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This just in from a friend: He upgraded from a hatchback to a 2001 Holden Stateman. Now this mate thought a Statesman was just like his old VX Commodore, just a level up in trim and accessories. Nope! Add 300mm to the wheelbase like the wagons of the time. This is what resulted:   'Just fits'
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That's what happens when you try park a car in a laundry I guess.
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Sep 2, 2017 09:15
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Fo3 posted:That's what happens when you try park a car in a laundry I guess. A lot of houses in Australia have the Laundry in the garage. Much like in GB having the washing machine in the kitcken.
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Sep 2, 2017 10:00
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At least it fits - my Mazda 3 looks like in my garage even without the washer so there is no way a Statesman would go in there
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Sep 2, 2017 10:13
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Humphreys posted:This just in from a friend: Wrong thread, it fits  I've been there, although instead of a washing machine it was a WRX. Just duct tape a rubber chicken to the dryer at bumper height. Don't park in there on laundry days.
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Sep 2, 2017 10:19
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The tennis-ball-on-a-string trick works as well, my father-in-law does that for his Grand Cherokee. He still rubs it up against the brick wall every now and then. That's some terrible car stuff right there.
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Sep 2, 2017 10:27
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Memento posted:The tennis-ball-on-a-string trick works as well, my father-in-law does that for his Grand Cherokee. Yeah I'm heading over tomorrow to help with the tennis ball trick. I've tried explaining it over txt but it's easier for me to just go over and sort it out. EDIT: a bonus terrible of sorts. I used to have a VY (2002) Commodore wagon and my now ex would drive it fine with no problems. I upgraded to the VE (2008) wagon and she refused to drive it saying it was too big to park. For a split second I contemplated saying "well I'm sorry to correct you but the VY was 300mm longer and in fact the new one is shorter still having the sedan wheelbase". That would not have been worth the days/weeks/months of no sex. Humphreys fucked around with this message at 10:36 on Sep 2, 2017 |
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Sep 2, 2017 10:33
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Humphreys posted:A lot of houses in Australia have the Laundry in the garage. Much like in GB having the washing machine in the kitcken. That's news to me on the west coast. You're usually lucky just to have a GPO, and there's never any plumbing.
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Sep 2, 2017 10:33
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Fo3 posted:That's news to me on the west coast. You're usually lucky just to have a GPO, and there's never any plumbing. You're in WA - no one knows what the gently caress you buggers are up to!
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Sep 2, 2017 10:37
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Humphreys posted:You're in WA - no one knows what the gently caress you buggers are up to! housing prices crashing and no rain
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Sep 2, 2017 10:41
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Humphreys posted:Yeah I'm heading over tomorrow to help with the tennis ball trick. I've tried explaining it over txt but it's easier for me to just go over and sort it out. The length difference is only 140mm but the VE is like 50mm wider and a more awkward shape (those arches stick out from the front guards quite a way) I could see why it'd be more difficult to park than the older shape
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Sep 2, 2017 10:45
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Memento posted:housing prices crashing and no rain We have proper laundries though  Seriously, where the gently caress are you going to put the washed clothes and do the ironing if there's a car in the way, or exhaust fumes every time you start your car?
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Sep 2, 2017 10:51
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Fo3 posted:We have proper laundries though Yeah I have a real laundry, it has two washing machines in it right now because the old one poo poo itself and I haven't gotten around to taking it apart for the wash drum. They make the best firepits. Anyway -  Pretty sure I would do my level loving best to get it in the lines if I drove that thing. There was a car on the right hand side of it within a minute of me taking this, with about 90mm clearance.
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Sep 2, 2017 11:03
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Humphreys posted:A lot of houses in Australia have the Laundry in the garage. Much like in GB having the washing machine in the kitcken. You could mount them up on a frame higher than the car's bonnet, so it'll sit a couple of feet further forward.
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Sep 2, 2017 12:43
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Driving last night in an unfamiliar city, in the pouring rain, going through a funky intersection that crossed at an angle. Couldn't see any lane markers, and there's a do not enter sign that I'm looking at to make sure I'm entering the right street. Wife yells "Curb!", there's a barely visible triangle concrete riser to separate the straight from the turning lane, juuust to the right of my path of travel. The guy behind me has been riding my rear end for miles, I'm doing the speed limit of 30 in these conditions. I flick the wheel to the left to avoid the curb, dunno what bro was thinking but he picks this moment to pass me on the right. :iamafag: I could hear his oil pan scrape from inside my car, as his headlights went wildly up in the air and back down again. Then he nails it and continues around me.
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Sep 2, 2017 13:32
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Cop Porn Popper posted:About once every two months I have someone wanting to take their 7 blade trailer connector and hook it up to a 4 flat connector on their truck/suv. They get mad when I tell them they don't make them for safety reasons. Dad? Is that you?? I had a coworker who would routinely haul a big rear end camper using some unholy mix of jumper wires to go from 4 pin to 7 so the lights on the trailer worked. When I asked him about the brakes he said it was "fine".
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Sep 2, 2017 14:16
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Powershift posted:Don't park in there on laundry days. Because laundry day is a very dangerous day.
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Sep 2, 2017 15:30
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Mister Kingdom posted:Because laundry day is a very dangerous day. in Australia I wouldn't loving doubt it
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Sep 2, 2017 15:48
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Memento posted:The tennis-ball-on-a-string trick works as well, my father-in-law does that for his Grand Cherokee. The new hotness is pool noodle on a string.
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Sep 2, 2017 15:54
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In my garage my girlfriend kept dinging her door on the wall i just carpeted that poo poo up to about 5 ft up and it works really well. Just wrapping something around that washer so the paint wont ding should help a lot bumping wont do any damage.
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Sep 2, 2017 18:37
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Sep 2, 2017 20:25
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Maybe only the passenger is handicapped?
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Sep 2, 2017 20:45
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Colostomy Bag posted:You did good. You shifted the weight. Probably a lot. That trailer only had brakes on the front axle for the longest time. I had a hard time trying to convince my boss to get them on the rear axle as well. We'd get the annual safety done and the brakes would seem to work for a week after that, before they felt like they became nonexistent. Then it became pray nothing happened till the next safety came around, for a week or so of relief. Once we got brakes put on the rear axle it was WAAAAYY less terrifying to drive that poo poo. Not to mention I was constantly sliding the slider over to make sure that they did work, because I had them crap out on me countless times over the years that we had that truck/trailer combo. Usually at the worst times, like coming off the highway in winter.
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Sep 2, 2017 21:36
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angryrobots posted:Driving last night in an unfamiliar city, in the pouring rain, going through a funky intersection that crossed at an angle. Couldn't see any lane markers, and there's a do not enter sign that I'm looking at to make sure I'm entering the right street. Asphalt+minor rain+lack of lighting+worn markings+unfamiliar roads = kryptonite for a lot of folks.
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Colostomy Bag posted:Asphalt+minor rain+lack of lighting+worn markings+unfamiliar roads = kryptonite for a lot of folks. That plus night plus two trackdays in three days with little sleep resulted in me jackknifing the trailer on my GTI and cracking the bumper.
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Sep 2, 2017 21:52
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Humphreys posted:This just in from a friend: I thought all Australians knew that Statesmen and Fairlanes were LWB versions of a Commodore and Falcon
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Sep 3, 2017 01:55
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Fo3 posted:That's what happens when you try park a car in a laundry I guess. One of my requirements for our next house, and it is a deal killer, is a separate laundry room. I hate, hate, hate, the damned laundry in my garage, and my wife is not thrilled about all the stuff that happens to the laundry while it's in my garage. Which wouldn't happen if she'd just take the wash out to the machine, wash it, dry it, and take it back, but she's got to sort and then leave poo poo everywhere because she doesn't want to do that particular item or type just then and... Also, she may be tired of me bitching about it.
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Sep 3, 2017 02:20
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Darchangel posted:One of my requirements for our next house, and it is a deal killer, is a separate laundry room. I hate, hate, hate, the damned laundry in my garage, and my wife is not thrilled about all the stuff that happens to the laundry while it's in my garage. Which wouldn't happen if she'd just take the wash out to the machine, wash it, dry it, and take it back, but she's got to sort and then leave poo poo everywhere because she doesn't want to do that particular item or type just then and... Also, she may be tired of me bitching about it. I'm already tired of you bitching about it and that's just after one paragraph.
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Sep 3, 2017 02:27
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Finger Prince posted:I'm already tired of you bitching about it and that's just after one paragraph.
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Colostomy Bag posted:Asphalt+minor rain+lack of lighting+worn markings+unfamiliar roads = kryptonite for a lot of folks. I need to put new bulbs in her car too actually. Pretty sure the curbkiller driver was local and thought he was familiar enough with the road to pull a no-look pass...it opens into a 4 lane one-way just past the curb divider he forgot about.
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You Am I posted:I thought all Australians knew that Statesmen and Fairlanes were LWB versions of a Commodore and Falcon This particular friend bought a VRX Magna and was surprised when the front tyres smoked when he tried his first burnout. EDIT: Everytime he buys a car, I love calling his dad and just asking "so about daves new car.." then put the phone on speaker and sit back and enjoy the rage (crotchity old mechanic) Humphreys fucked around with this message at 04:25 on Sep 3, 2017 |
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e: moving this to the chat thread
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tobu posted:If I'm correct that hard shift seen just after the flip was from second to fourth or maybe fifth?
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Sep 3, 2017 11:27
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Mister Kingdom posted:Because laundry day is a very dangerous day. Wash your hands, turn the page. Wash your hands, turn the page
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Sep 3, 2017 13:32
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KOTEX GOD OF BLOOD posted:Holy poo poo this is bad. How appropriate for a Pierce Brosnan Bond movie. Even better that it has a name. J-gate J as in Jaguar
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Sep 3, 2017 14:02
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fridge corn posted:Wash your hands, turn the page. Wash your hands, turn the page I'm nauseous, I'm nauseous.
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Sep 3, 2017 14:28
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HandlingByJebus posted:Right thing to do. The trailer brakes made the trailer's weight shift towards the truck and "pulled" it away, resisting the oscillation. Good instinct. Nice save. Tangent, but reminds me of one of my father's stories -- after he got back from his tour in Vietnam, he spent a few years as a trucker. Not directly transcribed, but it's easier and funnier to present it as a quote: "This one time, I was up in Oklahoma in a snowstorm, and the road looked weird. I figured it was ice, so, just to see what would happen, I hit the trailer brakes. Nothing. Huh, how about that. So then I tapped the tractor brakes. No effect. Couple seconds later, I saw a shadow coming out of the snow in my mirror, and I thought, 'What kind of rear end in a top hat tries to pass somebody in this poo poo weather?'" "When it got closer, I realized it was my own trailer." Of course he slammed on the trailer brakes and very daintily laid on the throttle and got it straightened out, but it definitely ranked up there with calling in an Arc Light danger close in the "please God, get me out of this one and I'll never ask for anything again" department.
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Bad Angus! Bad!
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Finger Prince posted:I'm already tired of you bitching about it and that's just after one paragraph.
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Delivery McGee posted:Tangent, but reminds me of one of my father's stories -- after he got back from his tour in Vietnam, he spent a few years as a trucker. Not directly transcribed, but it's easier and funnier to present it as a quote: Hahaha, poo poo. I can only imagine that the adrenaline spike from that experience kept him alert for a couple of hours after that. Nothing like an object lesson in physics with potentially mortal consequences to oneself to drive home the learning. 
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xzzy posted:Maybe only the passenger is handicapped? There wasn't a single handicapped placard anywhere on that car.
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