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#352 2008-11-21 10:13:59
I like what they're doing with the 2010 Mustang.
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#353 2008-11-21 23:18:40
Ford really did hit a home run with the Mustang... They made a good looking car with some honest to goodness street credentials, made it roomy, affordable and useful enough to be a daily driver.... The only thing I dislike about it is its popularity, it loses a bit of its appeal when you can't drive a block without seeing at least two of them.....
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#356 2008-11-24 23:37:27
Aston Martin is planning on building a new super car to go head to head with the Bugatti Veyron.... Life is good.....
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#359 2008-11-29 13:27:01
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#362 2008-12-10 22:58:35
It's been done before.... I was with Lotus Cars at time and got to see it first-hand... the thing ran like a pig.
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#363 2008-12-10 23:19:06
There ain't no substitute for cubic inches. 
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#364 2008-12-10 23:26:49
She handles so sweet.
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#365 2008-12-10 23:31:46
Yeah, it's a concept, but supposedly Venturi is going to actually make the Volage.
Each motor outputs 55kW and 232Nm of torque. The dashboard features an LCD touchscreen panel that allows the driver to control the amount of power delivered to the wheels to help extend the driving range.
The Volage is capable of accelerating from 0-62mph in less than five seconds and can reach a top speed of close to 160mph. The driving range is an estimated 200 miles on a single charge.
According to Venturi, the Volage will enter production in 2012.
Powered by four of these bad motherfuckers, presumably hooked up to some kind of bank of supercapacitors. 
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#366 2008-12-10 23:52:34
sigmoid freud wrote:
She handles so sweet.
http://modernmatriarch.files.wordpress. … ficjam.jpg
http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/thumb_191/ … omOw9i.jpg
That looks like stress.....
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#367 2008-12-11 01:18:17
I walk to work, kiddo.
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#368 2008-12-11 01:36:34
sigmoid freud wrote:
I walk to work, kiddo.
I drive over 2000 miles every month for work............
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#369 2008-12-11 20:53:56
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#370 2008-12-12 01:56:17
Dirckman wrote:
sigmoid freud wrote:
I walk to work, kiddo.
I drive over 2000 miles every month for work............
I once drove 3000 miles in a month for work and once 1100 miles in 5 days, and that's why I refuse to do so ever again. I don't give a crap what the price of gas is, 6 lanes of "freeway" at a standstill every working day has got to stop.
But how to stop it? I've ridden the London Underground at morning rush time, and that's fucked up too, let alone Tokyo. But, humans continue to breed like bacteria.
Where will it end? An epidemic? World nuclear war? Really, we're pretty much fucked.
Happy Holidays to all.
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#371 2008-12-20 17:08:35
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#372 2008-12-20 17:31:18
Here are a couple of roads that I've taken this last year.... There's nothing more enjoyable than a roadtrip away from it all.....
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#373 2008-12-20 17:53:42
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#375 2008-12-20 23:05:55
More Summer time roadtrip pics.....
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#377 2008-12-26 20:21:15
Dirckman wrote:
Here are a couple of roads that I've taken this last year.... There's nothing more enjoyable than a roadtrip away from it all.....
http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/8969/ca081en2.jpg
http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/7691 … 028lx7.jpg
First picture is 299 in Northern California coming into Blue Lake, and then Arcata?
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#378 2008-12-26 20:41:29
First picture is 299 in Northern California coming into Blue Lake, and then Arcata?
It's actually Highway 1 just North of Bodega Bay.... Here's a map showing the exact curve... http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&saddr=3 … 8&t=h&z=14
Zoom in on the map close enough and you'll see this inlet straight to the East of the curve.... Northern California is beautiful...
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#379 2008-12-27 00:10:03
Mercedes has a new SLR....
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#380 2008-12-27 00:27:18
whosasailorthen wrote:
Some rides from my present collection....
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v296/ … m/22_3.jpg
1967 Morris Minor Traveller
(w/ a vintage Judson Supercharger - I built it for the wife® as a 'round the town shopping car.)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v296/ … ne2002.jpg
1967 Sunbeam Alpine Series V
(electric overdrive on the 3rd & 4th, and original steel hardtop)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v296/ … Renown.jpg
1949 Triumph Renown
(same "Standard-Vanguard" motor as the Triumph TR2, 3 & 4... and also the same as in the Ferguson TE tractor!)
I hate giving people credit, but you have excellent taste... The functionality of these cars lack what most consumers want, but they are all beautiful pieces of machinery...
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#381 2008-12-27 01:04:06
sigmoid freud wrote:
And the answer is: You can use a pitchfork on the dead chickens!
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#382 2008-12-27 01:51:02
The automobile is the ultimate expression of Western philosophy... It gives us the freedom to go any place we want anytime we want.... If we want to move someplace to better our lives we use an automobile, if we want to stretch out, relax and enjoy nature's beauty we use an automobile to get there... The automobile has such a massive impact on our lives that the largest infrastructure project in the history of the world is the U.S. interstate system..... I can honestly say that the most peaceful and satisfying moments I've experienced have been behind the wheel of a car.... Cars are all about sex, beauty and adventure, everything else in life is a waste of time.....
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#383 2008-12-27 02:11:42
Central Colorado....
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#384 2008-12-27 05:49:36
Dirckman wrote:
Central Colorado....
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#385 2008-12-27 12:03:50
Dirckman wrote:
whosasailorthen wrote:
Some rides from my present collection....
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v296/ … m/22_3.jpg
1967 Morris Minor Traveller
(w/ a vintage Judson Supercharger - I built it for the wife® as a 'round the town shopping car.)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v296/ … ne2002.jpg
1967 Sunbeam Alpine Series V
(electric overdrive on the 3rd & 4th, and original steel hardtop)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v296/ … Renown.jpg
1949 Triumph Renown
(same "Standard-Vanguard" motor as the Triumph TR2, 3 & 4... and also the same as in the Ferguson TE tractor!)I hate giving people credit, but you have excellent taste... The functionality of these cars lack what most consumers want, but they are all beautiful pieces of machinery...
Why, thank you, Dirck. High praise, indeed.
I've owned over 60 English cars over the years, but I've settled to just these three in my collection because they comprise my three main areas of automotive interest - vehicles that represent economy/practicality, sporting spirit and sedate luxury. The Sunbeam is a brilliant performer and has the largest boot (trunk) of any British sports car, so it's great for getting away for a weekend. The Morris gets over 34 mpg and runs flawlessly so it's perfect for the wife's shopping or for a weekend away at the shore. And the Triumph Renown is a lovely, smooth running, soft riding car to take to an evening at the theater or to a Sunday picnic along the river, and it isn't as ostentatious as a Rolls or a Bentley (though a great part of it was made by the same folks).
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#386 2008-12-27 12:50:39
hedgewizard wrote:
Ah, the Italians. They can't keep a government going for more than a year, but they look good.
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#387 2008-12-27 12:54:43
Taint wrote:
hedgewizard wrote:
Ah, the Italians. They can't keep a government going for more than a year, but they look good.
And, for a while at least, their trains ran on time.
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#388 2008-12-27 15:24:38
whosasailorthen wrote:
Taint wrote:
hedgewizard wrote:
Ah, the Italians. They can't keep a government going for more than a year, but they look good.
And, for a while at least, their trains ran on time.
They took care of that nonsense.
All of their cars aren't good looking, some are interesting. That's the nice Southern way of saying ugly, right?
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#389 2008-12-27 18:52:56
No doubt equipped to spurt hand lotion all over monster trucks.
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#390 2008-12-27 19:01:29
Car air freshener for Dirck:
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#391 2008-12-29 03:31:03
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#392 2009-01-07 16:20:43
Thread Resurrection... with.... F-A-T C-A-R-Z*....
*(no, not 'phat')
.... and a particularly stylish fattie...
... and even a couple fishy ones...
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#393 2009-01-07 16:36:20
sigmoid freud wrote:
This is all wrong if it is supposed to be Chinese. Why would they have the equiv of USSR (CCCP) on their chest?
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#394 2009-01-07 17:04:36
Dmtdust wrote:
sigmoid freud wrote:
This is all wrong if it is supposed to be Chinese. Why would they have the equiv of USSR (CCCP) on their chest?
I think it's just generally socialism, D.
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#396 2009-01-09 00:38:54
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#398 2009-01-09 00:52:54
Dirckman wrote:
That's taken outside one of the upper garages at the Morgan factory in Greater Malvern. Been there twice. If you're ever in the UK, a tour of the Morgan factory is NOT to be missed.
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#399 2009-01-10 01:24:35
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