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Preoptopus posted:Wait so attaching tie rods straight to the strut is a real thing? I didnt understand that part. They didnt even look like the final struts they will be using? Are they gonna weld thoes brackets to every new strut? Given the distance to the tierod pickup on the hub it makes sense. With the height+offset like they need it would put a huge moment arm in whatever piece they would need to bridge the location. Welding it to the strut makes it a much stronger setup with far less flex. I'm guessing in the end they'll use a strut insert and coilover sleeves so they won't have to swap out a strut unless something breaks on it.
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Her accent is so adorable  commercial owns, love when she blasted straight through the empty house
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Crustashio posted:Given the distance to the tierod pickup on the hub it makes sense. With the height+offset like they need it would put a huge moment arm in whatever piece they would need to bridge the location. Welding it to the strut makes it a much stronger setup with far less flex. Ok If they make a sleeve that makes sense. Ive never ever seen that. And Mclaren using sex to sell the P1? really? 
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Preoptopus posted:Ok If they make a sleeve that makes sense. Ive never ever seen that. She's placing an ad to get rid of her used Aston Martin while it sits at the dealership having the passenger side cylinder head replaced for the fourth time in ten years.
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Ozz81 posted:Her accent is so adorable Tonight on Top Gear...
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So I've been given carte blanche to drive a Mclaren 650S whenever the wish strikes me. Catch is, this offer is being made by my girlfriend's dad. In my mind, this is danger. "You can drive my supercar" is among the same lines of "You can be inside my daughter".
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MA-Horus posted:So I've been given carte blanche to drive a Mclaren 650S whenever the wish strikes me. He's testing you.
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MA-Horus posted:Mclaren 650S MA-Horus posted:girlfriend's dad. I married wrong.
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blk posted:I married wrong.
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blk posted:I married wrong. He is very wealthy but doesn't act like a very wealthy person (in the dickish way), and his favourite car is his old Alfa Romeo. I thought he was testing me at first too but everyone's like "Naw he's just a nice guy, he'll laugh if you crash it" But then I realize that if I DO crash it, repairing something would be like a year of my income or so. MA-Horus fucked around with this message at 19:25 on Dec 5, 2015 |
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Just try it out, don't be a wuss and don't be over-confident. I would totally let people I liked drive my cool cars.
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MA-Horus posted:He is very wealthy but doesn't act like a very wealthy person (in the dickish way), and his favourite car is his old Alfa Romeo. You really should take him up on the offer, it is a truly spectacular car. Ferrari have lent me an FF for a few days so we took it to Costco to fill it up with cat and dog food and donated it (the food, not the car) to WARL: 
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drgitlin posted:Ferrari have lent me an FF for a few days
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MA-Horus posted:He is very wealthy but doesn't act like a very wealthy person (in the dickish way), and his favourite car is his old Alfa Romeo. What kind of Alfa?
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Mcqueen posted:What kind of Alfa? Yea. It's not shocking it's his favorite, though. Alfa forever.
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It's a spider. Summer car only. Goes next to the beater boxter.
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MA-Horus posted:beater boxter. I think I may cry.
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Also it's insured. If you crash it it's just a deductible, but I'd say it's also bad form to ask you to pay unless you did something spectacularly stupid. Drive the car, don't be an rear end in a top hat, it'll be fine.
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MA-Horus posted:So I've been given carte blanche to drive a Mclaren 650S whenever the wish strikes me. I drove one earlier this year. It's the first time I've ever driven a supercar and it wasn't mine. Once you get past the fact that it costs as much as a house, it's likes driving any other car. It's seriously easy to drive. Honest to goodness, the closest experience to it was borrowing my mom's Accord. Both are a little unfamiliar to me, but once I got going and relaxed it was easy. Only the Mclaren is hilariously fast. Take it out and have fun!
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MA-Horus posted:So I've been given carte blanche to drive a Mclaren 650S whenever the wish strikes me. So either you drive it like a grandpa and he assumes you gently caress like one, or you drive like you stole it and he thinks you'll bottom his little girl out and give her whiplash. Which do you choose?
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Ozz81 posted:So either you drive it like a grandpa and he assumes you gently caress like one, or you drive like you stole it and he thinks you'll bottom his little girl out and give her whiplash. How do you get the strap-on on a McLaren?
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Wasabi the J posted:How do you get the strap-on on a McLaren? No, you wouldn't put one on a McLaren. Strap-ons are more of something for an Italian supercar. Oil leaks => free lube? 
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Funzo posted:I think I may cry. At the fact that there are beater boxsters? First gens are sub $10, often by a few grand. Of course there are beaters. This is something to be happy about - they're still fun cars and are worth very little. This is like one of the core pillars of AI.
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Sinestro posted:No, you wouldn't put one on a McLaren. Strap-ons are more of something for an Italian supercar. Oil leaks => free lube? Funny guy thinking British cars don't leak oil...
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ColHannibal posted:Funny guy thinking British cars don't leak oil... Leak? British cars don't LEAK oil... they HEMORRHAGE oil.
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ColHannibal posted:Funny guy thinking British cars don't leak oil... Well yeah, but I generally think of McLarens as being well-made enough that they transcend that stereotype.
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Motronic posted:At the fact that there are beater boxsters? First gens are sub $10, often by a few grand. Of course there are beaters. Boxsters are the 914 of the 21st Century
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VikingSkull posted:Boxsters are the 914 of the 21st Century New thread title?
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VikingSkull posted:Boxsters are the 914 of the 21st Century I drove a 914 in high school, and I now drive a 2006 boxster, and the boxster is way to well thought out to compare to the 914 and it's dumb backwards gearbox.
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Gorilla Salad posted:I'll give you happiest, but for coolest, my vote still goes for the 1971 Starstreak: Holy gently caress. 10/10 would live in down by the river
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Six-Of-Hearts posted:Holy gently caress. Truly an aspirational vehicle.
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ColHannibal posted:I drove a 914 in high school, and I now drive a 2006 boxster, and the boxster is way to well thought out to compare to the 914 and it's dumb backwards gearbox. Fair point, but with the explosion in value of almost all things Porsche, I know where there's a clapped out 914 and haven't considered looking at it. They made enough Boxsters and enough of them got beat on that it's basically the only other Porsche that has a similar future.
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My head is trying to comprehend that that started off looking like this: It says they did a 944 Turbo prior to that. Any good pics?
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Falken posted:My head is trying to comprehend that that started off looking like this:  It was something a little less extreme from two years ago.
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 Quick Google Translate posted:Toine Hezemans has talked with more than busy. And with heim zjin dedicated helpers who often worked nights for the last time in Eindhoven to get ready for this very special Ford Escort. Obzet: the first race on Sunday, March 13th at the circuit of Zolder. Counting for the German championship. Because that preys on smart Toine. His Ford Escort hefft very special features. As get start of the engine by middal of compressed air. You can see that usually only a Gran Prix. And the six-speed Hewland; even though an application from the formula a. Only the best is good enough for Toine. As he puts it, "what is good for Formula One guys, is also good for Hezemans. NitroSpazzz fucked around with this message at 01:29 on Dec 7, 2015 |
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drgitlin posted:You really should take him up on the offer, it is a truly spectacular car. Our cat is from WARL. She is a cat and not a dog, therefore could be better, but she is a good cat. Thank you.
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MA-Horus posted:So I've been given carte blanche to drive a Mclaren 650S whenever the wish strikes me. This happened to me with a less cool/expensive car. The first time I met the father of my girlfriend (now wife), he offered to let me drive his cherry 911. I didn't want to hurt anything so I declined, and regret doing so. Not long after he sold the car and hasn't replaced it with something as cool. Learn from my mistake and get the gently caress into the driver's seat.
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Yeah, I visited an old high school friend over the summer and he's got a pristine NSX in the garage. I've always felt weird driving another dude's toy, I'd feel horrible if I damaged any piece of it, but he eventually convinced me to do a cruise and we did a lap of the area. Good fun, no regrets.
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While visiting my wife's uncle I was drooling all over his showroom condition '69 GTO, when he offered to let me take it for a spin. I had a blast driving it, and mentioned it to my father in law next time I saw him. He was PISSED because, unbeknownst to me, his brother had never offered to let him drive it. Never decline those offers, they don't come often.
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I wonder if I will drive another V12 again? Their days are numbered... The neighborhood kids, who had all been very excited about the prospect of getting a ride in a Ferrari, were a bit underwhelmed by the color. They didn't even ask for a photo, although they did want more than one go in it. Wish it sounded quite as good inside the car as it does from the outside, and having to fill up twice in 230 miles (6.5 US mpg, 7.8 UK mpg) is a bit shocking. CarPlay is nice, I can't believe it's $1 more expensive ($4015) than the passenger display though ($4014). The ($17,600) panoramic roof is also a great touch. Looks like second hand ones are now under $200k, although I can't even imagine what servicing costs are like given that it's got not one but two transmissions. It's the first Ferrari I've driven, and I was particularly impressed with how permissive the electronics are. There's a decent amount of wheelspin from a standing start in sport mode and the car will happily move around, but always in a very playful and safe manner. Can't wait to try the 488 next year; maybe I should see if they'll lend me an F12 too...
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