srika

oh no! I'm sorry to hear about that!

ttribe

Yeah...it's all in my thread, if you want the details.

civicdrivr

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Ive been keeping up with your thread, Im just too heartbroken to post anything

SHYUperman

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it sounded amazing

StreetKA

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i was going to take a laundry out of trunk today and i saw this





also have this btw first time trying the performance of galaxy s3 :P


did i mention its a 300k convertible ?

nspec_ya4

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dude i got a S3 too! havent started using it yet, but the features look awesome.

And the last time i went to do some work for Ferrari of Houston, they had 2-3 of those cars there. Apparently they're extremely rare.

The shop manager told me something about the car that made it super light, i think it was all carbon fiber body?

is300eater

A couple Ferrari from today

murph145

Nice cars I'll post some up I've seen recently too

CLtotheTL32

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8C!!!!!!!!

srika

wow at that 8C! so slick.


btw I just remembered I had a dream the other day that I saw a Vector W8 sitting on the street and took a photo so I could post it in this thread. WTF

ttribe

+1

ThermonMermon

its a shame that 8C could pass for a 30k car...

todays shot walking to the gym (sold my car this morning, ugh) - B7 and Rarri with poor wheel choice

CLtotheTL32

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dem 458 wheels

I think the Alpina is the best looking large-lux sedan on the market

nspec_ya4

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One sick as fuck camaro









And a nicely done stang

nspec_ya4

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I messed up on the interior part, its vice-versa

nspec_ya4

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brian6speed

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This week I saw a convo of 3 lambos drive past me. The lead car was a yellow murcielago, the second was a black diablo sv and the 3rd was a white countach. Talk about a sick convo. I didn't get a pic tho.

I usually don't take pics of exotics, but this car stumped me as I was not sure what it was. This intriqued me more than seeing the typical ferrari and lambos so I took a closer look. Wish I took a side pic also.




It is a Qvale Mangusta. Supposedly they only sold 200 last year so it is very rare, even if not an exotic. It retails for 70,000.

Here is some onfo on the car.

"From 1966 to 1972, Alejandro de Tomaso (an Argentine Formula 1 car builder and racer) had 310 Mangusta coupes built with the de Tomaso name on their tails and Ford Motor (nyse: F - news - people ) 4.7-liter V-8s under their hoods. These cars were able to top 155 miles per hour and found a very limited U.S. fan club. The Mangusta eventually became the Pantera, and that car faded from the scene in the mid-1970s. In 1996, however, de Tomaso revived the brand with the car you see here. After some feuding, de Tomaso agreed to drop his name from the cars themselves, and the Qvale family of San Francisco (a one-time importer of the original Mangustas) agreed to build the cars in Modena, Italy, and sell them in the U.S.

All that said, a Mangusta isn't a 100% Italian exotic. Yes, the body is made in Modena, just like Ferraris, Maseratis and Lamborghinis, and it was penned by the same man--Marcello Gandini--who sculpted the Lamborghini Countach. But at the heart of a Qvale is a Ford-built 320-horsepower Cobra motor and fuel system (as well as a few ancillary Ford bits like gauges and switches).

So does an Italian body and a Detroit motor add up to a car that can eat Porsches on the highway but be serviced at Jiffy Lube? Not exactly. The better question to ask: Is this car worth $70K? "

p.diddy

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i love that last shot nspec_ya.

nspec_ya4

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here is the page to that camaro.
Out of every car that was out there @ CnC today, this was the one i was drooling all over.

http://www.facebook.com/OverclockCamaro

is300eater

cmschmie

Saw a Ferrari California the other day...no pic since it was going the other way on the interstate.

However, saw this DB9 on the way home on Friday

CLtotheTL32

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Is that a NC plate?

Edit: Just noticed your location

srika

http://www.flickr.com/photos/delobbo/7532909626/http://www.flickr.com/photos/delobbo/7532909626/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/delobbo/, on Flickr

CLtotheTL32

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Yes!!!!!

civicdrivr

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Best bodystyle Viper right there.

CLtotheTL32

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nspec_ya4

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nice shot

srika

thanks, I have a lot more, you're not going to get tired of it right?


http://www.flickr.com/photos/delobbo/7533786664/http://www.flickr.com/photos/delobbo/7533786664/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/delobbo/, on Flickr

civicdrivr

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Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

onebadna1nsx

Wow, that's a brilliant picture there Srika! ME LIKEY!

CLtotheTL32

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Right there is my "attainable" dream car. I think I like the stock wheels more than those but still

srika

thanks, yeah agreed man, he said you can get one of those with around 30k miles for around $40k right now. not bad at all. I also asked him about maintenance, basically the things are like tanks, not much you need to do aside from normal wear and tear. Brake rotors are reasonable, around $300 for a set. Probably the biggest negative is the fuel economy. Secondly would probably be tires. But seriously, we are talking about a Viper GTS, which I think is the top American muscle car! I kind of want one. Such a thrilling drive, I mean it's like the kind of feeling where you become absent-minded about everything and lose track of time and space.... just kind of zoned out in a black hole.... awestruck by the sound......

srika

http://www.flickr.com/photos/delobbo/7536931672/http://www.flickr.com/photos/delobbo/7536931672/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/delobbo/, on Flickr

CLtotheTL32

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If I could have a Viper GTS in my garage by the time I'm 40, I would be a happy man. I think that's realistic

MeehowsBRZ

Huh? I don't get it.

srika

1920:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/delobbo/7545424130/sizes/o/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/delobbo/7545424130/http://www.flickr.com/photos/delobbo/7545424130/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/delobbo/, on Flickr

webmastir

Looks sick

CLtotheTL32

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I guess he's saying the car looks cheap? It doesn't look like a $300k car.

srika

had to replace that last Viper pic, here it is again - I put the pic on Reddit so I bleeped out the plate.

1920:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/delobbo/7545424130/sizes/o/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/delobbo/7545424130/http://www.flickr.com/photos/delobbo/7545424130/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/delobbo/, on Flickr

srika

1920:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/delobbo/7545981346/sizes/o/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/delobbo/7545981346/http://www.flickr.com/photos/delobbo/7545981346/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/delobbo/, on Flickr