Geeto67

I highly doubt that the flag is being dragged on the ground. The tattering you are seeing is from it whipping in the wind under the car. Flags aren't really meant to fly at highway speed, at least not shitty little ones you buy at walmart and tend to unravel. I highly doubt this dude is serious about anything. Seems like he's just being a jackass to troll uptight people. Also seems like it is working.

the problem with any kind of "lemon" report is that it is almost impossible to report or get access to any real statistics. "Lemon Laws" are usually civil matters at the state level. So there is no central reporting collecting data on cases regarding lemon law cars and whether they are successful or not except the lawyers who are looking to promote their services. Furthermore a dealer can decide to replace the car under state lemon laws without a lawsuit at which point the only people who are aware of the "lemon" are the dealer, the recipient, and the manufacturer. which brings me to my next point.... ...The manufacturer is in the best position to be collecting data on it's own cars that it replaces under state lemon laws regardless of suit or not. However almost all mfgs consider this proprietary business info and would never release this, esp if it meant it would be used to compare them to other automakers. Same goes for complaints regarding cars that are defective but are not replaced under lemon laws, why would the mfg share that info publicly. To further compound this all states lemon laws are different. Some protect consumers of used cars, some do not. There is no federal oversight of this because it is largely a state matter, so no data collected. The definition of a Lemon in colloqualisim is different from the law anyway so even if there was it would have to do two functions: 1) collect data about cars replaced under lemon laws, and 2) collect complaint info regarding unreliable cars. The NHTSA kind of sort of used to be perceived of as doing this but it turns out they really weren't setup to do it so their numbers are garbage. That just leaves consumer groups, journalists, and watchdogs like the BBB or TTAC, each with their own agenda for the information and able to skew their data collection any way that fits their ends. All this leads to the TL/DR conclusion that: the best you are going to get on "lemon" statistics are consumer perception from surveys, and while they still have some value it is not as much as hard numbers of the cars actually replaced under lemon laws. Unfortunately that is all you are ever going to get. Honestly, you don't need a survey to find out people think italian and british cars are unreliable. Just go down to your local cars and coffee and ask the first guy with a car logo on his t-shirt his opinion and you'll get it, whether he owned one of the cars in question or not.

what's to mis-understand? Lemon is a colloquialism for an unreliable car. It lent its name to the law, not the other way around. I would take more issue with the words "legitimate" and "complaint" than I would with lemon. Legitimate as determined by who? and complaint as in formal complaint filed to an automaker or someone bitching on an internet forum? You don't need the car to have been bought back under the lemon law to be considered an unreliable "lemon". If the italians want to change their perception that their machines are unreliable, maybe they should stop allowing employee drinking during the siesta breaks.

As an owner of an Italian vehicle I can sympathize. I know the OEMs seem to be loving air suspension right now but to me it just does not seem to be a long term option for the amount of miles and time period people are owing cars these days. I mean at the end of the day they are rubber bags exposed to the elements, that alone makes them a replacement service item.

what's the idiot light all the way to the left in the tach that looks like an upside down hover car?

it came off this: http://blog.caranddriver.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Mario-Kart.jpg

Are you kidding me it's hilarious. It's like a real life version of this joke: When did people get so serious about cars and stuff. Doesn't anybody remember when this hobby used to be fun.

Are there two lights for the parking brake? I see a brake light under the temp gauge and a park light in the speedo. Or is that one for the parking brake and one to tell you the brakes are broken? Edit: never mind I am an idiot, the speedo is probably the gear selector indicator.

Still doesn't matter whether he reached or not. Once you go on tv and tell law enforcement they will never take you alive, taking you in to custody alive no longer becomes a priority or a likely outcome.

Sometimes I see things like this and I wonder...."maybe the are just trolling other car enthuasists in real life".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Challenger_disaster#Recovery_of_debris The recovery operation was able to pull 15 short tons (14 t) of debris from the ocean; 55% of Challenger, 5% of the crew cabin and 65% of the satellite cargo is still missing.[40] Some of the missing debris continued to wash up on Florida shores for some years, such as on December 17, 1996, nearly 11 years after the incident, when two large pieces of the shuttle were found at Cocoa Beach.[41] Under 18 U.S.C. § 641 it is against the law to be in possession of Challenger debris, and any newly discovered pieces must be turned over to NASA.[42] there is also this: http://articles.philly.com/1986-04-15/news/26076331_1_stena-workhorse-rocket-booster-presidential-shuttle-commission reading about the cabin recovery is supremely sad though. six weeks in salt water and with marine life picking at it, and yet almost all the bodies were intact inside the crushed cabin.

yesterday was the anniversary of the Apollo 1 fire that killed Gus Grissom. Monday is the Anniversary of the Columbia disaster. These things all seem to happen around the same time. There are a lot of "if"'s in Powell's logic here that I do not know I subscribe to. He bases his assertion on the cabin not losing pressure, however, this does not account for G-forces, possible environment contamination (smoke or chemicals in the pressurized air), that the "jolt" had not broken lose internal components that were now whirring around inside the cabin like a blender, etc... It's a horrific image to have in one's head that they saw the earth rising to meet them for the whole ride, but I don't think we will ever know if that happened or not. I remember seeing this (3rd grade). I remember one of our teaches had entered the TISP contest and although she hadn't been selected we were still watching it like we had some connection to it. For as long as I live I don't think I will ever forget seeing it.

well sure...if reliability is something you like in a car...I know it's not for everyone.

It's funny but I think "quality of materials" is actually one of the reasons why Rovers have repeat buyers. The interiors are really nice places to be, the leather is really fantastic Connolly leather (not just a brand but a process), the carpets are plush, the fit and finish is excellent and it ages extremely well. Ever own an old british car? they don't smell like other cars - no stale mcdonalds grease and decades of pall mall grime wafting about the cabin like a 20 year old chevy tahoe, they smell like old victorian drawing rooms filled with trace brandy, cigar, and decaying imperialistic empire notes. and oil. Old british cars always have the faint smell of oil. Seriously it is the stuff gearhead sensory boners are made of. Even their paint work is really excellent. British cars in general have horrible resale mostly for reputation of unreliability. In truth they are complex cars that are largely bought by people who don't understand complex cars and defer so much maintenance that you practically have to rebuild the thing from the ground up by the time the second owner is ready to sell. But they are some of the nicest places to wait for a tow truck.

you mean like this: http://um.smash.com/2015/07/DeLorean-o4-740x494.jpg http://newsfeatures.autotrader.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/11-West-Coast-Customs-WillIAm-Delorean-620x413.jpg LOL. Maybe someone should ask Will.I.Am how his car company is going. I hate to be the one to say this, but there really is only one delorean. It is hard to have a "new" car without John Delorean, and really a delorean without the stainless steel bodywork isn't really anything special. Part of the allure is how 1980's coke dealer they are, I mean they are like greenwood corvettes without the tacky over the top wings and vents (so more like a white Ferrari testarossa then...lol). Let the 300 people spend the money for 400hp LS powered 1980's time machines (pun intended).

A business case can be made for $100K deleorans. They only made about 9000 in total and the DMC club think only about 6500 of those still exist. While aircooled porsches seem rare, since 1964 to 1991 they have made probably a hundred thousand of them. He is looking to build 300 cars over the course of several years, do you honestly believe that there are not 300 people world wide with $100K and want to buy a Delorean? DeLorean's are unusual collector cars in that they are one of the few that modified examples actually pull more money than restored or preserved originals. Mostly because the engines in them are so terrible. In the last year prototype cars and extremely accurate BTTF replica cars have actually hit the 100K mark. We are starting to get into that time period where people who remember them and are nostalgic for them (ESP back to the future fans) will have disposable income and while delorean values are pretty flat, I can't see them staying that way for much longer. The only thing that really sucks about the delorean is the 130hp six. They really are striking cars and while the styling may seem dated now, they probably are not any more so than a comparable lotus or ferrari 308 from the same time period.

I hear these are somewhat of a unicorn: http://www.cars.com/vehicledetail/detail/659003338/overview/ http://www.cars.com/vehicledetail/detail/656606559/overview/ http://www.cars.com/vehicledetail/detail/650706912/overview/

Responding as in firing a shot or responding as in the traffic stop? If you meant the traffic stop they don't have to be responding to a threat because the men were already suspects in a criminal case with warrants out for their arrest. The only thing keeping them from being arrested was the entrenched nature of the occupation. the moment they left their little tree fort in the woods they they had know they were going to be arrested. if they didn't, they are dumber than they look. http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/oregon-occupier-lavoy-finicum-warns-fbi-he-d-take-death-n491056 Just by stating in that NBC interview that he (Finicum) was willing to die rather than be arrested and intended to use force should an attempt at arrest should be made means that the agents had the discretion to proceed as if there was an open and active threat in the situation. I'm not saying it's right for the government to kill anybody pre-trial and conviction, but it will be hard to find sympathy for this to be an unjust shooting given the public statements. Pro Tip: if you expect to be taken alive, don't go on TV and say "you won't take me alive".

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ammon-bundy-arrested_us_56a8267ce4b0f7179928639c The first rule regarding an "occupation" and standoff is - Don't leave the space you are occupying. If it isn't the first rule it should be. Huge spoiler: the guy who publicly said he'd never be taken alive, wasn't. By the way, how did nobody post this little gem: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/sumo-militia-man-dares-chris-christie-to-match-wed-pay-to-see_us_56a6872fe4b0404eb8f28ced

it's been like 15 years since I looked at one. not everyone's memory is great. The 1999 Tahoe had a pushbutton engagement, it didn't clunk but you could feel when it transitioned. It didn't have an Auto 4wd engage though.

If I remember the old (pre 1999) trucks the actuator was actually in the front diff and the transfer case was spinning the front prop shaft even in 2WD, so 100+ mph wouldn't really hurt it in a straight line. I didn't realize the thing "banged" when it was shifting into 4WD in auto. I have to imagine it doesn't have lockers in the axle but some kind of torque compensator otherwise the handling would get all wonky shifting in and out of 2wd in the auto setting. Most LSD differentials allow for some slip in turns, otherwise we would all be driving spools, but my feeling is on a lot of these AWD/4WD setups they run a little looser than on a traditional 50/50 mechanical 4wd setup.

let me help you out with that: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lie#Lying_by_omission you could also give them a "smartness" test via an "over inflated job title". Are you security for a bar? no you are a conflict resolution and eviction specalist. work a help desk? no you are a Director of Technological Back End User Operational Excellence. Get the picture?

For $10-15K for an Unlimited you are either looking at an LJ two door (2004-2006) or a 2007-2011 Pre Pentastar JK. Jeeps hold their value insanely well. If you don't need a 4 door, I would go with the LJ from 2004-2005 (2006 has the 6 speed which is not popular right now). this is really the last of the inline 6 powered old school jeeps that can trace their heritage back to the original 40's CJs. Because of the long wheel base they ride like a cherokee, but it still has the option of removing the doors and top. the LJs are supposed to be the new collectable and I don't see them getting under $10K without an insane amount of miles and body damage. Rubicons are still close to $20K. I am not a fan of the 3.8L non-pentastar engines in the early JKs. It is a car and mini-van engine (New Yorker and Pacifica being primary uses) that got pressed into service in the wrangler. In the non-unlimiteds its ok making at most 215hp and 245 ft/lbs, but in the unlimiteds this is underpowered. For comparison my old 4.0L inline powered YJ makes 190 hp and 250 ft/lbs in a 3000lb vehicle, the unlimited is 4,300 lbs and was hauled around by 215 hp - weak. The LJ is only about 600lbs heavier fully setup. the jeep purists are going to roast me for this but if you aren't picky about having a convertible, I would look at a second generation nissan Xterra (2005-20015). 265 hp, stick, and about as close as you can get to a modern XJ cherokee. $15K should put you in a 5 year old model as long as you aren't looking for all the bells and whistles.

Technically your chevy is an AWD and a 4WD. In the auto setting it is like an AWD complete with some sort of various coupling to engage all four wheels, but in 4wd (Low) it can be locked into full time power to all 4 wheels. That's what's neat about modern cars and trucks is you can have both with a computer regulating everything. The reason why they used to say you can't go highway speeds in the old 4wds is because the old mechanical systems turned all 4 wheels at the same speed. Which means if you are on dry pavement trying to make a turn you are beating up the components and tires because all four wheels are trying to turn different speeds and being forced to all turn the same speed. It makes handling spooky and the faster you goo the spookeir it gets. In jeeps if you do this it usually blows the center Trak-Lok and the front u-joints at the steering knuckle. In a straight line? I don't see the harm but there is the old wives tale that the old mechanical 50/50 transfer cases are chain drive and you don't really want them spinning 100+mph for an extended period of time. honestly all transfer cases are chain drive and some are even working full time while the truck is in 2wd so it is meant to spin at 100mph if you can get there.