CLtotheTL32

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I saw the GS350 and the Five Axis GS at SEMA last year and it's a downright amazing car in person. I love everything about it. Dat navi screen

And why the fawk did you drive a Smart?

Aman

I got to drive one for work once. Literally nothing until about 5000 rpm.

Rick_TL-S

Same as Aman; for work.

speedemon90

WTF

the abarth sounds like this

the best sounding stock 4cyl engine ever??

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Costco

Sounds okay. I think it's just deceiving because of how the 500 looks, in standard guise anyway.

speedemon90

nahhh sounded good to me, that startup coming from a car that costs 25k?

Sounds better than the frs stock.

Costco

I say this with a completely straight face - the best sounding stock 4-cylinder car (that I've heard, anyway) is the SRT-4 Neon.

I didn't believe it myself until I came up to one at a meet, back when it was kinda new. Beats out an S2000 with the top down, ITR, Evo, STi, MR2 Turbo, etc.

Aman

The FR-S doesn't sound particularly nice IMO. Guess it's just the flat-4.

srika

you had me at the turbo whine. uh. beautiful!

I want one.

srika

5-Speed Manual Transmission

oh my. I need to drive one.

KillerG

the car is so short, its like running straight pipes out of the engine

reminds me of the time jeremy drove that jag through india and had his exhaust sticking out of his hood

Mr. Maker

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I'm not sure the fate of the CL600. They are pretty rare. Cost around 120k new in 2002.

V12

civicdrivr

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FTFY

srika

WTF............??????????????

http://chicago.craigslist.org/nwi/cto/3246598892.html

Aman

I'm gonna guess it's a scam.

But DAMN does it look good in black.

CLtotheTL32

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Whoa

StreetKA

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Scam or he really wants to piss of his wife...

civicdrivr

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Im thinking scam too.

Its posted on the Chicago Craigslist
The car in the pics has Michigan plates
The phone number has an Indiana area code

The "seller" also gives zero info about the car for sale, just the standard Wiki entry BS.

srika

http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showth...63#post4779063

Acuraluvr

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Drove this yesterday...

ttribe

^^^F10 M5. How was it?

civicdrivr

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Im willing to bet M6

ttribe

Hate you and your photographic memory.

civicdrivr

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Acuraluvr

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Civic has a good eye...

Hahaha. It was amazing. DCT takes some time to get used to, i actually didnt like it at first. Same with all the driver aids, all of a sudden the driver wheel was vibrating to tell me that something was in my blind spot because my turn signal was on.

Power was crazy. Ride was stiff, but not too terrible. I love gadgets and... it seemed like there was too much. IDrive took some time, but if I had some time, Im sure I would've gotten it eventually. Exhaust was...

CLtotheTL32

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Oh man

Any more pics?

civicdrivr

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Im actually laughing because he posted other pics in the 3G Rambling thread

ttribe

Well then, I just plain hate you.

speedemon90

why does that steering wheel look awkward??

Aman

^ I think it's great. The thin spokes are welcome in a segment where they're the size of beer cans.

Need help diagnosing an issue with the Jetta. It seems like once the car warms up, it will not shift smoothly at all. Going into any gear from a stop is a pain, and even if I come to a complete stop in any gear, I can't go into any other gear smoothly. And unsynchronized reverse makes a nice crunch, so I've started driving into my parking spot and backing out when I leave.

Methinks it's the clutch not engaging/disengaging fully. It's a hydraulic system, do you think swapping the fluid out will solve the issue? I don't understand why it'll only do it when warm, though. Weirdly, if I turn the engine off and on again, I get another few minutes of smooth shifts before it acts up again.

Acuraluvr

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Little thing in the bumper is a camera. The backup camera/radar computer system is ridiculous. And I though the around view monitor of our QX56 was advanced...

speedemon90

ohh its not the thin spokes its the center. That part is so small and just weird haha, to me at least.

Sorry cant help on the jetta part, dont know much about a manual car

edit: from acuraluvr's last pic it actually looks better, maybe it was just the angle for me. Still different but doesnt look as bad as i thought.

and whats the point of the camera over there?? Blind turns? is that it?

Costco

Love the new M5 and M6. Was not a fan of the previous gen iterations

srika

love that M6.... oh and, you can tell by the steering wheel that it's not an M5...


btw if you're bored have a look at the comments on my video here... good sh*t.... LOL got to love the youtubes

ttribe

srika

Acuraluvr

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Agreed, it looks a little weird, but the wheel itself felt great. Thick, much larger than the TL Im used to. And im guessing the camera either was part of the surround view monitor (though there was probably one right under the side mirrors for that), part of the blind spot detection or the driver doze off aid thing - that it detects the lines of the road and vibrates the wheel when it thinks you're swerving. Which helps because my biggest grip was the blind spots in the back.

My uncle said that it even tells you when it thinks a crash is likely to happen by showing a picture of a car on the dash or the heads up display. Car is smarter than me...

Oh and the HUD - Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant. Full color and limited info - only speed, a bar graph style tach, and the next turn for gps... but it was suburb in terms of graphs and placing.

cmschmie

Question:
What steps can I take to test drive a couple cars, without having salesmen hassle me for months on end?
There is a VW dealership nearby that has, according to their website, several VW Golf TDIs on the lot (both manual and DSG). I am very interested in this car as my next vehicle, potentially next year.


It's been near forever since I have test driven a car ( > 6 years) and when I did, I was super serial about purchasing at the time.

ttribe

Saw a ZL-1 on the freeway this morning. LOTS of extra plastic on that car.

RPhilMan1

Don't see this every day: http://www.cars.com/go/search/detail...nal&listType=3

1999 Mitsubishi 3000GT VR-4 - $34,000 with 2,958 miles