General Car Talk Discussion Thread
#3361
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Amazing the amount of cheerios & other snacks that accumulate under/in seats & such.
#3362
Whats up with RDX owners?
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Soccer moms still wont use the damn thing, or the dumbass kids will break it.
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Undying Dreams (03-27-2013)
#3363
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Give me the vaccuum, I promise I'll use it more often.
Cool feature, nonetheless.
#3364
Engineer
Anyone recommend a good inexpensive adjustable torque wrench? $50-100 range.
#3365
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I have a Craftsman one that was $80 or so I believe.
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charliemike (03-26-2013)
#3366
Fahrvergnügen'd
Oh and Craftsman has them on sale for $49.99 each right now (down from $79.99).
#3367
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I have the 1/2" drive and it's great! Comes in a thick plastic case that locks.
#3368
Suzuka Master
i forget how many of you are in socal but i'm a part of a usc auto club and we're gonna have an auto show on campus! You guys should come by, gonna be April 28th. Who on the forum has a worthy car in socal?? Would be cool if i could get someone with an nsx to come. I should message bluebatmobile or whatever his name is.
#3369
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#3370
Moderator
^^ I know exactly where that is. Used to drive FM2222 a lot when I lived in Austin.
Fun twisty (though short) road.
Fun twisty (though short) road.
#3371
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#3372
Suzuka Master
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Why the heck would they put a 3rd row in the sport one
Old one looked better
This looks like evoque
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but thisssssssssss
http://www.motortrend.com/future/con.../photo_03.html
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Oh maaan
http://www.gtspirit.com/2013/03/27/c...yed-in-poland/
Old one looked better
This looks like evoque
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but thisssssssssss
http://www.motortrend.com/future/con.../photo_03.html
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Oh maaan
http://www.gtspirit.com/2013/03/27/c...yed-in-poland/
#3373
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Range Rover looks hot!!! I thought the old style was getting old fast. This looks fresh. Two thumbs up over here!
did you guys notice what is funny about that Murcielago photo?
did you guys notice what is funny about that Murcielago photo?
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#3375
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#3376
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oh I didn't even notice that.
there's something else funny about the pic - at least, sort of funny
there's something else funny about the pic - at least, sort of funny
#3377
Suzuka Master
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License plate?
#3378
Moderator
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If it isn't the asshole plate then I have no clue
#3379
Senior Moderator
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ya its the plate
anyway
anyway
#3380
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#3381
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#3382
Suzuka Master
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Is that legal? haha
#3383
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#3384
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#3385
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I saw a R55 once. I couldn't believe it
#3386
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#3387
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#3389
Race Director
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So we went by Shelby HQ while in Vegas yesterday. I guess the "350" in GT350 has nothing to do with the car, engine or power.
Shelby and Ford couldn't agree on a name, so Shelby stepped out of the room and someone from Ford followed him out. Shelby looked at two buildings and asked the guy from Ford how far apart they look. The man said 350 feet. Then Shelby said, "it's settled, its called the GT350"
I was cracking up.
And we got to take a tour of the shop/manufacturing area. It was pretty awesome. They just released a 1000 horsepower package too. I can't imagine the traction issues with that car
Shelby and Ford couldn't agree on a name, so Shelby stepped out of the room and someone from Ford followed him out. Shelby looked at two buildings and asked the guy from Ford how far apart they look. The man said 350 feet. Then Shelby said, "it's settled, its called the GT350"
I was cracking up.
And we got to take a tour of the shop/manufacturing area. It was pretty awesome. They just released a 1000 horsepower package too. I can't imagine the traction issues with that car
#3390
Anyway, this stopped by today.
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00TL-P3.2 (03-28-2013)
#3391
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murdered out Diablo 6.0 GT for sale..............
http://www.dupontregistry.com/autos/...itemid=1384452
#dropsthemic...........
http://www.dupontregistry.com/autos/...itemid=1384452
#dropsthemic...........
#3392
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#3395
Matte white with gloss red stripes so hot.
#3396
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Those cars haven't aged at all. Awesome.
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#3398
7th Gear
#3399
Suzuka Master
Am I at fault here?
Alright so a short back story. I'm at the beach with friends and I'm parked on the street. There's no parking from 10pm-6am and at the time I didn't know this. From our bonfire I see a truck with the police lights on top stopping by each car so I figured people were getting tickets. I run up and there's not ticket on my car but I gotta move it. So I drive to park at the beach parking and its closed off, ask the dude if he will let me in to pick up my friends and our supplies and I get denied. I ask if I can stay at the exit/entrance of the parking lot which is a red zone and he just said stay in the car, which I was obviously going to do.
So I pulled over near the exit to the parking lot. There's three lanes, and I pull over about a car and a half length in front of the spike strip at the exit. If I pulled up more I'll be too close to the signal. Call my friends say I have no where to park so we gotta leave and they pack up and head where I'm at. In the meantime an SUV is leaving and comes behind me, I see this and at first I'm like why would you come up right behind me, I have my hazards on and you can easily see that leaving the parking lot. At this point I notice he's going in reverse and I'm like ohh shit I knew what was coming , I hear the pop sound and one tire just touched the spike strip. They go around me and one of them sticks his head out and notices it and they say some stuff. They make a right at the light and I see them go. Friends still aren't here and about two minutes later I see them at the light to come to the entrance of the parking lot and I know they want to talk to me. At this point I moved my car over to the entrance side since there was room now. Then they started blaming me and asked for my insurance info. I told them that its not my fault but I'll just give you my info anyway. There were 4 of them one of me and a few didn't seem like the nice type and I didn't want to get my ass kicked. So I give them insurance info and my number. Friends come up at this point I just have them sit and say well there's nothing I can do now , one guy asked straight up for cash and I said I don't even have any money on me so I leave.
Is there anything that can go against me in this situation. I understand I can't be stopped at a fire lane but I would have moved up if they had given me just a ltl more time when i saw them pull up behind me. The guy went into reverse right away. I'll also say that the whole car cleared the spike strips anyway. So its not like I backed them into a situation where the only choice was to back up. I do feel bad cause in some way but the driver obviously didn't pay attention to certain things.
Sorry for the long story.
So I pulled over near the exit to the parking lot. There's three lanes, and I pull over about a car and a half length in front of the spike strip at the exit. If I pulled up more I'll be too close to the signal. Call my friends say I have no where to park so we gotta leave and they pack up and head where I'm at. In the meantime an SUV is leaving and comes behind me, I see this and at first I'm like why would you come up right behind me, I have my hazards on and you can easily see that leaving the parking lot. At this point I notice he's going in reverse and I'm like ohh shit I knew what was coming , I hear the pop sound and one tire just touched the spike strip. They go around me and one of them sticks his head out and notices it and they say some stuff. They make a right at the light and I see them go. Friends still aren't here and about two minutes later I see them at the light to come to the entrance of the parking lot and I know they want to talk to me. At this point I moved my car over to the entrance side since there was room now. Then they started blaming me and asked for my insurance info. I told them that its not my fault but I'll just give you my info anyway. There were 4 of them one of me and a few didn't seem like the nice type and I didn't want to get my ass kicked. So I give them insurance info and my number. Friends come up at this point I just have them sit and say well there's nothing I can do now , one guy asked straight up for cash and I said I don't even have any money on me so I leave.
Is there anything that can go against me in this situation. I understand I can't be stopped at a fire lane but I would have moved up if they had given me just a ltl more time when i saw them pull up behind me. The guy went into reverse right away. I'll also say that the whole car cleared the spike strips anyway. So its not like I backed them into a situation where the only choice was to back up. I do feel bad cause in some way but the driver obviously didn't pay attention to certain things.
Sorry for the long story.