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DropShadow posted:I'm so confused. The front end screams 8P A3 from the headlights, grill and hood. The doors also have the profile of an A3, while the A4 has relatively flat doors. Compare the front bumper on peter gabriel's car to the front bumper on the A4 Avant you posted, specifically the fog lamp surrounds.
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The Avant I posted is a non-S-line, but the one on his car does look like the B7 A4 S-line bumper on my own car. However, the headlights are definitely not B7 headlights. Further, it has flush roof rails like the A3, not the kind that stand off the roof like the ones on the B7 Avant in my garage.
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Apr 3, 2012 01:25
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This Audi post is a real mindfuck. The car looks like an A3 Sportback in the exterior shots, yet the interior is undoubtedly from an A4. It makes my brain hurt.
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Apr 3, 2012 02:01
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  Picked it up on 3/10. Quality control blows but it sure is fun to drive.
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Hermansen posted:This Audi post is a real mindfuck. The car looks like an A3 Sportback in the exterior shots, yet the interior is undoubtedly from an A4. Exactly. That interior is definitely B6/B7. Just noticed that the towhook cover on the car he posted is in a different place than the B7 as well, more in line with where it is on the A3.
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turnerburna posted:
I can't help but gawk at Challengers. The styling is just *dead on* for what a throwback muscle/pony car should be. What an awesome car.
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turnerburna posted:Call me old but looks-wise I sure like it more than the rx-7 we've been fawning over. I'd rather drive the rx7 in anything other than a straight line, but the nearest drag strip is a lot closer than the nearest race track. Cool car turnerburna.
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Kyon posted:Picked this up today I keep wondering, how much does a decent FD run? Both purchase cost and cost of ownership (per year lets say). I know pretty much nothing about maintaining cars myself, but I've pledged myself that I WILL own an FD some day.
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shodanjr_gr posted:I keep wondering, how much does a decent FD run? Both purchase cost and cost of ownership (per year lets say). I know pretty much nothing about maintaining cars myself, but I've pledged myself that I WILL own an FD some day. I often wish Mazda had offered one with a different power plant but I guess that would have been against the very idea of the RX7.
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Rhyno posted:I often wish Mazda had offered one with a different power plant but I guess that would have been against the very idea of the RX7. That is kind of like saying "I wish I could get that Ferrari with a LS1" because maintaining the Italian v12 is a bitch. Like you said it goes against the very idea of the RX7. That being said an LSx goes into the FD chassis very nicely! There used to be one in baton rouge that ran mid 10's on pump gas.
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Paul Boz_ posted:That is kind of like saying "I wish I could get that Ferrari with a LS1" because maintaining the Italian v12 is a bitch. Like you said it goes against the very idea of the RX7. That being said an LSx goes into the FD chassis very nicely! There used to be one in baton rouge that ran mid 10's on pump gas. What if I did want a Ferrari with an LS1? It'd be easier to work on!
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Rhyno posted:What if I did want a Ferrari with an LS1? It'd be easier to work on! Didn't some guy have an f430 once where the engine blew and Ferrari wouldn't replace it so he stuck a twin turbo LS1 in it? Edit: it was a 360: http://jalopnik.com/5792518/awesome-1000-horsepower-chevy-powered-ferrari-360-is-awesome
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DropShadow posted:The Avant I posted is a non-S-line, but the one on his car does look like the B7 A4 S-line bumper on my own car. However, the headlights are definitely not B7 headlights. Further, it has flush roof rails like the A3, not the kind that stand off the roof like the ones on the B7 Avant in my garage. OK, so I just popped outside and took a phone pic of the A4 - it really does look like an A3 on the pics earlier, so hopefully this'll clear it up. As you can see the roof bars aren't flush, they just look it in the other pics, here have a crappy phone pic  
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But that's a different car?
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Holy poo poo... OK, here's what happened - the pics I posted earlier on were off the dealer, they had 3 cars for sale at the time, and I have gone and posted the wrong drat pics. I'll edit them in here (the right ones) if / when I dig them out. The interior is right, the external pics not so much! If anyone wants more pics I'll just go take some, sorry about that guys, I am pretty ashamed right now. peter gabriel fucked around with this message at 10:30 on Apr 3, 2012 |
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Apr 3, 2012 10:27
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Kyon posted:They were an optional extra from Mazda in Japan, so I'm not sure if any U.S. RX-7s got rear seats. We got some first gens in 2+2, not sure about any other gen.
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peter gabriel posted:Holy poo poo... We were all pretty confused for a while. At least you actually came back to the thread to clear stuff up, not like that MSPaint thread about pissing on the ceiling a few years back. CharlesM posted:We got some first gens in 2+2, not sure about any other gen. The FC also had a 2+2 option, but not on the turbos.
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Ha, yeah I remember the MS paint thread. I am waiting for the dealer to resend all the pics as they are really nice.
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Kyon posted:Picked this up today This is what I imagine im getting into every day. drat my slightly more sensible choice. And yours is in white too 
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turnerburna posted:Beautiful, I think they're the best looking new muscle car our of the Mustang and Camaro.
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peter gabriel posted:Holy poo poo... Much better. Congrats on the car. I've had mine for three years and can't imagine owning anything but a wagon now. If you go back a couple pages, I posted a recent pic of it, but here are some others: http://a4avant.tumblr.com Have any mod plans for it?
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DropShadow posted:Much better. Congrats on the car. I've had mine for three years and can't imagine owning anything but a wagon now. If you go back a couple pages, I posted a recent pic of it, but here are some others: http://a4avant.tumblr.com Ahh, yours is pretty much mine apart from the wheels, and your photography shows it off very nicely. As for mods, none on the outside - I love it the way it is and the wheels I have tap into my 5 year old self and the posters of 308 Ferraris with 5 spokes, I think that's why I like em so much, daft I know. Inside I am thinking about getting the sat nav / media centre installed and that's about it, it has bluetooth so my phone connects to the car etc so that's all great but yup, the media centre would be nice. How are you finding yours? Mine makes me grin when I plant my foot down at 60mph and it just pullllllls! I'm finding the driving position really good too and the small chunky leather wheel is just brilliant, makes it feel nimbler than it probably is. lovely car by the way 
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2004 Hyundai Tiburon GT V6. Boosted, of course. Excuse the bra, she's a little shy   2.7l Turbo'd V6 
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Here is our complete driveway, each car has a very distinct use. 03 evo, lots of money sunk into it, 480whp before the meth. It is a teleporter. If you mash the gas you are instantly as far away as you can see and standing on the incredible brakes. It goes around corners like it is on rails until you goose the throttle and then the back end steps out. If you lift in a corner the only real way to save it is to stand on the gas. 97 m3 coupe, pretty rough around the edges, but great fun to drive. Its the next car to get money thrown at it.   Here is our runabout a 1979 vw rabbit. We are the second owners ever and its just great.  We both rotate through the cars during the week, the misses prefers the bmw and the rabbit but takes the evo when she has the kiddo. I tend to drive the evo to work in the dry and the m3 in the wet. The rabbit rarely goes farther than the market and is the best in the snow. Ill take some interior and engine bay pictures later on.
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Is the Evo on summers? I'd think it'd be otherwise better than the Rabbit in snow.
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kimbo305 posted:Is the Evo on summers? I'd think it'd be otherwise better than the Rabbit in snow. Snow is very rough on the car, the driver and anyone else on the road. The Evo is very high-strung with big cams, a multi-plate clutch and large turbo. You really need to keep the revs up to keep it happy and that makes it a bit too exciting for around town snow use.
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Right, I had the pics resent! I'm sure you'll see where the confusion came from, here they are from the dealer...   And also, this just arrived this week, Mercedes SE to be stripped, repainted etc etc...  I'll get more details and pics of this soon, it's already totally stripped inside and out.
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bird cooch posted:Ill take some interior and engine bay pictures later on. These can't come soon enough. Sweet rides.
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bird cooch posted:I'd post my car but the video of the fire damage is already in the horrible mechanical failures thread 
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peter gabriel posted:And also, this just arrived this week, Mercedes SE to be stripped, repainted etc etc... Which motor does it have? My parents had one of those during the 90s, an absolute tank, but would leak water like a sieve
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You Am I posted:Which motor does it have? My parents had one of those during the 90s, an absolute tank, but would leak water like a sieve It's had an engine swap, it's got a 5 cylinder diesel, runs well enough although there are plenty of holes around the engine bay where the previous engines bits and bobs were bolted on. Body is pretty sound overall. I'm getting a quote on a leather interior retrim tomorrow. Edit: This engine - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_OM602_engine peter gabriel fucked around with this message at 00:02 on Apr 4, 2012 |
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bird cooch posted:Here is our complete driveway, each car has a very distinct use. Is that a sedan fender or something on the M3? The moulding between the door/fender is way off.
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peter gabriel posted:I usually don't have anything to add to this forum, but this was too uncanny to pass up. This is the last view I had of my old car:  A 1979 280SE. Which would, incidentally, also fit as my entry in the AI's first car thread. My current car is mildly different, although I have no pictures of it on the computer I'm at, so you'll have to do with this partially obscured picture of it that someone took last year for now.  (The GTR) Also, it looks like the tires are stretched on there, but it's an illusion. They're actually 245/40/17's on a 9" rim, and I have 255/40's on it now.
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Dinosorcerer posted:I usually don't have anything to add to this forum Dinosorcerer posted:[R32 GTR] Oh, okay.  
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Dinosorcerer posted:I usually don't have anything to add to this forum, but this was too uncanny to pass up. This is the last view I had of my old car: Woah! Give me a few weeks and hopefully I'll be posting pics of it in that condition!
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Crustashio posted:Is that a sedan fender or something on the M3? The moulding between the door/fender is way off. the door molding is currently inside the car.
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Dinosorcerer posted:I usually don't have anything to add to this forum, but this was too uncanny to pass up. This is the last view I had of my old car: Just out of curiosity; are you from US or CA?
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travisray2004 posted:Just out of curiosity; are you from US or CA? i'd say neither since all the cars he posted are RHD. i'd have to guess either AUS or NZ. post more pics of your R32!
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Yep, Australian. I'll dig up some pictures when I get home tonight.
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