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animeliker posted:I think the Hyundai Stellar and Pony would be entertaining LeMons beaters, you can still see them on the road from time to time in Ontario (The same cannot be said of early Excels). From what I understand they're basically a knockoff Ford Cortina with the Mitsubishi driveline. I think it was actually a Morris Marina or some such because Hyundai hired a whole bunch of ex-British Leyland people to help them jump right into the first world car market. Another result was that Kia minivan (Carnival?) still using some variant of the Rover K-series V6 engine all the way up to the early 2000s. Anyway the Stellar and pony were never actually sold in the US, only EU and Canada and I guess AUS/NZ as well.
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Throatwarbler posted:I think it was actually a Morris Marina or some such because Hyundai hired a whole bunch of ex-British Leyland people to help them jump right into the first world car market. Another result was that Kia minivan (Carnival?) still using some variant of the Rover K-series V6 engine all the way up to the early 2000s. My mother had a Pony (1988) and it is still being driven by the family friend who eventually bought it off of her.
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A terrible car doing terrible things. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVucAwcXzmg 'MERICA, gently caress YEAH!   
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joat mon posted:But just the 235 straight 6. If they'd used one with the 348 that'd be a completely story. That's hardly an engine anyway  . I love the comments saying that they totally took pictures with the engine in and took it out for the test.I can't imagine that a car the size and weight of a full-size '59-64 Chev with a 136 hp engine would be any fun to drive. For content, this fine Crown Donk has a brand new "HIGH POWER ALTINATOR" "so you can pump beats without the lights diming lol" 
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Mooseykins posted:I wanted to setup a LeMons over here. Never happened though. Circuit rental is way too expensive in Europe, for some reason.
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drgitlin posted:Circuit rental is way too expensive in Europe, for some reason.
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G-Mach posted:Sounds pretty dangerous. I'd definitely suggest a cage then. I think statistics probably show that it's incredibly dangerous to live within a mile of a track, I mean, how many accidents happen just outside one?  Fortunately, just happened to have a trailer to drag it home with after... note: I am in no way suggesting insurance fraud here, just stating that it probably happens.
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Throatwarbler posted:I think it was actually a Morris Marina or some such because Hyundai hired a whole bunch of ex-British Leyland people to help them jump right into the first world car market. So Hyundai picked the worst people possible to partner with to try to get into the first world market? That explains a lot.
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Crustashio posted:I love seeing cages in slammed cars that will never be within 100 miles of a track ... with stock seats, 3-points, and absolutely no padding.
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SlapActionJackson posted:... with stock seats, 3-points, and absolutely no padding. Weight savings, obviously.
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Looks like it ran over one of those robot things from the Matrix movies.
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Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:More than here? I heard it's like 20k a day at NHMS, not even one of the nicer road courses. According to a friend who races in Europe, Spa wants €10,000/hour for track rental, so yes.
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Like a glove.
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Sudo Echo posted:Like a glove. Wait... how...  This just doesn't make any sense at all!
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Best I can figure is that it ran head-on into the pole in front, and it looks like it did so offset to the left side of the car, so it pivoted slightly around the one in front with enough force to smush the rear bumper against the smaller pole in back.
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No way. Somebody obviously dropped it off a balcony. Perfect placement.
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Nose dived into the tree at an angle, lifted up in the back as it rotated and then came back to earth against the post maybe? ef;b how did I not see IOwnCalculus's post? Aureus fucked around with this message at 01:47 on Aug 31, 2013 |
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Aureus posted:Nose dived into the tree at an angle, lifted up in the back as it rotated and then came back to earth against the post maybe? Has to be. I wonder how a tow truck would get it back off. I guess you can't really gently caress it up much more than it already is by just pulling it sideways.
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IOwnCalculus posted:Best I can figure is that it ran head-on into the pole in front, and it looks like it did so offset to the left side of the car, so it pivoted slightly around the one in front with enough force to smush the rear bumper against the smaller pole in back. That's exactly what went through my mind as soon as I saw it. The fluids on the ground under the engine pretty much confirm that.
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Listen maybe that car has been there a while and that pole is a tree and it grew and pushed the car.
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It looked cooler as a thumbnail.
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Looks like an ill-advised Mitsuoka Orochi homage.
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I was browsing around to find a Porsche 924 for my friend to buy, and I found this. 924s ASP lightweight  Let's see... uhhh. There is more than enough wrong with this poor car. For some reason the thing that made me laugh the most was the oval dash/85.5 door cards in a square dash/early car. Notice in the interior shots how the door card and edge of the dash don't line up. e: His idea of "fully stripped out" is removing the rear seats and the rear trim. All the other carpets are present, the heavy porsche Tombstone seats are still there, and I'll bet that the spare is still in the back. I think I'll fully strip my 944 by taking out the footwell carpets! Falken fucked around with this message at 09:15 on Sep 1, 2013 |
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The Fabulous Thunderbirds: Are those horns sticking out of the lower front bumper?  I don't know what to make of this one, it looks competently put together, at least.   
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If you paint the brake master blue, how do you check the side visual markers for fluid level? EDIT:\/\/\/ It's a level sensor, no need to check!
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Sockington posted:If you paint the brake master blue, how do you check the side visual markers for fluid level? Most of these people probably don't check fluid levels. Ever.
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I like the ute, but most ute conversions look cool to me. I would never do this to my 944, but it looks awesome.  Shooting brake 944s remind me of Captain Scarlet's car, just sans the gigantic sharkfin on the back.
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Did you rescue the children locked inside?
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jamal posted:Saw this today: Shame we can't see the plates. I'd guess County 1, 3, or 30. 
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Original: http://jamalb.net/gallery/d/4670-1/1230423_10101775725219255_1515640187_o.jpg 30 maybe?
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jamal posted:30 maybe? Sure looks like it. I still do a double-take when I see I-90 signage. "Hey! I remember green!"
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Pilsner posted:
Those gauges are a far worse offense to me, though that is pretty hideous.
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What model of BMW is that? I bet whatever it is those ugly seats wouldn't stop me from driving it.
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Non-M E36.
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5er or a 7, 80s-90s era.
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E36 non m for sure. #1 choice for all BMW ricers.
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Ulfhednar posted:The Fabulous Thunderbirds: I think that belongs in the Awesome thread. That may not be the consensus in this thread, but I'd drive it.
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