Car thread

[Caution]

Iirc, one of Dodge's trucks had this thing where certain pistons would shut off when the extra power wasn't needed. That, however, was specifically designed to do that, so IDK about your citroen

Yeah, I know some Silverados and Sierras do that as well, I think the cylinders cut out moreso to save on fuel economy. I know my dad's Hemi does that.

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[XR-7]

Lock can just be lifted off the car? Like the creativity though.

[e-maxx]

Lock can just be lifted off the car? Like the creativity though.

you can't see it but it goes through the window
here's a better picture

[HellHound]

I want one of these.

[XR-7]

Oh OK. It looked like it just went over the front of the windshield in the dark one. I wonder if it folds to be taken somewhere?

@hellhound is that a Hudson?

[HellHound]

1949 Mercury. Dunno what model.

[Pie Crust]

well in order to diagnose that we first need to find out why it's running on 3 pistons.  Have you checked all the spark plugs?  What about injectors?  Also have you given your ignition coils a look?

I took it to the mech and he burned it. Seems like I'm getting a new engine for free.

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now i need money
http://www.ebay.com/itm/15-Jaguar-XJ6-XJ8-XJS-Alloy-Factory-Stock-Wheel-1991-Dyton-CHROME-OEM-Rim-/271441006617?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Wheels&hash=item3f33251019&vxp=mtr

and i found 2 mates for it
http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/mld/pts/4410570987.html

[Caution]

My friend finally broke out his rat rod today.





The roof and the hood panels come out to reveal spiderweb designs. That thing is cool stuff.

[$trinick]

So today I cruised back to my house from the desert through the mountains and two things made me particularly happy:

One: I had a driving buddy. When I was going up the mountains I encountered him tailgating the person in front of him, encouraging them to use a turnout to let him (and me) pass by. After he did, we cruised together at twice the speed limit for the turns until the next turnout where he let me pass him but then stuck behind me for essentially the whole cruise after that, he followed me for at least an hour and every time I'd overtake a car (legally, I didn't do any illegal passes) he'd follow right after. When he finally turned off to go his own way I felt like I lost a friend.

Two: I was surprised by the kindness on the road exhibited by some people. At one point I overtook a car and my driving buddy was still stuck behind him so I was waiting up for him ahead of the car and I passed a cop that had wedged himself between two cliff faces so you couldn't see him until you were already passing him. Lucky for me I was just cruising at 60 (speed limit was like 50 but everyone cruises at 60, cop didn't care) and when we passed some cars I noticed that literally everyone in my rear view was flashing their lights to warn traffic about the cop, like 8 people in a row just flashing. I assume none of them realized that everyone else was signaling them and everyone was just trying to be nice. I couldn't help but smirk.

[ABlockOfCheese]

When someone tailgates me I brake check really hard and if that doesn't work I slow down really slow so they are forced to either back the forget up or pass, which is especially funny when there is too much traffic in the oncoming lane for them to pass in.

[$trinick]

When someone tailgates me I brake check really hard and if that doesn't work I slow down really slow so they are forced to either back the forget up or pass, which is especially funny when there is too much traffic in the oncoming lane for them to pass in.

That is EXTREMELY dangerous. Please never do this ever again.

But, regardless, tailgating in a mountain pass isn't meant to force people to speed up. There's these areas called turnouts that are meant for slower traffic to enter to allow faster traffic to pass so they don't feel pressured to go faster, and the only way people know if traffic is trying to go faster than them is if they're tailgated. Otherwise they assume the people behind them are content with their cruising speed and continue going.

[ABlockOfCheese]

Ok before you bring up this quote

They'd be at fault for the accident, but you'd be morally at fault for any and all injuries associated with an accident with a 30mph speed differential. That'd easily kill a small child who might not be secured properly.

May I first put up this one.

Yeah but it isn't his responsibility to know that whether there is a small child that is improperly secured in the car.  He might be morally at fault for the death of the child but the people actually at fault would be the starfishs in the car behind for taking the risk of riding someone else's ass in the first place, not to mention not securing the child the right way.  And you might say "but it isn't their responsibility to know if the driver in front is going to slam on their brakes or not", which you would be correct, but sometimes people have to slam their brakes anyways, for example if a kid runs out in the road.  In the case of the aforementioned scenario, everything would be entirely the fault of the driver that decided to ride the ass of the person in front.

It isn't my responsibility to check if their child is secured properly, it's their fault for taking that risk and expecting some random driver to jsut go with it in the first place.

[$trinick]

If you intentionally carry out an action with the knowledge that property or people are likely to be damaged as a result of your action, you are morally at fault. It doesn't matter if the object or person that is injured was not properly tended to, you still performed that action knowing that a likely result is a damage of that property or person.

If you see a handgun laying on someone's table at their house, if you point that gun at them and shoot them with it you're still at fault for shooting them even though it was their negligence to unload the firearm that caused the injury.