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Twerk from Home posted:Drag strips used to have rules about when you needed a full cage that a lot of modern cars are already quicker than. Street cars newer than 2008 slower than 9.99 with factory safety gear in place don’t need anything except a roll bar in convertibles or t-tops, but any faster and yes, they should (and do) get kicked if they break out. Looks like 8.50 or faster you need a funny car style cage - one with all the extra structure around the driver.  Course this is for sanctioned events, I guess there’s nothing stopping you doing what you like with a private track rental, except maybe track insurance?
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Twerk from Home posted:Drag strips used to have rules about when you needed a full cage that a lot of modern cars are already quicker than. Elon Musk says a lot of things
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prom candy posted:Elon Musk says a lot of things Yeah like "I am an engineer"
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Sab669 posted:There is no reason you couldn't vinyl wrap your prosthetic limbs and or wire up some sick gamer LEDs too. Prosthetics companies make super cool ones these days. https://twitter.com/SWNSLeeds/status/1394230283747069956?s=19 https://twitter.com/IGN/status/1329190417053732865?s=19
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So you can shoot live snakes at the jerks that call you one hand?
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YOLOsubmarine posted:The cold air thruster rocket hover car isn’t actually going to happen. The prototype cars they have had running around for a while isnt going to happen? Yeah nah, we'll see it. Wether it is that fast or even the cold thruster package is legal on the road *that* I doubt. Whatever transpires, the Tesla Plaid and Plaid+ platforms are almost certainly going to be too fast for drag strips without further safety equipment The lack of triangulation always bothers the poo poo outta me
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:The prototype cars they have had running around for a while isnt going to happen? Yeah nah, we'll see it. Wether it is that fast or even the cold thruster package is legal on the road *that* I doubt. Whatever transpires, the Tesla Plaid and Plaid+ platforms are almost certainly going to be too fast for drag strips without further safety equipment I didn’t say the roadster wouldn’t exist, I said the cold air thruster rocket hover car wouldn’t.
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May 22, 2021 23:16
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:The lack of triangulation always bothers the poo poo outta me To be fair that was first cab off the rank from google images and turns out is illustrating a kit to add in the driver bars in red, rather than a full cage design. You’re right, but also we’re talking about street car class specifically here too. Other classes and faster classes have better requirements, I think dash bar is the next notable step, and I didn’t go into gusseting etc either.
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Also those magical Tesla times now have an * next to them because to achieve that, they don't count the rollout, and that's where the 1.99 second times come from. I cant wait for other manufactures to get creative with this and start issuing * next to times with little small text at the bottom that says 'excludes first 3 tire rotations at launch' Or ' when dropped out the back of a cargo plane'
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YOLOsubmarine posted:I didn’t say the roadster wouldn’t exist, I said the cold air thruster rocket hover car wouldn’t. We will see it eventually as it's not some sort of magical garbage that isnt possible like FSD and also because it's a very dumb gimmick people with too much money will gladly fork over the cash for.
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Is it literally compressed air like the flamethrower was a roofing torch?
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smooth jazz posted:Is it literally compressed air like the flamethrower was a roofing torch? But it makes a variety of fart sounds when you fire it
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Were there posts in this thread about the new Tesla Roadster yet? I think the other day is the first time we got detailed renders / photos, am I wrong? Front end looks a little 'new Supra' to me, just a bit, then smoothed out. 
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smooth jazz posted:Is it literally compressed air like the flamethrower was a roofing torch? As far as I know yes. Someone else can do the math to work out the size of a tank and the thruster size to increase a 1800kg car's accleration fro 2 sec to 1.1 sec to 100kph. Obviously compressed air has the potential but I still dont think a tank that would fit in a Tesla would have the potential to do that. Edit : Vanishing point wasnt fuelled the way I thought it was so snipped CAT INTERCEPTOR fucked around with this message at 07:24 on May 23, 2021 |
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:As far as I know yes. Someone else can do the math to work out the size of a tank and the thruster size to increase a 1800kg car's accleration fro 2 sec to 1.1 sec to 100kph. There’s an engineering explained video on it that speculates that it’s probably theoretically possible if you filled the entire “back seat” with a compressed air chamber. The issue is that a) when it was full you’d be driving around in what is basically a car sized pressure bomb where any puncture to the chamber would be EXTREMELY BAD and b) the amount of force required to significantly affect the acceleration of a 4000lb object would also turn any road debris in the jet steam into missiles.
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4PRi4B1APj0 Here's that video. It would need just about 30kg of air, not too crazy. Another possibility that I think he didn't mention would be to use it to create downforce, since the acceleration will be otherwise limited by the available traction. E: now that I think about, a scuba tank has just 3kg of air in it, so you'd need like 10 of them Inner Light posted:Were there posts in this thread about the new Tesla Roadster yet? I think the other day is the first time we got detailed renders / photos, am I wrong? Nope, thanks for sharing. But that does look very similar to what was shown originally, there are a couple of photos in that video too mobby_6kl fucked around with this message at 08:41 on May 23, 2021 |
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I like my tesla but it definitely looks like its a car from saints row 4.
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My main problem with Teslas is the lack of a grille. I know it doesn't need one, and putting a fake one there bust because we're used to it would feel as dumb as the fake hood air vents on my Stinger, but it just needs... something. Some aero lines or anything, I don't know. Of course we're now just waiting for pricing on the Kia EV6 for my wife's next car and that has the double grille thing, and I don't know why. It certainly helps it look more like a normal car but is that the only reason it's there? Edit: also I never saw C8 Corvettes until a couple week ago and now I'm seeing them every time I go out and I love it. I had my fun bucking the trend having a Corvette when I was 25, but now I am fully looking forward to my toddler growing up, moving out, and me being the same 60 year old greyhair driving a Corvette with the targa top off right around the speed limit. davebo fucked around with this message at 15:20 on May 23, 2021 |
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I've seen a single C8 on the road and was simply disappointed it was just a Corvette when I got closer to identify it. They put the engine in the right place but completely jumped the shark on styling it.
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The Topher reviews the TLX type S. What do you guys think? I kind of like it other than the gear shifter being buttons. https://youtu.be/-jphoGYq1tI
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Ranzear posted:I've seen a single C8 on the road and was simply disappointed it was just a Corvette when I got closer to identify it. They put the engine in the right place but completely jumped the shark on styling it. It looks like something far more exotic and expensive, I think they succeeded in styling it.
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YOLOsubmarine posted:It looks like something far more exotic and expensive, I think they succeeded in styling it. It's definitely something that looks better in the flesh than in photos
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I have seen the C8 in a number of videos but when I saw it in person at first I didn't know what I was looking at, it's pretty striking. I like it a lot.
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Rusty posted:I have seen the C8 in a number of videos but when I saw it in person at first I didn't know what I was looking at, it's pretty striking. I like it a lot. Same here, It's pretty stunning in person.
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I wish tesla would do something more aggressive and interesting stylistically since they don't have to have the car breathing air at the front, but I supposed there's pedestrian and aerodynamics reasons to not get too weird.
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It seems to me like their focus on drag coefficient is what results in their "unlicensed video game car" kind of style. Personally I think the new Roadster looks fuckin' sweet. I'm interested to see how different the actual product will be though, both in terms of design and performance.
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davebo posted:My main problem with Teslas is the lack of a grille. I know it doesn't need one, and putting a fake one there bust because we're used to it would feel as dumb as the fake hood air vents on my Stinger, but it just needs... something. Some aero lines or anything, I don't know. Of course we're now just waiting for pricing on the Kia EV6 for my wife's next car and that has the double grille thing, and I don't know why. It certainly helps it look more like a normal car but is that the only reason it's there?  This flat part on the front just looks really weird, like it's supposed to have an Aston-like opening there but then they just closed it offso it looks like Keanu in the Matrix 
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Kraftwerk posted:The Topher reviews the TLX type S. I think it looks amazing, it's basically a better more dependable Giulia styling wise. Could be the best sports sedan for the price right now imo.
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mobby_6kl posted:I think the issue might not be the lack of a grille, but how poorly they design around it. It's particularly bad on the M3 imo: I never liked that design because the crease looks like they're trying to draw attention to the lack of grille. Like they started with a grille, then erased it but left the eraser smudge marks on purpose to make you notice it isn't there anymore. It doesn't even look like a photoshop, it looks like an MSpaint edit in real life. Sadly Tesla's designers are the double-down kind, if someone tells them their design looks like crap they'll dig in deeper. As Nero Danced fucked around with this message at 21:40 on May 23, 2021 |
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As Nero Danced posted:I never liked that design because the crease looks like they're trying to draw attention to the lack of grille. Like they started with a grille, then erased it but left the eraser smudge marks on purpose to make you notice it isn't there anymore. It doesn't even look like a photoshop, it looks like an MSpaint edit in real life. I'm not a fan of it either. There's aftermarket bumpers for the car that make it look less like a half finished industrial design student's class project.
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Applebees Appetizer posted:I think it looks amazing, it's basically a better more dependable Giulia styling wise. Could be the best sports sedan for the price right now imo. The engine in it has forged internals. It's is absolutely the best sports sedan for the money right now. They're selling for $60k CAD up here and I can't get into a Giulia Ti for that.
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I'm excited that Acura is making appealing cars again after a decade long drought. I wish they'd tone down the goofy center stack. Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. The TLX still seems like a very good car overall though, especially while the Germans are getting more generic and bland. Guinness fucked around with this message at 23:27 on May 23, 2021 |
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Guinness posted:I'm excited that Acura is making appealing cars again after a decade long drought. I wish they'd tone down the goofy center stack. Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Now if they'd class up the Civic R and give it AWD I'd be there for it.
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Midjack posted:Now if they'd class up the Civic R and give it AWD I'd be there for it. The ILX is still based on the 2 generations old 2012 Civic for some mysterious reason.
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Midjack posted:Now if they'd class up the Civic R and give it AWD I'd be there for it. 100% I'd buy an adultified and classy Acura CTR The ILX is very much not it, not even close
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Kraftwerk posted:The Topher reviews the TLX type S. Seems solid enough if your local Genesis dealer is unpleasant enough to stop you from buying a V6 G70. Though how did Acura make a FWD-based car that's the same size as an E-Class with the same rear legroom and headroom as the RWD-based G70?
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Godzilla07 posted:Seems solid enough if your local Genesis dealer is unpleasant enough to stop you from buying a V6 G70. Though how did Acura make a FWD-based car that's the same size as an E-Class with the same rear legroom and headroom as the RWD-based G70? It's rear biased AWD not FWD
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