Car stereotypes are fun to think about and hilarious when they sometimes turn out to be true. German cars are hilariously complex, American cars are cheaply built and gigantic, and Italian cars are the best drive you’ll ever have for the 30 minutes they work. This is all silly, of course, but there’s nothing wrong with a good laugh on a Friday evening.
Today, Matt wrote about a report coming out of Italy detailing how China wants a couple of defunct Italian brands and how the Italian government could facilitate that. While this is seen as a threat to Stellantis, is it really a win for China? From V10omous:
Italy Is Reportedly Threatening To Give Stellantis Brands To Chinese Automakers
It’s about time a Western government finally decided to strike back at China.
China is a pretty contentious topic, so I don’t really need to explain further. I’m just laughing at the thought of fighting trade wars by giving countries products they may not actually want.
V10omous actually takes two COTD wins today. David wrote about how Red Bull now has a hypercar. Admittedly, I’m saddened that the first production vehicle from Red Bull is not a plane, but maybe I shouldn’t be so sad:
Disappointed at first to see that it doesn’t give you wings.
There’s active aero, too, incorporated into the front and rear wings
Ah, never mind.
So congratulations my fellow V10-loving friend. Next, let’s pay a visit to Lewin’s update on Jeep’s corrosion problems. I think Hotdoughnutsnow is onto something:
Wasn’t David Tracy an engineer on this product? I think this might be part of his devious pro-rust agenda; I think he might be in the pocket of Big Rust. Up until now I only thought of him as a rust influencer.
Finally, let’s stop at the hot topic of firefighters busting out the windows of cars parked too close to hydrants. The internet is abuzz with debate over whether the team needed to go through the specific Honda in question. One reader claims to be in the FDNY and offers their take:
Finally, something I’m almost qualified to answer.
1st- been on FDNY for 25 years
2nd -Engine Chauffeur (FDNY term for guy who drives the rig)for 10 years
3rd- I was at this job.So, we have two things going on here
1st and foremost is hooking up to a hydrant. Usually if your first due, it needs to be as fast and efficient as possible, if I was the boss and I came out of a building and saw this, I would lose my mind. As far as operationally, this was a shit show. You could’ve hooked up faster by laying the hose right over the hood and you would’ve been fine, it also would’ve taken half the time. Chauffeur and crew went far out of their way to break the windows. Lets not even talk about a disgruntled owner coming in and fucking with your supply line because you destroyed his car.
2nd is that New York City is full of these assholes who park right on the hydrant. Its an issue and we dont seem to have enough resources to tow cars that deserve this. (Hell, it took two hours to get cars towed that were right in front of the fire building) So do I agree with this owners car getting busted up….no. Am I upset that some firemen got to live out some masturbatory Backdraft fantasy….Once again no.
Have a great evening, everyone!
Stupid and reckless. There’s a side inlet right in the picture, get a 25 ft hose and go. Even if they insisted on using the front inlet with what looks like a 50 fter, you could have thrown that hose on the ground between the two vehicles and had an easy curve in the hose vs the bends hindering out inlet pressure by going through the car window. Hydrant reserved no parking zones aren’t 20 ft long. There was zero reason for this.
Side bar: Last year I pulled our pumper up to an engulfed garage fire spreading into the house/attic area. Parked, set brake, engaged pump, others rolled out supply hose and I was about 4 inches short of the supply line reaching the hydrant. That’s a quick way to get made fun of at the station for bit!
I myself, is one of the million of So Cal kids who grew up going to Universal Studios and going through the “Backdraft” ride there (which was one of the few “rides” there, it was a big deal!), That video looked like the crazy Firefighter was trying to recreate it exactly. If you watch him, he looks like he is totally playing for the camera.
What I would like to know from a Firefighter, is this. if you have sent 5 minutes around a fire truck, even with your 5 year old at the fire station open house, you know all fire trucks have hook up lines at the front AND on the side, and that they could have pulled the truck back 14 inches and hooked that feed line up to the side of the truck. (I could be wrong, but my wife was a volunteer firefighter when she was young and she told me it was true).
Either way, This looks like our social media, viral everything bs and that this is indeed a “masturbatory Backdraft fantasy…”
Since this is the internet, waiting on the response to the firefighter who was on scene telling them they don’t know what they are talking about. WELL ACTUALLY….
Backdraft. I knew that move was in a movie from the early 90s but couldn’t remember which one. Will sleep better tonight with that settled.
Was this the one with Stallone in it? The one in the New York tunnel? Used to have a laserdisc of that movie
No Stallone in Backdraft
Kurt Russell and at least one Baldwin. You’re thinking of Daylight.
The fact that we’ve already forgotten which Baldwins were in which movies (except Alec) is a sign of the apocalypse
I mean, the other ones are all kind of interchangeable
Like anyone could forget Billy Baldwin in Virus.
Yeah thanks for sorting it out. There’s the backdrafts in Backdraft, and a blowout in Daylight
Actually that was “daylight” and it was horrible!!!!!
Backdraft was a classic
I was trying to remember where I saw that too. I thought it was a TV show.
Late great Donald Sutherland as the pyro. Second best scene in the movie.
“Burn it. Burn it all.” Chills
2 COTD in the same day?
Much like Johnny Vandermeer’s mark I don’t think this one is going to be beaten.
I’ve gotten it two days in a row, but never two on the same day. Guess I’ve gotta up my commenting skills!
Damn dude, congrats!
Good to get some professional insight.
Doesn’t take a pro fireman to watch how long the inept fireman took to break the windows. If I owned the building, or provided an insurance policy, the video is evidence. If the building wasn’t “saved”, that’s a lawsuit. He did it for the camera. Oh wait, first responder. So carte blanche, do what ever you want. Or that is what he thinks. Pathetic.