Cars and other kinds of motoring gibberish

kenjilina wrote:he probably felt it was his duty at the time.

If nothing had been resolved between the two, I'm surprised the family would've allowed him to be a pallbearer at all... :sweat:

kenjilina wrote:
top gear is just a platform for clarkson to do whatever he wants without thinking of others.

Case in point, the Reliant Robin episode: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQh56geU0X8&playnext=1&list=PL22A9095417F78030

It's pretty obvious Clarkson is deliberately trying to roll it. Granted the car is inclined to roll, but anybody with half a brain would be able to figure out how not to make it roll.

gaijinmark wrote:

Case in point, the Reliant Robin episode: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQh56geU0X8&playnext=1&list=PL22A9095417F78030

It's pretty obvious Clarkson is deliberately trying to roll it. Granted the car is inclined to roll, but anybody with half a brain would be able to figure out how not to make it roll.

the annoying thing for me is that us in the uk has to by law pay a license fee which funds the bbc so effectively clarkson is wasting our money to enjoy himself! :shakehead: :shakehead:

i caught this week's top gear show and they had the new lambo on it. nice though it is i feel lambo are in the same boat as aston martin in that all the cars look the same.

kenjilina wrote:i caught this week's top gear show and they had the new lambo on it. nice though it is i feel lambo are in the same boat as aston martin in that all the cars look the same.

I agree.

Same chassis, different body. :beaten:

BMWfs all-electric i3 spotted again, this time on city streets

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvGmE5UsIWc&feature=player_embedded

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For a car that won't be available for another two years, the BMW i3 sure makes it around. A disguised version of the all-electric hatchback was spotted earlier this year sliding around in the snow, and now a much more formally-dressed i3 was captured strutting its stuff around Chicago.

The luxurious green ride was seemingly being filmed for a commercial, or some other promotional purpose, as it cruised down a Chicago street with a camera truck capturing every move. The lucky YouTube user who managed to snag the surprisingly high-quality video noted that the car was, as expected, completely silent. This stealthy feature is thanks to the i3's 170-horsepower, all-electric motor, which can power it for a full 100 miles on a single charge.

The i3 is the first in BMW's "i" line, which will also include the i8 \ a gas/electric hybrid sports car. The city-minded i3 will be the very first zero emission vehicle produced by BMW, and is expected to carry a price tag of around $35,000. But don't write that check just yet, both vehicles aren't scheduled to make retail debuts until 2013.

New Porsche 911.

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Lexus revealed the 2013 GS model yesterday.

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Comes with a 12.3" LCD display (among other things)!

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^ Automatic... Meh. :bleh:

bmwracer wrote:^ Automatic... Meh. :bleh:

I see your point, but I don't think it's necessarily marketed as a true sport sedan, more like a luxury touring vehicle perhaps.

I like the 12.3" screen though. It will allowed me to read the subtitles on my J dramas while I'm stuck in traffic on the 10 Freeway. :beaten:

Tu_triky wrote:I see your point, but I don't think it's necessarily marketed as a true sport sedan, more like a luxury touring vehicle perhaps.

I like the 12.3" screen though. It will allowed me to read the subtitles on my J dramas while I'm stuck in traffic on the 10 Freeway. :beaten:

Heh.

That's what bugs me about today's cars: too much focus on entertainment, gadgets, etc. instead of the cars main purpose... Transportation. :shakehead:

bmwracer wrote:
Heh.

That's what bugs me about today's cars: too much focus on entertainment, gadgets, etc. instead of the cars main purpose... Transportation. :shakehead:

I gathered that. :) You are true motoring enthusiast, not a mere car fan.

My Ram truck will be paid off next month. :dancing: :dancing: :woot: :yippee:

Eve wrote:My Ram truck will be paid off next month. :dancing: :dancing: :woot: :yippee:

Good cuz I was going to ask you for an auto title loan. :hehe:


Congrats.

New season of Top Gear starts today on BBC America.

Eve wrote:My Ram truck will be paid off next month. :dancing: :dancing: :woot: :yippee:

Time to buy a new car! :mrgreen:

For reasons that I cannot fathom I failed to copy a link on to this page. It was about a 101year old lady who owns and drives the most beautiful Packard which you would like BMW...stick shift. Probably around 1930 or thereabouts. Beautiful condition. she changes her own oil and sparkplugs and disdains all modern cars and young drivers who need all modern gadgets.
When her friends drop by she hands them a duster to do a little polishing.

I have to try and get the link. I wondere if she would trade for my Lexus?? Don't think so.. :shakehead:

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/bcvideo/1.0/iframe/embed.html?videoId=100000000895665&playerType=embed

Finally it worked. this should be a video and this lady is just wonderful.

^ What's more amazing is that she's 101 and still very spry, to coin an overused term... :victory:

Ferrari 458 Spider

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Been a little bummed because there wasn't a base model convertible available from the prancing horse after the F430 was put out to pasture? Then you're probably as pumped as we are to be looking at the new Ferrari 458 Spider ($TBA). Not content to simply bring the drop-top back to Ferrari's mid-engine lineup, the 458 Spider is the world's first mid-rear engined ride with a retractable hard top, which flips over to stow neatly beneath the rear deck lid \ in a mere 14 seconds. Other features include 4.5L V8 producing 562 hp, Ferrari's dual-clutch F1 paddle-shift transmission, high-performance ABS for slowing the damn thing down from its top speed of roughly 200mph, and gorgeous 20-inch rims worthy of the Pininfarina body up top.