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Bob Lutz is a twat. So here's some rally Escort action http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJEVI4cBQ2s
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Funny Car + 300mph + Oh gently caress. I love the desperate grasping for the invisible steering wheel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBYNbovODbE blambert fucked around with this message at 14:37 on Jun 20, 2011 |
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Jun 20, 2011 14:32
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blambert posted:Funny Car + 300mph + Oh gently caress. I love the desperate grasping for the invisible steering wheel. Err reading through the comments it seems the driver accidentally pulled the steering wheel release so its no fault of the car. Can anyone confirm?
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Jun 20, 2011 16:34
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Shaocaholica posted:Err reading through the comments it seems the driver accidentally pulled the steering wheel release so its no fault of the car. Can anyone confirm? Notice how he looks at it. If it was just released, wouldn't he put it back in after it all? It actually looks like it broke.
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Shaocaholica posted:Err reading through the comments it seems the driver accidentally pulled the steering wheel release so its no fault of the car. Can anyone confirm? You can sort of see the steering wheel working itself loose before coming out altogether. Also, you can see the cross bolt still stuck in the steering wheel just past the end of where the steering wheel broke off, so it's likely a failure in the steering column, if that's the right term, rather than an intentional release.
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loving SALR...
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2ndclasscitizen posted:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAxU23SIElw Here's a slow motion launch of The Best Truck spinning all 4 tires. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGYFZivysuU
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Jun 21, 2011 02:44
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blambert posted:Is there a video of this anywhere? Never seen it before and drat. I always hope to see this happen to the guy going 120mph down 101 while wearing a pair of flip-flops, short shorts and a wifebeater (oh, and the absolute tiniest helmet allowed by law.)
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Iron Squid posted:I always hope to see this happen to the guy going 120mph down 101 while wearing a pair of flip-flops, short shorts and a wifebeater (oh, and the absolute tiniest helmet allowed by law.) I don't think seeing someone cheesegratered by the road at 120mph is something in my wish list of things to see - must be too squeamish.
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2308 meters worth of drifting before the tires blew, a new world record: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kc0JTWAjmes Where? At Mercedes-Benz' 125th anniversary event, of course. Leave it to the humorless Germans to make the best hoon-mobiles. EDIT: The world's most enthusiastic man: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42o668Cnx54 KozmoNaut fucked around with this message at 18:47 on Jun 22, 2011 |
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Jun 22, 2011 13:39
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KozmoNaut posted:EDIT: The world's most enthusiastic man: I knew I was familiar with that name... that's the guy behind the balloon boy hoax, from a couple of years ago.
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Fresh from jalopnik I believe it hasn't been posted here yet. The Strangest Wreck Ever http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaOVNqA7lBA
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had to watch that at the office with no volume, loving hilarious. In other news, I think the Top Gear Interns are onto us. (Which one of you work there?) http://www.topgear.com/uk/car-news/dragster-fail-2011-06-21
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Preoptopus posted:had to watch that at the office with no volume, loving hilarious. The video was on fark, jalopnik, and reddit before it was posted here, but obviously SA is the internet so they must be goons.
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Jun 22, 2011 22:35
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My buddy uploaded a video of his Rat Rod a while ago. He doesn't show it running or anything, but maybe one or two of you will find it interesting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRx_Ge9RN9g&
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Jun 22, 2011 23:15
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Preoptopus posted:had to watch that at the office with no volume, loving hilarious. Couldn't have been a goon, that link is from Ebaums.
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Fucknag posted:Couldn't have been a goon, that link is from Ebaums. Someone needs to make that into a looping gif.
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Jun 23, 2011 00:23
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Beep beep coming throuuuuuugh https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tx35BcQFpkA
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Contraband posted:Beep beep coming throuuuuuugh GDM YO?
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Contraband posted:Beep beep coming throuuuuuugh
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Da Chomptroller posted:My buddy uploaded a video of his Rat Rod a while ago. He doesn't show it running or anything, but maybe one or two of you will find it interesting. I like it. Plenty of DIY shenanigans on that truck  destructo posted:This is amazing. Someone should combine it with this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbNxugO-uf0 KozmoNaut fucked around with this message at 08:57 on Jun 23, 2011 |
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Da Chomptroller posted:My buddy uploaded a video of his Rat Rod a while ago. He doesn't show it running or anything, but maybe one or two of you will find it interesting. It's a pretty cool truck, but throwing a shiny, modern engine in that truck and calling it a rat rod is kind of a stretch. Tell him to finish his project truck. Rat rods are dead anyway. No genre in American car culture has become as played out as fast as rat rods....even vans had a longer run. Seizure Meat fucked around with this message at 12:41 on Jun 23, 2011 |
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KozmoNaut posted:
That is a ridiculously cool product, but I really don't understand the humping.
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VikingSkull posted:No genre in American car culture has become as played out as fast as rat rods....even vans had a longer run. It's really sad, because an actual rat rod in the original sense of the term, with the slapped-on random paint, "whatever fits goes" approach to repairs etc. is pretty cool. "Rat"-styled hot rods that are specifically styled to mimic the aesthetic are dumb.
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If that truck had a rusty nailhead in it and matching patina doors it would totally rule. As it is now, if it was alone in a parking lot it's worth a look, if it's in a street rod show like Goodguys you wouldn't even notice it because half the cars look like that. The legit doorknobs are kinda hilarious though. Rat rods, or the original definition of it, are supposed to look like a 50's hot rod dragged out of a barn in the modern day. They were never supposed to be a car built with whatever you had laying around. You need period correct speed parts, period correct custom touches to the body, all covered with patina. Not a modern engine in an old car with hardware store parts just because. Seizure Meat fucked around with this message at 13:57 on Jun 23, 2011 |
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I always thought rat rods were a "function over form" concept, as a counterpoint to the highly-polished "custom" hot rods that are hardly ever driven anywhere. A throwback to the original post-war rods, stripped down and built to go fast, who cares how it looks kind of thing. No bones about being period-correct, well thought out or even pretty, just meant to get on the road and go fast.
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NOTinuyasha posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4k0FWvGoSM I see your crash test video and raise you this one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joMK1WZjP7g
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Hello Spaceman posted:I see your crash test video and raise you this one. How about a closeup of the Smart after the collision?
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Unfortunatly a case of physics wins over good design - the Smart is in reality quite good. Just not when king hit with something three times it's own weight Another 5star small car meets much bigger car. Physics wins again over good design http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pVF1Wr7GLQ&NR=1
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It also raises the question of why a 2.5ton+ behemoth like that is even necessary and why it can be driven with only a normal driver's license. I believe Audi revised the design after the crash test, since it was discovered that parts of the Q7 acted almost like spears in a collision like that, which was especially dangerous in collisions with small cars.
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It's also not helping the Smart any that it has basically nothing but a passenger compartment. There are no crumple zones to speak of, except the A pillars it seems.
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NOTinuyasha posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4k0FWvGoSM Check out the Mercedes emblem flying out at 1:33
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Cat Terrist posted:Unfortunatly a case of physics wins over good design - the Smart is in reality quite good. Just not when king hit with something three times it's own weight I'm guessing airbags aren't supposed to burst like that and it's a bad thing when the neck "skin" on the dummy rips from the body. Yeesh.
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Dave Inc. posted:I'm guessing airbags aren't supposed to burst like that and it's a bad thing when the neck "skin" on the dummy rips from the body. That's-a the soul and passion-a! 
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VikingSkull posted:It's also not helping the Smart any that it has basically nothing but a passenger compartment. There are no crumple zones to speak of, except the A pillars it seems. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcTf78b8WfY
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God drat 40mph headon is violent. That's pretty much like hitting something at 80mph no?* *not a physics person.
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Ziploc posted:God drat 40mph headon is violent. That's pretty much like hitting something at 80mph no?* If the cars are equal mass, it's just like hitting a wall at 40 mph. If one car has more mass than the other, then for the heavier one it's like hitting at less than 40, and for the lighter one it's like hitting at more than 40.
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NOTinuyasha posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcTf78b8WfY what I'm learning is that drivers windows shattering at impact is a safety feature
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