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V8 Supercars; Volvo Polestar vs. RedBull on the last lap of the race. Literally INCHES from eachother. This driving is just   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3vTjhu35hk
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GramCracker posted:V8 Supercars; Volvo Polestar vs. RedBull on the last lap of the race. Literally INCHES from eachother. This driving is just I seriously can't stand the V8 commentators. They always get a hard on about Whincup, even though Whincup is the Vettel of V8s. Right down to having a sook when things go wrong for him
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Solar Coaster posted:Volvo Concept Estate This is the first time I've been actually excited about a concept car (and by that I mean the "we're never going to make this thing but here's what happens when our engineers and designers smoke a bowl together" category) since my early teens. It's like all of my automotive fetishes rolled into one car. Makes me want to buy some deep-bucket seats and have them upholstered in plaid.
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Mar 3, 2014 05:40
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Octopus Magic posted:Way better than the typical "Booth babe goes in a ride in a 1000 horsepower *insert whatever* and her boobs TOTALLY FALL OUT and she screams" videos. Yeah for those guys who think they like to do stupid things for pretty ladies who ask, wait till it's your daughter. (And she will always ask for fun stuff, at least in the first 6 years or so)
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Tommychu posted:This is the first time I've been actually excited about a concept car I am now going to publicly display my preconceptions. (I'm also assuming that you are all Americans) Are you guys really this starved for estates (wagons, not home-owning)? I realize that I am suffering from a heavy saturation bias as I live 15 minutes from a Volvo plant in Sweden. My strongest suspicion is that I am missing the target of attraction, anyone care to specify?
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Mar 3, 2014 09:46
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Panty Saluter posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jh3d_Qo3jTI This is every kid ever, when Dad (or Mum) puts their foot down. Doesn't matter if it's a GT-R or the 'normal' family car, it's going faster than it did a few seconds ago.
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Serperoth posted:This is every kid ever, when Dad (or Mum) puts their foot down. Doesn't matter if it's a GT-R or the 'normal' family car, it's going faster than it did a few seconds ago. 
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Mar 3, 2014 11:34
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Serperoth posted:This is every kid ever, when Dad (or Mum) puts their foot down. Doesn't matter if it's a GT-R or the 'normal' family car, it's going faster than it did a few seconds ago. It's still an adorable video either way, Commander Sourpuss.
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Mar 3, 2014 14:12
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Fattig posted:I am now going to publicly display my preconceptions. Americans picked up on the SUV in the 90's and never seriously considered alternatives. SUV's are now the ubiquitous people and grocery getter in the states. Car people want a more appropriate car with better handling, speeds, and mileage, but car people aren't who get to decide what's made. Wasabi the J fucked around with this message at 16:14 on Mar 3, 2014 |
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Mar 3, 2014 16:11
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GramCracker posted:V8 Supercars; Volvo Polestar vs. RedBull on the last lap of the race. Literally INCHES from eachother. This driving is just Well that's fairly annoying they didn't show how he got back around him. That's some good racing, though.
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Mar 3, 2014 16:37
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dreesemonkey posted:Well that's fairly annoying they didn't show how he got back around him. That's some good racing, though.
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Mar 3, 2014 17:36
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Wasabi the J posted:Americans picked up on the SUV in the 90's ... I should know this stuff. On an unrelated and somewhat dated note: A guy built a W9 performance engine as a master thesis. English PDF Here's hopin' I haven't posted this before...
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Are those portal axles or is it a trick of perspective?
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Mar 3, 2014 23:52
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I want to drive that all the way to Iceland.
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Mar 4, 2014 02:41
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Rapping car dealer in the year of our lord, 2014. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W23-7BIuRYw
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Fattig posted:I am now going to publicly display my preconceptions. Proper wagons include the Benz E, the BMW 3, and the VW Jacked-up wagons the seller wants you to think are crossovers include the Subaru Outback, the Volvo XC70, and the Audi Allroad. That makes exactly two genuine wagons made by a low-cost brand, and one other low-cost pseudo-wagon. And the V60 won't be low-cost either, it'll start around $32K. Crossovers and SUVs? Dozens of them, from literally every brand that sells cars here, except of course the exotics like Ferrari and whatnot. So yes, we sure as hell are starved for wagons. Friar Zucchini fucked around with this message at 03:38 on Mar 4, 2014 |
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OdinAllfather posted:Rapping car dealer in the year of our lord, 2014. Of course it's a Mitsubishi dealership.
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Friar Zucchini posted:The wagons currently on sale goes like this: It's the Golf again now. http://www.autoblog.com/2014/02/06/vw-jetta-refresh-coming-later-this-year-sportwagen-to-become-go/
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dreesemonkey posted:Well that's fairly annoying they didn't show how he got back around him. That's some good racing, though. Whincup ran the last corner wide on his own. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAFRS5r2g8E&t=160s Seems like Whincup does end up in a lot of these, though. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nG7i5wjAPI4 Also, very similar type of final pass to the first video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jq1wmYU6MUQ&t=6440s
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Friar Zucchini posted:That makes exactly two genuine wagons made by a low-cost brand
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GentlemanofLeisure posted:They cut out the last corner live to show the winner cross the finish line, but they show it on replay. That driving was insane. I hope we get some action like that in F1 this year. I know that they spent a lot of time revising the cars for the V8 Supercars, calling them New Generation cars, in order to make it more exciting racing and more accessible. Meanwhile, while I respect F1 I generally don't find it exciting so if they manage it then thats a miracle. info on new generation cars: http://www.v8supercars.com.au/championship/technical/car-of-the-future
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Friar Zucchini posted:Crossovers and SUVs? Dozens of them, from literally every brand that sells cars here, except of course the exotics like Ferrari and whatnot. So yes, we sure as hell are starved for wagons. The funny thing is that you guys (perhaps limited to enthusiasts) are really looking forward to wagons while we (read: I) dread the advent of 10ft high shopping trolleys. Anyways. A Camaro in some disrepair  Openers @ Garaget.org (Swedish) Beloved pensioners car, the Volvo 360  zyklon @ rejsa.nu (Swedish) With this in it  zyklon @ rejsa.nu (Swedish) Also; an Exige with some lovin' in the back. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWbHGNiNMXU From Here (Swedish) Fattig fucked around with this message at 07:46 on Mar 4, 2014 |
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IOwnCalculus posted:Whincup ran the last corner wide on his own. I just became a fan of V8 Supercars. E: honestly the most clear drive-through of a track I've ever seen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdTHw1Ygr_Y EE: I miss the tires and shocks that were used in the 60s and 70s. So much character! The HAPPY BIRTHDAY USA Monza is amazing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TD-nJwz3RS0 Stardotstar fucked around with this message at 08:45 on Mar 4, 2014 |
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Stardotstar posted:I just became a fan of V8 Supercars. I've been to CoTA a few times now. For MotoGP and F1, the most exciting racing was in Moto3 and the Ferrari 458 cup races. But when I went to see V8 Supercars, that was definitely some of the most exciting wheel to wheel racing I've seen. It's a shame it's not coming back this season.
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Hey check out that cool trike       From the Geneva motor show: http://www.salon-auto.ch/en/photos/
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Why not spread the rear wheels apart a little further and make it more stable?
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Sudden Infant Def Syndrome posted:Why not spread the rear wheels apart a little further and make it more stable? Why not use a single big rear end tire so it's considered a motorcycle.
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Sudden Infant Def Syndrome posted:Why not spread the rear wheels apart a little further and make it more stable? Because no one in the world actually rides those
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Octopus Magic posted:Because no one in the world actually rides those And if they did, the people who bought them would have no interest in turning.
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Sudden Infant Def Syndrome posted:Why not spread the rear wheels apart a little further and make it more stable? Because baby boomers want all the thrill of owning a motorcycle without any of the thrill?
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Octopus Magic posted:Because no one in the world actually rides those The year was 1980. My high school friend Tony and I were outside the neighborhood Circle-K getting ready to pick up a grip of churros and a few growlers of Utica Club. His '72 Valiant pinged gently in the soft August afternoon as it cooled down, its rust-scarred flanks exposed, a seeming testament to the insufficiency of the parking lots that we had been handed down from our parents. Our suburbanite existence was about to be shattered by a crime against humanity committed half a world away by wily financiers and their duplicitous engineer allies. We heard a two-stroke engine howl as if from miles away and Tony turned to the sound. He was more into it back then than I was, and in reality he had heard it somewhere deep inside his bones. On the street in front of the Circle-K, we saw a flash of red, a flash of yellow - huge knobby tires! Chrome wheels! O, what majesty is the ATC 70? Childhood ended that day, but we didn't realize it until decades later. Tony and I grew apart, as boys do as they become men, and our stories began to diverge. Still were diverging, all of us our own comet, striking out for galaxies unknown. The billions of stars in His firmament were just a taste of what we could achieve. In 2013, I received a call from Tony. He was abrupt. He spoke of a horrible accident. He urged me to proceed to the auto show, occasionally dropping into violent bursts of Italian profanity. It shocked me to my core, and reminded me of the stream of profane dialogue, pressure-washing out of the mouth of my dear old nana when she discovered the gas meter reader in her bushes one Sunday after church. In the morning, I kissed my wife and children goodbye for what I assumed would be just another day of errands. I stopped by the auto show, parking my 2010 Camry XLE in a spot next to a rusted-out Corrado and nearby two WRX sedans with their own massive rust clawing at their rear arches. I wasn't prepared for what I would see on the show floor... We'll never understand why Tony went alone into his garage for so long, and never heard life calling, calling him out of the room where he lowered a Ferrari powertrain into a modified quad bike. He still did not hear life calling, and for all I tried after that day we could not put Tony's life back together again. But it did do a pretty fuckin' sweet burnout. Seat Safety Switch fucked around with this message at 17:25 on Mar 4, 2014 |
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Hmm, a massive supercharger with a single skinny serpentine belt without a tensioner. That must work really good. At idle.
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Throatwarbler posted:It's the Golf again now.  Indeed it will be, next year. That post was specifically with respect to cars currently available. If I was talking about near-future availability I probably wouldn't have mentioned the CTS or the TSX.
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I'm calling bullshit on this, it is in no way believable. There are two girls in that photo.
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 Cool. As. gently caress.
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A new play on Boso? Awesome: In a way. Automotive Insanity: Yes.   Credit High Top Fade http://high-top-fade.blogspot.com/2014/03/blog-post_1261.html
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I swear I had a Hot Wheels or Micro Machines car that did the same thing and had about the same level of rake
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