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I think it is real... not because I know anything about cars and weight loads or anything, but because I do know that some people are stupid enough to do stuff like this.

🙂 KarenMarie
 
Fake for MANY reasons:

1. Where is the back tire. Even if it had blown, it would still be attached to the rim.
2. The load is supposedly "only" 3k pounds (actually looks like a lot less to me). While not good for such a small vehicle, it would not cause the problems that they are claiming, except maybe if you try to corner fast (as in pull like 0.75g or more) while carrying that load, meaning they clearly would have made it out of the parking lot.
3. I see no driver or passenger in the pic. The steam in the exhaust suggests the car was started only seconds before the pic was taken, which to me indicates the person who started the car took the pic (and the car was most likely left there from an old wreck and had the tire stolen).
4. If the wood really did weigh 2200 lbs, it wouldn't stay on the roof at that kind of an angle held by "twine".
 
Originally posted by: Lifer
that pic looks so fake. i dont' care what that site sez.

first of all, the rear fender looks photoshopped (though i don't see a reason why if you're just trying to tuck the wheel under the wheel well).

second of all, with all the weight, so little rope tying it down, and at that angle the load is on, the lumber will come flying off at any low speed.

thirdly, if you look closely at front and then the rear, it looks like the rear is sloped inwards. hard to explain, but if you picture the car from above, it looks like an upside down trapezoid.
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damn is everybody a photoshop expert???

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Originally posted by: glugglug
Fake for MANY reasons:

1. Where is the back tire. Even if it had blown, it would still be attached to the rim.
2. The load is supposedly "only" 3k pounds (actually looks like a lot less to me). While not good for such a small vehicle, it would not cause the problems that they are claiming, except maybe if you try to corner fast (as in pull like 0.75g or more) while carrying that load, meaning they clearly would have made it out of the parking lot.
3. I see no driver or passenger in the pic. The steam in the exhaust suggests the car was started only seconds before the pic was taken, which to me indicates the person who started the car took the pic (and the car was most likely left there from an old wreck and had the tire stolen).
4. If the wood really did weigh 2200 lbs, it wouldn't stay on the roof at that kind of an angle held by "twine".
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Then explain why there are MANY other pics from MANY other angles at Snopes?
 
Originally posted by: Amused
Originally posted by: glugglug
Fake for MANY reasons:

1. Where is the back tire. Even if it had blown, it would still be attached to the rim.
2. The load is supposedly "only" 3k pounds (actually looks like a lot less to me). While not good for such a small vehicle, it would not cause the problems that they are claiming, except maybe if you try to corner fast (as in pull like 0.75g or more) while carrying that load, meaning they clearly would have made it out of the parking lot.
3. I see no driver or passenger in the pic. The steam in the exhaust suggests the car was started only seconds before the pic was taken, which to me indicates the person who started the car took the pic (and the car was most likely left there from an old wreck and had the tire stolen).
4. If the wood really did weigh 2200 lbs, it wouldn't stay on the roof at that kind of an angle held by "twine".
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Then explain why there are MANY other pics from MANY other angles at Snopes?
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It may be an unedited pic, but the events leading to the pic are not at all what is claimed on Pastor Tim's.
 
classic, the pictures are verified as REAL and we still have people claiming they know they are FAKE.....

Some of the comments and proofs above I can't even touch for fear of dumbing myself down by contact.

'hmmm well in physics 101 my first week, I learned that the moment of inertia...."

Where has the intelligence gone?

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damn is everybody a photoshop expert???
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These threads never fail to crack me up. Some people are clearly blind or just completely detached from any perception of reality.

A 'sleeping' occupant is easily seen in the front seat on any of those photos. Yet coke-bottle eye glass boy says he can see no one in the car. Time for double coke-bottle correction lenses, I guess.

There is nothing inconsistent about the photo and what it appears to be depicting. 'Um, the fender didn't crinkle the way it would have if that was real.'

WTF? Where does one go to get his training in Jetta-Fender-Crinkle-ology? lmao!
 
Originally posted by: tcsenter
damn is everybody a photoshop expert???
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These threads never fail to crack me up. Some people are clearly blind or just completely detached from any perception of reality.

A 'sleeping' occupant is easily seen in the front seat on any of those photos. Yet coke-bottle eye glass boy says he can see no one in the car. Time for double coke-bottle correction lenses, I guess.

There is nothing inconsistent about the photo and what it appears to be depicting. 'Um, the fender didn't crinkle the way it would have if that was real.'

WTF? Where does one go to get his training in Jetta-Fender-Crinkle-ology? lmao!
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You send in three proofs of purchase after watching "The Fast And The Furious" one hundred times, and 4-6 weeks later, you get a certificate in the mail. 😉
 
You send in three proofs of purchase after watching "The Fast And The Furious" one hundred times, and 4-6 weeks later, you get a certificate in the mail.
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Dude, I'm all over that. What do you think certificated Crinkle-ologists make a year? I bet they pull down hella cash, yo! 😛
 
Originally posted by: ShotgunSteve
Originally posted by: tcsenter
damn is everybody a photoshop expert???
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These threads never fail to crack me up. Some people are clearly blind or just completely detached from any perception of reality.

A 'sleeping' occupant is easily seen in the front seat on any of those photos. Yet coke-bottle eye glass boy says he can see no one in the car. Time for double coke-bottle correction lenses, I guess.

There is nothing inconsistent about the photo and what it appears to be depicting. 'Um, the fender didn't crinkle the way it would have if that was real.'

WTF? Where does one go to get his training in Jetta-Fender-Crinkle-ology? lmao!
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You send in three proofs of purchase after watching "The Fast And The Furious" one hundred times, and 4-6 weeks later, you get a certificate in the mail. 😉
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hahahahahah
😀
 
Originally posted by: tcsenter
You send in three proofs of purchase after watching "The Fast And The Furious" one hundred times, and 4-6 weeks later, you get a certificate in the mail.
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Dude, I'm all over that. What do you think certificated Crinkle-ologists make a year? I bet they pull down hella cash, yo! 😛
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I dunno, dawg, but I bet it's a lot. I put in three applications after I got my certificate, but for some reason they always have to run out of the room when they get to the part about my expected salary. 😕
 
Originally posted by: glugglug
Fake for MANY reasons:

1. Where is the back tire. Even if it had blown, it would still be attached to the rim.
2. The load is supposedly "only" 3k pounds (actually looks like a lot less to me). While not good for such a small vehicle, it would not cause the problems that they are claiming, except maybe if you try to corner fast (as in pull like 0.75g or more) while carrying that load, meaning they clearly would have made it out of the parking lot.
3. I see no driver or passenger in the pic. The steam in the exhaust suggests the car was started only seconds before the pic was taken, which to me indicates the person who started the car took the pic (and the car was most likely left there from an old wreck and had the tire stolen).
4. If the wood really did weigh 2200 lbs, it wouldn't stay on the roof at that kind of an angle held by "twine".
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#1) Where is the tire? Wrapped around the rim. I don't think the tire nessesarily blew out, but it is a low profile tire (see front tire), so it may be a little hard to see...

#2) They did leave the parking lot. If you look closely they are no longer at Home Depot (where they bought it & got it loaded), but at an IHOP resturaunt.

#3) There is a lady pretty visible in the passenger seat. She's laying back looking out the window (she's sleeping). According to snoops the guy ran away so that's why you don't see him.

#4) I am surprised the twine held it, but at the same time it's very possible. I imagine that one wrong move & that load would quickly fall off.

Also note that the wood isn't the only load there....the whole backseat/hatch area is filled with bags of concrete as well...
 
So far, there's 34 idiots who believe the image is fake without skimming through the rest of the thread to find out it's real...
 
I'm not sure if it's a photo chop or not, but I do think it was a "setup" picture. How the heck are you going to stack all that plywood up there without it sliding back? Also, I doubt there would be enough weight on the front tires for the car to drive, it would just spin.
 
Originally posted by: ShotgunSteve
Originally posted by: tcsenter
You send in three proofs of purchase after watching "The Fast And The Furious" one hundred times, and 4-6 weeks later, you get a certificate in the mail.
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Dude, I'm all over that. What do you think certificated Crinkle-ologists make a year? I bet they pull down hella cash, yo! 😛
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I dunno, dawg, but I bet it's a lot. I put in three applications after I got my certificate, but for some reason they always have to run out of the room when they get to the part about my expected salary. 😕
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Go join the strike force, I'm sure some one will listen.
 
Originally posted by: DrPizza
So far, there's 34 idiots who believe the image is fake without skimming through the rest of the thread to find out it's real...
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And you're an expert in perception.

First of all, if you look at the passenger, she is way too small for that car.
Secondly, go to Home Depot, get that many plywood boards and stack it on top of your car, and see what would happen. The cast shadow consistency of the damn boards are very "consistent", even the car exterior is not.
Just to mention a few obvious fcuking points for you sherlocks. Not to mention the others that have been pointed out. This goes to show how "smart" people really are.

P.S: Judging from the positions of the plywood boards and the rear windows are up, should they have shatter by now since the freaking weight has seem to crush a corner of the top of the car?
 
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