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Last Call: Reinventing the U-Turn

Greg Kachadurian

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Picture this: you’re part of a large convoy driving through a remote area when you realize your newbie navigator thought you said west instead of east. Now you need to find a way to point all those vehicles in the opposite direction as quickly as possible. We’ve all been there, right?

Fortunately the Chinese military has a fascinating solution as demonstrated in this mesmerizing display. We’ve seriously been gawking over this clip all weekend. But I can’t help but notice that the flashers aren’t in sync. 0/10.

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Greg Kachadurian

Greg Kachadurian

I’m the guy that spoiled the site with all the new car stuff. Hooniverse News Editor since 2011, amateur motorsport photographer, sim racer, and mountain road enthusiast.

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16 responses to “Last Call: Reinventing the U-Turn”

  1. Lokki Avatar
    Lokki

    This is the kind of thing that happens to an army that hasn’t been seriously at war for 75 years.

    It all gets to be all boot polish and fancy close drill.

    You forget reality is out there waiting to suck you in, up to the hips

    https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/3f8c9112684b355d6fa48077eba509169e1de2e4d06b4e5568a888d8f9614524.jpg

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    1. 0A5599 Avatar
      0A5599

      Also, those trucks appeared to be empty, and the pivot point needed to be directly under the center of gravity for the truck to support itself on such a narrow base.

      “Hey, opposing military guys, would you mind not shooting at me for 45 minutes while I redistribute the load around the cargo area?”

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      1. outback_ute Avatar
        outback_ute

        Not to mention moving the beam the jack lifts the truck with, better make it an hour

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    2. Sjalabais Avatar
      Sjalabais

      Here I am thinking that my 6 yo can understand the long list of weaknesses of this concept and drill, so there must be a tactical level to it…the Chinese military trolling others into thinking that they are not to be reckoned with. And while we all point to that funny jackstand, we miss the EMP mounted on the backside of that cabin, the lasers inside the wheel lug nuts, and the cheap postal packages full of death-to-you-later-in-life-chemicals that they make us pay real money for.

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      1. 0A5599 Avatar
        0A5599

        I’m ok with these frivolous exercises by the Chinese military. The serious ones cause great concern.

        https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d8/Tianasquare.jpg

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        1. Sjalabais Avatar
          Sjalabais

          Absolutely, there is real fear in many a Chinese neighbour and it’s really hard to predict if that is justified.

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  2. Batshitbox Avatar
    Batshitbox

    https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/14efdc9ce9a78caf30e0ce5f1e58d20fcbcdbdd35295c5e91ebc8e03fb3be5d7.jpg

    Ha-HA! That will teach you to mess with Ciera del Fuego! (cue theme music)

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    1. Christian Morales Avatar
      Christian Morales

      LOL! Unreasonable of exploding car. Hahahahahahahaha

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    2. Christian Morales Avatar
      Christian Morales

      LOL! Unreasonable of exploding car. Hahahahahahahaha

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    3. Vairship Avatar
      Vairship

      I didn’t know that the Lincoln Mark VIII was merely a rebodied Pinto! 😉

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      1. Tank Avatar
        Tank

        a rebodied pinto *stereotype

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  3. nanoop Avatar
    nanoop

    If only all my decisions in life could be reverted by a 15ton hydraulic jack and a little push…

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  4. Sjalabais Avatar
    Sjalabais

    I am so lucky to be able to read the paper during lunch today. This ad catches my eye: A bunch of 2017 modell Hyundai i20s sold at a sizable discount of about 30%, for 17500$. Not the worst choice for a new car, I catch myself thinking.

    https://i.ibb.co/qRtjwFZ/Hyundai-Tilbud-Komplett.png

    Then my eye wanders to the bottom of the page. The loan option has a suggested running time of…120 months!

    https://i.ibb.co/5jFYFs6/Hyundai-Tilbud-Detalj.png

    This is insane. It’s an ok little car with a 7 year warranty, but who even keeps these for ten years? I also thought these ultra long financing schemes were a US only thing to start with.

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    1. neight428 Avatar
      neight428

      That’s no car sale, that’s Hyundai buying annuities from the public with some steel, glass, plastic and rubber mixed in.

      Entering into a transaction that has one owing more than $3k on a ten year old car that was purchased new for $17k is somewhere on the far left hand side of the fiscal responsibility continuum.

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  5. Batshitbox Avatar
    Batshitbox

    Threadjacking yesterday’s Last Call for Two Wheel Tuesday.

    The Honda NM4 “Vultus”. There’s context, but I have questions. Do you have answers? Jokes? Does this picture say it all, or is there more?

    https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/4467eff0b22d49e29730e62d608a4c00980fd2dce878d305bd944bef9540c667.jpg

    The NM4 (has apparently dropped the ‘Vultus’ designation) is a 650cc “feet-forwards” motorcycle, for which there is context, and even some ergonomic engineering cred going back to the beginning. It is NOT a scooter, like the 650 cc Suzuki Burgman or that BMW thing, there is no step-thru frame. It is another test bed for Honda’s DCT transmissions, though, so the scooter/motorcycle dichotomy is getting a bit fuzzy.

    Is it the most bizarre thing Honda (Honda!) has ever come up with? Honda cars are rarely even more outré than the Ford Probe. The Honda Pacific Coast was a strange motorcycle, and the Ruckus / Big Ruckus were avatars in the scooter realm, and the GROM is a whole thing. Is there a place in the global market where this is a contender, or did Honda just decide to throw all the bizarre ideas onto one platform and go FTW?

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  6. Batshitbox Avatar
    Batshitbox

    Threadjacking yesterday’s Last Call for Two Wheel Tuesday.

    The Honda NM4 “Vultus”. There’s context, but I have questions. Do you have answers? Jokes? Does this picture say it all, or is there more?

    https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/4467eff0b22d49e29730e62d608a4c00980fd2dce878d305bd944bef9540c667.jpg

    The NM4 (has apparently dropped the ‘Vultus’ designation) is a 650cc “feet-forwards” motorcycle, for which there is context, and even some ergonomic engineering cred going back to the beginning. It is NOT a scooter, like the 650 cc Suzuki Burgman or that BMW thing, there is no step-thru frame. It is another test bed for Honda’s DCT transmissions, though, so the scooter/motorcycle dichotomy is getting a bit fuzzy.

    Is it the most bizarre thing Honda (Honda!) has ever come up with? Honda cars are rarely even more outré than the Ford Probe. The Honda Pacific Coast was a strange motorcycle, and the Ruckus / Big Ruckus were avatars in the scooter realm, and the GROM is a whole thing. Is there a place in the global market where this is a contender, or did Honda just decide to throw all the bizarre ideas onto one platform and go FTW?

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