Things that shouldn't be done to cars...

Captain Cyran · Post by **Captain Cyran** » 2003-05-15 10:02pm

LadyTevar wrote:When I saw the title, I was thinking more like:

"Don't take your 2wh drive Neon down a dirt road after 3 days of hard rain, especially if 10 years before you stuck your father's 4wh dr Jeep in the same place."

Or: "Don't take your K-car wagon through a swallow creek crossing to the campground on the other side, even if you've done it before when the creek was at normal levels."

Or: Don't spray paint the windows of your car black, drive to the border and when they ask you "Do you have anything to declare?" Say that you're Batman.

Here is something I definately want to do...once I get a car, which will be in about....not any time soon. Pull into a fast food drive-thru backwards with a friend sitting in the right back seat so he/she can order. To see the looks on the faces of the person who gives us our food would be priceless...

Sidious · Post by **Sidious** » 2003-05-16 09:19pm

This is what I was expecting after reading the title of this post

http://www.snopes.com/photos/lumber.asp

Montcalm · Post by **Montcalm** » 2003-05-16 09:24pm

Its fascinating to see what people can do,if you want a pick-up truck buy one

Sidious · Post by **Sidious** » 2003-05-16 09:28pm

Dont do drugs kids...

Crayz9000 · Post by **Crayz9000** » 2003-05-16 09:58pm

Thanks for that link, Ein...

Think the original post is bad? Think again... it could be like this...

http://www.beaterz.com/one_liners/0201/ ... le_bus.htm

aphexmonster · Post by **aphexmonster** » 2003-05-16 10:48pm

Well then, im speechless.

Montcalm · Post by **Montcalm** » 2003-05-16 10:59pm

Crayz9000 wrote:Thanks for that link, Ein...

Think the original post is bad? Think again... it could be like this...
Snip

Pardon me while i start laughing.

Enigma · Post by **Enigma** » 2003-05-16 11:01pm

Trekkies aren't the only ones with embarrassing vehicles.....

Crayz9000 · Post by **Crayz9000** » 2003-05-16 11:11pm

Yeah, but that one's tame compared to the Volkswagen Type-12

After seeing some of the crazy stuff on that site I'm honestly toying with the idea of raiding Sun Valley, CA's roughly 1,000 wrecking yards and patching something completely random together. The good news is that it probably would be under $1000

aerius · Post by **aerius** » 2003-05-16 11:24pm

TrailerParkJawa wrote:
neoolong wrote:Too true. If you have the money to buy a car and then modify it, you might as well get a better car to begin with.
One of my friends has a BMW M3. He loves it , when people with souped up economy cars try to race him. They never win. Its quite amusing.

Chick friend of mine has a BMW M5 that she had rebadged as a plain 530. She's also taken race driving courses and does some autocross races, she's probably the best driver I know. Every once in a while we go cruise around town in her car and it never fails that some dork in a souped up econo-car tries to race her, and every single time they get ruined, 400hp tends to do that to people. It is amusing, especially when she takes it easy for a bit to make them think they have a chance and then floors it and leaves them the dust.

Queeb Salaron · Post by **Queeb Salaron** » 2003-05-16 11:57pm

aerius wrote:Chick friend of mine has a BMW M5 that she had rebadged as a plain 530.

Rebadging is fun. A friend of mine had a Saab 9-5 that he rebadged as a Geo Metro. Funny thing was, kids snickered at it on the strip. And then they all got toasted. Riceboys got nothing on European engineering plus some good ol' Detroit muscle.

She's also taken race driving courses and does some autocross races, she's probably the best driver I know.

Ah yes, autocross. The best way I know how to spend $1000/year.

Every once in a while we go cruise around town in her car and it never fails that some dork in a souped up econo-car tries to race her, and every single time they get ruined, 400hp tends to do that to people. It is amusing, especially when she takes it easy for a bit to make them think they have a chance and then floors it and leaves them the dust.

hehe. In my neck of the woods, we call that "tea bagging." Let them dangle off your back bumper for a second or two, then drag rubber in 4th and toast 'em.

Funny story: Back in the days when I was still a minor, my dad had a 1995 Lincoln Continental with all the trimmings, automatic tranny included. The thing was a boat, but GOD was it gorgeous. The funny thing was that we could toast any stock car off the line. I don't know what it was with that car, as I was really too young at that time to get under the hood and really understand anything about it. I swear to God it was the only automatic in the world that could drop rubber in second. It was a beautiful fucking thing to hear that squeal and never have to move your feet to get it.

Post by **weemadando** » 2003-05-17 01:28am

Well, it looks better than a standard civic.

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2003-05-17 04:01am

Rebadging? Phun!!! I wonder if there's a way to make a really nice car (say a Corvette) look like a really chintzy one (like a Firebird)? You can see where this is going...

Enigma · Post by **Enigma** » 2003-05-17 10:07am

Einhander Sn0m4n wrote:Rebadging? Phun!!! I wonder if there's a way to make a really nice car (say a Corvette) look like a really chintzy one (like a Firebird)? You can see where this is going...

Well there is a souped up late model Corvette that can do 0-60mph in 1.9 seconds. I'm not kidding. By the time you touch the gas pedal on your car, the guy driving the Corvette will already be doing 60mph.

J · Post by J » 2003-05-17 08:21pm

Queeb Salaron wrote:Funny story: Back in the days when I was still a minor, my dad had a 1995 Lincoln Continental with all the trimmings, automatic tranny included. The thing was a boat, but GOD was it gorgeous. The funny thing was that we could toast any stock car off the line. I don't know what it was with that car, as I was really too young at that time to get under the hood and really understand anything about it. I swear to God it was the only automatic in the world that could drop rubber in second. It was a beautiful fucking thing to hear that squeal and never have to move your feet to get it.

I don't know all that much about cars but I'd have to say it has something to do with the big engines that pull like you wouldn't believe that full size American have. My family had a supercharged Pontiac Bonneville which my kid brother wrote off (but that's another story) and boy did that car ever fly! Me & my sister had way too much fun shaming those racerboy wannabe's in their glitzed up shyteboxes with that Bonny, oh how it must feel to be beaten in a stoplight race by a chick in fat-cat American car!

Vertigo1 · Post by **Vertigo1** » 2003-05-17 09:14pm

The only thing missing is those bright-ass blue lights, and a big banner on the side saying "RICER".