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bidikyoopi posted:
There is not a single 2+2 Japanese car that has seats big enough for anyone over the age of 12.
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| # ? Nov 11, 2011 03:40 |
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| # ? May 22, 2013 19:39 |
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Laserface posted:There is not a single 2+2 Japanese car that has seats big enough for anyone over the age of 12. What the hell are you talking about?  Plenty of room.
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| # ? Nov 11, 2011 05:05 |
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actually yeah I take it back, G35s have a shitload of space for a 2+2. but you have to wait for the electric-adjustable chair to move back, which is super annoying.
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| # ? Nov 11, 2011 07:43 |
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If you find you don't fit in cars because of your height, and you're a bit of a  , lose some weight. Having a big fat rear end means you don't sit as far back or low down in a seat as someone who's less corpulent, which artificially reduces the amount of space you have.I used to be a complete lardarse, and compared to then, when I sit in a car as someone of "normal" build but still 6'2", my knees are further from the dash and so on.
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| # ? Nov 11, 2011 08:23 |
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Haha, I have so little rear end that I have lower back problems caused by belting too tight because my pants slide off. My problem is that when my foot is on the gas, my knee is usually right alongside or a little above the side of the steering wheel so I need enough space for a knee between the wheel and the center console. Which is about 12 inches. Never driven anything with a telescopic wheel, that might be tits. For what it's worth I think the 300zx had enough space, I was able to drive one (unlike any version of the Miata, a Fiero, a Mark I MINI, a Z3 etc). I'm also comfortable in a pre-'85.5 944 and a Mark II MINI, although they're not  .
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| # ? Nov 11, 2011 13:59 |
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Just realized that my uncle had a celica that I always wanted when I was becoming of-driving age that he instead traded in for a highlander...Well, he let me drive it a few times when I was 15, but I kept stalling out  Now I'm going to buy an FR-S, my childhood dream will come true.
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| # ? Nov 11, 2011 14:46 |
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6'5" and I can fully extend my leg, locking the knee, in a Fiero. No skinny person should have any issue in one.
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| # ? Nov 12, 2011 01:52 |
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This is what a Powershift looks like in an FD RX-7  (no, that door couldn't close.) but i fit comfortably apart from the leg bolsters in the lancer evo x. Also, it seems to me we need a big and tall auto topic here, because it would be interesting to learn from other people's experiences about what i could fit in. Most of what i figure i can fit in is based on clarkson being 6'5 and fat.
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| # ? Nov 12, 2011 02:53 |
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Powershift posted:This is what a Powershift looks like in an FD RX-7 You are literally that guy from The Simpsons with the Volkswagen.
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| # ? Nov 12, 2011 05:22 |
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Wow, you make the car look like a toy.
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| # ? Nov 12, 2011 07:41 |
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Now I want an rx-7, drat my car ADD
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| # ? Nov 12, 2011 11:11 |
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Cakefool posted:drat my car ADD I'm up to five (six if you count the donor AE-86) on my two-car garage property.
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| # ? Nov 12, 2011 14:37 |
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Sockington posted:I'm up to five (six if you count the donor AE-86) on my two-car garage property. Living the dream. 
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| # ? Nov 12, 2011 17:43 |
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Sockington posted:I'm up to five (six if you count the donor AE-86) on my two-car garage property.
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| # ? Nov 12, 2011 17:47 |
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Sockington posted:I'm up to five (six if you count the donor AE-86) on my two-car garage property. Do rusty corpses count as fractions ? :v I only have 2 cars, one of which is my wires daily driver but I keep wanting something else. I have no space or money but I could go for a volvo 480 or a mr2 or an rx7 or or or or
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| # ? Nov 12, 2011 17:49 |
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Sockington posted:I'm up to five (six if you count the donor AE-86) on my two-car garage property. I bet that rusty swimming pool would make a nice 2-car storage pit with some ramps. Cover the top with OSB and you've got a 4-car storage complex, like the double-decker robot ones in Japan.
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MATLAB 1988 posted:I bet that rusty swimming pool would make a nice 2-car storage pit with some ramps. Cover the top with OSB and you've got a 4-car storage complex, like the double-decker robot ones in Japan. 99% sure this would end in tears with sewage or gators. e: Powershift posted:Also, it seems to me we need a big and tall auto topic here, because it would be interesting to learn from other people's experiences about what i could fit in. Most of what i figure i can fit in is based on clarkson being 6'5 and fat. Do this. I'm no good at title stingers, maybe "Miatas fit me like a glove, I wish I could get the rest of my body in it" or "This RX8 looks good on me but the sleeves aren't long enough". The thing about Clarkson is he has spindly old man legs, which let him get away with loving murder. You and me aren't ever getting behind the wheel of a Lotus unless it has no roof. Or seats. Splizwarf fucked around with this message at Nov 12, 2011 around 19:45 |
| # ? Nov 12, 2011 19:34 |
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I would be all for a big and tall car thread. I find it difficult to get in most small cars with my stereotypically goon physique and long torso. Strangely my EF Civic fits me just fine, but it doesn't seem to particularly appreciate my weight.
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| # ? Nov 12, 2011 20:33 |
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Cowwan posted:I would be all for a big and tall car thread. I find it difficult to get in most small cars with my stereotypically goon physique and long torso. Strangely my EF Civic fits me just fine, but it doesn't seem to particularly appreciate my weight. If you're going to do a big and tall thread you need to have someone measure you floor to hips and hips to top-of-head, might even want to say floor to knee and knee to hips. The problem is some people are leg tall and some people are torso tall so total height really doesn't say much when you're sitting down.
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| # ? Nov 12, 2011 21:01 |
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I always wondered for measurements like this: where exactly do my hips stop and become my back? I mean, the muscles underneath go mid-back to knee.
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| # ? Nov 12, 2011 21:33 |
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Splizwarf posted:I always wondered for measurements like this: where exactly do my hips stop and become my back? I mean, the muscles underneath go mid-back to knee. Isn't the hip line at the natural axis of the hip joint? So like around rear end-level.
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| # ? Nov 12, 2011 21:41 |
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I propose three measurements: weight, standing height and sitting height. Basically, sit yo rear end on the floor, make yourself as tall as possible, get measured.
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| # ? Nov 13, 2011 11:10 |
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this is the one instance in life where I love being completely average 5'10" 165lbs
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| # ? Nov 13, 2011 11:13 |
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I feel bad for all the NBA players that want sports cars but have to drive Escalades
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| # ? Nov 13, 2011 16:21 |
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leica posted:I feel bad for all the NBA players that want sports cars but have to drive Escalades   quote:On the "Cribs" episode, Shaq introduced us to his "convertible forever," a Ferrari 360 Modena. Shaq had to cut the top off "forever" simply so he could sit in the vehicle.
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| # ? Nov 13, 2011 19:11 |
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What's up with the hype dying out for this car? They should dole out a few more bits before the auto show.
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| # ? Nov 13, 2011 19:35 |
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Going by previous releases we're due the indicator stalk & hazard light button, I can't wait!
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| # ? Nov 13, 2011 22:31 |
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Theres an engine bay shot out from a Spanish Magazine, looks like youd expect a NA boxer from Subaru to look. The review also mentioned that the ECU will be tunable from the get go.
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| # ? Nov 14, 2011 01:43 |
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Laserface posted:The review also mentioned that the ECU will be tunable from the get go. What do they mean by this? My assumption is that they mean it uses the same ECU that is found in the WRX, so tools like RomRaider will work with a simple descriptor file.
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| # ? Nov 14, 2011 02:18 |
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oRenj9 posted:What do they mean by this? My assumption is that they mean it uses the same ECU that is found in the WRX, so tools like RomRaider will work with a simple descriptor file. You probably assume right.
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| # ? Nov 14, 2011 02:25 |
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kimbo305 posted:What's up with the hype dying out for this car? They should dole out a few more bits before the auto show. Why bother trying to build more hype when the only things auto journalists want to talk about right now are the new M5 and 911?
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| # ? Nov 14, 2011 05:06 |
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Ft86club just posted the full 42 page training manual. It's lovely cel phone pics in Japanese but "ooo pretty pictures"
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| # ? Nov 15, 2011 18:55 |
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Rabble posted:Ft86club just posted the full 42 page training manual. It's lovely cell phone pics in Japanese but "ooo pretty pictures" I went to Altavista and found the link: http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2254 e: http://www.ft86club.com/forums/atta...55&d=1321381137 I wonder what the two differing power curves are. With/without cam change? kimbo305 fucked around with this message at Nov 15, 2011 around 19:14 |
| # ? Nov 15, 2011 19:02 |
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kimbo305 posted:I went to Altavista and found the link: something to do with the direct injection system, I thought. its been shown a few times now.
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| # ? Nov 16, 2011 19:12 |
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Like a 350z and a Mustang had a baby and dropped it on its face on the way out. Not necessarily a negative comment. Seriously, though, it really looks like yet another Hyundai mashup car.
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| # ? Nov 16, 2011 19:19 |
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The vent is unnecessary. The little kink on the front fender edge would look fine without it, just like on the current STi.
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| # ? Nov 16, 2011 19:45 |
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I think that looks pretty drat sexy, aside for that loving wing.
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| # ? Nov 16, 2011 19:49 |
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More pics: http://www.autoblog.com/photos/suba...pt-sti-la-2011/ I don't mind the vent on the fender. I officially like this better than the Toyota/Scion version. Get rid of that wing and keep it under 30k and I will be very tempted. 
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| # ? Nov 16, 2011 20:13 |
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| # ? May 22, 2013 19:39 |
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The fender vent is functional and not just a stick on vanity piece. Granted, it could be a little less gaudy but even the base model scion version has some form of vent right there.
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| # ? Nov 16, 2011 20:38 |
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