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Novaload
05/20/09

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Ice, Ice, Ice Baby!
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WheatKing
05/19/09

In reply to Zamboni: First Slide
I've had the pleasure of driving a Zamboni before... and not one of those shit knockoff Olympia's either.

damn thing had ultrasonic sensors on it to determine the ice thickness and density and adjusted the water flow to get it to optimum levels..
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leavethegun-takethecannoli
05/19/09

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Have our dear communist friends copied this yet?
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engineerd
05/19/09

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First, Go Wings!

Second, my favorite Zamboni was the one created on Monster Garage.

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pj134
05/19/09

@engineerd: god I miss that show.
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smalleyxb122
05/19/09

@engineerd: I saw that car a few years ago downstairs at the NAIAS (I think. I know it was at COBO, but I'm not 100% sure it was the auto show)

I digress. The quality of the work that is done on those cars is seriously sub-par. You have to give some leeway considering the focus on the mechanical mods and the looming deadline. The paint job was horrid.

Still an awesome vehicle. That and the Garbage truck Explorer were two of my favorites.
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that ain't the way to have fun, son
05/19/09

@pj134: I lost what little enjoyment I got from that show when they had their heads handed to them in a drag race, they'd done up a Sedan deVille to be a 1/4 mile monster, by a guy who had one which looked BONE STOCK at first glance, and even had working power windows/locks.

The guy who had the competing Caddy, he's my freakin' hero.

Hell, when an '82 Coupe deVille showed up on a local Craigslist, with a built 502, and large amounts of work done in hiding how bad ass it was, my wife had to take my keys away from me.
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pj134
05/19/09

@I wish for a D/FW LeMons: I loved the mustang lawn mower and porsche golf ball collector personally.
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smalleyxb122
05/19/09

@pj134: I despised the Mustang mower. It had its merits, but the fake reel mowers on the doors had me shaking my head in disgust. And the "challenge" had nothing to do with mowing. It might as well have not been modified, since it was just a drag race to see if a Mustang could beat a gang mower.
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Novaload
05/20/09

@pj134: Yes. Those were primo. Also the UPS delivery catapault.
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pauljones
05/19/09

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If you want to be happy for the rest of your life,

never make a pretty car your life,

If you want to be happy for the rest of your life,

get an ugly Zamboni carry you!
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engineerd
05/19/09

@pauljones: Well played.
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Alfisted
05/19/09

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Zambonis make excellent luxury vehicles - they smooth the bumps like nothing else.
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A strolling player
05/19/09

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Car and Driver's reviews of ridiculous shit are the best ones they do. I remember they did a Zamboni a few years back. Another good one was one of those aircraft TUG things, the ones that push airplanes around airports backwards and such? That was a cool review.
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Flathead Smith
05/19/09

@A stʁolling playeʁ: My favorite one was the comparison of the Trabant to a Sears garden tractor and why the garden tractor was actually a better road vehicle (more Horsepower was one reason.)
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A strolling player
05/19/09

@Flathead Smith: I must have missed that one. That sounds choice. I'll be practising my google-fu tonight!
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