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davebo posted:I don't want this to sound snarky or anything but I noticed that it's fallen back to page 3 so I thought I'd mention that we actually have a thread just for cars like some of the ones you've been posting, so you may want to consider posting some things there in the future. That is a traditional lowrider. For a car forum, there's a lot of people in the last few pages that don't really understand cool cars. The problem is most of it boils down to taste. You know what though? I don't get why people are so focused on making cars perform better. Sure it goes around a racetrack really fast, and the wheel fitment is German precision and all that, but it rattles and has a stiff ride, and race gas burns my eyes. All race cars are poo poo! See, it's easy to be an rear end, much harder to recognize that sometimes people have differing tastes and just live with it. 
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Preoptopus posted:Truth!   
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One thing I find awesome are how affordable some of the fastest supercars in the world are. These are edmunds used car prices for cars that have lapped the nurburgring nordschleife in under 8 minutes, and you can even get sub-7:30 cars for sub-$60k. Though I suspect you might have to do a little track prep if you want to get close to these times with what's otherwise a stock street car... 7:22 Dodge Viper ACR (2009), $59,798 (can't find ACR price, but the ACR is supposedly very similar to the base Viper) 7:22 Chevrolet Corvette C6 Z06 (2012), $59,588 7:26 Nissan GT-R (2009), $45,162 7:48 BMW M3 GTS (2009), $35,546 (can't find GTS, listed price for base M3) 7:50 Porsche 911 Carrera S (2009), $52,205 7:55 Subaru WRX STI (2010), $26,825 7:56 Porsche 911 Turbo (2000), $37,000 7:59 Porsche 911 Carrera S(2004), $30,000 7:59 Nissan Skyline GT-R R33 V-Spec (1996) ~$10-30k in ads, not listed in edmunds or kbb 7:59 Dodge Viper SRT-10 (2005), $38,079 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_N%C3%BCrburgring_Nordschleife_lap_times grover fucked around with this message at 02:41 on Jan 18, 2013 |
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Was just looking at OVE.com, and we have two 2009 ACR's up for sale, the cheapest being $80k. That's wholesale, too. e- also I believe that 7:22 was run by a 2010 ACR Seizure Meat fucked around with this message at 02:42 on Jan 18, 2013 |
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VikingSkull posted:Was just looking at OVE.com, and we have two 2009 ACR's up for sale, the cheapest being $80k. That's wholesale, too.
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Oh, no doubt. I'd kill for an ACR. That being said, they were like $105k new, so they aren't coming down in value much and I doubt a good example ever will. If I had to guess, $80k is the bottom of the market for a low mile example.
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Preoptopus posted:I didn't know that the slammed civic thread was the Custom/Hotrod thread. It's so nice to see Continentals in something other than black. They offered 20 colors in 64, but everyone paints them black. Maroon looks nice, I'd have to go with the Bronze metallic or the silver blue metallic though. God I want one. Pretty sure I could put it on a Marauder frame too.
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grover posted:One thing I find awesome are how affordable some of the fastest supercars in the world are. These are edmunds used car prices for cars that have lapped the nurburgring nordschleife in under 8 minutes, and you can even get sub-7:30 cars for sub-$60k. Though I suspect you might have to do a little track prep if you want to get close to these times with what's otherwise a stock street car... Wow, I didn't think the STI would have a time that low... though I'm sure that quite a few of those cars would benefit from having Tommi Makinen behind the wheel.
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Artemis J Brassnuts posted:Wow, I didn't think the STI would have a time that low... though I'm sure that quite a few of those cars would benefit from having Tommi Makinen behind the wheel. It was a ringer with a bunch of parts from different japanese special editions. It had a bigger turbo, 6 pot front brakes, and they don't mention tires but considering it had one-off aero bits, it more than likely had full race rubber. edit: track times aside, there are far more interesting cars entering the "dangerously affordable" range, like $45,000 bi-turbo V12 german cars Powershift fucked around with this message at 07:12 on Jan 18, 2013 |
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Poisonlizard posted:It's so nice to see Continentals in something other than black. They offered 20 colors in 64, but everyone paints them black. Maroon looks nice, I'd have to go with the Bronze metallic or the silver blue metallic though. Personally, I'd go with white or cream, and burgundy interior. 
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KozmoNaut posted:Personally, I'd go with white or cream, and burgundy interior. I definitely agree. Old Lincolns are best in off white. Black looks great too but it seems like everybody does it.
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MrKatharsis posted:The Atlantic has an excellent photojournal section, and today they're covering the Dakar rally. Look at Russia go! Theres something properly mental about launching a 10-15 tonne truck off a sand dune at 100+ kph, and then doing it over and over again for 8500kms
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Powershift posted:It was a ringer with a bunch of parts from different japanese special editions. It had a bigger turbo, 6 pot front brakes, and they don't mention tires but considering it had one-off aero bits, it more than likely had full race rubber. Was just looking at 5-10 year old AMGs last night. Quite tempting, till I think of the repairs.
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It's like a love child from a MR2, SVX, and a VehiCross.
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PhotoKirk posted:It's like a love child from a MR2, SVX, and a VehiCross.
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Grumbletron 4000 posted:I definitely agree. Old Lincolns are best in off white. Black looks great too but it seems like everybody does it. This is the best Continental color 
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VikingSkull posted:This is the best Continental color Mary Kay calling! 
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Oh. My. God. That is amazing. Any more info? Reverse google search came up empty.
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Carteret posted:Oh. My. God. That is amazing. Any more info? Reverse google search came up empty. It looks like a render to me. Also where are the seats and why does the inside rear of the cabin appear to have the camo but stretched? If it's not a render then awesome! but my question still stands. Ferremit posted:Theres something properly mental about launching a 10-15 tonne truck off a sand dune at 100+ kph, and then doing it over and over again for 8500kms I'd do it.
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The sky was the color of a television tuned to a dead station...
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When I look at that car, SAFETY FIRST is exactly what comes to mind!
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VikingSkull posted:This is the best Continental color Mary Kay indeed. I'd tuck my cock between my legs and wear a barristers wig to drive that. Might even do a kabuki.
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General_Failure posted:It looks like a render to me. Also where are the seats and why does the inside rear of the cabin appear to have the camo but stretched? If it's not a render then awesome! but my question still stands.
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angryhampster posted:Click for huge. Get ready for another three pages of talking about how big wheels on old cars should/shouldn't be there and why you should/shouldn't bag a big old car. 
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What the hell is going on here Edit: Oh, look.     Anyone know what it is? Looks kind of like a twin engined VW Fox but I can't find any info, just pics. The Rocket Salad fucked around with this message at 17:11 on Jan 19, 2013 |
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The Rocket Salad posted:What the hell is going on here I just know its a VW Fox, not much beyond that.
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I scrolled past this a bit too quickly at first and didn't realize what it was. That is awesome. Where do I buy one?
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CommieGIR posted:I just know its a VW Fox, not much beyond that. For a moment there i was confused "How is that a fox, this is a fox:  But i guess you guys over there had a different kind of fox...
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Pretty sure it's only got one engine. It does have rear-mounted radiators though (like the Quattro rally car), because if there's one thing 1980s era Audis/VWs with longitudinal engines lack, it's room for adequate cooling under the hood (at high horsepower, at least).
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angryhampster posted:Click for huge. gently caress me sideways this owns
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MrChips posted:Pretty sure it's only got one engine. It does have rear-mounted radiators though (like the Quattro rally car), because if there's one thing 1980s era Audis/VWs with longitudinal engines lack, it's room for adequate cooling under the hood (at high horsepower, at least). Actually most modern rallycross and rally cars have rear mounted radiators because it reduces the risk of damage to their frail, girly fins. Instead they shove them in the back and route a custom plenum (usually with savage intake vents on the rear quarters) to feed it. Here's the Citroen DS3 rally car that Speedhunters covered recently: Radiator (note giant coolant tank):  Mouth:  Interior (although it's hard to see, you can sort of guess at how the black spidery thing in the back works to feed it):  Even though this is the awesome thread and not the mechanical failures thread I'm still gonna post this (because it's awesome, gently caress the police). Here's their old car, where it appears they had trouble with turbo location.  Writeup is here. Seat Safety Switch fucked around with this message at 18:07 on Jan 19, 2013 |
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RE: old school rally car: After doing entirely too much research, looks like it was an Audi Fox Kit car based on the Audi 90 Quattro. She had a twin turbo 2.8l. Also, a Canadian behind the wheel.
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Seat Safety Switch posted:Here's the Citroen DS3 rally car that Speedhunters covered recently 0-60 in less than 2 seconds. On dirt, gravel and mud. drat.
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