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That passenger side (drivers side in America) rear view mirror has strong tentacle monster energy  Edit: lovely page snipe    Second edit; I like to imagine this is what the French version of yellow C3 Corvette man would drive 
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Hadlock posted:Second edit; I like to imagine this is what the French version of yellow C3 Corvette man would drive Either that or a Murena 
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Jun 21, 2023 06:29
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Only one of those cars can hold the French version of Burt Reynolds, smoldering fag peaking out from a frothy-yet-waxed mustache and enormous sunglasses
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Jun 21, 2023 06:40
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SlowBloke posted:Either that or a Murena Never seen one of these before (  ), it looks rad.
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Jun 21, 2023 16:16
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Suburban Dad posted:Never seen one of these before ( If matra and detomaso weren't such money pits, i would jump on finding one immediately
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Jun 21, 2023 17:16
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Its predecessor the Bagheera apparently was so poorly rust-protected that not a single example remains in the wild, lol
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Jun 21, 2023 17:24
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Safety Dance posted:I don't understand??!? How could you move a I would love that HiAce, but maybe with just 4 doors. I think I'd prefer just a step up from Kei, with like a 1.5 or so 4-banger, like the Mazda Bongo Kaker (I think) sold some time ago. CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:Wagon life forever I mean, yeah, of course. Hadlock posted:That passenger side (drivers side in America) rear view mirror has strong tentacle monster energy Snipe nicely redeemed.
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Jun 21, 2023 20:34
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Suburban Dad posted:Never seen one of these before ( AV material from the Murena wiki page: 
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Jun 21, 2023 21:11
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Fun fact about the Bagheera/Murena is that they're 3 seaters.
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Jun 21, 2023 21:51
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What is that steering wheel holy poo poo
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Jun 21, 2023 22:33
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The French and their steering wheels are a whole thing
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Jun 21, 2023 22:37
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Road taxes in France were briefly based on the number of spokes on the steering wheel.
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Jun 21, 2023 23:22
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Data Graham posted:The French and their steering wheels are a whole thing I love that teslas like "behold: a formula wheel" and France has been ~disrupting~ with functional wheels the whole time.
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Jun 22, 2023 01:10
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I saw an old Mazda 323 today with popup lights. I really don't ever remember seeing them with popups.
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Jun 22, 2023 08:59
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Humphreys posted:I saw an old Mazda 323 today with popup lights. I really don't ever remember seeing them with popups. Definitely with the BG Astina. Not sure about the body shapes. Front end swap maybe?
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Humphreys posted:I saw an old Mazda 323 today with popup lights. I really don't ever remember seeing them with popups. Sure it wasnt a 626 or 929? The only popup 323 was the Astina
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:Sure it wasnt a 626 or 929? The only popup 323 was the Astina Was one of these I reckon https://www.auto-data.net/en/mazda-323-f-iv-bg-1.6-16v-88hp-11177
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Jun 22, 2023 10:54
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The wheels are like that for safety believe it or not. Citroen even had a patent on it for a while, it's made to deform in a controlled way in an impact, having the spokes at the bottom means you're less likely to smash your head where one connects to the wheel as that would prevent the rim from deforming.
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Jun 22, 2023 11:00
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Citroen: Don't crash while turning.
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armpit_enjoyer posted:What is that steering wheel holy poo poo Dig that window winder!
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Humphreys posted:Was one of these I reckon I miss the Japanese trying to fill every niche with every platform. The 323F/Astina/Lantis had no real reason to look that different from it's C-code stablemates. It had no reason to be called a 323, either. But Mazda did it anyways, and created a pair of interesting looking cars along the way.
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Humphreys posted:Was one of these I reckon Yep thats the Astina. In their day a remarkably good car and a dramatic improvement on the previous gen 323
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Jun 23, 2023 12:50
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What was the Mazda from that era that came with a tiny V6? Am I misremembering that?
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Beve Stuscemi posted:What was the Mazda from that era that came with a tiny V6? Am I misremembering that? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazda_MX-3
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I had one of these with the 4 cyl. Thing was loving gutless but fun as hell to drive cause you had to bang it off the rev limiter
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Jun 23, 2023 14:12
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:Yep thats the Astina. In their day a remarkably good car and a dramatic improvement on the previous gen 323 It very much had the 323 badging on the rear though. Is that a rarity or someone loving around swapping badges?
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Humphreys posted:It very much had the 323 badging on the rear though. Is that a rarity or someone loving around swapping badges? In the UK, what Japan (and America?) knew as the Astina was sold as the Mazda 323F, then that was replaced by what is otherwise called the Lantis but was still called a 323F. And at the same time we got the MX-3 as well. The original 323 (the one that looks like a cross between a Mk1 Golf and a Chevette) sold really well here, so presumably Mazda wanted to keep the 323 name going.
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The Lantis could also be had with a 2.0 version of the V6, in 147 and 170hp form. It's also piss easy to swap in the 2.5l version from the MX-6/Probe, or the 2.3l supercharged Miller cycle version with 217hp. Other Lantis weirdness included frameless windows. We saw a heap of them here ex Japan. Humphreys posted:It very much had the 323 badging on the rear though. Is that a rarity or someone loving around swapping badges? Badging varied by market obviously, but I'm certain the ones sold new here had 323 between the taillights and a smaller Astina badge on the bootlid spoiler.
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Jun 23, 2023 19:32
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I dont even care if its not good, I want the 1.8L V6. As an owner of a 1.8L H6, I feel its only natural
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Jun 23, 2023 19:53
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:Yep thats the Astina. In their day a remarkably good car and a dramatic improvement on the previous gen 323 Note that the Astina/323F/Lantis were C platform cars, more closely related to the 626/Xedos than the Familia/323. My dad had a 323F for a good while. 150,000km with no problems. Looked cool, wasn't horrible on gas, pretty comfy inside, but visibility was poor and the 4cyl. made it very slow.
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Humphreys posted:It very much had the 323 badging on the rear though. Is that a rarity or someone loving around swapping badges? I remember there being 323 Astinas getting about when I were a lad too. Mate had the eunos with the 1.8V6 as well but it was slammed with a bodykit and not set up for speed at all. Still sounded cool as and got him on Hot4s, maybe a cover but I don't remember.
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https://hogoshatofu.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/wp-1687576850056.mp4
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Well, if that ain’t a stylish way to die.
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Pikes peak escudo fan art.
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ili posted:I remember there being 323 Astinas getting about when I were a lad too. Mate had the eunos with the 1.8V6 as well but it was slammed with a bodykit and not set up for speed at all. Still sounded cool as and got him on Hot4s, maybe a cover but I don't remember. I got in Hot4s a few times! Never a cover but featured in a few ways.
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Meh, needs more nitrous.
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Humphreys posted:I got in Hot4s a few times! Never a cover but featured in a few ways. Noice! What type of car are we talking here? Hoping for an rx-3 or something similarly cool.
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this feels like the suzuki equivalent of turning someone's mangled corpse into robocop
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Jun 24, 2023 12:29
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That Geo Tracker never did anything to deserve this
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It's wrong, I know, but I really want to see that run a quarter-mile pass on the bottles.
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