Horrible Mechanical Failures: Looks Like the Tin Man's Undies After Taco Tuesday

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Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

Uthor posted:

I got a letter from VW extending the length of the warranty on the center brake light. Why? Because the light is in the spoiler and the only way to change it is to cut the spoiler off the car, fix the light, glue it back to the car, and repaint.

Thanks, VW!

What the hell would that cost?

Sounds like having to remove the front fender on the New Beetle in order to change the headlight (do you still have to do that?).

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# ¿ May 9, 2024 23:25

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

Root Bear posted:

The Cadillac CTS requires pulling the whole front bumper off:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzSnd50oKNw

That's hosed up. You should be able to do simple stuff like changing out a light without have to take the damned car apart.

I have a '96 Camry and had to change out the headlight and side marker light assemblies and it was stupidly simple - five bolts, one nut, and one screw. Took me 15 minutes.

# ¿ Jan 11, 2015 18:17

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

Slavvy posted:

According to this that isn't true. Granted it's old now but I can't imagine things changing that much in the span of a year.

Diesel dominates the passenger car market in the EU;
in 2012, 55% of all newly registered cars were
powered by diesel engines. As ever, there is significant
variation among Member States. Belgium, France,
and Spain have diesel take-up rates of around 70%,
while in the Netherlands the rate is much lower,
29% (Fig. 4-1).

France says gently caress you, diesel.

# ¿ Jan 13, 2015 01:52

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

CommieGIR posted:

That's a couple new cars for me.

That's more than the last four cars I've bought.

# ¿ Feb 1, 2015 17:46

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

jamal posted:

Ugh, my 17 year old cousin crashed hers, and I was like "sweet, now you can get a car that doesn't suck." She bought another one.

They'll have to run out eventually, right?

# ¿ Feb 2, 2015 05:01

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

ExplodingSims posted:

Maybe so, but I'd like to imagine it got parked there and then just fell apart, Bluesmobile style.

# ¿ Apr 7, 2015 02:41

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

Splizwarf posted:

Some pipe strap will take care of that crack.

What? You too good for zip ties? :v:

# ¿ Apr 20, 2015 02:01

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

14 INCH SLIT posted:

It's got a 14 page illustrated instruction manual I took pictures of if you want to know how deep the rabbit hole goes.

*psycho shower scene violin trill*

Those might as well be cow tools.

# ¿ Jun 11, 2015 00:19

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

Zemyla posted:

That's because, from what I hear, end-of-life for a UPS truck is actually end-of-life. They run them for about 25-30 years.

I read somewhere that when the trucks can no longer meet US emission standards (based on what state they're in), they get shipped to countries where the standards aren't so high. Then they get run to death.

# ¿ Jul 11, 2015 18:26

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

14 INCH DICK posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUOFMFKArl0

Yeah, it's Wheeler Dealers, but hey, Corrado!

# ¿ Oct 7, 2015 03:52

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

Das Volk posted:

http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/2014-chevrolet-corvette-stingray-z51-manual-long-term-test-wrap-up

Where's a sinkhole when you really need one?

# ¿ Dec 5, 2015 01:09

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

Platystemon posted:

It�s got nothing on the Multipla�s (just as ugly on the outside if you�re not familiar with it):

Ever wonder what happens to old boomboxes?

Now you know.

# ¿ Jan 6, 2016 00:34

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

Preoptopus posted:

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

Am I...missing an eyebrow?

# ¿ Mar 8, 2016 04:19

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

Memento posted:

Anyway, horrible mechanical failures. Stolen from imgur.

# ¿ Sep 15, 2016 12:23

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

`Nemesis posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5r64v4Yr2M

Auto twerking?

# ¿ Jan 31, 2017 23:38

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

xzzy posted:

From the reddit:

http://i.imgur.com/2IMGmBP.gifv

I'm not an expert, but I'm pretty sure that's bad.

# ¿ Apr 3, 2017 23:51

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

Lime Tonics posted:

https://i.imgur.com/FkwJmvf.gifv

https://i.imgur.com/FdZViIn.gifv

drat it, I was sure I could drive to the center of the earth.

# ¿ May 3, 2017 22:27

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

Gorilla Salad posted:

Oh poo poo, that loving movie.

I think it was the first time in my life I had ever said to myself, "What the gently caress is the point of this? Why am I watching this movie?"

I kept wanting Ford's character to get eaten by whatever creatures lived in that jungle.

# ¿ Jun 17, 2017 13:02

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

Chris Knight posted:

https://twitter.com/katelibc/status/923397466531102720

Were Rocky or Ken involved?

# ¿ Oct 27, 2017 01:07

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

dissss posted:

Also the E10x was sold in Australia and New Zealand for a few years after it was replaced in the rest of the world.

Here's another thing that continued to be sold in AU/NZ for waaayy longer than it should have been https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTPTTn0CJl0

Legs are overrated anyway.

# ¿ Oct 31, 2017 12:45

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

InitialDave posted:

Oh, what a feeling!

You asked for it. You got it.

# ¿ Mar 18, 2018 20:30

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

InitialDave posted:

# ¿ Mar 25, 2018 00:05

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

Disgruntled Bovine posted:

I see your bagger and raise you The Captain.

That has three bedrooms, two baths, and a home theater, right?

# ¿ Jun 21, 2018 22:14

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

PainterofCrap posted:

My father�s mid-life-crisis-mobile was a 1984-1/2 Datsun/Nissan Pulsar Turbo (it had a �DATSUN _{by Nissan}� badge on the decklid).

It was my first turbo. First time I took it out - in South Philadelphia - I was winding it out in second gear when the turbo lag...ended. I nearly piled it into a trolley stop island. Scared the poo poo out of me.

Was that the one with the swapable hatchback?

# ¿ Aug 24, 2018 23:51

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

Chris Knight posted:

https://twitter.com/ninjaeconomics/status/1083027311920730113

Sign, sign, everywhere a sign
Blockin' out the scenery, breakin' my mind
Do this, don't do that, can't you read the sign?

# ¿ Jan 10, 2019 02:54

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

Powershift posted:

Back on the subject of mechanical failures.

https://i.imgur.com/r8jJrQc.mp4
https://i.imgur.com/xq4HbVp.mp4

oof.

She'll fly apart!

Fly her apart then!!

# ¿ Mar 17, 2019 23:54

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

Lowclock posted:

https://i.imgur.com/mrP1w45.mp4

Please god someone explain this because I sure can't.

That smells like regular. She needs premium, dude! Premium, duuuuude!

# ¿ Jun 6, 2019 12:42

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

Imagined posted:

# ¿ Nov 12, 2019 03:06

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

LifeSunDeath posted:

https://i.imgur.com/v8aK9kR.mp4

Didn't he kill Tasha Yar?

# ¿ Jan 24, 2020 01:55

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

insta posted:

That's the bunghole, sir.

I wonder what's inside your bunghole. I always want to know.

# ¿ May 21, 2020 01:00

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:

dont look at a HHR you'll go blind!

Doug Demuro (yeah, I know) did a video on the panel van version of the HHR recently. How high was GM when they designed that?

# ¿ May 31, 2020 01:48

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

antimatt posted:

About as high as anyone who would willingly watch a Doug Demuro video.

I'll watch him if he reviews an interesting car. It's not always easy.

# ¿ May 31, 2020 20:04

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

Safety Dance posted:

It looks like Grumman LLVs will catch on fire when you run them for 30 years and stop maintaining them because of a manufactured budget crisis.

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/z3ezx4/post-office-delivery-trucks-keep-catching-on-fire

There's a hotmail joke in there somewhere.

# ¿ Jul 8, 2020 01:58

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

Powershift posted:

Apparently a brake got stuck on, exploded, and ignited the magnesium wheel.

There's a song for that:

Bob Dylan posted:

Wheel's on fire
Rolling down the road
Best notify my next of kin
This wheel shall explode

# ¿ Aug 23, 2020 23:45

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

Vanagoon posted:

Found this video of someone blowing up a 5S-FE in an old Camry.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXtmZ33Rpk8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4FfNYjw6qU

# ¿ Sep 26, 2020 02:05

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

Sagebrush posted:

agreed. pepperbots or bust

I see your circles and raise you some squares:

# ¿ Sep 29, 2020 01:49

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

LifeSunDeath posted:

hop out wearing these

Bonus points if you're Rick Nielsen:

# ¿ Sep 29, 2020 02:14

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

sharkytm posted:

You've never heard of Orgone energy?

Midjack posted the name but not the link.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloudbuster
My father believed in this poo poo... There's a reason he and I are estranged.

Kate Bush even wrote a song about it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pllRW9wETzw

# ¿ Dec 12, 2020 18:00

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

BobHoward posted:

That's a horrible electrical design failure not just a mechanical failure, it should have a fuse to prevent that kind of meltdown.

I have never bought a harbor freight power tool but I'm guessing they don't get UL certification and so forth?

Universally Lousy

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# ¿ May 9, 2024 23:25

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

stinch posted:

yeah, except how many more do you think have rolled off the line with the same error?

Then he should hope he has a lower VIN.

# ¿ Nov 13, 2021 15:05

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