The General Car Thread.

[Petrolheadia]

Find me a woman that agrees with you picking even another one different than her.

It was easier when there where bands they followed around.

Just how drunk do your passengers have to be not to notice one another?

Also, the Lincoln Town Car and Toyota Land Cruiser also do that, and they are actually good cars to boot.

Those are just f...zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz*snort*what?

The car that just outran yours without even trying.

[Novus America]

You can't do a bigger disrespect to the Bus than the Bus itself.

Who are you going to pick up with that? Some 80 year old hippy? It is not the 60s anymore, not sure you will find as many drugged out free love hippies anymore.

[Cannot think of a name]

You say vitriol, I say observation. Let's call the whole thing off...

Doubtful, if you were actually being thoughtful and observant, what I was saying would have been obvious and this would have never started. I'm fine with letting it drop here, though.

I weighed the odds of you getting that reference, figured they were slim, went for it anyway.

Nothing could have been said in zero, so you're still wasting effort. Someone asked why you didn't like the Tesla, you meme arrowed. We all smelled your fart, we know it was you. Stop trying to blame it on the dog.

To be perfectly clear,

Why start now?

I was stating that a car as heavy as the Tesla Model S is could never be worthy of being called "fast." Because as good as its acceleration is or as high of a top speed it could reach,

Two key factors most people use when talking about speed, but go on...

all of that will disappears entirely the moment you come to slight bend in the road.

Oh...you were being highly specific when no one else was. Yeah, still pretty fucking pointless. "LOL the Tesla isn't a sports car" doesn't really support your initial premise or excuse your shitposting.

Find me a woman that agrees with you picking even another one different than her.

I'd imagine it wouldn't be that hard. Women tend to like cute cars.

Once you have to ask them how they feel about comfort or safety the number dwindles. But the amount of chicks that have wanted to ride in my Bus just to ride in my Bus compared to my old Chevy or even my old Porsche (granted, it was a junkyard rescue 914) is pretty immense. The Bus makes friends everywhere it goes.

[Petrolheadia]

Who are you going to pick up with that? Some 80 year old hippy? It is not the 60s anymore, not sure you will find as many drugged out free love hippies anymore.

Well, dementia might also work.

[Cannot think of a name]

Who are you going to pick up with that? Some 80 year old hippy? It is not the 60s anymore, not sure you will find as many drugged out free love hippies anymore.

Son, I live in California.

[Novus America]

Who are you going to pick up with that? Some 80 year old hippy? It is not the 60s anymore, not sure you will find as many drugged out free love hippies anymore.

Son, I live in California.

I guess yeah still a few 80 year old hippies around.

[Petrolheadia]

Who are you going to pick up with that? Some 80 year old hippy? It is not the 60s anymore, not sure you will find as many drugged out free love hippies anymore.

Son, I live in California.

Well, at this point, at least they won't get pregnant anymore.

[Cannot think of a name]

It was easier when there where bands they followed around.

Just how drunk do your passengers have to be not to notice one another?

Why would they have to not notice one another? You're just not partying with the right people, man.*

Those are just f...zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz*snort*what?

The car that just outran yours without even trying.

I say this as someone whose earliest memory is behind the wheel of a race car...not everything is a race. And if it was, I wouldn't do it in a fucking Town Car.




*Just in case no one is noticing the tongue in cheek, I'm not a hippie chick Lothario. I don't spend my days cruising for hippie strange in my V-Dub nor am I in the practice of picking up anyone in any circumstance. It's all a lark because none of this shit matters.

[Cannot think of a name]

Son, I live in California.

I guess yeah still a few 80 year old hippies around.

You guys act as if I haven't already been driving this thing around for years and it's all just speculation.

[Petrolheadia]

The car that just outran yours without even trying.

I say this as someone whose earliest memory is behind the wheel of a race car...not everything is a race. And if it was, I wouldn't do it in a fucking Town Car.

Not everyting is a crawl, too.

[Cannot think of a name]

I say this as someone whose earliest memory is behind the wheel of a race car...not everything is a race. And if it was, I wouldn't do it in a fucking Town Car.

Not everyting is a crawl, too.

It is in LA.

[Petrolheadia]

Not everyting is a crawl, too.

It is in LA.

A normal car can do a crawl, a slow car can't do a non-crawl.

[Licana]

I weighed the odds of you getting that reference, figured they were slim, went for it anyway.

You're right. In my defense, movies older than my grandparents aren't really my thing. :>

Oh...you were being highly specific when no one else was.

"A car is fast when it is fast everywhere" is highly specific but "a car is fast if it can achieve a rapid acceleration from a complete stop to a set speed, and no other factor is relevant" is not, huh?

Yeah, still pretty fucking pointless. "LOL the Tesla isn't a sports car" doesn't really support your initial premise.

Of course it does. Since the full extent of my initial premise was "the Tesla is not fast" it's weight is highly relevant since it's arguably the biggest factor as to why it isn't fast.

To cut off the incoming "but your fast isn't my fast" argument; simply put, the only way one could ever call the Tesla a fast car is the have some inanely limited definition of "fast" as it relates to cars. I, personally, doubt I will ever subscribe to that kind of thinking.

Once you have to ask them how they feel about comfort or safety the number dwindles. But the amount of chicks that have wanted to ride in my Bus just to ride in my Bus compared to my old Chevy or even my old Porsche (granted, it was a junkyard rescue 914) is pretty immense. The Bus makes friends everywhere it goes.

How many of them recognized the Porsche as a Porsche? :>

A normal car can do a crawl, a slow car can't do a non-crawl.

Actually, a lot of performance cars will struggle with city work.

[Cannot think of a name]

It is in LA.

A normal car can do a crawl, a slow car can't do a non-crawl.

Break it up, son. Jokes over.

[Cannot think of a name]

I weighed the odds of you getting that reference, figured they were slim, went for it anyway.

You're right. In my defense, movies older than my grandparents aren't really my thing. :>

Oh...you were being highly specific when no one else was.

"A car is fast when it is fast everywhere" is highly specific but "a car is fast if it can achieve a rapid acceleration from a complete stop to a set speed, and no other factor is relevant" is not, huh?

Does being obtuse work out for you in general or is it just a hobby?

Yeah, still pretty fucking pointless. "LOL the Tesla isn't a sports car" doesn't really support your initial premise.

Of course it does. Since the full extent of my initial premise was "the Tesla is not fast" it's weight is highly relevant since it's arguably the biggest factor as to why it isn't fast.

Your initial premise was that a bunch of people most of whom could not if they wanted to should not buy a Tesla because it is crap. Then you decided that in a very specific context a luxury sedan wasn't fast. With annoying ass meme arrows. You know we don't actually have to recap this dumbass conversation it's still there for everyone to see. Your fart will linger in the air for a while. We don't have to keep talking about it.

To cut off the incoming "but your fast isn't my fast" argument; simply put, the only way one could ever call the Tesla a fast car is the have some inanely limited definition of "fast" as it relates to cars. I, personally, doubt I will ever subscribe to that kind of thinking.

It's funny that you mention inanely limited definitions, seeing as you're judging cars based on one.

Once you have to ask them how they feel about comfort or safety the number dwindles. But the amount of chicks that have wanted to ride in my Bus just to ride in my Bus compared to my old Chevy or even my old Porsche (granted, it was a junkyard rescue 914) is pretty immense. The Bus makes friends everywhere it goes.

How many of them recognized the Porsche as a Porsche? :>

Well, it said "PORSCHE" in big block letters on the side.

A normal car can do a crawl, a slow car can't do a non-crawl.

Actually, a lot of performance cars will struggle with city work.

Goddamn, listening to all the caged tigers spin up to go launch themselves 100 feet to the next light all day long...

[The Two Jerseys]

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Find me a woman that agrees with you picking even another one different than her.

Free Love is groovy, man! Don't be such a square!

Also, the Lincoln Town Car

Car services tend to frown upon drivers having sex with the clientele...

and Toyota Land Cruiser also do that, and they are actually good cars to boot.

>Land Cruiser
>chick magnet

Choose one.

[Licana]

Does being obtuse work out for you in general or is it just a hobby?

It's a full time career. One that you quite clearly share

Your initial premise was that a bunch of people most of whom could not if they wanted to should not buy a Tesla because it is crap.

You can feel free to point me to where I made this statement (or even implied it) in this discussion. I mean, you'll probably fail, considering that every single post I've made regarding the Tesla Model S today has been related to it being "fast" and I've said nothing about whether anyone should or should not buy a Tesla. In fact, I haven't even called the Tesla crap, I've simply said it wasn't fast.

Then you decided that in a very specific context a luxury sedan wasn't fast. With annoying ass meme arrows. You know we don't actually have to recap this dumbass conversation it's still there for everyone to see.

You're right, it is still there for everyone to see. Which is why I'm flabbergasted that you are pretending that I've said something I haven't.

It's funny that you mention inanely limited definitions, seeing as you're judging cars based on one.

No, I'm judging the Tesla based on it's inability to do something very important in regards to going fast.

Well, it said "PORSCHE" in big block letters on the side.

Yeah, that would do it.

[Cannot think of a name]

Does being obtuse work out for you in general or is it just a hobby?

It's a full time career. One that you quite clearly share

Your initial premise was that a bunch of people most of whom could not if they wanted to should not buy a Tesla because it is crap.

You can feel free to point me to where I made this statement (or even implied it) in this discussion. I mean, you'll probably fail, considering that every single post I've made regarding the Tesla Model S today has been related to it being "fast" and I've said nothing about whether anyone should or should not buy a Tesla. In fact, I haven't even called the Tesla crap, I've simply said it wasn't fast.

Then you decided that in a very specific context a luxury sedan wasn't fast. With annoying ass meme arrows. You know we don't actually have to recap this dumbass conversation it's still there for everyone to see.

You're right, it is still there for everyone to see. Which is why I'm flabbergasted that you are pretending that I've said something I haven't.

Yep. I'll cop to the fact that I confused you with the other shitpost that started this whole pointless wank. The rest of the fart still belongs to you.

It's funny that you mention inanely limited definitions, seeing as you're judging cars based on one.

No, I'm judging the Tesla based on it's inability to do something very important in regards to going fast.

Specifically important and in relation to cars that are built for that specific purpose. But you did say that being obtuse was your career, so your guidance counselor should be commended. I mean, no one tracks a Tesla except on a lark and that was by no means it's primary design feature, but yes. Let's keep comparing it to track day cars like it's a relevant comparison.

Well, it said "PORSCHE" in big block letters on the side.

Yeah, that would do it.

Between that, the bright yellow paint, and the stupid loud exhaust my 20 year old self put on it there was no mistaking my car. Especially when I was on the side of the road flagging down tow trucks because it was a junkyard special.

[Licana]

Specifically important and in relation to cars that are built for that specific purpose.

Yes, the car that is not fast was not built to be fast.

But you did say that being obtuse was your career, so your guidance counselor should be commended. I mean, no one tracks a Tesla except on a lark and that was by no means it's primary design feature, but yes.

Right, because they're not fast.

Let's keep comparing it to track day cars like it's a relevant comparison.

I mean, I made one comparison as a joke and it was to an Ecoboost Mustang. I suppose it's more of a track day car than a Tesla.

[Cannot think of a name]

Specifically important and in relation to cars that are built for that specific purpose.

Yes, the car that is not fast was not built to be fast.

But you did say that being obtuse was your career, so your guidance counselor should be commended. I mean, no one tracks a Tesla except on a lark and that was by no means it's primary design feature, but yes.

Right, because they're not fast.

Let's keep comparing it to track day cars like it's a relevant comparison.

I mean, I made one comparison as a joke and it was to an Ecoboost Mustang. I suppose it's more of a track day car than a Tesla.

Yes, a Mustang is more of a track day care than a Tesla. I know this comment is made snarkily, but it kind of demonstrates the gulf nicely.

I'm done with this wank. Masturbation is a solo act and I've been in the room with you way too long.

[Petrolheadia]

Imagine you are a moderately wealthy father of a family of 6 from suburban New York. You want to buy your family a really large 4x4 vehicle in the $55-60k range. But which one?
- Chevrolet Suburban LT,
- GMC Yukon XL SLE,
- Ford Expedition EL XLT.

Which one would you buy? I'd choose the Suburban.

[Novus America]

Imagine you are a moderately wealthy father of a family of 6 from suburban New York. You want to buy your family a really large 4x4 vehicle in the $55-60k range. But which one?
- Chevrolet Suburban LT,
- GMC Yukon XL SLE,
- Ford Expedition EL XLT.

Which one would you buy? I'd choose the Suburban.

Well the Suburban and Yukon XL are basically the same thing. Only minor differences, most cosmetic. But it is a great truck platform.

[Valdiu]

Does anybody know what car this is?

[Cannot think of a name]

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Does anybody know what car this is?

Looks like a race modified jaguar XK120 with that meme frog all over it for some reason.

[The Two Jerseys]

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Does anybody know what car this is?

Looks like a race modified jaguar XK120 with that meme frog all over it for some reason.

I concur, XK120.