Random Thoughts... [Automotive Edition]

[Dsemaj]

Driving up to a T-junction, intersecting with a main road, sit and wait at the stop right. Suddenly, some stupid woman in her BA Ford Falcon drives towards the street, trying to do a U-turn, but she sees me and shunts to a stop (Thank god she was going slow..). I look at her, to give her a "What the fuck do you think you're doing?" look, and she looks at me like I'm supposed to be backing up, and her car lurches forward. I sit there, winding my window down to yell at the fool. "If you see another god damn car, you're suppose to cancel the damn U-tu...". She drives off - Ugh. She parks at the shops right next to T-junction. Furiously, I take off beeping insanely at the stupid woman as she gets out of her car.

Sometimes, I swear, people shouldn't be allowed to drive if they don't know the god damn rules, it's the only way things work. This pissed me off especially as I took my good car out. The stupid woman could have smacked right into me.

[mclarensmps]

My uncle would have followed her to the shops and taken up beef with her ... family, sometimes...

[Quiky]

And then there's Punisher Bass...

[KaJuN]

Tonight on Fun With Lucas:

Turning lighting control to park lights = park lights + interior lights. Turning past park light to head lights = headlights + no interior lights. And odds are it will be perfectly fine the next time I go to drive it.

[mclarensmps]

I'm growing senile. I had to read that thrice to understand what you were saying ....


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[stevanford1]

I downloaded and just watched the fastest fords DVD and can safely say that it is AWESOME.

http://www.dukevideo.com/Cars/DVD/Ma...Fords-DVD.aspx

Teaser shot.

[Shawn]

Car alarms are so retarded... there's this hunk of shit downstairs that's been honking for near 45 minutes. I say this in all seriousness, another 15 minutes and I'm going to go and throw a rock through its front windshield, and probably take a piss in there if I need to go by then.

Don't these things cut off after a few minutes? I hate retards who put after market alarms on their cars and tune up the sensitivity to ridiculous levels. My cousin had a Toyota truck about 10 years ago and the alarm was so sensitive it would go off if you parked beside it and shut your door kinda hard.

Where I live I hear sirens about once every hour, especially during the night, so I'm ultra-sensitive to any kind of unnecessary automotive noise.

Edit: It's still fucking honking... and last night it was the neighbour's dog that wouldn't shut up for well into the early morning hours. I'm going to cry now.
Edit II: Alright, aren't I lucky, it shut off after 60 minutes.

[Aston Martin]

I remember watching this when it first aired... I think i'm the only fan.

Linky

[CrazyRussian540]

Anyone here ever thought of buying a classic car just for owning it?

I really want to get a DeLorean.... and further down the road when (if) I have enough money.... I'm gonna get myself an original 48 Tucker.

[public]

I guess the DeLorean is the only car towards which I have unconditional desire. Most cars I would be happy to drive, some I would love to own, but the true *want* is reserved to the DMC-12.

And then I remember it has 133hp.

[NooDle]

I lol'd hard at a female biker the other day.

She was standing still in the middle of a roundabout, waiting for someone I think. then another biker joined her, now completely blocking the roundabout. I wanted to get off so I drove in their direction, thinking they'd get out of my way. No such luck. So I stop. She notices this, apparently she's also never ridden a bike before, guns the throttle and then releases the clutch suddenly. The bike jolted forward, and after she realised what she did, she literally jumped off the bike.

I lol'd at such inadequacy

[stevanford1]

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Stig ?!?

http://translate.google.com.au/trans...%3Den%26sa%3DG

[vegasrebel29]

Anyone here ever thought of buying a classic car just for owning it?

I really want to get a DeLorean.... and further down the road when (if) I have enough money.... I'm gonna get myself an original 48 Tucker.

A Cadillac with real, bonafide fins is on my list... that, and a 57 Bel Air and an early Triumph Spitfire. Oh, and a Rover 75/MG ZT...

[CrazyRussian540]

[BlaRo]

^ Also from Jalopnik:

Woman so pissed off from road rage she burns to death

Holy shit.

[chaos386]

^ Also from Jalopnik:

Woman so pissed off from road rage she burns to death

Holy shit.

What. The. Fuck?

[Shawn]

Wait, I'm confused... it says it was likely that she didn't comprehend the peril she was in. How can somebody smart enough to get a license not know that fire = bad?

It's a sad story, yes, but seems to me she just wanted to take her own life and wanted it to be dramatic. How and why are they deducing she was mentally ill?

[tigger]

How and why are they deducing she was mentally ill?

Uh, because she did a burnout until her car burst into flames ... and refused to get out of it? I'd say that in and of itself is a pretty solid sign of mental illness. That and she had a history of being very bi-polar, according to the article.

[fbc]

^ Also from Jalopnik:

Woman so pissed off from road rage she burns to death

Holy shit.

Wow... that's intense. Clearly more going in her head than just road rage.

[NooDle]

wtf? How can you sit inside a burning car (that you yourself have put ablaze) and not think "Fire bad"?