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Applebees Appetizer posted:My wife wants a coupe tho so it would have to be the RCF then What about the LC500 instead… https://youtu.be/2HPszF7iwYw?si=vKVNZbSbfxij2Ygr
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Applebees Appetizer posted:My wife wants a coupe tho so it would have to be the RCF then didn't you say she has a super long commute and thats why you had the hybrid
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OBAMNA PHONE posted:didn't you say she has a super long commute and thats why you had the hybrid Yeah but she hates it and wants another Lexus  [e] hindsight being 20/20 going from an LS to an Avalon was probably a bad idea 
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Russian Bear posted:Oh I see, I assumed the trunk lid would have to be replaced (maybe just the picture making the alignment look weird). That’s a $2800 part alone (here anyway). I'd like to see photo of the spare wheel well liner / or floor, if that has any ruptures. When my Volvo suffered similiar fate (with a cheap Toyota, too!) the cost of repair was north of 13 k€ due to hidden damages inside. The car looked alright, but in measurements it was good inch shorter on passanger side.
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Russian Bear posted:Oh I see, I assumed the trunk lid would have to be replaced (maybe just the picture making the alignment look weird). That’s a $2800 part alone (here anyway). Yeah, it needs to be. I assume they found a part from some other crash car. Will have to see what the final judgement is after they lift it up and start dismantling the rear.
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In a similar case where a DUI backed into a parked car I was driving (and fled the scene), the only visible damage was a 2” crack in the bumber. I would not have not noticed anything if an eyewitness did not point it out to me. The trunk floor and spare wheel well underneath the near pristine bumber were pushed in by couple on inches. Those plastic bumbers are suprisingly resilient.
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Depends on where you hit them I guess. I hit the corner of the rear bumper of my Mazda 3 on a concrete block and it destroyed the bumper cover (and BSM sensors) but didn't damage the structure of the car
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DoLittle posted:In a similar case where a DUI backed into a parked car I was driving (and fled the scene), the only visible damage was a 2” crack in the bumber. I would not have not noticed anything if an eyewitness did not point it out to me. The trunk floor and spare wheel well underneath the near pristine bumber were pushed in by couple on inches. Those plastic bumbers are suprisingly resilient. Please I beg of you it's bumper
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opengl posted:Please I beg of you it's bumper Right about now, it's time to rock with the biggity buck bumber Bump to the bump to the bump to the bass bump to the bump to the bumber
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redgubbinz posted:Right about now, it's time to rock with the biggity buck bumber I bought that game with a couple of friends when we were young for like £4 from the bargain bin at the games shop. It was worth it for that theme song, the game itself was completely awful.
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opengl posted:Please I beg of you it's bumper Manuel says that's the breaks
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Russian Bear posted:Oh I see, I assumed the trunk lid would have to be replaced (maybe just the picture making the alignment look weird). That’s a $2800 part alone (here anyway). In my impression prices (and wages for some) have pulled away in the US while they remained more or less static in europe for like 20 years now. Causing an ever increasing gap in the perception of prices and costs. Also my impression used car prices and parts prices are a lot higher in the US.
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Audi decided to make a special edition of the q8 e-tron, that commemorates the dakar race where they got their teeth kicked in? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gn71ORrj1CE
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SlowBloke posted:Audi decided to make a special edition of the q8 e-tron, that commemorates the dakar race where they got their teeth kicked in? When your marketing plan for using Dakar includes a special edition, and you’re hellbent on executing the marketing plan…
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I guess that reminds me it's been another year of rumors of audi bringing x wagon version over and it not happening.
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Crumple zones crumpling to absorb energy is the car working as intended in a crash, not the car "being hosed" - yeah it's probably totaled but NOT doing that is a much worse outcome.
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Honda has some new EV concepts, I like the sci-fi vibes quite a bit:   https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/01/these-are-hondas-concepts-for-its-new-family-of-evs-due-in-2026/
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mobby_6kl posted:Honda has some new EV concepts, I like the sci-fi vibes quite a bit:   "we have Bizzarinni Manta at home"
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^ I was about to mention an old school wedge. While the profile of the black one looks fine the back end is loving dumb. Why does it scoop in so severely? Your vehicle is already taking up the footprint so just turn this bitch into a minivan and let's get back to having a good time.
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Olympic Mathlete posted:^ I was about to mention an old school wedge. A teardrop is the most efficient shape. It's the reason the first gen insight and XL1 are shaped like that, too.
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I upped the brightness a bit and it looks like it may have an actual useful diffuser setup?
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It has one, yea. (as if that's actually ever going to get built)
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Didn't expect the Dodge Hornet to have a PHEV option; kinda wonder what they're going for with this thing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JXUCrs4VOo
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Monkey Fracas posted:Didn't expect the Dodge Hornet to have a PHEV option; kinda wonder what they're going for with this thing Why must all new cars be so chonky? What's wrong with a wee car, one that's much more efficient because it doesn't weigh 5000 lbs.?
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mobby_6kl posted:Honda has some new EV concepts, I like the sci-fi vibes quite a bit:   Do they mean gesture control and if so 
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Monkey Fracas posted:Didn't expect the Dodge Hornet to have a PHEV option; kinda wonder what they're going for with this thing It’s a rebadged Alfa Romeo Tonale.
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No, posture control is where you hunch forward to accelerate and lean backwards and grip the door handle for dear life like my mother does when I Rev past 3K when you want to stop. Then lean side to side to corner.
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KakerMix posted:
Posture is important, therefore the car will go slower if you slouch.
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Monkey Fracas posted:Didn't expect the Dodge Hornet to have a PHEV option; kinda wonder what they're going for with this thing It’s gently caress ugly is what’s going on with it
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mobby_6kl posted:Honda has some new EV concepts, I like the sci-fi vibes quite a bit: In a world in which the Hyundai Staria and the Li Auto Mega MPV exist, this doesn't seem so outlandish. Basically a pancaked version of those two vehicles.   GlassEye-Boy fucked around with this message at 23:26 on Jan 9, 2024 |
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Anyone have any insight into why exactly Dodge/Stella can't just keep cranking out dipshit V8 containers? CAFE thing? Platforms they're using finally getting too old? Not enough armed services bases?
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Probably cafe but I like to think that they finally made enough of the loving turds to satisfy and fully saturate the market for shitheads
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Monkey Fracas posted:Didn't expect the Dodge Hornet to have a PHEV option; kinda wonder what they're going for with this thing Stellantis tries to sell as many PHEVs as possible in CARB states to hit emissions targets.
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Monkey Fracas posted:Anyone have any insight into why exactly Dodge/Stella can't just keep cranking out dipshit V8 containers? CAFE thing? Platforms they're using finally getting too old? Not enough armed services bases? Not enough profit margin. North America is the only place they sell. Stuff like the Hornet can be sold in the rest of the world as the Alfa Romeo Tonale. It's like when Ford killed the American Ranger in 2012. It was still selling well but just wasn't profitable enough.
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It would have been cool if Dodge ever designed a car that wasn’t a loving tank to put one of their V8s in. poo poo, Fiat had a great platform and name to shove a decent turbo 4 into with the Dart and they never pursued it. They made the Neon SRT4, why not pursue that even a little with the Dart? At least they made the Magnum as a RWD V8 sportswagon. No idea if it drove like butt, but I’m sure it did.
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I remember reading the Dart was an unwanted concession to close the Fiat-Chrysler merger. Which sucks because, yeah, it could’ve been a good car.
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Dr. Lunchables posted:It would have been cool if Dodge ever designed a car that wasn’t a loving tank to put one of their V8s in. poo poo, Fiat had a great platform and name to shove a decent turbo 4 into with the Dart and they never pursued it. They made the Neon SRT4, why not pursue that even a little with the Dart? Isn't the Dart chassis a stretched compact(AKA Alfa Giulietta)? I would guess FCA never got return of investment for making the chassis variant and also didn't got much room for peppy engines. I remember the main issue for the Giulietta was having anemic engines so maybe they didn't have anything to fit in that type.
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The most recent Dart was based on the Giulietta, yep.
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