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Rhyno
Mar 22, 2003
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IOwnCalculus posted:

So clearly this went over as well as my old Volvo's last six emissions tests. I'll reopen the CL and mechanical failures threads.

Can we have an "AI Garage" thread for pointless derails too?

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Rhyno
Mar 22, 2003
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Code Jockey posted:

Never really been a muscle car dude but this is a concept I could get behind.

Hell anything that pisses off people who want to use the Confederate flag is okay with me!

Rhyno
Mar 22, 2003
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Blood Magnet posted:



Hey, what's going on here?



That's better.

I'm pretty sure this rear end in a top hat used to post in AI like 7 years ago.

Rhyno
Mar 22, 2003
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I only give a poo poo about gas prices when I have a car payment. Without that added cost it doesn't bother me as much.

Now insurance prices, that boils by soup.

Rhyno
Mar 22, 2003
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That's more of a murder weapon than a tool.

Rhyno
Mar 22, 2003
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rscott posted:

Just ride inside the refrigerator, that way if it falls off you have something to cushion your fall!

I bet he could survive some sort of high powered explosion inside that thing.

Rhyno
Mar 22, 2003
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I really hope those horns came from the animal that caused that front end damage.

Rhyno
Mar 22, 2003
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Jesus H Christ. All of our expenses for our home rent and all utilities don't even cost that much.

Rhyno
Mar 22, 2003
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Darchangel posted:

Best part? Look on page 3 or the Cardomain site, where you will learn that the front seats are bolted to 2x4s attached to the floor of the car. I'm sure he used Grade 8 wood...

I bought a parts car two years ago that had the front floorpans replaced with marine plywood. Made the drive home very interesting.

Rhyno
Mar 22, 2003
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There's an Impala locally with them as well. I really want to see how they hold up if they run into a curb.

Rhyno
Mar 22, 2003
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Leroy Diplowski posted:

The 85 accord was a great car, and a fantastic looker :colbert:

http://tlaphotography.net/2012/05/15/classy-85-accord/

I ain't gonna lie, that is pretty loving classy.

Rhyno
Mar 22, 2003
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veedubfreak posted:

It's because everyone in the US has tiny wieners they need to compensate for with big trucks and suvs :) Also, everyone here is fat.

Who you callin' fat?

Rhyno
Mar 22, 2003
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God drat it, he's doing it again.

Rhyno
Mar 22, 2003
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As if lovely music wasn't enough, this jerk is just gonna keep ruining more and more cars unless we do something.

Rhyno
Mar 22, 2003
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Tusen Takk posted:

Like my new paint job?




:kimchi:

What the...

Rhyno
Mar 22, 2003
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88h88 posted:

So it's not quite as bad as ruining an entire van but I have to wonder quite why you'd want to have the newborn from the godawful Alien Resurrection film (admittedly pretty well) airbrushed onto your van...

...also what is the thing on the back and which do you think came first??






The thing on the back is one of the "dogs" from the film Predators.

Rhyno
Mar 22, 2003
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Super Aggro Crag posted:

Never change, Jeremy Scott.



I would wear the poo poo out of these.

Rhyno
Mar 22, 2003
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Super Aggro Crag posted:

If you can find them, they're gonna run you about $250.

It's not a big deal. I have wings tattooed on my ankles.

Rhyno
Mar 22, 2003
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JaysonAych posted:

The front end has me thinking Pontiac Sunfire. No body kit should make anyone think Pontiac Sunfire.

I know a guy with a body kitted Sunfire. It's a very sad looking car.

Rhyno
Mar 22, 2003
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IOwnCalculus posted:

It's supposedly the rear end-end of the new Corvette. We'll know for sure next month.

Is it...is it broken?

Rhyno
Mar 22, 2003
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front wing flexing posted:

The car also appears to be inside a house, as if it's being displayed like art.

It looks like a really nice garage to me.

Rhyno
Mar 22, 2003
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You Am I posted:

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

I know a kid with those on his car. It must be an epidemic because his were also not the correct body color.

Rhyno
Mar 22, 2003
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kastein posted:

Pretty sure this fits here.

Hit the junkyard, saw this. I think it was on a Ford Escort GT? Not sure.


:stonk:

Porthole? check.
Criminally poor fiberglass work? YUP
More of the same bondo work? You bet!
And to top it all off, some almost-matches rattlecan paint.

The other 3 fenders were rolled (significantly) and had been repainted with the same almost-matching rattlecan.

As the resident Escort GT fanboy, that makes me cry inside.

Rhyno
Mar 22, 2003
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Carteret posted:

That looks like plastidip. That poo poo is become an epidemic around here. You mean I can be ricey as hell, spraypaint ANYTHING, and shrug off "haters" because I can just peel it off?

:suicide:

That looks nothing like Plastidip.

Rhyno
Mar 22, 2003
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Carteret posted:





^plasti-dip.
If it was done as a really lovely light coat on silver wheels, it could look like that. Not saying it was, but I've seen pink plastidip'd wheels around here that look very similar.

I've dipped 3 sets of wheels and a poo poo load of other things in the last two years. The wheels in the earlier post are clearly spray paint.

Rhyno
Mar 22, 2003
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There should be a hotline for cars parked by jackasses.

Rhyno
Mar 22, 2003
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I did that wooden bumper thing once. Not to my own car, one of my coworkers was in an accident and it ripped the bumper cover clean off. She drover he car like that for 3 weeks so one night I dashed home, grabbed a 2x4 and some zip ties and wrote BUMPER with a backwards R on it. I think she drove it for two more days before noticing.

Rhyno
Mar 22, 2003
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IOwnCalculus posted:

I think red flashers like that aren't illegal to possess, but they are illegal to actually use on a public road.

In Indiana they don't care until you put them on an Impala or a Crown Vic.

Rhyno
Mar 22, 2003
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Coasterphreak posted:

As far as cost:benefit ratio, it's likely safe to assume that car markets east of the former Iron Curtain operate a bit differently from those in the USA/Western Europe.

There's probably a really appropriate Yakov Smirnoff styled quote for this but I'll be damned if I can think of it.

Rhyno
Mar 22, 2003
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DJ Commie posted:

Unibodies can't really be cut up like that, they won't deform correctly in the second accident, and grinding welds removes a lot of the strength. It'd fold like a can, probably tear apart rather than just deforming.

I'm sure they welded some extra support along the frame rails. I mean, it's not like they cut corners on these projects right?

Rhyno
Mar 22, 2003
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veedubfreak posted:

At least bozo cars are SUPPOSED to be as outrageous as possible. Meanwhile, people in the US tart up Loser Cruisers and honestly think they look good.

I wish bosozuka would catch on in the US.

Every state needs a Holdbrooks.

Rhyno
Mar 22, 2003
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angryhampster posted:

Spotted at Lowe's.



Maybe he's just putting badges from cars he's backed into while shopping?

Rhyno
Mar 22, 2003
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Is that seriously Great Stuff they used to make their new bumper?

Rhyno
Mar 22, 2003
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I just now noticed the upsidedown steering wheel.

Rhyno
Mar 22, 2003
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She couldshould have spent that tattoo money on mole removal.

Rhyno
Mar 22, 2003
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PainterofCrap posted:

Those two bumper stickers were made for each other.

Content:



Had this one for awhile. Is boners.com still a thing?

(edit) apparently not

I adore this.

Rhyno
Mar 22, 2003
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That was a Mazda b-series wasn't it?




Those bastards.

Rhyno
Mar 22, 2003
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Ran out to run some errands and saw this sitting on a small dealer lot








It's a 2005 Saleen Focus. Now besides the writing on the window it's amusing to me because this is the fourth dealer to have this car in maybe three years. I don't know if it has some terrible problem or if it's a bitch to insure but it keeps popping up for sale.

Edit: and they want $11K for it.

Rhyno
Mar 22, 2003
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Astroman posted:

Hey, it has *UNDER BODY* LIGHTS*

That pretty much makes it exactly like the movie. EXACTLY. :colbert:

Honestly if it was $3000 I'd buy it in a heartbeat and make it even worse.

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Rhyno
Mar 22, 2003
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JP Money posted:

That's a silly point, most rotors will rust when they're just sitting around.

I was highlighting the badly painted calipers mostly. They were red a few years ago, also badly painted.

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