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Powershift posted:The problem is that old people, you know, the people who buy new cars, still equate chrome with class. Not even class, they just like shiny things. See also, the hordes of morons who pay good money to stick shiny plastic bits all over their cars Same reason they graft random grilles onto cars when they bring them to the us. RIP, OG Taurus
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OXBALLS DOT COM posted:Not even class, they just like shiny things. See also, the hordes of morons who pay good money to stick shiny plastic bits all over their cars Revel in the majesty. 
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Apr 6, 2017 16:53
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Mental Hospitality posted:Revel in the majesty. Thats awesome. It's like someone went and bought all the chrome stick on doo dads from Walmart AND Autozone and just went to town.
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Apr 6, 2017 17:32
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The Fusion grill owns gently caress da haters
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Mental Hospitality posted:Revel in the majesty. Lincoln Navigator: Texas Cartel Hitman Edition
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Apr 6, 2017 20:12
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Honda's golden age of design (cars and motorcycles alike) was like 1985-1993     there's not a single vehicle of theirs from that era that I wouldn't want to own
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Apr 6, 2017 20:20
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^^ The 84 Civic hatchback deserves a mention, it looks super cool in a weird way and weighs as much as a housecat. Super fun cars.
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I remember driving 1989-1991 4cyl Honda Accords (MT) when they were brand new and they kicked major rear end compared to many other cars at that time. Obviously things like BMW E30 drove great, handled better than anything else and were quick, but much 2x more expensive ($15k vs $30k).
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Subtle chrome > matte black everything. Really depends on the car, the colours and the lines of the bodywork in my opinion.
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My father had a 1987 Accord Si back in the 90s and it was an amazing car for the time - 160ps, great gearbox, good packaging and decent styling. I'd easily have taken it over any four cylinder BMW of the time.
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Wamsutta posted:That was just the 4G TL. And I think they made like 10 of them.
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Mental Hospitality posted:Revel in the majesty.
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Apr 6, 2017 23:29
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I learned to drive stick on my old man's 92' Civic. Loved that car. It was only last year I told him about the time I drove it home with the handbrake on the whole way 
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Wistful of Dollars posted:It was only last year I told him about the time I drove it home with the handbrake on the whole way I spent half an hour trying to get out of a tight spot after a Chicago blizzard. Tried getting out, no traction, shoveled some snow, still no traction, cleared more snow, etc etc. After clearing the area of every last snowflake, I realized the parking brake was still engaged. It was around 0 degrees.
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http://www.autoblog.com/2017/04/06/2018-chevy-tahoe-rally-sport-truck-package/quote:Now we highlight the 5.3-liter V8 as the "standard" engine because it's no longer the only engine available. On the Tahoe RST, you can now get the 6.2-liter V8 found in the Silverado. It makes 420 horsepower and 460 lb-ft of torque, and Chevrolet says it will get the Tahoe RST to 60 mph in 5.7 seconds. It will also have a towing capacity of 8,400 pounds. The Brembo brakes and Borla exhaust are available for this configuration, too, and the exhaust adds 10 horsepower at the wheels. Tahoe now optionally gets the 6.2L V8 from the pickups and the Denali/Escalade. 420HP/460TQ, 0-60 in 5.7s, along with upgraded brakes and exhaust and the 10 speed from the Raptor/Camaro Put the 650HP supercharged V8 in it GM
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Apr 7, 2017 14:01
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Jesus, a Tahoe with the 6.2, 10 speed and magnetic shocks...
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Q_res posted:Where are you seeing a V6? I'm looking but so far I've not seen anything but the 2.0 Turbo mentioned. Would be cool to confirm a 6 pot. Website Slip-up Reveals 2018 Buick Regal’s V6-powered GS Model Heh, Buick removed it from the site. Oops.
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Sagebrush posted:Honda's golden age of design (cars and motorcycles alike) was like 1985-1993 Just so you are aware Japanese Classics has one of these for sale right now https://www.japaneseclassics.com/vehicle/1990-cbr250rr-lightly-modifed/  Is 7k too much? 
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Dislike button posted:http://www.autoblog.com/2017/04/06/2018-chevy-tahoe-rally-sport-truck-package/ That's really gonna move a car seat and some groceries!
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Proud Christian Mom posted:That's really gonna move a car seat and some groceries! I hope the 4 way blinkers are super cool for when they're waiting in school loading zones for Aydehn.
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BloodBag posted:I hope the 4 way blinkers are super cool for when they're waiting in school loading zones for Aydehn. Stop triggering me
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Apr 7, 2017 17:48
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Proud Christian Mom posted:That's really gonna move a car seat and some groceries! I hope they sell a gazillion of them, so I can get a lightly used drivetrain pull out of a crashed one for $500 in 5 years.
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Apr 7, 2017 21:44
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Proud Christian Mom posted:That's really gonna move a car seat and some groceries!  Truly one of the dumbest and most tiresome AI takes is complaining people aren't using their vehicles the "right" way
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Apr 7, 2017 21:58
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Oh cool I was waiting for the LT1-truck edition. Higher torque sounds fuuuun.
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Seriously, and doubly so because: Raluek posted:I hope they sell a gazillion of them, so I can get a lightly used drivetrain pull out of a crashed one for $500 in 5 years. It could eventually get to the point where swapping a L92 / LS3 / L99 in place of my LS1, with the associated reprogramming, would be nearly as cheap as just building the LS1 to the same power levels. 
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IOwnCalculus posted:Seriously, and doubly so because: They already are pretty close. I've heard tell of ~$2500 low mile L92 pulls, and they will do 500 wheel with heads cam and a tune.
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Apr 7, 2017 22:59
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When you can't see poo poo around you because everyone is driving an SUV or pickup that they use for a car seat and groceries then I think it's okay to complain. I guess the health of our planet too
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Pontius Pilate posted:When you can't see poo poo around you because everyone is driving an SUV or pickup that they use for a car seat and groceries then I think it's okay to complain. I guess the health of our planet too Tell us about your prius.
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Not the right or wrong way, but because they almost universally think they are safer.
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Raluek posted:I hope they sell a gazillion of them, so I can get a lightly used drivetrain pull out of a crashed one for $500 in 5 years. Every time some idiot rolls one and kills themselves, a small vehicle gets it LS6 powered wings 
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Dislike button posted:
I like the one where someone tells someone else that they are using their complaints and mockery wrong.
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Proud Christian Mom posted:Not the right or wrong way, but because they almost universally think they are safer. I mean, mass-wise they are definitely safer right? Crash test rating scores are based on cars in the same class, are they not? With a Suburban vs. a Fiesta I would think the Suburban would win every time, rollover risk being the only exception.
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Michael Scott posted:I mean, mass-wise they are definitely safer right? Crash test rating scores are based on cars in the same class, are they not? With a Suburban vs. a Fiesta I would think the Suburban would win every time, rollover risk being the only exception. The problem with that thinking is that the vast majority of accidents are single vehicle accidents hitting a stationary object. In those cases, you want as little mass possible since it's less energy to disperse.
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It's also really easy to roll a Suburban even if you hit it with a Fiesta, depending on the angle and other circumstances. There are really just to many factors in any given accident.
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bull3964 posted:The problem with that thinking is that the vast majority of accidents are single vehicle accidents hitting a stationary object. In those cases, you want as little mass possible since it's less energy to disperse. No kidding, I didn't realize that the vast majority of accidents were SVAs. Interesting.
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Michael Scott posted:No kidding, I didn't realize that the vast majority of accidents were SVAs. Interesting. Yeah I would have never guessed that but I suppose my only accident was an SVA. And it was because I took a turn too fast--no ice or rain or anything--and because I was 16. I hope AI can sympathize with that. Pontius Pilate fucked around with this message at 07:15 on Apr 8, 2017 |
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On the other hand: Here are all the gory details: https://www.iihs.org/iihs/topics/t/general-statistics/fatalityfacts/passenger-vehicles So... yeah.
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Yeah, but that doesn't tell the whole story.quote:Twenty-six percent of passenger vehicle occupants killed in 2015 were younger than 25. Demographics of drivers matter when it comes to crashes and it's a pretty compelling trend that more expensive or family friendly vehicles also trend downward while the cheapest cars are higher. That chart isn't normalized to any other data. Actually, the most interesting thing about the graph is how extraordinary safe all the vehicles are.
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All I know is the adage about not picking fights with any vehicle with more lugnuts than you have.
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bull3964 posted:Yeah, but that doesn't tell the whole story. Well, no, but large cars aren't cheap young driver fodder and they still rank much higher than all SUVs.
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