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IOwnCalculus posted:The guy in charge of things at Hyundai is a loving genius (emphasis mine): Yeah, it's looking pretty good. But holy cow is it expensive.
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IOwnCalculus posted:Irony is it's a car that only makes fiscal sense if you are racking up a shitload of miles. Only if you are doing it less than 40 miles at a time.
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Jul 29, 2010 21:47
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Throatwarbler posted:Toyota has been using them since 2007, you can even get them on a Prius now. Escalade has had them since 2009. Maybe the Audi ones are broken because they are Audis. My 1994 Toyota MR2 with 197,000 miles has a LED lightbar and I don't think a single LED is out yet. Infinitis don't have any problems either. It just comes down to the quality of the engineering and materials. But really, mounting a series 5mm 100mA bulbs and a 1-3W headlight LED are two different beasts. ozziegt fucked around with this message at 21:09 on Aug 4, 2010 |
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Aug 4, 2010 21:06
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Holy poo poo have you guys seen the new Nissan Juke? I think it gives the Aztek a run for it's money.  
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Oct 12, 2010 15:36
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Elephanthead posted:http://www.panozauto.com/ They are a race team. I think the production cars are just a formality.
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Morphix posted:So 13-23k Price raise above it's BMW competitor...what's the justification here? That Lexus is somehow move Luxury than BMW? Toyota get's confused when trying to make anything beyond a people-mover, the LF-A is a perfect example of this. 3-4 Times the price tag of it's European competitors and yet somehow worse in every department except having fancy tech poo poo. And let's be honest, it's really the car's interface/dash that get's people excited not the fact that their wiper blades are carbon fiber. MSRP for the M5 is 85k...so if the GS-F is 90k that is only a 5k difference. When you consider that Lexus usually offers a lot more standard features than the option-happy germans, I would wait until it's possible to compare the cars side by side similarly equipped. BTW, the LF-A beat out a Ferrari in the last car and driver comparison. They aren't gospel of course, but to say it's somehow "worse in every department" is 100% bullshit.
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Dec 3, 2010 19:07
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:Holy christ man, it's "its" in that situation. http://garyes.stormloader.com/its.html Yea the the IS-F was probably a little too much on the soft side for the target market. I test drove one and honestly you wouldn't know it was an F until you got on the happy pedal and let it wind past 4k. Not to mention there was no manual option.
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Dec 3, 2010 19:17
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Morphix posted:My apologies about the price, I was just looking at this Ferrari 599 HGTE.
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Dec 3, 2010 19:56
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Morphix posted:I'm not in the market for these cars so obviously this is all conjecture and who knows what's important to someone when buying $400,000 worth of car, but people with money aren't dumb, they comparison shop. The Lexus is still a boring looking car. Yeah the LFA sold out rather quickly. It's not this failure that you think it is. ozziegt fucked around with this message at 20:40 on Dec 3, 2010 |
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:Just so I'm clear, we're on an internet forum bench racing Ferraris and the LFA in order to make some sort of nebulous point about the GS-F. Am I correct? Not really. Whether it is actually better than the Ferrari is irrelevant. Rather, my point is that it is a good competitor. Seems like Morphix wants to believe Toyota can't make a proper sports car and is bench racing with C&D. I was just pointing out that the LF-A is a pretty good car, and there is plenty of reason to believe the GS-F will do well too. I think the IS-F was a pretty good first attempt but it fell short...hoping that the GS-F takes what they learned from the IS-F. Although that nose is drat ugly (looks like a rendering, anyway). ozziegt fucked around with this message at 21:40 on Dec 3, 2010 |
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Dec 3, 2010 21:38
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squirrelBitten posted:Also introduced at Detroit: the new A6, which looks like every other Audi today. Except for the rear. Dear god that rear. What the hell were Audi designers thinking? 
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Jan 11, 2011 22:15
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Franco Caution posted:It will be interesting to see this work out as its going to pretty much have a lot that the CTS-V does currently and that starts in mid 60s. Yeah I agree. I thought for a second I was reading specs for a ZR1 or a Z06...kind of odd.
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Jan 14, 2011 17:43
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Throatwarbler posted:The angle and the lighting on the photo sort of emphasize the grill a bit too much, and the new swoopier styling makes the rest of the car look small by comparison. It's not as bad here. WTF it's like a GTR and a Charger had a baby.
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Feb 10, 2011 19:39
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Throatwarbler posted:There's a suspension walkaround here. It's surprising how simple the idea is - just a braided oil line going from the compression side of the left shock to the rebound side of the right, and vice versa (there's a controller in the middle but still) so I guess it should be no surprise that the QX56 also uses it. I think BMW also does something similar with the "active roll bar" on their 7 series? Audi does this too in some cars but I think it goes from front right to rear left, and front left to rear right.
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Feb 16, 2011 21:01
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Carbon Fiber frame? Umm, yeah, call me when that happens. also: the article posted:BMW says that this is the first MINI concept ever to be shown without a specific plan to put it into production
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Feb 23, 2011 23:00
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hedge posted:http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-07-02/bmw-weaves-city-car-out-of-carbon-fiber-used-in-f1.html Yeah, not repairable. If they really do this, that car will be written off more than the Elise.
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I live in VA, we get some good snow but the roads are kept pretty clean. My co-workers are convinced I am crazy for wanting a RWD car instead of AWD. They basically think RWD is a death-trap in the snow. That's the mentality of most luxury car buyers. All you see around here is AWD. Changing a brand image like Cadillac is a slow process and they are doing a helluva job. I drool when I see a CTS-V.
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