Devyl posted:

Mighty Horse posted:

If it's more than 2/3rds the value of the car they will total. Below that, they will fix. So it was close, maybe REAL close.

Billy Zane posted:

Someone posted this on Club Lexus

JaysonAych posted:

I never realized how bad parts sharing was in that interior either. I can count at least 5 things in there that were on my Stratus.

Linedance posted:

This is the most offensive vehicle I have ever seen.

Budget Monty posted:

twisted metal

Erays3r posted:

This braintrust decided that it was a good idea to plastidip their tail lights , Im sure this will turn out well for them.

dubzee posted:

Previa_fun posted:

The great state of Arkansas (jokes aside it's awesome here for as many reasons as it is terrible) has "Choose Life" license plates, complete with smiling kids.



Nothing says "single-issue voter" quite as well.

Sappo569 posted:

Touchscreen chat;

I had the opportunity to drive a Tesla around for a day or two

Impressions of the touch screen were good, it was super easy to use while driving combined with the voice commands and steering wheel controls.

The bad... everything is driven by the computer/MFD, they've already started to release software patches for things like the suspension being stuck in 'high' ride height and refusing to lower at all.

Combine the noiselessness (it's a word I swear) of the car, with the focus on the center console for all your information aside from the speedo, it' wont be long until a Tesla drive plows into a pile of people at a crosswalk or some such, while checking their facebook from the MFD

Throatwarbler posted:

Yes， maybe it wasn't clear but that's not some ghetto hack repair, the bumpers are actually attached like that from the factory. The factory zipties broke off after about 18 months, the car is a MY 2011 and this is the second set of new zipties. Just get them done during regular oil changes.

EDIT: Imported from Detroit.

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factory zipties

BlackMK4 posted:

Well, let me entertain you with something not too pleasant. Sprint cars are like 1700lb and make over 1000hp. They have no clutch - they are direct drive and have no LSD. The rev in the video is the massive loss of traction created by the body pitching a tire into the air causing the motor to suddenly have much less load than before so it gains revs very quickly. You can imagine the rest.

Tony wasn't up in the dirt to throw roost, he was down on the line which is sticky.

I'm not shifting the blame, I'm just explaining what the video actually shows rather than people saying he throttled up and rammed the dude.

iwentdoodie posted:

Basically gently caress Houston is what I'm saying.

ReelBigLizard posted:

A friend of a friend owns a couple of farms and the family is quite wealthy. When he needs a new landy he makes a point of turning up to the Land Rover dealership looking like Wurzel Gummidge, sitting in all the vehicles and acting like a thicko country bumpkin before paying for a brand new high spec defender in cash.

The Locator posted:

Not what I'd call terrible, but page number appropriate.

Powershift posted:

I think somebody needs to look into that last guy on the research team.

sofullofhate posted:

Remember, remember
the 5th of November
the PCV, oil rings, and grot.
I think that it's all, though
the oil-burning Volvo
can do to get home from the lot.

A black cloud behind
as it cruises along
tells all who aren't blind
that the valve seals are gone.

But maybe, just maybe
the turbo is shot
and that is the reason
for soot, and the grot.

At day's end it's clear
this car's end is near -
if it isn't impounded
I'll just be astounded.

A repair to make
for 14 inch's sake!
If you won't give it one
it'll take two.
The better for it,
and the worse for you.

A rope, a rope, to tow the dope
and ten quarts of oil to drown him,
a gallon of fuel to soak it down
and a strike-anywhere match to burn it.
The flames boys! The flames, boys! Make sure to feed 'em!
Send this loving wreck back to hell (or to Sweden)!
Hip, hip, hooooorrraayyy!!

ninja: I'm so so sorry

Solar Coaster posted:

Out of curiosity, where was this?

fyodor posted:

We have 3 local Cars n Coffees and they all start at like 5am and end at 9am.

Spades posted:

About a year ago I posted a brief rundown of my Father's insistence on living an episode of Bush Mechanics with an ancient and horrendous VK Commodore.

Since then the car finally decided it had enough and simultaneously destroyed its driveline, transmission, clutch and flywheel in what I presumed was the automotive equivilent of a mercy killing, but my dad is addicted to fixing the unthinkable so he transplanted new running gear into a car that was already an automotive disease festival.

Most of it can be explained by the odometer:


(This would already be a lot of kilometres for a shitbox like a Commodore if it hadn't rolled over once already.)

Rest of the pictures here so not to annihilate the rules:
http://imgur.com/a/y9RAj

Mechanically, the car is hosed.
-Radiator physically fell out of the car due to the mounts rusting away, so was tigwelded back in
-Engine has been bored and sleeved with larger pistons because the original pistons had worn the block impressively oval
-Power steering fluid keeps disappearing. It doesn't seem to leak anywhere but it just vanishes. So a bottle of fluid is concealed under the cowl for on the road topups.
-Fuel injection replaced by carb and air cleaner from a 1980's era Falcon
-Head replaced because it was warped from the factory courtesy of GM quality control
-Suspension is ruined enough that the car rides extremely hard on bumps and will lean 15 degrees at the suggestion of a corner
-Exhaust recirculation system removed and replaced with nothing
-Factory original intake/exhaust crossover, which helps with the car's overheating problems and contributes to occasional vapourlock.

Interior wise, the car is hosed.
-Ignition column starts without a key. This is okay because the key itself is a car thief's hand-filed masterkey
-Seats spontaneously disintegrated a while back, so both seats have been replaced by color-clashing seats from different models of Holden
-Steering is so worn that the steering wheel is upside down at neutral, but that's okay since it takes about 180 degrees of turning to get any response out of it
-EFI choke replaced by automatic choke. Automatic replaced by manual choke attached to hood release handle
-Car started to eat batteries while off; added manual battery killswitch
-New running gear didn't fit the old pattern. Centre console replaced with nothing
-Steering column shroud replaced with nothing
-Windows only open half way down. Sometimes they go back up
-AC stuck in 'slightly warm, footwell' settings. Interesting and annoying as the AC isn't even connected

Makes 80HP at the wheels and gets about 20MPG, but at least the brakes work.