General Car Talk Discussion Thread
#9081
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if i wanna watch formula E, i will just mute my TV when watching regular F1.
Same result.
The best part of F1 is the sound.
Same result.
The best part of F1 is the sound.
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#9082
It would also be very interesting to see how they implement KERS. Without any restriction they might use it like SH-AWD, with the front tires getting all the electric power.
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While I agree, there does need to be some limit. It would be all too easy to bring back turbocharged engines, though I dunno how reliable they would be.
It would also be very interesting to see how they implement KERS. Without any restriction they might use it like SH-AWD, with the front tires getting all the electric power.
It would also be very interesting to see how they implement KERS. Without any restriction they might use it like SH-AWD, with the front tires getting all the electric power.
let he manufacturer decide if they wanna run TDI system or a NA v12 etc...you have the upper limit on HP the car makes and the weight....and ofcourse the KERS and DRS and other stuff but thats about it...dont tell how you want the penis to look in front of the car....
they want everything to be regulated....kinda sucks
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woops.
#9085
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It'll buff out.
#9088
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I like it, but not enough to buy it
#9089
For me, this generation grew on me faster than the previous gens. I love the way they look.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/64399356@N08/14111894681
http://www.flickr.com/photos/64399356@N08/14391326383
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jdmwheel/14184689687/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/64399356@N08/14111894681
http://www.flickr.com/photos/64399356@N08/14391326383
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jdmwheel/14184689687/
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For me, this generation grew on me faster than the previous gens. I love the way they look.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/64399356@N08/14111894681
http://www.flickr.com/photos/64399356@N08/14391326383
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jdmwheel/14184689687/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/64399356@N08/14111894681
http://www.flickr.com/photos/64399356@N08/14391326383
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jdmwheel/14184689687/
I want one when they put in a new engine.
#9091
inorite?!?!
Seriously... would it have been that hard to develop an FA25DIT? 2.5L direct-injection turbo boxer, in layman's. I haven't cared for Evos and STIs for a while, but this latest bodystyle... unf.
Off-topic, but at an 86 meet I just went to, I noticed the FA20 casting looks cheap. Seriously, looking at it from the top down from the engine bay, the block material looks like metal styrofoam
Seriously... would it have been that hard to develop an FA25DIT? 2.5L direct-injection turbo boxer, in layman's. I haven't cared for Evos and STIs for a while, but this latest bodystyle... unf.
Off-topic, but at an 86 meet I just went to, I noticed the FA20 casting looks cheap. Seriously, looking at it from the top down from the engine bay, the block material looks like metal styrofoam
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#9093
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The Alfa Romeo 4C got priced at about $55K including destination. Alfa believes the average transaction price will be closer to $65K. Car will weigh less than 2500lbs but is about 340lbs heavier than in Europe because of the exclusion of safety equipment mandatory in the US.
I'll be curious to see how many of the 4Cs that Alfa sells. I have read mixed reviews on the 4C and at $65k, a base Cayman S is supposedly a better purchase.
I'll be curious to see how many of the 4Cs that Alfa sells. I have read mixed reviews on the 4C and at $65k, a base Cayman S is supposedly a better purchase.
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I'm interested to see how it does as well. Sounds like it'll be somewhere between a Cayman and Elise/Exige.
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oh shtttttttt (yes, this has already been posted, this is a new video about it)
#9098
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There are a couple of decisions that I don't like: Black wheels on the PP and no more red leather.
I would have liked a Silverstone-ish grey with red leather and silver alloy wheels.
Other than that, I have no complaints about the colors available. Car has BLIS, Rear Camera, etc ... Most of the tech you'd want in that car.
I think a $36k Mustang Ecoboost against a $36K Golf R would be an interesting comparison.
I would have liked a Silverstone-ish grey with red leather and silver alloy wheels.
Other than that, I have no complaints about the colors available. Car has BLIS, Rear Camera, etc ... Most of the tech you'd want in that car.
I think a $36k Mustang Ecoboost against a $36K Golf R would be an interesting comparison.
#9099
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There are a couple of decisions that I don't like: Black wheels on the PP and no more red leather.
I would have liked a Silverstone-ish grey with red leather and silver alloy wheels.
Other than that, I have no complaints about the colors available. Car has BLIS, Rear Camera, etc ... Most of the tech you'd want in that car.
I think a $36k Mustang Ecoboost against a $36K Golf R would be an interesting comparison.
I would have liked a Silverstone-ish grey with red leather and silver alloy wheels.
Other than that, I have no complaints about the colors available. Car has BLIS, Rear Camera, etc ... Most of the tech you'd want in that car.
I think a $36k Mustang Ecoboost against a $36K Golf R would be an interesting comparison.
#9101
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Gonna have to Google some of their test numbers eventually to see what they are though to be sure.
#9102
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I don't know why car magazines only do the obvious tests.
#9103
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That's what I want to know. But the two cars on the track with the same driver and let's see what happens. Maybe put the STI there too. Do a $35k sports car comparison and show how many different options are available.
I don't know why car magazines only do the obvious tests.
I don't know why car magazines only do the obvious tests.
I'm sure one of the car mags will at some point; an American vs. German vs. Japanese $35K Showdown thing.
#9105
Itz JDM y0!
I'm going to be surprised if you actually have to pay MSRP for a Mustang after the first 2-4 months it comes out.. For the past 3 years they have been giving 8-9k off MSRP easily. I have never met anyone that paid $31k+ for their GT Premium.
#9107
Itz JDM y0!
I suppose it depends a lot on where you live aswell. Here in Houston, if you pay MSRP for an American car <$45k your doing something way wrong. I did not like the way the current gen. drove at all, but this one looks interesting.
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1 in 10 U.S. cars and trucks have been recalled
Source: http://money.cnn.com/2014/06/13/auto...l?iid=HP_River
Roughly one out of every 10 of passenger cars and trucks on the road in the U.S. has been recalled this year.
The auto industry has recalled a stunning 25.3 million U.S. vehicles in so far in 2014. That leaves it poised to shatter the record 30.8 million vehicles that were recalled in 2004.
General Motors (GM) prompted the surge when it revealed that it took ten years to issue a recall for a flawed ignition switch that's been tied to at least 13 deaths.
In the wake of those revelations, GM has changed its procedures and recalled a total of 14.4 million U.S. vehicles in 2014 -- a record for the company. The latest announcement came Friday morning, when GM recalled another 512,000 Camaros. Other automakers have also issued a raft of recalls, scared that they, too, could be accused of overlooking safety problems.
The recalls have been for flaws as serious as a steering problem that prompted GM to tell owners of 477 pickups and SUVs to stop driving their vehicles immediately -- GM sent flatbed trucks to haul the vehicles to dealerships for repairs.
They've also been for matters as minor as a sticker on the inside of some Kias that incorrectly stated the recommended tire pressure. Kia sent out new labels.
There were 252.7 million passenger vehicles in operation in the U.S. at the start of this year, according to IHS Automotive, meaning the total number of recalls is roughly 10% of the nation's fleet of cars and trucks.
If there isn't another recall the rest of this year, 2014 will rank as the third largest number of U.S. recalls in history.
But there is no sign of a slowdown. GM's recall crisis has triggered both congressional and criminal probes, and the automaker must pay a $35 million fine to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). GM has said it will cost at least $1.7 billion to repair the recalled cars, and it may have to pay out billions to crash victims and their families. No other automaker wants to risk a similar fate.
"On recall issues, you're going to see a heightened level of sensitivity. You may see excessive corrective actions," said Fiat Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne at a forum last month. He later told CNBC, "There's no doubt that the industry is going to have to adjust to a new paradigm. This is permanent."
Clarence Ditlow, executive director of the Center for Auto Safety, said that he believes as many as 35 million cars could be recalled this year, but that he thinks the pace of recalls will slow down.
"Part of what [automakers] are doing is going through the backlog of vehicles they should have recalled in the past and didn't," he said. "Once they get through that backlog, it'll be new recalls only."
Many of the vehicles recalled this year are older models. GM says that 70% of the autos it has recalled in the U.S. this year are models it no longer manufactures.
Ditlow said the negative press surrounding the GM recall crisis has changed the dynamics among automaker employees who examine accident reports and consumer complaints, making it easier for someone who believes a recall is necessary to prevail.
He said GM's move to ax 15 employees who failed to act appropriately with regard to the ignition switch recall will also prompt employees to be more aggressive on recalls. In the past, engineers or lawyers had little to fear in terms of their job security, he said.
"To think you could get fired if you don't pursue safety, that is a change," he said.
The auto industry has recalled a stunning 25.3 million U.S. vehicles in so far in 2014. That leaves it poised to shatter the record 30.8 million vehicles that were recalled in 2004.
General Motors (GM) prompted the surge when it revealed that it took ten years to issue a recall for a flawed ignition switch that's been tied to at least 13 deaths.
In the wake of those revelations, GM has changed its procedures and recalled a total of 14.4 million U.S. vehicles in 2014 -- a record for the company. The latest announcement came Friday morning, when GM recalled another 512,000 Camaros. Other automakers have also issued a raft of recalls, scared that they, too, could be accused of overlooking safety problems.
The recalls have been for flaws as serious as a steering problem that prompted GM to tell owners of 477 pickups and SUVs to stop driving their vehicles immediately -- GM sent flatbed trucks to haul the vehicles to dealerships for repairs.
They've also been for matters as minor as a sticker on the inside of some Kias that incorrectly stated the recommended tire pressure. Kia sent out new labels.
There were 252.7 million passenger vehicles in operation in the U.S. at the start of this year, according to IHS Automotive, meaning the total number of recalls is roughly 10% of the nation's fleet of cars and trucks.
If there isn't another recall the rest of this year, 2014 will rank as the third largest number of U.S. recalls in history.
But there is no sign of a slowdown. GM's recall crisis has triggered both congressional and criminal probes, and the automaker must pay a $35 million fine to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). GM has said it will cost at least $1.7 billion to repair the recalled cars, and it may have to pay out billions to crash victims and their families. No other automaker wants to risk a similar fate.
"On recall issues, you're going to see a heightened level of sensitivity. You may see excessive corrective actions," said Fiat Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne at a forum last month. He later told CNBC, "There's no doubt that the industry is going to have to adjust to a new paradigm. This is permanent."
Clarence Ditlow, executive director of the Center for Auto Safety, said that he believes as many as 35 million cars could be recalled this year, but that he thinks the pace of recalls will slow down.
"Part of what [automakers] are doing is going through the backlog of vehicles they should have recalled in the past and didn't," he said. "Once they get through that backlog, it'll be new recalls only."
Many of the vehicles recalled this year are older models. GM says that 70% of the autos it has recalled in the U.S. this year are models it no longer manufactures.
Ditlow said the negative press surrounding the GM recall crisis has changed the dynamics among automaker employees who examine accident reports and consumer complaints, making it easier for someone who believes a recall is necessary to prevail.
He said GM's move to ax 15 employees who failed to act appropriately with regard to the ignition switch recall will also prompt employees to be more aggressive on recalls. In the past, engineers or lawyers had little to fear in terms of their job security, he said.
"To think you could get fired if you don't pursue safety, that is a change," he said.
#9109
There will be markups for the Mustang, I'd wager good money on it. Unlike the current car which is a facelift, this model is the first in a full decade to come out under its own generation.
#9110
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^^^ wow first I'm hearing of that, looks hot
cool news for GoPro fans / users
cool news for GoPro fans / users
#9111
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^ The GoPro/BMW partnership was announced earlier last week. Here's the info here: https://acurazine.com/forums/showpos...&postcount=404
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video is new
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omg. did you guys see this. rofllll
kids drive their car onto Brands Hatch track during an open session / race
kids drive their car onto Brands Hatch track during an open session / race
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More like handcuffs and a gag.
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lol the Brands Hatch gatecrasher was arrested.
http://www.carthrottle.com/brazen-ra...-imprisonment/
http://www.carthrottle.com/brazen-ra...-imprisonment/
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friend's race team's new ride..........
this is the guy with the white C7 Stingray I posted some pictures of
this is the guy with the white C7 Stingray I posted some pictures of
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