Random Thoughts... [Automotive Edition]

[Blayde]

http://blaydexi.deviantart.com/art/Ferrari-288-GTO-194967052

vrroom, 80s FTW

 

[LeVeL]

My friend from school might have pissed someone off because a few weeks ago someone tried to steal his wheels/tires off his truck but failed thanks to wheel locks and the other he discovered that his brake lines are f-ed. Now, he's not sure if someone cut them or he just ripped them while offroading. There are no cameras in the parking lot and he doesn't really have anywhere else to park. He is installing an alarm with all sorts of sensors and whatnot; camping out is not really an option. What else can be done?

 

[bone]

add lasers!

 

[Cowboy]

My friend from school might have pissed someone off because a few weeks ago someone tried to steal his wheels/tires off his truck but failed thanks to wheel locks and the other he discovered that his brake lines are f-ed. Now, he's not sure if someone cut them or he just ripped them while offroading. There are no cameras in the parking lot and he doesn't really have anywhere else to park. He is installing an alarm with all sorts of sensors and whatnot; camping out is not really an option. What else can be done?

Hidden el cheapo cam?

 

[Topgearfanatic]

add sharks with freaking lasers on their heads!

FTFY.

 

[katwalk]

So jalopnik posted some article about what would be more expensive to run cars on, it sounded more interesting than it was, but I noticed the the right corner "The best drop-tops of 2010". Dear website, no.

 

[CrzRsn]

https://pic.armedcats.net/c/cr/crazyrussian540/2011/01/26/96478756.02tSc7D0.jpg

I need to make this into a shirt!

 

[That American Girl]

Hidden el cheapo cam?

If he can see the car from a window, use one of those webcams that has a motion sensitive option on it. Set it to record for a few minutes at least when it detects movement.

 

[Blayde]

http://blaydexi.deviantart.com/art/Mitsubishi-from-Kobe-195104992

 

[EyeMWing]

Remind me again how truck owners manage to get stuck on lightly snowed, paved roads?

That's not even the deepest bit - I plowed some drifts with the damned bumper.

 

[katwalk]

Maybe ice under them and lack of traction? Slush in general will fuck you up no matter what you are running. I hit a patch with moms outback today and it wobbled the same as when I hit it with my bug yesterday.

 

[narf]

Regular snow is fairly grippy.

 

[Labcoatguy]

Regular snow is fun!

 

[laxmax613]

Regular snow is fun!

today has been great. snowday but waking up at 11:30 with the sun out is awesome. i took a ride down to home depot in watertown and then home. the snowbanks are more than 7 feet tall in some places but the roads are alright.

 

[katwalk]

Yeah I was trying to liven up the outback by pointing it at snow mounds today :lol:
Those are fine it's just the slush and ice that's bad.

 

[laxmax613]

Yeah I was trying to liven up the outback by pointing it at snow mounds today :lol:
Those are fine it's just the slush and ice that's bad.

tomorrow morning might be an issue becuase this slush is gonna freeze. but hey, more fun for me, right?

 

[Labcoatguy]

Bah, Brookline has enough money to plow and salt streets. You'll be fine.

 

[laxmax613]

Bah, Brookline has enough money to plow streets. You'll be fine.

but that's where you're wrong. They go overboard on Beacon and Harvard, but anything else is untouched. Babcock (where I park my car) is like an ice rink every morning.

 

[Labcoatguy]

but that's where you're wrong. They go overboard on Beacon and Harvard, but anything else is untouched. Babcock (where I park my car) is like an ice rink every morning.

The back streets of Cambridge get plowing attention if tree branches fall into the road. Wonder if that'd work for you guys.

 

[laxmax613]

The back streets of Cambridge get plowing attention if tree branches fall into the road. Wonder if that'd work for you guys.

maybe i should have bought me a chainsaw today along with the shovel and deicer....