CLtotheTL32

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Saw this today. The fat bitch was sitting and eating so it was hard to get a picture.

sho_nuff1997

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haha. At first glance, I thought that white building in background was a wing on the smart car.

Majofo

That dragon is sweet!

davidspalding

Oh, GROW UP.

Disclosure: not all of us in RTP are jerks, but many of them are sequestered in Cary, our version of District 9 for emigres. :P
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I couldn't shoot a pic, but this morning I was passed by a Civic with lots of fake foglight doodads in the lower air intake grill, and fake vents ... on the passenger door. Y'know. to help vent,... the door, I guess.

For examples, see this page at the bottom under "fake aftermarket vents."

Majofo

So people from RTP are ignorant & racist?

Thanks for the lesson on the fake vents professor.. just because a 'vent' is from the factory doesn't mean it actually does anything more than the walmart vents, that site had some poor examples..

CLtotheTL32

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You tell me to grow up and then you say Cary is the "District 9" of the RTP area?

Why don't you take a dose of your own medicine?

einsatz

Original Thread, started by the owner (with lots more pics):
http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=4064843

CLtotheTL32

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^

friesm2000

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bedliner , i understand on a offroad truck, but not a car , unless of course he is not a very good driver, and goes off the road alot, then i'm lmfao


at least he did it fully though with the door jambs and such

sho_nuff1997

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I like that Audi. I remember the thread about.

Majofo

I wouldn't want to own it but it's definitely interesting.. I wonder how it changes the drag resistance.. I'd imagine it would decrease.

I think I'd like it more in a different color combo.. that combo is a bit

Costco

lol I remember that A4. Its cool, but I'd never do it. Probably matches the stucco on those townhouses in the background

I think I'd rather do that roll-on enamel paint or whatever for what he was going for. Wouldn't be as durable as that bedliner, but it'd be tougher than a clearcoated paint job and would look better than bedliner.

lightjak_tsx

wow a sandblasted car...

civicdrivr

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His car kept getting vandalized. Aside from the added weight its pretty fuckin cool.

friesm2000

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still weird for a car to be done like that, but as said at least he did the entire car though, with the doors jambs and such

1StGenCL

Parks across from me in the garage, the "Lily Pulitzer" Jeep. Yes, every panel of this car is covered in the flowers or whatever. Easily grab a few more pics if you guys are interested in getting one of your own.

CLtotheTL32

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Ew.

sho_nuff1997

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Swarovski Crystal SL600...this Mercedes-Benz SL600 was coated with over 200,000 Swarkovski crystals and Bavarian White Mammoth seat covers.









more pics here:

http://www.madwhips.com/swarovski-cr...-sl600-by-dad/

arrogantbastard

Mythbusters actually did a show on that. They took a clean Taurus and got a baseline MPG at a steady speed, then took the same car a coated it with a layer of mud. IIRC, the MPG was the same or slightly worse with the mud on it. They then took it a step further and coated the car with a layer of model clay and took divots out of it, basically making it look like a car-shaped golfball. Turns out that got about 3 MPG better than when clean.

I would suspect that in the case of this Audi, any nominal gains (if any) in fuel efficiency brought on by the reduced drag coefficient of the rough surface are more than offset by the increased fuel consumption required to accelerate the added mass of the coating.

1StGenCL

That MB is badass for a show car

civicdrivr

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He painted over the bedliner now and swapped the wheels.







Hes also getting the chrome S4 mirrors.

1slo23

that paint looks like a bumper car at a county fair

Majofo

cool.. Mythbusters FTW!. My friends civic got destroyed by a hail storm last year. I told her to take the fat check from the insurance and let the car be.. It's somewhat of an eyesore but she took my advice and she's getting better gas mileage.. lol.

imj0257

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shit in there... wtf

friesm2000

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much better looking (and acceptable), the bedlined wheels just did not help it at ALL


also just woundering how he got the paint to actually stick to the bedliner :shrug

as long as no glass was shattered, it is only cosmetic, so no problem in not fixing it, only thing is that it will decrease the resal value of it quite a bit depending on how bad it is, so might be worth it, to get it fixed in the long run

DonPauliani

uncanny

PortlandRL

I used to see this car around but have not seen it in quite a while. It truly is AWFUL.

civicdrivr

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Poor, poor Datsun.

CLtotheTL32

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Holy shit

einsatz

CLtotheTL32

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^Uhhhh what the hell is that thing? Some sort of Honda with a Mercedes E-Class front end?

OLD_HATCH

CRX gone horribly wrong

Majofo

friesm2000

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and a BMW grill


and it is still NASTY

CLtotheTL32

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PortlandRL

OH

MY

GOD

WHAT

THE

FUCK?!?!?!

OLD_HATCH

wow......really


just because you can doesn't mean you must!

friesm2000

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, but at least it was not to a nice car though

CLtotheTL32

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Guys I really like the kit on that Taurus! I was going to have a replica made and put on my TL.

sho_nuff1997

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Looks like that Taurus is going to need some bigger side mirrors.