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The buyback money I got for my Viper is already starting to burn a hole in my pocket. My random thoughts so far: - Ferrari 348 - Solstice GXP (seem the same price as NCs) - an already built Factory 5 818 348s are cheap enough that I can get one and have the funds to keep it running. I think 355s are rising in price, and pushing 348s down because of it. A 348 would tick off 3 things I want on my car ownership checklist: gated shifter, midengine, Italian. The 818 ticks MR and <2000lbs, and it's only $20k.
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Sep 3, 2015 07:26
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The 355s that look in good shape are almost the same price as the Viper. I figure I want 10k/year on hand just in case some poo poo goes down. I love the strakes on the 348, but definitely admit the the 355 overall is so much prettier. The 348 I'm looking at had its engine out service done only 2500 mi ago, but that was also 3 years. So conservative engine out timing belt replacement would be in 2 more years. Though other places say as long as 8 years.
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Sep 3, 2015 08:21
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Cakefool posted:Fitted an ariel in the attic last night, hardly str-level stuff but I got good reception on my first try so Spent 10s wondering what for and how you'd get an Ariel Atom into your attic.
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Sep 3, 2015 21:48
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Super Aggro Crag posted:I just ate some fully dressed chips. Super weird. Which brand, though? Humpty Dumpty is really dusty but probably the best flavor. Lay's is bleh.
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Sep 3, 2015 22:21
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They have good penetration into northern New England. I have my from-Maine coworker bring Humpty down every time she visits home. Sampling a global food corp's local offerings is one of my guilty pleasures in traveling. South African Lay's flavors were a disappointment.
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Sep 3, 2015 22:31
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I miss the days of light red skin tone games.
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Sep 4, 2015 02:20
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Test drove a Boxster Spyder today. Handling was great, engine response and sound (with the sport exhaust mode on) were great. Suspension seemed like a decent balance between stiff and daily driveable. The shifter was really really vague. They need to do whatever Corvettes do to get some precision back. The salesguy let me gas it going onto an onramp. It was nice and fast, but no furiosa like the Viper. What stood out was the incredibly sensitive engine response and also pretty strong engine-braking. Gave the car a very direct feel. Steering was good, but I'd come to expect, from reading all the reviews, that this last stand for Porsche hydraulic steering was supposed to be incredible. My 944 had better steering feel (and a tighter shifter, and it was transaxle!).
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Sep 5, 2015 22:25
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InitialDave posted:I've learned to take stuff like that to mean "for this generation" or something similar. So "Hey, this steering feel is the best we've had in a car of this class..." kind of has to be taken to have a qualifier of "....that you can buy new/from this time period" on the end of it. Yeah. From Chris Harris' 991 reviews, it's obvious that progress marches on. And that "buy the newest Porsche you can afford" is a truism.
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Sep 5, 2015 23:12
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OH! I forgot -- never say that Porsches aren't practical-minded: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Kagxpt0tWg When the salesguy said he was gonna bring the car off curb, I was like, where're the ramps? They do this with the 911s, too.
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Sep 5, 2015 23:39
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Nodoze posted:Just get an s2000 There's no question that the Spyder outhandles and outhustles the S2000. The grunt in that flat-6 is nice. Is it worth a 30k premium? Not objectively. Also, I've already had an AP1. Downgrading to a manual top with plastic rear window is what it's all about.
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Sep 6, 2015 18:23
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DrakeriderCa posted:I was originally thinking C5 vette, but smaller and lighter would be nice. The C5 is lighter than a 350Z, though it is longer. An FRC or Z06 is lighter than the 370Z.
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Sep 7, 2015 03:03
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DrakeriderCa posted:lol I DD a Subaru so a horse cart would still be an upgrade You'd be surprised. A car that can do the Ring in less than 8minutes has this for a shifter: 
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Sep 7, 2015 04:11
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I forgot that the automatic shifter was even more beautifully 1990.
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Sep 7, 2015 07:26
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some texas redneck posted:I like how they framed the Corvette logo (assuming from a car behind them, or something from the car positioned behind it) in the mirror though.  Also, good god: 
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Sep 7, 2015 08:03
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MustardFacial posted:I didn't want to say this to her but, I don't really see an upside to it. Having a kid shuts a lot of doors for you, it takes all of your spare cash, and there's also the fact that if you gently caress this up you end up raising the kid to be a lovely person. What did you guys decide on when you got married? I was in a really good relationship for... 7 years? With someone who didn't want to have kids. I waited for a long time to see if I would change my own mind about it, but I never did. Having gone through that, making sure we had the same general plan for kids would definitely be something I'll iron out early on in my next serious relationship.
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Sep 8, 2015 17:16
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Fart Pipe posted:Oh man its sofa king hot today. Went through a gallon of water so far and only peed once. Lol, that reminds me of when I went to South Africa and saw an actual Sofa King store: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQTyGP2wNXs Makes me miss driving RHD a lil 
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Sep 10, 2015 04:24
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Geirskogul posted:And if they offer fundus photography for something like $50, then go for it. That's the moneymaker right there, along with the physical slit lamp examination by the doc (the part where you see the reflections of your own eye veins in your vision). I have an operculum at the edge of my vision from kickboxing, and pretty significant latticing (at 31) from myopia. But even so, my retina specialist said I don't have to do a big exam more than once every 2-3 years. When I first got that operculum, I I was asking if it was ok to go in every 6months.
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Sep 10, 2015 21:09
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Can't believe nobody on the team had the balls to say, "guys, let's make these animations for everything optional."
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Sep 11, 2015 07:26
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Cakefool posted:I stopped on the way home to look at an NB mx5 and it didn't excite me on the slightest. Am I broken? Will I feel different when my garage is useable rather than packed full of poo poo and inaccessible? I test-drove an Evora today, and didn't find it thrilling at all  .The steering was very good; the shifter was marginally better than the Spyder's floppy rubber. The pedals were very well set up for side-to-side heel-toeing, but it was hard for me to adapt because that Camry V6 had abysmal engine sound. I apparently take for granted sufficient engine noise to know where the revs are, because at 2-4k, the motor is so quiet that I didn't know if I was getting enough on the gas to blip it. And that's with the sport exhaust option and sport exhaust mode on. Saturday is the 818 and then Sunday, the 348. At this rate, the 348 better be a magical experience to talk me out of the Spyder. CommieGIR posted:*shrugs* I don't get the V8 love. I mean, I get why people like them due to easy access to parts and power, but I'd rather do more with less. The GM small block is pretty small. An LS7 gets 500hp without overhead cams, without 4 valves a cylinder. It embodies doing more with less. Just less parts, instead of less displacement. kimbo305 fucked around with this message at 01:25 on Sep 12, 2015 |
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Sep 12, 2015 01:20
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CommieGIR posted:Most of the size of that 4 cylinder is the manifolds and all the accessories... Which are still a part of the packaging equation. To get equivalent power, you're gonna have to pack a turbo on there, not to mention the intercooler, etc.
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Sep 12, 2015 01:53
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CommieGIR posted:Your size comparison was the blocks, but its not a fair comparison because there's no accessories on the V8, all accessories on the 4 cylinder. quote:Yes. It is. But its just kinda....old to me. Everyone is doing LS swaps. Everyone has a V8. Everyone talks about their 500 horsepower V8.
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Sep 12, 2015 02:04
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Test drove a Factory Five 818. The seller had two, one of which was street legal (horn, wipers, cat) but not titled by Mass as a kit car, and another one that doesn't have wipers but is somehow registered. The 818 weighs 1800lbs and has manual steering and manual brakes. The manual steering is good. The last manual steering car I had was a 944, and that steering rack was tremendous and sets a high bar. The 818 has strong kickback, but the weighting is nice and the feedback is undiluted. Overall, the steering lends the car a really raw feel. The unassisted brake stops the car fine if you really stomp on it, but it goes beyond raw to unsafe, imo. The sound and feel of the car tackling bumpy roads reminds me of my NA Miata -- it's ok if the suspension is super crashy -- the thing doesn't weigh anything. Power: pretty insane in the car I drove -- 300hp. The car scoots really hard in the top half of the rev range. Shifter: finally, in contrast to the rubbery stuff in the Spyder and Evora, this car had some crazy tight and short throw aftermarket shifter. Probably just an inch travel in each direction. I got lost 40% of the time trying to find gears, but man it was sweet to shift it home. The shifting compares favorably to a Formula Mazda car I drove at Bondurant: http://i.imgur.com/B7XPVIl.jpg Unfortunately, the street legal car just has the WRX shift tower, so nothing special. I could Kartboy it, of course. For the selling price, I am very tempted. The two main scares are going through the Mass kit car titling process and the manual brakes. Last I understood (from the Type 65 project), the donor car's model year dictates the inspection standard. The seller seems to have a good handle on the procedure, partly because he lives close to Factory Five and knows some people there. I think of this car as a better built, scarier version of the turbo Festiva I had once. Every time you step on it, you know you're gonna die if something goes wrong. Tomorrow is the 348. Going into it, it's Spyder > 818 > Evora. The Evora was nice and cheaper than the Spyder, but the 818's price proposition is insane.
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Sep 13, 2015 04:20
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Cage posted:I like when you post. I bet all those people loooooove Tom Brady.
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Sep 13, 2015 16:17
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Tide posted:Google Shopping is looking better and better even if I have to pay a little more. Ah yes, can't forget about Google's excellent customer service.
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Sep 14, 2015 19:05
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Tide posted:You don't buy google. It just searches the interwebs for the item you're looking for and collates the data. Oh, of course. I assumed they were coming out with a new product called Shopping. As opposed to their search feature.
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Sep 14, 2015 20:58
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CharlesM posted:somebody buy me the forza 6 xbox please. I preorded one. I've only preordered something on Amazon once before. It says it'll get here some time next week. Is that conservative or accurate?
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Sep 15, 2015 22:50
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The brightest point might be that fjelltorsk's kids might grow up without speaking Norwegian-accented Scandinavian.
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Sep 16, 2015 17:01
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Just marathoned Sperglord Firecock's 300ZX thread. It was great. It also reminded me that one of the fastest drivers in NE rallyx is that guy with the S10 ZR2. Dude just hauls rear end.
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Sep 17, 2015 04:17
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Playing Forza 6. It owns, the ND owns in it, and rain driving loving owns. The new quirks on the tracks and seeing cars adjust to hydro planing is awesome.
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Sep 18, 2015 23:00
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Grinding the single player races in Forza 6, I assumed the liveries and racer names were pulled from XBox Live. Now I'm pretty sure they are:
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Sep 20, 2015 06:35
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1500quidporsche posted:It's even more hilarious if you go by Autocar's timeline. Apparently the EPA never actually figured it out and ultimately just said "tell us what's going on or you can't sell diesels in 2016" In hindsight, they should have doubled down and just not sold any diesels until they developed a passable cover story.
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Sep 22, 2015 20:20
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Tusen Takk posted:Nope What is your threshold for 0.5 figures?
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Sep 23, 2015 20:12
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scuz posted:What you can do now is say "back in my twenties". Trust me, it's fun. Just wait until some says "how old are you, in your thirties?" and you have to say, "... yes."
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Sep 24, 2015 06:05
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Enourmo posted:So AI computer nerds I'm looking into getting a laptop for notes and solidworks while i'm in class. Is there any reason not to get a refurbished unit off ebay? I know you're looking new now, but I got a refurbed X1 that had an intermittent trackpoint. The seller's rep was very high, but he still hassled me a shitload before he sent a return slip and then replacement. The replacement has been fine, at least.
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Sep 26, 2015 20:21
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Phone posted:Cross posting from a PM between leica and myself: Had to do this once to get a superdrunk coworker home.
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Sep 29, 2015 04:46
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iwentdoodie posted:If it's like the android app, you have to be viewing a public area (like user sub) and there will be a plus sign in the bottom right corner. I think he's asking for being in the phone's native photo app and having an integration to upload to Imgur, like already exists for Flickr, email, text, etc. I don't find switching to Pocketgur and uploading from there that bad, though I'm always doing only the most recent clump of photos, not browsing around.
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Sep 29, 2015 14:17
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leica posted:Always flush first in Australia mate It's so freaky how well the eyes reflect the camera light.
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Sep 30, 2015 04:52
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