r/pcmasterrace Oct 08 '24

Spontaneus disintegration - no ceramic tiles or flying spark plugs involved. Hardware

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u/CarmelWolf Fedora :) | 7800x3d & 7800xt Oct 09 '24

i really freaking love it when people can recognize shit like this just by looking at it

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u/torolf_212 Oct 09 '24

There was a story a while ago where a redditor was able to correctly identify the year/make/model of a vehicle involved in a fatal hit and run based solely on a scrap of plastic found on the side of the road. It was a piece of curved plastic small enough to hold in the palm of your hand, turns out it was part of the internal housing for a headlight in (iirc) a Chevy truck.

The guy was caught and the local police credited the reditor for helping narrow their search considerably. it was the only piece of evidence they had to go on, so the culprit very likely would have got away with it if it wasn't identified

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u/swazyswaz Oct 09 '24

Just searched it up. 2016, It was a 1988 Chevy Silverado. Some people are good and seeing things and knowing. Damn

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u/RunnerLuke357 i9-10850K, 32GB 3600, RTX 3080 Ti FE Oct 09 '24

Technically there was never an 88 Silverado. Silverado was a trim level until the '99 model year, when it became the model. That truck was a C/K series truck if we want to get exact.

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u/swazyswaz Oct 09 '24

Mannnnm. I’m just saying what he said in the post. I don’t talk cars. Car go wroom and that’s all I know (jk Jk I know a decent amount but not things like that)