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El Scotch posted:Is the fact your brother is a dog just something not mentioned in the family? Easy buddy, look at that proud expression. You have to respect that kind of pride.
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This is awesome. I wish I could find a pre-beat Baja here so I wouldn't have to feel bad fixing up a Bug just so I can cut it to ribbons for the conversion.
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Your brother, the dog, owns.
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Seat Safety Switch posted:This is awesome. I wish I could find a pre-beat Baja here so I wouldn't have to feel bad fixing up a Bug just so I can cut it to ribbons for the conversion. Get one built in the 70's, no one gives a poo poo if you chop one of them up. In fact I think most bug enthusiasts would be happy to see it happen.
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 He was just cruising along. 
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Knew I'd seen one of those before: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volvo_PV800_Series#TP21
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Fucknag posted:Knew I'd seen one of those before: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volvo_PV800_Series#TP21 Yeah theres another one that is just down the street from me that serves as a local restaurants roadside eyecatcher/owners toy with their logo on the doors. Its much more 'stock' and clean than the one above and not nearly as lifted. Rad loving trucks...er...cars? Chinatown fucked around with this message at 06:45 on Jul 4, 2014 |
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Jul 4, 2014 06:42
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I've always enjoyed the Red Bull one Not my pic, but I feel have seen one around the area once or twice.
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Fucknag posted:Knew I'd seen one of those before: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volvo_PV800_Series#TP21 Wasn't somebody an AI restoring one of those a while back? I think he was a Scandinavian.
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Fimbulvetr was restoring a TP21/915
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Deceptor101 posted:I've always enjoyed the Red Bull one Those are all rebodies though, right? There's people saying Chevy Blazer, the ones in the UK are registered as Defenders, there's this one based on an F350, and so on
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El Scotch posted:Is the fact your brother is a dog just something not mentioned in the family? I'm more impressed that a dog can drive stick.
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It's a dogbox.
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revmoo posted:It's a dogbox. 
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Jul 4, 2014 18:10
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEkWNkKTPiU https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/carpool/carpool-deville-the-worlds-fastest-hot-tub
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In celebration of the day, does anyone have the picture of that pickup truck with a bald eagle and back to back world war champions painted on it?
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dubzee posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEkWNkKTPiU 
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I love the slosh when it stops. If they were real engineering nerds they would have come up with a way to avoid loss when turning or stopping. 
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Jul 4, 2014 19:28
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xzzy posted:Coast to coast would probably get someone killed. I used to do the 1000 mile San Antonio - Des Moines run a few times a year in one shot. drat near killed me several times thanks to just how boring Kansas and Oklahoma are to drive through.
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I recently started an internship. I'm pretty happy with it. This was the view from my desk this morning.  And this has been parked in front of the workshop for a couple days.  As I was taking the picture, a mechanic walked past and went "Waste of memory on the camera, thing's a loving shitbox."
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Zeppelin Insanity posted:As I was taking the picture, a mechanic walked past and went "Waste of memory on the camera, thing's a loving shitbox." It still blows my mind how little Aston's design philosophy has changed and how little they get called out for it.
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Butt Wizard posted:It still blows my mind how little Aston's design philosophy has changed and how little they get called out for it. Although he's probably doing it for laughs, it's funny to hear Clarkson rip Hammond a new one for Porsche's design laziness, while declaring every new Aston the most beautiful car IN THE WORLD.
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Mister Kingdom posted:Although he's probably doing it for laughs, it's funny to hear Clarkson rip Hammond a new one for Porsche's design laziness, while declaring every new Aston the most beautiful car IN THE WORLD. Yea, this is pretty much why I stopped watching Top Gear. There's an older Top Gear clip where he reviews a Corolla which out-accelerates a Golf and outhandles pretty much everything else available for the money. In the end he says he doesn't care because it looks boring. Of course, the Aston on the other hand, has an 'iconic' design so it gets a free pass, even though it's only 'iconic' because they haven't changed it for 20 years. The E-Type Jag? That's an iconic design. I wouldn't mind if they kept making those until the sun exploded. It's in a different league to anything Aston Martin have ever made. Speaking of, this is awesome: http://beacham.co.nz/MARQUES/BEACHAM+E-TYPE.html
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MrYenko posted:Paging kastein... I once saw a late-'30s Dodge pickup with a Cummins 6.0 barely stuffed under the stock hood. It was done up like the '79 Little Red Express, to boot. Reasonably-sized vertical exhausts up through the bed are kinda cute. 
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Bad Angus! Bad!
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Butt Wizard posted:There's Fixed that for you 
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xzzy posted:I love the slosh when it stops. If ever there was a Caddy deserving of a computer automated hydraulic suspension setup, this would be it.
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Butt Wizard posted:Yea, this is pretty much why I stopped watching Top Gear. There's an older Top Gear clip where he reviews a Corolla which out-accelerates a Golf and outhandles pretty much everything else available for the money. In the end he says he doesn't care because it looks boring. Of course, the Aston on the other hand, has an 'iconic' design so it gets a free pass, even though it's only 'iconic' because they haven't changed it for 20 years. The E-Type Jag? That's an iconic design. I wouldn't mind if they kept making those until the sun exploded. It's in a different league to anything Aston Martin have ever made. I've always thought the DB7/Vanquish era cars looked like poo poo. They have the worst, most awkward front and general proportions. The DB9-onwards cars are pretty stunning though. Compare:     I think 90's era supercars have mostly aged really, really badly and the ones that still look like knock-outs are the exception.
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Slavvy posted:I've always thought the DB7/Vanquish era cars looked like poo poo. They have the worst, most awkward front and general proportions. The DB9-onwards cars are pretty stunning though. I remember thinking the db7, the boxster and the e39 m5 looked awesome back in the day, I'd only grab an m5 now.
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I always thought the DB7 looked like poo poo in pictures. I actually really like it in person. I don't know why. Same with things like 80's-90's Bentleys - I think they look crap in pictures, but when I saw one in person, I thought it looked great.
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Aargh posted:I remember thinking the db7, the boxster and the e39 m5 looked awesome back in the day, I'd only grab an m5 now. E39's in general still look phenomenal, as do E46 M3's and B7 RS4's. The pinnacle of the boxy car design. Now everything has bullshit swooping curves and ridiculous angles and over-styling everywhere. What happened to subtlety? Why can't something looking quietly muscular instead of like a pouncing lion or whatever the gently caress?
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Slavvy posted:E39's in general still look phenomenal, as do E46 M3's and B7 RS4's. The pinnacle of the boxy car design. Now everything has bullshit swooping curves and ridiculous angles and over-styling everywhere. What happened to subtlety? Why can't something looking quietly muscular instead of like a pouncing lion or whatever the gently caress? I'd say the Integrale was the high point of boxy design but I'm slightly biased. E: I mean just look at it:  Butt Wizard fucked around with this message at 13:02 on Jul 5, 2014 |
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  idk, I think E30s and E34s are probably the pinnacle of boxy car design
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Wouldn't. Would. Would. Would.
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Slavvy posted:Now everything has bullshit swooping curves and ridiculous angles and over-styling everywhere. What happened to subtlety? Why can't something looking quietly muscular instead of like a pouncing lion or whatever the gently caress? Agreed! Though, personally I just wish pop-up headlights would come back in fashion. The Toyota 86 has the most comically overaggressive headlight design (it's literally a scowling pair of eyes) and it still somehow looks a bit boring. Now imagine that thing with pop-ups! That's the Japanese sports car revival I want to see
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Slavvy posted:E39's in general still look phenomenal, as do E46 M3's and B7 RS4's. The pinnacle of the boxy car design. Now everything has bullshit swooping curves and ridiculous angles and over-styling everywhere. What happened to subtlety? Why can't something looking quietly muscular instead of like a pouncing lion or whatever the gently caress? Have you seen a modern Mercedes?
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RillAkBea posted:Agreed! Jesus christ, this. Pop up headlights were one of the best and coolest things to ever grace the automotive world. The C5 Corvette will forever be my favorite generation of Vette, partially thanks to those pop up headlights 
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Slavvy posted:E39's in general still look phenomenal, as do E46 M3's and B7 RS4's. The pinnacle of the boxy car design. Now everything has bullshit swooping curves and ridiculous angles and over-styling everywhere. What happened to subtlety? Why can't something looking quietly muscular instead of like a pouncing lion or whatever the gently caress? I'd also nominate the E38 7 series as having looks that age well. 
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That DB7 piece on Top Gear was one of the worst car reviews I've seen, watching Clarkson heap praise on an ugly, expensive bucket of Ford parts.
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Linedance posted:Have you seen a modern Mercedes?  Guess which one looks like a bloated accord with arbitrary lines tossed around to cover up the lack of form?
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