Terrible Car Stuff - Im sorry but in this thread we measure cargo capacity in shrimp

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That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

Finger Prince posted:

Nobody show to Toyota's designers this.

2020 Prius eh

# ¿ Aug 15, 2018 16:49

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# ¿ May 11, 2024 20:52

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

glyph posted:

Ho buddy, have I got bad news for you. Them ain�t allen heads.

Hahahahaa

# ¿ Aug 19, 2018 12:54

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

autism ZX spectrum posted:

I would be okay with 2 separate CAN buses, one that is completely severed from any network and one that runs the infotainment and other junk. We're at a point where cars will be more and more connected to the internet. Chevy just had an ad where it shows Alexa/Siri opening the car doors. Why? Who knows.

What are we securing against?

Malicious code, probably, but bad manufacturing definitely. Instead of another key fiasco where a physical component causes accidents because no one took the time to think that people have keychains, we're opening up cars to have faults that you can't possibly test against. It's going to be something stupid like someone using up the available memory by having the car on too long and inadvertently causing some process to crash or freeze but since it was never really possible for it to crash there's not going to be an error message and whoops now the brakes don't work.

Or just one of those ransomware attacks.

Envisioning a heist where a hacker in the getaway car causes the doors in all the cars around theirs to open on the freeway while going 90 mph with police in pursuit. That would be a pretty cool (and gory) movie scene somehow.

# ¿ Aug 25, 2018 21:44

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

um excuse me posted:

Reminds me of the logic of some of the folks when I was in college. The university used to charge some absurd amount of money for a semester parking pass on campus. The fee for getting caught parking without one was half that. The college parking was so crowded people would miss class if they couldn't find a spot somewhere. So the economy became conducive to people rolling the dice and parking without passes when they found a spot and not moving the whole day. Because of the volume of traffic in and out, campus police never caught anyone more than once.

I did this for my car registration in college and grad school. The state made you get registered every year but didn't mandate any actual vehicle inspections. it ended up being that a ticket for an expired registration was less than a tenth of the cost of the registration. so I just never registered my car for 5 years straight and I end up getting only about three tickets.

# ¿ Sep 27, 2018 12:30

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

Colostomy Bag posted:

Heh, our glorious NFL will be arguing this one for quite some time. Physics is a bitch.

They are already deniers of the combined gas law.

# ¿ Oct 16, 2018 11:17

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

cakesmith handyman posted:

Dazzle camo. You can't tell whether it's a Supra or a ~~Bugatti~~ fiero

Or Chrysler

edit: lol

That Works fucked around with this message at 11:48 on Oct 18, 2018

# ¿ Oct 18, 2018 11:39

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

Grakkus posted:

As well as a Soviet-era Eastern European car called a Borewicz:

The car in question:

That interior is siiiiiick

# ¿ Oct 24, 2018 00:37

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

BOOTY-ADE posted:

Pretty sure the Prius has a similar shifter mount high up like that too, at least the ones my last job had for fleet cars did.

My 2012 does.

# ¿ Oct 24, 2018 21:14

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

Finger Prince posted:

Is that what that's for?? I've been driving one for years and never knew. I'll have to try it out! The regen alone is better than coasting in an automatic - I never considered there may be more available.

I was told that the engine braking wasn't regenerative, is that true?

# ¿ Oct 24, 2018 22:02

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

Cutlasses used to be p cool

# ¿ Oct 25, 2018 17:37

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

Dennis McClaren posted:

Has anyone ever built a project car where the accelerator is the same as an airplanes? Where you have to move the accelerator forwards and backwards. Seems like it would be pretty fun.

Seems like a good way to slam the brakes and slam the accelerator forward at the same time.

# ¿ Oct 25, 2018 17:51

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

BlackMK4 posted:

Where is the terrifying part?

The 3 seconds before death where you realize a homemade roll cage wasn't a good idea.

# ¿ Oct 25, 2018 23:43

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

Deteriorata posted:

It would be nice if they could put one in the driver's seat.

# ¿ Oct 31, 2018 20:30

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

Powershift posted:

The bricks didn't just vanish, so they're all proper hosed.

I was thinking the same thing. It's just insalt to the thousands of pounds of brick injury.

# ¿ Nov 1, 2018 11:24

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

Olympic Mathlete posted:

I read that word properly then came back to make this joke. gently caress you, well done.

I actually wrote it out with the right spelling then was like "hey wait" and edited in a shameful joke

# ¿ Nov 1, 2018 12:46

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

Buncha jealous non-R8 owners itt

# ¿ Nov 9, 2018 03:06

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

BlackMK4 posted:

ya, cuz we don't buy poo poo cars

*gazes around AI*

:shuckyes:

# ¿ Nov 9, 2018 03:31

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

Thief posted:

is this real?

Business up front, party in the back.

# ¿ Nov 10, 2018 02:34

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

Colostomy Bag posted:

edit: Should add I'm bad judge on truck styling...but egads.

Goddamn that looks like poo poo

# ¿ Dec 4, 2018 17:10

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

Olympic Mathlete posted:

thanos_truck.jpg

hahah yes

# ¿ Dec 5, 2018 12:29

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

Fayez Butts posted:

https://twitter.com/PicturesFoIder/status/1073955664135888896

Wrong thread

# ¿ Dec 16, 2018 21:46

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

Previa_fun posted:

I want to piss in it

# ¿ Dec 18, 2018 23:20

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

Wasabi the J posted:

I don't know where to put this harlequin Saturd.

In here

# ¿ Jan 16, 2019 21:37

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

Frank Dillinger posted:

So if I stance a car, make it worse to drive in every aspect and ruin the ride, it belongs in this thread, but if I do the same but opposite it doesn’t?

Yes

E: no but opposite.

# ¿ Jan 20, 2019 17:23

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

Thief posted:

mainly because it eventually resulted in one of the best car pictures ever being taken:

Gets me every time.

# ¿ Jan 21, 2019 01:18

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

Thief posted:

sorry but safety is of the utmost concern to me

that is why i am currently leasing a Subaru Crosstrek. the superior boxer engine allows me to maximize ground clearance with the same center of gravity of a lesser utility vehicle. that combined with the AWD is why i NEVER have to worry about my car flipping over when mounting that massive pile of snow that accumulated next to my front wheels comprised entirely of the snow on my windshield that slid off perfectly and with ease thanks to my Stage 2 defroster system

This is pure uncut New England poo poo.

# ¿ Jan 22, 2019 13:21

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

There are probably good owners of them out there, but I can think of the last 3-4 most heinous driving bullshit events I've encountered on my commute and it's been an Acura RDX every single time. I think the vehicle attracts a special type of rear end in a top hat with no concern for their own or anyone else around them's safety with a dose of nastiness on top of it.

e: like if I was still dating and not married and a girl told me she drove an RDX I'd walk out kind of deal.

# ¿ Jan 30, 2019 22:45

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

Sweet, IKEA is making spoilers

# ¿ Feb 12, 2019 16:45

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

MetaJew posted:

I see plenty of them mounted but I've never seen one in operation.

To be fair neither do most of the people that own them.

# ¿ Feb 25, 2019 21:05

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

MrOnBicycle posted:

It's how the ad was presented. Frankly I didn't want to research it any further because it's just so horrid.

Why

Firmly belongs itt

# ¿ Mar 5, 2019 21:40

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

If I can't fit a sheet of plywood in it then there's no loving point to having a bed.

# ¿ Mar 5, 2019 22:17

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

Galler posted:

You're in the right thread kid

# ¿ Mar 19, 2019 10:59

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

TotalLossBrain posted:

First 2020 Gladiator is done

# ¿ Mar 21, 2019 18:39

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

Maker Of Shoes posted:

i dont hate it. why is it bad?

I don't like it because it's yet another vehicle with a bed on it that's loving useless.

I'd just get a Cherokee if I wanted to offroad with 4 doors I guess?

# ¿ Mar 21, 2019 21:22

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

Why would a LONEWLF need an extended crew cab?

# ¿ Mar 22, 2019 15:04

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

fakeaccount posted:

Why would the mirrors tilt down when you shift into reverse anyway? I've never even heard of this.

So you can't see the little kid laying right underneath your tire

# ¿ Mar 24, 2019 02:05

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

When your foot wells are full of water because your Wrangler daily driver soft top leaked, if there's a bad enough electrical problem you're not exactly going to notice it.

# ¿ Apr 4, 2019 21:22

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

Looks a lot nicer than the GM paintjob just falling off the vehicle at least.

# ¿ Apr 8, 2019 00:08

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

angryrobots posted:

Just eat the drat delicious waffle fries. Our existence on this planet has far worse implications.

The best fast food fries were Central Park, may they (almost) RIP in peace

I dunno pretty easy call to not give money to a company that just got exposed for giving money to LGBTQ hate groups but you do you.

# ¿ Apr 22, 2019 23:57

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# ¿ May 11, 2024 20:52

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

um excuse me posted:

If we actively refused patroning places that did shady poo poo we'd basically starve. I say this as a two week strike ends for my local grocery store for trying to kill a bunch of benefits for workers.

It's my local too. Did you cross the picketline?

"No Ethical Consumption in Capitalism" isn't enough for me to ignore Chick Fil A when 5 guys is making fries down the street and isn't at least actively trying to ostracize my family members from society. There's bad capitalism and there's blatant.

# ¿ Apr 23, 2019 00:03

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