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Paul Walker's daughter is suing Porsche for the death of her father. 
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Sep 29, 2015 19:07
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leica posted:Well when those mass produced soft cars out perform it for half the price I guess that cachet kinda goes out the window lol okay good point do you have any lap times or hard data to support this claim? just what was the nurburgring time of a stock toyota mr-s? also having never driven either im sure the driving experience of a large front engine car is nearly identical to a tiny mid engined car or have i made you so angry that your just frothing at the mouth now lmao
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Sep 29, 2015 19:09
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Top Hats Monthly posted:Some scumbag lawyer talked Paul Walker's daughter into suing Porsche for the death of her father. Probably more accurate. In new car news, tuners have gotten their hands on the ATS-V and initial tunes are getting in the neighborhood of  100hp They say there's room for more too.
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Sep 29, 2015 19:34
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Residency Evil posted:I'll probably still end up with a Cayman. That's the car you get if driving experience matters more than looks or style or flaws-as-character.
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Sep 29, 2015 19:52
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Seat Safety Switch posted:GM should just go balls to the wall and build the Deliverator's car from Snow Crash. Amen. I want my black chariot of pepperoni fire.
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Sep 29, 2015 20:04
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corn in the fridge posted:lol okay good point do you have any lap times or hard data to support this claim? just what was the nurburgring time of a stock toyota mr-s? also having never driven either im sure the driving experience of a large front engine car is nearly identical to a tiny mid engined car or have i made you so angry that your just frothing at the mouth now lmao Since you're probated why don't you go ahead and find some lap times and hard data, that would be great. Lol.
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Sep 29, 2015 20:41
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wow this discussion was fuckin dumb as hell I give a poo poo about the Alfa badge in America! I just am not in the market for a 4C.
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Sep 29, 2015 20:46
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It's a cool car and all, but some dude in England white knighting the 4C and Alfa badge for the US is pretty fuckin funny.
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Sep 29, 2015 20:50
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kimbo305 posted:That's the car you get if driving experience matters more than looks or style or flaws-as-character. But the stereotypes hurt.
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Sep 29, 2015 21:01
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Sorry it's not *new* new but is AI still in love with Focus STs? Dads getting a new off the lot 2015 ST1 tomorrow and I wanted to see if I steered him correctly. It was basically spending the last year repeatedly telling him almost every couple days the reasons why he didn't want to go with a GTI and it was the latest VW boondoggle that finally tipped him away.
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Sep 29, 2015 21:07
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I love that color
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Sep 29, 2015 21:10
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I'd rather drive a GTI even though it's slower, doesn't handle as well, and won't be as reliable. It's just a lot nicer inside and it's a sporty street car, not a track car. But good on him for picking the quantitatively superior car and having the good taste to get it in the most obnoxiously bright colour, as he should. If he's into modding cars at all, you can get a real Quaife helical LSD for the ST which, with a tune, will have the car probably eating Golf Rs if he cares about that. As for the 4C, whoever said their packaging and pricing models are a problem was right. At $60k (Not 'Murican) the 4C looks like a more entertaining and interesting option than a $60k Cayman, but at $75k suddenly the Cayman S looks pretty good. Fiat should have brought two models with no packages and just a handful of individual options, and priced the spider more closely to the coupe.
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Sep 29, 2015 21:32
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Wheeee posted:I'd rather drive a GTI even though it's slower, doesn't handle as well, and won't be as reliable. It's just a lot nicer inside and it's a sporty street car, not a track car. Really? I didn't think the GTI interior was hot poo poo when I test drove it, whereas the Recaros in the FoST gave me a semi when I sat in them, and the rest of it was at least not bad enough to take notice of.
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Sep 29, 2015 21:56
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PT6A posted:Really? I didn't think the GTI interior was hot poo poo when I test drove it, whereas the Recaros in the FoST gave me a semi when I sat in them, and the rest of it was at least not bad enough to take notice of. The current Focus interior is actually pretty good, feels solid, and the Recaros are very nice but didn't feel like they'd be comfortable for longer drives. I think the GTI, and Golf in general, gets overrated by magazine reviewers partly because they're idiots, but also because it really is a lot nicer than most of the segment, and still a bit nicer than the Focus/Mazda3 in terms of design and feel. Honestly if I were shopping in that segment I'd just get a previous-gen Mazda3 hatch or something for cheap, but looking at $30k+ fast hatchbacks the Golf really does a better impression of a $30k+ car than the Focus does. Edit: Hadn't played with their websites in a long time, holy poo poo lol $38k CAD for a GTI with the Performance Pack and no leather. That'll get you a Focus ST with the 401A package, a proper helical LSD, and your choice between a shitload of power mods or a hatch full of liquor with a high-class escort in every seat. Yea nevermind, gently caress VW. Wheeee fucked around with this message at 22:11 on Sep 29, 2015 |
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Sep 29, 2015 22:01
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corn in the fridge posted:all these posts comparing the 4c to the mustang and the elise to an mr2 are really hitting the nail on the head. it's so obvious now that limited production luxury track focused cars have got nothing on their softer mass produced counterparts. it's almost as if an mr2 buyer wouldn't even consider something like a 4c or an elise. really good stuff people i think we can wrap it up now Here's what a typical American buyer is gonna do. He's gonna take it for a test drive. He'll drive onto the highway, he'll put his foot down, and he'll get off at the next exit, go back to the dealership and walk out wondering why a sports car that expensive is so slow. At that point it's anybody's guess as to whether he gets a Corvette, a Porsche or a King Ranch F-250. Friar Zucchini fucked around with this message at 22:20 on Sep 29, 2015 |
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Sep 29, 2015 22:16
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Wheeee posted:But good on him for picking the quantitatively superior car and having the good taste to get it in the most obnoxiously bright colour, as he should. If he's into modding cars at all, you can get a real Quaife helical LSD for the ST which, with a tune, will have the car probably eating Golf Rs if he cares about that. My dad is turning 64, regularly takes the '90 or '91 Honda CBR F2 he bought brand new and has maintained in as close to flawless condition and still be a runner as possible to track days at Laguna Seca, has a small cult following in my Facebook friends for his tendency to not post anything for months until the flawless one shot one kill burn opportunity to arise on my wall, sold his '70 Cougar Eliminator with a built 351C 4V with all the Edelbrock goodies you can dream of so that for one of his and my mom's major anniversaries he could have the money to get her the diamond ring he had always promised her when they got married but couldn't afford, admitted point blank to essentially gas lighting me for a solid six month period of time where he would casually discuss selling off my old Bug that he's turned into a 2 liter stroked autocross toy to get the down payment money for the eventual GTI but never actually intended to do so and only kept doing it over how angry I was getting and it amused him, and I hate him so much
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Sep 29, 2015 22:28
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Your dad owns and bought the correct car
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Sep 29, 2015 22:31
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I love that colour and bright colours on cars. It makes me sad when shopping a brand that only has drab boring colours (cough, toyota, honda) in their regular lineup but I understand not everyone wants to drive a pimp rear end clown car like I do. Funny enough I would have never had bought a red car before getting my current ride (it was a great deal) and now all I want is a red or some other bright colour car.
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Sep 29, 2015 22:36
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Red paint on cars is like black clothes on fat people: Always the correct choice.
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Sep 29, 2015 22:46
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Wheeee posted:Your dad owns and bought the correct car Well I hate him because every day of my life, for all he did, he denied me the only thing I ever wanted in a father. Someone to be able to point my finger at and blame for why I came out so broken. Hell, both my younger brothers became teachers, one just bought a brand new base model Civic commuter, the other saved up and bought a beat up CBR F3 and learned to ride so they can blast up and down the coast together. E: I guess with two teachers in the family someone needed to be the lesson 
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Sep 29, 2015 22:51
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Friar Zucchini posted:Here's what a typical American buyer is gonna do. He's gonna take it for a test drive. He'll drive onto the highway, he'll put his foot down, and he'll get off at the next exit, go back to the dealership and walk out wondering why a sports car that expensive is so slow. At that point it's anybody's guess as to whether he gets a Corvette, a Porsche or a King Ranch F-250. Hmm, I'm not sure how this is possible or if the site I had is just lying but apparently the 4C, despite having 223hp less, has the same 4.2 second 0-60 time as a base manual Corvette? I dunno, another site says the auto Corvette is 3.8 so it's in that range. Haven't seen any official nurburgring times for a base Corvette but the 4C did 8:04, which is apparently the fastest of any sub-250hp car. I assume the base Corvette with Z51 package is somewhere in the 7:30 range?
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Sep 29, 2015 23:01
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14 INCH DICK posted:Well I hate him because every day of my life, for all he did, he denied me the only thing I ever wanted in a father. Someone to be able to point my finger at and blame for why I came out so broken. Hell, both my younger brothers became teachers, one just bought a brand new base model Civic commuter, the other saved up and bought a beat up CBR F3 and learned to ride so they can blast up and down the coast together. I was going to ask - who is going to take care of him when he is old, though?
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Sep 29, 2015 23:28
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Lightbulb Out posted:I was going to ask - who is going to take care of him when he is old, though? Hell, he doesn't look or act a day over 50 so at this rate by the time he needs that I either intend on being in the end stages of liver failure, or will have banded together with the rest of the surviving warband out in the wasteland and it will be someone else's problem
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Sep 29, 2015 23:38
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davebo posted:Hmm, I'm not sure how this is possible or if the site I had is just lying but apparently the 4C, despite having 223hp less, has the same 4.2 second 0-60 time as a base manual Corvette? I dunno, another site says the auto Corvette is 3.8 so it's in that range. Haven't seen any official nurburgring times for a base Corvette but the 4C did 8:04, which is apparently the fastest of any sub-250hp car. I assume the base Corvette with Z51 package is somewhere in the 7:30 range? 0-60 doesn't mean jack loving poo poo to anyone but drag racers and spec sheet racers; downshift and hammer the throttle down an on-ramp and that'll show you the difference between a Corvette and any lesser powered sports car in the sort of driving people actually do. Same goes for lap times around race tracks, cars like the 4C can turn respectable lap times for their power output due to their ability to hold speed through corners, something virtually nobody will be able to tell the difference of between two cars on a test drive. Acceleration from a rolling start is what matters to people and no trick launch mode DSG or AWD bullshit is going to make up for raw power there.
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Sep 30, 2015 00:02
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Wheeee posted:0-60 doesn't mean jack loving poo poo to anyone but drag racers and spec sheet racers; downshift and hammer the throttle down an on-ramp and that'll show you the difference between a Corvette and any lesser powered sports car in the sort of driving people actually do. Same goes for lap times around race tracks, cars like the 4C can turn respectable lap times for their power output due to their ability to hold speed through corners, something virtually nobody will be able to tell the difference of between two cars on a test drive. And therefore, we see the sales of the Alfa 4C. Friar Zucchini fucked around with this message at 00:41 on Sep 30, 2015 |
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Sep 30, 2015 00:38
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http://jalopnik.com/audi-announces-u-s-models-affected-by-dieselgate-1733671207quote:As reported earlier today, the Volkswagen Dieselgate scandal includes about 2.1 million Audi models worldwide, with about 14,000 making it to America. Holy lol does America hate diesels.
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Sep 30, 2015 00:57
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Residency Evil posted:http://jalopnik.com/audi-announces-u-s-models-affected-by-dieselgate-1733671207 In fact, that 14000 includes the 2015 and 2016 A3 2L TDI which has urea injection and doesn't break the EPA rules, although the EPA has stopped them selling any more until this is resolved. According to my contact at Audi the total number of affected vehicles in the US is: 11,600. The 3L V6 TDI engine also uses urea injection so shouldn't be affected either.
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Sep 30, 2015 01:09
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Residency Evil posted:http://jalopnik.com/audi-announces-u-s-models-affected-by-dieselgate-1733671207 Not true. 'Muricans looooooooove the poo poo out of big 'ol staxxxed, coal rollin', dualied up diesel TRUCKS. And then the hippies love VW diesels.
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Sep 30, 2015 01:18
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MikeyTsi posted:Not true. 'Muricans looooooooove the poo poo out of big 'ol staxxxed, coal rollin', dualied up diesel TRUCKS. 0.7% of the world's 2nd largest market seems kind of low.
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Sep 30, 2015 02:18
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14 INCH DICK posted:Well I hate him because every day of my life, for all he did, he denied me the only thing I ever wanted in a father. Someone to be able to point my finger at and blame for why I came out so broken. Hell, both my younger brothers became teachers, one just bought a brand new base model Civic commuter, the other saved up and bought a beat up CBR F3 and learned to ride so they can blast up and down the coast together. It's not too late for you - buy a bike and go riding with them. 
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Sep 30, 2015 02:41
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That's been a bone of contention and the one thing I ever truly haven't let go, finding out dad taught him how to ride and fix up a bike pretty much as soon as I had moved to Seattle, because he had actively dragged his feet on me because he got the fool idea in his head somewhere that someone that gets as hosed up as oftem as I do, with type 1 bipolar, might not make the best choices on 2 wheels in the heat of the moment. It doesn't make him wrong, but it doesn't make it sit any easier to hear
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Sep 30, 2015 02:53
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MAZDA HAS A NEW SPORTS CAR CONCEPT GUYSSSSS http://blog.caranddriver.com/mazda-teases-sports-car-concept-not-a-miata-hopefully-rotary-powered/
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Sep 30, 2015 05:40
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Oh god more rotaries?!
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Sep 30, 2015 05:42
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Diesel rotary brown station wagon 5 speed ute or bust Mazda!!! 
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Sep 30, 2015 05:46
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ｒｏｔａｒｙ ｄｉｅｓｅｌ
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Sep 30, 2015 05:57
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Bulk Vanderhuge posted:MAZDA HAS A NEW SPORTS CAR CONCEPT GUYSSSSS That's going to make a gorgeous four door CUV inspired by the passion and design of the FD RX7
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Sep 30, 2015 06:05
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Mazda engineers developed new rotary that implodes faster than the renesis, awesome!
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Sep 30, 2015 06:28
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I still dream of a world in which Mazda somehow loses the capacity to build their own engines and has to order bulk shipments of LSx crate engines for all their future vehicles.
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Sep 30, 2015 06:52
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What we need to read is "Mazda engineers developing a pushrod V8" instead of "Mazda engineers developing an efficient rotary"
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Sep 30, 2015 06:57
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Bulk Vanderhuge posted:MAZDA HAS A NEW SPORTS CAR CONCEPT GUYSSSSS Miata clownshoe?
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