@davesaddiction haha oh that makes more sense

@Just-Jeepin said in Knocking at doors:

This reminded me of an incident several years ago.

My old house is a bit of a disaster zone, and the acre is a jungle.

A guy drove up with his wife and kids, said they were homeless, and asked if I'd pay him $20 to work on the yard.

I told him no, it was way too much work for that amount of money, and I didn't want someone getting hurt on my property, but I gave him the $20 anyway.

His wife was yelling at me for...not letting them work on it? It was pretty weird.

People are weird is the take home message I'm getting here.

@Man-With-A-Reliable-Jeep If nothing else, the bumper on that truck would make it dramatically easier to work on the engine in a pinch.

Crazy. Never seen anything like it. I’d be hitting something every time I took it for a spin.

@Qaaaaa
Just like a Cowboy!

This sign

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@Cé-hé-sin No translation necessary

@WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAthenGTIthenA4nowS5 It’s Monday. Are you not paying attention?

@ttyymmnn said in History lesson for the kids:

I still say "roll the window down."

It just now occurred to me that I'm not sure how else you would express this, even if you're young enough to have never known anything but power windows.

@vdubyajohn Looks like I had to renew my "basic plan" in order to Link the URL. Works again

@Wrong-Wheel-Drive

I like the windows, I like the natural light, but my primary concern is about security.

@derp said in Great day for a car show... And a hood reveal.:

This includes the Great Wave off Kanagawa painting everyone has likely seen.

Was able to get to the MFA's Hokusai exhibit just before it closed last summer, and it was quite cool: https://www.mfa.org/exhibition/hokusai-inspiration-and-influence

First time seeing one of the prints of The Great Wave in person (The Art Institute in Chicago displays prints of 36 Views of Mt. Fuji, but they rotate them to prevent fading and I've never been there when they've had The Great Wave up)

In any event, the hood looks good, adds some excellent color to the car.

@Saracen said in Huracan's replacement will be a PHEV V8 screamer!:

Probably using the same block though.

Maybe? Seems like they'd need quite a bit less piston movement to hit 10,000 rpm.

@CoolMinivan-Nobody That was a weird as hell issue!

Burgundy on Brown is too much old man spec for me! @Snakesm13 that's all you.

@J-B I think the pre-facelift cars were way better looking, inside and out.

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Much more cohesive front fascia with the integrated badge and headlights.

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And a much more characterful interior with the split-level vents and physical control scheme.

@Cé-hé-sin Remarkable how the 206 looks nothing like its predecessor. And then the 207 looks like a barely-facelifted version of its predecessor. 😧

@facw said in Sky full of helicopters:

Fortunately it was just a transformer

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@facw - It also seem to have its bomb pod much more completely faired into the fuselage than the production version (whose bomb pod was of course much more like a extremely large and spicy belly tank). This seems to represent an intermediate stage in its evolution from an early multi-part concept, a rather baroque affair from back when jet engines, aerial refueling, and the weapons themselves were all evolving fast.

@RacinBob said in OppoDream: Can the Ford Tempo prevent nuclear annihilation?:

That 2.3 is a chopped off 4 cylinder version of the 200 cubic inch pushrod straight 6 cylinder in my 66 mustang that I had in college. . My mustang was not fast so I gotta wonder how slow the Tempo must be....

If you're comparing a 1st gen Mustang with the 200cid 6 with the automatic, then the automatic Tempo is likely about the same or slightly faster.

Similar deal when comparing a manual Mustang to the manual Tempo.

But if you had a 4 speed in that Mustang and the Tempo was automatic, then the Mustang would likely be faster.

Or if it was a 2 door Tempo with the 5 speed manual against the 6 cyl Mustang with the slushbox, then the Tempo would be faster.

And I confirmed this after checking specs and performance data on https://www.automobile-catalog.com/

@sony1492 said in Mercedesganza:

Very Busy

I'll take that as a good sign!

We're all wishing you great success, as you know.

@facw idk i kinda dig the big metal 📐 look haha. It's just so different

@ike808 @AkioOhtori And Mrs. Ike would probably remove at least one

@Tripper Chainsaws are fun. Especially when you’re on a 40’ ladder and hoping you don’t take yourself out when that huge branch cuts loose.

@Mazda616 said in Celebrity Barn Find:

@CoolMinivan-Nobody said in Celebrity Barn Find:

@WilliamsSW said in Celebrity Barn Find:

but I thrashed it hard because it was slow.

We had an 87 Century with the Iron Duke.
Car went like a bat out of hell from 0-40, then it shifted into 2nd and took another 15~seconds to get to 60. It was so stupidly fun to just rip it off every stop sign/stop light, scream it to 40 and watch it faceplant. Somehow still managed low/mid-30s for mileage driving it like that everywhere.
That car took 3-4 years of this kind of abuse before it was sold still clattering along perfectly.

This is kind of how Jolene does. She feels downright sprightly in stop and go traffic but merging onto the interstate is terrifying.

Ya, that car was bad for getting on the highway.
Oddly enough, my 2.5/3-speed Acclaim was geared much better so it was actually decent for getting to highway speed.

@ash78 Working in, around, and near a driving school, I see student driver stickers all the time. Seemed fun.

I'll be designing another that says something along the lines of "Student Driver, so don't be a jackass."

People hate student drivers... it makes me laugh 😛

@Snakesm13 Autoamore sounds like Italian for...well...

lacrosse?

Related:

https://opposite-lock.com/topic/99697/max-wins-imola-iracing-nurburgring-24-hours-same-weekend

@theturbomrt said in What happens when you put a spec Nissan Sentra race car on a track?:

Trying to get the world to take it seriously I guess.

I mean, the NB turbo was basically a GTI with more headroom and a flower 🙂

A pleasantly plump Audi TT.

@DipodomysDeserti said in Pasta Day:

spend five hours making pasta

Must have been delicious.
I usually spend 10 minutes preparing pasta, then 10 minutes eating it.

I took my son up there a few times when he was little. That was well before the 4th hangar. We did see the experimental Hangar at the time. He said he'd like to go back. Our last trip was over 20 years ago.

I think last time this topic came up I suggested an Oppo Dayton meet up, at the Air Force Museum.

@way2blu TIL The Onion still exists. I thought it got Herb'd years ago

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@blacktruck18 That works. That's a scootable distance from the track.

@Just-Jeepin Late to the party. Damn Mondays.

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@Ad-absurdum-per-aspera Once I saw the Camp Climax one I was going to have the man looking up at that one but I was too lazy to change it, this was by chance. This site rearranges stuff unless you go one by one.

@Taylor-Martin said in (Mostly) Successful Rallycross day yesterday:

@Shop-Teacher said in (Mostly) Successful Rallycross day yesterday:

She likes doing car stuff, so I let her decide whether we do hooptieX or the Rally in Cinci. She chose the rally in Cinci.

She chose wisely 😛

I agree 🙂

@Cash-Rewards any updates? This is one of the threads I've been keeping an eye on.

@flatisflat hey now, my car isn't tiny! It fits 4 normal sized Italians!

@KITT222 They’re used to having to keep their foot to the floor at all times. Not the postal workers fault.

@ash78 well, nothings stopping anyone from doing this voluntarily as it is, you can sign up for a course right now if you want to. And, if you're advo

@ash78 said in "Full Self Driving":

I'd love to see this start happening soon, even on a voluntary basis, so we could have a decent sample to learn whether it helps at all.

On a voluntary basis, you could go sign up for a course right now and get the ball rolling

@BaconSandwich yeah I figured it out after realizing it was woodworking related. I was worried for a second though lol

@facw said in Survived graduation weekend:

@BicycleBuck If it can't be crumpled, it should be in a box...

This wasn't a thin envelope. Scrunching it up took effort. I know because I tried flattening it out.

@ForSweden
Later, after dining on basted beaver, we will burn a Camaro in effigy.

@HammerheadFistpunch said in Today's Feature...:

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racist.

@ttyymmnn unless it's a predator, then you need to buy a new one for every use.

@ranwhenparked

My wife's maternal grandfather was a relatively well-to-do merchant. I believe he saw the British as creating the economic environment that led to his success. My wife grew up with the BBC on television for much of her childhood, and her parents stressed the importance of a western-style education. My wife doesn't know when her family came to Hong Kong, but they are physiologically more like northern Chinese in appearance. She thinks that they came to Hong Kong in the early 20th century for the economic opportunity provided by the British colony. The family sentiment turned even more towards the British after the 1949 Communist revolution on the mainland.

@Ad-absurdum-per-aspera
It is cool. My mom had a Tempo, I think she kind of bought it on my suggestion. It was fine for her, but man the thing was not pleasant to drive. Like '60s American car numbness with none of the style or charm.

@Shop-Teacher I’d also say that the difference between a regular maintenance item and a regular wear item is that the wear items don’t affect the drivetrain or mechanics of the car (much)

Tires
Wipers
Brakes

Vs

Fluids
Oil change
Alignment

(I’m totally not qualified to theorize on this)

@Jarrett said in Roaring Kitty & GME, continued:

@ash78 Consider this though: You're literally giving them the means to de-value your investment. It's wild.

Probably made more sense when we all naively thought shorts were valid bets and not just derivatives to be manipulated through back-door means, bullying, and all the rest...

Either way, it all feels like a strange conflict of interest to borrow from longs.

@Manwich said in 94 Octane rarely seen by me:

I recall that in the 1980s, you only paid a penny extra per L for premium.

First Class airline travel used to be like that, too, where it wasn't that crazy of an uncharge, then it changed to 2-4× the price and became a lot harder to justify

@Green-Truck While it's tempting to try to resurect something you already have, it may be better overall to pitch 'em and get something reliable. How much is it worth to them not to spend the time fighting with something that may never run right - the generator part as well as the engine?
I have had good luck with Champion's whole house standby generator. It runs on Propane rather than gasoline, so that may be a factor in longivity. It's about 6 years old now and still running like a, well, champion... Home Despot carries the smaller units.

@Nauraushaun said in Cars and Coffee Waukesha:

i find it tough to deal with when NSXs are treated like Civics

Will it help to know that NSX body panels can come off w/o much effort? Hopefully that body kit isn't molded in.

@theturbomrt gear indicator, look at you Mr Fancy Pants .....

@Tripper Definitely yes. And alright, I'll try again too keep those windows down.

@ttyymmnn it really seems like he either remembered his own dates wrong or else felt his results were not up to his own personal standards and therefore dismissed/wrote off his own accomplishment.

You also had Clement Ader, who did make powered flight in ground effect in 1890, but his aircraft was completely uncontrollable. Honestly, the most fascinating thing about him that no one seems to talk about is how light, compact, and powerful he was able to make his steam engine with 1880s technology. Remarkable engineering

@functionoverfashion Hey you know cars can break in such a way that they can still be driven (even if they shouldn't be). Though yes a trailer seems like a good choice for the discerning Land Rover thief.

@amoore100 IIRC LHD is allowed, it's just very inconvenient. Ford and GM can sell half-ton trucks there with the proper stickers and stuff, but customers want RHD, so companies in Australia have to convert them.