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Das Volk posted:I'd have the Porsche. Yank the V8, sell the hybrid system to Tesla and the dual clutch to someone who needs spares for their Panamera. Put the whole thing back with a 7 speed manual and some extra tank space. Enjoy everyone hating me for making the car slower. I'll have what he's having. 
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it's still too newfangled, find a place to stick a carb and distributor on it Neat looking old Saab someone on campus owns
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Das Volk posted:I'd have the Porsche. Yank the V8, sell the hybrid system to Tesla and the dual clutch to someone who needs spares for their Panamera. Put the whole thing back with a 7 speed manual and some extra tank space. Enjoy everyone hating me for making the car slower. That's how the car should have been from the start. I wonder if you'd throw enough money at Porsche if they'd be willing to make you a custom manual 918? The hybrid system is probably too ingrained to do just yank out. A man can dream though... a man can dream... Anyway content: 
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Is it just me that thinks the 918 looks really loving boring (pipes aside)? The Ferrari is sharp as gently caress but still very much says Ferrari and the McLaren is just next level beautiful and also completely batshit mental. You know that everything on that car has been designed that way for a very good reason.
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The 918 is delightfully German. It's not going to be outrageous, it's just straightforward and tells it like it is.
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I don't think any of them are beautiful, personally. But the P1 looks more like a space ship than the others, so that's cool.
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The P1 looks a lot more lithe in person, pictures often seem to have difficulty shedding the vibe of it having a  facial expression and being a little bulbous.
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Having seen a P1 in person, pictures don't do it justice. It has some of the most insane little details all over it. There are tiny little aero touches all over it that most pictures miss. I haven't seen the other two in person yet, but I spent 45 minutes looking at the P1 and still finding new little things all over it. I took a bunch of pictures with my iphone and I can upload them if someone wants, but they mostly came out pretty badly.
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 Tim O'Neil blasting up the Mt. Washington Hillclimb in an Electric car.
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Speaking of 16-17 hour road trips. I'm probably going to be making one of those to buy this little bastard. 
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c355n4 posted:
I'd be really interested to drive that car as the gas version of it has a horrible weight distribution. I wonder if the electric version is any better.
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veedubfreak posted:Speaking of 16-17 hour road trips. I'm probably going to be making one of those to buy this little bastard. A good and noble quest.
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veedubfreak posted:Speaking of 16-17 hour road trips. I'm probably going to be making one of those to buy this little bastard. I would change the wheels but ya that good.
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Chinatown posted:I would change the wheels but ya that good. Whats wrong with Fuchs? They're actually full polished but have plastidip for the black. Will be removing that. Still has drum brakes though, so I'll be using the disc brake kit I had for my project to go 4w disc with porsche pattern. Biggest kink in the plan is that my poor Golf will have to sit outside until I sell the pile of parts in the garage.
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veedubfreak posted:Whats wrong with Fuchs? Nothing. They just don't "do" it for me. Just a style thing.
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Seems like a nice car, quite a gently caress up to put the doors on backwards though. 
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I described the car to my mom as "If you gave me a bug and a pile of money when I was 16, this is what I would have done to it" 
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Aurune posted:I'd be really interested to drive that car as the gas version of it has a horrible weight distribution. I wonder if the electric version is any better. The weight distribution is much better. The battery packs are in the sidepods. The motor is pretty much on the floorpan. The driver also sits a little bit farther forward. From what I understand the CG is much lower and forward.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dFzgsq49R8 Turn up your volumes, the video features this: 
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veedubfreak posted:little bastard. The owner of a local welding shop has a bug that looks nearly identical to that except the interior was stripped to fit a 383, roll cage and drag suspension. Do you think the front end on yours has been stretched? Or is my perception skewed by the angle and ride height?
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TWSS posted:The owner of a local welding shop has a bug that looks nearly identical to that except the interior was stripped to fit a 383, roll cage and drag suspension. Do you think the front end on yours has been stretched? Or is my perception skewed by the angle and ride height?
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GramCracker posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dFzgsq49R8&t=66s I never get it when people talk about how much prettier old F1 cars were compared to today. But Prototypes? yeah, I get that.
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Jonny Nox posted:I never get it when people talk about how much prettier old F1 cars were compared to today. But Prototypes? yeah, I get that. 
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LOOK, MARY-ANNE! A FORMULA ONE CAR!
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You misunderstand. I didn't say modern cars were not ugly, just that most of the old ones weren't much better. I also realize that its generally considered a wrong opinion.
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veedubfreak posted:Speaking of 16-17 hour road trips. I'm probably going to be making one of those to buy this little bastard. Sucks about the chop top, but it is getting impossible to find a decent beetle these days.
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Jehde posted:Westies/Type 2s own. Own what? The break down lane?
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Jonny Nox posted:You misunderstand. I didn't say modern cars were not ugly, just that most of the old ones weren't much better. I also realize that its generally considered a wrong opinion.  ...
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Krakkles posted:Looks a lot more like the roof has been chopped and the front end is stock. Stock front end with a 4 inch roof chop.
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Paging kastein... I would drive this every loving day.
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Finally got round to uploading a few snaps from Banbury Rally This was giving rides in the back and was a lot of fun, they tilt a long way from side to side  A few classics  Wrong thread? It was made for a children's charity  No idea if Humbers are any good functionally but it would be nice to own one someday, they look classy   I think I understand the attraction of Spintires having seen these    Similar to the lorry in "A Close Shave"   The above 2 are connected, the Scammel at the front is pulling 350 tonnes  Rollin' coal    More stuff here
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Practice laps for the Townsville V8 Supercars just started about a two kilometers from where I live. It's eight in the morning and our house is filled with the noise. It's loving awesome.
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tobu posted:Practice laps for the Townsville V8 Supercars just started about a two kilometers from where I live. This was one of the best things when I went to the Long Beach Grand Prix in 2012. We were staying with family maybe half a mile from the track. Got woken up by Ferraris every morning.
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That's all well and good until one mouthy douchenozzle with a friend in city hall buys a house beside the track.
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IOwnCalculus posted:This was one of the best things when I went to the Long Beach Grand Prix in 2012. We were staying with family maybe half a mile from the track. Got woken up by Ferraris every morning. I miss living in LB. Could hear them from my house ~3 miles away. jamal fucked around with this message at 00:05 on Jul 4, 2014 |
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tobu posted:Practice laps for the Townsville V8 Supercars just started about a two kilometers from where I live.
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Powershift posted:That's all well and good until one mouthy douchenozzle with a friend in city hall buys a house beside the track. Luckily we have a long running history of petrol-head Mayors. It is very much the target demographic here. You Am I posted:I haven't been keeping up with the Bogan Taxi Racing Series this year. Good to see Whingcup is not leading the series for once. I don't follow it much either but when its on my doorstep its hard not to get excited.
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Speaking of beetles, my brother's always been into bugs(and VW in general) and picked this one up a while ago. It apparently wouldn't idle worth a poo poo. The carb was gunked up so all he had to do was clean that out to get it running good again.  Took him about two months, but he had it looking way better. Wasn't in good enough condition to warrant a restoration he said, so he just wanted to have fun with it.   
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Is the fact your brother is a dog just something not mentioned in the family?
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