|
Rhyno posted:Having owned one, I remember we had an HE 929 come in to the Mazda specialty shop where I was working, and the guy who had it was the Used Cars Manager for the local Mazda dealership. This was a Mazda Sentia for the rest of the world, and it was the first one I had ever seen. I think about seven in total got imported to Australia. I mentioned in passing how much of a piece of poo poo this thing was, and how terribly ugly it looked. The guy who brought it in said something along the lines of "yeah, and I have to sell the loving thing". I forgot all about the Eunos 800M. When I was working at the dealership (I got poached to go work on far, far cooler Mazdas when my boss left) we would sit the owners down before telling them how much the 100k service was going to cost. Generally you'd get away with a little bit of change from three and a half grand. About five grand adjusted for inflation. On a car that probably had a resale value at that point in time of 20k. Oh and that's 100,000km, not miles.
|
#
?
Nov 10, 2014 05:04
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 22, 2024 17:28 |
|
|
Slavvy posted:I'm saying Audi and BMW are universally garbage now whilst MB still has some Good Cars that are well made and sensibly designed. There's no mass-produced brand in the history of cars that has had universally good cars regardless of model that I'm aware of. I can't think of any particularly lovely Studebakers, but they had the foresight to go out of business before the 1970s hit.
|
|
#
?
Nov 10, 2014 07:22
|
|
|
atomicthumbs posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKpqReo9i94 I can't describe my disappointment when I got to crawl all over one of those AMG galants and discovered it was a purely cosmetic thing and was quite literally just an ordinary FWD galant.
|
|
#
?
Nov 10, 2014 07:24
|
|
|
I was watching How It's Made this weekend because it's the best show on TV, and they had one on the Pagani Huayra. It was incredible. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0qFge7JlBs The next one they had was the Porsche 911, which was very underwhelming to see considering all of the handmade parts in the Pagani.
|
|
#
?
Nov 10, 2014 16:19
|
|
|
Memento posted:Tributes. I don't even know if they got them in America, but in the first year they were out, we were doing Well, of course it's not going to be the greatest car in the world. It's just a Tribute.
|
|
#
?
Nov 10, 2014 18:57
|
|
|
razorscooter posted:
Mind. Blown.
|
|
#
?
Nov 10, 2014 19:17
|
|
|
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WREyAicJXkM The only explanation I can think of is he watched too many Wile E Coyote cartoons as a kid.
|
|
#
?
Nov 11, 2014 00:34
|
|
|
Phy posted:Well, of course it's not going to be the greatest car in the world. It's just a Tribute. You. I like the cut of your jib.
|
|
#
?
Nov 11, 2014 03:22
|
|
|
|
|
#
?
Nov 12, 2014 06:54
|
|
|
Welp, that's the thread. 
|
|
#
?
Nov 12, 2014 07:21
|
|
|
wanna be this dude
|
|
#
?
Nov 12, 2014 19:21
|
|
|
Gramps is out cruising for skirts again lol
|
|
#
?
Nov 12, 2014 19:34
|
|
|
EightBit posted:Gramps is out cruising for ankle again lol ftfy
|
|
#
?
Nov 12, 2014 20:40
|
|
|
some dude on the internet posted this
|
|
#
?
Nov 13, 2014 16:47
|
|
|
The company owner's father brought out his Jaguar that he never drives.:   
|
|
#
?
Nov 13, 2014 18:50
|
|
|
This means leaving each bank for 1.5 minutes before putting the fire out, yeah?
|
|
#
?
Nov 13, 2014 19:08
|
|
|
Love blue cars but that does not suit it at all. Also autotragic.
|
|
#
?
Nov 13, 2014 19:16
|
|
|
kastein posted:some dude on the internet posted this The state of Texas (or some department thereof) sold a whole mess of Cherokees at auction a few months back. I think someone posted it in the Jeep thread. All of them white, 4x2, spanning almost a decade in year model, as I recall. Most of them stripper models, of course, and I think most of them had the 4.0L/auto. I really wanted to bid on a few '97+ models, but had no $$.
|
|
#
?
Nov 13, 2014 19:42
|
|
|
kastein posted:some dude on the internet posted this The Georgia Department of Natural Resources has an interesting mishmash of vehicles. Most of them are newer Fusions, Explorers, or Taurii, but the older vehicles are from all of the Big 3. In the downtown Atlanta office, there is a 1997 XJ, a 92 S10 Blazer, and a loving Dodge Aries. Somebody actually drives the Aries, because it changes parking spots regularly. It isn't a personal vehicle, as it has the government plates. I'm amazed it has made it this long without getting surplussed.
|
|
#
?
Nov 13, 2014 20:07
|
|
|
Bringing a gun to a fistfight: a retired F1 car at a track day. So, in other news, feeler on my '06 M Coupe. I think I'm buying a retired F1 car...
|
|
#
?
Nov 14, 2014 04:15
|
|
|
sofullofhate posted:Bringing a gun to a fistfight: a retired F1 car at a track day. Wow, I forgot how good the old V10's sounded.
|
|
#
?
Nov 14, 2014 04:54
|
|
|
sofullofhate posted:Bringing a gun to a fistfight: a retired F1 car at a track day. Call me a safety Nazi if you must but this is why speed/power classes are a good idea  OTOH it's nice to see that he was courteous, unlike a certain Skyline driver posted a little while back.
|
|
#
?
Nov 14, 2014 05:12
|
|
|
3D scanning is cool as gently caress     
|
|
#
?
Nov 14, 2014 05:28
|
|
|
sofullofhate posted:Bringing a gun to a fistfight: a retired F1 car at a track day. That linked to this Senna Mclaren F1 car vs road car vs sports car: http://youtu.be/mCbR-iq4kBQ So I thank you.
|
|
#
?
Nov 14, 2014 05:32
|
|
|
Farmland Park posted:Wow, I forgot how good the old V10's sounded. Seriously. Mine moved. Panty Saluter posted:Call me a safety Nazi if you must but this is why speed/power classes are a good idea The slow from 200+ to ~50 following the little race-prepped orange Mini around the right-hander, and then defining the phrases left for dead and like it was standing still for me really puts the performance of F1 cars into perspective. I want one so bad.
|
|
#
?
Nov 14, 2014 05:33
|
|
|
iwentdoodie posted:That linked to this Senna Mclaren F1 car vs road car vs sports car: http://youtu.be/mCbR-iq4kBQ  That's the best thing on the Internet ever. God I miss Senna. 
|
|
#
?
Nov 14, 2014 05:38
|
|
|
sofullofhate posted:Bringing a gun to a fistfight: a retired F1 car at a track day. That put a grin on my face. Also, clicking another link on there leads to this madness. The Last Time Group B Raced The No-Pacenotes Rally Great Britain
|
|
#
?
Nov 14, 2014 05:58
|
|
|
sofullofhate posted:Bringing a gun to a fistfight: a retired F1 car at a track day. Sorry, but that is terrible car poo poo. Closing rates like that on a track are deadly.
|
|
#
?
Nov 14, 2014 06:39
|
|
|
sofullofhate posted:Bringing a gun to a fistfight: a retired F1 car at a track day. That's the racing equivalent of God mode on Doom.
|
|
#
?
Nov 14, 2014 07:03
|
|
|
Take this as goony  as you will but it really does sort of validate the instantaneous change in my Gran Turismo 2 driving experience after I won my first F1 car
|
|
#
?
Nov 14, 2014 08:09
|
|
|
OFFICER 13 INCH posted:Take this as goony This but with Gran Turismo 4. All of them were monotone primary colours and The Fastest Cars.
|
|
#
?
Nov 14, 2014 08:11
|
|
|
Goddamnit, why can't I import a Familia GTR yet? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pqdxvwoy-_o
|
|
#
?
Nov 14, 2014 11:21
|
|
|
|
|
#
?
Nov 14, 2014 17:23
|
|
|
79-year-old A.J. Foyt is tougher than all of us
|
|
#
?
Nov 14, 2014 17:29
|
|
|
MiniFoo posted:Goddamnit, why can't I import a Familia GTR yet? Looking back on them now, they weren't as impressive as...well...almost anything else Turbo and AWD you could get in those days, which was quite a bit compared to now. God damnit bring back Group A someone please.
|
|
#
?
Nov 14, 2014 18:32
|
|
|
iwentdoodie posted:That linked to this Senna Mclaren F1 car vs road car vs sports car: http://youtu.be/mCbR-iq4kBQ That quick set of engine shrieks before he took off were fantastic. When I was a kid my parents took me to the 1973 British Grand Prix at Silverstone. We couldn't get tickets for the race itself but we were able to roam the grounds and see some of the cars before they began prepping them. Even well out of sight of the starting area we could hear the incredible mechanical wailing when the race began. We did not however hear everyone cracking up on the first lap which would've taken some of the fun out of it. Best looking drat race cars of all time. Nothing can top the black and gold. 
|
|
#
?
Nov 14, 2014 19:01
|
|
|
Butt Wizard posted:Looking back on them now, they weren't as impressive as...well...almost anything else Turbo and AWD you could get in those days, which was quite a bit compared to now. I don't really care. They look cool and they were the underdog and I'm admittedly a Mazda fanboy. Give me one.
|
|
#
?
Nov 14, 2014 19:54
|
|
|
MiniFoo posted:I don't really care. They look cool and they were the underdog and I'm admittedly a Mazda fanboy. Give me one. Hey I'm not doubting they looked the business - I liked the late 80s Ford Laser crossover models but they were heavy as hell and a lot of the ones in our market have been molested or rusted by now
|
|
#
?
Nov 14, 2014 20:11
|
|
|
MiniFoo posted:I don't really care. They look cool and they were the underdog and I'm admittedly a Mazda fanboy. Give me one. You'll enjoy owning one for about a month. Then the gearbox blows up. Then you spend ten grand to make it faster and it's still lame compared to a WRX or evo. They're interesting but nowhere near as cool as the specs imply. What you really want is a pulsar GTiR:  AWD that doesn't blow up coupled to an SR20DET. Unsurprisingly, there are no pictures of unmolested ones on the net. But I can assure you that everything in the pic is factory besides the wheels.
|
|
#
?
Nov 14, 2014 20:24
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 22, 2024 17:28 |
|
|
Slavvy posted:What you really want is a pulsar GTiR: MY LOINS!
|
|
#
?
Nov 14, 2014 20:30
|
|