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subx posted:That thing looks comically large next to all those tiny cars. It is quite nice though. I'm assuming you have to import those? Or did they actually sell them at some point? Yeah, the bays aren't exactly small either, it just seemed so insanely large. From memory of hearsay, most US cars here were imported by troops stationed here who could somehow get around HMRC adding about 50% to the price (explained in the ancient topgear thread posted) and then sold on to the general public when they went back to the US. **EDIT So the top of a new page doesn't go without an image, this is what the UK was driving around the time that plymouth was made:  The Morris Minor. My brother got one for his first car and restored it, going downhill he could just about hit 60! DesperateDan fucked around with this message at 23:23 on Jan 29, 2014 |
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Powershift posted:It's still hilarious what kind of poo poo ends up over there. on pistonheads a while back there was a 7.3 ford excursion for sale for 13k gbp. with like 60,000 miles. That's cheaper than you can get them for here. Then you can lob the drivetrain in something old and get cheap or free tax. InitialDave fucked around with this message at 23:42 on Jan 29, 2014 |
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My old euro e30 was bought for 700GBP, and it only had 100k on it in 2009. Even with shipping + customs the guy still made about ~1k of profit when he sold it to me, and I paid below market value for it.
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Zlatan Imhobitch posted:
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kastein posted:Speaking of which, I always crack up when I see this picture: Are they secured in anyway or just parked?
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kastein posted:Speaking of which, I always crack up when I see this picture: WTF was the point of that long sunroof in the Maxima?
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The best vehicle in the shot is that white/brown '80s Suburban on bags.
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Terrible Robot posted:The best vehicle in the shot is that white/brown '80s Suburban on bags. Oh that's what that is. On first inspection I thought it was a hearse.
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Bigger version so we can play "I Spy". http://s1.ibtimes.com/sites/www.ibt...f-the-ocean.jpg I Spy: With the end of Don't Ask Don't Tell, Private Lawrence has chosen to bring a leopard print Nissan Cube on deployment.
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InitialDave posted:UK new car prices aren't brilliant, but the depreciation on used stuff (especially anything big, unusual or powerful) is astounding sometimes. This is especially true with the massive annual tax for post-2006 stuff that isn't wonderfully environmentally friendly (my WRX costs £475 to tax) - give it another few years, when things like W12 Audis and V8 Range Rovers from that period start dipping down to the couple of grand mark, and you will find a lot of interesting stuff going dirt cheap because there's no market. This is such a false economy when it comes to big engine/high performance used cars. On an ordinary mid/late 00's petrol powered boring non-ecoweenie family saloon or estate or CUV, you're going to be paying anywhere between £220 and £280/year. Anything bigger, regardless of power, you're only paying an additional £200-240/year. That's ~£20/month difference between a 2.0l Honda Accord and a 5.7l Vauxhall Monaro. Yes, the Accord might be a couple of years newer, but when I hear people moan about "oh yeah would be nice, but the taxes are so much" when I try to goad them in to buying highly impractical yet highly fun cars instead of boring family poo poo, it's not the bloody taxes, the taxes are gently caress-all. If £20/month is going to break you, it's the petrol and insurance that's going to break you well before the taxes even factor in.
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Linedance posted:This is such a false economy when it comes to big engine/high performance used cars. On an ordinary mid/late 00's petrol powered boring non-ecoweenie family saloon or estate or CUV, you're going to be paying anywhere between £220 and £280/year. Anything bigger, regardless of power, you're only paying an additional £200-240/year. That's ~£20/month difference between a 2.0l Honda Accord and a 5.7l Vauxhall Monaro. Yes, the Accord might be a couple of years newer, but when I hear people moan about "oh yeah would be nice, but the taxes are so much" when I try to goad them in to buying highly impractical yet highly fun cars instead of boring family poo poo, it's not the bloody taxes, the taxes are gently caress-all. If £20/month is going to break you, it's the petrol and insurance that's going to break you well before the taxes even factor in.
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I saw this guy earlier today. I think I've seen 2-3 Focus RS's in Texas in the past few years, all with Mexican plates.
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Dunno if this was already posted, but this guy did a 9:55 on the 'ring in a 52hp Citroen AX diesel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBFjHjm0O5M
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Hog Obituary posted:Dunno if this was already posted, but this guy did a 9:55 on the 'ring in a 52hp Citroen AX diesel.
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InitialDave posted:Those things can weigh under 700kg even with a full interior. My dad has a 100bhp one when I was a kid... Even so, 52 BHP is a bit of a limiting factor on high speed areas. I'm blown away that he hit 182 km/h, even if it was on a downhill. That has to be one of the most impressive drives I've seen, no joke. That little car loks like it shifts really nicely too, although I'm sure the gears are short as heck in it. Somewhere in England, Jeremy Clarkson is weeping bitterly.
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Panty Saluter posted:Somewhere in England, Jeremy Clarkson is weeping bitterly. Has someone tweeted it at him yet?
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Hog Obituary posted:Dunno if this was already posted, but this guy did a 9:55 on the 'ring in a 52hp Citroen AX diesel. This is amazing quote:This record lap was done on Saturday August 17th 2013 at 8:37am.
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PSA gearboxes are quite bad (sloppy linkages, floaty feel) even when new, and the old MA/BE boxes weren't any better. He's just used to it, I guess. But I'm more impressed by this than the latest "DOES THE RING IN LESS THAN X" supercar.
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KozmoNaut posted:Has someone tweeted it at him yet? If they hadn't before... https://twitter.com/DetroitQSpider/status/429362991390158848
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BraveUlysses posted:This is amazing Imagine being that guy that got passed ~3:30 E: holy poo poo I just realized that odo reads 425,759 miles. Wasabi the J fucked around with this message at 23:10 on Jan 31, 2014 |
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Nidhg00670000 posted:But I'm more impressed by this than the latest "DOES THE RING IN LESS THAN X" supercar. It's a beautiful video. That is how you drive a slow car fast, balls-out full throttle unless the grim reaper himself is trying to lever the pedal off the floor with his scythe. I almost yelled at my screen when that MPV held him up at about 8:55. He seems to get a couple of nice mini-drifts in places, too.
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InitialDave posted:Those things can weigh under 700kg even with a full interior. My dad has a 100bhp one when I was a kid... I read that as 1000bhp at first glance and nearly shat myself. I can't imagine the amount of pure joy that this guy felt when he crossed the line under 10:00.
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KozmoNaut posted:Has someone tweeted it at him yet? Be sure to copy Sabine Schmitz.
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That's extremely impressive considering how much of a power track the ring is. My favorite ring-meister the last time I was there was driving the wheels off a VW Lupo.
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InitialDave posted:Those things can weigh under 700kg even with a full interior. My dad has a 100bhp one when I was a kid...
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Hog Obituary posted:Dunno if this was already posted, but this guy did a 9:55 on the 'ring in a 52hp Citroen AX diesel. I love how he has to downshift on uphill sections just to keep from bogging down. 
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Some gen V concept art I hope the next Viper looks like the one on the right.
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I vote middle, the back end on the left is too weird and the one on the right looks like it got caught in a garbage disposal, being all cut up like that. The front is clearly Viper, and the back gives me a little Aston vibe.
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That video was great and the music at the end was probably the best that could have been picked. Just so calm yet exciting. That dude was probably so stoked and had he not ran into the MVP, he might have broked 9:50.
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Tekne posted:Some gen V concept art 
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This goddamn video is breathtaking. He's got shorts with a long-sleeved shirt. Why is the stereo mounting still there? It's mesmerising, in many ways his is a greater achievement than winning X race in Y class, he sat there for seven years and honed himself and that hideous car like a weapon. edit: also how is his steering wheel not bucking and jerking madly at the higher speeds, with the track being so bumpy? Every lovely fwd car I've ever driven did this. Slavvy fucked around with this message at 08:40 on Feb 1, 2014 |
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Slavvy posted:edit: also how is his steering wheel not bucking and jerking madly at the higher speeds, with the track being so bumpy? Every lovely fwd car I've ever driven did this. He's driven this track and car combo for seven years. I'm sure he knows exactly how to counter his cars feedback in such a way it'd be considered reflex.
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Slavvy posted:This goddamn video is breathtaking. He's got shorts with a long-sleeved shirt. Why is the stereo mounting still there? It's mesmerising, in many ways his is a greater achievement than winning X race in Y class, he sat there for seven years and honed himself and that hideous car like a weapon. I can't imagine the misery in driving a stripped, diesel, Citroen AX from France to Germany and back multiple times without a stereo to listen to on the way. Bear in mind that the track itself is in a mountain range, if he had to drag that poor car up there without one he'd probably be deaf and dumb by the time he got to the top. And which FWD cars have you driven that bump-steered so badly? 
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All the lovely old econoboxes with no power steering that I've driven did this. Granted, the suspension on his citroen is probably all new parts as opposed to still original. Taking a bumpy corner over 100km/h would make the wheel jerk to a greater or lesser degree, I'm amazed that his car seems to have no steering feedback at all. Or do those things have power steering?
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Slavvy posted:All the lovely old econoboxes with no power steering that I've driven did this. Granted, the suspension on his citroen is probably all new parts as opposed to still original. Taking a bumpy corner over 100km/h would make the wheel jerk to a greater or lesser degree, I'm amazed that his car seems to have no steering feedback at all. Or do those things have power steering? This girl posted an album on imgur from going out with her dad who's a plough driver, it's quite interesting: http://imgur.com/gallery/VDCQf 
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e. sorry ignore me I'm a moron
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InitialDave posted:This girl posted an album on imgur from going out with her dad who's a plough driver, it's quite interesting: Cool pics, looked through the whole thing and then made the mistake of reading the comments quote:You had me at gang plow
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