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Elmnt80: Dec 30, 2012

Human Grand Prix posted:

The 1G Impreza was cool but pretty conventional for a Subaru. The last batshit insane economy Subie was the Loyale.

Actually, we just had someone call for parts on a loyale today. I don't have the first clue what it is and I need to find out.

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# ? Jun 6, 2024 04:46

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.

The MX-5 RF looks amazing in the flesh. As does the 911R (check Ars in a day or two for an interview with Andreas Preuninger). The BMW M760i and Alpina B7 are both stunning too; can't wait to get some seat time with them.

# ? Mar 24, 2016 00:10

blugu64: Jul 17, 2006; Do you realize that fluoridation is the most monstrously conceived and dangerous communist plot we have ever had to face?

blk posted:

Acura managed to make the MDX look worse

Better then the beak

# ? Mar 24, 2016 00:11

Pr0kjayhawk: Nov 30, 2002; Zoom Zoom, motherfuckers

drgitlin posted:

The MX-5 RF looks amazing in the flesh. As does the 911R (check Ars in a day or two for an interview with Andreas Preuninger). The BMW M760i and Alpina B7 are both stunning too; can't wait to get some seat time with them.

That is phenominal; Preuninger is a god to the GT crowd. Make sure to thank him for returning manuals to the GT cars so the 997 GT3 market cools down a bit. I love seeing your car-related content on Ars, keep up the good work.

# ? Mar 24, 2016 00:46

0toShifty: Aug 21, 2005; 0 to Stiffy?

blk posted:

Acura managed to make the MDX look worse

That Acura logo is HUGE! It's the size of a plate! Countdown until some manufacturer makes it the ENTIRE GRILLE.

Oh wait. Ram took care of that.

# ? Mar 24, 2016 01:12

StormDrain: May 22, 2003; Thirteen Letter

0toShifty posted:

That Acura logo is HUGE! It's the size of a plate! Countdown until some manufacturer makes it the ENTIRE GRILLE.

Oh wait. Ram took care of that.

Ford had you covered in 2010:

# ? Mar 24, 2016 01:26

rarbatrol: Apr 17, 2011; Hurt//maim//kill.

Yet, somehow, its not as obnoxious in my eyes. Maybe because it isn't chrome?

# ? Mar 24, 2016 01:36

PCOS Bill: May 12, 2013; by FactsAreUseless

Edit: Crap, didn't refresh for 10 minutes.

# ? Mar 24, 2016 01:36

Doom Sleigher: Dec 29, 2004

rarbatrol posted:

Yet, somehow, its not as obnoxious in my eyes. Maybe because it isn't chrome?

Yes, big shiny chrome leaf up front catches the eye a little bit

# ? Mar 24, 2016 01:43

0toShifty: Aug 21, 2005; 0 to Stiffy?

StormDrain posted:

Ford had you covered in 2010:

Oh drat that's the entire thing! Forgot about that one!

# ? Mar 24, 2016 01:54

Mental Hospitality: Jan 5, 2011

angryhampster posted:

The little V6 also sounded delightful with simple mods.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6RqYYe5do4

Oh man, that takes me back. Learned to drive stick in my friends 93 MX-6 back in high school. He had some cheap eBay headers and no-name muffler, but it sounded sweet.

https://youtu.be/XAc_xTgheQg
[random YouTube video]

It's kind of sad that a lot of cars sound like vacuums with forced induction these days.

# ? Mar 24, 2016 03:25

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.

Pr0kjayhawk posted:

That is phenominal; Preuninger is a god to the GT crowd. Make sure to thank him for returning manuals to the GT cars so the 997 GT3 market cools down a bit. I love seeing your car-related content on Ars, keep up the good work.

Thanks! That makes a nice change from the commenters who either say "you're ruining the site and why the gently caress is Ars writing about cars" or "why do you drive so many expensive cars I can't afford" or "herp derp $30k for a Bolt is way too expensive it should cost $15k".

If you have topics you'd like to see us cover lmk, always open to suggestions.

# ? Mar 24, 2016 03:30

Kanish: Jun 17, 2004

0toShifty posted:

That Acura logo is HUGE! It's the size of a plate! Countdown until some manufacturer makes it the ENTIRE GRILLE.

Oh wait. Ram took care of that.

Man you think that's bad, look at the tailgate on that thing.

# ? Mar 24, 2016 03:39

StormDrain: May 22, 2003; Thirteen Letter

Kanish posted:

Man you think that's bad, look at the tailgate on that thing.

So I thought that was bad:

Until I remembered these:

Edit: forgot the one with the most letters:

StormDrain fucked around with this message at 03:54 on Mar 24, 2016

# ? Mar 24, 2016 03:50

oRenj9: Aug 3, 2004; Who loves oRenj soda?!?; College Slice

To be fair, truck styling is so boring that there's really not much to distinguish the brands.

Of course, crossovers are even worse about this yet the Rav4 doesn't have a big rear end TOYOTA badge on the back anymore.

# ? Mar 24, 2016 04:06

fknlo: Jul 6, 2009; Fun Shoe

None of the old school brand logos on pickups look anywhere near as bad as that RAM badge.

# ? Mar 24, 2016 04:18

StormDrain: May 22, 2003; Thirteen Letter

fknlo posted:

None of the old school brand logos on pickups look anywhere near as bad as that RAM badge.

It might be either the unnecessary stuff around it "REBEL" "4x4", or that the others are mostly stamped steel rather than raised plastic.

# ? Mar 24, 2016 04:35

SlapActionJackson: Jul 27, 2006

StormDrain posted:

It's instructions for how to get the drat things out of the passing lane.

# ? Mar 24, 2016 04:44

Mr. Wiggles: Dec 1, 2003; We are all drinking from the highball glass of ideology.

You guys forgot the best old school tale gate.

# ? Mar 24, 2016 05:22

a primate: Jun 2, 2010

fknlo posted:

None of the old school brand logos on pickups look anywhere near as bad as that RAM badge.

I swear their focus group consists of a classroom of 4 year olds

# ? Mar 24, 2016 05:41

Pr0kjayhawk: Nov 30, 2002; Zoom Zoom, motherfuckers

drgitlin posted:

Thanks! That makes a nice change from the commenters who either say "you're ruining the site and why the gently caress is Ars writing about cars" or "why do you drive so many expensive cars I can't afford" or "herp derp $30k for a Bolt is way too expensive it should cost $15k".

If you have topics you'd like to see us cover lmk, always open to suggestions.

Yeah it's an uphill battle writing about performance cars on a tech/lifestyle site. I really enjoy the comments on almost every article but I definitely skip the comments on your car articles. In my experience those two segments don't have a lot of overlap.

I think your articles do a good job of having detailed information without driving too many people away. I read Rennlist so you definitely don't want advice from me.

# ? Mar 24, 2016 05:44

BloodBag: Sep 20, 2008; WITNESS ME!

a primate posted:

I swear their focus group consists of a classroom of 4 year olds

In other words, the people that buy brodozers.

# ? Mar 24, 2016 10:41

Cage: Jul 17, 2003; www.revivethedrive.org

Sooo new navigator

Jk apparently the gullwing doors are just on the concept to show off the interior, and won't be on production.

# ? Mar 24, 2016 13:25

mobby_6kl: Aug 9, 2009; by Fluffdaddy

Laaaame

# ? Mar 24, 2016 13:37

MrOnBicycle: Jan 18, 2008; Wait wat?

Cage posted:

Sooo new navigator

Jk apparently the gullwing doors are just on the concept to show off the interior, and won't be on production.

Florida version?

# ? Mar 24, 2016 15:16

Olympic Mathlete: Feb 25, 2011

That's a Range Rover. That side view couldn't be any more Range Rover if it tried. It's like Landwind levels of blatant.

# ? Mar 24, 2016 15:17

Huge_Midget: Jun 6, 2002; I don't like the look of it...

MrOnBicycle posted:

Florida version?

Nah, that version has Rascal scooter ramps.

# ? Mar 24, 2016 15:36

Proud Christian Mom: Dec 20, 2006; READING COMPREHENSION IS HARD

88h88 posted:

That's a Range Rover. That side view couldn't be any more Range Rover if it tried. It's like Landwind levels of blatant.

its for all the people that want a range rover but can only afford used navigators

# ? Mar 24, 2016 16:30

travisray2004: Dec 2, 2004; SuprMan

BraveUlysses posted:

Sooooo good. I wonder how much more it weighs.

110lbs.

# ? Mar 24, 2016 20:28

Star War Sex Parrot: Oct 2, 2003

Enourmo posted:

Yes.

E: better images

Here's a video of the top going down:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5B5n_ncdIs

# ? Mar 24, 2016 21:11

Friar Zucchini: Aug 6, 2010

Star War Sex Parrot posted:

Here's a video of the top going down:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5B5n_ncdIs

I'm kinda surprised they went with the rear window set at such a high angle. I'd thought conventional wisdom is that hurts aerodynamics by creating a vacuum that increases air pressure at the trailing edge of the roof with excess turbulence behind the car? Especially with how car makers are always trying to make stuff more aerodynamic, less rolling resistance, make everything slippery. Like with the orange-peel paint that may or may not give the car a golf ball effect.

# ? Mar 24, 2016 21:28

Human Grand Prix: Jan 24, 2013; by FactsAreUseless

oRenj9 posted:

To be fair, truck styling is so boring that there's really not much to distinguish the brands.

Of course, crossovers are even worse about this yet the Rav4 doesn't have a big rear end TOYOTA badge on the back anymore.

I prefer "TOYOTA" to their 1991+ Logo. The Nissan and Mazda Logos also don't look great.

# ? Mar 24, 2016 21:35

CornHolio: May 20, 2001; Toilet Rascal

Friar Zucchini posted:

I'm kinda surprised they went with the rear window set at such a high angle. I'd thought conventional wisdom is that hurts aerodynamics by creating a vacuum that increases air pressure at the trailing edge of the roof with excess turbulence behind the car? Especially with how car makers are always trying to make stuff more aerodynamic, less rolling resistance, make everything slippery. Like with the orange-peel paint that may or may not give the car a golf ball effect.

buttresses, tho.

# ? Mar 24, 2016 22:02

Friar Zucchini: Aug 6, 2010

CornHolio posted:

buttresses, tho.

He has a point though.

# ? Mar 24, 2016 22:23

a primate: Jun 2, 2010

Human Grand Prix posted:

I prefer "TOYOTA" to their 1991+ Logo. The Nissan and Mazda Logos also don't look great.

I quite like the Mazda logo actually. The Toyota logo is looking a bit dated, and I don't think the Nissan logo ever looked good.

# ? Mar 24, 2016 22:25

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