Home and Auto Snorkels on vehicles

**Rain Man** · 03-11-2018, 08:25 PM

There's an SUV that's been parking outside my house recently, and it looks like something that suzzer would drive to Patagonia. It's got extra gas cans strapped to the top, some sort of cargo carrier, big ol' spotlights that would blind an elk, and most importantly a snorkel.

Has anyone ever had a vehicle with a snorkel, and did you ever find yourself in a situation where you used it? I like them a lot and am considering putting a decorative snorkel on my BMW just to make it look even more cool.

**SAUTO** · 03-11-2018, 08:26 PM

Probably just a douche

**Rain Man** · 03-11-2018, 08:27 PM

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Originally Posted by SAUTO

Probably just a douche

The snorkel or the owner?

**SAUTO** · 03-11-2018, 08:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Rain Man

The snorkel or the owner?

Owner

**Rain Man** · 03-11-2018, 08:32 PM

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Originally Posted by SAUTO

Owner

Oh. I thought maybe I didn't understand what the snorkel did.

What would you charge to add a snorkel to a BMW roadster? And is it just a snorkel, or are there changes in the engine as well?

**Buehler445** · 03-11-2018, 08:31 PM

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Originally Posted by SAUTO

Probably just a douche

Most likely this.

THere are very few people that mod up their vehicles actually usually them.

When I was riding my bike around town that any mother****er driving a ****ing noisy ass diesel pickup without actively pulling a trailer is indeed a douche.

Especially if it's noisy as ****.

**Rain Man** · 03-11-2018, 08:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Buehler445

Most likely this.

THere are very few people that mod up their vehicles actually usually them.

When I was riding my bike around town that any mother****er driving a ****ing noisy ass diesel pickup without actively pulling a trailer is indeed a douche.

Especially if it's noisy as ****.

I live in downtown Denver and my wife is often irritated at the massive pickups driving around. We don't think these are working vehicles. We think they're oil and gas analysts driving to work.

There's one that parks in our building that drives my wife crazy. He's got a reserved spot in the underground garage right in the tightest spot, and it's hard for other vehicles to get around him to their spot.

prhom · 03-11-2018, 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Rain Man

I live in downtown Denver and my wife is often irritated at the massive pickups driving around. We don't think these are working vehicles. We think they're oil and gas analysts driving to work.

There's one that parks in our building that drives my wife crazy. He's got a reserved spot in the underground garage right in the tightest spot, and it's hard for other vehicles to get around him to their spot.

I have to park my truck in downtown Denver and it’s a real pain. I had to look at 6 different garages before I could find one with enough overhead clearance. My truck isn’t even modified, Denver garages are just really low I guess. Which seems odd to me given how many people have big SUVs with gear racks on top. I did the courteous thing though and scouted the garage for the spot where I have the least impact on the cars next to me. Perhaps your wife should talk to the garage mgmt and see if they can move him?

Nickhead · 03-11-2018, 09:17 PM

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Originally Posted by prhom

I have to park my truck in downtown Denver and it’s a real pain. I had to look at 6 different garages before I could find one with enough overhead clearance. My truck isn’t even modified, Denver garages are just really low I guess. Which seems odd to me given how many people have big SUVs with gear racks on top. I did the courteous thing though and scouted the garage for the spot where I have the least impact on the cars next to me. Perhaps your wife should talk to the garage mgmt and see if they can move him?

or you could leave a note

**Rain Man** · 03-11-2018, 09:50 PM

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Originally Posted by prhom

I have to park my truck in downtown Denver and it’s a real pain. I had to look at 6 different garages before I could find one with enough overhead clearance. My truck isn’t even modified, Denver garages are just really low I guess. Which seems odd to me given how many people have big SUVs with gear racks on top. I did the courteous thing though and scouted the garage for the spot where I have the least impact on the cars next to me. Perhaps your wife should talk to the garage mgmt and see if they can move him?

Yeah, she did talk to management, and I think she wasn't the only one. But it's a reserved spot system and that was the spot the big truck driver chose - right on the corner around a tight turn where a support column blocks part of the driving path. The truck driver does everything to minimize impact, backing up right onto the parking block, but the vehicle is just too large, so it sticks out and blocks off one of the paths through. She and about a dozen other cars have to squeeze through the second path around the column, which then makes it hard to turn into their spots.

Honestly, the garage has a really weird design, which doesn't help. I keep thinking there must be a better way to stripe it and design spots, because there are support columns in weird places.

splatbass · 03-12-2018, 09:16 AM

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Originally Posted by prhom

I have to park my truck in downtown Denver and it’s a real pain. I had to look at 6 different garages before I could find one with enough overhead clearance. My truck isn’t even modified, Denver garages are just really low I guess. Which seems odd to me given how many people have big SUVs with gear racks on top.

I have an Xterra and have the same problem here in Honolulu. The high point on the roof rack is 6'3". I've run into several parking garages in the 6'0"- 6'2" range. Mine is stock too. In one garage we can go up to the 4th floor, but any higher and it scrapes. When we go into town to a place I don't know I always drive my wife's car just in case.

**notorious** · 03-11-2018, 09:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Buehler445

Most likely this.

THere are very few people that mod up their vehicles actually usually them.

When I was riding my bike around town that any mother****er driving a ****ing noisy ass diesel pickup without actively pulling a trailer is indeed a douche.

Especially if it's noisy as ****.

The louder the truck, the smaller the penis.

Mother ****ers love to buy used Dodge Diesels around here to haul their fat girlfriends around. That's the only load they carry or pull.

COchief · 03-12-2018, 06:40 AM

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Originally Posted by SAUTO

Probably just a douche

Our "car guys" on this board are always interesting, I guess technically any vehicle is an Overland rig in Kansas.

The particular vehicle RM is referencing is probably outfitted for Overlanding:

"Overlanding is self-reliant overland travel to remote destinations where the journey is the principal goal. Typically, but not exclusively, it is accomplished with mechanized off-road capable transport (from bicycles to trucks) where the principal form of lodging is camping, often lasting for extended lengths of time (months to years) and spanning international boundaries."

This trend has been growing all over the last couple decades but is also exploding in Mountainous areas like CO. It is absolutely over the top and extremely expensive (also a big pissing match) however the vehicles are bad ass and if equipped correctly can sustain long journeys. Ideal vehicles are true off road capable SUV/trucks (Jeeps, Toyotas, etc) with tires that max typically at 33 inches. Suited more to driving to Buenos Aires and back than rock-crawlers or mud trucks.

You'd have to be some sort of Colorado anomaly like an emaciated marathon running, peach miata driving, short short, leg-shaving nancy boy to not know what that is...

https://www.tripsavvy.com/what-is-overlanding-4084076

Hoover · 03-11-2018, 08:31 PM

I put a snorkel on my Cabillic Eldorado just cuz.

MTG#10 · 03-11-2018, 08:32 PM

Im glad you made this thread. I saw one of those for the first time on an old Jeep Cherokee the other day. No clue what it's for.

View Poll Results: My experience with snorkels on vehicles is...
I've had one and used it.	2	4.88%
I've had one, but never found myself in need of it.	1	2.44%
I haven't had one, but would like to have a snorkel on my vehicle.	3	7.32%
I haven't had one and don't particularly want one.	19	46.34%
Vehicles have snorkels?	5	12.20%
Snorkel is a great word. Snorkel snorkel snorkel. Haha. Great word.	11	26.83%
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03-11-2018, 08:25 PM	Topic Starter
Rain Man NFL's #1 Ermines Fan Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: My house Casino cash: $2928491 VARSITY	Snorkels on vehicles There's an SUV that's been parking outside my house recently, and it looks like something that suzzer would drive to Patagonia. It's got extra gas cans strapped to the top, some sort of cargo carrier, big ol' spotlights that would blind an elk, and most importantly a snorkel. Has anyone ever had a vehicle with a snorkel, and did you ever find yourself in a situation where you used it? I like them a lot and am considering putting a decorative snorkel on my BMW just to make it look even more cool.
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03-11-2018, 08:26 PM	#2
SAUTO Shit Join Date: Jun 2008 Casino cash: $10039067	Probably just a douche
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Hoover Rufus Dawes Jr. Join Date: Aug 2000 Casino cash: $1288179	I put a snorkel on my Cabillic Eldorado just cuz.
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03-11-2018, 08:32 PM	#15
MTG#10 Mammoth penis Join Date: May 2006 Location: Springfield Casino cash: $7404386	Im glad you made this thread. I saw one of those for the first time on an old Jeep Cherokee the other day. No clue what it's for.
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