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Terrible Robot posted:Oh god I just realized this isn't even a Civic, it's a drat Volvo S70 with aftermarket Civic lights grafted on These are a fairly expensive mod for early GD Subarus but I just can't stand them at all: 
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JP Money posted:I wonder who thought cadmium coating bolts was a good idea? 
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dissss posted:Depends on where you drive. The only advantages I can think of for the Fortwo are a greater supply of used cars to pull parts from, rear-wheel drive, and the availability of a diesel motor. Maybe smugness? I'd also claim that it beats it on physical appearance and build quality, but those are fairly subjective. If you're buying a Fortwo with something like the iQ on the market, you're either uninformed or stupid. Seat Safety Switch fucked around with this message at 02:58 on Aug 25, 2012 |
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Man, if I ever decide to have a high speed police pursuit I'm totally using this excuse. I'm somewhat impressed a Sportage can do 115mph over a highway median.
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MiniFoo posted:Let's just say for simplicity's sake that this wasn't possible (yeah loving right). Regardless... "And still, she can't shut the vehicle off." To be fair, the button was probably also on the right and couldn't be hit while taking one hand off the wheel and holding a cellphone to your ear with it. Is the emergency brake on a Sportage (Sorento?) a pedal or a handbrake lever?
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IOwnCalculus posted:I'd bet that the newer Jaaaaaaaags with the rotary shifter fall into this category. I seem to remember a story from some normally non-automotive publication about one getting stuck in park.
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Absolutely, that car is rolling probable cause for meth possession.
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MiniFoo posted:It's okay, we all liked Hot Wheels.* 
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Pseudonym posted:Seconded. A few months back, before I knew what sex my kid would be, I was killing time looking on eBay and other places searching for sets of Yat Mings like the ones I had as a kid. I think I actually prefer those to Hot Wheels. 
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Plywood's a pretty good base for a splitter actually. Fairly lightweight and tough, they've wrapped it in wet carbon fiber sheets before on MotoIQ builds to make homemade aero. I mean, the rest of it is a horrendous hack job obviously made by someone who doesn't know what they're doing but the plywood isn't that big of a  on its own.
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Maybe he was just watching Root Bear intently to set him up for a new hidden-camera show where people present mechanics with half-assed modification work and see what they do.
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Motronic posted:Wait....the real take away here is that the protection package has windows that (might) roll down.
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DropShadow posted:Do you mean a suspension airbag or a safety airbag? Either way, that's crazy expensive.
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slidebite posted:That's a thing here in Southern Alberta and seems to be getting more and more common. Especially with hutterites. I have never in my life seen a Hutterite driving a modified car. Usually they're beat to poo poo Suburbans.
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I wonder what it's like to work at the fake spoiler company and what you tell people you do when you meet them at parties. "What'd you do today?" "I designed a new fake spoiler that costs 30 cents less than the previous fake spoiler to produce." "How much downforce does it provide?" "What are you, a narc?"
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Safety Dance posted:Could it be that some dude thought your Accord was his Accord and snapped his key in your lock before realizing, "Wait, this isn't my car." Thieves know that. Some guy on a local car forum woke up to find thieves trying to steal his battery-less (for antitheft) Civic CX, and while he was on the phone with police, he watched the thieves break into another Honda further up the road and bring its battery back to try and start his car with it. There was also a small rash of people kicking in the doors of Mazda 3s when it was revealed that just giving the doors a good boot can twist something in the linkage and unlock them. I'd throw a hidden kill switch on that Accord and make sure you don't leave a garage door opener or any personal information/titles in it. Seat Safety Switch fucked around with this message at 15:19 on Oct 17, 2012 |
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They only recalled the actual models that were affected, I think it was only the first couple of years.
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No idea, sorry. Perhaps your criminals were dumber and less well-connected than ours, because it's one of the main reasons I dumped the Mazda3 as a potential choice at the time. And judging from how good my insurance company is at dealing with claims it's a good thing I did.
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YF19pilot posted:I heard one time that the Ford F-series and E-series all used the same one-hundred and some odd combinations, making things easy if you had a big enough key ring. Dunno how you'd go on to start it without the right teeth on the key but I'm guessing it's not a big concern if you have enough time alone with the car.
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DrPain posted:Right up there with the Camry Solara. He owned a Camry at the time. I'm still not sure if he just mixed it up with another car or not.
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veedubfreak posted:They made a limited run, and they MSRP for something like 70k. fake edit: At this point I realize I have no idea what a regular Murano costs. It's about $35k to $50k in Canada depending on options and I don't see the Murano cabriolet listed anywhere. Goddamn. Most people I know who drive Rogues and Muranos couldn't afford a used Cavalier. Credit is amazing. edit 2: On the US site, the Murano crosscabriolet MSRPs for $45k which is absurd. Someone out there is spending $800 a month to finance a Murano convertible. Seat Safety Switch fucked around with this message at 21:44 on Oct 19, 2012 |
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It wouldn't surprise me if a particularly tone deaf dealership in a really rich part of town would get one of the first models and then crank up the price (perhaps adding mandatory unremovable dealership "extras") because it's RARE!
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With an exhaust tip like that I imagine the exhaust just kind of steams out at a lackluster pace.  Maybe it occasionally makes a blap sound and a bunch of soot falls out and sort of scatters on the tire. Seat Safety Switch fucked around with this message at 18:10 on Oct 23, 2012 |
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Geoj posted:The other thing I've been wondering - does some company actually mass-produce a ~24" exhaust tip or is that some absurdly expensive one-off part? Maybe it's reused from some other application too.
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That has to be brutal on the poor horse.
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I sort of want to take an old rusty 240Z and drop it off there for a few months.
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At the wages those guys are probably being paid I could afford to have every panel on the car cut and rewelded.
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Be glad it wasn't worse. A family friend got t-boned on the highway by a deer once and the bastard jammed one of the passenger doors up against the frame, broke the glass and took off the side mirror. Blood everywhere, too, even on the interior carpet and passenger seat. The truck wasn't moving fast either; the deer started to walk off the road after the truck stopped, then did a 180 and broke into a full speed sprint while looking where the headlights were pointing and not at the truck itself. Seat Safety Switch fucked around with this message at 06:09 on Nov 10, 2012 |
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Maybe he just meant that people of all races probably don't mix well with explosions but he only has experience from his perspective as a black man. He's clearly a D&D poster meticulously backing up what he has to say.
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Call of Duty taught me that no matter how bad of a war America is currently involved in, it can get through it by hiding behind a rock face and occasionally peeking out to let its invulnerable computer-controlled friends take care of actually aiming and shooting. Also that radiators explode, and kill black men.
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FuzzKill posted:I like to think that when he was honking the horn he was trying to warn the curb of its impending doom
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nitrogen posted:A friend replaced the "clutch" in his Jetta. "  shift"What did the throw-out bearing look like? I can't imagine it was happy.
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Godholio posted:The first time I filled up my 02 Focus (something like 50 miles on the clock) it was in the low 20s, before the wind chill (and holy poo poo there was wind). The plastic was so brittle I broke the latch for the fuel door when I closed it. I filled up this morning in 3'F with a pretty burly wind in a light fleece jacket and no gloves and nothing shattered. That was probably on its way out already. A few years ago it was -30'C/-22'F before windchill and I watched a late-model Camry snap its own power mirror off trying to adjust it (probably with built-up ice inside the mechanism). Plastic strain is weird! Seat Safety Switch fucked around with this message at 20:48 on Nov 29, 2012 |
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The Rocket Salad posted:Perhaps you missed the part about it being a brand new car? Seat Safety Switch fucked around with this message at 21:07 on Nov 29, 2012 |
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Godholio posted:What's the cupholder in the hood for? Probably a fuel filler judging from the position. Some AC Porsches also have a front oil filler but it's usually on one of the fenders. e: beaten by 
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It's not a stock part, probably. I could see it being useful in a race/pit environment.
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If I had to guess those things must have absolutely vicious bump steer.
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Aeka 2.0 posted:Does saying I haven't driven my 93 RX-7 in a month count as terrible car stuff? Well, it depends. What have you been driving instead?
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IOwnCalculus posted:My dad has actively bitched about this group of people after he bought his C6, and according to him they're even more insufferable than the equivalent Porsche owners, as he'd experienced when he had his various P-cars. Then the other day I find out he hasn't driven his C6 in a month. "Sorry dad, I have a professional image to maintain."
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They did one about Seattle street racing that I watched last night. I haven't checked out the LA one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CawafKIPzrU
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