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

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You Am I: May 20, 2001; Me @ your poasting

# ¿ Aug 20, 2012 09:10

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# ¿ May 1, 2024 10:21

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# ¿ Aug 22, 2012 04:48

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Poing posted:

If I remember the story correctly, it's a guy who owns a Hyundai dealership (or maybe a few, I forget) and is paying tribute to how he made his money.

I thought it was Will Smith's car

# ¿ Aug 29, 2012 01:17

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Previa_fun posted:

is that going to charge at idle? What I mean is: don't alternators generally need ~2000RPM to start charging?

You're thinking of generators. Alternators can charge at idle

# ¿ Sep 4, 2012 23:28

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DefaultPeanut posted:

There are plenty of those here for peanuts. Business opportunity?

The first gen Mustang market is huge in Australia. I knew a dude who made a fair amount of coin importing Mustangs from the US and just selling them on without even needing to do conversion work (most Australian states allow LHD vehicles 25 years and older) for a good amount of money. There are plenty of baby boomers who still want one.

# ¿ Sep 26, 2012 13:36

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Bang Me Please posted:

how the hell does a person damage nothing but the hood like that?

Your mum sitting on it

# ¿ Oct 15, 2012 02:02

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Colonel K posted:

Speaking of which. I've actually had a look around it at a land rover show and it is a bit ropey all round.

drat, wouldn't the axles be snapping like twigs with those wheels on it?

# ¿ Oct 29, 2012 05:06

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JaysonAych posted:

Does Pacific Rim take place in the near future? It could be they just plonked in a Ka because it's unknown to most Americans and looks small and futurey.

Probably. Just like in Looper where the streets seemed to be filled with 90s Daewoos with plastic poo poo stuck to them.

# ¿ Dec 15, 2012 03:19

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IOwnCalculus posted:

VAG products have a habit of tripodding when driven hard:

The Phaeton, despite it's decidedly un-Volks price, is still a VW at heart.

Pfft, three wheeling with the rear wheel up. Call me back when you aren't doing a Jim Clark with the front wheel up in the air all the time

# ¿ Dec 19, 2012 22:51

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Kenshin posted:

...

are those hood spoilers?

Yes they are, and they were an official Toyota aftermarket bodykit part for that Celica

# ¿ Jan 18, 2013 07:53

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Kenshin posted:

That looks like a car the redneck version of a ricer would drive.

I imagine the owner being a PFC in the Army, where he's been for the past five years because he can't get promoted to Cpl.

Wait, no, it says USAAF on it, so no the Army. Airman, perhaps?

Are you trying to be sarcastic there or don't you really get the theme for that car?

# ¿ Feb 1, 2013 02:00

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Mister Kingdom posted:

There was a Toyota Corolla sedan in my apartment complex with a full vinyl roof. I was going to take a pic, but the owner was coming.

"Excuse me, sir, but may I take a picture of your car so that I can post it on the internet and ridicule you?"

"No? Well, then I'll just pick up my teeth and go about my business."

In an Australian car mag a reader was bemoaning the death of vinyl roofs on cars. He then showed photos of a vinyl roof that was put on his Monaro (the new one, not the 70s ones. Same as the GTO). It looked God awful yet the reader thought it was brilliant.

# ¿ Feb 11, 2013 12:13

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Ferremit posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cyd6fxXISmo

CA20 with open headers. Once we hooked up the rest of the exhaust it sounded a lot more bland

Ye Gods a Ford Corsair. I thought they were all taken off the road because they were so boring no one wanted to buy one.

# ¿ Feb 20, 2013 11:12

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kastein posted:

My favorite vanity plate ever. Definitely doesn't belong in this thread

I love the louvre shade look on the tail lights. Reminds me of a XF Falcon

# ¿ Mar 5, 2013 05:07

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parrhesia posted:

Yeah, it's in good hands already. The dude who crashed it is a mechanic for one of the premier Merc restoration shops in Germany.

Lindsay Fox, a millionaire transport company owner in Australia, and massive Mercedes fan, has a wooden buck for the 300SL and can make his own body parts for that car. I think he has a few 300SLs in his garage.

# ¿ Mar 28, 2013 02:42

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MrSaturn posted:

And second gen is electric!

Also, my old Corvair had a wacky boomerang handbrake to the left of and below the steering wheel, which made using it on hills a pain in the rear end. I learned the hard way with that car. On everything. Don't buy a Corvair.

Nearly every 1960s car had that type of under dash/umbrella handbrake. Ford persisted with it in the Falcon till the early 90s

# ¿ Apr 12, 2013 01:03

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Fucknag posted:

Someone paid eighteen thousand dollars for that kit?!?!

I would hate to think how much it cost the company to get that kit approved by the authorities, and designing it to work with all the safety gear in it

# ¿ Apr 26, 2013 05:13

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Zlatan Imhobitch posted:

Pinifarina.
Rolls Royce.
$2.5mil.

I'd have got killed for this at uni, I can't believe a company like Pinifarina would put it out.

Ah yes, the Rolls Royce Phugly

# ¿ May 7, 2013 06:49

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Dakotaboy88 posted:

Here's one of the local police cars just down the street from me. My buddy's kid was kind enough to pose for photos so that I wouldn't have to look like a troll taking photos in front of the cop's house. She's a cutie, but drat, that's some ridiculous stuff to put on a cop car.

Decepticon logo is the wrong colour :argh:

# ¿ May 21, 2013 04:25

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Aureus posted:

It came from Craigslist...

325es.

That poor poor BMW.

It's got the poo poo eta motor in it, so not much of a loss there.

# ¿ May 31, 2013 11:46

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Seat Safety Switch posted:

They are, yes. After the rustproofing is applied at the factory.

Protege rust is tremendous. I've seen some truly amazing forms of it here.

Mine has no rust at all on it. Nor have I seen other Mazda 323s/Ford Lasers of that vintage with rust like that on Australian roads.

# ¿ Jun 10, 2013 23:49

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Aurune posted:

Robert Kubica agrees with your questioning of how safe armco really is.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Kubica#Rally_crash

Same with this Falcon wagon:

# ¿ Jun 17, 2013 00:06

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kastein posted:

You know what you need to do.

I dunno if I could cum hard enough to hit something that high, but willing to give it a go

# ¿ Jun 20, 2013 12:47

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InitialDave posted:

Imgur has provided me with one dose of "normal Terrible Car Stuff thread material":

Calvin and Hobbes dates from the mid eighties.

And one dose of "I don't know what the gently caress":

The Turbo Teen segment in "Robot Chicken" was one of the most hosed up things I have seen before this animation.

# ¿ Jun 23, 2013 23:35

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Throatwarbler posted:

Taylor Swift was writing songs 22 years ago?

EDIT: Oh, checked wiki and there's some other thing called Nevermind

You were joking, right?

# ¿ Jun 24, 2013 04:02

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Kenshin posted:

http://jalopnik.com/this-terrifying-bentley-donk-is-actually-a-chrysler-601562577

At least they didn't ruin a real Bentley

# ¿ Jun 27, 2013 23:19

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Billy Zane posted:

Someone posted this on Club Lexus

Grillzzzzzz :whatup:

# ¿ Jul 1, 2013 23:30

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YF19pilot posted:

I thought there was a rumor the Wrangler might get the diesel that's slated for the Grand Cherokee.

We've already got the diesel Wrangler :australia:

# ¿ Jul 7, 2013 23:20

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krysmopompas posted:

It's like someone invented the oscillation overthruster and turned it off halfway through the garage. Other than that, I really have no idea what the gently caress is going on here.

Portal gun is playing up

# ¿ Jul 15, 2013 04:02

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DropShadow posted:

Nice parking job, officer.

(And there was no emergency. I watched him stroll into Target.)

How many US Police Departments are running the new Caprice?

# ¿ Jul 17, 2013 05:07

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Still want to drive that abortion over a speedhump quickly and hear the noise as the suspension collapses in hilarious fashion

# ¿ Jul 22, 2013 03:10

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b0nes posted:

From Jalopnik

Commodore driver, doesn't surprise me

# ¿ Jul 24, 2013 01:15

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veedubfreak posted:

What the hell did that start life as? A Kia?

Hyundai Excel

# ¿ Sep 16, 2013 23:39

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Rhyno posted:

Hyundai Accent

http://www.eastcoastcustomcars.ca/StoryDetail.php?ProjectID=1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyundai_Accent#First_generation_.281995.E2.80.931999.29

quote:

The Hyundai Accent (X3) was introduced as a replacement for the Excel for the 1995 model year. It continued to be called Dodge Brisa in Venezuela or Hyundai Excel in some markets, such as the Netherlands, Belgium and Australia.

Whenever you feel like apologising to me :smug:

# ¿ Sep 17, 2013 06:21

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Fart Pipe posted:

Its me, I'm the guy on the tractor. This was from Friday.

I'm the TV Current Affairs person hiding in the bushes waiting for the pedophile to go across the road

# ¿ Sep 22, 2013 23:42

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BoostCreep posted:

I guess this counts as terrible. How do you even do this? Mistake the gas for the brake?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hStcyDj830Q

Bad pace notes

# ¿ Sep 23, 2013 23:52

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tobu posted:

I walked around the corner and thought i'd found a kit car..

but no it's the Ford LASER LYNX! The least graceful member of the cat/laser family hybrid.

I've only seen three or four of those on the road. Such an ugly car when they came out. Too bad Ford got rid of the AWD TX3 model in that body shape.

# ¿ Oct 14, 2013 01:49

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`Nemesis posted:

Terrible political stuff not related to cars is boring.

Full Album: http://imgur.com/a/LJCTi

Wow, that Hilux is in a bit of a mess. Needs more shocks though

# ¿ Oct 15, 2013 11:32

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some texas redneck posted:

Yes, by Rosy Palmer and her five sisters.

Mrs Palmer and her five daughters

# ¿ Oct 25, 2013 12:14

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# ¿ May 1, 2024 10:21

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Somewhat Heroic posted:

From my Facebook feed, a friend in Arizona posted this one. Poor choice of business name/slogan/photo

That is so wrong it is funny

# ¿ Oct 31, 2013 22:53

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