Post awesome AI car shit:First time Ive seen a Golf with a hole in one like that

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Preoptopus: Aug 25, 2008; Ð¢ÑÐ¸ Ð¿Ð¾Ð»Ð¾ÑÐºÐ¸,
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Cat Terrist posted:

No, they are terrible cars. They arent even that good as a runaround, which is exactly what they are built for. A lovely Suzuki Swift of all things shows how a runabout should be done and that's still not exactly a good car. But it's a drat good little runabout.

This was my original point. All the eco footpring/MPG poo poo aside, they drive like garbage, are noisy at speed and built out of cheap lovely parts. Its just a big expensive yet terribly made and horrible to use status symbol.

Speaking of symbols

Preoptopus fucked around with this message at 02:50 on Mar 27, 2013

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Dilkington: Aug 6, 2010; "Al mio amore Dilkington, Gennaro"

a glorious hole posted:

Golf TDI?

Diesel's more expensive than gas where I live, plus the Golf TDI and Prius MPG are pretty much the same. For a small family that drives a lot I can see the appeal. But yeah, if you want to be environmentally friendly, buy a used Fiesta or something.

# ? Mar 27, 2013 03:14

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

Preoptopus posted:

and built out of cheap lovely parts. Its just a big expensive yet terribly made and horrible to use status symbol.

I've not heard anything bad about the durability or reliability of the Prius. All 3 generations are running around quietly racking up miles.

quote:

drive like garbage
horrible to use

I don't think the target audience cares how they drive. They're super ergonomic and have great utility. Plenty of people buy them for that, not status.
They're an incredibly un-AI car, but they're pretty awesome for the people who want to use them.

# ? Mar 27, 2013 03:19

CommieGIR: Aug 22, 2006; The blue glow is a feature, not a bug; Pillbug

Dilkington posted:

Diesel's more expensive than gas where I live, plus the Golf TDI and Prius MPG are pretty much the same. For a small family that drives a lot I can see the appeal. But yeah, if you want to be environmentally friendly, buy a used Fiesta or something.

I'd recommend the TDI.

Also, the fuel mileage you get evens out the higher cost of diesel. But don't buy a TDI new, I know its appealing, but they are fairly expensive new.

kimbo305 posted:

I've not heard anything bad about the durability or reliability of the Prius. All 3 generations are running around quietly racking up miles.

I don't think the target audience cares how they drive. They're super ergonomic and have great utility. Plenty of people buy them for that, not status.
They're an incredibly un-AI car, but they're pretty awesome for the people who want to use them.

As I pass them by the boatload on the highway in my TDI :getin:

angryhampster posted:

In the US you would be hard pressed to find a diesel hatchback that matches fuel economy, space, and price of a Prius.

Who the hell keeps letting these people in AI?

Buy the Golf TDI, and laugh at the idiots in the Prius on the highway.

Or for Pete's sake, but a Ford Fiesta and have more fun than the bastards in the Prius.

KozmoNaut posted:

Wrong loving thread.

Every scumbag "rollin' coal" should be fed feet-first into a slow-turning meat grinder and the videos posted to Youtube under the title "don't be a loving douchebag".

Now this I can 100% agree with. Rolling coal is the sign of douchebags who don't understand how sooty unburned diesel will slowly (or quickly) destroy their engine, damage their turbocharger, and all around RUIN their truck.

That isn't to mention how blowing soot like that is just basically throwing unutilized power out the windows. Its unburned fuel, it means you need more air! Half of the people rolling coal are running excessively large fuel injectors without the proper turbocharger upgrade. Your engine should burn clean and clear, then you are completely burning AND utilizing all the fuel AND keeping the motor healthy

Rolling coal is loving stupid. As a diesel mechanic, I want to beat people I see rolling coal with a connecting rod and piston.

CommieGIR fucked around with this message at 03:37 on Mar 27, 2013

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Preoptopus: Aug 25, 2008; Ð¢ÑÐ¸ Ð¿Ð¾Ð»Ð¾ÑÐºÐ¸,
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kimbo305 posted:

I've not heard anything bad about the durability or reliability of the Prius. All 3 generations are running around quietly racking up miles.

I don't think the target audience cares how they drive. They're super ergonomic and have great utility. Plenty of people buy them for that, not status.
They're an incredibly un-AI car, but they're pretty awesome for the people who want to use them.

The ride man! The ride is garbage!

As far as the target audience, and this is just an observation/personal anecdote if you will. Every Prius I ever work on, (and living in Madison, thats a lot I promise you), are dirty as poo poo inside and always ALWAYS smell terrible.

# ? Mar 27, 2013 03:30

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

ursa_minor posted:

Hmmm.

I don't know what that is, but I know I want one.

# ? Mar 27, 2013 03:38

sadnessboner: Feb 20, 2006

Mister Kingdom posted:

I don't know what that is, but I know I want one.

That'd be a Suzuki Mightyboy

# ? Mar 27, 2013 04:05

Fender Anarchist: May 20, 2009; Fender Anarchist

CommieGIR posted:

Now this I can 100% agree with. Rolling coal is the sign of douchebags who don't understand how sooty unburned diesel will slowly (or quickly) destroy their engine, damage their turbocharger, and all around RUIN their truck.

That isn't to mention how blowing soot like that is just basically throwing unutilized power out the windows. Its unburned fuel, it means you need more air! Half of the people rolling coal are running excessively large fuel injectors without the proper turbocharger upgrade. Your engine should burn clean and clear, then you are completely burning AND utilizing all the fuel AND keeping the motor healthy

Rolling coal is loving stupid. As a diesel mechanic, I want to beat people I see rolling coal with a connecting rod and piston.

In my experience, these guys see those diesel dragsters with like an 18" turbo inlet diameter that smoke a lot during the minute-long turbo spool, and their mind goes smoke=power!, without having any knowledge of AFR or such things. At most you may want to run a bit rich on a 1000HP monster, just for the extra cooling to keep EGTs down, but that's way beyond a lot of these chucklefucks' understanding.

# ? Mar 27, 2013 04:17

General_Failure: Apr 17, 2005

sadnessboner posted:

That'd be a Suzuki Mightyboy

Why would anybody want a Mightyboy? Unless you had tiny little girly feet and weighed about as much a spring breeze. But then I'm sure everyone has their own dark desires. I'd love an old Colt because it had a range lever. I mean mechanical overdrive.

# ? Mar 27, 2013 04:21

IOwnCalculus: Apr 2, 2003

Jesus loving christ, whether or not you like the Prius it's not awesome nor AI. Why does this, of all things, come up in this thread so many times? :psypop:

NEW RULE: EVERY POST IN THIS THREAD MUST HAVE A PICTURE

I didn't want to do it but seriously, Prius chat? You guys are better than that.

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TrueChaos: Nov 14, 2006

IOwnCalculus posted:

I didn't want to do it but seriously, Prius chat? You guys are better than that.

Racing Priuses are pretty cool.

# ? Mar 27, 2013 04:34

Powershift: Nov 23, 2009

TrueChaos posted:

Racing Priuses are pretty cool.

Why don't they sell a road car that looks like this, that is a prius i would drive.

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# ? Mar 27, 2013 05:00

sadnessboner: Feb 20, 2006

General_Failure posted:

Why would anybody want a Mightyboy? Unless you had tiny little girly feet and weighed about as much a spring breeze. But then I'm sure everyone has their own dark desires. I'd love an old Colt because it had a range lever. I mean mechanical overdrive.

I don't imagine they are very practical, but there are enough of those things around with silly motor swaps to justify their existence. Where won't an LS1 fit?

# ? Mar 27, 2013 05:34

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

I've been geeking out over the Vector W2 since Jalopnik posted about it today:

Few other cars look so out of this world. The exterior is decently fresh, but the interior will have you ready to charge into an 80s laser battle:

concept:

e: I forgot the raddest but also most dated picture:

kimbo305 fucked around with this message at 07:19 on Mar 27, 2013

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CAT INTERCEPTOR: Nov 9, 2004; Basically a male Margaret Thatcher

A few real runabouts doing runabout things

# ? Mar 27, 2013 11:40

angryhampster: Oct 21, 2005

a glorious hole posted:

Golf TDI?

Prius is cheaper and gets better mileage. Still hate the drat things though.

BLASTOLENE

# ? Mar 27, 2013 12:20

Devyl: Mar 27, 2005; It slices!

It dices!

It makes Julienne fries!

A pretty beat-up Kaiser that was saved from the junkyard for $150 went from this:

to this:

# ? Mar 27, 2013 13:43

Megillah Gorilla: Sep 22, 2003; If only all of life's problems could be solved by smoking a professor of ancient evil texts.; Bread Liar

Oh sweet Jesus that's nice.

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# ? Mar 27, 2013 14:28

ursa_minor: Oct 17, 2006; I'm hella in tents.

Gorilla Salad posted:

Oh sweet Jesus that's nice.

Eeeek, post a pic, dude.

1969 Nissan Gloria

# ? Mar 27, 2013 16:02

Rhyno: Mar 22, 2003; Can't post for 10 years!

We had a Cars and Coffee meet last weekend and this beauty showed up

Never been up close to one before and it is stunning. And whisper quiet too, kind of unnerved me a bit.
(you can see my MS6 peeking out behind it)

# ? Mar 27, 2013 16:08

Zeether: Aug 26, 2011

I wish we got the Chaser in the US.

# ? Mar 27, 2013 19:13

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

I want a limo, but I'm not in a big hurry to get there.

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Preoptopus: Aug 25, 2008; Ð¢ÑÐ¸ Ð¿Ð¾Ð»Ð¾ÑÐºÐ¸,
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This isnt for getting anywhere at all, its just for arriving.

# ? Mar 28, 2013 01:31

Giblet Plus!: Sep 14, 2004

Cenodoxus posted:

Priuses are indeed terrible, but mostly from an environmental standpoint. I can't speak to their mechanical reliability.

Their excessive reliance on rare earth metals mined and refined in a very non-earth-friendly way is hilarious when combined with the blissful ignorance of people who drive Priuses to be "green".

"I'm saving the environment by using less gas!"

And devastating local ecosystems in some other remote part of the planet that you don't care about aside from a yearly PBS special.

quote:

Environmental impact

Improper disposal of NiMH batteries poses less environmental hazard than that of NiCd because of the absence of toxic cadmium. However, mining and processing the various alternate metals that form the negative electrode may pose other types of environmental impact, depending on the metal, mining method, and environmental practices of the mine.

Most industrial nickel is recycled, due to the relatively easy retrieval of the magnetic element from scrap using electromagnets, and due to its high value.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickel%96metal_hydride_battery#Environmental_impact

Looks like you're wrong. But feel free to find other reasons to hate people for making responsible choices.

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# ? Mar 28, 2013 01:46

Root Bear: Nov 15, 2004; DARKEST SKETCH

Grocery-getters are still cool, right?

# ? Mar 28, 2013 03:04

travisray2004: Dec 2, 2004; SuprMan

Giblet Plus! posted:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickel%96metal_hydride_battery#Environmental_impact

Looks like you're wrong. But feel free to find other reasons to hate people for making responsible choices.

Jesus Christ, will you shut the gently caress up already? You don't have to justify your purchase to anyone.

Opinions on Mille Miglias? Yay or Nay?

travisray2004 fucked around with this message at 03:14 on Mar 28, 2013

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wallaka: Jun 8, 2010; Least it wasn't a fucking red shell

travisray2004 posted:

Jesus Christ, will you shut the gently caress up already? You don't have to justify your purchase to anyone.

Opinions on Mille Miglias? Yay or Nay?

They're ok, but I've always liked these better:

Until it's time to clean them, at least.

# ? Mar 28, 2013 03:32

travisray2004: Dec 2, 2004; SuprMan

wallaka posted:

They're ok, but I've always liked these better:

Until it's time to clean them, at least.

Those are nice too but I've always been partial to these:

BMW Style 05 / BBS RC 090s
:hawaaaafap:

Talk about bitch to clean!

# ? Mar 28, 2013 03:43

Crustashio: Jul 27, 2000; ruh roh

travisray2004 posted:

Those are nice too but I've always been partial to these:

BMW Style 05 / BBS RC 090s

Talk about bitch to clean!

The style 5 offset on a 3 series means you have to run some pretty thin tires, but they are pretty much one of the classic wheels. There are 3 series offsets available (RC040s) but good luck finding them.

Crustashio fucked around with this message at 03:52 on Mar 28, 2013

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angryhampster: Oct 21, 2005

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tobu: Aug 20, 2004; Bunny-Bee makes me happy!

Zeether posted:

I wish we got the Chaser in the US.

Japan hoards itself some really well-rounded and fun taxis\family cars.

# ? Mar 28, 2013 03:59

jonathan: Jul 3, 2005; by LITERALLY AN ADMIN

Preoptopus posted:

I had someone do this to me a few months ago and I straight lost my poo poo. Steering wheel club in hand ready to loving murder but I got blocked in by traffic and couldn't catch up to the rear end in a top hat. Doing that to someone is as offensive as spitting on them. I haven't had road rage like that since my early 20's.

Up in the rear end of Timo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAGbrM-MMRk (Work safe car porn)

I guess a video isn't a pic.

Edit: Spotted this guy in Grande Prairie today.

It's an 80's era u1250.

Also spotted a white 2000's era u500. Not many of those in North America, I'm wondering if it was one of the 3 purchased by Suncor a few years ago.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCPV5PQStl4

jonathan fucked around with this message at 04:24 on Mar 28, 2013

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joat mon: Oct 15, 2009; I am the master of my lamp;
I am the captain of my tub.

I don't think the intent of the 'pic in every post' diktat was to encourage petty slapfights so long as there were pictures.

joat mon fucked around with this message at 04:19 on Mar 28, 2013

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Chillbro Baggins: Oct 8, 2004; Bad Angus! Bad!

Whee!

# ? Mar 28, 2013 13:05

slothrop: Dec 7, 2006; Santa Alpha, Fox One... Gifts Incoming ~~~>===|>; Soiled Meat

joat mon posted:

What is going on here, this is amazing!

Umm... Have a picture

# ? Mar 28, 2013 13:07

Octopus Magic: Dec 19, 2003; I HATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU LIKE* AND I NEED TO BE SURE YOU ALL KNOW THAT EVERY TIME I POST

*unless it's a DSM in which case we cool ^_^