Post awesome AI car shit:First time Ive seen a Golf with a hole in one like that

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The Locator: Sep 12, 2004; Out here, everything hurts.

MrYenko posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yN2ggfP09mc

They could never do this in the US, because they would have to stop on every lap to have the car searched by the TSA before being allowed to proceed onto the airport side.

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MetaJew: Apr 14, 2006; Gather round, one and all, and thrill to my turgid tales of underwhelming misadventure!

The Locator posted:

They could never do this in the US, because they would have to stop on every lap to have the car searched by the TSA before being allowed to proceed onto the airport side.

But that is in the US... In Florida, to be exact.

# ? Mar 20, 2016 06:52

The Locator: Sep 12, 2004; Out here, everything hurts.

MetaJew posted:

But that is in the US... In Florida, to be exact.

Hush you.

# ? Mar 20, 2016 08:36

The Prong Song: Sep 7, 2002; WHITE
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MetaJew posted:

But that is in the US... In Florida, to be exact.

Jokes? ...I don't know any jokes.

# ? Mar 20, 2016 12:30

Seizure Meat: Jul 23, 2008; by Smythe

The Locator posted:

They could never do this in the US, because they would have to stop on every lap to have the car searched by the TSA before being allowed to proceed onto the airport side.

the proper joke in reference to American sportscar racing is that they can't go through the airport because the DEA* will snag them

*the IRS is also acceptable to use here

# ? Mar 20, 2016 15:28

Preoptopus: Aug 25, 2008; Ð¢ÑÐ¸ Ð¿Ð¾Ð»Ð¾ÑÐºÐ¸,
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thats a sweet course. Except that they used the airport, meaning there arnt many high rise residential buildings people could watch from. Which is kind of the point I think of having a street circuit.

# ? Mar 20, 2016 15:44

Fender Anarchist: May 20, 2009; Fender Anarchist

naw see this way they can charge more people for admission

# ? Mar 20, 2016 22:00

Phy: Jun 27, 2008; Fun Shoe

bennyfactor posted:

I just figured out the fingers are the pistons, goddamnit

# ? Mar 20, 2016 22:17

eyebeem: Jul 18, 2013; by R. Guyovich

Unexpected sighting today

# ? Mar 21, 2016 03:18

Wistful of Dollars: Aug 25, 2009

Is that the 2017 Fusion?

# ? Mar 21, 2016 04:10

Falken: Jan 26, 2004; Do you feel like a hero yet?

El Scotch posted:

Is that the 2017 Fusion?

In all seriousness, nice!

# ? Mar 21, 2016 04:12

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eyebeem posted:

Unexpected sighting today

What, eyebeem in Palm Desert? They just got Mclaren at Desert European.

# ? Mar 21, 2016 04:25

eyebeem: Jul 18, 2013; by R. Guyovich

El Jebus posted:

What, eyebeem in Palm Desert? They just got Mclaren at Desert European.

I have a house in North Indio. I was in town this weekend for Paribas.

# ? Mar 21, 2016 04:40

IOwnCalculus: Apr 2, 2003

The Locator posted:

They could never do this in the US, because they would have to stop on every lap to have the car searched by the TSA before being allowed to proceed onto the airport side.

Airport tracks own.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQaUfrbgguM&t=380s

# ? Mar 21, 2016 06:13

MetaJew: Apr 14, 2006; Gather round, one and all, and thrill to my turgid tales of underwhelming misadventure!

Sigma X posted:

Jokes? ...I don't know any jokes.

It was a 50/50 between it being a joke, and The Locator actually thinking it was in Russia or something.

# ? Mar 21, 2016 07:11

The Locator: Sep 12, 2004; Out here, everything hurts.

MetaJew posted:

It was a 50/50 between it being a joke, and The Locator actually thinking it was in Russia or something.

I could be completely wrong, but I would think that if it was in Russia at least a few of the signs around the track would be in Cyrillic instead of English. :v:

Edit: Also, I'm bad at jokes.

# ? Mar 21, 2016 07:22

drgitlin: Jul 25, 2003; luv 2 get custom titles from a forum that goes into revolt when its told to stop using a bad word.

eyebeem posted:

Unexpected sighting today

The NSX media drive (that I did not get invited to which still makes me sad) was in Palm Desert, but that was about a month ago. Maybe the cars are still there?

# ? Mar 21, 2016 14:15

Octopus Magic: Dec 19, 2003; I HATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU LIKE* AND I NEED TO BE SURE YOU ALL KNOW THAT EVERY TIME I POST

*unless it's a DSM in which case we cool ^_^

The new NSX is a mega frumpy looking car for Bay Area tech managers that has no business being called an NSX. :colbert:

# ? Mar 21, 2016 15:37

xzzy: Mar 5, 2009

Boring run of the mill "modern sports car" styling with boring uninteresting paint.. hope it has a spot for golf clubs because heading to the local course is the harshest driving those cars will ever see.

It really looks like they picked random bits from Audi, Lexus and the Veyron and decided to slap an NSX badge on it so they could claim it's "back" and get a bunch of nostalgia sales.

# ? Mar 21, 2016 15:50

um excuse me: Jan 1, 2016; by Fluffdaddy

If it's a flop the owners will have the last laugh. *cough*XJ220*cough*

# ? Mar 21, 2016 16:01

drgitlin: Jul 25, 2003; luv 2 get custom titles from a forum that goes into revolt when its told to stop using a bad word.

I'm hoping to drive it later this summer so I'll let you know. The guys I know who have driven it liked it, but from a technology POV I think I prefer the cheaper i8.

# ? Mar 21, 2016 16:01

Wistful of Dollars: Aug 25, 2009

*settles into armchair*

They forgot what made the original NSX the wonderful machine it continues to be.

*leaves armchair to find biscuits*

# ? Mar 21, 2016 17:41

eyebeem: Jul 18, 2013; by R. Guyovich

I'd take an i8 or an r8 over the new nsx any day.

The photo was taken yesterday, so the cars are definetely still in town. I assumed they were there for the Paribas to grab some of the well healed in attendance.

# ? Mar 21, 2016 17:41

drgitlin: Jul 25, 2003; luv 2 get custom titles from a forum that goes into revolt when its told to stop using a bad word.

El Scotch posted:

*settles into armchair*

They forgot what made the original NSX the wonderful machine it continues to be.

*leaves armchair to find biscuits*

Although I agree with your point, the design briefs for both cars were to build a state of the art sports car. In the late 80s that meant lightweight construction and a beautiful naturally aspirated engine. In 2015 it meant a hybrid like the P1/LaFerrari/918.

# ? Mar 21, 2016 18:04

Olympic Mathlete: Feb 25, 2011

The fun fact about the new NSX is that with the money it'll cost to buy one, you can buy two old NSXs and drive the tits off one without feeling bad because you have a spare...

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drgitlin: Jul 25, 2003; luv 2 get custom titles from a forum that goes into revolt when its told to stop using a bad word.

Or track down an NSX-R.

# ? Mar 21, 2016 18:30

Olympic Mathlete: Feb 25, 2011

Or that, yeah. Either way if you have the coin for a new one and are whining about it, go buy an old one??

# ? Mar 21, 2016 18:34

xzzy: Mar 5, 2009

Yep.. the old ones look better, are cheaper, and function as submarines in a pinch.

What's not to like?

# ? Mar 21, 2016 18:52

Riot Carol Danvers: Jul 30, 2004; It's super dumb, but I can't stop myself. This is just kind of how I do things.

xzzy posted:

Boring run of the mill "modern sports car" styling with boring uninteresting paint.. hope it has a spot for golf clubs because heading to the local course is the harshest driving those cars will ever see.

It really looks like they picked random bits from Audi, Lexus and the Veyron and decided to slap an NSX badge on it so they could claim it's "back" and get a bunch of nostalgia sales.

Reading this on my phone I thought they WERE audis.

# ? Mar 21, 2016 19:34

Seizure Meat: Jul 23, 2008; by Smythe

I dunno why they bother tbh, Corvettes seem like they are gonna win every sportscar race from now until the end of time

# ? Mar 21, 2016 20:20

Rigged Death Trap: Feb 13, 2012; BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP

VikingSkull posted:

I dunno why they bother tbh, Corvettes seem like they are gonna win every sportscar race from now until the end of time

Yeah pretty much.
Except what If I want two cams above my cylinders and a rev limit above 8k

# ? Mar 21, 2016 20:28

Fender Anarchist: May 20, 2009; Fender Anarchist

well idk if they'd fit in a corvette but they do in fact make dohc heads for ls motors. flat plane creaks, too

# ? Mar 21, 2016 22:23

Elephanthead: Sep 11, 2008; Toilet Rascal

Rigged Death Trap posted:

Yeah pretty much.
Except what If I want two cams above my cylinders and a rev limit above 8k

You can buy a low mileage 1990 zr1 for under 20k now. Not sure what the official redline was. Take out the original extra thin windshield before you drive it those things are becoming gold.

# ? Mar 21, 2016 22:48

boxen: Feb 20, 2011

Enourmo posted:

well idk if they'd fit in a corvette but they do in fact make dohc heads for ls motors. flat plane creaks, too

http://www.mercuryracing.com/sema-2015/

Doesn't look like it'd fit in a Corvette.

# ? Mar 22, 2016 03:53

Neo Mara: Apr 20, 2005

Rigged Death Trap posted:

Yeah pretty much.
Except what If I want two cams above my cylinders and a rev limit above 8k

You can easily make an LSx spin 9k. LS7 valve trains are stable till about 7800 stock. Sleeve an LS block, open to 4.185, custom 3" stroke, Al or Ti rods, Ti valves, shaft rockers, solid roller cam, spin past 9k all day long. Probably make north of 700bhp.

Still just a single cam, but you were just joking anyway so

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