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GentlemanofLeisure
Aug 27, 2008

ACEofsnett posted:

(All images my hosting)
I'm surprised those load at my workplace, given the domain name.

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GentlemanofLeisure
Aug 27, 2008
The most AI way to transport your smart fortwo?

GentlemanofLeisure
Aug 27, 2008

VikingSkull posted:

There are so many supercars nowadays that the segment has become pretty dull. 200mph, 10 or 11 seconds in the quarter mile, over 1g of turning.... so many cars can do this all now. Cars like the Vette and Viper get recognition because they are so cheap. while I'm starting to feel that the Porsches, Ferraris and Lamborghinis of the world are becoming a bit, I dunno, bland. You know what to expect out of them. Things like the Bugatti are exceptional because of the technology, but the Veyron is such a sterile, emotionless car that I just can't be excited about it outside of the numbers it puts down and the technical porn that's under its body.

Pagani, though.... Pagani gets it. They totally understand what a supercar was originally meant to be. Sure, they are fast. Exceptionally fast. They are technically impressive, and they are exclusive. All of that you can get elsewhere, though. What they nail is the extravagance, the presence of a supercar. That interior is like a Swiss pocketwatch, it's exquisite, it's a literal work of art. Pagani makes works of art, emotional cars that require the owner or spectator to think about what they are viewing, or driving. It's more than just being fast or handling, it's more than being exclusive, or offering exclusive levels of performance at a price for the everyman. They are more "super" than almost any other supercar can lay claim to, and god do I love them for that.
Excellent, this post really nails it. I was looking at that picture for about 5 minutes earlier today and I was thinking to myself what an experience it would be to sit in that car and just be surrounded by all of the technology and materials and all that. There was a video I saw that I think was linked in this thread about the construction of the Huayra and they spoke a bit about everything that was considered when building the car.

What you stated summarizes it perfectly, and I think it's something that we will indeed never see again from the likes of Ferrari, Lamborghini, et al. However, when the last generation of great supercars were coming out -- F40, 959, F1 -- they rested on their performance and technology to set them apart. The interiors were in some cases spartan, in some cases dressed up a bit, but they were never meant to steal the show away from the raw numbers the cars were capable of putting on paper. A car today is as fast as however much the company building it can afford to spend on R&D and technology.

The fact that Pagani cares so much about making an interior like that really puts them a step ahead in my book. The gauge cluster is really the only thing I don't like. Too many different colors and everything's too bright.

GentlemanofLeisure
Aug 27, 2008

jonathan posted:

Yeah I know, it was how fast you've gone in cars that tend to want to float away after 60mph haha.
This is my favorite thread to look at here and in the past couple weeks all you've done is poo poo all over it. Thanks for your quality contributions!

GentlemanofLeisure
Aug 27, 2008

Q_res posted:

The timing would be about right for this to have been a potential engine for the 787B before they settled on the 4-rotor, wouldn't it?

They had an article on jalopnik a few days ago about the weird poo poo Mazda did in the 80s and early 90s. I think that engine was developed for their new luxury line (think Lexus or Infiniti) that they were developing called Amanti or something. And yeah, that was the engine they were going to put in all those cars.

GentlemanofLeisure
Aug 27, 2008
drat, that portion starting at 3:10 where he's behind the other M1 and it's shooting flames out the back is awesome.

GentlemanofLeisure
Aug 27, 2008

JuanChai posted:

Got a little Nissan Pao in my village looking sorry for itself. Love 'em!
I love the ingenuity used to hold on the front number plates. What a shame they're required on the cars.

GentlemanofLeisure
Aug 27, 2008

LiquidRain posted:

Came across this outside my apartment the other day. Is it what I think it is?!

Either way I classify any WRX STI coupe as AI:


It's not a 22B if that's what you're asking.

GentlemanofLeisure
Aug 27, 2008
Is that from the same event this is from?

GentlemanofLeisure
Aug 27, 2008

relative_q posted:

Anyway, those are the highlights. If anyone really needs a picture of an E46 converted into a truck painted blaze orange, let me know, though.
Absolutely, we need this.

Also that Alpina B9 is gorgeous.

GentlemanofLeisure
Aug 27, 2008

beedeebee posted:

Is there any backstory to this guy? Just a farmer with ~8 million dollar worth of supercars? Not sure about the 8 million part, but drat, he has a lot of nice cars.
I don't think there's any sort of backstory to it. I don't think anyone is even certain who is behind it. Last I read, they had found out who the owner of the estate the Rolls Royce was driven in was but that's about it. As long as they keep making videos, I couldn't care less though.

GentlemanofLeisure
Aug 27, 2008

GentlemanofLeisure
Aug 27, 2008

Leperflesh posted:

You can directly kill insects and spiders with water + any surfactant. Dish soap works perfectly. It prevents the hairs on their chitin from holding the water away from the spiracles that they breathe through, so they suffocate rapidly. There's no need to go spraying expensive automotive solvents or whatever the gently caress all over the place. Fill a spray bottle with tap water and add a few drops of dish soap and then spray the terrible scary bugs.

That said, stop being afraid of tiny little harmless animals, you bunch of puling children.
Soooo...basically waterboard the bug to death. Got it.

veedubfreak posted:

You ever accidentally stood too close to a pile of fire ants and only noticed when 150 of those fuckers bit you on command at the exact same time?
Yes. My quick solution was to take off pants and jump in the pool.



:getin:

GentlemanofLeisure fucked around with this message at 21:02 on Oct 9, 2013

GentlemanofLeisure
Aug 27, 2008
a bug got on me once.

GentlemanofLeisure
Aug 27, 2008
that motherfucker bit me it made me real mad.

GentlemanofLeisure
Aug 27, 2008
i brushed it off me onto the ground then i got some wd40 and a lighter and torched his rear end!

GentlemanofLeisure
Aug 27, 2008
haha gently caress bugs man...gently caress bugs.

GentlemanofLeisure
Aug 27, 2008
and gently caress the ocean too! do you know what kinda poo poo lives in that water???



Riva Aquarama powered by not one, but TWO Lamborghini V12's modified for marine usage.

GentlemanofLeisure
Aug 27, 2008
hey i have these bees you ordered



oh poo poo theyre gettin out!



poo poo poo poo poo poo the bees are gettin out!!! help call the cops! oh no...



its ok clancy the fire breathing snail car is here to save us!

GentlemanofLeisure
Aug 27, 2008

Maker Of Shoes posted:

I like to remember that Rusty used to look like this:


I like the before as well. This isn't half bad for a car that burned, though.

GentlemanofLeisure
Aug 27, 2008

General Wiggles posted:


From the BMW tumblr.
Chris Harris recently drove one of those, its on /Drive on youtube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLTxwpsj3Y4

e: top of page, have an e30 one.

GentlemanofLeisure fucked around with this message at 19:48 on Dec 7, 2013

GentlemanofLeisure
Aug 27, 2008

nm posted:

From my facebook (posted by the owner)

Haha that makes so little sense to me that at first I didn't see it. I was like "Yeah, a Lambo. Ok, it's at Kroger and it's parked kinda funny. Wait...is that a TREE?"

GentlemanofLeisure
Aug 27, 2008

Detroit Q. Spider posted:

:smith:

Well, it's not like I would have been able to afford one anyway.
There's a blue one on Autotrader UK with 14k on the clock for just £19,000!!! Thats practically a bargain!

An '11 iQ with only 10,000k is just £6,500.

GentlemanofLeisure
Aug 27, 2008

BlackMK4 posted:

Wrap, same dude with the Lamborghini that was wrapped you see pictures of with a big ski rack on.

Actually, Audi Sweden is building 50 A4 Avant Quattro limited editions with the snow-camo wraps and some other goodies. Jalopnik. But yeah, they're based on Jon Olsson's cars.

GentlemanofLeisure fucked around with this message at 07:48 on Feb 14, 2014

GentlemanofLeisure
Aug 27, 2008

`Nemesis posted:

Actually I bet the salt truck was escorting the cop...
In Houston the donut trucks get a police escort...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwtIVk0EE4c

GentlemanofLeisure
Aug 27, 2008

dreesemonkey posted:

Well that's fairly annoying they didn't show how he got back around him. That's some good racing, though.
They cut out the last corner live to show the winner cross the finish line, but they show it on replay. That driving was insane. I hope we get some action like that in F1 this year.

GentlemanofLeisure
Aug 27, 2008

Bape Culture posted:

Speaking of lambo doors they are a bit rubbish irl. I got to drive an aventador the other day and they don't pop up with a button like I imagined. You pull a little lever and they unlatch then you push them up. Like a giant petrol cap lever. The interior is also shite and the pedals are layed out stupid.
But that's all ok because...

GentlemanofLeisure
Aug 27, 2008

Motronic posted:

I'm not saying I wouldn't drive the hell out of but the body panel fitment is suspect. Both the frunk and the rear spoiler are kinda.......not good.
The 959 is listed as a "Prototype" on the RM Auctions page. According to Wikipedia (I'm not a huge Porsche buff) the 959's production run was from 1986-1989 so this likely is not one of the production cars. Good eye though.

And there is some serious poo poo crossing that auction block.

GentlemanofLeisure
Aug 27, 2008

A3th3r posted:

modified Ferarri FXX

Pretty sure that's just a 458 Italia given the Liberty Walk treatment. The look's not for everyone.

GentlemanofLeisure
Aug 27, 2008

You Am I posted:

That was a great video. Never seen that channel before, will check out their other stuff.
This one on one of the ten existing 275 GTB S NART Spiders has some awesome sounds, and a great story as well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaZB14xiHg8

GentlemanofLeisure
Aug 27, 2008

Terrible Robot posted:

Lamborghini LM002 :pcgaming:
One of my "If I won the lottery" cars. There's a very cool thread on ferrarichat here of a guy who has one in Indonesia. He's working, working, working away on it and it's still not working right. The amount of work he's done to it is mind boggling.

I saw one in the flesh one time. I was driving through Salt Lake City in 2001 and saw an exotic car dealership and decided to hang a u-turn and stop by. They had one in their shop, so I didn't get a good look at it, but it was there.

I love these things.

GentlemanofLeisure
Aug 27, 2008
Thats the "Rebellion" driven by Jon Olsson. The guy who has those camo lambos that he uses as ski/snowboard transportation.

:siren: JALOPNIK link :siren:

GentlemanofLeisure
Aug 27, 2008

Bape Culture posted:

Those guys who did that NSX Senna vid made a new one. I think it's pretty nice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVWk-WfdJos
Interesting.

I'd never seen the NSX Senna one you mentioned, so I looked it up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53c6o_cNPEo

The NSX is one of those few cars that will never look bad. And after how many years? And it still looks incredible.

GentlemanofLeisure
Aug 27, 2008

:swoon:

GentlemanofLeisure
Aug 27, 2008
Perhaps, but that McLaren is a far cry from today's wings

GentlemanofLeisure
Aug 27, 2008

animeliker posted:

I would like to take a moment to remember Andrea De Cesaris; a man with 208 GP starts and no wins (he definitely deserved one), and out of those 208 starts he only finished 65. Probably the only man in F1 history to score a podium (3rd Place) without finishing a race all year (in 1987), also he could do wonders in a mediocre car. He died of a crash on Sunday.


He spent most of the 80s doing this;






But he was undoubtedly fast. RIP Andrea.
Sunday was a bad day for F1 pilots :(

Also, that Mazda3 sounds amazing. And basically what BlackMK4 said, RWD Mazda3 with a stick and maybe a lil bump in power? I'd have one. I've always liked the Mazdaspeed3.

GentlemanofLeisure
Aug 27, 2008
Holy poo poo, this is amazing. I haven't seen these before. Judging by the cars in some of the photos, looks like this took place some time in the mid-90's? What's the back story here? Looking forward to the rest of the pictures.

GentlemanofLeisure
Aug 27, 2008
:golfclap:

GentlemanofLeisure
Aug 27, 2008
I never knew much about the Lamborghini Jalpa (Y'ALL-puh?) but Doug DeMuro made a pretty neat video about it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zo-VnozaKBE

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GentlemanofLeisure
Aug 27, 2008
Wow, I really didn't like the car that much, but seeing it like that makes it for me. Maybe that Regular rear end Blue just isn't the right color for that car?

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