General Car Talk Discussion Thread
04-20-2020, 09:55 AM
Ex-OEM King
I hate nearly all the bloggers out there, especially vehicle virgins. All he does is post clickbait BS every day. The only one I'll tolerate is Shmee since he's british and I get to see cars that we don't get here and a different perspective. Also, he's never once asked people to subscribe.
04-20-2020, 10:11 AM
LOL, Parker is definitely one of the worst. Made a 10 minute video about regretting his purchase of an AMG because... the next year's completely identical model had a new option. 
04-20-2020, 10:12 AM
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Supercar Blondie manages to pique my interest frequently just because she gets all these cool ass limited edition cars and stuff.....
04-20-2020, 10:23 AM
I stopped watching any of her stuff when she put up a clickbait video about being in Playboy. Yeah, naw son, that's a wrap for me.
04-20-2020, 10:29 AM
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Haven't seen that one. I only see them when they pop up on my fb feed sometimes 
04-20-2020, 11:06 AM
I think savagegeese was mentioned in this thread or another? He's one of my favorites. Not sugar coated at all and not a shill.
I wouldn't even drive an Explorer for free if you gave it to me, yet I watched his review of it just cause.
I wouldn't even drive an Explorer for free if you gave it to me, yet I watched his review of it just cause.
04-20-2020, 11:14 AM
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Don't watch the general reviews but do watch the two guys that drag & roll race all the new performance cars head to head on an old air strip. Easy to get a real world view as opposed to the magazines.
04-20-2020, 11:37 AM
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Redline Reviews does a good job at just a overview, but I haven't watched anything on his channel in a while.
Straight Pipes is amusing at times.
Straight Pipes is amusing at times.
04-20-2020, 01:40 PM
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My car youtuber trifecta: Savagegeese (great videography, unfettered opinions), Alex on Autos (super useful factual information in context and you can tell he knows his stuff), Straight Pipes (great entertainment and videography also)
04-20-2020, 01:47 PM
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I think I've watched a bit of AoA, the 1 or 2 I watched seemed just a bit dry, though informative.
04-20-2020, 02:08 PM
Ex-OEM King
If I want real info about a car I actually intend to buy, I go to savagegeese. His was the review that cemented the Golf R for me. If want want real info on cars when not in the market for anything and with some entertainment, I go straight pipes. If I want to learn some neat/weird things about random cars, I go Doug.
Redline reviews is just boring IMO.
Redline reviews is just boring IMO.
04-21-2020, 08:29 AM
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https://www.thedrive.com/news/33083/...t-for-40-years
Losing a family member is always a blow that takes time to get up from, though it's uplifting to find little treasures they left behind—especially if one of them is a million-dollar car that's sat for the last four decades. And while rooting through the belongings of a recently deceased family member, one Midwestern family dug up just that, finding a low-mile 1960 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Roadster that hasn't been driven in 40 years.
The story of this car apparently starts in the early 1970s, when an unnamed Midwestern man became infatuated with the 300 SL Roadster after driving one owned by his brother. Smitten, he hunted down an unsold example floating around Chicago, Illinois and purchased the car new in 1976, some 12 years after it exited production. Under his ownership, the car accumulated 14,558 miles before mysteriously going into storage in Indiana around 1980, going entirely untouched since then.
Following the owner's passing, this 300 SL Roadster sold via estate sale to its current owner, New York-based classic car specialist Gullwing Motor Cars. Upon deciphering the car's serial numbers, the dealer discovered that this 300 SL was once painted the exceptionally rare Blaugrau (blue-grey) color and upholstered in blue, though the car's erstwhile owner had it repainted in silver at some point and its interior, dyed black.
Despite these value-diminishing alternations made by the previous owner, this 300 SL Roadster is still among the most valuable cars on the market today. The 300 SL's regard as one of the greatest, most beautiful sports cars ever built is matched only by its rarity, with only 1,458 300 SL Roadsters ever built, and only 249 of them for the 1960 model year. Its low-mile, unrestored condition makes it something of a diamond in the rough, and a high-karat stone at that, because it carries an asking price of $1,095,000. It might sound hard to find someone willing to drop seven figures on a car that doesn't run, especially in this economy, but when it comes to a car as recession-proof as a 300 SL Roadster, a tough sell this ain't.
The story of this car apparently starts in the early 1970s, when an unnamed Midwestern man became infatuated with the 300 SL Roadster after driving one owned by his brother. Smitten, he hunted down an unsold example floating around Chicago, Illinois and purchased the car new in 1976, some 12 years after it exited production. Under his ownership, the car accumulated 14,558 miles before mysteriously going into storage in Indiana around 1980, going entirely untouched since then.
Following the owner's passing, this 300 SL Roadster sold via estate sale to its current owner, New York-based classic car specialist Gullwing Motor Cars. Upon deciphering the car's serial numbers, the dealer discovered that this 300 SL was once painted the exceptionally rare Blaugrau (blue-grey) color and upholstered in blue, though the car's erstwhile owner had it repainted in silver at some point and its interior, dyed black.
Despite these value-diminishing alternations made by the previous owner, this 300 SL Roadster is still among the most valuable cars on the market today. The 300 SL's regard as one of the greatest, most beautiful sports cars ever built is matched only by its rarity, with only 1,458 300 SL Roadsters ever built, and only 249 of them for the 1960 model year. Its low-mile, unrestored condition makes it something of a diamond in the rough, and a high-karat stone at that, because it carries an asking price of $1,095,000. It might sound hard to find someone willing to drop seven figures on a car that doesn't run, especially in this economy, but when it comes to a car as recession-proof as a 300 SL Roadster, a tough sell this ain't.
04-21-2020, 08:49 AM
Dyed interior and repaint, and its still worth a million? Holy shit.
04-21-2020, 09:08 AM
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A Gullwing is my grail car, but they're just insane $$
04-21-2020, 11:14 AM
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It still blows my mind that Gavriil said, "Things are getting a bit crazy and I'm not going to post anymore" in 2012 and then just never came back. I hope he's ok wherever he is.
04-21-2020, 11:34 AM
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That's before I was really really active on here, but I occasionally see some usernames in threads & wonder where they disappeared off to.
04-21-2020, 11:46 AM
He was everywhere. Then he was gone. Didn’t know he announced it like that. Hope he’s okay as well.
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04-21-2020, 12:55 PM
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Who?
04-21-2020, 12:55 PM
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Mike Jones?
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04-21-2020, 12:59 PM
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Just about every Automotive News thread prior to 2012 was started by him. Back in the old days of Acurazine he was THE automotive news guy on the site. He is/was a great guy.
04-21-2020, 01:20 PM
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04-21-2020, 01:22 PM
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04-21-2020, 01:38 PM
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04-21-2020, 01:42 PM
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04-21-2020, 01:52 PM
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04-21-2020, 02:06 PM
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You can get paid on AZ? 
didnt realize we that ballin..
Can we get paid for entertaining nfn and SSFTSX? It is hard work to reply to them.
didnt realize we that ballin..Can we get paid for entertaining nfn and SSFTSX? It is hard work to reply to them.
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04-21-2020, 02:25 PM
I think we've done a pretty good job overall...and with the help of the others who contribute regularly esp. like @00TL-P3.2 , we're in good shape. He gets alot of cred since I've been alot less active posting car news over the last couple of years.
Not sure what the seniors/admins make, but safe bet is that they're probably in Bezos/Gates territory, if not even beyond that
04-21-2020, 02:39 PM
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oh wait... n/m
so how about that Z06 news!! Man that's gonna be crazy if it gets a Flat-Plane V8 TT!!!
04-21-2020, 02:48 PM
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04-21-2020, 02:48 PM
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04-21-2020, 03:10 PM
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04-21-2020, 03:13 PM
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damn... well think of the bright side. ummmm.... uhhhh.......
04-21-2020, 03:34 PM
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I bet you fawkers have keys to the pool house. 
04-21-2020, 03:42 PM
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Even i have the keys to the pool house... you don't?
04-21-2020, 03:48 PM
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04-21-2020, 03:48 PM
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04-21-2020, 03:57 PM
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probably.
04-21-2020, 03:57 PM
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It was $34.50 
Then he went & bought a Kiudi SOptima5
Then he went & bought a Kiudi SOptima5