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The Door Frame posted:Let he is without sin. When my Fiat was waiting on brake parts, it felt good to hear the engine going. I loved getting the revs as high as I felt safe with that old thing, just to know that it wasn't all for nothing That's understandable, however my neighbor has had this car for close to 15 years now and I've only seen it out of the garage a handful of times, once I went for a ride with him and it was a horrible mistake 
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Motronic posted:Time to repost this gem: I know you have to treat these AITA posts as creative writing exercises, but honestly I can totally imagine someone being this much of an inconsiderate shithead. And then being shocked, shocked when they get turfed out of their lease.
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boxen posted:Second guy had a mid-90's Dodge Ram that parks about 20 feet from my front door and would just sit with it idling for 20-40 minutes every other day, and maybe go for a five minute drive. The truck itself never moved much so I never did figure out what the hell he was up to, other than just sitting in it and enjoying his I GOT ME A TRUCK vibes. definitely a guy who got a dui and can't legally drive it
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knox_harrington posted:I know you have to treat these AITA posts as creative writing exercises, but honestly I can totally imagine someone being this much of an inconsiderate shithead. And then being shocked, shocked when they get turfed out of their lease. In a follow up post he was furious to find that his car had been keyed. Right in his own parking space! What kind of inconsiderate rear end in a top hat would do that??
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I also have to spend 14 hours a weekend putting super greasy Armor All on my tires after spending an additional 30% of my rent to park under a tree, how am I supposed to do that without having my stereo playing Kid Rock at 142 dB?
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Sagebrush posted:In a follow up post he was furious to find that his car had been keyed. Right in his own parking space! What kind of inconsiderate rear end in a top hat would do that?? I don't condone such things but I'd probably buy the keyer a beer.
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Alfa Romeo had an unveiling event today for their new halo car Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale; a car that they are only making 33 of, has no announced price, and were all spoken for before the event. It's a small club, and I ain't in it :/      
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"What if we made a great looking car with sky-high profit margins, but decided to only sell enough to cover production costs?"
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Aug 30, 2023 18:30
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Eh, it’s an automatic. Or is it an EV? Who cares?
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Hadlock posted:"What if we made a great looking car with sky-high profit margins, but decided to only sell enough to cover production costs?" Limited series at organ selling prices is far more remunerative than mass market.
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Aug 30, 2023 19:07
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SlowBloke posted:Limited series at organ selling prices is far more remunerative than mass market. Also, the recalls are easier.
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boxen posted:Also, the recalls are easier. The only new part is bodywork, interior and maybe the infotainment, platform is the same as mc20 so there shouldn't be any new major gremlins to manage.
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SlowBloke posted:The only new part is bodywork, interior and maybe the infotainment, platform is the same as mc20 so there shouldn't be any new major gremlins to manage. Ciao tutti, watch this!
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mobby_6kl posted:Ciao tutti, watch this! It's a 33 unit production run. None of them will travel further than dealer to atmosphere controlled container. Also it's "ciao a tutti", without the a it doesn't have sense.
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SlowBloke posted:It's a 33 unit production run. None of them will travel further than dealer to atmosphere controlled container. Which is a good thing as it's brake by wire. Trusting Alfa electricals for braking is rather..... unwise
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:Which is a good thing as it's brake by wire. If it makes you feel any better, it's a Maserati under the Alfa skin.
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SlowBloke posted:It's a 33 unit production run. None of them will travel further than dealer to atmosphere controlled container. Grazie mille 
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Just-In-Timeberlake posted:Alfa Romeo had an unveiling event today for their new halo car Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale; a car that they are only making 33 of, has no announced price, and were all spoken for before the event. It's funny to me that Maserati made a better looking Ferrari Enzo, and now Alfa has made a better looking Maserati.
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Ferrari has been getting some good milage out of the Enzo(?) chassis, I think the Icona series (SP1/2/3) are just an Enzo chassis with different coachwork on top
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SlowBloke posted:If it makes you feel any better, it's a Maserati under the Alfa skin. That might actually be worse 0_0
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SlowBloke posted:If it makes you feel any better, it's a Maserati under the Alfa skin. Jesus Christ, couldn't they use a more reliable chassis? Like maybe a Jaguar from the 80s or something?
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I guess this was inevitable now that as I see 8Cs are going for like $400K. For a while now it's just been the reality that a halo car isn't something you might buy if you somehow accumulate 2nd-house wealth by your 50s. It's not even "won the lottery" tier anymore. Now it's just "only the 5 richest kings of Europe will own them" territory
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1952-Allard J2X    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allard_J2#J2X I guess someone started doing low volume production again as the MKII in 2010-18 +/- but with 400hp engines Data Graham posted:Halo cars.... Now it's just "only the 5 richest kings of Europe will own them" territory I mean in art traditionally the gap between a halo and a crown, you could barely see daylight between them, so that checks out
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I'm living at 30% Strada, 70% Pista
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I think this is the right thread. Peep what I think is a modified mercury grand marquis (please ignore the cow poo poo) https://x.com/phil_lewis_/status/1697035990609658292
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Ambassadorofsodomy posted:Jesus Christ, couldn't they use a more reliable chassis? Like maybe a Jaguar from the 80s or something? I'll self quote to give an common theory on the chassis pick SlowBloke posted:Apparently all the angry Alfisti crew in Italy. Before Marchionne died, the alfa-maserati business unit was going to make a new premium sports car under the alfa brand, to act as halo car for the new giulia and stelvio. After he croaked, new management moved that project under Maserati and, after several years of mismanagement, it became the mc20. Alfa fans never let it go and spew vitriol in every Italian car forum about it. The mc20 was originally supposed to be an alfa and sold in mass production as such.
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gvibes posted:I think this is the right thread. Peep what I think is a modified mercury grand marquis (please ignore the cow poo poo) Do NOT sleep on clicking this one. Right thread
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That'll take some hosing off
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Screw touch screens. Give me a panel of big chonky knobs and flip switches. 
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p sure this goes here  
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gvibes posted:I think this is the right thread. Peep what I think is a modified mercury grand marquis (please ignore the cow poo poo) Howdy Doody indeed
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Just-In-Timeberlake posted:p sure this goes here IRL Auto Modellista cars are cool. That it's a great looking car shape to begin with certainly helps.
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Just-In-Timeberlake posted:p sure this goes here I have a huge walking boner for that stuff but I fear its going to be one of those fads that someone famous will latch onto and becomes poo poo
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Just-In-Timeberlake posted:p sure this goes here Here's some video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HQbCkOH45g
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joat mon posted:Here's some video repost in OSHA thread please
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Just-In-Timeberlake posted:p sure this goes here It belongs here, but it could have very very easily belonged in the other thread. These photos need a flashing 80s TV caption reading "PROFESSIONALS ONLY DO NOT RECREATE".
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That loving amazing, at times some of the live shots of that RX7 mess with your brain like it's an actual comic book page it's so good
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gvibes posted:I think this is the right thread. Peep what I think is a modified mercury grand marquis (please ignore the cow poo poo) Close. That's a Crown Victoria. Ex cop-car by the markings. Just-In-Timeberlake posted:p sure this goes here Can't hate that. I've watched a couple of KBMerone's videos doing that stuff. He's got a good eye for what lines need to be where (like any artist, I guess.) joat mon posted:Here's some video The only thing that kills me on this one is that they painted the carbon fiber hood.
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Ether Frenzy posted:I'm living at 30% Strada, 70% Pista Pista that it blew up on the Strada
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Ever seen a V8 Beetle swap? https://i.imgur.com/WcCSCml.mp4
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