General Car Talk Discussion Thread
03-26-2014, 04:40 PM
#8001
Chapter Leader (Southern Region)
03-26-2014, 04:49 PM
#8002
I drive a Subata.
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03-26-2014, 05:24 PM
#8003
Team Owner
The spa/massage place near me has a Messican special #3
Let me know if you want the address.
Let me know if you want the address.
03-26-2014, 06:37 PM
#8004
Suzuka Master
03-26-2014, 10:29 PM
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03-27-2014, 12:18 AM
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First time sitting in a MP4-12C today. Man that thing is tight. If you're over 6" you ain't getting in. Interior is so nice though - controls feel so solid and crafted well. Seats hold you in nice but not too tight. It feels like a purpose-built car as it should. Hopefully I'll get to drive this thing on the track over the weekend. Along with the others. Will def report back.
03-27-2014, 12:20 AM
#8007
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^^ will be at NCCAR (North Carolina) this weekend, btw.
03-27-2014, 12:21 AM
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First time sitting in a MP4-12C today. Man that thing is tight. If you're over 6" you ain't getting in. Interior is so nice though - controls feel so solid and crafted well. Seats hold you in nice but not too tight. It feels like a purpose-built car as it should. Hopefully I'll get to drive this thing on the track over the weekend. Along with the others. Will def report back.
I've sat in an MP4-12c, didn't get to drive it though, was just the passenger. And I've been in an F1 years and years ago.
03-27-2014, 12:22 AM
#8009
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forgot pic of MP4:
03-27-2014, 12:29 AM
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Yeah, the F1 was a strange car inside with that 3 seat configuration. I remember my feet being really cramped but otherwise I wasn't complaining 
Amazing car..
Amazing car..
03-27-2014, 12:36 AM
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03-27-2014, 07:19 AM
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^ Different guy, I think. Tokyo Drift dude was played by Brian Tee. Too Soon Junior guy is Rick Yune.
03-27-2014, 08:53 AM
#8015
2024 Honda Civic Type R
First time sitting in a MP4-12C today. Man that thing is tight. If you're over 6" you ain't getting in. Interior is so nice though - controls feel so solid and crafted well. Seats hold you in nice but not too tight. It feels like a purpose-built car as it should. Hopefully I'll get to drive this thing on the track over the weekend. Along with the others. Will def report back.
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03-27-2014, 10:29 AM
#8016
AZ Community Team
First time sitting in a MP4-12C today. Man that thing is tight. If you're over 6" you ain't getting in. Interior is so nice though - controls feel so solid and crafted well. Seats hold you in nice but not too tight. It feels like a purpose-built car as it should. Hopefully I'll get to drive this thing on the track over the weekend. Along with the others. Will def report back.
03-27-2014, 10:53 AM
#8017
Senior Moderator
Any of you guys hear about the Collier Collection before?
From here: http://www.supercars.net/news/Inside...ollection.html
1970 Porsche 917-019 Kurzheck - The world's only unrestored 917 Kurzheck chassis 917-019 still wearing the livery from its last race. The 1971 Grand Prix de Spa where Helmut Marko and Gijs van Lennep drove for the Martini Racing Team.
More Porsches...
Cunningham C4R and C4RK Coupe - The museum began as the Briggs Cunningham collection and naturally now includes some of the world's best Cunninghams. In behind is the rare C4RK Coupe which is completely unrestored and has never left the facility.
1950 OSCA MT4 - This OSCA MT4 has the distinction of winning the 1954 Sebring 12-Hours outright alongside the factory Lancia D24s, Ferrari 375 MMs, Jaguar XK120s, Aston Martin DB3s and a host of other larger cars.
From here: http://www.supercars.net/news/Inside...ollection.html
Finally! Today we can share images from inside the exceptional Collier Collection now known as the Revs Institute. That's because they are opening their doors to the public by reservation only.
For the last 20 years, this specular facility has been out of the public eye, including some of the world's best preserved race cars.
The Collier Automotive Museum was built up from collection of Briggs Cunningham and has expanded to include the most important cars ever built.
Having viewed many of the cars at concours and racing in Monterey, we have always seen absolutely top work from The Revs Institute.
To view the collection in person, please visit http://revsinstitute.org/.
For the last 20 years, this specular facility has been out of the public eye, including some of the world's best preserved race cars.
The Collier Automotive Museum was built up from collection of Briggs Cunningham and has expanded to include the most important cars ever built.
Having viewed many of the cars at concours and racing in Monterey, we have always seen absolutely top work from The Revs Institute.
To view the collection in person, please visit http://revsinstitute.org/.
1970 Porsche 917-019 Kurzheck - The world's only unrestored 917 Kurzheck chassis 917-019 still wearing the livery from its last race. The 1971 Grand Prix de Spa where Helmut Marko and Gijs van Lennep drove for the Martini Racing Team.
More Porsches...
Cunningham C4R and C4RK Coupe - The museum began as the Briggs Cunningham collection and naturally now includes some of the world's best Cunninghams. In behind is the rare C4RK Coupe which is completely unrestored and has never left the facility.
1950 OSCA MT4 - This OSCA MT4 has the distinction of winning the 1954 Sebring 12-Hours outright alongside the factory Lancia D24s, Ferrari 375 MMs, Jaguar XK120s, Aston Martin DB3s and a host of other larger cars.
03-27-2014, 11:08 AM
#8018
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I want to go!
03-27-2014, 02:56 PM
#8019
AZ Community Team
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03-28-2014, 10:26 AM
#8021
2024 Honda Civic Type R
Seriously, what was ChryslerFiat thinking with the Jeep Cherokee?
I was behind one this morning, and really, the rear end is not bad. But when I passed it and looked back, the front end is just so horrid, especially with the headlights design, I couldn't help but shake my head in disgust.
The way the DRLs are on top, the headlight bulbs below that (and below the bottom half of the grille, too), and then similar round fog lights below that, just looks so damn ugly. It just completely ruins the flow of the front. Really?
So basically you see two columns of light that go down three rows.
At first it reminds me of:
I was behind one this morning, and really, the rear end is not bad. But when I passed it and looked back, the front end is just so horrid, especially with the headlights design, I couldn't help but shake my head in disgust.
The way the DRLs are on top, the headlight bulbs below that (and below the bottom half of the grille, too), and then similar round fog lights below that, just looks so damn ugly. It just completely ruins the flow of the front. Really?
So basically you see two columns of light that go down three rows.
At first it reminds me of:
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03-28-2014, 10:26 AM
#8022
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03-28-2014, 10:30 AM
#8023
Chapter Leader (Southern Region)
Family Truckster.. 
03-28-2014, 10:32 AM
#8024
Two cars in particular that I hated in pictures were the new IS and the Cherokee. In person, they look good!
Very off-putting front ends, but they grew on me quickly. The GT-R on the other hand...
Very off-putting front ends, but they grew on me quickly. The GT-R on the other hand...
03-28-2014, 10:32 AM
#8025
Chapter Leader (Southern Region)
Mclaren logos are the same, lighting and wheel canted in one pic makes it appear different.
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03-28-2014, 10:33 AM
#8026
merely a coincidence that I posted right after Majofo... 
03-28-2014, 10:33 AM
#8027
Chapter Leader (Southern Region)
03-28-2014, 10:33 AM
#8028
and again 
03-28-2014, 10:33 AM
#8029
And again! lolololol
03-28-2014, 10:33 AM
#8030
Chapter Leader (Southern Region)
I'll beat your redneck yellow behind.. 
03-28-2014, 10:35 AM
#8031
Chapter Leader (Southern Region)
In person they look good.. get the hell out of here and take your Aztek with you. 
03-28-2014, 10:36 AM
#8032
I can't stand the GT-R's looks. I like the Eau Rouge sedan, to a point. As a big Skyline fan, I can't wait for the redesign of the GT-R
and I was just about to post, then when I clicked reply you replied before me. Coincidence since I know you like the GT-R a lot. Hell, I'm like the only one that doesn't like it now.
and I was just about to post, then when I clicked reply you replied before me. Coincidence since I know you like the GT-R a lot. Hell, I'm like the only one that doesn't like it now.
03-28-2014, 10:39 AM
#8033
Chapter Leader (Southern Region)
Because you've never been behind the wheel of one.. 
And because Redneck.
And because Redneck.
03-28-2014, 10:43 AM
#8034
Senior Moderator
I still maintain he's a Yerrowneck. Not a Redneck.
03-28-2014, 10:44 AM
#8035
Chapter Leader (Southern Region)
Trust me yummy.. I've seen his kind here. They do indeed have red-necks.
03-28-2014, 10:44 AM
#8036
Chapter Leader (Southern Region)
A Yerrowneck would be some white guy living out in SE Asia in some rice paddy.
03-28-2014, 10:48 AM
#8037
Senior Moderator
03-28-2014, 10:49 AM
#8038
Senior Moderator
But, Costco, it is true...any good patriotic -boi would be in awe of the GT-R.
Stop being such a Connie Chung, dammit.
-boi would be in awe of the GT-R. Stop being such a Connie Chung, dammit.
03-28-2014, 10:50 AM
#8039
Senior Moderator
Like, any would think about is BEST BARGAIN. In the GT-R, you have AWD, Porsche-like performance, decent upkeep costs...all for less than the competition.
So, it's good price. Be a man. Do the right thing. Be a man.
would think about is BEST BARGAIN. In the GT-R, you have AWD, Porsche-like performance, decent upkeep costs...all for less than the competition. So, it's good price. Be a man. Do the right thing. Be a man.
03-28-2014, 10:51 AM
#8040
Chapter Leader (Southern Region)
That sucka is going to buy the z28