Ever wanted to know the thoughts of car fans?
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Stereodude
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Koenigsegg's are wicked. I saw Jeremy Clarkson beat on one of them in one of his videos. Definitely an impressive vehicle.
Fushigi
Storage Is My Life
"Swedes" & "supercars" are words not typically said in the same sentence. But it does look pretty sharp. Are they street-legal in the US? And do we even want to know the price?
Buck
Storage? I am Storage!
That is a very nice car, it almost reminds me of a concept car that Audi had a few years ago . . . . Well, the best I could find was the 1991 Audi Avus Quattro Concept, but I can't seem to find one in orange, which is the color I recall seeing this concept car painted. Maybe it wasn't an Audi.
Koenigsegg
Koenigsegg
On one of the acura forums I frequent, someone posted pics of the CC8S they took at a gas station in Florida. I don't know for certain that it is street legal, but this guy had one. I have no idea what they cost.
I like how the doors open.
I like how the doors open.
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
ddrueding
Fixture
I think designing and building a car from the ground up would be a great experience. Not only can you get the lines, balance and dimnenstions exactly how you want them; but you can lose some of the crap stuck in modern cars.
Buck
Storage? I am Storage!
ddrueding said:
Even being part of a complete restoration project would be fun.
ddrueding
Fixture
Buck said:
When I was still in High School, I tried my hand at restoring a 1966 Austin Healey Sprite Midget. I wasn't very good at the tuning work (the 1996CC inline-4 had twin carbs), and I was terrible at repairing the interior, but I rebuilt the entire wiring harness from scratch and had great fun with it.
Will Rickards WT
Learning Storage Performance
My pops has a nice yellow car exactly like yours timwhit.
Initially my sister bought it (moms cosigning).
Then she went away and the parents got stuck with it.
There is a club around here with owners of this car and they are almost all yellow. She painted the inside of her doors. My pops had to pay good money to get that fixed.
Initially my sister bought it (moms cosigning).
Then she went away and the parents got stuck with it.
There is a club around here with owners of this car and they are almost all yellow. She painted the inside of her doors. My pops had to pay good money to get that fixed.
Mercutio said:
Sure, they cost more to repair after an accident, but there is no mention of reduced medical costs through the use of air bags. What about those people who've been hit from the side that are now stuck in a wheel chair for the rest of their lives because of brain damage? I've got to believe the side-curtain and side air bags help reduce head injuries, which in turn reduce medical costs...
Slightly off topic, but here is an interesting link to look at car crash test results:
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/ncap/Cars.cfm
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/ncap/Cars.cfm
Fushigi
Storage Is My Life
The article seems a bit one-sided. They fail to mention the saved lives and reduced injuries from all those airbags. I'd think reduced medical costs would far more than outweigh the cost of a few airbags.Mercutio said:
Personally, I'd be happy to total a car with every accident I get in as long as my passengers and I are protected.
Buck
Storage? I am Storage!
Handruin said:
Indeed. Side impacts are one of the most dangerous types of accidents too. They usually don't kill the occupants, they just cause severe brain damage. During a side impact, the two halves of the brain move separately, which causes the tissue that connects these two hemispheres to sever.
Fushigi
Storage Is My Life
Looks like Doug types faster than I do. 
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
Ew. Screw the people. We can always make more, and I didn't like them anyway.
timwhit
Hairy Aussie
That's kinda how the Russians think.
ddrueding
Fixture
Mercutio said:Ew. Screw the people. We can always make more, and I didn't like them anyway.
YES! :lol:
Wow...that's a big turbo.
BMW Turbo [.mpg]
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