Automobiles

[rwsaunders]

Bad ass from any angle.

[vertical_doug]

https://www.carvibz.com/muscle-cars/...-camaro-bones/

I think you want one of these. A new car which looks like a Chevelle Super Sport built on modern components with 1500hp.

[vertical_doug]

Mercedes sold the 1 of 2 built 1955 SLR from the company collection

[Marvinlungwitz]

Lots of stipulations in that purchase agreement. ^^^

Lots of dollars, too.

[rwsaunders]

[j44ke]

An old lady who lived in my neighborhood growing up had a similar Mustang. Light blue. Absolutely the least sporty normal plain Mustang ever. She drove with her head barely over the steering wheel at about 5 mph under the speed limit.

[rwsaunders]

‘65 Belvedere with racing slicks for street…who knows.

[thomas]

Not sure about the horses for courses application for this one. If that's true, then stopping off at the deli in Concord, Mass, entails more of a drive than I realized.

Some kind of Ferrari. Driver was about 75, trying to reduce his estate taxes, no doubt.

Parked around the corner at a coffee shop was a nice Storck with Zipp 808 wheels. I'm gonna hold my comments on that one.

[72gmc]

I tend to peek at the center console when I see a car like this, while mumbling to myself "don't be an automatic, don't be an automatic ..."

I'm guessing this one has paddles.

[vertical_doug]

[Marvinlungwitz]

I tend to peek at the center console when I see a car like this, while mumbling to myself "don't be an automatic, don't be an automatic ..."

I'm guessing this one has paddles.

If you're referring to the 812, I believe the last Ferrari offered with a manual was the 2009 F430.

[72gmc]

Yep, I don't come at this with much knowledge, just an appreciation for the tools.

https://www.gearpatrol.com/cars/a329...sion-shifters/

[Marvinlungwitz]

Yep, I don't come at this with much knowledge, just an appreciation for the tools.

https://www.gearpatrol.com/cars/a329...sion-shifters/

FWIW, my 2019 Miata is a manual. :-)

[ColonelJLloyd]

My dad has been wanting one of these (from his birth year) for a long, long time. Last he told me he had resigned himself to finding a '58 instead as he just couldn't afford what he was finding, but yesterday he text me that he was in Terre Haute with "the find of a lifetime". Good for him. I'll take better pics when I visit him next. The guy he bought it from has owned it since 1965 and said it's never been wet from weather under his ownership.



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[j44ke]

That is a beauty!

[robin3mj]

I rode in an RS7 yesterday.
That car is wild.

[Marvinlungwitz]

I rode in an RS7 yesterday.
That car is wild.

Every once in a while, I’m tempted to order one or its RS6 Avant cousin.

Then I remember my personal pledge to try to lessen my environmental impact, and I put the phone down.

[robin3mj]

Every once in a while, I’m tempted to order one or its RS6 Avant cousin.

Then I remember my personal pledge to try to lessen my environmental impact, and I put the phone down.

True.
Also, while they’re not remotely in my price range, I also wonder how all the tech in new cars is going to hold up over time. We tend to keep our cars for a while, and I could see these modern ones being annoying after a few years.
The infotainment on our 2015 Sienna is already long in the tooth and while I wish it had Apple CarPlay, as long as the music and HDMI inputs keep working, I’m satisfied.

[vertical_doug]

True.
Also, while they’re not remotely in my price range, I also wonder how all the tech in new cars is going to hold up over time. We tend to keep our cars for a while, and I could see these modern ones being annoying after a few years.
The infotainment on our 2015 Sienna is already long in the tooth and while I wish it had Apple CarPlay, as long as the music and HDMI inputs keep working, I’m satisfied.

My friend had a RS4 tuned by Sportec in Switzerland. It put out 600 hp. The car was stupid fast and faster than a Ferrari 360 in a straight line.

https://sportec.ch/en/sportec-vehicles

[Philster]

I love the contrast of this with the car-as-appliance in the first picture.