What I drove yesterday

2008-06-15 22:14:07

#51

ThaReaper: Banned; +410|6639

My dad "drives" this.

https://www.guncopter.com/images/longbow-desert.jpg

Epic? You decide.

2008-06-16 03:11:09

#52

TheEternalPessimist: Wibble; +412|6619|Mhz

Sydney wrote:
m3thod wrote:
Ryan wrote:

Canada my friend.
Euro cars aren't very popular, except for Volkswagens.
People must drive shit cars in Canada if European cars are not popular...
Jappie/Korean cars > Euro cars > American Cars

tbqfh

90% of Japanese cars are straight copies of european cars, with the exception of current Mazdas and a couple of others.

2008-06-16 03:35:14

#53

Benzin: Member; +576|5998

90% of all cars are copies of all other cars.

There are only a few truly brand-unique platforms out there. I love it how many Europeans talk like they are the center of innovation and the Japanese and Americans are nothing.

Just look at how many European car companies borrow technology and designs from companies like General Motors and Ford. Alfa Romeo, Opel/Vauxhall and Saab all share tech. Renault and Nissan are so intertwined in design styles and tech it's not even funny. Ford of Europe has set the bar for a lot of other cars in Europe, though. Ford and Volvo and Mazda are also very intertwined. Toyota and Honda and Nissan collectively set the bar in the USA.

Get off the high horse about how everyone copies Europe. It's an international industry. Carrying tech from one car to another cuts costs. Pure and simple.

Last edited by CapnNismo (2008-06-16 03:36:05)

2008-06-16 04:12:25

#54

wensleydale8: Member; +81|6769|LEEDS!!!!!, Yorkshire

Dauntless wrote:
I didn't drive it, but I got a lift in one of these yesterday:

http://www.freewebs.com/dieselstone/Ben … Series.jpg

Thats a nice 120K VW I see there.

For the record pretty much none of the parts are specially made by bentley there all VW.

Dear God please let my karma one day reach 100, whether it be tomorrow or 1000 years in the future i want it to happen.

2008-06-16 05:03:38

#55

Poseidon: Fudgepack DeQueef; +3,253|6537|Long Island, New York

I regularly get rides in this:

https://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd155/lpm505/870.jpg

https://pictures.dealer.com/mbzvalencia/9f0ea3e84046387201d2052b07ce13cb.jpg

(Mercedes Benz S550)

Epic? You decide.

2008-06-16 05:05:57

#56

belldawg: Serial Jay-Walker; +52|5983|Perth, indian ocean

Sorry, ThaReaper's is more epic.

Spoiler (highlight to read):
if he's not bullshitting

2008-06-16 06:02:48

#57

Mitch92uK: aka [DBS]Mitch92uK; +192|6235|United Kingdom

ThaReaper wrote:
My dad "drives" this.

http://www.guncopter.com/images/longbow-desert.jpg

Epic? You decide.

Wtf your dad pilots apaches and you pose in fields of flowers? Crazy yanks ...

2008-06-16 08:04:25

#58

_j5689_: Dreads & Bergers; +364|6716|Riva, MD

TheEternalPessimist wrote:
Sydney wrote:
m3thod wrote:

People must drive shit cars in Canada if European cars are not popular...
Jappie/Korean cars > Euro cars > American Cars

tbqfh
90% of Japanese cars are straight copies of european cars, with the exception of current Mazdas and a couple of others.

Mazdas are American cars, they're owned by Ford.

2008-06-16 08:21:03

#59

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6197|Winland

My grandma drives one of those...

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2008-06-16 08:39:10