|
... wow. Also, "don't" speed, or "can't" speed?
|
#
?
Oct 24, 2016 16:59
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 27, 2024 14:03 |
|
|
Code Jockey posted:... wow. That one has the SRT-4 engine, so speeding is certainly possible.
|
|
#
?
Oct 24, 2016 17:09
|
|
|
Should be the Weird Al version.
|
|
#
?
Oct 24, 2016 17:46
|
|
|
dissss posted:It's a souped-up version of what was designed as a rental/fleet/cop-mobile - not surprising it shows Isn't this the best part of the SS? Completely unassuming, bland car with a LS and a 6spd? What has happened to AI that this is considered a bad thing? SCA Enthusiast posted:That one has the SRT-4 engine, so speeding is certainly possible. hahahahahahahaha. While it might be the same basic engine as the SRT-4, it is barely any faster, and far from what I would call "fast"  Stolen from the first google result
|
|
#
?
Oct 24, 2016 17:48
|
|
|
slurry_curry posted:Isn't this the best part of the SS? Completely unassuming, bland car with a LS and a 6spd? What has happened to AI that this is considered a bad thing? everything has to look like a gaudy piece of poo poo to be any good, unless it looks like a gaudy piece of poo poo in which case it needs to look more normal
|
|
#
?
Oct 24, 2016 18:01
|
|
|
slurry_curry posted:Isn't this the best part of the SS? Completely unassuming, bland car with a LS and a 6spd? What has happened to AI that this is considered a bad thing? I was wondering the same thing. I know AI generally likes the G8, but now we're making GBS threads on the next generation of the same car because it had a Chevrolet badge or something I guess. And I'd call the Caprice PPV a stripped down rebadged G8 before I'd call the SS a souped up Caprice.
|
|
#
?
Oct 24, 2016 18:04
|
|
|
Interesting to see the G8 mentioned. The same coworker who bought the SS used to own a G8 for a few years. He sold it because it was doing Pontiac things - dissolved stitching in the seat seams, for example. As soon as he got the SS, he debadged and made it look as unassuming as possible, which took minimal effort, really.
|
|
#
?
Oct 24, 2016 18:11
|
|
|
Octopus Magic posted:That certainly makes up for wanting to wear a bag over your head while driving it. Well, for me it would. I have an appreciation for a car that was designed to get fast lap times and nothing else. The current Civic Type-R was built around the same idea, although it's made off of a much better base.
|
|
#
?
Oct 24, 2016 18:20
|
|
|
TotalLossBrain posted:Interesting to see the G8 mentioned. The same coworker who bought the SS used to own a G8 for a few years. He sold it because it was doing Pontiac things - dissolved stitching in the seat seams, for example. I have a G8, myself. I haven't had any stitching problems, but some guys I know have. A lot of the G8 people move to the SS or the CTS-V after a while.
|
|
#
?
Oct 24, 2016 18:23
|
|
|
WAR CRIME SYNDICAT posted:I was wondering the same thing. I know AI generally likes the G8, but now we're making GBS threads on the next generation of the same car because it had a Chevrolet badge or something I guess. The SS is AI except on the pricing, with that and the relative rarity I doubt I'll ever own one despite it being pretty perfect on paper.
|
|
#
?
Oct 24, 2016 18:39
|
|
|
angryrobots posted:I thought the post in question was more about the wtf that was gm's marketing and pricing of the SS, and why it was selling poorly. Yeah the price is definitely ridiculous. Although 2009 G8 GXP's are still in the 30k range depending on miles, so I guess it's to be expected.
|
|
#
?
Oct 24, 2016 18:47
|
|
|
slurry_curry posted:Isn't this the best part of the SS? Completely unassuming, bland car with a LS and a 6spd? What has happened to AI that this is considered a bad thing? Yeah you're right, a 15 second quarter mile minivan from the early 2000's is definitely slow and completely incapable of exceeding posted speed limits.
|
|
#
?
Oct 24, 2016 18:53
|
|
|
WAR CRIME SYNDICAT posted:I have a G8, myself. I haven't had any stitching problems, but some guys I know have. A lot of the G8 people move to the SS or the CTS-V after a while. I've never sat in the G8, but I have a 2015 SS and the interior is really nice. No rattles or anything yet.
|
|
#
?
Oct 24, 2016 19:22
|
|
|
Mr-Spain posted:I've never sat in the G8, but I have a 2015 SS and the interior is really nice. No rattles or anything yet. I actually don't mind the interior of the G8. It's the nicest car I've ever owned, considering I owned an old maxima and a couple of jeep cherokees before that. I haven't sat in an SS yet, either.
|
|
#
?
Oct 24, 2016 19:46
|
|
|
Back to blind spot mirrors, my wife has outdone herself on the practical but hilarious front, she bought a convex interior mirror that's 43cm wide. Considering you just voluntarily climbed into a fiat multipla it's the most ludicrous thing you'll see all day, but within a few minutes of driving I grew to love the fact I could glance up and see not only what's behind me, but also what's on either side of the car, and what the kids are doing on the back seats. I christened it the panopticon.
|
|
#
?
Oct 24, 2016 19:47
|
|
|
WAR CRIME SYNDICAT posted:I was wondering the same thing. I know AI generally likes the G8, but now we're making GBS threads on the next generation of the same car because it had a Chevrolet badge or something I guess. My point is they're all rebadged Commodores which were your run of the mill full sized fleet/police/rental car. That isn't a bad thing but you do have to adjust your expectations a bit.
|
|
#
?
Oct 24, 2016 20:13
|
|
|
slurry_curry posted:hahahahahahahaha. While it might be the same basic engine as the SRT-4, it is barely any faster, and far from what I would call "fast" I'm not saying its a fast car but its hardly a dog. There are far worse things you can say about it than its speed.
|
|
#
?
Oct 24, 2016 20:17
|
|
|
10 years ago there weren't 11-14 second cars everywhere like there are today.
|
|
#
?
Oct 24, 2016 20:54
|
|
|
BlackMK4 posted:10 years ago there weren't 11-14 second cars everywhere like there are today. Nah, 10 second 0-60 times were super common by 2000. Google any lovely car from that period and there should be endless tables of how they tested as new.
|
|
#
?
Oct 24, 2016 21:04
|
|
|
xzzy posted:Nah, 10 second 0-60 times were super common by 2000. Google any lovely car from that period and there should be endless tables of how they tested as new. Quarter mile, bro, living life
|
|
#
?
Oct 24, 2016 21:10
|
|
|
Gay Weed Dad posted:Yeah you're right, a 15 second quarter mile minivan from the early 2000's is definitely slow and completely incapable of exceeding posted speed limits. A PT Cruiser most certainly isn't a minivan.
|
|
#
?
Oct 24, 2016 21:18
|
|
|
sidewalk gum posted:Back to blind spot mirrors, my wife has outdone herself on the practical but hilarious front, she bought a convex interior mirror that's 43cm wide. Considering you just voluntarily climbed into a fiat multipla it's the most ludicrous thing you'll see all day, but within a few minutes of driving I grew to love the fact I could glance up and see not only what's behind me, but also what's on either side of the car, and what the kids are doing on the back seats. I christened it the panopticon. Your wife is way ahead of you in Japanese VIP stylings. Those are known as 'wink' mirrors but are usually an array of 5/6 smaller flat mirrors and run virtually full width of the car.
|
|
#
?
Oct 24, 2016 21:43
|
|
|
sidewalk gum posted:Back to blind spot mirrors, my wife has outdone herself on the practical but hilarious front, she bought a convex interior mirror that's 43cm wide. Considering you just voluntarily climbed into a fiat multipla it's the most ludicrous thing you'll see all day, but within a few minutes of driving I grew to love the fact I could glance up and see not only what's behind me, but also what's on either side of the car, and what the kids are doing on the back seats. I christened it the panopticon. My sister's Town and Country has a built in mirror to check on the kids in the back, but since she's like 5'2", she sits too far forward to be able to actually use it. Hell, I'm 5'8" and can't really see anything in the mirror, though I tend to sit a bit forward like a grandpa, not leaned back like most people I know.
|
|
#
?
Oct 24, 2016 21:43
|
|
|
Gay Weed Dad posted:Yeah you're right, a 15 second quarter mile minivan from the early 2000's is definitely slow and completely incapable of exceeding posted speed limits. I am pretty sure a 2cv is capable of exceeding posted speed limits, that does not mean its fast. When compared to the srt-4, which has the "same" engine and is what started this discussion, it is quite a bit slower. srt-4 did 0-60 in ~5.2 seconds and did a 13.7 1/4 mile. also Shrapnig posted:A PT Cruiser most certainly isn't a minivan. SCA Enthusiast posted:I'm not saying its a fast car but its hardly a dog. There are far worse things you can say about it than its speed. Very true.
|
|
#
?
Oct 24, 2016 21:47
|
|
|
PT Cruisers and their counterpart HHRs are classified as trucks (same with minivans) so that companies can lower there average MPGs in the truck category. Also were designed by the same guy.
|
|
#
?
Oct 24, 2016 23:27
|
|
|
Tinted lights? Check Dark plate holder? Check Custom plate proclaiming love of Subarus? Yup Completely stock base Imprezza otherwise?  Yup iospace fucked around with this message at 23:50 on Oct 24, 2016 |
|
#
?
Oct 24, 2016 23:47
|
|
|
I saw a weird commercial at work today, apparently Nissan is marketing some sort of emergency braking technology that makes you stop distance shorter than any other car. I guess the fact that ABS increases stopping distance finally got to the public, and there's a demand for regular braking systems now. I don't know if the anti-ABS system or the idea that regular brakes are an innovation is actually the Terrible Car Stuff, but I got some weird looks for chuckling at a commercial of a guy almost hitting a small child with his car. Immediately followed by a lot of concerned comments when my manager and I explained that all of the advanced safety systems in modern cars would have made it almost impossible to not hit the kid in that scenario slurry_curry posted:
They're just as good as a Porsche! quote:1970 Porsche 914 As much as I hate to admit it, the 914 is pretty terrible car stuff  Preoptopus posted:PT Cruisers and their counterpart HHRs are classified as trucks (same with minivans) so that companies can lower there average MPGs in the truck category. Also were designed by the same guy. The 2000's were a pretty awful time for cars. Save for the bugeye WRX wagon, MR2 Spyder, S2000, Sky Redline, and RX-8, I can't think of many models from that decade that I genuinely like both styling and performance-wise. And those are a rally car, some roadsters, and a Grand Tourer, it's pretty hard to gently caress up those kinds of cars without some serious effort... Speaking of which, I can't hate the Prowler or Crossfire, they're not good cars by any metric, but they have such a distinct look that makes me want one, even though I know better. Yes, the Prowler was the absolute worst. Yes it should have been the Howler from day 1. Yes the idea of an underpowered, V6, auto-only homage to the Hotrod is so inherently stupid that whoever made it should have been taken out behind the shed like Old Yeller. I just like how they look, let's not have this conversation again.
|
|
#
?
Oct 25, 2016 02:08
|
|
|
The S2000 and MR2 Spyder were really products of the 1990s. I was gonna say C5 Corvette but that came out in 1997. 2001-2005 was a garbage time for new designs. Stuff from that era has also aged terribly.
|
|
#
?
Oct 25, 2016 02:39
|
|
|
Oh, that's even why I excluded the Boxter. Go me
|
|
#
?
Oct 25, 2016 02:56
|
|
|
The mazda 6 was designed and released in that time period and still looks great. 
|
|
#
?
Oct 25, 2016 03:10
|
|
|
Cop Porn Popper posted:The mazda 6 was designed and released in that time period and still looks great. Hellyeah it does.
|
|
#
?
Oct 25, 2016 04:20
|
|
|
slurry_curry posted:
TBD - we'll let you know when it gets there.
|
|
#
?
Oct 25, 2016 04:30
|
|
|
N is for Nipples posted:TBD - we'll let you know when it gets there. Chrysler'd itself halfway there due to unexpected engine load.
|
|
#
?
Oct 25, 2016 04:38
|
|
|
The Door Frame posted:I saw a weird commercial at work today, apparently Nissan is marketing some sort of emergency braking technology that makes you stop distance shorter than any other car. I guess the fact that ABS increases stopping distance finally got to the public, and there's a demand for regular braking systems now. I don't know if the anti-ABS system or the idea that regular brakes are an innovation is actually the Terrible Car Stuff, but I got some weird looks for chuckling at a commercial of a guy almost hitting a small child with his car. I know a few people who've taken police-level driving tuition and contained within is braking tests. Cop says to basically jump on the pedal as hard as possible and afterwards states that nobody ever hits the brakes hard enough on the first test so I'm imagining the new tech is basically making sure drivers get as much out of the brakes as possible rather than removing ABS. Also chuckling at accident ads is fine, this one was my favourite as a kid as I'm not entirely sure they saw the humour whilst making it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRo-2THXaOQ
|
|
#
?
Oct 25, 2016 09:18
|
|
|
Olympic Mathlete posted:Your wife is way ahead of you in Japanese VIP stylings. Those are known as 'wink' mirrors but are usually an array of 5/6 smaller flat mirrors and run virtually full width of the car. sidewalk gum posted:Back to blind spot mirrors, my wife has outdone herself on the practical but hilarious front, she bought a convex interior mirror that's 43cm wide. Considering you just voluntarily climbed into a fiat multipla it's the most ludicrous thing you'll see all day, but within a few minutes of driving I grew to love the fact I could glance up and see not only what's behind me, but also what's on either side of the car, and what the kids are doing on the back seats. I christened it the panopticon. My father-in-law is a Toyota die-hard fan, works at Toyota and daily drives this thing:  We get free Ｂｒｏａｄｗａｙ Mirrors from him every car we've had. They're fuckin' awesome.
|
|
#
?
Oct 25, 2016 09:18
|
|
|
Wasabi the J posted:My father-in-law is a Toyota die-hard fan, works at Toyota and daily drives this thing: Cool as gently caress. Wink mirror: 
|
|
#
?
Oct 25, 2016 09:21
|
|
|
Great, now I learn my wife is way cooler than me 
|
|
#
?
Oct 25, 2016 10:40
|
|
|
sidewalk gum posted:Great, now I learn my wife is way cooler than me Does she leave all the Multipla driving to you? 
|
|
#
?
Oct 25, 2016 10:45
|
|
|
Wasabi the J posted:My father-in-law is a Toyota die-hard fan, works at Toyota and daily drives this thing: That is actually gorgeous.
|
|
#
?
Oct 25, 2016 10:56
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 27, 2024 14:03 |
|
|
sidewalk gum posted:Great, now I learn my wife is way cooler than me No sense marrying 'em if they aren't, yanno?
|
|
#
?
Oct 25, 2016 12:10
|
|
