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

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Wistful of Dollars: Aug 25, 2009

Today I saw a pepto bismol-pink M3.

... Yup.

# ¿ May 5, 2016 22:09

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# ¿ May 5, 2024 17:39

Wistful of Dollars: Aug 25, 2009

I saw this this morning. I guess Brett needed to be told? :shrug:

# ¿ Jul 20, 2019 15:40

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# ¿ Jun 24, 2021 02:36

Wistful of Dollars: Aug 25, 2009

Powershift posted:

Mercedes EQS

# ¿ Dec 22, 2021 03:10

Wistful of Dollars: Aug 25, 2009

Hoovie can bugger off but this rusty shitbox is hilarious

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Hz5BNTwGzc&t=993s

# ¿ Jan 14, 2022 23:55

Wistful of Dollars: Aug 25, 2009

ChickenOfTomorrow posted:

https://twitter.com/thedrive/status/1482094821019951106

love the car, though

Look, they still have 3 working brakes.

# ¿ Jan 15, 2022 17:18

Wistful of Dollars: Aug 25, 2009

buttcrackmenace posted:

no worries! we have 84-month "0% APR" financing! your cost per month will be lower than your mortgage!

# ¿ Feb 1, 2022 21:40

Wistful of Dollars: Aug 25, 2009

Terrible Car Stuff - Verdict: No

# ¿ Apr 6, 2022 00:07

Wistful of Dollars: Aug 25, 2009

Lake of Methane posted:

It appears the Teslatruck will also have a dipshit wheel

https://twitter.com/SawyerMerritt/status/1534032881789583365?s=20

# ¿ Jun 9, 2022 17:41

Wistful of Dollars: Aug 25, 2009

Olympic Mathlete posted:

"aight I hosed up and I'm too embarrassed to call for a tow. the car belongs to the desert now"

https://twitter.com/DarraghMcKenna/status/1543710134471360521?s=20&t=HlcACHUrseMrHkM__ZLJlg

Oh yeah, that's where I left it.

# ¿ Jul 4, 2022 21:39

Wistful of Dollars: Aug 25, 2009

slidebite posted:

throwin this here

I have no questions, just concerns.

# ¿ Jul 22, 2022 00:09

Wistful of Dollars: Aug 25, 2009

Olympic Mathlete posted:

how are these things allowed on the road when the people using them just assume the car is smart enough to avoid accidents?

https://twitter.com/TaylorOgan/status/1556991029814886404?s=20&t=EuJNTIWuoTrYH76-HWHFgA

Interior shot of both cars, real world application of Waymo's tech at the start.

https://twitter.com/TaylorOgan/status/1549819102625034240?s=20&t=EuJNTIWuoTrYH76-HWHFgA

https://twitter.com/hexprax/status/1557218051266715650?s=21&t=qlHfvSJOsPxmzJ-KaQmDBQ

# ¿ Aug 10, 2022 12:54

Wistful of Dollars: Aug 25, 2009

CommieGIR posted:

They cannot stop making excuses.

My first thought was that it was a joke but then I saw 'crypto' in their handle and became quite sure it wasn't.

# ¿ Aug 10, 2022 14:08

Wistful of Dollars: Aug 25, 2009

BraveUlysses posted:

Lol

Everything can serve "briefly" as a boat.

# ¿ Sep 30, 2022 01:41

Wistful of Dollars: Aug 25, 2009

Olympic Mathlete posted:

Engineering your way out of a problem you could engineer yourself out of another way but that first way is easier, less expensive and requires virtually gently caress all research.

Also this is terrible but funny.

https://twitter.com/rainbowdefault/status/1579945310377627649?t=buIhmYSTa3dWBmTQ1-vCwQ&s=19

magnificient

# ¿ Oct 13, 2022 01:34

Wistful of Dollars: Aug 25, 2009

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

# ¿ Dec 7, 2022 14:50

Wistful of Dollars: Aug 25, 2009

Sagebrush posted:

two words:

micro

turbine

I think you mean macro turbine.

No room for cowards here. :black101:

# ¿ Jan 5, 2023 22:27

Wistful of Dollars: Aug 25, 2009

Fellatio del Toro posted:

maybe its just next gen version of the Mirai

The Mirai is stored in the balls.

# ¿ Mar 4, 2023 01:16

Wistful of Dollars: Aug 25, 2009

Applebees Appetizer posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bU6zYEozL3E

# ¿ Apr 27, 2023 22:51

Wistful of Dollars: Aug 25, 2009

Sagebrush posted:

There's a town in Missouri that has been wiped off the map, all residents evacuated, all buildings demolished, and all roads leading in destroyed, because they used this practice to keep dust down on the roads and then oops the oil was contaminated with dioxin.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Times_Beach,_Missouri

Miraculously, they actually completed Superfund remediation in only about 20 years and now the area is a state park.

Now do the rest of Missouri

# ¿ May 5, 2023 15:27

Wistful of Dollars: Aug 25, 2009

https://twitter.com/joncoupland/status/1678703422374137856?s=46&t=6HOSYVrXffESMo0NlyR0Lg

# ¿ Jul 11, 2023 19:32

Wistful of Dollars: Aug 25, 2009

Olympic Mathlete posted:

The more you look the worse it gets. And it's important to remember that both of these have had absolutely minimal batterings. One drove through mud one time.

https://twitter.com/FredSmith914/status/1697298213039198219?t=Sls_ltj_HHk_clw1HKQv3g&s=19

And they just kinda threw poo poo in it however, doesn't look like they actually planned the packaging.

https://twitter.com/Rjdlandscapes/status/1697373281249292355?t=y69THGxyi95ZjkSe22-mdA&s=19

What a pile of scrap

# ¿ Sep 1, 2023 12:58

Wistful of Dollars: Aug 25, 2009

No. 6 posted:

Goddamn I'm never selling my FIAT

because no one will buy it?

# ¿ Sep 20, 2023 22:43

Wistful of Dollars: Aug 25, 2009

Colostomy Bag posted:

I'll add my few cents to the whole security thing.

There are a multitude of reasons and I am only scratching the surface:

1) Ineptitude (most likely...but kind of dependent on the next few)
2) Costs (Security is expensive...anyone in the field knows...you pay for the poo poo out the nose.) Why? Because they can/cost of doing business tax.
3) Serviceability

One of those where to begin type things...and not an expert on CANBUS but seems to me the easiest thing would be to isolate part of the bus/network in a key off environment. But that was probably nixed since it requires yet another gateway into the network. Or perhaps a SOC that cost an extra $1. Another cost. Another item to service. Another failure point. Another harness for water intrusion, etc. etc. to increase warranty claim potential.

Ok, so say they did that. Let's make it hack proof.

Well, every layer you add on adds risk. And that risk is not shooting yourself in the foot (Speaking from vendor/manufacturer side). There is a certain amount of terror trusting a set of private encryption keys. And when I say trust, making sure the vendor or whoever it is has some repository so you and a ton of co-workers can rely on and won't be exploited (Don't worry, it eventually will). Also, take into account some Podunk town. Or, rights to service. Etc. Again, more factors.

I can keep bloviating. Long story short, probably about a couple percent that care sat in a meeting and said "WTF??" type stuff and were blown off. How quickly? If it involves money and integration with a vendor it is around a five second decision. Few minor design changes would nip a lot of it...but it will always exist.

But hey, at the end of the day it is all greed. They are making money off of you with their in-car networks. So, gently caress them, time to pay the price you say. Unfortunately, you all do with higher insurance premiums since they pass the buck.

no one bloviates like you do

# ¿ Sep 20, 2023 22:57

Wistful of Dollars: Aug 25, 2009

kastein posted:

Oh my loving God, is that belt driven THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE ENGINE? it sure looks like the belt is not at the front or rear of the crank.

If I didn't already have an awesome avatar I'd want that God as my avatar

# ¿ Sep 27, 2023 21:26

Wistful of Dollars: Aug 25, 2009

Humphreys posted:

So a recent thing here in Australia is that all Heavy Vehicles are now registered under a 'National Heavy Vehicle' set of plates, not state specific.

Enter this wanker in a 2022 Ford F250 Dual Cab 'Super Duty':

crikey

# ¿ Oct 9, 2023 16:28

Wistful of Dollars: Aug 25, 2009

Fatrick posted:

I saw a lifted Miata on my commute this morning.

Not like jacked or anything, more like a 6" lift kit. It was weird. I don't know if it's terrible, or terribly amazing.

wouldn't that lift a Miata's ground clearance by like 300%

# ¿ Oct 26, 2023 14:36

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Scratch Monkey posted:

https://i.imgur.com/S1cEvX9.mp4

another example of a truck that looks worse after being slammed.

# ¿ Oct 29, 2023 03:09

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Enos Cabell posted:

Wrong thread on this one too

# ¿ Nov 6, 2023 22:02

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Powershift posted:

Coming from waffle images, that was probably posted when that car was nearly new, which would have been peak blackberry.

it was taken with a 9630 which came out in 09.

Also explains the price

how does time work

# ¿ Nov 22, 2023 18:04

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The Door Frame posted:

This is not a new phenomenon

they all look the same because they all look awesome

# ¿ Nov 27, 2023 23:30

Wistful of Dollars: Aug 25, 2009

mobby_6kl posted:

Perkele!

Read that as "Tempere" at first and though it's weird because they already have hardcore speeding fines.

E: lol

they look like shoes

# ¿ Nov 29, 2023 00:15

Wistful of Dollars: Aug 25, 2009

I'm waiting for the wiper to catch fire, somehow.

# ¿ Nov 29, 2023 02:15

Wistful of Dollars: Aug 25, 2009

I operate on the assumption that every piece of the cyber truck is dogshit until demonstrated otherwise

# ¿ Dec 1, 2023 02:12

Wistful of Dollars: Aug 25, 2009

Olympic Mathlete posted:

England hosed the world, our idiot child America is finishing our life's work. 🙃

Anyway, merry Christmas

https://twitter.com/ass_beaters/status/1734560065921675358?t=d3NFWuyaH5vWaTWuWHvFjw&s=19

https://x.com/iamsuburban/status/1734938617213046894?s=46&t=6HOSYVrXffESMo0NlyR0Lg

# ¿ Dec 14, 2023 00:04

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orange juche posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mH82OA0xbo

It is always amusing what some people put on the road with everyone else who actually maintains their poo poo. (also some amazing chance mechanical failures)

a mixture of hilarious and horrifying

# ¿ Jan 4, 2024 16:42

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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:

Sorry. Your Car Will Never Drive You Around.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DOd4RLNeT4

What�s the duck for

# ¿ Jan 9, 2024 14:34

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redgubbinz posted:

My favorite part of self-driving futurism is where they get to the "one day driverless cars will have their own roads along pre-determined paths and need no passenger intervention etc etc" part ...then stop just short of inventing a train for the 400th time

Trains - the crabs of transport

# ¿ Jan 9, 2024 14:57

Wistful of Dollars: Aug 25, 2009

I saw a Lucid for the first time last week; it is indeed a pretty car.

# ¿ Jan 11, 2024 16:15

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# ¿ May 5, 2024 17:39

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Olympic Mathlete posted:

A couple of levels to this one!

https://twitter.com/SectorWriter/status/1747319990976405662?t=Kr5xAilaiGzoBKo1kHZnSw&s=19

lol

# ¿ Jan 16, 2024 20:15

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