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Intrepidation

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  1. Can't even keep it civil in trivia thread can we? I'm well aware of the many twin vertical stabilizer aircraft in existence, however Harley Earl and Bill Mitchel credited the P-38 Lightning, hence why its the answer. Since design is subjective, its perfectly logical to assume that in their eyes, the P-38 was the best/prettiest plane to draw inspiration from. Argue all you want, but you're arguing with two dead guys. I guess we won't be doing one of these again anytime soon. NICE JOB.
  2. Well I think its been long enough. The answer is the Lockeed P-38 Lightning. Its worth noting that Cadillac still uses tail fins in a very subtle way with their tail light lenses. In this small way the P-38's legacy as an automotive inspiration lives on. Hope you had fun with this!
  3. I'm very much enjoying all of the aircraft photos! I suppose when everyone's given up I'll reveal it.
  4. The exhaust thing is a neat comparison to make actually.
  5. You're confidence in your wrongness is well placed.
  6. I am indeed referring to the P-51's era. 20 years (give or take) way further back than the 90's
  7. Surprised @balthazar hasn't chimed in, this is usually his forte.
  8. You're in the right era, but not there yet.
  9. Nope, further reaching than the Mustang. It didn't inspire one car, it inspired the industry. Right era though.
  10. The F-117 did inspire Lamborghini, but this design trend was industry wide in the US.
  11. This aircraft inspired more a decade of automotive design and is still used to this day by one marque in a subtle manner.
  12. Must have something to do with Unicode. ▶ ◎──────── 00:14
  13. My new machine is as follows: Corsair Graphite 600T ASUS Z87-Pro Motherboard Intel Core i7 4790K PNY CS2211 480GB SSD EVGA GeForce GTX 970 04G-P4-2978-KR 4GB FTW GAMING w/ACX 2.0 NZXT Aperture M Card Reader ASUS CD/DVD Combo Drive EVGA Supernova 750 G2 Cooler Master Seidon 120M CPU Cooler in Push/Pull using a Corsair SP120 pusher and the 120mm fan the case came with as the puller. Windows 10 64bit Home Premium
  14. Did you know the new version of C&G supports voice messages? Now I can tell you exactly what I think of this thread and its 3rd grade bickering. ▶ ◎──────── 00:21
  15. Since at least some of us are tech savvy and enjoy PC building, what do you have for a rig? This was mine until I finished building my new PC earlier this year and was my second ground up build. When when I first built it in 2006 it had the following specs: Raidmax Sagitta Case Seagate Barracuda ST3320620AS 320GB HDD Foxconn C51XEM2AA-8EKRS2H Motherboard Foxconn GeFore 7950GX2 GPU AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ Windsor 2.4 GHz Dual Core CPU Corsair XMS2 2GB (2x 1GB) DDR2 800 RAM Silverstone ST60F 600W PSU Samsung DVD/CD Combo Drive Lite-On CD Burner Windows XP 32 Bit Its gone through a few major upgrades including: ASUS PCE-N13 Wireless Adapter 2x LG GH22N550 DVD Burner Gigabyte GA-MA770T-UD3P Motherboard AMD Phenom II 925 Deneb Quad Core CPU Western Digital WD1001FALS 1T HDD G.Skill Ripjaws 16GB (4x 4GB) DDR3 1600 RAM EVGA 896-P3-1262-AR GTX 260 Superclocked For a little while it ran with the pictured GTX 970 which was the first component I got for the upcoming build. Big performance jump just by doing that.
  16. Check Passmark and see if the performances gains are worth it.With that said, I'll be the third voice to say save up and buy intel. I say this as a longtime owner of AMD products. My first build was an AMD Athlon 64. My second build, and the one I used until this year was an AMD Phenom II 925. They both served me well, but in the years since AMD has fallen so far behind the curve. Their Bulldozer CPUs get shown up by dual core Intel chips. I saved up and built my first all new machine since 2006, running an Intel Core i7 4790k. To put it into perspective just how big the quantum leap in performance is, a 2 minute 1080p video took over two hours to render on my old computer with Adobe Premiere Pro CS6. Now it takes about 15 minutes.
  17. Wrapped the faded pillars with 3M Vinyl Wrap Series 1080. Super easy to put on and the results take years off of the car.
  18. Both cars are due pretty soon. Have teh oil lined up, just have to get a chance to do it.
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