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mobby_6kl posted:Some wedges I came across, most I'm sure have been posted in AI before, but it would be a shame not to I still don't understand how we've moved back from these beauties to giant bricks in an age of computer-assisted aero designing.
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As Nero Danced posted:I still don't understand how we've moved back from these beauties to giant bricks in an age of computer-assisted aero designing. Grew up in the 80s, loving cars. To me wedge cars are all pretty boring, cookie cutter shapes, most of which are probably bricks in the wind (though I find I do like ike the TR7 and 8 for some reason). Give me an organic shape: 
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Jun 5, 2022 03:35
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As Nero Danced posted:I still don't understand how we've moved back from these beauties to giant bricks in an age of computer-assisted aero designing. because the computers determined that wedges are actually bad aero lol
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Jun 5, 2022 04:40
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As Nero Danced posted:I still don't understand how we've moved back from these beauties to giant bricks in an age of computer-assisted aero designing. It's the difference between first-order optimization (F-117) and second-order (B-2). Then getting to Be Clever with Computers (F-22).
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Jun 5, 2022 04:52
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I just know that underneath this is like a Grenada estate or something.
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Alaois posted:because the computers determined that wedges are actually bad aero lol Indeed. What the goal is changes the shapes you need, but for the example of say efficiency, there's a reason the Prius and several competitors (Insight, one of the Hyundais spring to mind) are shaped the way they are, with the funky cut off rear, because computer says so. Presumably most of those wedges just wanna fly off at any speed.
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Jun 5, 2022 06:53
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In a world where Lamborghini was better managed financially, the Bravo would've been the entry level Lambo of the 70's / 80's. I like it! 
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Jun 5, 2022 07:58
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CxeFGs5MfY Melkus RS1000 on the Nurburgring. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPbJ9pcnPPw More of them shot from outside the car The Melkus RS1000 is a race car developed in the German 'Democratic' Republic in the 1970s by a driving school owner. A race car in the DDR, you say? Yes. No, the authorities didn't include race cars in their economic plans. The guy made it from Wartburg parts. Wartburg drum brakes, unboosted. Wartburg 3 cylinder 2 stroke engine. And then a whole lot of fibreglass and ingenuity. I guess the authorities were too busy trying to secure some low grade bananas and oranges for the masses, rather than put resources into stopping a driving school owner making sports cars on a small scale. Or one of the officials was given one as a bribe to allow him to. Both are equally likely. The one in the video is made with 3 MZ motorcycle carburetors and probably some more east german performance parts. But in the end, it's still a 1.1 liter, 3 cylinder sedan/van engine, tickled to between 75 and 100hp depending on the specific build. With a weight of between 650 and 700kg, they were pretty drat quick to eastern bloc standards. It sounds absolutely amazing. The vans fitted with this engine sounded exactly the same, only the amount of speed accompanying that sound track was a LOT lower. If you're wondering why the guy appears to be coasting through corners, it's because he is. It looks positively scary. It's a mid/rear engined car. The Wartburg transmission has a freewheel to prevent the two stroke engine from getting oil starvation. With the throttle closed, no premix fuel with oil in it is introduced into the cylinders, but if the engine is being revved pretty high by the engine braking effort, the engine speed VS available lubrication is very crappy and it'll wear it out and/or cause a 'klemmer', the engine would seize. RingdingingNYOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAM! 
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weirdly chilly pussy posted:In a world where Lamborghini was better managed financially, the Bravo would've been the entry level Lambo of the 70's / 80's. I like it!
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Jun 5, 2022 11:28
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BuckyDoneGun posted:I just know that underneath this is like a Grenada estate or something. When I see Ford Ghia I think of this 
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Jun 5, 2022 12:16
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This is the beltline solution todays cars need.
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Jun 5, 2022 13:21
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This is so weird but so cool. https://twitter.com/maaronweber/status/1533648687024332801?t=LBcBbq9ZMgklKhq6_NXNYQ&s=19
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Olympic Mathlete posted:This is so weird but so cool. Dude! I remember those toys. You could have the front of a plane attached to a truck centre and a helicopter rear.
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As Nero Danced posted:I still don't understand how we've moved back from these beauties to giant bricks in an age of computer-assisted aero designing.
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Humphreys posted:Dude! I now remember those things too, what the heck were they?
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I had some too and after a quick search: Matchbox Connectables
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Olympic Mathlete posted:I had some too and after a quick search: Matchbox Connectables Huh. I had the pickup and none of the others. Nice to know what it came apart for now! 8 yo me would have begged for the rest of them. I remember who gave it to me and why, too. John Clark, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa. His shop's tow truck looked almost like the toy, just with a boom and dollies on the back. Mechanic by trade, and an old family friend. He liked that I liked cars. Always happy to show me the work he was doing on my parents' lovely little vehicles. He gave me stickers for my little Lego toolbox. Still got it somewhere in storage. Metallic red Satan, crossed hammer and axe, "Who steals my tools, dies!" He bought one of our cars, a wrecked 1989 4-door Sentra, and used it as a stunt car. The setup: small car in reverse, a lifted F250 on tractor tires chasing it around in D on Hawkeye Downs Raceway. They painted up our old Sentra in camo and put a fake M60 on top. They did that as an intermission between tractor pulls and demo derby. poo poo was doooope!
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Olympic Mathlete posted:I had some too and after a quick search: Matchbox Connectables I had the jet, the Nomad behind it, and a not-pictured jeep.
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Godholio posted:I had the jet, the Nomad behind it, and a not-pictured jeep. I had the jet, the dragster, the limo, a helicopter, another smaller jet, and a semi with some kind of spoiler or dish on the back. Jesus I haven't thought about those in awhile.
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Olympic Mathlete posted:This is so weird but so cool. Man! I haven't seen one of those in a long time. That one is apparently a turbo 22R, too!
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Yeah, four McLaren F1s are cool, I guess, but Gordon's new baby is kind of stealing the show. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_8EVha18Ls
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Jun 7, 2022 20:09
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I'm in love with that green color.
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Collateral Damage posted:I'm pretty sure they stole the design for those wheels from LEGO. The whole car feels LEGO, right down to the taillights
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BOOTY-ADE posted:The whole car feels LEGO, right down to the taillights Cool drum kit, though. Too bad there's no air on the Moon.
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Olympic Mathlete posted:I had some too and after a quick search: Matchbox Connectables I had a couple of those and then one year for christmas i got this thing:  That was the best loving christmas ever!
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Shai-Hulud posted:I had a couple of those and then one year for christmas i got this thing: Two of us in class got those and we were the kings. Also getting the biggest SuperSoaker, not that wimpy 150
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Humphreys posted:Two of us in class got those and we were the kings. Also getting the biggest SuperSoaker, not that wimpy 150 I forget which one it was, but we were all jealous of the kid who had the super soaker that if you pumped hard enough you could basically pressure wash a the top layer of someone's skin off and leave a tiny flesh wound
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Shai-Hulud posted:I had a couple of those and then one year for christmas i got this thing: Holy poo poo that's bringing back memories! That thing freakin ruled!
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Another dream goon car, with none of the stupid electronics to get in the way of pure driving pleasure https://mobile.twitter.com/maxfras/status/1534814914975518722
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https://www.lada.ru/en/press-releases/120327quote:The model was developed with the objective of ensuring maximum possible localization of the car excluding the impact of imported components’ shortage.... At first I thought central locking meant 4wd lockers, but I think it's the euro way of saying power door locks
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https://twitter.com/Super70sSports/status/1534542423170420738?s=20&t=PYZ5ISp1R9fh1Gw4v5zkDw
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From the local real estate listings, what a superb match of car and home. Someone loves a good wedge. https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/property/residential/sale/auckland/auckland-city/grey-lynn/listing/3424325584
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Olympic Mathlete posted:https://twitter.com/Super70sSports/status/1534542423170420738?s=20&t=PYZ5ISp1R9fh1Gw4v5zkDw Mods please change my username.
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bad_fmr posted:Mods please change my username. Are you just now learning about Dick Trickle? My man's name was a joke back in elementary school. this is what i get for being an old.
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I was joking about Nascar with my wife the other day and I said certainly you can name a couple of drivers. I was only able to rattle off a few and by God you bet Dick Trickle was one of em.
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Jun 10, 2022 20:02
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Elementary school was all about Dick Trickle and Randy "The Big Unit" Johnson.
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I think it's been posted before, but I thought about it again and had to go watch it. '90s IMSA racecars going up Pike's Peak. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7sdOtWh3lw
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I keep driving through Colorado Springs and seeing support vehicles, which always catch my eye due to the Gran Turismo sponsorship. I'm going to hit up the fan fest but I'm too late to go to the hill climb. Anyone here going this year?
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Large Testicles posted:I forget which one it was, but we were all jealous of the kid who had the super soaker that if you pumped hard enough you could basically pressure wash a the top layer of someone's skin off and leave a tiny flesh wound I've still got the Super Soaker that was basically a water cannon. Only one shot, maybe two, but it was like almost 2L in one blast. And a couple of the 2x 1L bottle ones, and an original SS, I think. Hiding out in my closet with other toy and prop weapons, because I'm a giant man-child nerd.
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A neat little Alfa Romeo: https://twitter.com/atomicthumbs/status/1535456613888167936
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