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Beach Bum
Jan 13, 2010

I'd drive it. :colbert:

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Beach Bum
Jan 13, 2010

Powershift posted:

I was strugling with which thread to place it, but in the end it was just too wacky to be awesome.

http://www.curbsideclassic.com/auto...ad-of-its-time/

Maybe this hitch will sway you



Perhaps chrysler could have done this on the SRT-8 Jeep and kept the center exhaust.

I wouldn't tow my loving Hobie Cat with that hitch :stare:

Beach Bum
Jan 13, 2010
I scrub my windshield every time I gas up. I also keep a micro rag in the car to get anything on the interior side. I do a lot of night driving, so the less FOD there is, the less glare there is. When I drove my $500 Volvo home after it had been sitting under a tree for two years (gently caress PO'S :argh:) I almost went into fits before I got it into one of the self-serve wash bays.

Someone today actually asked me where my Miata's windshield was because they were convinced I didn't have one from about 15 feet away :V

Beach Bum fucked around with this message at 19:28 on Dec 4, 2014

Beach Bum
Jan 13, 2010

InitialDave posted:

The basic mentality, that bikes are somehow not just another type of vehicle on the road, is the root cause for a huge amount of the problem on both sides.

It wouldn't be so hard to treat them as another type of vehicle if it wasn't for the fact that most bicycle riders have absolutely zero regard for the rules of the road and the majority of cops are neither willing nor able (really; what cop is going to chase a bike that jumps a curb and books it down the sidewalk down an alley?) to ticket riders.

Beach Bum
Jan 13, 2010

Throatwarbler posted:

I'm pretty skeptical about that kind of thing, also with the claim that the Aston Martin V12 is 2 Ford V6s, because a V12 is 2 Inline 6 engines side by side, not 2 V6s in line, A V6 crank and bottom end would be completely different from what a V12 would need?

It's an American (Yes I know Holden is AUS) car company trying to make something besides a V8, what did you expect?

Beach Bum
Jan 13, 2010

Slavvy posted:

This blows my mind; the average ambulance here is equipped with a 2.5-3.0 diesel.

You try hauling around Americans with a 3.0 and see how it works out for you.

Beach Bum
Jan 13, 2010
Automotive Insanity > I'm going to post terrible rant stuff anyway

Beach Bum
Jan 13, 2010

Zamboni Apocalypse posted:

And a big "bumper sticker" for the back, plasma-cut out of diamond plate: HUMMERS ARE FOR DICKS

FTFY

Edit: you know what, it works both ways, I am an idiot.

Beach Bum
Jan 13, 2010
Is that a turbine wheel?

kastein posted:

This however is loving common sense.

Spoken like a true socialist :v:

Beach Bum
Jan 13, 2010
I can get a 5q jug of Mobil1 20w-50 for like, $26.68 at my local Walmart. Where the gently caress are you guys buying oil? Or is Mobil1 the "peasant" full synthetic these days or something?

Beach Bum
Jan 13, 2010

Das Volk posted:

Speaking of those horrible eyelash things,



What is that thing with the flares off to the right?

Beach Bum
Jan 13, 2010

wayfinder posted:

The photoshopping is immediately obvious:



TIL I am completely oblivious to either whatever shop was done or to sarcasm. Or both.

Beach Bum
Jan 13, 2010

Raluek posted:

Don't you have a Scirocco or a Jetta or something?

You act like AI isn't a refuge for masochists

Beach Bum
Jan 13, 2010

some texas redneck posted:

Joke's on you guys, the owner is camped out in the back.

... frozen to death.

Well at least he'll stay fresh until spring :v:

Beach Bum
Jan 13, 2010

charliemonster42 posted:

You follow the R3V fb group, too? It's a cesspool of stupidity and retardation. Sometimes I wonder why I still follow it.

Because watching trainwrecks is fun?

Beach Bum
Jan 13, 2010

Slavvy posted:

1 psi doesn't actually make any difference at all.

Please don't bait the autocross drivers (like me :argh:)

Beach Bum
Jan 13, 2010
At what point do you just stick your hands out the window with your license in hand and say "Okay, let's go..."

Beach Bum
Jan 13, 2010

some texas redneck posted:

My parents let me drink a 12 pack of Dr Pepper a day for years.

... now I'm both diabetic and gay.

<Fox News> THIS JUST IN! New study indicates Dr. Pepper could cause autism homosexuality :a2m:

Eyebeem: Everything in moderation. Honestly I'd ask your pediatrician if the commentary about your kids' soda intake bothers you that much. FWIW I drank a bunch of soda as a kid (one-three daily, with LAN party binges and whatnot sprinkled here and there) but now it's rare that I'll have more than one a day except at a party, restaurant or a tabletop game, where I will suddenly revert to my teens and drink like a half liter an hour.

Beach Bum
Jan 13, 2010

BIG HORNY COW posted:

A few months ago I had to pick up a fare at the bar who had gotten into an argument with the bartender because the cops showed up to question him about a complaint of him driving into a ditch on his way into the bar. The bartender didn't call the cops on him but he thought he did.

Before they left he went and got something out of his truck and locked it up. A ridiculous jacked up Titan with no less than 4 LED light bars. The whole ride back to his house he kept saying "IF ANYONE MESSES WITH MY TRUCK IM GOIN OFF BRO I SWEAR IM GOIN OFF"

Firmly under the impression that anyone but him gives a hot gently caress about his giant brotruck. Sorry dude, nobody cares.

So you gonna post a picture of the dick you drew on the tailgate or what?

Beach Bum
Jan 13, 2010

rndmnmbr posted:

Dealing with three u-joints that all decided to die on the same day in the parking lot of an O'Reilly's in Tulsa, Oklahoma taught me about why I should always bring some tools. Maybe not enough tools to pull and replace an engine in the breakdown lane, but definitely enough to handle moderate problems.

I finally ditched my 60-pound trunk toolbox when I got AAA. Granted, this does nothing if I'm more than 100 miles from home, so... :shrug:

Beach Bum
Jan 13, 2010

Freud is having a goddamn field day. Also reincarnation is real and he designed... that. Is that a V4 twostroke?

Beach Bum
Jan 13, 2010

kastein posted:

Hmmmm..

I tied the engine back into my MJ with about 60 feet of $10 home depot clothesline rope (rated for 288lbs) once. Tire jack, engine up, APPLY LOTS OF ROPE, engine down, drive home gingerly.

A pair of vise grips became a permanent component of my exhaust system.

A friend used a vise grip to hold his starter motor in when one of the bolts broke off in the bellhousing.

I used 10 feet of vinyl aquarium hose to draw a vacuum on my fuel tank via the evap port so that I could drive it home with a 1/2" long gash torn in the bottom of the tank without leaking a drop.

All on XJs/MJs :banjo::hf::banjo:

(we are the jeeps you share the roads with)

I need to hear about the vacuum bit; did you just run it to a port on the intake manifold or something?

Beach Bum
Jan 13, 2010

kastein posted:

If you add a catch can, this trick works just as well for bleeding brakes. gently caress pumping on a vacuum bleeder, or even buying one.

MacGuyver lives, I tell you. Reincarnation is real and I will hear no argument otherwise. My family is famous for improvising poo poo and I'm over here at the kids table. You got any other jaw-dropping little tidbits of mechanical genius you'd like to share?

Beach Bum
Jan 13, 2010

kastein posted:

MacGuyver is still alive, fortunately. Or at least Richard Dean Anderson is.

Next tidbit: Put the oil pan drain plug back in before you pour the new oil in :suicide:

How did you know? Just the other day I poured 5qt of Mobil1 15w-50 directly in to the drain pan while doing the Miata. I was checking the dipstick for the third time before I had the moment of clarity and I'm pretty sure the neighbor across the street thought there was a domestic disturbance when the socket wrench hit the garage door.

Beach Bum
Jan 13, 2010

insta posted:

Why do you make your Miata drink peanut butter

Because I regularly AutoX it and otherwise beat the ever loving poo poo out of it on the daily. I also live in Florida, where temps approach 90F at 9AM. 10w-40 was not cutting it and getting destroyed within 3000 miles, which I find unacceptable for a full synthetic. I'm getting more like 4k-6k out of the 15w-50 depending on the season.

Beach Bum
Jan 13, 2010

jammyozzy posted:

I fear it's a bit late for that, I'll snap some photos later today.

Dis gon be goood :q:

Beach Bum
Jan 13, 2010

Tashan Dorrsett posted:

believe it or not, ford probe enthusiasts exist

I think "Victims" is the better word here.

Beach Bum
Jan 13, 2010

razorscooter posted:

...there are plenty of people that want to show off and enjoy the personal gratification and stimulation that comes with grasping and moving their sticks whenever they pull out their hot rod.

Miata driver spotted

Beach Bum
Jan 13, 2010
The thing I always liked about manual was regulating acceleration not with the throttle, but with gear choice. As in, wanna go fast, let it rev. Wanna be a bit more sedate, change gear earlier. The throttle is off/on unless cruising or in traffic or whatever. I'm a control freak, I guess :v:

Beach Bum
Jan 13, 2010

corn in the fridge posted:

idiot americans boasting

You could have just used "Americans" instead of being so redundant.

show us on the doll where the :911: touched you

(USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)

Beach Bum
Jan 13, 2010

Copper Vein posted:

BRB, goin' for a cruise.



Huh, that looks familiar :haw:



Beach Bum
Jan 13, 2010

I don't see a problem here, this will work itself out eventually.

Beach Bum
Jan 13, 2010

Bajaha posted:

It's a DRAG truck :haw:

:doh: Ugh.

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Beach Bum
Jan 13, 2010

BlackMK4 posted:

I don't know where else to post this.


That was... elegant

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