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https://www.tradecarview.com/used_car/japan%20car/honda/z/18893039/ Got a spare $10k?
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If someone told me that was the concept for the 2018 Honda Civic I would've believed them. Ugh those look so cool.
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No, but there's a 1972 Civic that's only 2 hours and $2k away.
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Jul 13, 2016 19:51
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So matte red wraps are the new hotness, then? Can't wait to have the same dappled-dirt look that was previously reserved for my convertible top all over my car instead.
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88h88 posted:Far too cool to be a new car, it doesn't have pointless creases and bodylines that don't flow. Windows are too big, too.
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Jul 13, 2016 22:58
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Artemis J Brassnuts posted:So matte red wraps are the new hotness, then? Can't wait to have the same dappled-dirt look that was previously reserved for my convertible top all over my car instead. Yeah, 15 years ago I had a bug that was slowly transforming from dark green to a flat pale green due to the California sun oxidizing it. I spent a weekend waxing the poo poo out of it to get the shine back. And now that look is cool? I could have been so ahead of the curve. 
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Pham Nuwen posted:Windows are too big, too. Wheels are too small. Can someone photoshop massive wheels and tiny windows on it for a depressingly accurate current-style version?
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Cakefool posted:Wheels are too small. Can someone photoshop massive wheels and tiny windows on it for a depressingly accurate current-style version? 
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Holy optical illusion Batman. Are the wheels level? My brain says no, my eyes say yes.
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Jul 14, 2016 10:25
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New Petrolicious is up with a Delta S4 http://petrolicious.com/this-lancia-delta-s4-is-a-ballet-of-brutality The guy seems awesome and I love his attitude of showing his cars and driving them. But why run a tarmac spec car with slicks and no ground clearance on those gravel roads?  I forgive him completely because HOLY poo poo HAVE YOU SEEN HIS COLLECTION! He even has an 037!
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Jul 14, 2016 14:11
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Oh look, a Z4M Coupe 
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BlackMK4 posted:Oh look, a Z4M Coupe Would.
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BlackMK4 posted:Oh look, a Z4M Coupe The proportions make more sense when the car is the size of a Miata and not a 7 series.
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This makes me really want to see a shooting brake Camaro.
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I'm pretty sure anything could be fixed by making it a shooting brake. Like I would bet $5 even a PT Cruiser could be salvaged. It wouldn't suddenly make it a quality reliable vehicle but at least it wouldn't look like an abortion.
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xzzy posted:I'm pretty sure anything could be fixed by making it a shooting brake. Bold words. I think if you tried to make a PT Shooting Brake it'd end up some bastard child of a Prowler, though.
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Liquid Communism posted:Bold words. You say that like it's a bad thing
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The Door Frame posted:You say that like it's a bad thing It's Chrysler. It'd somehow keep the gutless shitbox PT engine and add all the Prowler's suspension headaches.
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I never knew this. Mitsubishi made an Evo Wagon: Edit: Bonus quadbike turning on its cruel overlords: http://i.imgur.com/3dPBgYT.mp4 InitialDave fucked around with this message at 00:24 on Jul 15, 2016 |
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Liquid Communism posted:It's Chrysler. It'd somehow keep the gutless shitbox PT engine and add all the Prowler's suspension headaches. I won't defend the internals, (because who designs an homage to the classic hot rod, but only puts in a V6 and an automatic transmission) but those cars look drat good. They should have all been Howlers to begin with though... Maybe if the Howler was at least offered as a trim package, like the Hellcat, Chrysler wouldn't have spent a decade congratulating themselves for reskinning a Neon. It sounds weird now, but the PT Cruiser won multiple awards for its styling, so in a very Chrysler move, they sat with their thumbs up their asses until we all grew to hate that fat pig
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Oh, Prowlers are pretty as hell. Saw one at the car show over the 4th in Plum Crazy, it was great.
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On my daily work break to catch the Pokemons, a wild XR8 appeared!
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Why did they have to ruin it with those wheels
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InitialDave posted:I never knew this. Mitsubishi made an Evo Wagon: How are these things running away like that? Every quad bike or UTV I've ever ridden/driven has a pretty effective setup where if you're not on the throttle they stall out.
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Jul 15, 2016 02:41
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The throttle is obviously stuck somewhere along the linkage.
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Memento posted:How are these things running away like that? Every quad bike or UTV I've ever ridden/driven has a pretty effective setup where if you're not on the throttle they stall out. Throttle probably bent and stuck when it flipped with the bars turned.
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You can't post this without posting what it's going into.  That's gonna be awesome all the way up until it hits a wall and explodes.
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Powershift posted:You can't post this without posting what it's going into. Holy poo poo, I just found the engine GIS'ing something else. Also, the nifty setup Memento refers to about ATV's and UTV's cutting off at idle is called Poor Maintenance
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InitialDave posted:I never knew this. Mitsubishi made an Evo Wagon: Yep, 1500 made worldwide in 2003 or 2004. Saw one for sale in Germany and I was so tempted blowing my savings to get it. But then I don't live in Europe for the time being, maybe for the best? Here is a picture from an Evo wagon meet up in Japan 
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VikingSkull posted:Holy poo poo, I just found the engine GIS'ing something else. I'm pretty sure it's the opposite. If the clutch is out and there's no pressure on the accelerator, does a car drive away by itself? I've only every driven around on those things on mine sites, they got weekly maintenance checks, and were supposed to stall if they got away from you.
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Memento posted:I'm pretty sure it's the opposite. If the clutch is out and there's no pressure on the accelerator, does a car drive away by itself? I've only every driven around on those things on mine sites, they got weekly maintenance checks, and were supposed to stall if they got away from you. The ATV's I've owned have had a clutch setup like a minibike or similar, not like a motorcycle with a manually actuated hand clutch. I believe now, most have transitioned to a CVT type transmission, except for pure sport models.
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gileadexile posted:The ATV's I've owned have had a clutch setup like a minibike or similar, not like a motorcycle with a manually actuated hand clutch. I believe now, most have transitioned to a CVT type transmission, except for pure sport models. All the ones I've driven/ridden have had a manually actuated hand clutch, or pedals in the case of UTVs. Guess that's where my confusion is coming from.
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The Prowler isn't pretty enough to make up for how gutless it is.
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Memento posted:All the ones I've driven/ridden have had a manually actuated hand clutch, or pedals in the case of UTVs. Guess that's where my confusion is coming from. I have an 06 TRX250EX with a semi-auto. It has a clutch lever, but I can shift without using it if I want. Plus, ya know, if it's idling in neutral or it gets away from you in gear, it shouldn't stall. Same as a road car, really, you can let a car coast quite a ways if you just don't touch anything in 3rd gear and it chugs down on its own. Kill switches are a way better solution for ATV's. If you fall off, there's a lanyard on your wrist attached to the ATV. It pulls out, engine dies.
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Chemmy posted:The Prowler isn't pretty enough to make up for how gutless it is. Are they that bad? I've never driven one but Chrysler's 3.5 V6 seemed like a fairly potent powerplant for it's time. The four speed auto is surely sandbagging it but that was standard for it's time. It seems the biggest criticism is "It should have had a V8" which is understandable considering the hot road styling but if I recall even the V6 was packaged in there pretty tightly. In high school I had an Eagle Vision with the 3.3L V6 and a friend of mine had a New Yorker with the 3.5 and I was so jealous over how much faster her car was. 
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It's got a sub-250 HP 3.5L in front of a 4 speed 42LE, same as the New Yorker or loving Intrepid, and a 2800lb curb weight (Only 700lbs less than the NY's 3490) despite being a 2-seat roadster instead of a four door sedan. The Howler concept with the 4.7L V8 in front of a 5 speed would have been a very different thing. Liquid Communism fucked around with this message at 05:52 on Jul 15, 2016 |
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Or built by any manufacturer that wasn't Chrysler. Hand the project off to one of those European makers that built their reputation off cheap commuter cars and it would have had a more exciting drive. And Chrysler was so kickass before 1970. 
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You know, now that I look back, I've owned a lot of Chrysler-built cars, and every one of them has suicided on me. The 89 LeBaron grenaded its transmission on the highway, the 91 New Yorker caught fire, my Cherokee XJ is a giant ball of woe, rust, and electrical gremlins...
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Liquid Communism posted:It's got a sub-250 HP 3.5L in front of a 4 speed 42LE, same as the New Yorker or loving Intrepid, and a 2800lb curb weight (Only 700lbs less than the NY's 3490) despite being a 2-seat roadster instead of a four door sedan. A much heavier iron block V8 that made 230hp would have been very different? It would probably have been worse.
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Someone at my office used to daily drive a Prowler. It's like a Bikini PT Cruiser compared to the One-Piece suit standard PT Cruiser. Somewhere between "Meh" and "poo poo" in every way aside from kinda sorta looking like a 30's hot rod.
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