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I love Regina
by Sinister- 2 followers
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Picked up a new (to me) one last week. Not the exact model they based the GTA car from but it is a full size Station Wagon. 1995 Chevy Caprice. Light Driftwood Metallic and Tan interior. Needs some TLC but is a straight, solid and nearly rust free ride. I had one before but sold it back in 2014 because it was a rusty mess. Ordered a new carpet set for it that will be here Friday, so I know what I'll be doing all weekend. Also putting a new headliner in it and have to remove the bad tint on the windows. Also I am not able to own a car that is quiet so the exhaust is being changed out as well.
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What did you fix today?
by JustHatched- 1 follower
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If you fixed or changed or done anything to your car, boat, cycle, etc.. today what did you do? So far today I changed the front drivers window regulator on the '03 Yukon between work deliveries.
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Thoughts for exhaust system
by JustHatched- 2 followers
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I gotta put some new headers on my S10, one of the current headers on it were cracked when I got it, I welded it but now it is cracked around the weld so I am gonna put a new set on it to solve the problem. Debating on Hooker or Hedman headers, not sure if it really makes a difference on brand as far as those 2 go, both are reputable companies. As far as the style of header there isn't much option in S10 V8 headers. Does anyone know if say a Hooker fits better than Hedman usually or the other way around? The real question though is mufflers, I currently have Flowmasters on it, I love the way it sounds most of the time, at about 45 to 50mph they resonate reall…
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Motocross?
by JustHatched- 2 followers
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@Beez but anyone else is free to chime in here. Washatched is wanting to take up motocross racing, he currently has a underpowered PW80 and needs and upgrade on equipment. The choice is a KX125 or a 4 wheeler. We not sure to go with 2 or 4 wheels. Also, I have the space to set up some hills/jumps for him to get practice on, what is the recommended hill height you would suggest for a noob?
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EAA Airventure Oshkosh 2016
by JustHatched- 2 followers
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I am not sure what all we are going to do this summer, but this is on our to do list at the end of July in Oshkosh Wisconsin http://www.eaa.org/en/airventure Also at the airshow will be the B17 I rode in a couple years ago
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Real Drift Tampa
by Sinister- 9 replies
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If only R* had gave us a proper representation of this car. Some familiar locations in this video.
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Goodwood Festival of Speed 2018
by Schumi6581- 2 followers
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So, Saturday the 14th of July @PretendWereDead and I went to Goodwood for one day of Festival of Speed. It was a lot of fun and I soon discovered that one day of FoS is far from enough to see and do everything that is possible there. Especially if you want to see the classic cars, the super cars, the concept cars, the F1 cars, rally, hillclimb, dragster bikes, nascars, indycars, rally raid, Le Mans, motorcycles, etc etc. It's pretty mind blowing. Also, when you want to see them standing still AND driving, you have to split yourself in two... And then I'm not even talking about driving experiences, the separate rally stage, a full car expo with the current line-up p…
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2018 M Madness Event
by Dodge- 1 follower
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Every year at the BMW dealership I work for, we have an Event dedicated to the most powerful letter in the alphabet. "M"
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The Duke Engine
by Smurf- 1 follower
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I was doing research on a j2z engine and came across this leviathan. Never heard of it. But it seems promising compared to the conventional rotary engine, and thought I wouldshare, maybe one of you guys saw this out there in the wild.
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2019 Blazer
by JustHatched- 2 followers
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GM/Chevy should be embarrassed by this new version of the Blazer. They should have done it like they did in the old days and base it off of the Silverado and a 4 cylinder should not even be an option
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Can you drive stick?
by JustHatched- 6 followers
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My oldest kid will start driving classes this school year and being these days and times I doubt he'll be learning to drive with a clutch. I've always known how to drive a stick, I probably learned when I was about 10 how to do it. I plan to teach him in our dump truck as it's the only thing we have with manual transmission, plus if he can learn to split shift those 10 gears he can drive a car or pickup.
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The guessing game 1 2 3
by Spinnaker1981- 3 followers
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Ok, guess which car it is and post a dif picture. You are allowed to answer questions asked about it, but only answers allowed are: yes or no.
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So what is your preferred auto maker 1 2
by JustHatched- 5 followers
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I looked thinking this had been asked but I guys it hasn't, but what/who is your preferred auto maker, should be interesting as around here you are either for Chevy, Ford or Dodge but with other countries involved might be some stuff some have never heard of. Also add why you like that over others. I am a Chevy guy (well, really Pontiac but that hasn't been viable for a long time), it's what I grew up with, always suped up 350's and 427's, even stroked out a 283 once, that was a good running little motor. Dad would have shot me if I brought home anything without a bowtie emblem. I have had 3 Ford's in my life, never had issue with them (except the Mustan…
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Gm going all electric
by JustHatched- 4 followers
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https://www.nbcnews.com/business/autos/gm-going-all-electric-will-ditch-gas-diesel-powered-cars-n806806 Thoughts?
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Kennekuk Car Show (Picture Heavy)
by JustHatched- 2 followers
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Took my S10 to the biggest car show in the area and as promised to @Crawford1872 here is some pics. Imgur has a daily limit so more pics coming tomorrow. Late 40's Chevy Late 40's Buick Porsche (dunno year and type) Late 70's Nova Right to Left, new Corvette, 2 Ford El Ranchero's (dunno year's, mid 50's my guess), 64 Corvette, 30's Ford Coupe and Dodge Truck Couldn't tell you what make the 1st 3 are, then 81 Chevy truck, next 3 are in the other pics Motor cycle with S10 stepside bed and Corvette tailights Not sure what the car is, but it has …
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Horsepower difference
by Sinister- 2 followers
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850 VS 10,000 I prefer Drag to roundy round, more power, more speed, less bullshitting to get a winner
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Do we have any Formula One fans amongst us? The 2015 season is only a month away! I'm a huge fan, will be supporting the local drivers. I'm hoping my local team makes it to the grid this year but as they are deep in administration it's looking unlikely. So far after pre-season testing the Ferrari's are looking quick, Alonso could have made his move back to McLaren at precisely the wrong time while Vettel the golden boy could have landed on his feet. Mercedes are looking unbeatable again though, I can't see any other team taking the championships although there is still nothing to choose from between Hamilton & Rosberg Red Bull could be the start of a d…
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Cool Advertisement
by Whiteford99- 2 replies
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Barbie Jeep Racimg
by JustHatched- 3 followers
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Someway, somehow, there will be video of me doing this
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XDBX NASCAR Discussion Thread How about a little discussion thread for NASCAR Fans. There has been some big news in NASCAR so far this year. We've only seen 1 race so far, and the Newsstands are buzzing with NASCAR drama already. We've seen some drivers move to new teams, new sponsors have come into the sport. Some sponsors have left. NASCAR has changed the race package on the cars to make for "Better Entertainment" How about: Jeff Gordon is running his last full season in a Cup Car. Kurt Busch has been suspended from NASCAR indefinitely. Kyle Busch suffered a compound fracture in his leg from a crash during the Xfinity Series race the day …
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Is this a real thing?
by Matty- 1 follower
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As a massive Smokey And The Bandit Fan I nearly burst out of my underpants when I saw this..... Is it as good as it looks i wonder?
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Ford Raptor - Baja 1000
by Dodge- 1 follower
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This is gonna worth keeping an eye on. http://blog.caranddriver.com/ford-is-running-a-basically-stock-2017-f-150-raptor-in-the-baja-1000/
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Choices....
by JustHatched- 3 followers
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Place to race cars in Europe?
by Lann- 2 followers
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A few of my friends are thinking of doing something fun together, we all like cars and might try and find somewhere to race or test cars. Any ideas of similar things to do in Europe?
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Amazing landing
by JustHatched- 1 follower
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Note - this is not an RC plane https://www.facebook.com/1033264740050316/videos/1114912731885516/
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106Rate the Last Film you Watched 2: Electric Boogaloo
What I Watched This Week #120 (April 15-21) Of Time and the City dir. Terence Davies/2008/1h18m Of Time and the City is a documentary collage film made up of newsreel and archive footage that builds up a picture of the director's childhood in Liverpool during the 50's and 60's. This is like film as a memory, fragmented and broken into unrelated segments as if it were edited by stream of consciousness all scored to a majestic classical soundtrack. The narration, by Davies himself, is just like the rest of the film, at times he snarls about religion and the royal family, at others he rhapsodises about his working class upbringing, his s*xual awakening. Both incredibly personal and universal – he could be talking about a thousand cities, a thousand lives – the juxtaposition of dirt poor children playing in the streets set to highbrow classical music does become a little laboured over the length of the film, but that is my only small negative I have for this very moving picture of time and place. 9/10 Joint Security Area dir. Park Chan-wook/2000/1h48m On the border of North and South Korea two Northern soldiers are killed by a soldier from the South with the investigation uncovering what seems to be a very strange mystery – too many bullets fired, stories not matching up – but the truth is much simpler and much more tragic. Director Park Chan-wook is a master of unravelling mysteries in interesting ways – Oldboy and the recent Decision to Leave being two prime examples – and this is no different, with the investigation uncovering more information relayed through flashbacks. Saying anything more about the plot would be to spoil it, but the tension never lets up, even during moments of levity, because one wrong move would be disastrous for both sides. The two lead performances of South Korean Sgt. Lee (Lee Byung-hun) and the North's Sgt. Oh (Song Kang-ho, probably the biggest star in Korean film right now thanks to his work with b*ng Joon-ho) are excellent. The film also ends with a brilliant still image from a scene in the middle of the film that is given a whole new meaning thanks to the context we subsequently get. 9/10 Lime's Film of the Week! Dead of Night dir. Charles Crichton, Basil Dearden, Robert Hamer, Alberto Cavalcanti/1945/1h43m Dead of Night is an anthology horror film that stars Mervyn Johns as Walter Craig, an architect invited to a cosy little country inn to see about renovations, but when he arrives he realises that all of the people there, total strangers, are people he has seen in a dream, a dream where something terrible happens at the end, but he can't remember what. We then get four of the guests telling spooky stories of their own, which makes up the majority of the film. While the first three stories are good, especially the more comedic one about a dead golfer haunting his friend, it's the last one that really sticks with you. It stars Michael Redgrave as ventriloquist Maxwell Frere who goes mad with jealousy thinking that his d*mmy Hugo wants to leave him for another ventriloquist. It felt very much like an inspiration for the brilliant Anthony Hopkins film Magic (and every other creepy ventriloquist's d*mmy in media.) Chilling and charming in equal measure, this is a fun watch with some genuine thrills sprinkled throughout. 9/10 The Guard dir. John Michael McDonagh/2011/1h36m Mean, miserable, drug addled and prostitute loving small town Irish cop Gerry Boyle (Brendan Gleeson) is less than pleased when he's teamed up with FBI agent Wendell Everett (Don Cheadle) to bust an international drug smuggling ring. This is a black comedy with a real mean streak that you can't help but to compare to the works of the director's brother Martin McDonagh, particularly In Bruges. It's a testament to this film that it's not a totally unflattering comparison. Gleeson is always a joy to watch, even when he's playing someone so aggressively unlikeable. Cheadle doesn't really have a lot to do other than be amazed that Boyle is saying/doing the things that he's saying/doing, but he does it well. It does fell a little too mean spirited at points, but that is softened by a few scenes where Boyle meets with his equally foul-mouthed mother (Fionnula Flanagan), and I really liked Mark Strong's character of a drug dealer who feels like he's above it all. 7/10 The Party dir. Sally Potter/2017/1h11m Janet (Kristin Scott Thomas) is throwing a party to celebrate getting a shadow ministerial position but her husband Bill (Timothy Spall) seems distant and distracted, her best friend April (Patricia Clarkson) is splitting up with her partner, the very zen Godfried (Bruno Ganz), and Tom (Cillian Murphy) has turned up upset with a load of cocaine and a gun. A blackly comic social satire, this gets a little too verbose at times and feels like the characters are just spouting ideologies rather than having conversations for a lot of the very short runtime, but when it is as well written as this is you can forgive that for the most part. The performances are all solid. Clarkson's withering insults had me cackling every time, and I couldn't get enough of Ganz's Godfried, especially when he starts a therapy session for Bill and Tom. This film also has a really strong ending which I didn't see coming but that the script had seeded subtly throughout in a very smart way. 8.5/10 The Cure dir. Charlie Chaplin/1917/24m In this mid tier Chaplin short he plays an alcoholic who checks in to a health spa in order to sober up, but it's going to be a hard job when he brings a case full of booze with him. In the end the spa's well of curative water is spiked with alcohol and everyone enjoys getting blasted. During the film he makes classic slapstick out of revolving doors, the changing rooms and has a wrestling match with a burly masseuse. For me, whenever Chaplin strays from the character of the little tr*mp his films lose a bit of their heart and humanity. Rather than actually having anything to say this film is more like his earlier works in that it's just a succession of gags. They're really good ones performed by the best to ever do it, but when you know he's capable of more then you can't help but feel a little disappointed. That said, this is still better than the majority of films from the time and we're lucky to still have them. 6.5/10 Dilating for Maximum Results dir. Nyala Moon/2023/14m Trans woman Dreya (writer/director Nyala Moon) is going to hook up with her online boyfriend for the first time, but she has never been with a man and hasn't dilated in years, with this comedy following her as she tries to get ready. You learn something new every day, and the day I watched this film I learned that trans women need to dilate to stop from closing up, and that is what we get here in what I can only call a zany way. My main problem with this film is that the comedy is very TikTok if that makes sense. It's just not my taste, but that's me being an old man not hip with the kids. I do like how much of Moon's personality shines through here, she's very engaging and likeable. I also appreciate seeing a film about a trans woman that's not depressing and only focuses on negative experiences. 6/10 TRAY TRAY KO dir. Seba Calfuqueo/2022/6m (no trailer so here's the artist performing another piece in a gallery) This avant-garde piece of indigenous art see filmmaker Calfuqueo drag a long train of shimmering blue material through the Chilean rainforest to a sacred spot at the base of a waterfall. The only sounds are that of the forest and the water. The material is like a stream of man's making, leaving its mark on the landscape but only for a second, only until Calfuqueo hass passed by. There's a gorgeous overhead shot of the synthetic stream running next to a real one, man in harmony with nature. Hypnotic and meditative. 7/10- 2
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Anatomy of a Fall (2023) dir Justine Triet This won this year's Oscar and Bafta Best Original Screenplay awards, and it is a very good story. It stars Sandra Hüller as author Sandra, living with her husband and son in the French Alps. When her husband is found dead, having apparently fallen from an upper floor balcony of their house, an investigation is launched and, eventually, she is prosecuted for murder. I would not call this a thriller. It's neither about police trying to catch a killer nor a typical court room drama of an innocent person falsely accused. We simply watch the story unfold and see the evidence, not being told anything more than we would if we were one of the jury. I think the idea is you make your own mind up about whether Sandra is guilty or not. A lot of it is played out at the trial, but whether it's because it's a French court, and they do things very differently to British and American courts, or just the specifics of this case, it's not like any court-room based film I have ever seen before. It feels a lot more real than a story being told by a film usually does, but still not like a drama-documentary either. It's mainly in English, Sandra is German, her husband and son French, they, tend to speak in English to each other and she gives most of her evidence at the trial in English too. The acting is very good, particularly from Hüller. It's well worth the awards and nominations it got. 9 / 10- 2
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