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IOwnCalculus posted:You're missing the mile-long string of RPO codes. 
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Slavvy posted:How would that even work? Wouldn't the c6r just have a normal sequential manual like any other race car, except in the back? If so, there wouldn't be any pressurised coolant or fluid to circulate AFAIK A lot of long distance racers have coolers for transmission and diff oil. Back in the 80's group A Alfa 75 was homologated with watercooled brakes and a power steering oil cooler (!). There was no need to homologate a transaxle oil cooler, because transmission and diff oil coolers were allowed on all cars by the rules. Just attach pipes to transmission oil plug and filling hole, small electric pump and a radiator. In the 60's and 70's a mechanical pump driven from a drive shaft was often used. For example, a BMW 2002 diffs tend to break because of overheating in long distance races on fast circuits like Nürburgring.
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DropShadow posted:Saw a cyber gray C7 driving around today and tracked it down to a nearby Chevy dealer. It's a customer's car awaiting delivery.
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Two very cool cars I saw recently. The first is an absolutely mint condition Stealth found in a 55+ community. The second is self-explanatory.      The truck sounded ah-may-zing! Not shown, the massive hood scoop.
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DropShadow posted:Saw a cyber gray C7 driving around today and tracked it down to a nearby Chevy dealer. It's a customer's car awaiting delivery. Jesus Christ those side reflectors are absolutely terrible. I assume some aftermarket company will make color-matching replacements to get rid of them though.
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I've seen a few C7s in person now... and that car is something that isn't growing on me at all. Good god. 
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Oct 29, 2013 21:37
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BlackMK4 posted:I've seen a few C7s in person now... and that car is something that isn't growing on me at all. Good god. I don't know, just caught one in the wild and personally though it was better looking in person than in the magazines.
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Chinatown posted:Jesus Christ those side reflectors are absolutely terrible.
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YF19pilot posted:I don't know, just caught one in the wild and personally though it was better looking in person than in the magazines. It looks best in speed yellow with black grills, followed by BRG.
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YF19pilot posted:I don't know, just caught one in the wild and personally though it was better looking in person than in the magazines. Was it blue, i've ridden down 30 with a blue one a few times in the last couple weeks.
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anonumos posted:Two very cool cars I saw recently. The first is an absolutely mint condition Stealth found in a 55+ community. The second is self-explanatory. My dad had a '69 flare side with the straight 6 when I was growing up. I miss that truck, dude who bought it pretty much did something similar as this to it. Um..no new pics, but a ZL1 Camaro passed me in the work van yesterday and it sounded like a crisis.
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Oct 30, 2013 06:28
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Love seeing this stuff just driving around like it ain't no thang
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I saw a truckload of the new Corvettes on the way up to Phoenix while I was driving to Tucson today and I've seen a few around Scottsdale now. I've never been a Corvette fan and these aren't really doing anything for me either. I actually kind of liked the look of the ZR1s but I don't know, maybe the new ones will grow on me as I start to see at least 2 at every intersection around here. I'm going to try and get some more pictures of the 930 this week before I head to the UK on business. I saw my neighbor this weekend who has a nice metallic orange Mclaren F1 and a few fine German and Italian cars and he mentioned I could snap a few pictures of his stable as well so we should have some nice contributions coming up. If I can't get them before I leave then it will be just a couple short weeks. He's a really nice guy but I have to say I feel like a real loser whenever he takes the F1 out.
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Sudo Echo posted:Love seeing this stuff just driving around like it ain't no thang Considering that the 504/505 and the Hilux are pretty much "the cars that conquered Africa", the fact that they're still trucking along in western countries is hardly surprising. Probably the biggest reason you don't see more of them is that they've all been shipped to Africa 
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Toucan Sam posted:Was it blue, i've ridden down 30 with a blue one a few times in the last couple weeks. No, found this red one parked outside the Sheetz in Hartville. I will keep an eye out for the blue one. There may or may not be a silver one running around; my brother an his boss both swear they saw the 2012 Corvette Concept drive past their shop.    (Pardon my finger in the last photo, still getting use to the new phone/camera) KozmoNaut posted:Considering that the 504/505 and the Hilux are pretty much "the cars that conquered Africa", the fact that they're still trucking along in western countries is hardly surprising. Now I know where to go if I need a French wagon.
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YF19pilot posted:Now I know where to go if I need a French wagon. French cars really are the best cars in the world, most people are just in denial for some reason. The 406 coupe is better than any contemporary BMW 3-series coupe. It just is. The 208 GTI is by far the best hot hatch on the market. It just is. They're just better in every way, it's just that certain je ne sais quoi*. * Stockholm syndrome
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YF19pilot posted:No, found this red one parked outside the Sheetz in Hartville. I will keep an eye out for the blue one. There may or may not be a silver one running around; my brother an his boss both swear they saw the 2012 Corvette Concept drive past their shop. I don't know about you guys, but that thing looks gooooooood
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Pham Nuwen posted:Where can you get those 80s style posters? IMO a garage isn't a proper garage unless it's got an old calendar full of big-haired women in oddly-shaped swimwear. https://www.pelicanparts.com sells them.  
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Bob NewSCART posted:I don't know about you guys, but that thing looks gooooooood The front end looks like Lightning McQueen, it's bad. I wanna know what their handicap placard is for, other than inability to park within a marked space.
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Bob NewSCART posted:I don't know about you guys, but that thing looks gooooooood Did you even look at the last photo (of the rear)? It was apparently designed by a 12 year old boy. Which has been typical for corvettes for decades. It's like they just give up for the last foot or so of the car.
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2.7l twin turbo 1st gen Audi TT. Basically a B5 RS4 with a tighter engine bay.   Possibly also appropriate in the other thread.
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Opinions, assholes, etc.
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Bad looking photo, bad looking car. quote:Nice looking photo, nice looking car!
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It's gorgeous in red. Wowzer.
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Motronic posted:Did you even look at the last photo (of the rear)? It was apparently designed by a 12 year old boy. Yeah I did actually look at it, and I like it a lot. Could you give me some examples of some "grown up cars" since apparently the corvette is made by children?
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Bob NewSCART posted:Yeah I did actually look at it, and I like it a lot. Could you give me some examples of some "grown up cars" since apparently the corvette is made by children? Its a matter of poor design. Quite a few cars seem to forget the rear part of the car and often end up looking like mini vans or "Oh cock, we forgot to put the tail lamps on.... well here this looks good." Its not just American cars, the Japanese and Euro cars have been doing a fantastic job of loving it all up. The new Range Rover which looked incredible in L322 form looks down right awful, "here lets make a 100k SUV look like a 30k Ford Explorer". Though I admit, I do like the rear design of the Charger. To bad they can't get the front fixed.
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BrokenKnucklez posted:Its a matter of poor design. Quite a few cars seem to forget the rear part of the car and often end up looking like mini vans or "Oh cock, we forgot to put the tail lamps on.... well here this looks good." My favourite example of this is the Ferrari California.  You would think the big round lights would be the brake lights, like in all the other Ferraris, but they're not. The brake lights are actually the blacked out square things near the exhaust, because DOT regulations prohibit the mounting of brake lights on to body parts that are movable, like the cover for the folding hardtop on the California. I'm sure Ferrari totally meant to do it like that from the beginning and didn't just forget that regulation existed until the car was ready to go into production.
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The new corvette looks like it was designed by a 16 year old who was asked what a fast car looks like. Completely tasteless, classless and covered in bizarre, clumsy styling cues. The c6 looked much better, if purely because of how restrained and well-proportioned it was. Still a sweet, sweet car. Just not that great looking.
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Throatwarbler posted:My favourite example of this is the Ferrari California. This is fantastic because that is the car I love to hate.
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Slavvy posted:The new corvette looks like it was designed by a 16 year old who was asked what a fast car looks like. Completely tasteless, classless and covered in bizarre, clumsy styling cues. The c6 looked much better, if purely because of how restrained and well-proportioned it was. It'd look miles better if it lost all the plastic vents in the body. That's what spikes the cheese-factor for me.
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So you you want to get rid of functional vents that improve performance because they make the car look like it's trying too hard to be fast, despite the car actually being very fast? The car looks a little too busy to me, but I still think the overall shape is great and if I were to change things it would be the Camaro inspired tail lights or kind of funky exhaust stack, not the elements of the car that actually make it a better car to drive quickly.
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NippleFloss posted:So you you want to get rid of functional vents that improve performance because they make the car look like it's trying too hard to be fast, despite the car actually being very fast? The car looks a little too busy to me, but I still think the overall shape is great and if I were to change things it would be the Camaro inspired tail lights or kind of funky exhaust stack, not the elements of the car that actually make it a better car to drive quickly. No. It's about design not function. Let there be vents; lots of manufacturers can successfully cover a car in vents without them looking like poo poo. It's the shape, and layout, and the horrible shiny black plastic that makes it look like a hotwheels toy. Looks like 
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PromethiumX posted:It'd look miles better if it lost all the plastic vents in the body. That's what spikes the cheese-factor for me. It's pre-JC Whitneye'd, as that is what most of the owners would be doing to it anyway. Except with plastic chrome vents, which you know will be available as replacements very soon.
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With the hood off all I see is the Flying Spaghetti Monster (holy  that gets capitalized in iOS)
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Has this been posted yet? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JROCSmSsjow
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Throatwarbler posted:My favourite example of this is the Ferrari California. Die-hard Ferrari fanboy here.... who hates the California with a passion. The side vents and the rear... ugh. I can't unsee the smaller car being swallowed by a larger car in the rear end.
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Throatwarbler posted:My favourite example of this is the Ferrari California. It could just be an American thing, like those hideous bumpers you guys got on 911's. Just because your DOT has a regulation on brake light positioning doesn't mean it's world wide. Still a terrible decision as I'd imagine the US is the largest market for the car.
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When I look at the rear of a California all I can see is  Fortunately that thing should be getting a redesign soon.
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