FGD135
May 31, 2025, 2:19pm
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Here’s How Tesla Glued Together The Cybertruck That Broke During Trailer Hitch Testing
When Tesla started using giant castings to build cars, auto industry commentators rushed to state it would be impossible to economically repair these vehicles. Last year, we ran a big explainer on how these large aluminum parts can actually be fixed...
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This is actually quite neat and clever.
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This is neat and interesting, but the tl;dr could be that Tesla repairs in these situations are similar to those of other automakers that use the same adhesive (Fusor 2098) for permanently bonding metal panels without welding. It is incredibly strong (and expensive).
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The last car on the list - the 1948 Talbot-Lago T26 Grand Sport Figoni Fastback Coupé (deep breath ) - is truly a wonderful thing.
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Getting ready for the parade.
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FGD135
June 1, 2025, 1:15pm
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That’s one for the Hall of Fame of Motorised Transport.
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Normally I’d blur out a license plate before posting, but this one seems part of the whole design. He’s kind of booking it thru that left turn, no?
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timd
June 2, 2025, 5:42am
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They will start racing soon, if the weather holds off.
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timd
June 2, 2025, 5:44am
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The NSU trademark was first used in 1892. Motorcycle production began in 1901, and the first NSU-badged car was introduced at the Berlin Motor Show in 1907. Car production stopped in the late 1920s while the company prospered with motorcycles....
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First Wankel powered sportscar
The NSU Spider is an automobile which was produced by NSU Motorenwerke AG from 1963 to 1967.
The Spider was the first Western production car in the world to be powered by a Wankel rotary engine. The water-cooled single rotor engine and standard front disc brakes differentiated the car from other cars of similar type of the period. The body was designed by Bertone.
First appearing in 1963, the Spider featured a two-door cabriolet body based on that of the NSU Sport Prinz coupé introduced in 1959...
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AGAIN!!??!?!
[yes, this most certainly is a full sentence, dammit.]
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hecep
June 5, 2025, 4:36am
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WooFDriver
I see what they did there.
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hecep
June 5, 2025, 4:46am
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Looks like every single detail on that beauty was sweated out.
Just look at the gauges!
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I first saw one of these during a televised Barrett-Jackson auction. So beautiful, I cried.
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