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Re: The New Car Saga (and general auto chat)
« Reply #1140 on: January 13, 2014, 10:31:42 PM »
Quote from: Anaxilus on January 13, 2014, 07:33:08 PM
Well, I guess every athlete that wears eyeblack looks like they have brain damage to you.  Btw, cars are meant to be viewed in 3/4s.  Just buy the right color paint and they look great.

I'm not talking about the Nike checks. What I mean is the car looks cross-eyed, like a Morgan. The gaping maw doesn't help either, you expect drool to be coming out of the corner. The M4 is just so much better than Lexus' Optimus Predator look.

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Re: The New Car Saga (and general auto chat)
« Reply #1141 on: January 13, 2014, 10:43:58 PM »
Quote from: DaveBSC on January 13, 2014, 10:31:42 PM
Quote from: Anaxilus on January 13, 2014, 07:33:08 PM
Well, I guess every athlete that wears eyeblack looks like they have brain damage to you.  Btw, cars are meant to be viewed in 3/4s.  Just buy the right color paint and they look great.

Oh I see what you mean, though I think it's hardly remotely close to as bad as the Morgan.  The cross eyes are the first thing I notice on the Morgan and it drives me batshit crazy, can't say I've ever noticed it on any IS I've seen in person.

I'm not talking about the Nike checks. What I mean is the car looks cross-eyed, like a Morgan. The gaping maw doesn't help either, you expect drool to be coming out of the corner. The M4 is just so much better than Lexus' Optimus Predator look.



Yeah, BMW took some big chances regurgitating their own designs from the past 50 years.  I think you're just used to the same look you've been staring at which is fine.  German car design is about as derivative as it gets.  I'm sorry, Porsche call's it 'evolutionary'.  The last time BMW took a chance they bungled/Bangled everything.
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Re: The New Car Saga (and general auto chat)
« Reply #1142 on: January 14, 2014, 08:16:49 PM »
It looks like BMW didn't want to take any chances. Screw BMW anyways. It went downhill in terms of design and performance after the E46 and some say the E36.
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Re: The New Car Saga (and general auto chat)
« Reply #1143 on: January 14, 2014, 08:40:44 PM »
Quote from: purrin on January 14, 2014, 08:16:49 PM
It looks like BMW didn't want to take any chances. Screw BMW anyways. It went downhill in terms of design and performance after the E46 and some say the E36.

Supposedly the M235i is the spiritual successor to the old E46. We'll see. The last several Ms have all been such disappointments that they are getting beaten by AMGs, so I'm curious how the M4 turns out. Will it have anything left of the old E92, or will it be a snoozer like the M5? The 235 is hardly the prettiest car in the world, but at least its a huge improvement over the pig ugly 1 series.




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Re: The New Car Saga (and general auto chat)
« Reply #1144 on: January 15, 2014, 09:17:37 PM »
Quote from: DaveBSC on January 13, 2014, 02:41:44 AM
Quote from: purrin on January 13, 2014, 02:08:54 AM
So, what do you guys think of the Lexus RCF? Looks like an FR-S with a bit of GTR thrown in. I like it.

Much better looking than the IS, but still not what I would call attractive. The tucked in "L" shaped LED lights are also a giant bag of fail. They make the car look like it has brain damage.



Those jaggy lighting accents are right out of some hard rock chick's 80's fantasies.
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Re: The New Car Saga (and general auto chat)
« Reply #1145 on: January 15, 2014, 10:40:55 PM »
Quote from: funkmeister on January 15, 2014, 09:17:37 PM
Those jaggy lighting accents are right out of some hard rock chick's 80's fantasies.

Yeah, the swooshes aren't doing it for me. One of the best looking cars on sale right now I think is the latest version of the Gran Turismo. They've finally fixed the chin spoiler that always bugged me about the GT design. Now it just looks fuckin bad ass.




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Re: The New Car Saga (and general auto chat)
« Reply #1146 on: January 16, 2014, 03:03:32 AM »
Yeah that is pretty damn gorgeous. I don't mind the Jaguar F-type coupe either. That has one of the best asses in the whole auto world.
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Re: The New Car Saga (and general auto chat)
« Reply #1147 on: January 16, 2014, 02:38:36 PM »
Quote from: cn11 on January 16, 2014, 03:03:32 AM
Yeah that is pretty damn gorgeous. I don't mind the Jaguar F-type coupe either. That has one of the best asses in the whole auto world.

The F-type definitely isn't bad, but there's something a bit Pokemon-ish about the front end. It ain't no E-type, that's for sure. The rear does work though.
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Re: The New Car Saga (and general auto chat)
« Reply #1148 on: January 16, 2014, 10:16:15 PM »
Gran Turismo is my fave Maser on the market but it is a HUGE 2-door coupe.  We're talking a boat.  Size wise reminds me of a Dodge Challenger dressed up in Armani.  You picked the wrong color for those lines and accents IMHO, too dark.  The chin spoiler is fixed but the rear diffuser is worse.  Too much ProDrive.



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Re: The New Car Saga (and general auto chat)
« Reply #1149 on: January 29, 2014, 06:57:27 AM »
Latest 80mile trip from OC to Calabassas.

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