Post awesome AI car shit:First time Ive seen a Golf with a hole in one like that

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Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester: Oct 3, 2000

Warcabbit posted:

The year is 2006.
This is the future that never was, thanks to the Great Recession.

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# ¿ Aug 22, 2012 13:26

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# ¿ May 4, 2024 09:58

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Hashal posted:

I get you guys are trying to be funny or something, but it would be great if you just used the tags for what they are actually meant for.

Yeah I thought this was probatable like years ago. Can't we keep it in the Top Gear thread where it might actually be appropriate?

# ¿ Aug 24, 2012 13:21

Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester: Oct 3, 2000

1950s GP cars aren't they?

# ¿ Sep 5, 2012 01:31

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sofullofhate posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIxlql0Ebnc

Not enough love for these replica guys. Building the same car the same way from scratch, beating out panels and fitting parts by hand. I wanna see that factory in Argentina so bad.

# ¿ Sep 29, 2012 00:32

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sofullofhate posted:

On Friday and today, I drove a Porsche Cayman R, a Ferrari 458, a Ferrari 430 Scuderia, a McLaren MP4-12C and a Porsche 911 (997) Turbo S around a racetrack. Really hard. With an instructor beside me the whole time, pushing me to go faster.

At the track place with the tent in Vegas? drat dude, you spent some money there. I only did the 458 and the Cayman. Fuckin a, that was a lot of fun, though.

# ¿ Oct 8, 2012 15:21

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sofullofhate posted:

Not enough headroom. There's remarkably little of it in the 458. The instructor couldn't wear his in it either, IIRC.

Were you as impressed by the 458 as I was? It felt like perfect. Comfortable, easy to drive, good looking interior. Nothing that felt weird about it. I'd never driven anything fancier than a 1st gen RX7, but I felt right at home in it.

# ¿ Oct 10, 2012 13:21

Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester: Oct 3, 2000

I thought they actually did race all those art cars?

# ¿ Oct 15, 2012 21:02

Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester: Oct 3, 2000

THATS ADORABLE

http://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum1/HTML/085309-20.html

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# ¿ Oct 28, 2012 15:12

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Linedance posted:

fixed that for ya.

Well played.

# ¿ Nov 23, 2012 01:33

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InitialDave posted:

Edit: Did the coupe version ever get anywhere? Because drat, it looks nice.

I couldn't decide about the other ones, but that is hot as hell.

# ¿ Nov 25, 2012 01:32

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thealphabetsez posted:

What is this still from?

Is that the episode where they were all at Imola or something with different cars and they were trying to beat some lap time and they were all talking to their cars before the laps? Hammond had a Noble or something?

# ¿ Dec 4, 2012 14:22

Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester: Oct 3, 2000

Just learned an awesome thing in a book I got for Christmas:

http://www.amazon.com/Quicksilver-F...rds=quicksilver

About this car Porsche designed for Mercedes for a land speed record in 1939:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_T80

Where they designed mechanical traction control for it!

quote:

3. ANTI-SPIN CONTROL

A noteworthy feature of the design of this machine was to be found in an over-riding throttle control, which automatically reduced the power output if excessive spin developed at the driving wheels. The principle of this device is as follows:-

A flexible drive, similar to that of a normal speedometer is taken from one of the front road wheels, and a second one from a point in the transmission just before the final drive unit, both drives terminating adjacent to the fuel injection unit. The drives are geared so as to rotate at equal speeds, but in opposite directions when the front and rear road wheels of the car are also rotating at equal speeds i.e. when there is no rear wheel-spin. The output ends of the two flexible drives are led into the opposite sides of a small differential unit, which is of similar construction to a normal final drive bevel type differential. In this case however the power is transmitted in the reverse direction, with the two flexible drives taking the place of the half-shafts.

When there is no rear wheel-spin, relative to the front wheels, the two drives are rotating at equal speeds, but in opposite directions and the differential cage therefore remains stationary. If at any time the rear wheels rotate more rapidly than the front wheels, this discrepancy is imparted by the drives to the sun-pinions of the differential, and the cage is forced to rotate. A drive is taken off the differential cage, through a governor to the Bosch fuel injection unit in such a manner that whenever the speed of rotation of the differential cage rises above a certain predetermined figure, due to excessive wheel slip, the drivers control of the fuel injection unit is over-ridden, reducing fuel injection, and consequently the power output.

No details of the effectiveness of this device could be obtained.

That's fuckin awesome! But I don't think they ever really built it, and they certainly never ran it, cause Hitler started doing some other stuff you've probably heard of.

# ¿ Dec 31, 2012 17:32

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rcman50166 posted:

I took an engineering class specifically designed to teach shear, bending and torque. It's pretty easy to design for and single point shear is considered ethical engineering design if proper analysis has been done. Also as long at the mount isn't threaded. That is considered poor engineering regardless of how high the safety factor is.

What do you mean exactly, "as long as the mount isn't threaded"?

# ¿ Jan 20, 2013 21:00

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GramCracker posted:

I got a fantastic book about these guys for Christmas. If you're looking to burn some money:
http://www.amazon.com/Silver-Arrows-Camera-photographic-Mercedes-Benz/dp/1844254674/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1358781076&sr=8-1

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# ¿ Jan 21, 2013 16:20

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KozmoNaut posted:

That video never fails to bring a smile to my face. It's the little 2-stroke that could!

In other news, a 14-year-old kid is doing a complete ground-up restoration of a V6 Fiero, with the intention of having it ready for her 16th birthday:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vZpNQUIqIg

I mean, I can barely change a timing belt and this is some serious metalwork going on. I wish I had had that kind of drive and ability and a cool project at that age. I don't even have a car project now at 27, and this 14-year-old kid is probably on her way to a career in the auto industry.

I remember seeing her linked here a few months ago, I was pretty blown away by the work she was tackling even then. It's awesome that GM is reaching out and encouraging her.

# ¿ Feb 24, 2013 03:23

Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester: Oct 3, 2000

That's one of the best car ads I've ever seen.

# ¿ Mar 2, 2013 14:04

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Detroit Q. Spider posted:

Yep, it's just you.

Yeah. That wasn't sterile at all, that was goddamn sexy.

# ¿ Mar 2, 2013 19:33

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sean10mm posted:

What a crazy car that was. It had a straight-8 engine, an air brake and a body made of magnesium alloy. Unfortunately that meant the body itself was flammable, contributing to the worst accident in motorsport history.

Not to mention direct injection and desmodromic valves.

# ¿ Mar 8, 2013 01:58

Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester: Oct 3, 2000

The cutest repair order ever!

# ¿ Jun 4, 2013 00:35

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BlackMK4 posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAUdYMaFauw

Dude should get a KTM. Deer don't stop them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TQMo7IU6-o

# ¿ Jun 19, 2013 22:34

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angryhampster posted:

I have great faith in Ron Howard for technical accuracy.

I remember watching Apollo 13 with the commentary by Jim Lovell and he said the only thing technically wrong in the movie was the contrail on the jet when Tom Hanks buzzes Kathleen Quinlan at the beginning. Opie does good.

# ¿ Jul 1, 2013 03:35

Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester: Oct 3, 2000

Oh poo poo, that Motocompo alone is worth some bucks. Those things are rare as gently caress in the US and fully awesome.

# ¿ Jul 8, 2013 14:39

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Astonishing Wang posted:

Top Gear thought it was uninspired and bleh but I think it's

I did one of those things in Vegas where you drive an exotic car around a track. In the parking lot they had 430s, 458s, gallardos, Astons, AMG SLS, all totally awesome. But the most interesting looking car there, no poo poo, was the 12C. It may not be as pretty or as gaudy as the other cars, but it looks like the loving FUTURE.

# ¿ Jul 25, 2013 00:33

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Powershift posted:

Looks like a tasty popsicle. Wanna lick it.

# ¿ Jul 27, 2013 22:29

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IOwnCalculus posted:

And what's not to love about the last street-circuit F1 race in the US?

Recently found a youtube of one of those races:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCnEvX5A77Y

I guess in theory it's nice, but it was like the most boring racetrack I've ever seen. All square uninteresting turns, no spectators at all from what I could see, every part of the circuit looked like every other. Huge walls lining the entire thing. Like the opposite of everything that makes Monaco fun.

# ¿ Aug 1, 2013 12:12

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angryhampster posted:

Jesus christ it's not even an autocross. Autocrosses have much more inspired course designs. Who does something like that? Who invests money in something like that?

# ¿ Aug 2, 2013 04:09

Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester: Oct 3, 2000

Went to the NHMS Vintage road race event over the weekend. Saw some cool stuff.

2000GT! Gorgeous car. Didn't they make only like 100 of these?

Lots of nice old 911s.

XKE.

RX-3? RX-4?

Dunno what this was but it seemed to be winning.

But that's all from the other side of the show. Here's the best one from my side. Bike side.

Appropriate name, because the monkey (passenger) on this rig is like a 6'2" 250lb guy. Most of the monkeys are 120lb women. I dunno how he moves around fast enough, but it must be working, because Mr. Nasty won.

# ¿ Aug 8, 2013 03:20

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echoplex posted:

I got this DVD which has onboard footage of Fangio drifting a Maserati around some test circuit, among other awesome things:

http://www.amazon.com/50-Years-Formula-On-Board/dp/B000CBXGP8/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1375987127&sr=8-2

# ¿ Aug 8, 2013 19:39

Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester: Oct 3, 2000

Hammer!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MzqNn8kJqQ

# ¿ Aug 22, 2013 03:59

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GramCracker posted:

Is that Stewart? He's my fav.

I loved this show about him, although the parts with the chef are boring.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M09A3Iu-qfk
The little lake he has with a park bench dedicated to all his friends who died is like, wow.

# ¿ Aug 28, 2013 01:17

Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester: Oct 3, 2000

Went by the local awesomeshop again today. Numerous awesome things.

Austin Healey 3000 with something going on with it.

Some 308s, XKE, 356, Benz, unknown other things.

Speedster.

A Ferrari thing.

A Maserati thing.

A Jaguar thing.

C-type? Not enough room to get a better picture sadly. It looked beautiful.

Dunno what it was but it said Superleggera on it. Bunch of cars there had Mille Miglia stickers on them.

A Ferrari thing I think.

Ferrari thing.

Unknown thing.

Upside down Alfa thing?

# ¿ Sep 5, 2013 02:22

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Motronic posted:

Something like a retard laying on a floor mat crawling under it with no support other than a hydraulic jack?

What the hell kind of amateur place is this?

In his defense, he was just looking at something with a flashlight, he was under there for like 20 seconds. And he didn't do that to the plate.

# ¿ Sep 5, 2013 13:22

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Alarbus posted:

This is near Vergennes, Vermont, right? I used to drive by somewhat regularly.

Yeah. Very appealing little place. A nondescript barn by the side of the road, like dozens of others in that farmland area. But inside they got all the awesomest poo poo. I wanna work there and stick my head under vintage British cars held up only by hydraulic jacks some day.

# ¿ Sep 5, 2013 23:18

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Paul Boz_ posted:

Clean lines, huge slicks, big aero, and loving Marlboro livery.

Works on bikes too.

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# ¿ Sep 8, 2013 17:29

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Fayez Butts posted:

Saw this loving mint Dodge Omni today:

I'll go ahead and be a dick and say it, but given how many posts before this one had cars that didn't seem to deserve photos taken of them, I'm torn between saying "well played" to this on the assumption that it was a satirical post or asking if there's something actually awesome about that car because I know nothing about Chryslers.

# ¿ Sep 9, 2013 02:27

Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester: Oct 3, 2000

That is one of the most awesome looking bikes ever. It looks like a SPACESHIP.

# ¿ Sep 18, 2013 13:35

Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester: Oct 3, 2000

When you get diet Sprite from one of those, it has soul in it.

# ¿ Oct 5, 2013 00:09

Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester: Oct 3, 2000

Something not quite that bad happened in the bike shop not long ago. I drowned them all in spray-on bike cleaner (covered most of the dashboard and triples) and let it sit for a few days. Seems to have worked.

# ¿ Oct 9, 2013 04:45