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screamname posted:I can't help but love this colour. It feels so nostalgic to me.... Dude, that color is awesome.
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"Man, I'm hungry. We should go to Walmart and pick up a bag of chips." "Two bags! But do you have enough room though?" "Oh, you're right. Better bring the GT3 for the second bag."  also my white balance was fucky, the GT3 was Mexico Blue.
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Diametunim posted:All this talk about purple cars and you all fail to post the one car that matters, the Plymouth Prowler. It's such an ugly car When I was a kid my step-dad bought a Prowler... instead of the Viper they also had for sale at almost the same price. Probably wrong thread for that little story.
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Shrapnig posted:When I was a kid my step-dad bought a Prowler... instead of the Viper they also had for sale at almost the same price. I worked with an old guy who had one. He loved it, although I believe that 40's hot rod look was extremely his poo poo when he was a kid.
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We can look back at the Prowler now and mock it, but that thing was poo poo hot in the 90's. It wasn't a race car, it was a Sunday cruiser and is perfect for that.
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VikingSkull posted:We can look back at the Prowler now and mock it, but that thing was poo poo hot in the 90's. It wasn't a race car, it was a Sunday cruiser and is perfect for that. It's still impressive considering what it had. Double A arm front suspension, 250ish horsepower in the 99 and later models, a transaxle for 50-50 weight distribution and it only weighed 2800 pounds. 0-60 for the later models was sub 6 seconds.
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Mr-Spain posted:It's still impressive considering what it had. Double A arm front suspension, 250ish horsepower in the 99 and later models, a transaxle for 50-50 weight distribution and it only weighed 2800 pounds. 0-60 for the later models was sub 6 seconds. Personal opinions on the styling aside, the only really terrible thing with it was the woeful Chrysler 4-speed auto. I get that the target market for it would never buy a manual option even if it were available, but even a not-awful auto would have been something.
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Has anyone ever managed to swap, say, a 440 or modern Hemi into a Prowler? Because that would be loving awesome and solve a lot of the problems I have with it  Like, no joke, I'd DD the poo poo out of a Prowler sporting a big rear end V8 and hotrod style sidepipes and not even be slightly ashamed. e: Oh god someone put a 6.1L Hemi in one! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJvc7SEQXzE
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Jul 2, 2015 01:29
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I've always liked the prowler, never seen one in person. It strikes me as one of those cars that was so perfect in theory and so very easy to execute to absolute perfection but, unfortunately, the blueprint was on a Chrysler desk.
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Slavvy posted:I've always liked the prowler, never seen one in person. It strikes me as one of those cars that was so perfect in theory and so very easy to execute to absolute perfection but, unfortunately, the blueprint was on a Chrysler desk. close, it was designed by Chip Foose
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Jul 2, 2015 02:21
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The Prowler was a super cool design exercise. They really hosed it up with the 4AT.
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Jul 2, 2015 02:33
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They knew their target really well. The transmission was poo poo but when you've had the car 20 years nearly and have 10k on the clock it hardly matters
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A guy at my office used to daily drive one. It's a weird looking car in person. I never once saw him drive it with the roof down even though it's permanently 75 degrees and not-raining here.
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T1g4h posted:e: Oh god someone put a 6.1L Hemi in one! Shame about that hood scoop. I would drive the poo poo out of that, though.
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One of the biggest issues, in my mind, is that the design was so poorly thought out that the car had dangerous amounts of front lift at 110-115MPH. To me the Prowler was a shameless design exercise meant to capture dollars from boomers, with no further thought put into it. They shoved whatever dropped out of the parts bin when they shook it and called it good. The Challenger has the balls and engineering to back its throwback design, so despite being on a platform that would support an aircraft carrier I can't fault it too much.
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Das Volk posted:One of the biggest issues, in my mind, is that the design was so poorly thought out that the car had dangerous amounts of front lift at 110-115MPH. To me the Prowler was a shameless design exercise meant to capture dollars from boomers, with no further thought put into it. They shoved whatever dropped out of the parts bin when they shook it and called it good. The Audi TT had similar issues. Where the TT had a legitimate answer to the question of "why are you going so fast in an Audi TT??", being a German car, I don't think anybody even thought to ask that question of the Prowler.
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T1g4h posted:Has anyone ever managed to swap, say, a 440 or modern Hemi into a Prowler? Because that would be loving awesome and solve a lot of the problems I have with it This showed up in the suggested/related videos for me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9LFgsLQATc Dear god, that sound...
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T1g4h posted:Has anyone ever managed to swap, say, a 440 or modern Hemi into a Prowler? Because that would be loving awesome and solve a lot of the problems I have with it I passed a red one in east Atlanta the other day that had a vanity plate that said something to the effect of "HOT ROD", being manned by a pair of late 20's guys. It sounded and looked stock, with the exception of the big Georgia Bulldogs magnet plastered on the side. First time I've ever seen one on the loose.
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Sigma X posted:Dude, that color is awesome. Phew!
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Well, my friend just ran a 1:48.2 damp lap on the Top Gear track (not bad for damp conditions and a stick on the wrong side), and in two weeks is going to be spending a few days on the Nürburgring in the middle of a cross-Europe tour in a V wagon. Hell of a vacation.
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Diametunim posted:All this talk about purple cars and you all fail to post the one car that matters, the Plymouth Prowler. It's such an ugly car I dated a girl in LA who's dad had a yellow prowler. He let me drive it once and I was really disappointed with it. Wasn't any faster than my MR2, turned like a shopping cart and the seats were designed for someone with scoliosis. In reality it was the perfect example of 1990s MOPAR
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That thing looks slow as hell and fun as hell. I would bet money that every person who has ever driven it has imagined themselves as an angry god.
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And it swims! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vk8W-tiZDy8
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Is that the same machine that Ford used in their round-the-world expedition in the early 90s, with a fleet of Mavericks and 4x4 Mondeos?
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Where we're going we don't need roads. 
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InitialDave posted:Is that the same machine that Ford used in their round-the-world expedition in the early 90s, with a fleet of Mavericks and 4x4 Mondeos? I remember reading that in some magazine, and at time thinking the first gen Mondeo's were the poo poo. That tracked thing, however 
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stump posted:I remember reading that in some magazine, and at time thinking the first gen Mondeo's were the poo poo. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbuiXWKBS-s
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Never realised there was a TV series about it! Managed to find the full thing on YouTube, definitely watching the next week, cheers!
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davebo posted:You mean these cars aren't white and gold? Needs more Linda Vaughn
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So apparently the guys at Roadkill challenged Mighty Car Mods and Gas Monkey Garage to some kind of build-off. The MCM guys are tossing bombs back and it looks like they are down, but GMG just blew it off. The Roadkill crew just posted this, and it owns... 
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VikingSkull posted:So apparently the guys at Roadkill challenged Mighty Car Mods and Gas Monkey Garage to some kind of build-off. The MCM guys are tossing bombs back and it looks like they are down, but GMG just blew it off. (But gently caress GMG, really)
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VikingSkull posted:So apparently the guys at Roadkill challenged Mighty Car Mods and Gas Monkey Garage to some kind of build-off. The MCM guys are tossing bombs back and it looks like they are down, but GMG just blew it off. I think the GMG guys legitimately don't know about Roadkill because they're square as a box.
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The Gas Fucky guys are the worst. It might be the most unwatchable car show I've ever seen.
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VikingSkull posted:So apparently the guys at Roadkill challenged Mighty Car Mods and Gas Monkey Garage to some kind of build-off. The MCM guys are tossing bombs back and it looks like they are down, but GMG just blew it off. 
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VikingSkull posted:So apparently the guys at Roadkill challenged Mighty Car Mods and Gas Monkey Garage to some kind of build-off. The MCM guys are tossing bombs back and it looks like they are down, but GMG just blew it off.  Love this
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GMG falls into the same trap that makes Roadkill seem fresh. Aaron has legit good taste in what needs to be done to a hot rod and Richard is a funny dude with some cred (people forget he was co-pilot on a record breaking Cannonball attempt) but they just script so much bullshit that it kills the show. I bet if you put the two of them in the confines of a Roadkill type show it'd be hilarious, unfortunately the masses aren't gearheads and are easily amused. e- also remember both GMG and Roadkill are sponsored by Dodge so this is most likely scripted bullshit to start promoting a crossover
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Jaguar Land Rover indeed.
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