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Babies Getting Rabies: Apr 21, 2007; Sugartime Jones

Weinertron posted:

So I've got two terrible cell phone pictures of a car I saw slogging it through morning gridlock on my way in to work that sounded like it has more than 8 cylinders and smelled like it had no cats. Can someone help me identify this?

Can anyone help me figure out what I'm looking at other than the world's dirtiest windshield?

That's a Ferrari 330 GT 2+2. And you are right, it has a V12.

e: Wait, no. It's a 330 GTC.

Babies Getting Rabies fucked around with this message at 15:15 on Oct 12, 2012

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Thanks to both of you. I love seeing people drive around classics like that.

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Beve Stuscemi: Jun 6, 2001

Godspeed, lady

http://www.wimp.com/womancar/

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kimbo305: Jun 9, 2007; actually, yeah, I am a little mad

From Coolamundo:

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jvick: Jun 24, 2008; WE ARE
PENN STATE

parrhesia posted:

That's a Ferrari 330 GT 2+2. And you are right, it has a V12.

e: Wait, no. It's a 330 GTC.

My old boss had a 330 GT he would drive to work on occasion.

A couple months before he "retired" he bought a 60-something corvette split back window l. He would have worked from that car if he could. The man has multiple ferrarri's, Porsches, and a Lotus Lola, but loved the vette the most because it was his childhood dream car.

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If I ever get rich, I will have exotics, and then a dusty first gen Viper because of the same reason.

# ? Oct 12, 2012 16:44

MiniFoo: Dec 25, 2006; ~~METH~~AMPHETAMINE

jvick posted:

60-something corvette split back window

1963 was the only year with the split window, and is desirable because of it. :eng101:

# ? Oct 12, 2012 17:10

Paul Boz_: Dec 21, 2003; Sin City

MiniFoo posted:

1963 was the only year with the split window, and is desirable because of it.

Why did they go away from it? Was it a visibility issue? I can't imagine it was for cost because those single piece back windows cost as much as the car.

# ? Oct 12, 2012 17:38

grover: Jan 23, 2002; PEW PEW PEW

some texas redneck posted:

If I flog the poo poo out of my Altima with the a/c on it'll dip to about 17 mpg. And that's winding it out to redline in every gear, WOT or foot off the gas.

It has a 2.4 instead of a 1.4, with slightly more hp/torque (150 hp/154 tq), only 5 gears, and isn't much lighter than a Cruze. Don't forget the 80s engine design, and it's closer to 200k than 100k.

Which is why I'm a bit shocked at 19 mpg from a 1.4. Laggy turbo or not.

I'm not the least bit shocked; engines get loving THIRSTY when you flog them to the limit. I don't mean WOT until you get up to speed limit then coast, but more WOT right up to the brake point, then round the corner and repeat. An engine can literally burn through 3-4x more fuel than normal under track conditions. If his commute lets him drive just a little more track-like than yours, it could easily happen.

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Slim Pickens: Jan 12, 2007; Grimey Drawer

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HiddenReplaced: Apr 21, 2007; Yeah...
it's wanking time.

DrPain posted:

For a second I thought that was a racetrack built into an ocean cruise liner.

How did this never happen in Speed Racer?

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veedubfreak: Apr 2, 2005; by Smythe

I remember this being explained a long long time ago, but remind me why the front tires have negative camber on those old rear end race cars?

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GramCracker: Oct 8, 2005; beauty by stroll

Slim Pickens posted:

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DrPain: Apr 29, 2004; Purrfectly priceless
items here.

I think it made steering easier before power steering was a thing.

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IOwnCalculus: Apr 2, 2003

Paul Boz_ posted:

Why did they go away from it? Was it a visibility issue? I can't imagine it was for cost because those single piece back windows cost as much as the car.

Yep, visibility - in the days before rear-view cameras, people had to actually look outside of their cars, and a pillar straight down the middle makes that hard.

Somewhere there's a photo of a patched-up VW Beetle with a newer-style large window, and a whole stack of small rear windows cut out of other older Beetles. Even though nostalgia has made split-window versions of pretty much any given car more desirable, they were never as practical as a large single window.

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grover: Jan 23, 2002; PEW PEW PEW

veedubfreak posted:

I remember this being explained a long long time ago, but remind me why the front tires have negative camber on those old rear end race cars?

They had positive camber because it was the only way they could get the contact patch under the steering bearing.

# ? Oct 12, 2012 19:07

sean10mm: Jun 29, 2005; It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, MAD-2R World

Yeah, the split window was just a dumb idea. Neat looking, but dumb.

The independent rear suspension and fuel injection were really good ideas though, and in 1965 they added giant-for-the-time 4 wheel disc brakes too. Then they offered big block engines and aluminum cylinder heads.

That generation of Corvette just owned.

# ? Oct 12, 2012 19:12

OptimusMatrix: Nov 13, 2003; ASK ME ABOUT MUTILATING MY PET TO SUIT MY OWN AESTHETIC PREFERENCES

Slim Pickens posted:

Wow I'd give my first born child for that car. That looks amazing

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Powershift: Nov 23, 2009

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Toucan Sam: Sep 2, 2000

MiniFoo posted:

1963 was the only year with the split window, and is desirable because of it.

Put a battery in this one a couple years ago.

# ? Oct 13, 2012 06:25

travisray2004: Dec 2, 2004; SuprMan

Toucan Sam posted:

Put a battery in this one a couple years ago.

That photo is so American I'm surprised there's not a Bald Eagle and a set of truck nuts somewhere in there.

God it's purdy. :hawaaaafap:

travisray2004 fucked around with this message at 06:50 on Oct 13, 2012

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Dagen H: Mar 19, 2009; Hogertrafikomlaggningen

Toucan Sam posted:

Sidepipes and knockoffs :3:

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Das Volk: Nov 19, 2002; by Cyrano4747

I need one o' them FREEDOM plates for my car when I get back to murricah

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Seizure Meat: Jul 23, 2008; by Smythe

grover posted:

It's almost funny to look at high performance supercars of the 80s and see how they compare to what we're driving now. I mean, when you consider that tire technology has improved dramatically over the last 30 years as well, I'm wondering if a 2013 V6 camry could drive off the dealer's lot and through a time portal and beat an early 80s Lamborghini around a track.

No, it's not a dream, it's 2012 and we're all driving supercars!

To put this in perspective, I drive a 5,000 pound Dodge Ram and I would murder those cars at the dragstrip.

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Bring Back Noid: Sep 16, 2005

Slim Pickens posted:

That guy looks an awful lot like JC Denton

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Seizure Meat: Jul 23, 2008; by Smythe

Crossposting from the station wagon thread

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HandlingByJebus: Jun 21, 2009; All of a sudden, I found myself in love with the world, so there was only one thing I could do:
was ding a ding dang, my dang a long racecar.

It's a love affair. Mainly jebus, and my racecar.

VikingSkull posted:

Crossposting from the station wagon thread

Yes, PLEASE.

:getin:

# ? Oct 13, 2012 20:30

Finger Prince: Jan 5, 2007

VikingSkull posted:

Crossposting from the station wagon thread

poo poo me, that's awesome!!

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travisray2004: Dec 2, 2004; SuprMan

Damnit! I want that so badly!

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Herr FLSH: Feb 10, 2006

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HandlingByJebus: Jun 21, 2009; All of a sudden, I found myself in love with the world, so there was only one thing I could do:
was ding a ding dang, my dang a long racecar.

It's a love affair. Mainly jebus, and my racecar.

Are you listening, BMW? I am seriously considering buying an $80k American car ( :clint:

) because you aren't shipping real wagons to North America.

RWD 335 Touring. Sell me one, fuckers.

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shy boy from chess club: Jun 11, 2008; It wasnt that bad, after you left I got to help put out the fire!

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Olympic Mathlete: Feb 25, 2011

Herr FLSH posted:

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What is this? It's beautiful.

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Quantrill: Nov 18, 2005

88h88 posted:

What is this? It's beautiful.

68 Chevelle

# ? Oct 14, 2012 13:18

DoLittle: Jul 26, 2006

A few of BMW Art cars are on display at a local Museum of Modern Art. I went there a took a couple of pictures:

The rest of the photos can be found here: https://picasaweb.google.com/111416010640150292517/BMWArtCarsEMMA02?authkey=Gv1sRgCMySpNa66IfLPQ

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InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007; I Want To Believe.

DoLittle posted:

No it isn't !

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Squeeze: Jul 23, 2012

I've seen several ad's of that exhibition, but I've been putting it off for some reason. Definitely gonna go check it out now that I've finally seen pics of what's there.

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drgitlin: Jul 25, 2003; luv 2 get custom titles from a forum that goes into revolt when its told to stop using a bad word.

InitialDave posted:

No it isn't !

I think 'Touring' refers to the racing series, not the bodystyle. You'll notice the M1 says 'Group 4' and the E30 says 'Group A.'

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InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007; I Want To Believe.

drgitlin posted:

I think 'Touring' refers to the racing series, not the bodystyle. You'll notice the M1 says 'Group 4' and the E30 says 'Group A.'

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angryhampster: Oct 21, 2005

Apparently they belong to some Japanese tycoon.

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