JaysonAych posted:

I remember when the concept G6 first hit the auto show circuit, and how exciting and dynamic it was for its time. Then the production version hit, and even though it kept a lot of the same lines, GM worked tremendously hard to make it as uninteresting as possible.

DrPain posted:

Then drop it off at the shop and take your lug key with you!

Octopus Magic posted:

I always wonder what the shelf life of those ghetto-fab crawlers with the roofs cut off is. A year? More?

Maybe it's because I live in Boston.

LloydDobler posted:

Nah, that's urban legend. I've had un-torqued lug bolts come undone on me. When tightened properly neither will come loose.

The real reason is that it makes the hub assembly cheaper.

SierraEchoBravo posted:

Does it look like a Ferrari 599 GTO to anyone else?

Kill-9 posted:

Saw this on the way into work this morning.

Roof rack cross bars are so expensive, I'm just gonna whip up something using whatever 2x4s and u-bolts I have lying around the garage. Now that looks good!

drat, the wind really whistles under those things. I think I'll use this leftover expanding foam to plug the gaps. There! Fixed!

Maker Of Shoes posted:

How can I be sure that his vehicle is, in fact, the illest? What about the fine automobile next to it? Perhaps his is iller than the self proclaimed illest. Does he have the stickers discussing levels of ill as well?

NoWake posted:

Raiders!!

Octopus Magic posted:

Pretty sure it came from the factory like that.

Bone_Enterprise posted:

Who is the dumbass that thought going through that was actually going to be a good idea?

davebo posted:

What I always liked about that scene was even after he lost, the Ferrari owner drove home with a hot lady while Paul Walker just drives home with Vin Diesel.

Edit: wow I just looked this up: 1997 Ferrari F355 Spider 0-60 mph 5.2 Quarter mile 13.5
If accurate that's not even as fast as the base Corvette of the same year.

some texas redneck posted:

Somewhere in AI, I mentioned the Maxima "racecar" a coworker bought. I even asked if every 17 year old was this stupid.

He drove it to work today.

No inspection, no registration, and the sticker on the windshield is a sticker from his apartment complex saying it would be towed for not displaying plates. It has (now expired) temporary plates from the next county.

It was worse than I thought. Sorry for the low rez photo, I had to shoot the pic between deliveries... and he was sitting outside smoking almost every time I pulled in.



One may note the giant puddle of coolant under the car (well, if it was a better photo anyway - everything under the car was soaked in a mix of fluids). The entire engine bay is covered in coolant; the upper tank of the radiator has a large chunk missing.

The yellow tinted headlights (with a lovely HID conversion - one bulb works as long as you don't hit a bump, the other sort of flickers now and then; they're all wired to the battery with relays, no fuses of course)

The missing quarter window.

The mostly missing interior.

What you can't see from photos is the horrible knocking sound. Or pumpkin launcher exhaust. Or (3 different kinds of) "altezza" taillights. You can sort of see the mismatched hood; the trunk is another color. The shifter is almost as tall as the dash. If you stand directly in front of or behind the car, one may notice the significant ... alignment issues. Like the car being bent in the middle.

The only redeeming things: the one remaining seat is in good shape (leather). The factory Bose stereo is unmolested, and somehow sounds decent.

Did I mention he doesn't even have a license, and he's driving this on expired temporary plates, and his apartment complex is slapping it with "gently caress you, it's getting towed" stickers every few hours?

Geirskogul posted:

tobu posted:

Look at this dudes insane parking skills:



*tucks shirt in and walks away*

Devyl posted:

They're probably headed to mud-fest.


I used to live in Okeechobee, Florida. It's your run-of-the-mill small town. The economy of the town is driven by it's close location to Lake Okeechobee; one of the largest fresh-water lakes in the United States. Professional fishing tournaments are held frequently in the lake. However, once a year during the summer a near-by ranch owner opens a portion of his field to be turned into quite possibly the largest privately-owned mud-pit in the state. I lived there when the first Mud-Fest began, and it was a huge deal. On one side, it brought in a good chunk of change to the local businesses. However, the dark side of this was having to deal with hundreds of rednecks in lifted Jeeps/Fords/Chevys who may or may not be on something as well as possibly drunk; driving those death-mobiles everywhere for three days. Another problem is the traffic it creates. The town is split into even quarters by the intersection of 70 & 441, and to get anywhere in the town, you'll end up on one of those roads for a minute. Suddenly a normal small town is having traffic jams of diesels and lifted bro trucks all coal rolling or whatever the gently caress it's called.

Here's a (half-naked women and typical bro douchebaggery) you-tube video of your typical mud-fest shennanigans: http://youtu.be/Cg-38Aip-Eg

Dakotaboy88 posted:

My cousin just sent me this gem he saw in his condo parking lot.

Code Jockey posted:

What in the gently caress?

No, wait. Why in the gently caress?

drukqs posted:

http://baltimorepostexaminer.com/buying-car-can-put-strain-relationship/2014/01/30

This absolutely turned my stomach.

Disgusting trollop.

drukqs posted:

On the upside you would probably need a pretty monstrous set of extensions to steal those wheels.

(Or a cordless impact I suppose)