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 ONE PICTURE PER POST RULE IS BACK IN EFFECT I realize there will always be debates over what post goes in which thread, but pick whichever one seems the best and keep the bickering about it to the minimum. If you're linking to an eBay ad or craigslist post or the like, make sure to rehost the appropriate images and/or text - use the imgur extension to easily do so. Try to keep to more posts with images than without. If it's automotive and it's terrible, it goes here. Photos, cell phone snaps, for sale postings, poo poo you overheard, whatever. Best I've got that's fresh is this that we saw driving down the freeway at 75MPH:  Sometimes I wish we had inspections in AZ. IOwnCalculus fucked around with this message at 07:00 on Jul 18, 2014 |
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I don't think the photo does justice to the fact that I'm pretty sure that van has been rolled over at least twice.
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Aug 20, 2012 05:36
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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.
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Aug 20, 2012 17:32
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keykey posted:1996 850 Schedule J vehicle? If so, I felt the same pain but only for 2 tests before I shucked it at Adessa in Tracy. Oh god if it was a '96 it'd have OBDII and I would've been able to diagnose it myself. My '88 240 was running very lean based on the sniffer results, but with no other symptoms, so I basically had to try something, test, fail, try again.
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Aug 20, 2012 17:52
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BlackMK4 posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZVrnd9V7sk What road is that? It almost looks like bits of AZ238 but I don't think 238 is that twisty.
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Aug 21, 2012 03:11
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See, the trick then is to troll people by saying you just sanded the paint off and polished it.
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Aug 21, 2012 20:04
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SwashedBuckles posted:I thought the joke was that, in the words of Jeremy Clarkson, "it's made of plastic" Not that there's anything wrong with that; there's a reason that most of the Chevy tents at motorsports events have a Corvette fender on a stand that you can pick up. It doesn't have the cachet of carbon fiber but it's a shitload cheaper, and doesn't dent to hell like aluminum.
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Aug 21, 2012 22:05
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Terrible Robot posted:As a fellow Mopar fan, I tend to agree, but the cell-phone pics thread has been rolled into this, so Cell phone pics can go in either one - it just didn't make any sense when half the posts in either thread were cell-cams anyway.
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Aug 22, 2012 05:24
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Beach Bum posted:I would unironically like to hear more about this idea, that sounds cool as gently caress It'd certainly look better than "LOL LOOK AT MY RUSTY HOOD".
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Aug 24, 2012 18:39
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Maker Of Shoes posted:
I think I could get to work in two buses, which isn't bad considering it's about 25 miles one way; but I'd have to drive (or ride a bike) five miles to the first one, and if I get there at 7 then I should walk into work right at 9AM. The same trip by car, even without the HOV lane, takes half that time - on a bad day. Valley Metro can eat my rear end, though I'll continue voting for every time they ask for money in hopes that one day the system might not be useless.
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Aug 26, 2012 00:23
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Nocheez posted:Anyways, she couldn't shift into neutral because she was too busy using her right hand to hold a cell phone so she could cry at 9-1-1 dispatch. That's what I don't get. I've been in a situation where the best option was to drive my rear end off (passed a guy on a two-lane road at night, oncoming traffic suddenly was a lot closer than I thought it was, he decided I cut him off) and as much as I'd have loved to call police on the guy...I was kind of busy.
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Aug 27, 2012 18:23
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Ineptus Mechanicus posted:Do some cars not have a physical link between the transmission and shift lever anymore? If there's a bug in some software or an electrical short, can you not shift out of drive? That seems unsafe if you can't simply disengage the engine from the transmission... I'd bet that the newer Jaaaaaaaags with the rotary shifter fall into this category. I seem to remember a story from some normally non-automotive publication about one getting stuck in park. Likewise, the Prius - the shifter seems to be just a collection of switches, not an actual linkage.
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Aug 27, 2012 19:30
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Maker Of Shoes posted:Me too. It's a race to see which happens first; Valley Metro becoming useful or I finally move out of this poo poo hole. Irony: Today they announced a bus service for far enough east that I could actually avoid driving the first leg of the trip. It'd still be two hours each way, when I spend less time than that round trip even in the worst of rush hour.
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Aug 27, 2012 21:42
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How about we shut the gently caress up about whether it is right or wrong to carry guns?
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Sep 3, 2012 20:31
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Cat Terrist posted:No, that's not the case (And the van is awesome, it would go like the proverbial) - in a rotary that has a few kms on it or modified the alternator belt will more often than not have slippage issues (exactly like I have right now with a RX7) - cogged belts or double alternator belts are the fix. Why is this, out of curiosity? Is the crank pulley on the rotary particularly small? I mean it does seem to be a genuine issue, I just wonder why it seems to affect rotaries so much when most V-belted cars get by just fine with a single V-belt driving the alternator (and sometimes another accessory too).
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Sep 4, 2012 17:56
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Hey, the overspray is realistic!
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Sep 7, 2012 22:34
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Sudden Infant Def Syndrome posted:I think it's more like a frog. I call them frogcars. Mine did too, until I told her how small it is on the inside (I think it's actually got a smaller interior than our Mazda3 hatch). At a glance it appeals to the I-want-a-crossover crowd but it is really, really small for a crossover.
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Sep 12, 2012 21:06
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nm posted:I don't buy it. The crash test ratings changed significantly recently (I think 2010 or 2011) and results prior aren't really comparable to results today. That said, I wouldn't be surprised if it still fared well under current specs; I remember an article once where fire departments would train specifically on how to cut people out of Subarus due to the much higher use of high strength steel in their pillars versus other makes.
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Sep 14, 2012 21:02
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(2006+) and has a real greenhouse.
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I don't think this is a good way to transport bumpers from LA to Phoenix.
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Sep 18, 2012 04:37
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Previa_fun posted:I thought that was a horse. I scrolled down too quickly, and thought I saw a horse, kicking and thrashing, tied to the top of a Cavalier. It was flapping around pretty good, so when approaching it from the back we had a hard time figuring out what the hell it was.
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Sep 18, 2012 21:56
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"Sulfuric acid is a demon." That's a new way to describe it.
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Sep 23, 2012 20:55
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Crustashio posted:No, that's a jalopnik comment. Literally every car more expensive than a mustang v6/v8/boss 302 = JUST GET A MUSTANG Alex Lloyd's articles are the main reason I still read Jalopnik.
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Sep 23, 2012 23:14
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Throatwarbler posted:The spoiler was the least offensive part of the car. It's pretty much the brundlefly of cars, screaming for GM to kill it to end its suffering.
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Sep 24, 2012 07:25
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BlackMK4 posted:RU18QT I once worked with the dumbass who had this plate in AZ, or at least had it at one point. He actually had RU18SXY first but someone complained to the MVD and they took it back.
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Oct 7, 2012 07:38
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BlackMK4 posted:Bahaha, was it a red SRT4? I wouldn't put it past him but at the time it was a piece of poo poo minitruck (a Nissan I think?) that he had installed magnesium blocks on so he could go up and down the then-brand-spanking-new San Tan 202 "leaving sick sparks yo".
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Oct 8, 2012 19:15
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Found while getting groceries this morning, on a nearly completely bedlinered 4Runner:
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Oct 15, 2012 07:59
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The resistor-key setup would've required you to actually make contact with the resistor circuit - but the tolerance was pretty wide and aside from those two wires, it's just a deeper version of ye olde GM tumbler. Hell, on the '94 Z28, when the resistor readers in the cylinder wore out, my dad hardwired a resistor in and replaced it with a standard GM non-PassKey cylinder.
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Oct 18, 2012 07:52
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 Just another terrible brotruck, right?  Two lift blocks  Keep in mind I'm sitting in my Ranger, and the rear bumper of this thing is practically at my eye level.
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Nov 11, 2012 07:05
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BoostCreep posted:Saw this today. I think it belongs here. But it's a Toyota! This kind of pricing is exactly why I've never owned a Toyota or Honda. Dealers seriously set this kind of pricing, and people think their shitbox is worth at least nearly that much, and drive the price of something with a T or H badge on it through the loving roof.
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Nov 13, 2012 19:17
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Holdbrooks posted:Hah that del sol is a legend here in AZ, It's everywhere. No poo poo, I posted it earlier in the thread and I've seen it driving around here for years. It's for sale now?
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Nov 28, 2012 19:46
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sterster posted:Yes it is for sale. My company had the penthouse rented out at the Holiday Inn @ country club & 60 for about 3 weeks. If you want to go take a look at it just drive on down and I'm sure it will be in the parking lot waiting for the guy to return from work. Additionally, you would think the guy driving it was some young gun. No, he looked as if he was in his mid-late 30's. Amazingly it doesn't seem to be on Craigslist. I really want to find this guy's for sale posting just to see what the hell is going on in his head; you're right, he's definitely old enough that it's not some dumb kid's project, but I honestly can't tell if he's serious or just really dedicated to trolling the East Valley.
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Nov 29, 2012 19:27
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kastein posted:Dumb question, isn't this situation what a shovel was designed to help with? Yeah, even ignoring any mechanical sympathy for the car - I've got to imagine it would've taken a lot less time to just shovel a path out.
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Nov 30, 2012 17:17
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amenenema posted:You're totally forgetting the car in question. There shall be no sympathy for the abortion that was the Nu-Tbird. Was it really a terrible car? It was definitely built to a very small and specific market, and I only know one person who had one (not sure if she still does). Her husband builds himself all kinds of fun hot rods (ZZ4-powered T-bucket, Hemi-powered Model A roadster, etc) and I presumed that while she liked the vintage appearance, she wanted something that drove like a modern vehicle. Enter T-Bird. I'd bet the buyers consisted entirely of people with that same mindset - people who don't care if the driving dynamics are any different than a Sebring, they just want it to look old and neat.
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Nov 30, 2012 20:49
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davebo posted:I've heard that a few times but I honestly don't know if it's hyperbole or not. Are (unused) diapers actually a good thing to rub a car with? If so, is that what you use to... dry it? or wax it? Cloth diapers, actually. They're soft as hell and usually 100% cotton, which you can't always guarantee with other towels. A lot of this group also loves to rant about how their car has "never seen rain", nevermind that the first two things a Corvette does as it drives off of the assembly line in Bowling Green is bounce off of some speedbumps as hard as possible to seat the suspension, and then get blasted by high pressure water to ensure there's no leaks. Perfect example of "the Corvette guy" mentality: people who buy those kits where you convert a C5 to vaguely resemble a C1. My dad has actively bitched about this group of people after he bought his C6, and according to him they're even more insufferable than the equivalent Porsche owners, as he'd experienced when he had his various P-cars. Then the other day I find out he hasn't driven his C6 in a month. He enjoys the gas mileage and HOV pass on his new Prius too much. 
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Dec 10, 2012 05:33
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The doors are really throwing me for a loop. They're a mile wide and obviously heavily modified... and yet the NA Miata doorhandles remain 
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Dec 15, 2012 00:41
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KozmoNaut posted:
They need that little extra push over the cliff, to make it one louder.
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Dec 18, 2012 15:26
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Throatwarbler posted:Proving that the VW Phaeton is just a VW? What? 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.
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Dec 19, 2012 18:01
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KozmoNaut posted:Just about any FWD car with a stiff enough suspension will do it, it's not unique to VWs. Sure, but it's just a thing I have stuck in my head pretty firmly as being particularly associated with VWs.
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Dec 19, 2012 19:04
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Terrible Robot posted:It's a known glitch in the forums, but this is the first time I've seen it in action. Yeah, Chooch is working on it.
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Nocheez posted:Does it only happen with moderator posts? Sounds like entrapment, to me. Hah, no, it happens to us as well 
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