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ALL-PRO SEXMAN posted:Sorry but this owns. Honestly couldn't decide which thread it belonged in but went with 'terrible' because of how unsafe it looks. Someone loved the Brat a little too much.
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Sudo Echo posted:Honestly couldn't decide which thread it belonged in but went with 'terrible' because of how unsafe it looks. Someone loved the Brat a little too much. Oh, it's terrible in many, many ways. But it still owns.
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Jul 6, 2016 12:33
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88h88 posted:To be honest I don't care either way, just trying to steer away from the whinefest by posting actual content. Terrifying photoshop.
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Jul 6, 2016 12:37
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Is it a fiero with two jet engines, though.
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Jul 6, 2016 13:54
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These are in the wrong thread because they annoy people so they're actually good.
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Jul 6, 2016 14:26
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Lightbulb Out posted:These are in the wrong thread because they annoy people so they're actually good.
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Jul 6, 2016 14:33
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Lol if you don't put a 205 on a 8" or 9" wheel.
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Jul 6, 2016 14:56
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Lightbulb Out posted:These are in the wrong thread because they annoy people so they're actually good. 
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Jul 6, 2016 15:00
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i made my car look like poo poo, surely i am the modern day KLF
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Jul 6, 2016 15:47
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The Ferrari F50 was the car that killed Ferrari love for me. A Fiero F50 is a suitable treatment.
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Jul 6, 2016 17:33
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But at least its replacement (the Enzo) wasn't stomach churning ugly. And they're trying to atone for those errors with things like the FF or the F12. The F430 was quite nice too.
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Jul 6, 2016 17:39
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Sudo Echo posted:Someone loved the Brat a little too much. Look at this terrible opinion in the terrible car stuff thread.
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Phone posted:Lol if you don't put a 205 on a 8" or 9" wheel. 205/50/15 on a 10" on my mkii supra, we need a 'hi haters' emote. I'll admit it's bad, going with a 225 at least when they go. Frozen Pizza Party fucked around with this message at 19:00 on Jul 6, 2016 |
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Jul 6, 2016 18:56
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88h88 posted:To be honest I don't care either way, just trying to steer away from the whinefest by posting actual content. Oh my god I'm dying
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Jul 6, 2016 19:00
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Powershift posted:I'll give you 3 hints. Sometimes, particularly in non-Fiero countries, it is an MR2. Which is tragic because MR2s are actually good cars (if you never have to work on them).
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nm posted:Sometimes, particularly in non-Fiero countries, it is an MR2. Which is tragic because MR2s are actually good cars (if you never have to work on them). Really, a lot of the modern kits are very convincing in their appearance, I just cannot understand people spending £25k+ to not own a Ferrari, leaving aside the fact they often have a pretty weedy engine. At least the SL-based kit has a V8 and a few hundred horsepower.
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Jul 6, 2016 19:22
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The problem is that to own and care for a 25 thousand pound Ferrari, you need 50 thousand in the bank. A body kitted Fiero just costs the body kit and junkyard salvage if the drivetrain breaks.
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What I mean is I don't understand the pretence. You can get some really good/fast cars for the amount one of these replicas cost, and their only selling point is they look like a Ferrari. At least most GT40 and Cobra replicas are ruddy quick. And things like the Ultima, Factory Five GTM, and Superlite SLC show you can have a supercar kit without it having to be a copy of something else. So what's the point? You want to pretend to have a Ferrari? You like the looks but don't care in the least about the performance? I can't get away from it being any different to people sticking an M or AMG badge on a bottom-spec diesel BMW or Merc. A bit sad, really.
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xzzy posted:The problem is that to own and care for a 25 thousand pound Ferrari, you need 50 thousand in the bank. My first thought, "That's a drat heavy Ferarri"
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Jul 6, 2016 22:30
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I was phone posting and forgot the £ symbol was available in the special character page. 
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The Peugeot 406 kits look pretty good. I would happily drive one, under the requirement that they took the Ferrari badges off and put the Peugeot ones back on. Bonus points if it was 2.2 HDI for the added diesel clatter to my front wheel drive ferrarigeot.
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The correct modification of a 406 is white paint, bodykit, TSW Imola wheels and a taxi de marseilles roof light pod.
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InitialDave posted:The correct modification of a 406 is white paint, bodykit, TSW Imola wheels and a taxi de marseilles roof light pod.  So correct.
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InitialDave posted:The correct modification of a 406 is white paint, bodykit, TSW Imola wheels and a taxi de marseilles roof light pod. Has anyone got Marion Cotillard's phone number? 
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InitialDave posted:What I mean is I don't understand the pretence. You can get some really good/fast cars for the amount one of these replicas cost, and their only selling point is they look like a Ferrari. At least most GT40 and Cobra replicas are ruddy quick. So...have you never seen a car with a fake intercooler? What about a FWD car with a gigantic ironing board spoiler? Or fake caliper covers or any number of other retarded things. If it was logical and made sense it wouldn't be in this thread, people devote a huge amount of effort on incredibly dumb poo poo because, in their minds, they think it looks cool. I find it just as baffling as you do, I'm just trying to point out that it isn't materially different to chrome stick-on vents, just more expensive and elaborate to match the idiot's income.
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Jul 7, 2016 00:23
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Terrible parking stuff. I hope it was accidental.
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Elmnt80 posted:I really can't hate it, because somewhere I know some ferrari purist is having a coronary looking at it.
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Elmnt80 posted:I really can't hate it, because somewhere I know some ferrari purist is having a coronary looking at it. Pissing off car purists in a noble and cool pursuit.
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Jul 7, 2016 02:50
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkm_mDY_FeA Pretty terrible
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BlackMK4 posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkm_mDY_FeA Honestly I think they should have been angrier in these videos. That car would have killed someone if it actually ran long enough. I guess hooray for non-existent safety inspections in whatever state that is? Is there even any legal recourse for buying a car that is claimed to be restored but in actuality is a total death trap?
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With the condition of that frame, suspension, and drive train, I'm a little surprised how willing he was to get underneath the car and just start pulling on stuff. I was expecting something to fall off and pin him
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Nitrox posted:They're happy because they get paid to unfuck it. Can you imagine that repair bill? Probably will double the purchase price right on the spot. Honestly, I'd be unhappy if I were the customer and watching this video*: "So you can see here that the chassis is rusted out and structurally unsound, and it should be thrown in the bin and replaced. And here we're fixing the brakes, clutch, securing the suspension and re-doing the electrics. Also it has the wrong taillight lenses." *: Unless they've advised the customer "you need a new chassis" but have been told to just fix the blah blah blah.
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IPCRESS posted:Honestly, I'd be unhappy if I were the customer and watching this video*: For posterity of those who didn't watch the video; "also, the carburetor's fuel return line goes nowhere, the axle nuts aren't secured with cotter pins or lock washers or anything, tie rods are free to spin round and round, u-joints, prop shafts and splines were turbofucked & have a ton of play, tires are ancient and completely dry rotted, seat bases are incorrect, the door catches are missing, and they also used the wrong type of window trim."
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BlackMK4 posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkm_mDY_FeA What the gently caress is going on with that wiring harness? video posted:"I don't see how this could possibly be reliable"
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My best guess for the wiring is they wanted it to be SUPER REDUNDANT to make field repairs easier!! Or they just bodged a system together with whatever bundles of wire and terminals they had left over from other vehicles they hosed up.
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BlackMK4 posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkm_mDY_FeA This is horrifying
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The title of the video, and to some extent the content, is kind of amusing - you're telling me a 50 year old Land Rover that that you bought sight unseen on ebay might have some unresolved issues? Well poo poo!
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Jul 7, 2016 22:33
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It was allegedly "restored" and they claimed it was ready to drive wherever you want. And 99.99% of those issues were introduced by the morons who wrote that.
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The thing is if you just bought an unrestored shed and threw the same money at that instead, you'd end up with something pretty decent.
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