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So I was at the WRC Central European Rally and despite some poo poo getting in the way, like beign sick and lovely weather, and missing a stage because of traffic, it was pretty fun. Thursday   Friday   The stage got canceled because of dangerous fan behavior after like 3 cars but at least I saw someone show up in a mint Sierra  The next stage got dark really fast as it was just around sunset    Saturday    Got to Bayerischer Wald late because of terrible traffic on the way to the stage, and they canceled or delayed the rest race after a few cars    Another Fan Zone had local live music though to keep everyone busy until the cars returned for the second go       Sunday Only two stages on Sunday and I stayed at Passauer Land    From the same spot you could see another section of the track behind you  Going up that hill gives another view of the start and that hairpin     There are some very smart people running a Porsche, an Alpine and a Fiata:    I put the camera away and was loving around with the phone when this happened https://i.imgur.com/eIoMQVW.mp4 wasn't even expecting to capture anything (I saw absolutely nothing happen the entire weekend) and so I'm still mad it's off by like 0.5 seconds. They just slid down the grass hill and got back on the road luckily 
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MrYenko posted:Unironically prefer the second one.  Applebees Appetizer posted:This thing is god drat amazing Why is it not a Cosworth though 
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BuckyDoneGun posted:Dude says in the video they wanted to build something as if Ford were selling it today with modern hotrodding ideas. Oh, thanks. I skipped around the video a bit as they launched into  backstory at the beginning. The build must've cost  anyway so I'm not sure the cost would be a significant difference, but using a common modern engine surely would make everything much easier.
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CaptainTofu posted:That's true but it hasn't been brought back, it's just evolved considerably in the decades since the US last got them. The CUV atrocity aside, the recent Crowns have been fine? About what I'd expect for a stock sports sedan 
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Darchangel posted:That's the old one, isn't it? The previous one or one befor that I think. Post 90' though. Cool camper:    https://www.theautopian.com/an-engineer-converted-this-1957-ford-f-100-panel-truck-into-a-camper-and-its-incredible/ mobby_6kl fucked around with this message at 21:02 on Nov 13, 2023 |
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The Holden grille is best but I don't think the Pontiac one was that bad. Unlike the BMW one  Darchangel posted:Room for an entire gasoline generator under the hood... Haha I didn't even notice that! Looking through some other photos there and it seems to have a window AC stuck through the rear doors, I'm guessing you can run it directly with the generator. 
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Actually cars in cities rule too if you've ever driven around at night. I think the trick is to make sure everyone else isn't driving at the same time, somehow.
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Saw this a few days ago in Romania  I didn't have time to examine it but being where it was I guess some kind of Dacia because I've never seen such a thing before.
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Also depends how lovely driving is in comparison. PT inherently has some compromises - fixed stops, no direct connections to destination, wait times, sharing space etc. We have very good public transport here by any measure (usually ranked one of the top in Europe) and I live close to a metro station that can take me directly to the opposite side of the city. Still, it's a 10 minute walk, add a 5 minute wait and it's 15 minutes in which I could be halway to my destination in the car. My weekly football game is 50 minutes away by PT or 25 driving:  As it takes place late, especially during the winter the trip is pretty awful. Imagine being exhausted, steamed from the shower, and walking 10 minutes in freezing rain to the stop, then waiting 10 minutes in a windy tunnel, then bouncing around the (thankfully empty) train for 40 minutes. Then walking in the rain again. Fundamentally, there's nothing you can do to improve this experience. Driving just gets relatively worse during rush hours. I think the goal of 15-minute ciites and in general is/should be to make most common trips - work commutes, school, daily shopping, doable without a car. Or ideally without any transport really. If you didn't have to design everything for these peaks of crowds going one way than the other at the same time, the infrastructure could be significantly scaled down.
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Nov 28, 2023 12:13
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Does the Ami count since the front door is also the rear door?
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https://i.imgur.com/t1EKBiW.mp4 https://i.imgur.com/q7cNv6T.mp4 Any idea where this is from? The Central European WRC I was at would get shut down (and one stage did get canceled) if spectators did poo poo like this, I'm pretty sure.
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I just got back from a trip to Guatemala and Costa Rica. If you like small old trucks, that's definitely the place to be.            
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https://i.imgur.com/T9aXVRX.mp4 Perfect fit between horse and rider
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That's what Elon wishes the Roadster 2 could look like
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https://i.imgur.com/wvjfbFG.mp4 It's R/C but whatever
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https://i.imgur.com/sEh5HHN.mp4 Posting it here because it's free nuts 
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Looks fun, especially considering some of the engineering decisions on the Twingo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxR1BvDgpjU and unlike the Mongol rally at least the entrance fee gets you some services in return. SlowBloke posted:The explosion of rally raid series in Morocco might hopefully one day lead for Dakar to move away from Saudi Arabia, also I remember the twingo HVAC to be very asthmatic so it might be a tad miserable.
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Jonny Nox posted:I like the idea of 
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