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Code Jockey posted:Never really been a muscle car dude but this is a concept I could get behind. Hell anything that pisses off people who want to use the Confederate flag is okay with me!
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parrhesia posted:Does this happen elsewhere? I've never heard about it happening in Germany, although most cars here aren't automatic, so the chances of it happening are stasticially smaller. Right now, I can only remember cases from the US but I'm not sure whether that's faulty memory, selection bias through media consumption or an indicator of just how terrible American drivers actually are. quote:Another interesting question is why fatalities stemming from these incidents appear limited to North America, even though Toyotas are sold worldwide. Der Spiegel notes there have been cases of unintended acceleration in Germany, but the drivers simply applied the brakes and brought their cars safely to a stop. http://www.wired.com/autopia/2010/03/unintended-acceleration/ Sounds about right
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dissss posted:http://www.wired.com/autopia/2010/03/unintended-acceleration/ Do note that in that CNN video the brake lights were not on. Vanity plate, check. Aftermarket muffler, check.  Unpainted body repair, check.  And didn't bother to replace the indicator. Who the hell needs those anyway.
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Boomerjinks posted:Now I know that the "General Grant" is actually a thing. Someday when I'm rich and have time, I want to buy some old Cadillac land barge, paint it battleship grey, and call it Admiral Nimitz or something similar. The roof would have runways laid out like an aircraft carrier (possibly with a control tower and planes painted on) and with some extra runways to imitate the confederate flag. I would make sure the suspension sucks more than normal, so it just floats down the street and rocks whenever it stops, turns, or someone sits down. I wounder if I could get a deck gun mounted on the hood...
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Rhyno posted:Hell anything that pisses off people who want to use the Confederate flag is okay with me! I find pointing out the fact that they are waving the flag of the losing side does this quite well.
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 I'm inclined to think this is awesome, but I figured this is the safest place to post it. I hope some stupid BMW suv driver pays through the nose to get this plate one day.
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Aug 28, 2012 14:34
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Now I have a burning desire to take like a GAZ-21 or something and turn it into the Comrade Lenin 
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Aug 28, 2012 14:35
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Mighty Horse posted:Saw this yesterday.. If they did that they'd have a choice between working brake lights or working turn signals, thanks to sharing the same bulb. Replacing the turn signal switch isn't as easy as slapping some trailer lights on and saying WELP THAT'LL DO Aurune posted:Vanity plate, check. Every Elantra I see is always in similar shape. 
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The End posted:
I will never understand using a custom plate to say what your car already says less than a foot to the side of that same plate.
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rscott posted:Now I have a burning desire to take like a GAZ-21 or something and turn it into the Comrade Lenin  I'd be all for seeing a fleet of parody General Lees. My mind immediately went to the darkest place: a Toyota Hilux as the Charles Taylor.
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Aug 28, 2012 15:17
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Pulled into the parking lot at work today, and was greeted by this sexy beast. Close up of the awesome wheels. 
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Boomerjinks posted:edit: "General Sherman" is just a General Grant with whiskey-fueled flamethrowers
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Boomerjinks posted:
I think I need to find a 64 Impala, paint it like a battleship and call it the Commodore 64.
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I present to you, the Hyundai Chrome. Complete with Hyundai center caps, front and rear badges and a license plate frame that says "Hyundai of Bel Air" which doesn't exist, and yes he means *THAT* Bel Air. Smell ya later! 
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Aug 28, 2012 18:03
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I want to find a '78-81 Challenger, do a japan flag and call it the "General Tso"
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Slap a Zero paintjob on a lancer evo and dub it the Hirohito?
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Eponine posted:But then why is there a Citroen driving around at all? GM wants to build a car that people want to buy but with even worst build quality then the French. Be afraid, be very afraid.
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LTBS posted:I think I need to find a 64 Impala, paint it like a battleship and call it the Commodore 64. This is the best idea I have ever heard.
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bisticles posted:It's hard to make out from the picture, but the license plate border thingy is covered entirely with Sunoco stickers. I know this is from a few pages back but theres an explanation for this. Sunoco ran a contest where if you were caught on their CC cameras buying gas at their stations you could win the equivalent of gas for a year or whatever. The only requirement to entry was having a sunoco bumper sticker on your car. Genius marketing really. They got tons of free advertising.
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I can't decide which is more appropriate for the General Sherman, a Fiero or a Pinto.
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Godholio posted:I can't decide which is more appropriate for the General Sherman, a Fiero or a Pinto. Depends on how much of the South you want to burn down 
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Aug 28, 2012 18:55
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http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Dodg...9#ht_824wt_1165 I would copy the images over but my web dev skills are lacking and they pulled some kind of a trick that means I can't get a url to rehost. It's a ten foot tall "show truck" with a truly useless rear suspension.
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Aug 28, 2012 18:58
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Sir Cornelius posted:So do I. Does anybody have details on this? It was from an episode of "Family Matters". Steve Urkel raced it against Laura's BF I think.
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kastein posted:http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Dodg...9#ht_824wt_1165 If you're using Chrome the imgur plugin has a right click option that lets you click/drag a selected area and it auto hosts it. Very slick.  There's probably a Firefox equivalent.
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Aug 28, 2012 19:08
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Imagine being in front of that stupid fucker at night. All your mirrors lit up 
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This thing will never see a drop of mud. Also, I cringe every time I imagine having to pay to fill that thing up with fuel.
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hitze posted:Imagine being in front of that stupid fucker at night. All your mirrors lit up Having him behind you would be like having KC lights on your own car. Seeing nothing but springs in your rear mirror would be weird, though. edit: just saw the lower lights, gently caress that guy
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Aug 28, 2012 19:17
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hitze posted:Imagine being in front of that stupid fucker at night. All your mirrors lit up You act like that guy actually drives it.
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Boomerjinks posted:Having him behind you would be like having KC lights on your own car.  Most states have maximum light height restrictions
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Digital_Jesus posted:I know this is from a few pages back but theres an explanation for this. A local radio station does something like this. They will "pull over" cars with the station's bumper sticker and award them "free" gas. Problem is the sticker looks like it hasn't been redesigned since the 80s and looks tacky as hell on every vehicle. Every shitbox running around town has at least one.
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Maker Of Shoes posted:If you're using Chrome the imgur plugin has a right click option that lets you click/drag a selected area and it auto hosts it. Very slick. Indeed there is, Imgur Uploader.
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Mighty Horse posted:I want to find a '78-81 Challenger, do a japan flag and call it the "General Tso" A Renault 2CV with the Croix de Lorraine called the de Gaulle. Or with the Vichy France flag, called the Pétain.
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Aug 28, 2012 20:31
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Whatever the General Sherman is, I'm positive the General Custer would have to be a Gremlin.
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Octopus Magic posted:You act like that guy actually drives it. Think again. 
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How does he even get in that thing? Is there a fold down staircase in the door like on private jets?
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If I had to hazard a guess, it involves climbing onto the roof of his singlewide.
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e: on second thought that's a little too on the nose
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EightBit posted:
Which are generally circumvented by lowering the height of the bumper, like so: I knew a guy when I went through NADC a dozen years ago that did up a mid-80s F250 with wide-rear end 44" mudders, also from Ohio. Nashville cops gave the guy endless amounts of poo poo about it until he installed a dropped bumper that was pretty similar to that Dodge's.
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SaNChEzZ posted:I present to you, the Hyundai Chrome.
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sbaldrick posted:GM wants to build a car that people want to buy but with even worst build quality then the French. Be afraid, be very afraid. Napoleon's plan for world domination comes to fruition impossibly slowly.
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