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Its predecessor the Bagheera apparently was so poorly rust-protected that not a single example remains in the wild, lol
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I like to think a lot of the good shots I've got with the plastic-fantastic nifty fifty are because it's so light I could spin around fast
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I caught up with one of those on the highway a while ago and was all excited until I got close and saw it was an *uuuhggghhh* alpina
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Jul 11, 2023 16:54
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Strong contender for the Raddest Car
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I always thought those cars carried more cachet than they really deserved because they were sort of derived from the Elise.
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Jul 14, 2023 22:57
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No no, they got this all wrong: free rust!
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Just visited the https://www.sarasotacarmuseum.org/ because it's in my neighborhood, and I discovered that one of its particularly well-appointed corners is the personal collection of Piero Rivolta, heir of the Iso-Rivolta brand who also lives in the area. There are examples of 6 or 7 cars from the late-60s/early-70s heyday of the company, including this insane and amazing thing https://www.isorivoltaofficial.com/isorivolta-varedo.html   Absolutely stunning in person. So unbelievably wide and flat. I hate that we'll never see cars like this again, and even modern superexotics look like rear end by comparison
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Those what Do I have to go back all over again (so soon)? Is there a whole building I missed? I thought it was, like, a weird specialty dealership sort of thing
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KakerMix posted:It has (had?) a less-that-prepared bit behind the fancy display place. Looking through my pictures I found these from June 2018: Sweet, I guess I should go back there and see what it takes for them to let me into the secret room. I asked the lady whether the museum still has a relationship with the Rivolta family, she said yeah they come in from time to time to look at their cars. I know I sure would Apparently the guy is mainly into weird ridiculo power boats nowadays, but I have to imagine he's got a vested interest in keeping that museum open/funded since it's his biggest showroom in a way. Data Graham fucked around with this message at 15:40 on Jul 17, 2023 |
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MrYenko posted:“Intense emotional appeal.” That same museum has one of these:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfa_Romeo_SZ And I'm sorry but that still looks like the future. AND has what I would call "intense emotional appeal". Even that Ford thing at least is trying, like it looks like it was drawn by some starry eyed kid on the back of a Trapper Keeper. i just really don't like the current styling trends of the industry. Just put more lines, idk try one here
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Who would have thought the 1 Series M would be the last BMW I considered attractive
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Jul 18, 2023 22:46
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Wanna take that video and show it to like, some privateers from the Age of Sail or something
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Jul 25, 2023 02:16
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Fuckin love the styling on that Caterham. One of the first genuinely attractive and innovative cars I've seen in god I don't know how many years I've been reduced to lusting over AMG GTs which feels wrong
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Jul 31, 2023 14:01
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Oh my god, that's why I liked it
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Jul 31, 2023 16:27
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Yeah it really was in full swing when not just the exterior but all interior elements in the dash/console/doors were ovals or oblong blobs. I guess the thinking was it looked "aerodynamic" or "sleek"
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Jul 31, 2023 20:15
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There's a story I read once and have never been able to find again how there was someone who was a little girl during Oliver Cromwell's life and knew him somehow, and she lived to some absurdly old age, and one of her friends or family also lived super long, and so on and so on until up till some ridiculously recent time there was someone who could say "I knew someone who knew someone who knew someone (...) who knew Oliver Cromwell"
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Jul 31, 2023 23:37
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Book loving marked, thank you
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Aug 1, 2023 02:06
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It’s turning the earth’s driveshaft
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Beve Stuscemi posted:I’ve always wondered how fan cars deal with not even US roads, but just the race tracks themselves, there’s all sorts of bits of sand and small gravel, rubber chunks and just whatever crud blows onto the track from the surrounding area. As I watched that video I was thinking "is that a fan car? It must be a fan car, it moves like a drat slot racer" and just then a huge cloud of dust and crud blew up behind it as it rolled over one of those dirty patches.
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I guess this was inevitable now that as I see 8Cs are going for like $400K. For a while now it's just been the reality that a halo car isn't something you might buy if you somehow accumulate 2nd-house wealth by your 50s. It's not even "won the lottery" tier anymore. Now it's just "only the 5 richest kings of Europe will own them" territory
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That'll take some hosing off
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I don’t hate that simply because it looks like there’s still at least one person in the world who remembers 90s design, even if they don’t know how to execute it tastefully.
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klezmer life yo posted:I love that! No interior has ever been better than my MkIV Jetta. Red control accents, blue speedo numbers, just a comforting and whimsical color scheme, all tastefully laid out in nice rectilinear shapes. Everything since then has been gaudy oblique poo poo
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Sep 27, 2023 12:55
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Jesus that's a good looking car
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Oct 24, 2023 12:48
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In a world where every formerly idiosyncratic carmaker is converging on making 9 different sizes of barely differentiated SUVs, I welcome anyone who keeps doing weird poo poo
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Mr. Wiggles posted:Speak no I'll of the vehicross. A lovely car before it's time. Lol I remember when it showed up in one of those Mars movies in that year when they did two of them. It was a car from the not-too-distant future!
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CAR WASH DAY CAR WASH DAY HEY EVERY BUDDY IT'S CAR WASH DAY https://i.imgur.com/fPRUBMP.mp4
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Taking the thread title as literally as possible I see
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I don't know what kind of world this is where the only car company that seems capable of making interesting and novel car designs in a unique and coherent aesthetic is Hyundai/Kia.
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OK that's awesome but I have like 100 logistical questions.
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Die-hard Motor Trend reader since my parents put an issue in my Christmas stocking when I was like 10, until I dropped it when I went to college. Years later I almost re-subbed but for some reason went to Automobile instead and stuck with that till I couldn't stomach receiving anything printed in the mail anymore. I always thought it had a cool irreverent tone that was a nice contrast to (what I vaguely perceived as) MT's self-importance and Jean Jennings was always hilarious fun to read. All of which is to say it's the 80s issues of MT that I will be digging through to try to relive their fanciful tales of a sharp-edged concept car future yet to come
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Heading for Sebring tomorrow for my own endurance race this weekend and I'm not sure if I should watch that first or afterwards 
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AirRaid posted:Walk up to the DMV counter, slap the papers down and say “Good news!” lol I was thinking about going to Autozone to pick up some generic parts like vacuum hose or a belt or something, or trying to get insurance, and the guy would be like "make and model?" followed by knitted brows and "sorry the computer is being slow"
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Gandini challenging Giugiaro to fusilli at dawn over ganking his rear wheel arch
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Good call, I mean if I could get the door open to get the snow brush out then I wouldn't need the snow brush
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"car" just means "SUV" now
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slidebite posted:After training last night and a young woman and I were chatting (young=20ish) and she obliterated a stereotype that I had. That's a hella good Lamborghini opinion tbh. Gallardo is an all-timer (if maybe too reserved to be a "real" Lambo) but Huracan is garbo
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