeds I'd like to know if a retrofit was even possible / feasible or if its way bigger of an undertaking than I'd expect. I figure if there was someone doing it aftermarket there'd be some literature or a video on it. Cursory searching a few weeks ago when I was annoyed about it didn't show anything promising but I wasn't trying too hard.

Well , my experience is typically people want to retrofit the bigger better screen. Not retrofit a downgrade so to speak

So there will be tones of info on putting a larger screen in there I bet , but going backwards I wouldn�t see a problem you just need the hardware it will just slot in

# ? Feb 26, 2023 22:08

randomidiot: May 12, 2006; by Fluffdaddy
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:

Or someone jailbroke the head unit to bypass the manufacturer stuff and exposed the android stuff behind it

Nissan didn't change a drat thing between 2013 and 2021 on these things, I doubt it has the power to run Android.

That Works posted:

That might be possible but before I get too into the weeds I'd like to know if a retrofit was even possible / feasible or if its way bigger of an undertaking than I'd expect. I figure if there was someone doing it aftermarket there'd be some literature or a video on it. Cursory searching a few weeks ago when I was annoyed about it didn't show anything promising but I wasn't trying too hard.

https://www.crutchfield.com will tell you what you need to know about what can go in.

Swapping anything factory in might require Toyota-specific tools to pair the hardware to the car.

randomidiot fucked around with this message at 02:10 on Feb 27, 2023

# ? Feb 27, 2023 02:05

OBAMNA PHONE: Aug 7, 2002

Well the real consideration you have to deal with is that head units on modern cars have a number of vehicle settings buried in the interface...so without knowing the specifics about your vehicle, could you live without being able to change those settings?

# ? Feb 27, 2023 02:15

freelop: Apr 28, 2013; Where we're going, we won't need fries to see

https://twitter.com/taylorogan/status/1628570453995589635

Cyberwedge not included

# ? Feb 27, 2023 08:30

ssb: Feb 16, 2006; WOULD YOU ACCOMPANY ME ON A BRISK WALK? I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK WITH YOU!!

OBAMNA PHONE posted:

Well the real consideration you have to deal with is that head units on modern cars have a number of vehicle settings buried in the interface...so without knowing the specifics about your vehicle, could you live without being able to change those settings?

You can sometimes get a component that will enable that stuff, like the idatalink maestro can often enable climate control etc on aftermarket radios that support it. I have one of those to enable the aftermarket radio to work with the Harmon Kardon stuff that I didn't want to remove, it also syncs with OBDII stuff which is nice to check tire pressures and so forth. So, depending on your car and aftermarket radio, it may be possible to not lose anything.

# ? Feb 27, 2023 12:14

Olympic Mathlete: Feb 25, 2011

https://twitter.com/JacobGRacing18/status/1630273453218742272?t=9zX9l2BKa-yRE3PJQdEg9g&s=19

# ? Feb 27, 2023 23:26

CommieGIR: Aug 22, 2006; The blue glow is a feature, not a bug; Pillbug

Olympic Mathlete posted:

https://twitter.com/JacobGRacing18/status/1630273453218742272?t=9zX9l2BKa-yRE3PJQdEg9g&s=19

"Remember how bad Group B understeer was? Well lets bring that back"

# ? Feb 28, 2023 00:29

Raluek: Nov 3, 2006; WUT.

Olympic Mathlete posted:

https://twitter.com/JacobGRacing18/status/1630273453218742272?t=9zX9l2BKa-yRE3PJQdEg9g&s=19

because of how terrible twitter embeds are about cutting off the good part, lets see what the actual image is:

e: lmao that actually rules. wrong thread. it sucks and it knows it, which coupled with the sound and the fury it must produce, makes it awesome.

# ? Feb 28, 2023 01:19

The Door Frame: Dec 5, 2011; I don't know man everytime I go to the gym here there are like two huge dudes with raging high and tights snorting Nitro-tech off of each other's rock hard abs.

I'm no purist, but I'd say it only rules if the original engine was ruined or if it went to making sure another one cool rear end car stay on the road. If it was in working order, but got sold for scrap, that's no good

# ? Feb 28, 2023 01:34

Raluek: Nov 3, 2006; WUT.

The Door Frame posted:

I'm no purist, but I'd say it only rules if the original engine was ruined or if it went to making sure another one cool rear end car stay on the road. If it was in working order, but got sold for scrap, that's no good

it's a subaru. what are the chances it had a good motor

# ? Feb 28, 2023 04:33

T Zero: Sep 26, 2005; When the enemy is in range, so are you

We live in the future: https://www.thedrive.com/news/future-fords-could-repossess-themselves-and-drive-away-if-you-miss-payments

quote:

The patent document was submitted to the United States Patent Office in August 2021 but it was formally published Feb. 23. It's titled "Systems and Methods to Repossess a Vehicle." It describes several ways to make the life of somebody who has missed several car payments harder.

It explicitly says the system, which could be installed on any future vehicle in the automaker's lineup with a data connection would be capable of "[disabling] a functionality of one or more components of the vehicle." Everything from the engine to the air conditioning. For vehicles with autonomous or semi-autonomous driving capability, the system could "move the vehicle from a first spot to a second spot that is more convenient for a tow truck to tow the vehicle... move the vehicle from the premises of the owner to a location such as, for example, the premises of the repossession agency," or, if the lending institution considers the "financial viability of executing a repossession procedure" to be unjustifiable, the vehicle could drive itself to the junkyard.

# ? Feb 28, 2023 04:45

Duzzy Funlop: Jan 13, 2010; Hi there, would you like to try some spicy products?

Raluek posted:

because of how terrible twitter embeds are about cutting off the good part, lets see what the actual image is:

e: lmao that actually rules. wrong thread. it sucks and it knows it, which coupled with the sound and the fury it must produce, makes it awesome.

Took me like ten seconds of confused squinting to realize those two grey objects are bollards and not part of the build

# ? Feb 28, 2023 04:46

CAT INTERCEPTOR: Nov 9, 2004; Basically a male Margaret Thatcher

Raluek posted:

because of how terrible twitter embeds are about cutting off the good part, lets see what the actual image is:

e: lmao that actually rules. wrong thread. it sucks and it knows it, which coupled with the sound and the fury it must produce, makes it awesome.

Right/Wrong thread vote time!

First to 10 and I have no idea how this one gonna turn out

# ? Feb 28, 2023 04:58

Raluek: Nov 3, 2006; WUT.

im willing to stand by this one whichever way it goes

(USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)

# ? Feb 28, 2023 04:59

Carteret: Nov 10, 2012

wrong thread, thats loving cool

# ? Feb 28, 2023 05:08

MrChips: Jun 10, 2005; FLIGHT SAFETY TIP: Fatties out first

Right thread, I don't care if it's a good engine or not that's a loving trash-rear end swap.

# ? Feb 28, 2023 05:11

luminalflux: May 27, 2005

right thread, the piping is not aesthetic

# ? Feb 28, 2023 05:15

Pile Of Garbage: May 28, 2007

Wrong thread that thing rules.

# ? Feb 28, 2023 05:16

Elmnt80: Dec 30, 2012

I'll admit to being a fan of ratty builds, but nah, this is just janky af. Right thread.

# ? Feb 28, 2023 05:17

Humbug Scoolbus: Apr 25, 2008; The scarlet letter was her passport into regions where other women dared not tread. Shame, Despair, Solitude! These had been her teachers, stern and wild ones, and they had made her strong, but taught her much amiss.; Clapping Larry

An argument could be made for both, that is awesomely terrible.

# ? Feb 28, 2023 05:18

joat mon: Oct 15, 2009; I am the master of my lamp;
I am the captain of my tub.

Wrong thread. If the turbos weren't there it would be impossible to keep the weight shifted back long enough to have a usable F/R balance

# ? Feb 28, 2023 05:20

cursedshitbox: May 20, 2012; Your rear-end wont survive my hammering.; Fun Shoe

Its right at home with that execution.

# ? Feb 28, 2023 05:20

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# ? May 27, 2024 23:19

Vincent Van Goatse: Nov 8, 2006; Enjoy every sandwich.; Smellrose

Right thread because when I first saw that photo I heard the Just Rolled In guy's voice in my head describing the aftermath.

# ? Feb 28, 2023 05:23

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