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Mr-Spain posted:Day late and a dollar short, but is that also a Olds nailhead? I believe its a Buick nailhead. 
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So I went to Supercar Sunday a few weeks ago, and took pictures with a completely inappropriate lens: Porsche @ SS by Krakkles, on Flickr  @ SS by Krakkles, on Flickr  Caddy @ SS by Krakkles, on Flickr  Mustang GT @ SS by Krakkles, on Flickr  Lambo @ SS by Krakkles, on Flickr  Badass @ SS by Krakkles, on Flickr  GT3 @ SS by Krakkles, on Flickr  Ducati & Gallardo @ SS by Krakkles, on Flickr Krakkles fucked around with this message at 06:17 on Oct 8, 2012 |
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On Friday and today, I drove a Porsche Cayman R, a Ferrari 458, a Ferrari 430 Scuderia, a McLaren MP4-12C and a Porsche 911 (997) Turbo S around a racetrack. Really hard. With an instructor beside me the whole time, pushing me to go faster.  I will post some pictures and videos later but for now, I have had two days of the AIest poo poo I can imagine. It was epic fun and those cars are everything I always wanted them to be (especially the Scuderia - it is the Ferrariest Ferrari. Undoubtedly). Except the 911 which was spooky fast but... soft. Horrible to share without media but I thought if anyone would appreciate the way I feel right now it would be you guys. Also, I did this with my father. Best family vacation ever. 
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sofullofhate posted:On Friday and today, I drove a Porsche Cayman R, a Ferrari 458, a Ferrari 430 Scuderia, a McLaren MP4-12C and a Porsche 911 (997) Turbo S around a racetrack. Really hard. With an instructor beside me the whole time, pushing me to go faster. 
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some texas redneck posted:Random Take a wild guess at which county in Texas would use burnt orange. :|
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moment, but what county is that inspection from? I haven't seen an orange one, only blue and green.
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InitialDave posted:BRB, taking the Missus to M&S, hopefully she won't buy too much. Is this at Meadowhall?
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MetaJew posted:Take a wild guess at which county in Texas would use burnt orange. :| Well it couldn't possibly be travis!!!
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MetaJew posted:Take a wild guess at which county in Texas would use burnt orange. :| El Paso, since they still have their special snowflake emissions testing out there. Except that area nothing like El Paso. Or Bexar, for that matter. In short, I have no loving clue. My last inspection was in Collin, which resulted in me getting a green sticker - but that was last year. randomidiot fucked around with this message at 07:21 on Oct 8, 2012 |
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Valt posted:Well it couldn't possibly be travis!!! some texas redneck posted:El Paso, since they still have their special snowflake emissions testing out there. Valt got it. That's a Travis County inspection sticker, but I ran into the Superleggera in Lagrange, headed towards Bastrop. I'm sure the owner has a house out 2222, along with all the other rich folk.
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Fatty_McLumpkin posted:these are the Chevy Lumina APV / Oldsmobile Shilouette vans..
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This is my friend JB's Camaro. It has something weird hanging off the back.  And a weird intake.  I am part of the "pit crew" for this monster. It's really just a couple of friends who don't get paid in money to go help another friend race his machine.
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sofullofhate posted:On Friday and today, I drove a Porsche Cayman R, a Ferrari 458, a Ferrari 430 Scuderia, a McLaren MP4-12C and a Porsche 911 (997) Turbo S around a racetrack. Really hard. With an instructor beside me the whole time, pushing me to go faster.
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Imperador do Brasil posted:This is my friend JB's Camaro. Is that a former-T-top car or just extreme lightening? Roof looks funny to me above the door for some reason.
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SyHopeful posted:We still posting 2CVs in the USA? Sup Oregoon. I used to live near the owner of that particular 2CV and later near the Citroen DS hoarder on Belmont. Nice to see it again.
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monkeytennis posted:Is this at Meadowhall?
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MetaJew posted:Valt got it. That's a Travis County inspection sticker, but I ran into the Superleggera in Lagrange, headed towards Bastrop. I'm sure the owner has a house out 2222, along with all the other rich folk. Oh. Derp, burnt orange, UT. Can you tell who doesn't give 2 shits about sports? 
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IOwnCalculus posted:Is that a former-T-top car or just extreme lightening? Roof looks funny to me above the door for some reason. Looks like the weatherstripping is attached to the top of the window. Fits the T-top theory.
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102 year old driver, 82 year old car. http://www.wimp.com/womancar/ She and her car made it to Pebble Beach this year, too.
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joat mon posted:102 year old driver, 82 year old car. Oh, drat. I think she was at this year's Glenmoor Gathering as well. A woman after my own heart, too, with that Packard 8. (There's only about 74 years between her and I, it could still work  )
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joat mon posted:102 year old driver, 82 year old car. She is the coolest woman on earth right now. Holy poo poo.
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holy poo poo she's awesome. I know dudes a third of her age who won't change their own oil or spark plugs.
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IOwnCalculus posted:Is that a former-T-top car or just extreme lightening? Roof looks funny to me above the door for some reason. It is a T-top car with extreme lightening. It's got a fiberglass roof panel. It also has a section of the weather-stripping cut out of the factory body and a separate piece on the window. We are still having trouble getting down to minimum weight, and might have to weigh in with a half tank of gas and half a passenger "seat" (required in the class rules) to get closer. As it sits the car weighs 3025lb with driver and fluids, and makes north of 1100 hp all motor.
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some texas redneck posted:Oh. Derp, burnt orange, UT. Can you tell who doesn't give 2 shits about sports? You and me both. I came to Austin for gradschool and the cult status of UT and the football team still boggles my mind.
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Saw this VW bus at Lowes tonight. A decent load of 1x4 lumber up on the rack. 
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blk posted:Sup Oregoon. I used to live near the owner of that particular 2CV and later near the Citroen DS hoarder on Belmont. Nice to see it again. Hah, no poo poo. I know the DS hoarder you speak of, and I always stare longingly at those DSs rotting away on the street. I caught this 2CV while at the Hot Lips Pizza on NE 33rd. Lady driving it was pretty nice, but I didn't bug her beyond complimenting it. Keep an eye out for the VW bus I posted too, it's pretty rad!
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joat mon posted:102 year old driver, 82 year old car. That lady is awesome. "Have you lived in Plymouth all your life?" "Not yet.  "
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joat mon posted:102 year old driver, 82 year old car. Wow that's awesome! She looks like she gets around pretty well.
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Krakkles posted:So I went to Supercar Sunday a few weeks ago, and took pictures with a completely inappropriate lens: Enlighten a DSLR noob on what an inappropriate lens is.
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Ziploc posted:Enlighten a DSLR noob on what an inappropriate lens is. Edit: and if you want a better visualization, picture this: 
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davebo posted:You know how in gran turismo photo mode when you're far away from something then zoom in so you only see a tail light or a logo and everything else is out of focus? Imagine if you were unable to zoom out far enough to get a photo of the whole car. Note: I did not crop that image, that's ... the whole thing. To get the whole Ducati and Gallardo in the other photo, I was about 24 feet away, again, using the widest end of the lens. Krakkles fucked around with this message at 05:52 on Oct 9, 2012 |
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Needless to say, the photos are loving cool because of it.
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MiniFoo posted:She is the coolest woman on earth right now. Holy poo poo. "Old age & threachery will overcome youth & skill" At 102, she's more alive than a lot of people in their 70s and 80s.
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Thank/blame UltimateForce's thread for making me look up Ford Escort pics. MkI Mexico:  MkII RS2000:  MkIII RS Turbo:  MkIV XR3i ragtop:  A handful of MkV RS Cosworths:  MkVI: There was no Mark VI Escort. It never happened. 
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Fun fact - the Escort Cosworth was released with 204BHP & took the top spot in the insurance tables immediately. Over in the toyobaru thread people are arguing cars with that little power are unsafe these days.
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Cakefool posted:Fun fact - the Escort Cosworth was released with 204BHP & took the top spot in the insurance tables immediately. Over in the toyobaru thread people are arguing cars with that little power are unsafe these days. I have 160HP and that is in no way unsafe. What a bunch of babies.
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joat mon posted:102 year old driver, 82 year old car. Is she tiny or is that car just that loving huge? And drat, that woman is in better shape than most people in their loving 50s.
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KozmoNaut posted:I have 160HP and that is in no way unsafe. What a bunch of babies. Seriously, I drive a 15 years old, 1.6 90HP Ford Mondeo. It's enough. I wouldn't want to do fully loaded 100+ miles highway drives doing 80MPH in it, but for everything else it's just fine...
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veedubfreak posted:Is she tiny or is that car just that loving huge? That car is pretty huge and she is pretty tiny. Packard made some fine cars and we made some fine women back then. Now you can't even find one that is willing to hand wring your underwear and take the rugs out back to beat the dust off of them.
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Cakefool posted:Fun fact - the Escort Cosworth was released with 204BHP & took the top spot in the insurance tables immediately. Over in the toyobaru thread people are arguing cars with that little power are unsafe these days. The concept of what is and isn't a lot of power has gone totally apeshit since my childhood in the 80s.  I mean, a top of the line Corvette was a 230 HP car. That's from a 5.7L V8. A US Spec 911 Turbo or Ferrari 328 had well under 300. Now you have pretty basic cars pushing 300 HP.
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