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IOwnCalculus posted:Being what appears to be a Fiat / Abarth of some sort... different ways to make the car catch fire. Yeah, when you're doing 160 miles per-pffffhahaha. Man, I almost got that out.
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bolind posted:Idly browsing the for sale section for stuff for E87s, I come upon these wheels: Does this look like 1 side being bald to anyone else? It looks like the middle 2 tires in that picture are narrower than the outside 2. To me, it looks like: [rear][front][front][rear] Is it just me?
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Oct 2, 2013 17:44
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Motronic posted:Can you explain why any reasonable person who doesn't know anything about trains would not start making that turn when 1.) the gates went up 2.) the driver of the truck watched this happen as well as traffic going through the crossing 3.) the train is obviously stationary and has been the entire time he's been able to see the crossing 4.) the flagger hadn't even made it to the tarmac by the time he had come the a complete stop and then started moving again. I'm with you on this. I can say that I would have gone in this situation. I mean, train is stopped, gates go up, I'm rolling out. Based on the angle that truck was approaching at, the driver probably didn't even see that flagger.
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Nov 6, 2013 15:49
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Dec 23, 2013 03:38
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devmd01 posted:4 inches of snow overnight, and the interstates haven't been touched at all. What the gently caress, INDOT? Too busy out getting drunk and laughing at our plight with IDOT.
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Jan 2, 2014 15:21
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Galler posted:Nope. That's a myth that just refuses to die I'm sorry to say. Mine did. Sorry bro.
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Jan 15, 2014 04:37
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Kill-9 posted:I share a parking lot with inconsiderate jack-hole co-workers. I came out to my T-Bird Monday evening to find this in the passenger door. This boils my loving blood and it's not even my car. Do not give up the hunt for the guilty party. Question everyone. Inspect every car that comes into that lot with any possible sticky-out parts at that height. Make them pay for the repaint. with their blood...
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Jan 22, 2014 21:39
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xzzy posted:I used to commute past a scrapyard and trucks like that were an almost daily observance. I know exactly what you mean. I live right by one and every goddamned Saturday those fuckers are lined up down the road with truckbeds FULL of crap. Where are they finding it all?
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Jan 22, 2014 23:46
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Solkanar512 posted:This is a fairly important exception, I agree. I just hear too many stories where it's a customer service call center, shop at the mall or pizza delivery service. You end up with one rear end in a top hat of a manager that can't bear to close shop because reasons and if you don't have the dedication to you minimum wage, no benefits job then you're just not a team player. Those are the folks I had in mind. Not to mention the fact that if the weather is bad enough for you to want to stay home, once you do get to work, there's usually not poo poo to be done because everyone else has stayed home.
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Feb 5, 2014 15:10
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Or maybe the guy's idle is all hosed up in his noted shitbox and he can't leave it in drive or it dies? Wouldn't be the first time I've seen that.
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Feb 26, 2014 19:56
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xzzy posted:This was rolling around in a Lemons race a few years back: Autobahn? I know they've done ChumpCar, but I didn't know if they did LeMons races.
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Feb 27, 2014 19:09
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, except for the fact this was in Illinois.
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xzzy posted:Yeah, Autobahn. Kind of a boring track but it's the best in the area. They had two Lemons races there last year. I've driven the south track and yeah, it's a bit boring. Needs more elevation.
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Feb 27, 2014 20:47
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xzzy posted:I'm no traffic engineer but it says to me that anyone designing a highway system that constantly splits and combines lanes is a goddamn idiot. Like, say, There we go. That's a little more accurate.
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Mar 12, 2014 18:27
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The Midniter posted:
I know exactly what you mean. On my way home, I have to make a left turn at the X. People waiting to turn left out of that road are loving CONSTANTLY past the line sitting at the circle. I make it a point to get as close as I comfortably can when I make the turn. Solid eye contact really seals the deal. 
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Mar 17, 2014 17:50
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subx posted:There's also the complete opposite of this, when you actually stop some extra distance behind the line and some shithead has to cut the corner and get two inches from your car. I stopped back here just so you wouldn't do that. I get that a lot, too. Admittedly, I'll cut the corner a bit as well, but only when there's nobody in the lane and and I can see far enough down to know that there won't be anyone in it. (Sort of tangentially related) It kind of reminds me of when I got hit in my old car. I was coming straight through a yellow light (multiple witnesses to the yellow) and there was a kid heading the opposite direction waiting to turn left. As I entered the intersection, I noticed that he was moving and thought to myself, "there's no way you're that stupid..." Turns out he was. He managed to hit me right behind the door, but ahead of my rear wheel. Once we got moved out of traffic with the cop that showed up, I saw that he must have very recently turned 16 and now had to tell his parents that their very well equipped Trailblazer LTZ was going to need a new hood, fender, headlight, grill, and bumper. Insurance totalled mine, but I got a pretty good check.
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad posted:Ah, Tyrone. You silly fat bastard. Hey, it was a funny angle.
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Mar 18, 2014 17:25
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xzzy posted:There's a long stretch of road I'll drive sometimes that's about 20 miles of rolling hills.. about half a mile up one hill, half a mile down the other side, and then it's another hill. A bit off-topic, but as I'm pretty sure you're around Chicago somewhere, I need to ask where this road is. I loving hate driving up here.
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Mar 21, 2014 13:53
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xzzy posted:Out on the western edge of the state, we use it to get to a state park along the Mississippi. Pretty much any farm road west of route 23 has low rolling hills. Gotcha. There's tons of fun stuff down south (where I'm originally from), but I haven't made it west of Rockford up here.
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Mar 21, 2014 15:21
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xzzy posted:I want to thank the owner of the 335i perpetuating stereotypes about BMW drivers who was so incensed at being forced to drive at a mere 45 in a 40 mph zone that he zigged between lanes about four times in a quarter mile trying to find a hole, crossing a double yellow to try and figure out why people were blocking him (spoiler: the road was full and no one could go faster) and flipping his high beams rapidly because we didn't part like the red sea to allow his lordship through. It's always the 335s, isn't it? Rarely will you see such obvious idiocy from the 328s or even M3s, but you'll always see a jackass in a 335.
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some texas redneck posted:Find a junkyard with 70s-80s Cadillacs. I have access to an '82 Deville, '84 Eldorado, and an '84 Fleetwood. I may do a little horn shopping this weekend...
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Apr 3, 2014 14:14
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- but you risk tickets, on top of them being a general PITA to install if you use actual big horns with a decent tank and compressor.
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I think poo poo Tons of Rattles were a standard feature. Had to drive my father in law's for about a week (long story) and had to jam some random keys and nails into the sunroof surround to stop the noise and keep my sanity.
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Apr 26, 2014 00:29
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GramCracker posted:This needs to become a thing. The jails and prisons are already overcrowded...
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Apr 29, 2014 22:38
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trouser chili posted:You are completely incorrect about the illegality of this in the state of Missouri, which given the fact isn't progressive or much of a stand-out in any way legislatively is likely to be a pretty good bellwether for the rest of the nation. This is exactly why the dumbass that hit me while I was going through a yellow light was found at fault. This was in Illinois.
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Aug 29, 2014 16:26
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PT6A posted:I think I posted this in the thread a few months ago, but I had the same car pass me no less than 4 times in 90 minutes while I was on cruise control the entire time. I still have no idea what the gently caress was wrong with them. I will never ever understand this. I still remember a time that I was heading down to see my parents a few years back and had my cruise set at 78 on the interstate. I rolled past some bro in a Mk.V GTI (I was in left lane, he was in center lane) and he must have not appreciated it because he cracked it open and blasted back by me a few seconds later. I didn't touch my cruise and just rolled by him again about a minute later. I don't think people like being passed.
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Uthor posted:I'm realizing this is the first year I'm going to have to commute in the winter while dealing with traffic. I spent ten years working 2nd and 3rd shifts, so I'd spend a lot of time driving around midnight when the roads were clear and I could gently caress around on them a bit. Now I'm working 9-to-5 and get frustrated driving driving on a clear summer's day. There were some flurries two days ago that weren't sticking to anything and traffic went from 45 mph to 30 mph. Welcome to hell. I would loving kill to be able to drive home at midnight instead of 5:00 during a heavy snow.
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Nov 17, 2014 16:48
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kastein posted:It won't take off dude. Nah, you just have to get it from the same place that sells the turntables to launch helicopters from.
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thelightguy posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7NxL4II_vI  What the gently caress is going on here? "It's not even clean! What a loving ripoff!"
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Wolfsbane posted:Crossposting from the D&D pictures thread: Holy poo poo. Please tell me that that letter is causing an appropriate shitstorm. It is, right? Right? I'm sure it's not.
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Gom Jabbar posted:
How what is attached? Oh hey, there's a trailer over there.
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Feb 18, 2015 21:14
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kastein posted:What the hell happened to this thread? All I see is people spergin' at each other. Jesus. This is amazing.
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OFFICER 13 INCH posted:Got a good one in the vein of the OP. electrical diagnosis because when this guy disconnects his battery his car doesnt work. https://i.imgur.com/tJaBJjl.jpg (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Spiffness posted:You'll get no argument from me. Absolutely. BUT, it at least explains being able to ignore the gently caress-off loud siren right behind you. Yeah, but I'd think that if I were deaf and driving, I'd be all over my mirrors so as not to miss any giant red trucks with gently caress-off bright lights right behind me. Plus, I'd probably actually pull up to the stop line.
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beejay posted:God dammit. The interstate construction lane merging idiocy reached a new low this morning. They were working on an overpass, the construction zone/lane restriction was literally SLIGHTLY wider than the overpass itself, like a tenth of a mile at most. Traffic was backed up beyond the "left lane closed 3 miles ahead" sign. Me and some other people tried to stay in the left lane until we could at least SEE the merge point but nope, guy in a Wal-Mart semi decides he is lane police and blocks us all. Another semi a few cars back starts doing the same thing. So we all crawl along, stop and go for the next 3 miles, pass the actual lane closure/construction in the blink of an eye and then traffic is moving again. The bulk of the traffic problems were from everyone merging miles too early and then getting nervous when they see semis ahead blocking the lanes off, so merging even earlier. "I'm stuck in traffic, therefor you will be stuck in traffic." I say call the number. Worst case scenario, they laugh you off the phone. Best case, they tell the driver to knock that poo poo off.
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InterceptorV8 posted:They'll laugh at you and tell you to fuckin' merge early at the office. Oh wait, he said Wal-Mart truck. Yeah, forget the number.
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kastein posted:
Sounds to me like you were just securing some potentially dangerous loose cargo.
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In a Corvair! What a loving ride.
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xzzy posted:My dad had a manual Ford Ranger in the 90's that I could not drive to save my life. I don't remember what year it came from but based on the body style it was 89-92. I'd been driving stick for 6+ years by the time I was behind the wheel of that truck and I stalled that piece of poo poo so many times it made me question my ability to drive. I learned on one of those Rangers. "Learned," rather. It soured the experience for me, but I sort of re-learned in a friend's third gen Camaro. Driving that made me realize that I didn't suck; the truck did.
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xzzy posted:That explains why all their commercials for the past couple years have been no more complicated than a spokesperson in a showroom dithering about how rad their cars are, the budget for anything more went into paying off lawsuits. "Grounded to the ground" 
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xzzy posted:I was merging onto a highway over the weekend, the merge lane is a bit longer than normal because it turns into an exit only about a mile later. I think this must be some sort of target fixation. They're obviously not paying any attention to you directly, but they must be subconsciously matching your speed through subtle changes. Yet another problem that can be solved by paying loving attention.
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