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Failson
Sep 2, 2018
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You could be living the cyberpunk dystopia the rest of us are denied!

drat, it's so clean, too.

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Failson
Sep 2, 2018
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MetaJew posted:

I know it's bad but the world needs more breadvans.

On the other hand



I don't hate the front end, and shooting brakes are always welcome, but it ALL just ends up looking like a knockoff of a Texaco toy car. Again, that's another thing I should like, but... Okay, you know what, no, it's a fun mutt.

Failson
Sep 2, 2018
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Sagebrush posted:

two words:

micro

turbine

Many people are saying.

Failson
Sep 2, 2018
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Kia needs to try adapt the Korean national cigarette logo:

https://twitter.com/marchaynes/status/512047014826090496

Failson
Sep 2, 2018
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weg posted:

A lot of Jeep aftermarket stuff is ugly, but this is something I haven't seen before.



Grille scoop + angry eyes combo?

What could it possibly be scooping to? Well besides nothing, obviously.

Oh no! The Vogons are here, and they're making aftermarket parts.

Failson
Sep 2, 2018
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Powershift posted:



(USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)

This'll be the day that I die.

(USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)

Failson
Sep 2, 2018
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https://www.theregister.com/2023/06/02/cisco_webex_audi_collaboration/

quote:

Nothing says Happy Friday like news that Cisco is trying to help your boss pry yet more of your time and personal space from you: the Webex collaboration app will be equipped in select Audi cars from next year.

The networking biz has said it is working with the Volkswagen Group's software developer CARIAD and Samsung subsidiary HARMAN to create the "first app for hybrid work" in vehicles from 2024.

So not only are you faced with endless meetings in the home office, the office office, and just about anywhere else you can take a laptop or a phone, now there'll be one fewer place to hide. Instead of resisting the urge to shout at reckless drivers, you'll be holding your tongue tight to not tell John in accounts that he shouldn't be extending the meeting by contesting the contents of slide 50.

*Desire to be a neo-luddite intensifying*

Failson
Sep 2, 2018
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Spotted a baffling looking SUV, and I'm pretty sure it was one of these, in bright yellow.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rezvani_Tank

Failson
Sep 2, 2018
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I really want to see what "custom graphics" means on this car. It better be three wolf moon.

Failson
Sep 2, 2018
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weg posted:

Haha the car has a fursona. I had to find this thing online and it's exactly like you'd imagine it.
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/charles-green-391388233_car-show-season-is-here-and-the-midnight-activity-7054657744691204096-E4Rz




Washington plate. Nonzero chance I encounter THE MIDNIGHT WOLF in person.

He's really got to let everyone know his heart lives in AZ. I mean, it's obvious, but just driving the point home with the decal.

Failson
Sep 2, 2018
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Chris Knight posted:

Maximum Groverdrive

Failson
Sep 2, 2018
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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.

<snip>


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 is even going on there?! Charging a battery off the truck? Why the jumper cables? Or did the 12v system die and the truck needs a jump? And how did Tezzla make the only electric pickup truck with no frunk?

Failson
Sep 2, 2018
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"How could a Jeep possibly cost over six figures?!"

Godzilla07 posted:

The back of the seat of a new Jeep Grand Wagoneer (it's in service because kids kicked the back of the seat):



Oh.

Failson
Sep 2, 2018
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Dealers, man. Dealers.

Getting my car fixed. Despite having three different ways to contact them, none work. Finally got through to a receptionist but they couldn't answer any questions. The phone tree said "For Saturn Sales, press 5"

I don't think I'm ever going there again (they didn't used to be this bad).

Failson
Sep 2, 2018
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Blue Footed Booby posted:

No vehicle looks good slammed.

Failson
Sep 2, 2018
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Some say that tire's still out there.

Rollin free.

Failson
Sep 2, 2018
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Darchangel posted:

...
On the way to work this morning, I spotted a mint '00s Mercury Sable wagon(!), in red. Cherry as gently caress. Not my favorite, but I admired the fact that it was in excellent condition, and was being driven in morning traffic.
...

Was it one of the models with front lightbars? Almost never see those intact.

Failson
Sep 2, 2018
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Boaz MacPhereson posted:

Build a back wall to turn it into a single cab truck or just say gently caress it to death and rhino line everything? Hmmm 🤔

Easy to hose out! Including the drivers remains after the inevitable crash.

Failson
Sep 2, 2018
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quote:

NHTSA made Tesla update its software to keep drivers more engaged while Autopilot is active, and apparently the update makes cabin cameras overheat... can't wait to see where this goes

https://bsky.app/profile/niedermeyer.io/post/3kh44cs6orw2i

Failson
Sep 2, 2018
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Olympic Mathlete posted:

(the terrible car poo poo is the Range Rover in a city)

Easily stolen and done so in enormous number in London, insurance companies are now outright refusing to insure them or the pricing is ridiculous like this lady has found out.

'extortionate premiums are destroying lives' is a somewhat hilarious headline though. British media is loving trash.

https://twitter.com/BobFromAccounts/status/1753047179663376468?t=b5TqZ2BylcTpeuJlpVMwlQ&s=19

London is one of the easiest cities to live in without a car, right?

Failson
Sep 2, 2018
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shyduck posted:



edit: you won't be surprised to hear this guy sounds like a massive piece of poo poo



Stole this from one of the Musk threads. Really curious what cars the couple owns already?

Failson
Sep 2, 2018
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"Is my cybertrk rusting already?"

"No, you're just spreading FUD, all cars are covered in rust spots, just buff them out with a brillo pad."

https://www.theregister.com/2024/02/13/tesla_cybertruck_rust/

Failson
Sep 2, 2018
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trilobite terror posted:

I’m not kidding. There were companies selling entire panel murals in the backs of magazines

Dudes would go to a shop and get them stuck on and clearcoat sprayed over them like they were graphics on a bike

Gotta take a moment to remember Gutter Phoenix. Hope he's doing okay.

https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3887842

Failson
Sep 2, 2018
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slidebite posted:

I remember a local dealer that did a side of beef with car purchase.

Of course, nothing is free but that promo would probably legit generate some activity.

It was tires around here. RIP Les.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrQQz2G_q7I

Failson
Sep 2, 2018
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The suspension on the cybertrk appears to be exaclty as bad as it seemed:

Kit Walker posted:

https://jalopnik.com/a-tesla-cybertruck-crashed-into-the-beverly-hills-hotel-1851305625

I'm sure no one is surprised to find out that it was actually the car's owner that crashed it

Failson
Sep 2, 2018
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Number_6 posted:

Best interface:



Cadillac Allante

Honorable mentions to those Buick Reattas with early digital touchscreens, and the '80s Subaru XT.

Even these old touchscreens are preferable to current interfaces just because the elements didn't move around.

Sub-menus are the enemy. Swiping is the enemy.

Failson
Sep 2, 2018
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No. 6 posted:

It's fine. We still have Chris Bangle.

I know Bangle gets all the hate, but Adrian van Hooydonk is the real enemy.

Failson
Sep 2, 2018
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CommieGIR posted:

....wait, what, you just can cut out the window seal using metal wire?

Also, I have to assume the spoiler is mounted to something inside the trunk, should you be able to unbolt it from the mechanism to raise/lower the spoiler internally?

Like, Tesla's suck, but there's a method to remove the entire thing: https://service.tesla.com/docs/ModelX/ServiceManual/en-us/GUID-4FAEEF23-7B73-4A1F-A037-3E487FAFEB75.html. This seems dumb.

Yeah, this guy is not all that bright: https://service.tesla.com/docs/ModelX/ServiceManual/en-us/GUID-695C1F76-A4C4-4382-A4FC-0AB9136706D7.html

I'm confused here too... Why peel all the metal off the spoiler if he just needed to get at the two screws on each end?

Failson
Sep 2, 2018
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The Youabian Puma. At least they only made one. I think.

"No time with cat" please.

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Failson
Sep 2, 2018
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