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Olympic Mathlete posted:Hell yeah 😎 https://youtu.be/1v3CzvQ9e_w?si=dFC6UwhVqWXhz9HJ
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Darchangel posted:Oh, wow, Tweels still exist in the wild? Commercial lawn mowers use 'em, for which they work very well.
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Colostomy Bag posted:I remember when that was the craze. madeintaipei posted:Commercial lawn mowers use 'em, for which they work very well. Oh, wait, I meant Twin Tires, duh. I know Tweels are the bonded non-pneumatic tire/wheel thing still in use on industrial stuff. Twin Tires was a novel concept, until someone just made single tires with a heck of a center groove that accomplished the same thing for a lot less.
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Is this awesome? I think it's awesome. Funny, at least: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhcWOA9UjVQ
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Darchangel posted:Is this awesome? I think it's awesome. Funny, at least: Saw that the other day. In a way, a 5.0 fox body is the perfect car for this.
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Finger Prince posted:Saw that the other day. In a way, a 5.0 fox body is the perfect car for this. Amusingly, you could shoe-horn a few captive imports in there as "American cars". Finally, the Galant Lambda gets it's due.
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https://twitter.com/midnightdorifto/status/1754506180783997383 https://twitter.com/QuirkyRides/status/1756229624764178492 https://twitter.com/MinisterofDOOM/status/1740433091121000844
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Baller as hell. If there's room for a bunk it'd make one serious RV. This thing is just completely bonkers. Center driving position, swivel captain's chairs everywhere. https://www.motor1.com/photos/644211/1992-italdesign-columbus/#3664856_1992-italdesign-columbus *sad American noises*
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Except being tall so you can actually see what's ahead in a sea of giant pickup trucks and other SUVs, which is the point. Also, wagons tend to share the same stigma as minivans in the eye of the general populace, so the "only choice" for a lot of people is CUV/SUV.
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Darchangel posted:Except being tall so you can actually see what's ahead in a sea of giant pickup trucks and other SUVs, which is the point. Also, wagons tend to share the same stigma as minivans in the eye of the general populace, so the "only choice" for a lot of people is CUV/SUV.
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stealie72 posted:Yet another place where the general populace are morons. Both wagons and minivans rule. I mean, yeah. Obviously.
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I like wagons too, but that post isn't really the win it seems to think? The E has the 3rd row as standard while it's only optional on the GLE? (Which I bet is market dependent too). That's it? I wouldn't even call the GLE a crossover, it's their X5, how is it not an SUV? As for the Columbus, which is glorious, apparently Doug Demuro has spoken to Italdesign about it, trying to find out if they still have it and if he can drive it, and they umm'd and ahh'd and said "well, we can BUILD you one if you're interested in buying one!".
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BuckyDoneGun posted:I like wagons too, but that post isn't really the win it seems to think? The E has the 3rd row as standard while it's only optional on the GLE? (Which I bet is market dependent too). That's it? I wouldn't even call the GLE a crossover, it's their X5, how is it not an SUV? And the GLE has more total capacity with the 3rd row down by quite a bit, so not literally everything I also am a wagon apologist but that comparison isn't the dunk it's set up to be...
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Q_res posted:https://youtu.be/Sjf3rUZozrM?si=2s6S-bpHSNdi4Yoj That certainly makes a noise.  Have they said what they’re sticking it in?
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The most current generation of Lincoln Continental. They put the subframe and front suspension from an S550 (2015-2023) Mustang in the Lincoln.
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Darchangel posted:Except being tall so you can actually see what's ahead in a sea of giant pickup trucks and other SUVs, which is the point. Also, wagons tend to share the same stigma as minivans in the eye of the general populace, so the "only choice" for a lot of people is CUV/SUV. "I need an SUV to see over everyone else's SUV" is a pretty loving stupid argument, but sadly one of the two I hear most often, along with "I like how easy it is to get in and out of".
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You know, honest question on where we converted to CUV status. Obama admin?
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Olympic Mathlete posted:Hell yeah 😎 There's a full video of that Camaro. Short segment of the making of those wheels and some ice rallying with it. I'm still not sure if that is a smart or stupid idea. There's a reason why snow and ice racing usually use thin wheels.
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Saukkis posted:There's a reason why snow and ice racing usually use thin wheels. Yeah and there's 8 of 'em there!
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Disgruntled Bovine posted:"I need an SUV to see over everyone else's SUV" is a pretty loving stupid argument, but sadly one of the two I hear most often, along with "I like how easy it is to get in and out of". Every time. Saukkis posted:There's a full video of that Camaro. Short segment of the making of those wheels and some ice rallying with it. amenenema posted:Yeah and there's 8 of 'em there! Yeah!
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Disgruntled Bovine posted:"I need an SUV to see over everyone else's SUV" is a pretty loving stupid argument, but sadly one of the two I hear most often, along with "I like how easy it is to get in and out of". "Comfort" is a perfectly valid criteria. Colostomy Bag posted:You know, honest question on where we converted to CUV status. RAV4 came out in '94. CR-V '95, Forester '97, X-Trail '00, Escape '01.
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Fairly sure the majority of luxury sedans are as comfortable/more comfortable than any SUV I've ever ridden in.
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BuckyDoneGun posted:"Comfort" is a perfectly valid criteria. Every one of those early crossovers actually could do the "crossover" thing quite well and were decent in ways the modern decendants... arent. The Forester in particular has driving dymanics and sheer capability that loving shame the hell out of the 2024 Forester
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:Every one of those early crossovers actually could do the "crossover" thing quite well and were decent in ways the modern decendants... arent. The Forester in particular has driving dymanics and sheer capability that loving shame the hell out of the 2024 Forester This is where I wish I'd prepared an envelope with a screen shot of my post, and inside is a piece of paper saying "Cat posts about the excellent driving dynamics of the Forester"  You're of course right about the Forester, not sure I'd include the RAV and CR-V tho. They're great appliance cars with at least the same or better all round capabilities than their predecessors, and it's not like they were ever showcases of driving dynamics, the Forester was always an outlier in that respect! The XTrail? Ugh, classic Nissan, taking a decent enough RAV competitor then gimping it with a garbage CVT. As a Nissan tragic, I sympathise with the pain Subaru fans now feel.
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Darchangel posted:Is this awesome? I think it's awesome. Funny, at least: They had me at Euro-beat Freebird.
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Ether Frenzy posted:Fairly sure the majority of luxury sedans are as comfortable/more comfortable than any SUV I've ever ridden in. Pretty sure an E-class is nicer to be in than a GLE. Especially for people in the back seats in a GLE 'coupe'.
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After training last night and a young woman and I were chatting (young=20ish) and she obliterated a stereotype that I had. After class, we got onto the topic of cars and she started gushing about how a 300SL is beautiful and her dream car, which surprised me (I was surprised she even knew what it was tbh). I then asked her about her thoughts on the Miura and she proceeded to tell me about how Lamborghini went all downhill after the styling of the countach with the possible exception of the Diablo. And then we started talking about other 60s/70s sports cars in general. I did not see that coming. Another young lady that was with us was looking at her like the had a 3rd arm growing out of her forehead.
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Rigged Death Trap posted:Pretty sure an E-class is nicer to be in than a GLE. The GLE Coupe back seat is slightly wider (5mm hip, 25mm shoulder), but yes gives up some headroom to the sedan, a whopping 11mm. 37mm more space to the front seat. The biggest difference is the sedan seat is deeper (longer?) by 42mm and footwell is deeper by 23mm. I think the coupe is dumb too, but lets not pretend we're cramming people in back there.  
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slidebite posted:After training last night and a young woman and I were chatting (young=20ish) and she obliterated a stereotype that I had. Dear Penthouse, ...
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slidebite posted:After training last night and a young woman and I were chatting (young=20ish) and she obliterated a stereotype that I had. That's a hella good Lamborghini opinion tbh. Gallardo is an all-timer (if maybe too reserved to be a "real" Lambo) but Huracan is garbo
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Data Graham posted:That's a hella good Lamborghini opinion tbh. Colostomy Bag posted:Dear Penthouse, Old sports cars from before her dad was even born was completely out of nowhere. And pretty drat cool IMHO
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Data Graham posted:That's a hella good Lamborghini opinion tbh. The facelifted Gallardos are alright, but the Murcielago is brilliant.
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Ether Frenzy posted:Fairly sure the majority of luxury sedans are as comfortable/more comfortable than any SUV I've ever ridden in. Comfort also includes getting in and out of the vehicle. Old broken people (the demographic that can most afford new vehicles in tyool 2024) flock to CUV's because of this. The other demo that are big into CUV's are parents and one big reason for that is, it is much easier to strap young kids into a CUV than a sedan. I wouldn't go around assuming that everyone else are the idiots and are just following the trends set by the manufacturers. People want SUV/CUV's and are willing to pay a premium for them for reasons that may be alien to you but are very real to them. My wife and I just had twins in 2023 and now have 3 kids. She had a nice sports sedan that was ok but not great with 1 kid in a car seat, but was a non starter for 3 kids no matter what we tried. We upgraded to a 2 row SUV that is just wide enough across the back seat to put 3 car seats in, and holy hell even before the twins came it made putting my first kid in their car seat a lot easier. I fully understand why people with kids prefer SUV and CUV's over sedans.
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