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Re: The New Car Saga (and general auto chat)
« Reply #1300 on: November 10, 2014, 08:37:19 AM »
Quote from: shipsupt on November 10, 2014, 07:42:31 AM
Not what I would consider a "typical" Brit answer to that question...


I know, color me  :-00.  Colin Chapman is flapping around like a salmon on a cedar plank.

I'd also like to apologize to any Brits for calling them Euros.  :P
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Re: The New Car Saga (and general auto chat)
« Reply #1301 on: November 10, 2014, 12:17:46 PM »
Marketing, a case of green washing for good PR...
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Re: The New Car Saga (and general auto chat)
« Reply #1302 on: November 10, 2014, 12:57:41 PM »
Quote from: Anaxilus on November 10, 2014, 08:37:19 AM
I'd also like to apologize to any Brits for calling them Euros.  :P

The most certainly like "limey" better...
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Re: The New Car Saga (and general auto chat)
« Reply #1303 on: November 14, 2014, 03:57:12 PM »
Hoping to finally take the plunge and get a swank car next year. Something sporty, but also something I can put groceries into on occasion.

I've had my eye on a Porsche. I think I'm one of the few people on this planet who thinks the Panamera looks hot, though if I had the driving ability I'd be looking at one of the GTs. I have fond memories of my father's Porsche, driving around with him as a little kid. He had a freakin' huge "car phone" that was super high tech for the late 80s. I'd always call random people on it which would piss him off lol.

One of my siblings has an AMG C63 Mercedes, and it's really impressive in an overbearing, intimidating sort of way. I think the BMW M Series might be the way to go for me, though. Driving an M3 was a blast. The M4 seems really awesome, too.

There's a guy who lives close by who drives a Maserati Quattroporte. Sexy car.
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Re: The New Car Saga (and general auto chat)
« Reply #1304 on: November 14, 2014, 04:18:37 PM »
Quote from: MuppetFace on November 14, 2014, 03:57:12 PM
Hoping to finally take the plunge and get a swank car next year. Something sporty, but also something I can put groceries into on occasion.

Next year would be perfect timing to get the upcoming 63 AMG version of the new C-class. It's basically the first time Mercedes has put any real effort into the C-class since the '93-'00 W202. The W203 was complete trash, as was the W204 until its refresh a couple of years ago. The new one rewrites the rules for the segment in terms of interior design and materials. Honestly it makes the BMW 3/4 and the Audi A4 look as luxurious as a Jetta. The upcoming Jag XE is similarly not even close. Following AMG's new direction, the new C will likely be AWD, so it should be less of a handful than earlier iterations.



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Re: The New Car Saga (and general auto chat)
« Reply #1305 on: November 14, 2014, 07:52:19 PM »
Too many buttons, dials, etc.
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Re: The New Car Saga (and general auto chat)
« Reply #1306 on: November 14, 2014, 08:34:27 PM »
Quote from: marvey on November 14, 2014, 07:52:19 PM
Too many buttons, dials, etc.

You don't want to drive a Tardis?
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Re: The New Car Saga (and general auto chat)
« Reply #1307 on: November 14, 2014, 09:51:03 PM »
Quote from: Anaxilus on November 14, 2014, 08:34:27 PM
You don't want to drive a Tardis?
I hear they can turn on a dime.
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Re: The New Car Saga (and general auto chat)
« Reply #1308 on: November 17, 2014, 11:40:54 PM »
Mmmm...flat plane crank V8, naturally aspirated.  Always hated American cross plane crankshafts that gurgle like a backed up toilet.  Even fixed the ugly pedestrian hood bulge on the base car by dropping and sloping the nose on the new aluminum hood and sharpening up the FRS/BRZ front fender arches.  Now if only they could shrink it down in size and weight to under 3000lbs I'd be all over it.  I suppose they actually have to make one that isn't a Gran Turismo PlayStation render first though.

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Re: The New Car Saga (and general auto chat)
« Reply #1309 on: November 18, 2014, 01:36:06 AM »
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