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Mister Kingdom posted:Is Joel Schumacher directing Batman again? efb
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Steve French posted:This is not a 308. Four lights...? is that a GTO?  e: I looked up the 308 on Wikipedia, and look who I found, why, it's our old friend the Federal Bumper!  (guest starring the Blocky Amber Side Marker) hackbunny fucked around with this message at 14:25 on Jul 18, 2015 |
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EightBit posted:Aren't the engines in F1 cars stressed members, as in, no engine, car is missing vital structure? Yes. And the same is true for LMP1 cars. mobby_6kl posted:There's also this bullshit: No, the NHTSA headlight rules are still stupid and prevent things like Audi's clever laser headlights (also BMW, Mercedes, Toyota and others): http://arstechnica.com/cars/2014/06/laserbeam-headlights-not-in-the-us/ There are some rules about active displays in the driver's eyeline which means we can't have road-going versions of the Bosch rear-view radar system the Corvettes have been using in GT racing too. hackbunny posted:Four lights...? is that a GTO? Is this definitely a US thing? I know the horrible rubber blocks that Porsche still puts on 911s here is actually because of a Canadian 5mph impact requirement (the US only tests at 2mph). drgitlin fucked around with this message at 14:57 on Jul 18, 2015 |
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Powershift posted:It's always a fiero. Except when it's a GTO. It's a GTO.
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Steve French posted:Except when it's a GTO. It's a GTO. It's also sometimes a beetle, but still always a fiero. This one in particular looks like the ultra rare 1 of 0 288 GTO targa. It's possible it could be a 308 GTS targa with a body kit, but like an onion you can peel one more layer off and it's a fiero.
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Has anyone ever put a beetle drivetrain in a fiero? Or a fiero drivetrain in a beetle? Thinking about it a blown 3800 beetle sounds baller.
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Cakefool posted:Has anyone ever put a beetle drivetrain in a fiero? Or a fiero drivetrain in a beetle? http://newbeetle.org/forums/technical-modifications/95945-3800-supercharged-build-driver-thingy.html  I think this is what you had in mind though. http://bangshift.com/general-news/car-features/other-features/craigslist-find-vw-beetle-gm-3800-v6-hanging-back/ e: i just went through that first link, it's absolutely horrifying 
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Powershift posted:It's also sometimes a beetle, but still always a fiero. Hm, fair point. I am certainly no expert and it does look like there's a targa top. I snapped the photo as I walked by and didn't have time to give it a good look. Tried to get some better photos today but it's trailered behind a locked gate now. I gave it the benefit of the doubt because it was parked outside a shop that frequently works on rare exotics and specializes in Ferraris: http://www.valtellina-automobili.com/
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There are a few different companies that make 288 kits for the 308, so it could very well still be an actual ferrari, just a $30,000 ferrari instead of a $3,000,000 ferrari.
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I would give up so many organs to own a 288 or F40. As long as they leave me two feet and two hands and a pulse I could technically enjoy the car.
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Powershift posted:http://newbeetle.org/forums/technical-modifications/95945-3800-supercharged-build-driver-thingy.html They're about equal, safety-wise. I prefer the second one though.
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Powershift posted:It's always a fiero. You can look up the emissions records on a state-run website, and it comes up there as a Ferrari, not a Pontiac. I don't think any Fiero kit car would be registerable, especially in CA, as anything other than a Pontiac.
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IOwnCalculus posted:You can look up the emissions records on a state-run website, and it comes up there as a Ferrari, not a Pontiac. I don't think any Fiero kit car would be registerable, especially in CA, as anything other than a Pontiac. Ok, it comes up as a 1985 308 which we all know was basically a rebadged fiero mera  
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Cakefool posted:Has anyone ever put a beetle drivetrain in a fiero? Yes. And it's exactly as awful as you'd expect. http://oppositelock.kinja.com/baja-fiero-or-bajajajajajaja-fiero-477818075
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Powershift posted:There are a few different companies that make 288 kits for the 308, so it could very well still be an actual ferrari, just a $30,000 ferrari instead of a $3,000,000 ferrari. I don't think you can get a 308 GTS for $30k any more. More like double that or more depending on condition.
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boxen posted:Yes. And it's exactly as awful as you'd expect. Okay that is terrible.
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T1g4h posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrCfg2D9BYQ That's a pretty amazing run! But why did they have to ruin the track? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMN4zaclgrg
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Saw these guys coming down from Breckenridge yesterday. I was going to go over and talk to them but they were giving off a super douchy vibe.
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ThirstyBuck posted:Saw these guys coming down from Breckenridge yesterday. Uh That's the new NSX under the camo wrap. Nice to see they are benchmarking the 12c
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ThirstyBuck posted:I was going to go over and talk to them but they were giving off a super douchy vibe. That's just how honda engineers always are.
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Powershift posted:It's also sometimes a beetle, but still always a fiero. It's certainly possible that a GTO owner could have had the roof hacked into a targa. [e] but yeah that's a pretty good body kit, fooled me. Applebees Appetizer fucked around with this message at 05:42 on Jul 19, 2015 |
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The best way to visually tell is that the 288 has the fuel fill above and forward from the driver's side rear wheel, and on this car it's missing. Aside from looking up the emissions registration which I guess works for California.
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GentlemanofLeisure posted:The best way to visually tell is that the 288 has the fuel fill above and forward from the driver's side rear wheel, and on this car it's missing. And the 288 gto has a break in the a-pillar in line with the front vent window, not at the top of the windshield, and a door handle right above the scoop, rather than up near the window in the 308. an no break at the back of the roof. drgitlin posted:I don't think you can get a 308 GTS for $30k any more. More like double that or more depending on condition. I think that's a consequence of the 911 bubble. "why would i spend 120 grand on a Porsche when i can get a Ferrari for half of that". Back in my day, you could go to the shops with 50 grand and come back with a Ferrari 308, a Bentley turbo R, and a bus pass for the 300 days out of the year both of them are broken at the same time.
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Ferrari 308 LS swap, BAM instant reliable 308....sort of.
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Just thinking about it, this might be our $10,000 superbird moment. In 15 years, 308s are going to be $500,000 and your kid is going to have a poster of one on his wall, You'll tell him you could have bought one for $30,000 off craigslist but didn't, and he'll be flabbergasted. He'll ask why, and you'll tell him it was a terrible car, and you could buy a new mustang for the same price that would have been far quicker and dead reliable, and from that point on he'll look at you like you're an rear end in a top hat.
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leica posted:My son already looks at me like I'm an rear end in a top hat because I can't afford the McClaren P1 he wants me to buy good taste your kid
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leica posted:My son already looks at me like I'm an rear end in a top hat because I can't afford the McClaren P1 he wants me to buy Have you considered doing what my dad did - trapping me in a closet under the basement stairs and feeding me AMC Eagle sales brochures every week?
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I took him to a local Cars n Coffee at a McClaren dealer today, then had to explain how all the cars for sale cost five times more than our house. Got some pics, will post them later. A couple nice owner exotics, but mostly a bunch of modded out 3 series. Most of the cool cars were dealer cars 
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That GTO is sitting in front of Valtellina Motorsport Engineering in Sausalito. Seems like as good a place as any for a 288 GTO to be hanging out. [edit] Goddamnit, I didn't get the emissions thing until just now. About which, holy poo poo. I looked up a GTO VIN from some dealer gallery and it came up as a GTO/288GTO so it's not like the state is just calling all 80s Ferraris "308"s. AnnoyBot fucked around with this message at 08:52 on Jul 19, 2015 |
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look do you all need me to go and check or something.
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AnnoyBot posted:That GTO is sitting in front of Valtellina Motorsport Engineering in Sausalito. Seems like as good a place as any for a 288 GTO to be hanging out. If it were from some market outside the US, whoever imported it might have registered it as a 308 at the dmv for some shady reason. Not saying that's the case here but looking up the plate may not be definitive.
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88h88 posted:It's from Speed Racer, a gloriously eyeball-loving nutball movie that's actually pretty great. The final race is wonderful and had me cheering like I was 7 again. I would love a version of that movie with all the kid's hi-jinks edited out, and a title card saying John Goodman made him fight the monkey to death.
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Powershift posted:And the 288 gto has a break in the a-pillar in line with the front vent window, not at the top of the windshield, and a door handle right above the scoop, rather than up near the window in the 308. an no break at the back of the roof. As I understand it, the main driving force is the fact that interest rates around the world are in the toilet. There are a lot of people out there with cash they want do something with and so they're buying assets like old Porsches and Ferraris because they're not making any more of them (unlike the classic car boom of the 1980s, this time they're not being bought with credit). The UK and RHD markets are even worse because the number of cars are smaller and they don't pay capital gains tax on cars.
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Went to a very small Ferrari club gathering last year here in eastern Iowa. The 288 was glorious.   The F50 looked like hell.
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Went to a local motor show this morning: Audi 100 Coupé  Ford Cortina Mk3  Some Triumphs  Skodas  Ford Granada fastback coupé  Daimler Dart  3-series  Something for Kevbarlas.  Bugattis & Mini Mokes.  Opals  Magnum Opus (from the new Mad Max game) (Lots more in the album link: http://imgur.com/a/l5JMe )
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angryhampster posted:Went to a very small Ferrari club gathering last year here in eastern Iowa. The 288 was glorious.  I'm not sure what's more magnificent, the car or what you're shooting with. What camera/lens combo are you using to get a narrow depth of field at such a wide angle?
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