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

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An observer: Aug 30, 2008; where the stars are drowning and whales ferry their vast souls through the black and seamless sea

A really nice alfa from the other day

# ¿ Aug 26, 2012 01:52

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# ¿ Apr 27, 2024 19:15

An observer: Aug 30, 2008; where the stars are drowning and whales ferry their vast souls through the black and seamless sea

Fake Name posted:

Is there a name for this type of car? Love the hell out of them.

# ¿ Sep 5, 2012 00:54

An observer: Aug 30, 2008; where the stars are drowning and whales ferry their vast souls through the black and seamless sea

Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:

1950s GP cars aren't they?

IOwnCalculus posted:

Yeah, they look like front-engined F1 cars to me. The front-engined Indycars of the era were often referred to as roadsters.

bennyfactor posted:

Like others have said, these are open-wheel roadsters; the first one is a Maserati 250F, and the second is a Ferarri 340. They are F1 cars but both manufacturers made similar models for Indianapolis as well.

Thanks a bunch peeps!

# ¿ Sep 5, 2012 18:49

An observer: Aug 30, 2008; where the stars are drowning and whales ferry their vast souls through the black and seamless sea

While running today, I saw a car I couldn't identify. I didn't have my phone on me and it was gone by the time I came back for pictures. So here is a lovely from-memory picture I drew:

Really low to the ground, enough that the sideview mirror was comically high, racing slicks, four exhaust pipes, etc. What the hell was it?

# ¿ Sep 5, 2012 22:55

An observer: Aug 30, 2008; where the stars are drowning and whales ferry their vast souls through the black and seamless sea

Nope.

# ¿ Sep 5, 2012 23:28

An observer: Aug 30, 2008; where the stars are drowning and whales ferry their vast souls through the black and seamless sea

Well, that's about the right body shape but:

-The front end didn't have all those vents and round holes in it, there was just this little slot vent on the bottom of the nose
-There was like this wedge in the roof (which is flat in the breadvan) and there was some engine part sticking out of it (some disc-like thing)
-Air intakes in front of the rear wheels

It looks similar from the side though.

The more I think about it, the more I'm sure it's some sort of kit on like, a fiero or something :v:

. No badges anywhere. The fairings seemed pretty flimsy and it seemed like there was a lot of space between them and the inner frame of the car. If that makes sense. I dunno, I'm more of a motorcycle gal.

An observer fucked around with this message at 00:14 on Sep 6, 2012

# ¿ Sep 5, 2012 23:52

An observer: Aug 30, 2008; where the stars are drowning and whales ferry their vast souls through the black and seamless sea

echoplex posted:

Replica Lola T70?

http://bringatrailer.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/1969_Lola_T70_Mark_III_Race_CarReplica_Rear_1.jpg

Yeah, I'm pretty sure it was this. The cockpit was a little bit different, but everything else is a dead ringer. Thanks!

Negromancer posted:

Lotus Europa?

Actually, after your second description prolly not, but it was the first thing that came to mind from the drawing.

Nope, but that's nice as hell, I really like the rims.

# ¿ Sep 6, 2012 01:08

An observer: Aug 30, 2008; where the stars are drowning and whales ferry their vast souls through the black and seamless sea

I saw this the other day. It looks so much loving fun. It even had a cueball (with an actual cueball on it) shifter.

# ¿ Sep 7, 2012 02:50

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# ¿ Apr 27, 2024 19:15

An observer: Aug 30, 2008; where the stars are drowning and whales ferry their vast souls through the black and seamless sea

sofullofhate posted:

As promised, some video:

kickass videos

It really is the Ferrariest Ferrari. Gets my heart rate up just listening to it in that video.

Coming soon: McLaren MP4-12C - they didn't include it on my DVD so I need to wait for it to come in the mail.

ninja edit: I clipped out all the pre-drive and post-drive chatter. It's interesting but probably only to me.

Hoooly poo poo. I'm saving my money for the next time I'm in vegas.

# ¿ Oct 10, 2012 20:58

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