Random Thoughts... [Automotive Edition]

Still, merits a Darwin Award honorable mention - lots of people get killed annually by just that stupid move.

Jacks have a distressing tendency to collapse at the wrong time. You are betting your life on a ?0.01 0.75mm thick O-ring made in China holding a seal. Don't know about you, but this gambler wouldn't make that bet.
 
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captain_70s said:
Well the jack is rated to lift something like 2 tons, hence being too big for the jacking point, and there was an axle stand shoved under at a dodgy angle for good measure.
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Yeah, still incredibly stupid, especially with everything else you said (uneven gravel, really?). It's all fun and games until it isn't. The jack is rated to lift 2 tons, but that says nothing about its ability to keep it there.
 
As I said, I'd have never gotten under it, and I voiced my concerns at the time. But I have no authority over what other people do, at the end of the day it'd just come down to "You don't even own a car", or "I've done this loads of times".
 
I was reading the car audio thread earlier on and it came to my attention, does any company make a head unit that doesn't look like it's targeted specifically at twelve year olds? (yeah, still not old enough to say that am I?, but my points still stands). If I were to buy an aftermarket head unit, I would want it to sit flush with the car and look like it's supposed to be there instead of sticking out like a sore thumb. The head unit in my sister's car fizzled out last year and she got it replaced with a JVC with stupid flashing lights, it drives me crazy.
 
Beckers that i've seen are typically quite sleek looking

https://pic.armedcats.net/b/bl/blayde/2011/03/23/2rohnao.jpg

but you do pay a premium for the looks
 
LeMans GTR said:
I was reading the car audio thread earlier on and it came to my attention, does any company make a head unit that doesn't look like it's targeted specifically at twelve year olds? (yeah, still not old enough to say that am I?, but my points still stands). If I were to buy an aftermarket head unit, I would want it to sit flush with the car and look like it's supposed to be there instead of sticking out like a sore thumb. The head unit in my sister's car fizzled out last year and she got it replaced with a JVC with stupid flashing lights, it drives me crazy.
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I agree 110%, most aftermarket head units look like ass..plus their tiny buttons/knobs make it a pain to use while driving.

also, OT...I think you're old enough to use the 12 year old analogy...there's a big difference in the maturity level behavior wise,etc.
 
I got so sick of people trying to drive through me that I installed an air horn in my car. Apparently that wasn't enough so today I installed a couple electric horns too. If I can't get someone's attention with this setup they are either deaf or brain-dead.
 
Does anyone here have a Jetta Sportwagen with CT plates and an "I'm the Stig" sticker on the back? I was behind someone today with this car and was wondering it if was a fellow member.
 
Blind_Io said:
I got so sick of people trying to drive through me that I installed an air horn in my car. Apparently that wasn't enough so today I installed a couple electric horns too. If I can't get someone's attention with this setup they are either deaf or brain-dead.
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This post is wortheless without a video.
 
LeMans GTR said:
I was reading the car audio thread earlier on and it came to my attention, does any company make a head unit that doesn't look like it's targeted specifically at twelve year olds? (yeah, still not old enough to say that am I?, but my points still stands). If I were to buy an aftermarket head unit, I would want it to sit flush with the car and look like it's supposed to be there instead of sticking out like a sore thumb. The head unit in my sister's car fizzled out last year and she got it replaced with a JVC with stupid flashing lights, it drives me crazy.
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Blayde said:
Beckers that i've seen are typically quite sleek looking

https://pic.armedcats.net/b/bl/blayde/2011/03/23/2rohnao.jpg

but you do pay a premium for the looks
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A proper Becker

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The ?1k price tag stings a little.
 
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