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blambert
Jul 2, 2007
you spin me right round baby right round.
This is the best

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuUya0fimmQ

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blambert
Jul 2, 2007
you spin me right round baby right round.
Take one russian hydroelectric powerplant, badly maintain it for years then overrun a turbine trying to compensate for the ones that are inop and... tada.









blambert
Jul 2, 2007
you spin me right round baby right round.

Alereon posted:

My god. Do you happen to have a link to more info about that?

Mhm, sorry should've put it there in the first place.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Sayano-Shushenskaya_hydro_accident


Click here for the full 990x654 image.

blambert fucked around with this message at 04:20 on Feb 2, 2010

blambert
Jul 2, 2007
you spin me right round baby right round.
I was asleep in the back of my parents car when the transfer case exploded at 90mph. Was scary as hell. Big loud bang and two blue flashes, then the sound of metal grinding constantly until we stopped.

Range Rovers use BMW made housings (iirc) and a batch were defective... was all fixed under warranty. Would have been fun if it had seized.

blambert fucked around with this message at 21:45 on Mar 14, 2010

blambert
Jul 2, 2007
you spin me right round baby right round.
Yeah sorry that was a bit vague. It was dark so just reflecting off the guard rail as I opened my eyes wondering what the hell the noise was.

blambert fucked around with this message at 23:45 on Mar 14, 2010

blambert
Jul 2, 2007
you spin me right round baby right round.
This might have been in here somewhere before but I couldn't find it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m09vkAIJBXQ

blambert
Jul 2, 2007
you spin me right round baby right round.
I bet this sounded nice.



blambert
Jul 2, 2007
you spin me right round baby right round.


Wasn't there an entire GBS thread about that red spider thing. Did anyone ever work out what it was for?

blambert
Jul 2, 2007
you spin me right round baby right round.

Root Bear posted:

:stare:

In only 19,000 miles?! Just when I thought I didn't have enough reasons to hate those trucks. Good lord. :ughh:

The transfer box on my parents Range Rover grenaded itself at 90mph on the motorway. Only 9000 miles on the clock. Bad batch of casings, it kicked off a recall.

blambert
Jul 2, 2007
you spin me right round baby right round.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOQ66cZaPb4

blambert
Jul 2, 2007
you spin me right round baby right round.
Hellaflush

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blambert
Jul 2, 2007
you spin me right round baby right round.

jammyozzy posted:

Jesus christ why would you use that jack to try and lift that. :gonk:

IIRC it's the standard jack included with the spare.

Which admittedly doesn't make it any less moronic.

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