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Mat_Drinks posted:The no manual is surely a deal killer for many, which I can definitely understand. Edit - I forgot about the TTRS. Mr. Apollo fucked around with this message at 11:39 on Apr 12, 2016 |
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1500quidporsche posted:That spring setup never ceases to amaze me. Some poster here once described German engineering as identifying a specific problem to solve, then working diligently to solve that one problem 100% of the way, without any concern for exactly how you address it or any side effects that might result.
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For instance, the "diesel engine emission" problem. We all know how that was solved.
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Just checked out the new Cadillac CT6, holy poo poo, it's nice. I poked around a bunch of luxobarges at the local car show, and the caddy was the only one that felt like a rival to the benzes. Hope the interiors hold up over time, because for the first time in my life I want a caddy.
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BloodBag posted:Mercedes...What's Mercedes got? Tainted by actually being Chrysler for a decade.
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Why does everyone hate the Dodge Dart so much? I had one as a rental and thought it was somewhat decent. 
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How many Chrysler or Chevy's do you see running after 10 years vs most other manufacturers of small cars? Do you trust a Fiat/Chrysler love child to be well built?
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Christobevii3 posted:How many Chrysler or Chevy's do you see running after 10 years vs most other manufacturers of small cars? Do you trust a Fiat/Chrysler love child to be well built? There are old cavaliers/cobalts and a bajillion things with the 3.8 still running around here.
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TheWevel posted:Why does everyone hate the Dodge Dart so much? I had one as a rental and thought it was somewhat decent. It's the worst car in its segment by far.
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Fiesta sedan auto and Chevy sonic are pretty bad too. Sonic has the cheapest interior since the stripper neon. The fiesta auto is weird
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Apr 12, 2016 16:50
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The Dart costs $3,000 more than the Fiesta sedan with an auto.
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TheWevel posted:Why does everyone hate the Dodge Dart so much? I had one as a rental and thought it was somewhat decent. It's not like it's a Geo, but when you compare it to what else you can get for the money it kinda falls flat on its face.
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:It's the worst car in its segment by far. I really, really want them to make another Neon though. Small, light, cheap with a manual. I think they could do it. Hell, Fiat has the 124, take the Miata base, stretch it by a tiny amount and add a pair of small rear doors and a roof and call it the Neon. Actually, now that I think about it... since Fiat has access to Mazda stuff, what's the relationship between them and Mazda? Could we have a modern Neon that's based off of the Mazda3?
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Apr 12, 2016 17:14
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The Dart is the modern Neon. At least, as well as Fiatsler can pull it off.
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El Scotch posted:It's not like it's a Geo, but when you compare it to what else you can get for the money it kinda falls flat on its face. Yeah. I get it. I think since I was looking at it from a rental car perspective it seemed decent compared to some of the other turds in its rental class. Looking at the MSRP Fiat/Chrysler was getting greedy.
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Apr 12, 2016 18:00
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TST posted a video today of the Boxster S featuring the new 350 HP, 319ft/lb VVT Turbo four-banger and drat does it sound bad. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71dPKCqVegs
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I guess Tesla refreshed the Model S today. Has the same ugly grill absence as the Model 3: I tried to tune it up a bit and ended up making it look more like a Fiat: 
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Apr 12, 2016 18:38
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Put a crosshair grille in that and you've resurrected the Intrepid.
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Sigma X posted:TST posted a video today of the Boxster S featuring the new 350 HP, 319ft/lb VVT Turbo four-banger and drat does it sound bad. It sounds kinda subie-ish. Looks like a fun drive. Would.
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The new 3 and S are a vast improvement over faux-grille. Finally some drat progress in aesthetics.
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Fyodor is my favorite jokester on this forum
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Man, I really want Porsche to throw that new 4 banger in an FR hatchback and call it a 944.
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Toyoda goon bringing Toyoda news. Grorious nippon has greenlit the development of diesel Tundra for white piggu gaijin, grory to Emperor Akio, long may he rain (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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eyebeem posted:Man, I really want Porsche to throw that new 4 banger in an FR hatchback and call it a 944.
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BloodBag posted:I want them to put it in the BRZ and make it worth owning. I originally was going to say that... almost verbatim.
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Sigma X posted:TST posted a video today of the Boxster S featuring the new 350 HP, 319ft/lb VVT Turbo four-banger and drat does it sound bad. Can't wait for those "old" 981 GTSes to come off lease next year. 
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Sigma X posted:TST posted a video today of the Boxster S featuring the new 350 HP, 319ft/lb VVT Turbo four-banger and drat does it sound bad. I'm not going to argue that it sounds great for a 4 (like the CLA/GLA which is hilariously nutty: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqeogOKJdSg), but come on, it doesn't sound bad. edit: the power numbers are nice for it's weight. Mat_Drinks fucked around with this message at 04:08 on Apr 13, 2016 |
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fyodor posted:The new 3 and S are a vast improvement over faux-grille. Finally some drat progress in aesthetics. You are making a very solid effort to have this thread renamed to "grillchat"
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Sigma X posted:TST posted a video today of the Boxster S featuring the new 350 HP, 319ft/lb VVT Turbo four-banger and drat does it sound bad. Yeah that just sounds like a bucket of farts. And I say that as an STI owner. When you get in a Subaru, you know what to expect. The sounds coming from that Boxster were awful and very different from what you'd hear just one model year ago. The 981.1 GTS might be the high point of Porsche's N/A tuning. What they did with the 3.4L was just incredible. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYQWmNGAPb8
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I don't see (hear) the problem with the new Boxster 
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Sagebrush posted:I don't see (hear) the problem with the new Boxster As Pr0kjayhawk posted, the Boxster GTS sounds like an adult's sportscar, as even the earlier Caymans and Boxsters do. For me, the new turbo four-banger sounds like some early 20s guy's moderately tuned STi. It's not that it sounds bad coming out of a sportscar per se, it's just that it sounds bad sound coming from an eighty thousand dollar sports car targeted at adults in their 40s.
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BloodBag posted:I want them to put it in the BRZ and make it worth owning. Im sure people will be lining up for an $80k Subaru
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Sigma X posted:As Pr0kjayhawk posted, the Boxster GTS sounds like an adult's sportscar, as even the earlier Caymans and Boxsters do. For me, the new turbo four-banger sounds like some early 20s guy's moderately tuned STi. It's not that it sounds bad coming out of a sportscar per se, it's just that it sounds bad sound coming from an eighty thousand dollar sports car targeted at adults in their 40s. 40s? I bet the average Porsche buyer, even for a Boxster, is significantly higher.
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That was my impression. It's a neat sound that doesn't suit a Boxster or its likely driver.
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Bovril Delight posted:40s? I bet the average Porsche buyer, even for a Boxster, is significantly higher. I think i saw somewhere that average porsche buyer age is mid 50s and Boxster buyer age is high 40s/low 50s. Though you could argue that the GT versions target younger buyers
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40s you still have kids in the house. 2 door cars the price of 1.5 years of college is a tough sell.
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I hope prices don't go up on the 6 cyl Boxsters. If my back injury doesn't heal I'm thinking of getting out of my Miata into something more comfortable and 987s are top of the list.
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Ford has revealed how it's going to decide who gets to buy one of the 500 GTs: http://arstechnica.com/cars/2016/04/the-lucky-500-applications-open-for-the-ford-gt-supercar/ This should at least prevent unscrupulous dealers here in the US from doubling the price with their markup.
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Apparently you can get a new Continental for $45 grand (base model)
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Isn't that car basically a Taurus
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