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Shooting Brakes are awesome right? https://www.vanthulldevelopment.com/project-shooting-brake/  This started as a Boxster.
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snugglz posted:that’s great. there’s a concrete/pavement company in my hometown of Madison WI called Poblocki Paving. they have a digital billboard on I-94 that always has some great PG-13 punny joke on it, but back in the day when it was a much smaller company, their motto — printed on the back of every truck — was Many moons ago Aspercreme (basically a topical pain med) ran a commercial that lasted a few weeks which I assume was taken down due to FTC complaints. The jingle was "You bet your sweet-rear end-percreme". How marketing got that through but whoever it was...I consider that individual a genius.
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McTinkerson posted:Shooting Brakes are awesome right? I first saw this in-process. Owns very hard. Not perfect but drat good.
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snugglz posted:that’s great. there’s a concrete/pavement company in my hometown of Madison WI called Poblocki Paving. they have a digital billboard on I-94 that always has some great PG-13 punny joke on it, but back in the day when it was a much smaller company, their motto — printed on the back of every truck — was Thats pretty fantastic. The local septic/grease trap servicing company paints (still paints by hand, not a decal!) "Smells like money to me!" in small font around the dump/cleanout hatch on the back of their honeywagons.
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Colostomy Bag posted:Many moons ago Aspercreme (basically a topical pain med) ran a commercial that lasted a few weeks which I assume was taken down due to FTC complaints. Finally, somebody else that remembers! I told my wife about that a while back but I still don't think she really believes me.
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As Nero Danced posted:That GT40 is awesome, whenever I try to put a model together it ends up a mess and I just stick to diecast. It’s really impressive for the time it was originally built. The old Revell Tri-five Chevy kits had a similar level of working features. I particularly liked that the small-block Chevy V8s in those actually had crankshaft detail, with a separate oil pan, piston bore detail on the block, and chamber and rocker detail on the separate heads with separate rocker covers. In other words, you could have a disassembled engine in your workshop diorama. They even sold that engine separately for that, or transplants into other kits. Look up Revell Parts Packs. They included other engines, drag tires, kustom parts, etc. I can build plastic models pretty well. Or could - they haven’t in a decade or two, honestly. My problem is that I want to go whole hog on the detail, which got really possible when photoetched parts became available, among other things, and I basically get bogged down in those details. Not to mention having since bought a house, maintaining several cars, a regular job, and of course the invention of the internet time suck. Conversely, the internet grants me much faster/better access to resources for building the models. Beck when it was all through magazine ads and articles, basically, with the occasional local convention or meet. I literally have a steel shelving unit full of unbuilt, partially-built models, and parts, mostly cars, but some sci-fi stuff as well, and even a few planes, including then”F-19 Stealth Fighter” and the imaginary Russian equivalent, both from Testors. And a lot more built models I have nowhere to display. Those there on the shelf happen to be my best work, at least in terms of the paint job, anyway. BTW, the secret to model cement is to use a whole lot less than you think, since it’s a solvent. You can also buy a brush-on liquid the yuh can let fill seams via capillary action, which works well for certain things, and nowadays, cyanoacrylate (super glue) is the weapon of choice for small cuddly bits, usually accompanied by an accelerator to set it even more quickly. Thanks to the cataract lens replacement, I don’t have to worry about my eye site giving out, so I may actually get back into building some day, as long as my hands hold steady.
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Boaz MacPhereson posted:Finally, somebody else that remembers! I told my wife about that a while back but I still don't think she really believes me. lol, I remember them but even I still doubt myself. I think when I first saw it I spit my drink out. Youtube to the rescue. Now your wife can't deny the truth any longer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQrv6-viEUk
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InitialDave posted:How old are they? 60s or earlier, maybe try Lobsterboyx's thread. Earlier. What is this thread of which you speak?
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Flyinglemur posted:Earlier. What is this thread of which you speak? https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3867802
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Here's a Swedish one that makes the rounds on the internet fairly regularly: PumpLeffe = Leffe (dimunitive of mans name Lennart) that deals with pumps, or Leffe that does the pumping. Tar sig an alla hål = Takes on all holes. Vi trycker och sprutar också = We also pressurise and spray/spurt. The phrasing and wording are very informal and clearly sexual, and I can't imagine in any way that this guy has lost out on business because of having this text on his van.
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MrYenko posted:Thats pretty fantastic. There's a honey wagon company here that has the slogan "If you don't poo poo, we don't eat" on their trucks 
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Applebees Appetizer posted:There's a honey wagon company here that has the slogan "If you don't poo poo, we don't eat" on their trucks we have a winner! completely unrelated: https://youtu.be/ZL9p1ovaE_E
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Applebees Appetizer posted:There's a honey wagon company here that has the slogan "If you don't poo poo, we don't eat" on their trucks Waste collection company that serviced southern Maryland in the early 00s had the slogan "Satisfaction guaranteed or twice your refuse back!". Painted in large yellow letters on the back of every one of their trucks.
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Local plumbing company that does drain/septic clean outs slogan is "We're #1 in the #2 business!"
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^ in a similar manner, this should be out soonish and is being developed by Lucky Mountain and Sumo Digital who did Sonic Racing Transformed which is the best kart game ever made, they also developed the console versions of Outrun 2 which is one of the best racers... I have high hopes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmCss_1sXHw
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InitialDave posted:AI's patron saint of middling-old poo poo lives here: Whelp, another thread I need to bookmark. Oh, man, I already have Absolute Drift from them on my wish list. Added. Olympic Mathlete posted:^ in a similar manner, this should be out soonish and is being developed by Lucky Mountain and Sumo Digital who did Sonic Racing Transformed which is the best kart game ever made, they also developed the console versions of Outrun 2 which is one of the best racers... I have high hopes. ...and now that's on the wishlist, too.
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Darchangel posted:Oh, man, I already have Absolute Drift from them on my wish list. Added. Absolute Drift is amazing! Its such a good game to just put on and zone out doing doubts around the courses.
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There's a single track demo of 'art of rally' on steam if you wanna try it. I think the audio kinda sucks but the game does look fantastic. And I know the point of a race is to stay on the friggin track but they have a way too restrictive auto reset barrier that ruins spectacular wrecks before they even start. Strongly suggest going into the options and disabling the drift assist stuff because the game messes with the input when drifting and if you're used to video game drifting at all it'll tug your car in weird directions and gently caress everything up.
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Is that a Sunbird front bumper? Well played.
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That's exactly what that is. What a weird rear end combo, kind of want to see more pictures of it.
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That rules, I love it. Hearse edition... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9GE-mFEGek
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Olympic Mathlete posted:That rules, I love it. Americans can buy one for $15k! https://www.duncanimports.com/wholesale-used/Toyota/1990-Toyota-Crown-30c2c0130a0e08f75e04c78b456893ec.htm Everything on that site is awesome, especially the firetrucks.
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Uthor posted:Americans can buy one for $15k! Everything on that site is ridiculously priced. 20k for a ragged out 1985 Skyline? loving  https://www.duncanimports.com/wholesale-used/Nissan/1985-Nissan-Skyline-2206ff630a0e08f75f7361bfe4d07665.htm
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Applebees Appetizer posted:Everything on that site is ridiculously priced. 20k for a ragged out 1985 Skyline? loving That skyline is cool. This: https://www.duncanimports.com/wholesale-used/Nissan/1991-Nissan-Fairlady+300ZX-a70176e30a0e08bc0005bb917adc5dfd.htm is a loving trainwreck for almost 30k.
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Octopus Magic posted:That skyline is cool. Scrolling through the photos like ok, ok....... AUTO?!
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That cage doesn't look real.
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Probably a Cusco bolt in. Those things always look like suicide by tube.
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Octopus Magic posted:That skyline is cool. I've owned that exact year Skyline, same color, MT turbo just not "Paul Newman Edition". It was a pig even with a turbo, the Honda City I had was more fun to drive. The interior in that one is worn to poo poo, if it was mint it might be worth that much but it's far from mint condition.
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Uthor posted:Americans can buy one for $15k! lmao if you don't just import your own crazy contraption from fire trucks to weirdo diesel camper 4x4 vans to kei bucket trucks to gull-wing mini supercars using AI's own import thread just lmao
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It is hilarious that we live we live in a world where a Nissan Micra in a dress costs more than a Mk4 Supra or FD RX7
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BigPaddy posted:It is hilarious that we live we live in a world where a Nissan Micra in a dress costs more than a Mk4 Supra or FD RX7 Any Nissan other than a GTR for that matter
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God, is Nissan really that bad? I'd always thought Mitsubishi was the worst of the Japanese.
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From what I gather, they haven't updated any of their cars in years. The GTR is basically unchanged since 2007.
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Uthor posted:From what I gather, they haven't updated any of their cars in years. The GTR is basically unchanged since 2007. Don't forget the 370z from 2009 as well. With their CEO scandal I really wonder if they have the money to ever update their lineup.
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wesleywillis posted:God, is Nissan really that bad? I'd always thought Mitsubishi was the worst of the Japanese. Mitsubishi is the worst, Nissan has basically morphed into what Mitsubishi was 15 years ago.
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Uthor posted:From what I gather, they haven't updated any of their cars in years. The GTR is basically unchanged since 2007. There was that article recently where a Nissan dealership gave some guy a brand new Frontier when his hit 1 million miles and it’s basically the exact same car as his old one.  Although apparently the original clutch lasted until 800k, which is pretty nuts.
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