the "car guy" thread

Idris

12345AGNST1 wrote:

Idris wrote:

New Mini Coupe

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M07Nsje8LKc

I like it, also sounds great.

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Ive seen two of them already. One at the dealership on display for a few days, and the other on the parkway an exit or two down from BMW's headquarters in NJ. The one I saw driving was the same one from that video. It was SOOOO nice.

Niiice, I'll have to make my way to the dealership one of these day's for a test drive.

Can't remember if I posted about this Mini Concept before

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=243Oe0FY ... re=related

all that sweeeet carbon fibre...

12345AGNST1

Idris wrote:

Niiice, I'll have to make my way to the dealership one of these day's for a test drive.

Can't remember if I posted about this Mini Concept before

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=243Oe0FY ... re=related

all that sweeeet carbon fibre...

There actually not out yet. I think they're coming out this October. And I saw that concept before, its pretty cool but nothing that would ever see the light of day. I just want MINI to come out with a stripped down, lighter Cooper S thats basically a track car.

edit: duhhh. they already did. Basically a new version of this one:
http://www.motoringfile.com/2006/12/18/ ... ew-jcw-gp/

Idris

http://www.insideline.com/ferrari/458-i ... -show.html

a work of art,

Idris

http://www.endrasbmw.com/10/1988-bmw-de ... untouched/

Frozen in time!

81

Idris wrote:

http://www.endrasbmw.com/10/1988-bmw-dealership-left-untouched/

Frozen in time!

crazy

81

supercharge the truck...only 4500 bucks.

Idris

http://ca.autoblog.com/2011/09/29/five- ... ment-by-s/

Five vehicles identified to be forfeited to B.C. government by street racing teens

by Daniel Ponzini (RSS feed) on Sep 29th 2011 at 4:00PM

It has been a while since we heard any updates on the alleged B.C. teens street racing incident that saw numerous exotics yanked off the street and locked away in impound lots. The last we heard was that theB.C. government was intending to permanently seize five vehicles and auction them off. Well the word is now out on which five vehicles the lawsuit is aiming to take possession over - two Lamborghinis, an Aston Martin, a Mercedes SLS AMG and a Nissan GT-R.

The director of civil forfeiture would like to see the vehicles be put up on the auction block and make the teens feel the pain metaphorically to what their dangerous driving could have resulted in. Out of the five vehicles, one was driven by a minor, and an additional two were operated by novice drivers. The driver of the Nissan GT-R only holds a driver's licence issued by the People's Republic of China.

Jennytree

Mmmm... gtr! I nearly bought a 350z, but the roadtax would've been €1500 a year.

I got a Mazda RX8 instead.

You guys in the states are lucky - cars are cheap and twice as powerful as ours here.

12345AGNST1

Currently this is the only car I care about.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IfJjMbjT0U

A pure drivers car. Small, "lightweight" (for todays standards) simple interior, front engine RWD simplicity.

BMW>all

81

:x

12345AGNST1

81 wrote:

:x

not a fan of bmw i guess?

Idris

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWLp1biJ ... ata_player

New M5,

Review http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEDbJ5CA ... ata_player

I looooove this car!

Jennytree

Meh - that just looks like every other 5 series out there driven by a suit. Much prefer the older early-mid 90's 5's.

Idris

Jennytree wrote:

Meh - that just looks like every other 5 series out there driven by a suit. Much prefer the older early-mid 90's 5's.

Its whats inside that counts :P

Having said that, that 90s 5 series cars were pretty sweet indeed.

81

12345AGNST1 wrote:

81 wrote:

:x

not a fan of bmw i guess?

nope

bmw, mercedes, lexus...they do nothing for me.

Jennytree

I guess what the M5 had going for it is that it is exactly whats on the inside that counts. Around these parts, most of 'em have been debadged, whereas you see crappy 3 series with M sport badges on em

81

12345AGNST1 wrote:

81 wrote:

:x

not a fan of bmw i guess?

speaking of cars i don't like....what's the deal with the new oversized mini?

i was beside one last night at a light....that dashboard was butt ugly.

12345AGNST1

81 wrote:

12345AGNST1 wrote:

81 wrote:

:x

not a fan of bmw i guess?

speaking of cars i don't like....what's the deal with the new oversized mini?

i was beside one last night at a light....that dashboard was butt ugly.

I dunno. I don't really care for em either. I like actual small cars. not ones pretending to be small.

Idris

12345AGNST1 wrote:

Currently this is the only car I care about.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IfJjMbjT0U

A pure drivers car. Small, "lightweight" (for todays standards) simple interior, front engine RWD simplicity.

BMW>all

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sl-IuxWE ... ata_player

New Jeremy Clarkson DVD out,

Rates the 1M as most fun.

12345AGNST1

Idris wrote:

12345AGNST1 wrote:

Currently this is the only car I care about.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IfJjMbjT0U

A pure drivers car. Small, "lightweight" (for todays standards) simple interior, front engine RWD simplicity.

BMW>all

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sl-IuxWE ... ata_player

New Jeremy Clarkson DVD out,

Rates the 1M as most fun.

!!!!!!!!!!!!! MUST.GET.IT.NOW

Jeremy clarkson is my friggin idol....well in an immature funny kinda way.

Jennytree: there's one 3 series Witt the m-sport package that is amazing. The E46 ZHP package. It's got loads of things that makes it much better. 10 more hp, higher redline, lower and stiffer, different rear dif for accel, factory short shifter, quicker steering ratio, M tech body kit, etc. amazing car