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

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Mr. Wiggles: Dec 1, 2003; We are all drinking from the highball glass of ideology.

Viggen posted:

NEVADA.JPG. I couldn't have staged this any better if I tried.

^{click for beeg}

It has a really godawful peeling "Judge" paint job. If you look at the large photo you can see that it's entirely gone off the roof and down the rear.

I knew I forgot the sidewalk sale this weekend.

# ¿ Aug 27, 2012 20:38

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# ¿ May 6, 2024 03:18

Mr. Wiggles: Dec 1, 2003; We are all drinking from the highball glass of ideology.

Viggen posted:

I think I've found the ugliest car in the world. Just because parts are exchangeable, doesn't mean you should.

(This is why:)

WRX: Mullet edition?

I was looking at that car last night when searching for wagons and even though it's over priced at first I thought good things...

...until the images of the front end loaded on my phone.

# ¿ Dec 6, 2012 18:05

Mr. Wiggles: Dec 1, 2003; We are all drinking from the highball glass of ideology.

Viggen posted:

There are no words. (Clicky, clicky - but it's in Swedish)

You found it. You found the coolest car.

# ¿ Dec 18, 2012 21:36

Mr. Wiggles: Dec 1, 2003; We are all drinking from the highball glass of ideology.

uncle_skin posted:

Hey look, a rat rod Volvo. Well that's certainly something...

Absolutely the wrong thread. This owns bones.

# ¿ Apr 16, 2013 18:17

Mr. Wiggles: Dec 1, 2003; We are all drinking from the highball glass of ideology.

That Lancia is my favorite car of all time. Though in that unfortunate color I see why it's in this thread. :wotwot:

# ¿ Dec 20, 2013 17:27

Mr. Wiggles: Dec 1, 2003; We are all drinking from the highball glass of ideology.

dissss posted:

Nope - its the third of the US 'big three' (Ford, GM, Chrysler) - albeit somewhat less big than the other two

And owned by Fiat now.

# ¿ Mar 8, 2014 00:25

Mr. Wiggles: Dec 1, 2003; We are all drinking from the highball glass of ideology.

Slavvy posted:

Every day at work I upsell & fit respected tyre brands like

-Triangle
-Goodride
-Ling-Long

-Supercat

-Nexen
-Kingstar

Needless to say, our tyre machine hates life itself.

Triangle tires?

# ¿ Mar 13, 2014 18:59

Mr. Wiggles: Dec 1, 2003; We are all drinking from the highball glass of ideology.

West SAAB Story posted:

It can be if the airbags don't deploy.

Anyhow, I'm done. I'll endure a lot, but being told I am completely full of poo poo when I'm stuck living it, I won't tolerate. So, yeah.. anyhow:

Up for grabs is a Silverado that they only want $10k for. In Methville.

Just needs paint and shocks. [...] I have over a thousand in ac and $5k in lift.

That may be what you paid..

Ha. He bought those tires from a guy I work with, I believe.

There are soooooo many of those trucks kicking around Lyon county.

# ¿ May 1, 2014 02:03

Mr. Wiggles: Dec 1, 2003; We are all drinking from the highball glass of ideology.

Think I saw the driver in the store, since he was the only person in a Ghost in the Shell t-shirt.

# ¿ Jun 17, 2014 17:55

Mr. Wiggles: Dec 1, 2003; We are all drinking from the highball glass of ideology.

Slavvy, this is the sort of thing we use duallies for in the Western World.

Load it up with cars and head 3000 miles across country. Not something you're doing with a Kia Sportage. See also: hauling hay, firewood, horses, tractors, sand, etc...

# ¿ Nov 2, 2014 02:30

Mr. Wiggles: Dec 1, 2003; We are all drinking from the highball glass of ideology.

Seat Safety Switch posted:

I'm familiar with the Samara from this Cold War Motors video, but the 112 is new to me:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Il1IHduNBlw

Headlight wipers, motherfucker!

I am absolutely in love! :love:

Unironically, how can I get one into the states?

# ¿ Jan 5, 2015 23:03

Mr. Wiggles: Dec 1, 2003; We are all drinking from the highball glass of ideology.

It's like a bigger, more powerful yugo! Of course I want one. Realtalk.

# ¿ Jan 6, 2015 05:48

Mr. Wiggles: Dec 1, 2003; We are all drinking from the highball glass of ideology.

By the logic we're following, drivers of Yugos and rusty 80s compact pickups have the biggest packages of all.

:smugdog:

# ¿ Feb 3, 2015 20:21

Mr. Wiggles: Dec 1, 2003; We are all drinking from the highball glass of ideology.

Siochain posted:

Where does the 94 geo tracker I used to drive fall on this scale? I'm curious how big I should advertise my package as being.

Pretty big, but in an "exotic dancer banana hammock" kind of way.

# ¿ Feb 3, 2015 21:05

Mr. Wiggles: Dec 1, 2003; We are all drinking from the highball glass of ideology.

nm posted:

I got my low HP tiny hatchback in the brightest color possible. I'm not sure if that makes my dick bigger or smaller, can AI help?

It depends. Does the color help or hinder your self confidence?

# ¿ Feb 3, 2015 22:23

Mr. Wiggles: Dec 1, 2003; We are all drinking from the highball glass of ideology.

Really the only trike worth getting is the Morgan and that's because it's

a) a Morgan
b) completely ridiculous in a way that conveys self-knowledge of its ridiculousness

Even then, it would probably be better to get an Atom or a Caterham. That's what I would do and I have the best taste so there you go.

# ¿ Feb 17, 2015 00:42

Mr. Wiggles: Dec 1, 2003; We are all drinking from the highball glass of ideology.

Guinness posted:

For most people, there are only two types of motorcycles: Harleys and crotchrockets.

I've given up trying to explain what a sport touring bike is.

There are also dirtbikes, which apparently also includes adventure motorcycles.

# ¿ Feb 17, 2015 00:46

Mr. Wiggles: Dec 1, 2003; We are all drinking from the highball glass of ideology.

Friar Zucchini posted:

Stop trying to justify the trike in terms of fun. The reason someone would buy it is because he loving wants one. No, I don't use my Suburban's 10,000 towing capability, and no I don't often use the 9-person seating capacity, and no I don't actually need to go off road every once in a while... so why do I have it? Because I loving wanted one. That's it. That is all the reason there needs to be. That's as logical as it gets. So hush.

Terrible rant stuff itt.

Anyway, for content, proper AI strollers.

Mr. Wiggles fucked around with this message at 03:49 on Feb 17, 2015

# ¿ Feb 17, 2015 03:45

Mr. Wiggles: Dec 1, 2003; We are all drinking from the highball glass of ideology.

Powershift posted:

Sorry to interrupt bike chat with terrible car stuff, but here's some terrible car stuff.

Eh, I really have no problem with these three.

# ¿ Feb 25, 2015 17:01

Mr. Wiggles: Dec 1, 2003; We are all drinking from the highball glass of ideology.

LiquidRain posted:

Matte is bad.
Old Caravans are bad.
This is terrible.

I think that's a 24 Hours of LeMons sticker on the quarter panel, which makes this okay.

# ¿ Apr 28, 2015 18:09

Mr. Wiggles: Dec 1, 2003; We are all drinking from the highball glass of ideology.

xzzy posted:

Also, I just noticed that slimer is the hood ornament.

That's actually loving awesome.

It will be less awesome when the siren is different.

# ¿ Jul 10, 2015 21:11

Mr. Wiggles: Dec 1, 2003; We are all drinking from the highball glass of ideology.

I don't have any problem with the actresses, and the car is appropriate. They just have to give it the siren if they want it to be Ecto 1. I have few demands, really.

# ¿ Jul 11, 2015 03:51

Mr. Wiggles: Dec 1, 2003; We are all drinking from the highball glass of ideology.

Hope the owners name is Simon.

# ¿ Jul 11, 2015 18:05

Mr. Wiggles: Dec 1, 2003; We are all drinking from the highball glass of ideology.

Nevada actually has the best plates. I have some.

# ¿ Nov 14, 2016 21:20

Mr. Wiggles: Dec 1, 2003; We are all drinking from the highball glass of ideology.

Wrong thread

# ¿ Apr 11, 2017 18:36

Mr. Wiggles: Dec 1, 2003; We are all drinking from the highball glass of ideology.

Yu-Gi-Ho! posted:

The worst I did was loud exhausts and cold air intakes.

Motherfucker I STILL do loud exhausts and cold air intakes.

# ¿ Jun 19, 2017 17:23

Mr. Wiggles: Dec 1, 2003; We are all drinking from the highball glass of ideology.

Dennis McClaren posted:

Ah, the Cat DP40, builder of false confidence.

# ¿ Aug 14, 2018 05:40

Mr. Wiggles: Dec 1, 2003; We are all drinking from the highball glass of ideology.

Olympic Mathlete posted:

What you ordered:

What they sent:

No lie, possibly gonna be the new commuter when it comes out. First one at CarMax is mine.

# ¿ Mar 1, 2019 17:24

Mr. Wiggles: Dec 1, 2003; We are all drinking from the highball glass of ideology.

drgitlin posted:

It�s not coming to America, sorry.

loving Honda. First they don't let me have the Beat, now they don't let me have the new CVCC.

# ¿ Mar 6, 2019 07:51

Mr. Wiggles: Dec 1, 2003; We are all drinking from the highball glass of ideology.

Elviscat posted:

We had some '15 Grand Caravans at work, I had top bring one in to get springs and struts replaced at 11kmi, the spring had snapped un loving half, in 2018, the dealership had to replace almost the entire front suspension because it was wrecked, I think there are Chinese cars with better build quality.

Well yeah we're talking about Chrysler here.

# ¿ Mar 15, 2019 04:30

Mr. Wiggles: Dec 1, 2003; We are all drinking from the highball glass of ideology.

glyph posted:

My first car was a [hand me down] Plymouth voyager. The shifter on mine was very similar, boot and all.

Here is a pic of the shifter placement on he minivans- SUPER low. Mine was silver, with shiny, hot as the surface of the sun in summer, vinyl seats, and just as stripped- it had no AC, power anything, TACH, cupholder, the front seats didn’t recline, there wasn’t a seek function on the radio only head unit... it only had the three seater bench in the second row, there wasn’t a third row in ours.

I absolutely hated it at the time (mid- late 90s), but I’d love to have it now.

Gotta bring all the way back to this, because I find it difficult to believe that there was another young person in the late 90s who had my van. But it's true - you know the ways of suffering like I did.

Best parts - max speed of 35 up any given hill, having to rebuild the carb 3 times, and passing out in the back after drunken high school parties. Also, the little shelf next to the console is where I bolted in a boom box after the radio died.

Mine was brown with fake woodgrain.

# ¿ Apr 16, 2019 06:24

Mr. Wiggles: Dec 1, 2003; We are all drinking from the highball glass of ideology.

glyph posted:

As I mentioned earlier, ours was the stripperest of stripper models- silver, no tint, short bodystyle, no cleats for nor third row seat. It did, however have the single rectangle halogen lights ('87),extruded aluminum running boards and a bitchin' smoked bug deflector.

I have a picture somewhere, I'll dig it up one of these days.

Through the magic of rose colored glasses, I'd completely forgotten about the 35 up any hill, I seem to remember being able to wind mine out to 45 up most- without a tach, mind, so all by ear. By the time I got it, it'd been through a few head gaskets and was on its second engine. I sent it out to pasture after another head gasket went, I still don't fully understand why. It would have been fun to wring out a little more.

But, hey, it was a stick, and I could (and did!) sleep in it after the same high school parties.

I still don't know what the shift light "mileage enhancer"? (where the PRNDL on auto dashes would be) was tied to, and, wow, I haven't thought about this in a LONG time, I'M STILL HAUNTED BY THAT loving DOOR AJAR LIGHT.

Wait, you bolted the boom box to the console "cubby" thing in front of the shifter there?

Yep, right where the little 2 millimeter deep cupholders were.

# ¿ Apr 27, 2019 08:53

Mr. Wiggles: Dec 1, 2003; We are all drinking from the highball glass of ideology.

canyoneer posted:

I had this exact top kick (with the na diesel) as a race rig for a season. Reno to Truckee took about 2 hours it was so slow.

# ¿ Jan 24, 2020 21:57

Mr. Wiggles: Dec 1, 2003; We are all drinking from the highball glass of ideology.

Would tow my rotary Ferrari to the track with my Corvette truck.

# ¿ Feb 28, 2020 20:57

Mr. Wiggles: Dec 1, 2003; We are all drinking from the highball glass of ideology.

Powershift posted:

Reminds me of when we put the sprint wing on the Miata in lemons. Harder to drive than you might imagine.

# ¿ May 7, 2020 17:55

Mr. Wiggles: Dec 1, 2003; We are all drinking from the highball glass of ideology.

I currently have an 85 El Camino, I've raced a ton of 3rd gen Camaros, I've owned several J-bodies, 3 suburbans, a K20 pickup with 16.5 HMMWV wheels/tires, the Isuzu S10 clone, and my daily (state car) is an Impala.

So yeah, I've got some GM baggage.

# ¿ May 21, 2020 06:05

Mr. Wiggles: Dec 1, 2003; We are all drinking from the highball glass of ideology.

I will give it a few points for the Detroit Diesel, as I have a soft spot for those.

But I will subtract about a million points because, just, come on. What the hell is wrong with boomers?

# ¿ Jul 25, 2020 15:53

Mr. Wiggles: Dec 1, 2003; We are all drinking from the highball glass of ideology.

I feel like I know that metro, from a Lemons race many years ago. There's no cage, but it's totally in keeping.

I believe the four door would have had the 3 cylinder, as well. With an auto. Torque multiplication?

# ¿ Aug 1, 2020 04:19

Mr. Wiggles: Dec 1, 2003; We are all drinking from the highball glass of ideology.

My bike makes more than my car did stock (112 for the Yamaha, 100 for the Mazda 2). And it's super fun to hooligan around on the bike, but I have to actually be careful to not go to fast or get in trouble.

The Mazda, on the other hand, has been tuned to make a fire breathing 120hp, but it is buckets of fun literally every day I drive it, and I can go nearly full blast without having to look over my shoulder too much.

Small slow cars are really the best for daily driving.

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# ¿ May 6, 2024 03:18

Mr. Wiggles: Dec 1, 2003; We are all drinking from the highball glass of ideology.

Sagebrush posted:

now imagine what it's like to have a 30hp 300lb motorcycle! redline everywhere and third gear before you're across a big intersection

My first bike was a kz400. I know that life.

# ¿ Aug 6, 2020 06:26

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