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So...my neighbour 3 houses down to the left of me honks his horn in front of my house yesterday. He sees that I dont react so he rings the doorbell. I answer in my PJs (track pants and T-Shirt) just to see him smile. I say to him: "Hi! So...wha sup) Giggling like a school girl he says hi and points outside. (although the pic below aint an S4, this is what I see...a black Audi! Similar mags and tinted!) All of a sudden, I started giggling like a school girl myself and gave him several high fives. He just bought it, used....a 2015 S4. It is slightly modified on the exterior from the previous owner. The front end and grille resembles the pic below (without the red side mirrors, his mirrors are all black) with the rest of the car looking like that too (without the red side mirrors, and the wheels are not as deep and the tires not as wide) Its a good representation of how he bought it. About 50 000 miles on the odometer. My other neighbour on the opposite side to the front of me 3 houses down is the original owner of a 2005 Dodge Charger SRT8. That car is also black! About 120 000 miles on his odometer, but such a clean ride. He takes care of it, washes it every 3rd day and drives it like a grandma. He is my age. 44 years old. He is also Greek! He just has tints on his car. This is a very good representation of his car So....what fire breathing daily driver would you rather have in this week's edition of A "Would You Rather" thread? -
I heard these guys are pretty good at what they do!
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Nice ride! Id love the exhaust too! Plus the revving and the acceleration!
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From the link:
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http://www.roadandtrack.com/new-cars/car-technology/a9942689/general-motors-accused-of-rigging-diesel-pickup-truck-emissions/ from the link above: And although my rolling coal pic was just showing how no matter what the news is regarding ANY fossil fuel POLLUTING makes tree huggers clamour to EVs....as proven by some posters wanting to hang me by me just posting a bloody rolling coal pic and telling me my argument is incoherent yet he never realizing that HE HIMSELF MADE THAT CORRELATION and I NEVER said ANYTHING of that sort just stating that: Good news for electric power. Anything that deals with fossil fuels being dirty and the tree huggers just strengthen their love for electrics. Coal powered electric farms could be used as an argument...but pictures like these make tree huggers turn a blind eye to it.... Ironically, the name of this type of action does NOT help the coal powered electric farm argument... The pic of the rolling coal Chevy was throwing IRONY into the mix... The above link just stipulates that if this is true....700 000 GM diesel trucks SURPASSES VW TDi pollution.... 1:1 or cumulative....if true....does it really matter at this point?
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Mine too was about the opening.... The BMW 3 Series goes further on top. If the Tesla Model 3 did not have that glass, then the Model 3 would probably have a similar opening where the glass like the BMW 3 Series..... About the Fusion....that hatch is for China and Europe only...and since the Fusion's trunk is about the same type of wide opening as the Model 3 and I own a Fusion and I do not find any real problems with it then this complaint really is much ado about nothing. OK...I would have bought that hatch style Fusion if it were offered here in North America, but it aint bad at all this way!!! This is the actual video where the second pic comes from.... Its still the prototype of 1 year ago...the dude says the opening will be a little bit larger than that on the production car...but even it stayed that way....its comparable to MANY MANY MANY sedans in this vehicle size range! @3:23 is where the trunk thing starts at. In the first pic, you could tell its wider top to bottom wise...
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Bitchin' just to bitch part deux!!! If Im not mistaken, this is a Model 3 trunk Its not so bad....the Model3 is said to be BMW 3 Series sized... Advantage BIMMER! BMW engineers thought this out very well!!!! KUDOS!!! But lets take a look at a Ford Fusion...a slightly bigger car I believe Looks about the same as the Tesla Model 3....it really is not soooo bad!!!! But yes....a hatch would do wonders.... Here....a Fusion hatch or I should say the Mondeo hatch...
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Bitchin' just to bitch... Modern cars....not from the 1960s and 1970s when this was super common but during the beginnings of the SUV craze.... Mid-1990s FoMoCo Taurus and Sable station wagon early to mid 1990s General Motors Caprice Station wagon, Buick Roadmaster station wagon and Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser And even more modern cars during the HEIGHT but NOT EVEN peak of the SUV craze as SUV madness is growing... 2001 Volvo V70 2014 Mercedes E Class And Tesla.... Not too shabby for it being just a hatch style-'4 door coupe' low and sleek design! And NO! The heads are NOT sooooo close to the window or rear, its very comparable to any station wagon that is sold....OR 3rd ROW SUV seating!!! 3rd row SUV seating...2013 GM FULL PHOQUING SIZED SUV.... The only advantage is that the seats are forward facing... Not everyone WANTS a freakin' SUV!!! Not everyone NEEDS a freakin' SUV 24/7/365! Cars with hatchbacks or station wagons fill that need quite nicely and in MOST cases HAUL MORE stuff than their CUV/SUV equivalent...without the EΧCESSIVE BULKINESS AND WEIGHT of a SHYTY CUV/SUV all in the while HANDLING BETTER, BRAKING FASTER!!!
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Me too. If it would have been a 993, Id take the Porsche over the NSX myself.
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Nissan News: Rumorpile: Good-Bye Juke, Hello Kicks?
oldshurst442 replied to William Maley's topic in Nissan
Now that you said it, I think I like it because of what you said: It is distinctive and doesn't look like anything else on the road and I do find it visually appealing. I think those are good enough reasons to like it...but Id never be caught dead in one! Id take the Maxima in a heartbeat though! -
Id up vote this pic 1000 times if I could! For the fact that it was YOUR SQUADRON! Also....I LOVE how you gave a description of all your choices and how your chosen machines DOMINATED, DESTROYED and DECIMATED their respective enemies! (yes....even for the Tiger II tank which decimated our allied forces) and Id up vote you another 1000 times just for the descriptions! I coudnt bring myself to post a pic of a Luftwaffe FW 190 especially one with a Swastika on its tail wing but the Nazi war machine did have some awesome weaponry! As I grow older, I see myself more and more incapable of "flaunting" Nazi paraphernalia...
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Nissan News: Rumorpile: Good-Bye Juke, Hello Kicks?
oldshurst442 replied to William Maley's topic in Nissan
I like the Juke for whatever reason. Not that I would be caught dead or alive seen in one. But I find something interesting about it. I cant seem to put my finger on why I like it, but I do! Life is strange this way sometimes! -
Chalk up another NSX!
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HA! HA! HA! (laughing with sincerity and affection) I did not make that correlation! I am Canadian after all! But sure! Love and respect brother!
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Just to kinda respond to what @Drew Dowdell said in his above post semi-defending myself and semi agreeing to what Drew said and semi-agreeing to what @smk4565 said.... Ive been very critical to what Cadillac has been saying they wanna do and what they actually are doing myself. Since 1997, Cadillac has been over promising us and under selling us to what they have promised us! However, this time, what they are actually doing, what they are promising us and what they are giving us is quite promising. This time it is for real. All what SMK is saying that Cadillac needs will come in due time. Nothing is rushed at Cadillac anymore. That is why it seems like forever for the lust products to come out. In. Due. Time. I for one, am excited for the future of Cadillac. The convertible will come. The Tesla fighting EV will come. The S Class BEATER will come. The crossovers to fluff up necessary sales and to build a solid customer base from will come. Actions DO speak louder than words. And Cadillac's actions speak for themselves... The Caddy that Zigs was fluff! The beginnings of Arts and Science was 1 step forward 2 steps back. The head exploding show cars like the Sixteen, Cien, Ciel and El Miraj was nothing but smoke and mirrors. The Evoq and Converj was blundered....but going forward, the Escala really looks like Cadillac has finally got it right and really is moving forward with it! Not backwards! Actions DO speak louder than words. The guy from cross town rival....his marketing guy....well, it was all words! Johan too, has talked a tough game trying to bully his former German bosses and their cross town rival as well...but, Johan had shaken Cadillac's roots and core so his tough words towards the Germans...I believe them! Johan is NOT a typical GM "yes man" lifer! Moving forward...Cadillac is in GREAT position to reclaim lost territory! To this I also point out that GM is FINALLY getting us a mid-engined Vette! To this I also point out that GM is FINALLY letting engineers do the talking.... Example....letting the Camaro EXCEL and NOT be shackled just because the Vette is in front of it. The V Series Cadillacs...there is nothing else to say about them! Just....PHOQUE YEAH! The XT5 is huuuuuge success! The ATS and the CTS when they are brought into the new nomenclature with their new underpinnings along with the upcoming V8 for the CT6 will come into their own which also coincides with 2 new crossovers.....sales will EXPLODE by LEAPS AND BOUNDS here and ESPECIALLY in China by 2021!!!
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@ykX WW2 aircraft are simply gorgeous and awesome machines. Its hard to EXCLUDE the Spitfire, the Mustang, the BF109, the Zero. And those are the stereotypical fighters of WW2. There are many others! As far as WW2 tanks go, the Tiger I and the T-34 are EQUALLY my favorites! I LOVE the Huey helicopter. Easily my #2 aircraft for the Vietnam war era. AIRPLANES! To me, they are like cars, its just impossible to just pick 1. Ive excluded the F-15 Eagle, The Mustang, the Spitfire the P-40, the MiG 25/31, the Mirage 2000, the Rafale, the BF109, the B-17, the Hercules, the C47 Skytrain(DC-3)and many many others and it hurts!!!
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Like always, I saw these 2 awesome cars this past week just driving around doing errands with the family. I have no exciting details or anecdotes to reveal this time around regarding the cars in question other than when I pointed them out to my wife and kids, I was responded back by silence and I could sense the ambience was a big fat MEH! I, on the other hand was super delighted! A Silver 996 911 GT2 Im posting this pic like that from that angle as that is how I saw it on the highway when I passed it. The driver looked like an older gentleman driving his sports car without any intentions of breaking any speed limits. It seemed like he was babying his ride! Below is the frond end which I did not get a chance to observe as the highway was starting to get dense in front of me and I had to get my eyes to focus in front of of what was happening....DUH! Or a red 1990ish Acura NSX I was stopped at a red light when the NSX drove in front of me. The driver was coming from the right of me turning left heading the opposite direction to where we were going. The pic above is representative of what angle I witnessed the NSΧ. The driver of the NSΧ was also an older gentleman but this guy seemed to be actually driving his ride the way these machines were meant to be driven. I really cant conclude to the driving habits of these guys, but in my mind, THAT is how I wanna perceive this reality! OK...which of these 2 sports cars would YOU choose?
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Sure....whatever you say....
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And NEED!!! But ya, I agree with you!
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OK... What did that do in terms of what I was saying in my post?
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Im doing all airplanes. 1. WW1 Fokker Dr.1 (yes yes that one!) 2. WW2 Focke Wulf FW 190 A-9 Pictured is a captured FW 190 A-8. 3. Korean War I dont particularly like or care about the Korean War aircraft. I dont like the fighter jets and bombers in this era of warfare being the early 1950s. During the beginning of this war, propeller aircraft were still being used especially warmed over WW2 planes with warmed over improvements to that technology. Jets, although were first introduced during the tail end of WW2, they were still in its infancy. OK....a MiG 15 and F-86 Sabre were battling it out and were the zenith and cutting edge of jet fighter technology during this war and were eons ahead of P-51D Mustangs that were also present in this war and the Messerschmidt ME262 which was credited to be the first JET FIGHTER during WW2...the thing is...I DONT LIKE THE MiG 15 and F-86. In fact, I HATE THEM!!! The real interesting jets came to life after the Korean War, in the 1960s...from all countries including France... So Im gonna post a prototype jet from Canada that flew just right after the Korean War ended. The Avro Arrow And if prototypes arent allowed...Ill go with a French Jet that first flew in the 1950s and went officially into service in 1961. Dassault Mirage III E 4. Viet Nam F4J Phantom II 5. Gulf War #1 In this era... I got 2 favorites...no buts, ifs or ands! THIS IS HOW ITS GONNA BE!!! The F16 and the MiG 29 (There are sooooooo many variants to these that Ive lost track to which specific trim is my favorite) 6. Iraq/Afghanistan War I dont think the F22 saw action in this war...but we are gonna move forward into the next generation of fighters. So the F22 Raptor gets the nod in this one!
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I fully understand that. But...its what THE single model does in pollution that triggers an investigation in the first place, non? If a brand sells a gazillion of these models then yes, its only logical that all fines would be cumultative... Yes....11 million TDi VW and Audis have polluted a lot more than the 700 000 Silverados even though the Duramax pollutes more, the sheer number of TDi sold is greater, therefore the as a Company, VAG has polluted more and hence the cumultative damages are calculated and dealt with accordingly. Like I said, I understand that. But...all that does not change the fact that a Duramax (probably) pollutes more than a TDi.. Does this mean that GM (IF IN FACT GUILTY because its all speculation and possibly a witch hunt/cash grab at this point in time) is less guilty and should be less accounted for because they sold less Duramaxes than VAG sold TDis? Fined less for pollution damage...yes! Being less guilty...NO! Having a fine that is EQUIVALENT AND PROPORTIONAL to VAG's fine...DAMNED RIGHT!!!
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I meant it as 1:1 Im sure SMK also meant his statement as 1:1. Im almost certain when pollution laws are put into place, the laws are meant to be enforced as 1:1 when models are concerned and not as a collective thing... OK...carbon credits and overall CAFE totals for a manufacturer are calculated for the entire range of vehicles...but in this case, I think this is about how THE Silverado diesel pollutes. I could be wrong on all accounts.
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Id say, the Impala is just as much luxury as any Mercedes out there! Especially when sales are thrown into the mix...
