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economic haircut posted:Viper. Corvette. Tempo. I think you just destroyed whatever self respect your neighbor had left! Pretty slick stable though, I've always been a big fan of the Vipers since they came out.
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economic haircut posted:Yes they are. Not much for plans, probably just some nice suspension and wheels. Its already insanely flat in the corners though, and turns in like nothing I've ever driven before stock. Certainly doesn't need any more power.... yet. Hey, what state do you live in? It almost looks like Alaska, and if you have a C6 and a viper in Alaska you are 100% more cool than everyone else.
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May 12, 2011 16:08
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Picked this up a couple months ago. 2011 Camaro SS.   
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sw0cb posted:Hey, what state do you live in? It almost looks like Alaska, and if you have a C6 and a viper in Alaska you are 100% more cool than everyone else. Yeah all you motherfuckers get that oil pipeline money every year for some reason, right? Out of curiosity, what year is that Viper? Those carry V12's, right? blk96gt posted:... 2011 Camaro SS. So does that thing have those bumper-shifters everyone's been talking about?
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May 12, 2011 16:40
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The Scientist posted:So does that thing have those bumper-shifters everyone's been talking about? Not that one, it's a 6 speed.
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May 12, 2011 16:45
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MrSaturn posted:Not that one, it's a 6 speed. 6 speed with a Hurst short throw.
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May 12, 2011 17:03
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The Scientist posted:Yeah all you motherfuckers get that oil pipeline money every year for some reason, right? The viper, being "SRT-10".. is a V10.
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May 12, 2011 17:09
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Couple pictures of my Silverado. Had it for about 9 months now. He's been a champ, already put 25k+ miles on it.  
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May 12, 2011 17:28
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gvibes posted:A smart car blew by me doing like 95 the other day. Can they actually hit 95? Maybe 90. Somewhere around there. It looked kind of hilarious weaving through traffic. Regular smarts are limited to 85, the Brabus tuned variant does 95. I test drove a Brabus Smart ForFour when I was looking for a new car, it does 135. Very fun car, 177 HP
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May 12, 2011 19:41
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sw0cb posted:Hey, what state do you live in? It almost looks like Alaska, and if you have a C6 and a viper in Alaska you are 100% more cool than everyone else. Close, Northern Canada actually. Am I still cool?  No Pipeline money for me The Scientist. Although my income is derived partly from those sweet sweet oil monies. I figure an 7mpg car is just security. Tanz-Kommandant posted:Viper. Corvette. Tempo. I think you just destroyed whatever self respect your neighbor had left! Pretty slick stable though, I've always been a big fan of the Vipers since they came out. That Tempo was hilariously mint. Literally showroom condition. Its amazing.
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May 13, 2011 00:46
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economic haircut posted:Close, Northern Canada actually. Am I still cool? Please tell me its an AWD one, that would be most amazing.
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May 13, 2011 00:57
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Billy Tully posted:Please tell me its an AWD one, that would be most amazing. No, the most amazing would be if it was an 8-cylinder T-drive prototype.
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May 13, 2011 07:05
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^ Just read up on that...it leaves me wondering where Ford dug up an inline 8 in the early 90s. Unless they put two I4s side by side and built a big valve cover that spanned both heads... 
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May 13, 2011 22:50
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Had a fun rally up to Julian, CA the other weekend:   
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Geoj posted:^ What the hell is that thing?
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Das Volk posted:What the hell is that thing? KozmoNaut posted:[Tempo] 8-cylinder T-drive prototype. In the early 90s Ford attempted to drive the transmission from the middle of the engine instead of the end (hence "T-Drive.") The idea was to make larger displacement/cylinder engines fit if the engine and transmission could be stacked on top of each other, as well as give Ford a unique technology similar to Subaru's Boxer engine/AWD combo. Needless to say, it failed. More here.
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eeenmachine posted:Had a fun rally up to Julian, CA the other weekend: Small world, I was just up there 2 weeks ago. We should go for a run sometime.
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Comrade Flynn posted:Small world, I was just up there 2 weeks ago. We should go for a run sometime.
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eeenmachine posted:You can appreciate how hard it is to avoid potholes on these lovely San Diego streets are then. I've hit so many that I already need an alignment. I couldn't even drive down Mira Mesa Blvd. in my Lotus.
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May 17, 2011 04:01
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Comrade Flynn posted:I couldn't even drive down Mira Mesa Blvd. in my Lotus. Try it with 600 lbs of batteries in your trunk.
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May 17, 2011 04:08
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Comrade Flynn posted:I couldn't even drive down Mira Mesa Blvd. in my Lotus. Ever go downtown? Its embarrassing really.
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Comrade Flynn posted:Small world, I was just up there 2 weeks ago. We should go for a run sometime. Their power bill must have been outrageous
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May 17, 2011 05:11
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Chinatown posted:Ever go downtown? Its embarrassing really. Point Loma is the worst. There are just...chunks missing from some roads. A friend got his Diablo stuck there once.
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May 17, 2011 05:52
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CommieGIR posted:Their power bill must have been outrageous
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May 17, 2011 12:47
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Z's look so much more awesome with those lower lip kits. Are you planning on painting it to match? A guy I met through work has a sick one with a lower lip-kit and a re-vamped interior. He showed me photos of it and now I want one more than ever.
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May 17, 2011 13:21
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I kinda like how the black offsets the yellow so I'll probably leave it unpainted.
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May 17, 2011 14:02
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Comrade Flynn posted:Point Loma is the worst. There are just...chunks missing from some roads. A friend got his Diablo stuck there once. This is another reason why I like the German road system better. You can actually petition the government for the cost of repair if a neglected road damages your vehicle.. and that includes damage caused by debris left on the motorway. I guarantee you giving the government the choice between repairing a road and repairing a car.. it's almost universally cheaper to just fix the drat road.
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^ To be fair though, don't they use a more permanent form of pavement in western Europe because they're not concerned about keeping a sizeable percentage of the population employed endlessly repaving roads?
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I dont know about that, seems to me that there are a lot of states that would love to save 10's of millions a year on road repairs. If more durable road surfaces were cost efficient, I think they would be in use.
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May 18, 2011 02:57
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mutt2jeff posted:I dont know about that, seems to me that there are a lot of states that would love to save 10's of millions a year on road repairs. If more durable road surfaces were cost efficient, I think they would be in use. Often short term savings are given priority over long term cost effectiveness.
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^ This. A governor or mayor looking only a few years ahead to the next election is going to be more likely to go with the typical run of the mill resurface and repave so s/he can say "I repaved [major artery] and saved the taxpayer money" instead of "I repaved [major artery] and spent a ton of money but we won't have to worry about repaving it for 10 years..."
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Mr.Peabody posted:This is another reason why I like the German road system better. You can actually petition the government for the cost of repair if a neglected road damages your vehicle.. and that includes damage caused by debris left on the motorway. I guarantee you giving the government the choice between repairing a road and repairing a car.. it's almost universally cheaper to just fix the drat road. you can do this in the u.s. usually
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Geoj posted:^ This is absolutely the case here in Illinois. The unions immediately go crazy at the mention of a cement road. The town where I lived in Texas had all cement roads which was amazing, you could always tell when you left town by the poverty roads.
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coinstarpatrick posted:This is absolutely the case here in Illinois. The unions immediately go crazy at the mention of a cement road. The town where I lived in Texas had all cement roads which was amazing, you could always tell when you left town by the poverty roads. I sure am glad the unions are still around, they serve such a noble purpose these days
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Geoj posted:^ I don't know if asphalt is more durable than cement, but except for remote locations in Eastern Europe It's all they use over here.
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Registered Loser posted:is that an ac cobra?
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Pretty Little Rainbow posted:is that an ac cobra?  Pretty sure it's an old Corvette. I don't know the lights are a little different.
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