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Postby Petrolheadia » Sun Aug 12, 2018 3:54 pm


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Postby Petrolheadia » Sun Aug 12, 2018 3:55 pm

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"You've ruined a perfectly good 911."

"Ah, incorrect. Two perfectly good 911s!"

I don't see it as any worse than doing it with Town Cars, 300s, Hummers, S-Classes, XJs or whatever.
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Postby Vassenor » Sun Aug 12, 2018 3:57 pm

And I find stretching cars in general to be incredibly freaking tacky.
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Postby Petrolheadia » Sun Aug 12, 2018 3:59 pm

Vassenor wrote:And I find stretching cars in general to be incredibly freaking tacky.

It's not to look well, it's to be big inside for those who care.
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Postby Auzkhia » Sun Aug 12, 2018 4:20 pm

Vassenor wrote:And I find stretching cars in general to be incredibly freaking tacky.

Unless you're a limo company. I've been in a strechted limo twice. One was based on the Chrysler 300 and the other was a Lincoln MKT "Town Car".
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East Fredonia wrote:I'm going to come into possession of a ran-when-parked 1988 Dodge Ramcharger 4WD sometime in the next few months. Pray for my tetanus shots, my bank account and my soul.

How did it happen? Why did you choose it? What sort of car were you looking for?

My cousins need to get rid of it, it's got room for me and my stuff (I'm 6 feet 3 and I need to transport my tuba), and I'm still looking for a cheap station wagon or SUV. The Ramcharger's not definite yet, but it's a possibility. Other alternatives include a Ford Explorer or various other older SUVs & wagons like a Buick Roadmaster, Toyota Camry wagon, or some variety of Subaru.
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East Fredonia wrote:
Petrolheadia wrote:How did it happen? Why did you choose it? What sort of car were you looking for?

My cousins need to get rid of it, it's got room for me and my stuff (I'm 6 feet 3 and I need to transport my tuba), and I'm still looking for a cheap station wagon or SUV. The Ramcharger's not definite yet, but it's a possibility. Other alternatives include a Ford Explorer or various other older SUVs & wagons like a Buick Roadmaster, Toyota Camry wagon, or some variety of Subaru.

Budget? What year and kind of spec is the Ramcharger?
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Postby Elwher » Mon Aug 13, 2018 2:15 pm



But this:
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And this:

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Postby Windchia » Mon Aug 13, 2018 2:21 pm

everyone hates the Prius. why? i love the Prius. its cool. ok people?


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Postby Auzkhia » Mon Aug 13, 2018 2:43 pm

Elwher wrote:


But this:
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And this:

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The Nissan Cube is just bizarre, it's one of those things that are just to weird for beauty.

Subaru Brat, I kinda like it, mostly because it's a ute.
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It's not an enthusiast's car, it's all about getting good gas mileage. Which is fine for a lot of people. But it's not a fun car, that's ok. Some cars are meant to be that way. Toyota makes really good boring cars.
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Yeah boi Jalopnik hating on Dodge gotta cash in on them sweet Reddit clicks
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Postby Auzkhia » Mon Aug 13, 2018 5:56 pm

New Oyashima wrote:

Yeah boi Jalopnik hating on Dodge gotta cash in on them sweet Reddit clicks

DAE hate Fiat-Chrysler but the Dodge Challenger Hellcat and Demon and Fiat 500 Abarth are best cars?
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New Oyashima wrote:

Yeah boi Jalopnik hating on Dodge gotta cash in on them sweet Reddit clicks

Well, everybody has cars they don't like and ones they do like.
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Postby Cannot think of a name » Tue Aug 14, 2018 1:22 am

Petrolheadia wrote:
Vassenor wrote:
"You've ruined a perfectly good 911."

"Ah, incorrect. Two perfectly good 911s!"

I don't see it as any worse than doing it with Town Cars, 300s, Hummers, S-Classes, XJs or whatever.

Luxury cars being made into longer luxury cars vs. sports cars being made into terrible luxury cars so they do both jobs badly now.
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Postby Petrolheadia » Tue Aug 14, 2018 1:13 pm

Imagine you are a poor man from Las Vegas. You used to drive a 1987 Buick Century, but it's dead now. In order to make some money, you're looking for a cheap truck to haul scrap in. It has to be cheap to buy and run, reliable and practical. The options (all quite worn) are:
- 1991 5.0 Chevrolet C1500 single cab,
- 1994 3.9 Dodge Ram 1500 extended cab,
- 1979 351 ci Ford F-250 single cab,
- 1971 Dodge D100 318 ci single cab,
- 1997 2.3 Ford Ranger extended cab,
- 1995 3.9 Dodge Dakota single cab,
- 1992 4.3 Chevrolet S10 extended cab,
- 1987 3.0 Nissan Hardbody single cab,
- 1983 2.4 Toyota Truck extended cab.

Which one would you buy? I think either the Ranger or the Toyota would be the best.
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The contemporary Chrysler Aspen was worse.
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Postby Auzkhia » Wed Aug 15, 2018 2:39 pm


You mean Chrysler's have baked attempt to compete with the Navigator and Escalade?

It came at the worst time, 2008. Though I live near where it was made, it was made in Newark, Delaware. The plant is gone and it's now health science building, probably UD.
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Postby Petrolheadia » Wed Aug 15, 2018 3:06 pm

I'm thinking about writing an article about the craziness that was the 1937-1939 Rally of Poland, including beaters, rally cars with minibars, cockiness, Czechoslovak two-strokes and the Nazis, through the lens of the Chevrolet team.

Anybody would like to read it?i
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Just as I was scrolling through this thread, I got a banner ad for a 'brand new' Kia Ceed. I only know about that car from Top Gear, and by top gear, I mean the one with Jeremy Clarckson, not the s**tfest it is today,
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Almathe wrote:Just as I was scrolling through this thread, I got a banner ad for a 'brand new' Kia Ceed. I only know about that car from Top Gear, and by top gear, I mean the one with Jeremy Clarckson, not the s**tfest it is today,

Kia Cee'd - the bread-and-butter cop car of mideastern Poland.
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Postby Vassenor » Wed Aug 15, 2018 3:13 pm

Almathe wrote:Just as I was scrolling through this thread, I got a banner ad for a 'brand new' Kia Ceed. I only know about that car from Top Gear, and by top gear, I mean the one with Jeremy Clarckson, not the s**tfest it is today,


Well that's a real hot take right there.
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Petrolheadia wrote:I'm thinking about writing an article about the craziness that was the 1937-1939 Rally of Poland, including beaters, rally cars with minibars, cockiness, Czechoslovak two-strokes and the Nazis, through the lens of the Chevrolet team.

Anybody would like to read it?i

How am I just hearing about this rally now?
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