How not to wash your car.

Post by **DerGolgo** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 10:40 am

Disastermined · Post by **Disastermined** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 10:48 am

evidently build a car to survive that much water

Caliann · Post by **Caliann** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 11:08 am

Ahhhh, Leibherr! The finest example of German over-engineering I have ever had the pleasure of operating!

There are buttons for EVERYTHING in those things. I am convinced that if you looked hard enough, you'd find the button for the automatic rectal flusher and the instant butt wiper.

Hmmm, the car? Not so much.

Post by **DerGolgo** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 11:22 am

I dunno, that roof-line where it sorta curves down to the rear hatch doesn't look like any jerrymobile I can think of off the top of my head. A Toyota maybe?

stiles · Post by **stiles** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 1:29 pm

DerGolgo wrote:I dunno, that roof-line where it sorta curves down to the rear hatch doesn't look like any jerrymobile I can think of off the top of my head. A Toyota maybe?

Maybe a Puegeot? It doesn't look German to me either.

Post by **DerGolgo** » Sun Sep 13, 2009 3:34 pm

Here's a better video (the action is from 3:23 onward).
Turns out it's a Ford Escort, so probably made in Germany.

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UndertheGun · Post by **UndertheGun** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 2:53 am

How many cubic yards(or however you measure bucket volume in metric) in that bucket?

Driving a three yard front end loader is a chore, I can't imagine the awesome it'd be to operate that thing.

MoraleHazard · Post by **MoraleHazard** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 3:08 am

Thanks for posting the full vi. Pretty amazing that the car was relatively intact after the first dousing from the smaller loader.

Sisyphus · Post by **Sisyphus** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 5:17 am

UndertheGun wrote:How many cubic yards(or however you measure bucket volume in metric) in that bucket?

Driving a three yard front end loader is a chore, I can't imagine the awesome it'd be to operate that thing.

I believe he said over ten thousand cubic meters...? Or ten thousand litres. It's too fast for me to understand.

Post by **DerGolgo** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 7:01 am

Sisyphus wrote:
UndertheGun wrote:How many cubic yards(or however you measure bucket volume in metric) in that bucket?

Driving a three yard front end loader is a chore, I can't imagine the awesome it'd be to operate that thing.
I believe he said over ten thousand cubic meters...? Or ten thousand litres. It's too fast for me to understand.

Yeah, ten thousand cubic meters would be a little over 8 acre feet.
It's "over 10.000 liters", or over 2641 gallons for you yanks.

For those unfamiliar with the terror of metric:
If you have been to a fair, open air concert or the like, you may have some of these, filled with water, used as ballast to secure lighting towers, stages, fairground rides, that sort of thing, roughly just over three feet on each side:

Those things hold 1000 liters, or 1 ton. Ten times that came out of that shovel.

tucko · Post by **tucko** » Wed Sep 16, 2009 7:36 pm

Caliann wrote:Ahhhh, Leibherr! The finest example of German over-engineering I have ever had the pleasure of operating!

There are buttons for EVERYTHING in those things. I am convinced that if you looked hard enough, you'd find the button for the automatic rectal flusher and the instant butt wiper.

Hmmm, the car? Not so much.

I am SOOOOOO jealous of you right now.

WeAintFoundShit · Post by **WeAintFoundShit** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 9:33 pm

It's like getting caught inside at Steamer Lane.

guitargeek · Post by **guitargeek** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 9:42 pm

DerGolgo wrote:It's "over 10.000 liters", or over 2641 gallons for you yanks.

Let's get off into semantics, shall we?

"10.000 liters" equals "ten liters"
"10,000 liters" equals "ten thousand liters"

So "10.000 liters" would actually equal 2.64172052 US gallons.

calamari kid · Post by **calamari kid** » Fri Sep 18, 2009 3:44 am

guitargeek wrote:
DerGolgo wrote:It's "over 10.000 liters", or over 2641 gallons for you yanks.
Let's get off into semantics, shall we?

"10.000 liters" equals "ten liters"
"10,000 liters" equals "ten thousand liters"

So "10.000 liters" would actually equal 2.64172052 US gallons.

Europeans are funny like that.

Post by **DerGolgo** » Fri Sep 18, 2009 1:27 pm

calamari kid wrote:
guitargeek wrote:
DerGolgo wrote:It's "over 10.000 liters", or over 2641 gallons for you yanks.
Let's get off into semantics, shall we?

"10.000 liters" equals "ten liters"
"10,000 liters" equals "ten thousand liters"

So "10.000 liters" would actually equal 2.64172052 US gallons.
Europeans are funny like that.

Hey, if you can't figure out the proper use of commas and points, that's not my problem.

And start writing your dates in the proper order!
It's day - month - year, not month - day - year!

guitargeek · Post by **guitargeek** » Fri Sep 18, 2009 1:37 pm

So what happens if you add another quarter of a liter to that? 10.000.25 liters?

Post by **DerGolgo** » Fri Sep 18, 2009 1:38 pm

guitargeek wrote:So what happens if you add another quarter of a liter to that? 10.000.25 liters?

10.000,25 liters.

guitargeek · Post by **guitargeek** » Fri Sep 18, 2009 2:05 pm

DerGolgo wrote:
guitargeek wrote:So what happens if you add another quarter of a liter to that? 10.000.25 liters?
10.000,25 liters.

Seriously?

Post by **DerGolgo** » Fri Sep 18, 2009 2:14 pm

guitargeek wrote:
DerGolgo wrote:
guitargeek wrote:So what happens if you add another quarter of a liter to that? 10.000.25 liters?
10.000,25 liters.
Seriously?

What? You've never seen proper mathematical syntax before?

guitargeek · Post by **guitargeek** » Fri Sep 18, 2009 4:06 pm

DerGolgo wrote:
guitargeek wrote:
DerGolgo wrote:
guitargeek wrote:So what happens if you add another quarter of a liter to that? 10.000.25 liters?
10.000,25 liters.
Seriously?
What? You've never seen proper mathematical syntax before?

Holy fuck, no wonder we went to war with y'all. Twice.

This has been bugging me for years, and today I finally read the wikipedia article. Thanks to you, DG, I've learned something today.

urbanscum · Post by **urbanscum** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 3:36 am

[quote="guitargeek"]
Holy fuck, no wonder we went to war with y'all. Twice.

[quote]

Sorry, was that with us or after us?

guitargeek · Post by **guitargeek** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 4:01 am

Monty was a poof.

Post by **DerGolgo** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 7:18 am

guitargeek wrote:Thanks to you, DG, I've learned something today.

You're welcome!

guitargeek wrote:Monty was a poof.

A poof that whooped the Africa Corps at El Alamein and led the grunts of the allied invasion force into Europe against one of the most evil and brutal military forces in history.

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