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Captain Snooze · 01-12-2024, 02:26 AM

Dadhawk · 01-12-2024, 08:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Captain Snooze

I get how it works and it's masterful engineering but ultimately it just looks like something that works great until it goes horribly wrong.

Stephen W. · 01-12-2024, 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Dadhawk

I get how it works and it's masterful engineering but ultimately it just looks like something that works great until it goes horribly wrong.

A family friend built a gyroscopic controlled two wheeled car. (I may have talked about this before...) It seemed to work great at low speeds. However, things got really weird at highway speeds. After one such test drive with his wife in the car he took the torch to it and cut it up. I do not have a photo of it with body work but here it is with out.

Sapphireho · 01-12-2024, 05:28 PM

Today I learned about gyro cars. First one was 1914 and weighed 2.7 tons.

Ford’s 1961 Gyron look pretty cool.

gtpvette · 01-13-2024, 10:25 PM

Wife took this picture on her walk this week. HIs tag says 'SPLIT'.

pope · 01-14-2024, 12:44 PM

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Originally Posted by gtpvette

Wife took this picture on her walk this week. HIs tag says 'SPLIT'.

Was it a Michigan plate?

Stephen W. · 01-14-2024, 04:26 PM

Did he peel out when the light turned green?

Sapphireho · 01-17-2024, 01:02 AM

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JD001 · 01-17-2024, 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by gtpvette

Wife took this picture on her walk this week. HIs tag says 'SPLIT'.

That's bananas!

Stephen W. · 01-17-2024, 01:42 PM

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Originally Posted by JD001

That's bananas!

He said "Bananas"...

Stephen W. · 01-17-2024, 01:54 PM

I think it's past it's "Use Before Date". So, the next BIG Banana car will be an EB (Electric Banana) to meet regulations.
Donovan had it right with "Mellow Yellow" back in the day:

Electrical banana
Is gonna be a sudden craze
Electrical banana
Is bound to be the very next phase

Sapphireho · 01-18-2024, 01:00 PM

TIL I hate screwdriver sets that have the same handle for every type of driver. Pulling them out of the rack is a guessing game.

menikmati · 01-18-2024, 02:06 PM

TIL there's a difference between a bar and bat mitzvah. Watched an episode of Bob's Burgers and thought bar mitzvah applied to both genders but I was wrong.

Stephen W. · 01-18-2024, 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Sapphireho

TIL I hate screwdriver sets that have the same handle for every type of driver. Pulling them out of the rack is a guessing game.

You should label each position in the rack where they are stored. Or mark the handles in some way.

That's why I set up my race box like this. A place for everything and everything in it's place.

01-12-2024, 02:26 AM	#4537
Captain Snooze Because compromise ® Join Date: Jan 2012 Drives: Red Herring Location: australia Posts: 7,817 Thanks: 4,047 Thanked 9,548 Times in 4,194 Posts Mentioned: 60 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	__________________ My car is completely stock except for all the mods.

01-12-2024, 05:28 PM	#4540
Sapphireho Famous Potatoes Join Date: Mar 2016 Drives: '15 ultramarine Location: Idaho Posts: 14,006 Thanks: 5,800 Thanked 19,566 Times in 9,209 Posts Mentioned: 162 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Today I learned about gyro cars. First one was 1914 and weighed 2.7 tons. Ford’s 1961 Gyron look pretty cool. Attached Images

01-13-2024, 10:25 PM	#4541
gtpvette Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Drives: 2015 FRS - FFR GTM Location: Key Largo, FL Posts: 786 Thanks: 241 Thanked 824 Times in 379 Posts Mentioned: 9 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Wife took this picture on her walk this week. HIs tag says 'SPLIT'. Attached Images __________________ 2015 FR-S - One Day I'll Finish The Swap

01-17-2024, 01:02 AM	#4544
Sapphireho Famous Potatoes Join Date: Mar 2016 Drives: '15 ultramarine Location: Idaho Posts: 14,006 Thanks: 5,800 Thanked 19,566 Times in 9,209 Posts Mentioned: 162 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	. Attached Images

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