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Muffinpox posted:If the Fiat Miata sounds like the 500 Abarth I will buy one in a heartbeat. Yes, yes yes. Yes.
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Friar Zucchini posted:I"m not creative enough to come up with a more sheepy, Ram-y name for a Raptor killer. Seriously, if they're gonna put it in a truck they oughta give it like 15 inches of wheel travel. Or a Grand Cherokee Tomahawk or some poo poo. They already call their stripper ram the black express. Black cat honestly works.
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Jul 5, 2014 23:22
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Jul 6, 2014 19:12
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Haha, I wonder if you can get the police package with Hellcat engine.
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Jul 6, 2014 21:42
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Mr. Apollo posted:Haha, I wonder if you can get the police package with Hellcat engine. The new Mad Max movie will just be him tooling around in a stock Hellcharger with a dealer sticker in the window.
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Found another new car this morning I hadn't heard about. BMW eDrive i3  
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Jul 8, 2014 12:42
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Yeah, it's a hideous little thing. Looks better in pictures. I saw one today, the driver wouldn't stop for me at the crosswalk. So a typical BMW owner then (kidding).
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Jul 8, 2014 13:22
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Phone posted:Yeah, but there were several (dumb) things at play. First was that nothing could be faster than the flagship: the RX-8. Except that weren't the MS3 and MS6 faster than the RX8, at least in a straight line? They weren't that much heavier, they had at least 20 horsepower on the Renesis, and a hell of a lot more torque.
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The MS3 is faster than the RX-8, just straight up. It might not invoke the most jinba of ittais, but it is faster. Put the DISI into the MX-5? Looks like you just killed the RX-8 since they both share the same platform. Shave off a few hundred lbs and have more power/torque. I don't disagree that they missed the boat on it, but Mazda seemed to be dedicated to the rotary (almost tanking the company twice). That said, we can always dream of the Mazda that's in our hearts and the alternate history fanfiction where the DISI was in the NC. I mean, poo poo, the MS3's MSRP is cheaper than a base NC. The R3 retailed for $33k. Whyyyyyyyy Mazda? Whyyyyyyyy? 
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Jul 8, 2014 17:57
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I'm already holding off on any car purchases until the details about the ND drop. I hate to sound like the "lol miata underpowered" people, because I loved the poo poo out of my NA, but if Mazda gets over themselves a little bit and puts some more nuts in the ND's sack then I will be all over it. Doesn't need to be anything crazy, but for like 200-230hp in a car that size/weight I'll be one of the first in line. I want to love the RX series, but every time Mazda tries to do an RX car it almost destroys the company. I'm fine with them holding off on the RX line until the company gets more stable, especially if it means not holding back their other cars.
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Jul 8, 2014 18:05
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Well if we're posting Mazda fan fiction, given the Fiat partnership maybe we'll get an MX-5 with a Mazda chassis and an SRT engine!
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Wheeee posted:Well if we're posting Mazda fan fiction, given the Fiat partnership maybe we'll get an MX-5 with a Mazda chassis and an SRT engine! The Hellmiata
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Jul 8, 2014 18:28
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Kenshin posted:The Hellmiata The 2017 Mazda Motherfucker
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Jul 8, 2014 18:35
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So a Hellcharger will cost me what, the price of two Fiatas? Seems like a bargain more then twice the weight and 5 times the HP and torques.
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Seat Safety Switch posted:The 2017 Mazda Motherfucker Please, this
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Baram posted:Found another new car this morning I hadn't heard about. Problem over here is it's more expensive than an M135i!
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Jul 8, 2014 20:47
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Obvious answer here is a rotary Miata
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Jul 9, 2014 00:29
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Well if you're going to take a trip down Fantasy Lane why not skip the lovely rotary altogether and pretend that Mazda's been delaying the ND while they await shipment of thousands of LS3 crate motors.
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Jul 9, 2014 00:55
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Yeah but what does that do to weight balance? Or does it just not matter because POOWWWEEEERRRRRR?
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Friar Zucchini posted:Yeah but what does that do to weight balance? Or does it just not matter because POOWWWEEEERRRRRR? The big secret is that the ND will be mid-engined. Longitudinal mid-engined, so the driver wil have to sit between the front wheels. E: v The engine isn't much heavier than, say, a BP, it's the transmission beefy enough to handle the torque that's the issue. Fender Anarchist fucked around with this message at 02:42 on Jul 9, 2014 |
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Friar Zucchini posted:Yeah but what does that do to weight balance? Or does it just not matter because POOWWWEEEERRRRRR? LS3 is quite light and small, especially compared to, say, a DOHC + turbo plumbing like others want...
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InitialDave posted:Fuckin' ugly they may be, but a carbon shell at an average-consumer price point and the power & weight of an E30 325i isn't bad for something that is practically free to run. Really nice use of materials in the cabin, too.
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Cream_Filling posted:LS3 is quite light and small, especially compared to, say, a DOHC + turbo plumbing like others want... Yeah, the LS3 is more than ample proof that GM has some serious engineering firepower on staff. To make that much power from such a compact and light engine, and do it with utter reliability? Wizardry, man. If GMs engineers weren't continually hampered by such lovely management and ridiculous bean counting bullshit, they'd easily be plowing every other manufacturer into the ground with a never ending stampede of amazing poo poo. Instead we get lovely ads comparing trucks to subs, Cadillac ads insinuating that Cadillac drivers have no time for their families, and the largest recall campaign on the planet.
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HotCanadianChick posted:Yeah, the LS3 is more than ample proof that GM has some serious engineering firepower on staff. To make that much power from such a compact and light engine, and do it with utter reliability? Wizardry, man. If GMs engineers weren't continually hampered by such lovely management and ridiculous bean counting bullshit, they'd easily be plowing every other manufacturer into the ground with a never ending stampede of amazing poo poo. How can management/executives be the problem? those who are paid a lot are always really good at their jobs and deserve every penny. This is what most of the country swore up and down when GM was going through its bailouts. Those drat Union Pieces of poo poo were probably sabotaging their own ignitions and ad campaigns and demanding their company push all their money into SUVs
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coolskillrex remix posted:How can management/executives be the problem? those who are paid a lot are always really good at their jobs and deserve every penny. This is what most of the country swore up and down when GM was going through its bailouts. Those drat Union Pieces of poo poo were probably sabotaging their own ignitions and ad campaigns and demanding their company push all their money into SUVs At GM, you fail upwards. 
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Wheeee posted:Well if you're going to take a trip down Fantasy Lane why not skip the lovely rotary altogether and pretend that Mazda's been delaying the ND while they await shipment of thousands of LS3 crate motors. How dare you
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While on the topic of engines, it seems that MB is actually going back to an inline 6 for their RWD cars. http://www.autoevolution.com/news/mercedes-benz-straight-six-to-make-a-comeback-on-e-class-sl-class-c-class-83484.html
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Throatwarbler posted:While on the topic of engines, it seems that MB is actually going back to an inline 6 for their RWD cars. Holy poo poo I have a hard on. Love me straight sixes. This is great news in an era where packaging in the engine bay has forced the death of the straight six for most makes.
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Jul 9, 2014 10:51
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I guess Merc needed an excuse to make their cars' noses even longer.
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The Mercedes naming scheme confuses the poo poo out of me, I feel like I'm reading about uranium or something. c250, or an s550? Or what about an e300? A cls400? Who knows
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Mustang? What am I driving, a horse?
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HotCanadianChick posted:Yeah, the LS3 is more than ample proof that GM has some serious engineering firepower on staff. To make that much power from such a compact and light engine, and do it with utter reliability? The biggest disappointment about the ls3 and something that made me not look at the c6 was that the ls3 to my understanding has major high cornering force oiling issues. My understanding is running DOT-Rs on a LS3 with out a aftermarket dry sump is a death warrant on a track.
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Jul 9, 2014 17:15
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The LS1, 2, and 6 all have the same issue.
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Sadi posted:The biggest disappointment about the ls3 and something that made me not look at the c6 was that the ls3 to my understanding has major high cornering force oiling issues. My understanding is running DOT-Rs on a LS3 with out a aftermarket dry sump is a death warrant on a track. Doesn't the Z06 have a dry sump? I'd assume that GM's dry sump solution would be able to solve that.
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Twerk from Home posted:Doesn't the Z06 have a dry sump? I'd assume that GM's dry sump solution would be able to solve that. It sure does, as does the LS9, I think the LSA, and maaaaaybe the LS3 with the Grand Sport package. The stock pan is not a bad setup, it's got a windage tray and everything... but any engine with stock oiling at continued 1G+ loads is going to have problems.
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Bob NewSCART posted:The Mercedes naming scheme confuses the poo poo out of me, I feel like I'm reading about uranium or something. c250, or an s550? Or what about an e300? A cls400? Who knows Infiniti is worse. Hope you fuckin' like the letter Q!
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Yeah, with mercedes, letters = class number = ballpark engine size. infiniti Q = has 4 wheels number = who the gently caress knows
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Bob NewSCART posted:The Mercedes naming scheme confuses the poo poo out of me, I feel like I'm reading about uranium or something. c250, or an s550? Or what about an e300? A cls400? Who knows Maybe you are kidding and the joke is over my head but the Mercedes naming scheme is pretty literal. The first letter is the model, the number is the trim level. It used to match engine displacement but that isn't always true now. E350 is an e-class with a 3.5 liter, E550 with a 5.5, etc.
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The Midniter posted:Infiniti is worse. Hope you fuckin' like the letter Q! Powershift posted:Yeah, with mercedes, letters = class number = ballpark engine size. With Audi it's A = car Q = suv bigger number = higher model With Infiniti it's: Q = car QX = suv bigger number = higher model Mr. Apollo fucked around with this message at 18:04 on Jul 9, 2014 |
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Mr. Apollo posted:Audi's almost the same (hope you like the letter A) and no one seems to complain about that But audi also has the S which means bigger engine, and RS which means biggerer engine. So you know A3 = small car, small engine, S3 = small car, big engine A6 = big car, small engine, S6 = big car, big engine.
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